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labour's deputy leader he regards claims made about her in a newspaper yesterday as misogynistic. the paper said some tory mps had suggested she tried to distract the prime minister by crossing and uncrossing her legs. victims of sexual offences in england and wales are facing the longest waits on record for their cases to go through court. it's been one year since a young man died after diving into the river thames in london to save a woman who fell in. to mark this, one of his songs will be played on bbc radio for the first time. hello and welcome, if you're watching in the uk or around the world. emmanuel macron has promised to unite france and be a "president for all" after being re—elected as the country's leader. he beat his anti—immigration rival, marine le pen, to become the first french president in 20 years to win a second term in office. here's david eades in paris. thank you, victoria, and thank you forjoining us. we are overlooking the famed arc de triomphe, which is really a signal of success for emmanuel macron, of a sort, anyway. he has vowed to reunite the country after his re—election. you might wonder why, just look at the scale of his victory, 58.5% of the vote in favour of macron, 41.5% for his far right rival marine le pen. that is quite a gulf under normal circumstances. but macron has had to acknowledge a huge wave of disaffection after that first term in office and it is reflected very clearly in the highest level of abstention since 1969, but also the fact that he won a lot of votes from people simply more determined to block the far right than to support his particular policies. ijust want to show you a couple of the newspapers from this morning. liberation, a left—leaning newspaper here, saying thank you to whom? who should he thank for getting him back into the lec? notjust his own supporters, that's the message. and here, a big victory, but big challenges ahead. —— elysee here is the latest. enjoying his moment, the centrist pro—eu emmanuel macron. the first sitting french president to win re—election for 20 years. translation: my friends, we will need to be kind - and respectful because our country harbours many doubts and divisions. so we will need to be strong. but nobody will be left by the wayside. his campaign pledged further economic reform but critics accuse him of being aloof, elitist. he promised to be a president for all. supporters celebrated but some also acknowledged change is needed. macron will listen more to different ideas in the country. we stood up against marine le pen, we stood up against nationalism. we tried to show that today we have to be united more than ever. a grand setting for the victory rally. supporters here cheering their man. the margin of victory may be smaller than last time, but here they will still see this re—election as a huge personal achievement for emmanuel macron. for far—right candidate marine le pen, another defeat. but her platform of curbing immigration and countering rising prices won her party a record number of votes. with parliamentary elections approaching she vowed to fight on. translation: to avoid this hoarding of power by the elites, _ more than ever, i will carry on with my commitment to france and the french people with energy, perseverance and affection. france opted for the familiar, but elections can help reveal a country's divides. now the challenge of trying to heal them. jessica parker, bbc news in paris. let's focus on one or two of those challenges, and we will do it from the perspective of the north of france with our correspondent anna holligan who is in sallaumines now. it was marine le pen who set the agenda in terms of the cost of living of the everyday challenges for normal folks, living of the everyday challenges for normalfolks, if living of the everyday challenges for normal folks, if i living of the everyday challenges for normalfolks, if i can put living of the everyday challenges for normal folks, if i can put it that way. that remained the big issue right at the end. absolutely and the concerns _ issue right at the end. absolutely and the concerns people - issue right at the end. absolutely and the concerns people have - issue right at the end. absolutely and the concerns people have at| issue right at the end. absolutely i and the concerns people have at this monday morning market in the north—east of france really reflected across communities afflicted by the cost of living crisis. the people here have been talking about, for example, marcel, who is selling chicken, he says he is 64 now and may have to wait until he is 67 before he can retire. one woman was telling us she paid 1.24 salad, this week it is 1.70. that's an idea of the struggles here people are facing. we spoke to people here earlier waiting to commute in marine le pen's constituency, just hearing from them you will have an idea of the kind of reunification efforts that emmanuel macron is facing because they don't have much hope. and what we kept on hearing was the kind of resignation. they don't have much hope. here's what they had to say. translation: i hope he'll do better but i'm not expecting much. i'm just totally disillusioned. ijust hope it won't be worse. translation: people here might complain now but theyjust have to put up with him. macron won the democratic vote. translation: he's got a lot of— issues to sort out. we're expecting himl to double his efforts. and you know marine le pen has recorded a record high 12 million votes so she isn't going away. she is focusing on the parliamentary elections and she is hoping she can galvanise supporters here but also across france from across the mainstream. president macron�*s challenge now will be to try to get a majority there that will allow him to see through this new era. he is promising to try to unite people in places like this who feel forgotten about, disillusioned, they think the politicians are out of touch. they were hoping marine le 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win elections, voting wins elections, but a huge abstentions here nonetheless, a lot of people didn't particularly want emmanuel macron. he talks about uniting the country, but how on earth does he do that? you uniting the country, but how on earth does he do that? you have to realise that — earth does he do that? you have to realise that 6096 _ earth does he do that? you have to realise that 6096 of _ earth does he do that? you have to realise that 6096 of the _ earth does he do that? you have to realise that 6096 of the french - realise that 60% of the french electorate, between those who voted for marine le pen and those who abstained, did not vote for macron. he was elected by 40% of the french electorate. he was elected by 4096 of the french electorate. �* ,., ., he was elected by 4096 of the french elec or ate. �* ,., ., he was elected by 4096 of the french elec or 1596 �* ,., ., he was elected by 4096 of the french elee or 1596 of — he was elected by 40% of the french elec or 15% of them ie of he was elected by 40% of the french elec or 15% of them we of really 10% or 15% of them didn't really want him. he was there by default, is a kind of buffer against the extreme right. but at the time, extreme right. but at the same time, those who are against are united by divided. in a way they are united by their wish to destroy divided. in a way they are united by their wish to muchy divided. in a way they are united by their wish to much smaller portion of macron has a much smaller portion of frenchmen macron has a much smaller portion of frenchrr of macron has a much smaller portion of fr be hrr of macron has a much smaller portion of fr be had. jean—luc melenchon from to be had. jean—luc melenchon from the third round. and the parliamentary elections. they are critical for a parliamentary elections. they are criticalfor a manual parliamentary elections. they are critical for a manual macron. where is that going to go?— is that going to go? probably the french would _ is that going to go? probably the french would have _ is that going to go? probably the french would have to _ is that going to go? probably the french would have to invent - is that going to go? probably the french would have to invent for i french would have to invent for themselves some kind of a german model, something we never had, the coalition government. are we able to make a compromise before a government is formed? we have never done that. we moved from majority government to cohabitation government, with a present and a representative of the parliament, the prime minister who have different sensitivities. but this time we probably need something like a coalition like in germany. can we do it? is a coalition like in germany. can we do it? , ,., a coalition like in germany. can we do it? , ., ., ., do it? is the sort of language manual macron _ do it? is the sort of language manual macron seem - do it? is the sort of language manual macron seem to - do it? is the sort of language manual macron seem to be l do it? is the sort of language - manual macron seem to be alluding to, in terms of bringing everyone together. dominique moisi, we have together. dominique moisi, we have to see how that pans out in the weeks ahead. dominique moisi joining us here in paris on this balcony. i was talking to dominique moisi the best part of 20 years here. 30 he is telling me! on the issue of the french elections. a lot has changed since then. no parties that we knew so well then doing well now. back to you in london. french police shot dead two people and injured a third as they opened fire on a car driving against the flow of traffic in paris overnight. officers said the vehicle was speeding towards patrols. witnesses say several people were treated by emergency services. the paris public prosecutor visited the scene and an investigation has begun. now for an update on the latest from ukraine. the head of ukrainian railways says five stations have come under fire in western and central ukraine, they're saying there are casualties. meanwhile russia is claiming it has shot down two ukrainian drones that were flying over russian territory near the border. and all this after us secretary of state antony blinken and us defence secretary lloyd austin met president zelensky in the capital on sunday. mr blinken, said it was an important moment to be in ukraine and to show support for the country. he said while in the capital, he saw people walking around and it was a sign that russia had already failed its mission. we certainly saw people on the streets in kyiv. evidence of the fact that the battle for kyiv was won and there is, what looks from the surface at least, to be a normal life in kyiv, but that's in stark contrast to what is going on in other parts of ukraine, in the south and east, where the russian brutality is doing horrific things to the people every single day. in terms of wars won and lost, i come back to the proposition that, in terms of russia's war aims, russia has already failed and ukraine has already succeeded because the principal aim that president putin brought to this, in his own words, was to fully subsume ukraine back into russia, to take away its sovereignty and independence, and that has not happened. our correspondent joe inwood is in kyiv. joe, bring us up—to—date with the latest from there. figs joe, bring us up-to-date with the latest from there.— joe, bring us up-to-date with the latest from there. as you heard, the americans had _ latest from there. as you heard, the americans had this _ latest from there. as you heard, the americans had this high-profile - americans had this high—profile visit yesterday. two very high profile visitors, the secretary of state and secretary of defence announcing even more money for the ukrainian war effort. in total $3.7 billion has now been pledged and given. 700 million of that was announced yesterday, and is notjust military support, diplomatic support as well, and you heard from antony blinken talking about how in his mind the ukrainians have already won and guaranteed the future of their state. in and guaranteed the future of their state. , ., ., , ., state. in terms of the latest on the military side _ state. in terms of the latest on the military side of— state. in terms of the latest on the military side of things, _ state. in terms of the latest on the military side of things, what - state. in terms of the latest on the military side of things, what can i military side of things, what can you tell us?— military side of things, what can you tell us? most of the fighting now, in you tell us? most of the fighting now. in fact _ you tell us? most of the fighting now, in fact all _ you tell us? most of the fighting now, in fact all the _ you tell us? most of the fighting now, in fact all the fighting - you tell us? most of the fighting now, in fact all the fighting is i now, in fact all the fighting is concentrated in the east of the country where the ukrainians are well dug in, place where the battle has been raging notjust for the two months of this wall but for many years beforehand. there are really solid defences there and they seem to be holding. there are limited russian advances, a few villagers were taken and a pontoon bridge across the river was established. but it seems the russian advances not making huge amounts of gain despite all the heavy equipment that has been moved into the area. thank ou ve has been moved into the area. thank you very much. _ has been moved into the area. thank you very much. joe- _ earlier i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent james landale who spoke about the significance of this meeting. it is symbolically important, there has been a slow progression of western politicians visiting kyiv since the situation they are stabilised and these two gentlemen, mr lincoln and mr austen are the most senior us officials to go to ukraine since the invasion —— antony blinken. as a show of support it matters, antony blinken said us diplomats would start coming back to ukraine shortly in the coming days. —— lloyd austin. it is a big symbolic show. also in terms of the nitty—gritty they were discussing very specifically what more military support the us can give to ukraine in coming weeks and particularly for the fighting in donbas. they promised, officials say, about 700 million us dollars. and certainly secretary austin, the us defence secretary, talked about the need for more long—range weapons, artillery, howitzer peer, tanks and things like that. , ., ., that. they have to give them either enou:h that. they have to give them either enough weapons. _ that. they have to give them either enough weapons, the _ that. they have to give them either enough weapons, the weapons i that. they have to give them either| enough weapons, the weapons they give have to be sophisticated enough to repel the russian troops. this latter possibility or not? howitzers. latter possibility or not? howitzers— latter possibility or not? howitzers. . , ., , howitzers. that is the really interesting _ howitzers. that is the really interesting question - howitzers. that is the really| interesting question because howitzers. that is the really i interesting question because we howitzers. that is the really - interesting question because we are at the stage now where it has been demonstrated that the ukrainians can resist russian forces. so now the question for the west is does it provide ukraine with the weapons who push those forces back. we are in an area where we are talking about what area where we are talking about what are the war aims. if the ukrainians want to push the russians back on how far can we push them back and where do we want to push them back to? mraustin said where do we want to push them back to? mr austin said something interesting in a press conference following this visit. he said we want to see russia weekend to the degree it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. that's the first time i've ever heard a us official or anybody in the west saying it is now a war aim to now we can rush and notjust support ukraine. the british prime minister, borisjohnson, has contacted the opposition labour party's deputy leader, angela rayner, to make clear that he views claims about her in a newspaper yesterday as misogynistic. the mail on sunday said one conservative mp had suggested she tried to distract the prime minister in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. the claims have led to a wider conversation about sexism expereinced by women working in the house of commons. here's our chief political correspondent, adam fleming. it was in the mail on sunday yesterday and it claims that angela rayner, labour's deputy leader, who is often on the front bench in parliament, sometimes she is standing infora keir starmer up against borisjohnson at prime minister's questions, and it quoted an unnamed conservative saying she had a tactic of distracting the prime minister by — i can't even believe i'm saying this — but opening and closing her legs. and then there was a reference to the film basic instinct in there as well. now, that was roundly condemned as soon as people started reading that report from across the political spectrum. you've got people like the conservative party chairman oliver dowden saying that it was ludicrous. then there was a tweet from the prime minister saying it was clearly misogynistic. and boris johnson followed that up with a private text message to angela rayner, which she replied to as well. and i'm told that both messages were in those individuals' "inimitable" personal styles. but it has now prompted a conversation aboutjust the level of sexism there is at westminster and there is in political coverage of westminster. and that was something that was being discussed this morning by rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, a colleague of angela rayner�*s who was on bbc breakfast to talk about tax but ended up talking about this and its kind of current and historical context. what really depresses me is the culture inside parliament, and more than 100 years after the first woman took her seat in the house of commons, that this sort of stuff is still going on and there are still far too many people, including members of parliament, who think that this sort of briefing and this sort of story is acceptable. there should be no place for it in 21st—century britain. and yet, still too many people, including too many elected members of parliament, think that this is acceptable. it's not, and it's got to be called out. one conservative mp, caroline nokes, who chairs a select committee, says that the journalist who wrote it should be stripped of his parliamentary pass by the parliamentary authorities. number 10 and conservative hq are dismissing the idea of having an inquiry to find out who the person who briefed it was, not because they are not angry or concerned about it but because they say these inquiries tend not to find the person — and also journalists don't disclose their sources. but it will be interesting to see if this wider conversation leads to any kind of change in parliament or change of procedures, because we have already got the journalist who chairs the lobby, the group of parliamentary journalists, tweeting last night saying that this sort of sexism has to stop and that she is going to announce some plans fairly soon. and the mail on sunday as far as i know haven't yet commented. let me ask you about labour's announcement this morning regarding the tax status of so—called non—doms, and this comes after the chancellor's wife was a non—dom. yes, so non—doms are people who live in the uk but they are not domiciled here for tax purposes, which means they can earn money abroad and pay tax abroad rather than tax in the uk. and it's been a bit of a running theme in politics for the last 15 years or so, but it came back to the fore a few weeks ago when it emerged that the chancellor's wife was a non—dom so she didn't pay uk taxes on her quite large earnings in india. now, non—dom status was the subject of a review by the labour party anyway, because they are looking at all the tax breaks and tax allowances in the system, but now, i'm sure by pure coincidence of timing, rachel reeves, the shadow chancellor, has said that labour would eliminate non—dom status. which means the current crop of the labour party have gone back to the position that we had under ed miliband and jeremy corbyn, when the party said they would get rid of non—dom status. but there is a little bit of a nuance to that. they would still look at having some kind of way for people who are in the uk temporarily, maybe for up to five years, to be able to still keep paying their taxes abroad on their foreign earnings. so it won't be completely eliminating non—dom status in spirit, butjust clamping down on it. and then of course that prompts arguments about, "well, you want rich investors to come to the uk, is the fact that they can get non—dom status something that is attractive to them and so is a benefit to the economy?" labour saying it's very hard to actually work out what is going on because it's quite secretive and the data is not very clear. they are pretty convinced that, actually, the economy would not suffer as a result of this, and in fact maybe the taxman could take in more tax. let's talk to lucy fisher, chief political commentartor at times radio. we are going to discuss the misogynistic article in the mail on sunday yesterday. first of all, when you read it, what did you think? i was shocked to hear tory mps making that suggestion. just find it, i would hope it was a joke, very much, and ill placed and ill thought out one, but the idea that angela rayner would be genuinely using such a ploy struck me is frankly ridiculous. and secondly, the other comments reported by this unnamed conservative mp suggesting she lacks the education, having not been to oxford and trained at the oxford union debating society lacks the rhetorical skills to go head—to—head with the prime minister, i think is potently incorrect. i’m with the prime minister, i think is potently incorrect.— potently incorrect. i'm 'ust going to read some t potently incorrect. i'm 'ust going to read some of i potently incorrect. i'm 'ust going to read some of the i potently incorrect. i'm just going to read some of the article i potently incorrect. i'm just going to read some of the article for i potently incorrect. i'm just going l to read some of the article for our viewers around the world because they may not have seen it. i will read a couple of paragraphs. "the exchanges in the house of commons between angela rayner and mrjohnson which take place when leader of labour sir keir starmer is absent, have become a highlight of the commons calendar, pitching the mp against the old etonian. tory mps have suggested she tries to distract the pm at the dispatch box by disclosing a copy of sharon stone in basic instinct. she cannot damage has other skills which he lacks." angela rayner says that is completely untrue. what do you think of a tory mp apparently saying that and the fact it is written up in a sunday newspaper by their political editor? i sunday newspaper by their political editor? ~ , _, , , editor? i think it is completely unacceptable _ editor? i think it is completely unacceptable for _ editor? i think it is completely unacceptable for a _ editor? i think it is completely. unacceptable for a conservative editor? i think it is completely i unacceptable for a conservative mp, any mp, to make such comments. i'm glad to hear the likes of chris phillips, the tech minister, during the morning rounds saying it is not only unacceptable but if he heard a colleague making such a suggestion he would honestly call it out. i think that is what we need to hear from mps, particularly male mps, that commitment to stamp out such talk, even if it's made injest in the tearoom, in the bars late at night in parliament. i think when it comes to the reporting on such claims, it is always a difficult decision, a judgment call for a journalist to make on the basis of balancing taste, perhaps, and how much weight you are giving to a throwaway comment, joke by one source, and whether you want to sort of shine a light on what people are saying behind the scenes. i think readers really value getting this sort of under the bonnet look on how mps actually speak to each other and to journalists, mps actually speak to each other and tojournalists, what mps actually speak to each other and to journalists, what they are actually saying behind—the—scenes. a third element is the tone in which it is reported, obviously suggesting that was a comment made mischievously, was the adverb used, perhaps doesn't really capture how shocking and unacceptable i think most people would find that remark. how sexist is it working in the house of commons, lucy? i how sexist is it working in the house of commons, lucy? i would say it is in some — house of commons, lucy? i would say it is in some ways _ house of commons, lucy? i would say it is in some ways quite _ house of commons, lucy? i would say it is in some ways quite difficult - it is in some ways quite difficult tojudge as a journalist. it is in some ways quite difficult to judge as a journalist. i've been lucky to work for major brands such as times and telegraph and with a big heritage name behind you as a reporter you have a degree of power and people are not necessarily going to mess with you or risk a negative coverage by making silly comments. certainly female mps i speak to are really wearied by it and certainly junior staffers suffer often the worst. they perhaps get more of it than most because they don't have the profile, the back—up and that degree of power in what is such a hierarchical institution, and possibly they suffer the worst of it. i'm not surprised to hear that the speaker is said to be thinking about another review into the culture of parliament. it is clear that not only with this report at the weekend, but also coverage suggesting that three cabinet ministers and two shadow cabinet ministers and two shadow cabinet ministers are among 56 mps who are currently being investigated for sexual misconduct, that is a seventh of the house of commons, and it really shows more needs to be done to the culture.— to the culture. how do you overhaul the culture? — to the culture. how do you overhaul the culture? is _ to the culture. how do you overhaul the culture? is it _ to the culture. how do you overhaul the culture? is it about _ to the culture. how do you overhaul the culture? is it about getting i the culture? is it about getting more women in senior positions, more women as editors of sunday newspapers, more women in the cabinet, what is it? i newspapers, more women in the cabinet, what is it?— cabinet, what is it? i think there is certainly _ cabinet, what is it? i think there is certainly a _ cabinet, what is it? i think there is certainly a role _ cabinet, what is it? i think there is certainly a role for _ is certainly a role for representation to play. there are lots of different ideas about how best to achieve that. some people feel quite queasy about quotas and other people feel it is the only way to make progress. i also think it is about awareness. it's about making sure that there are clear and access to hotlines and people know what to do if they are targeted with an appropriate contact or comments. and that due punishment is meted out. so bit by bit the culture will change and people will realise what is and isn't acceptable.— isn't acceptable. thank you very much, isn't acceptable. thank you very much. lucy- _ the authorities in shanghai have reported 51 covid—related deaths in the past 24 hours, that's up from 39 deaths on saturday. it comes as work begins to fence off residential compounds in the city to try to stop the spread of the disease. another 20,000 new cases were reported in shanghai on sunday. meanwhile, officials in the chaoyang district of beijing, where there's also been a resurgence of the virus, have put 14 buildings under lockdown, and have ordered everyone living or working in the area to take three covid tests this week. here is our china correspondant steve mcdonnell with the latest. this is the scene throughout the chaoyang district of beijing, with people lining up to have covid tests today. everyone in chaoyang district this week has to do three covid tests. chaoyang is a huge area. it's as big as a city itself. there are millions of people living and working in chaoyang, and although there have only been 19 extra official cases added today to beijing's covid total, the fact that this testing is going on has really spooked residents in the city and over the last 24 hours they have been piling into supermarkets and buying provisions. vegetables, fruit, rice, you name it. because they are worried they may have to go into a lockdown in the same way shanghai has gone into lockdown. now, people in shanghai have been unable to leave their homes for the last five weeks, and it may seem crazy with only 19 extra cases here today that residents may feel that way. but what's also fuelled it has been that the government has said omicron ——but what's also fuelled it has been that the government has said there may be many more omicron infections and that many more people have been infected, and that's why this mass testing is being carried out. as for shanghai, although the cases are they are remaining persistently high, so symptomatic cases, the people who have to go to hospital, around 2,500 today, new asymptomatic cases, not hospital, but you still have to go to a centralised quarantine centre, almost 17,000 today. that would seem to indicate that it's going to take some time for that city to get back to zero infections, to enable them to lift the lockdown. and it's fears of this type of extended lockdown where maybe for months on end people are having to stay in their homes, that is what is fuelling concerns in beijing. i suppose some will be hoping that this mass testing might narrow down the areas of infection in the city and they possibly won't have to go into lockdown, but who knows? certainly with the omicron variant it is very hard to control it. here in the uk, a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people were stabbed to death in london. earlier, i was joined by our news correspondent james reynolds, who gave us the latest updates on the story. victoria, the information we are getting at this moment comes that is in southwark in south london, near bermondsey. those officers then forced their way into the property and, once they get in, according to the metropolitan police, they saw four people — three women and a man — with stab wounds. the emergency services were called. they were pronounced dead at the scene. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. according to the police, he has been taken to a south london police station. detectives from specialist crime are investigating. the police also say it is thought all five people were known to each other. we, of course, do not know their identities at this stage. victims of sexual offences are waiting longer than ever for their cases to go through court. cases on average took more than eight months to conclude, but the cases very through different regions. how long should someone wait forjustice? in the oasis of calm of her home, lisa tells me about the nightmare of criminaljustice delays after she was raped in 2017. she had damning evidence against her attacker, a man she knew well. i was led to believe originally that it would be quite a speedy resolvement to the case and it would be taken onto charging and that decision would come about. however, it didn't happen in that way. and it was a very long process. police and prosecutors took two years to charge the attacker, taking him to court in the summer of 2019. but existing backlogs meant no trial before the following april, and then the pandemic closed courts. the rapist was only convicted in late summer 2021. i think if i hadn't have gone forward and reported it, i would have been able to have brought my mental health around a lot quicker. than extending the ordeal of having the additional impact of the court system, just a lack of understanding of how people feel in that scenario, building themselves up to be knocked back down again. time and time again. national data and a bbc court by court analysis shows lisa's experience is not exceptional. sexual offence complaints take the longest time to get through courts, a national average of 8.6 months in england and wales. there is huge variation across the country. leicester crown court being the longest. at 15 months, last autumn. overall, the delay for all offences from report to crown court completion is 697 days. criminal barristers say the system is chronically underfunded. they have begun industrial action, refusing to take some cases to force the government to inject more cash. a young junior barrister, in the first three years of their practice, is earning just over £12,000 per year before tax. a lot of barristers now are working under minimum wage. we are facing a huge exodus of practitioners from the profession. sophia chandler was victimised by her former assistant who stole treasured gifts from her late husband. her wait for a prosecution, five years. come on, darling. the offender even had time, albeit briefly, to go on the run. she stole my last memories i had from my late husband. and that's what i will never forgive her for. never. the more it was delayed, the more anxious i was feeling, and the more scared i was to go out. if it were to happen again, i would still go to the police and persevere. otherwise there would be no justice, what's the point of having the police and the court? this temporary court, one of many set up during the pandemic, is part of the ministry ofjustice's solution to backlogs. barristers say there are not enough lawyers to push cases through on time, but ministers predict that their long term plan including recording evidence in advance from rape victims, will turn things around. it's very difficult for anyone who has been the victim of rape or serious sexual violence, who have recovered from the original crime, and then you have got to muster the courage to go through the process. i'm absolutely committed to making sure that those victims have the support every step of the way. how much confidence you do have in the system having gone through all this? none. none at all. i would never, god forbid it ever happened again or to any of my family, i wouldn't promote going through the system or even reporting crimes of this nature any more. dominic casciani, bbc news. if you need help or support there are details of organisations in the uk. just go to bbc.co.uk/actionline. or you can call forfree, at any time, to hear recorded information on 0800 o77 o77. a ukrainian man whose his wife and three—month—old daughter were killed in a russian missile strike has said he wants the world to know how they died. at least six other people were killed when their residential tower block, in odesa, was hit. caroline davies reports from the port city. three—month—old kira was just learning to laugh. in her short life, most was lived under the cloud of war. but in their flat in odesa, their family thought they were safe. they were wrong. yesterday their building was hit by a russian missile. kira, her mother valeria and her grandmother ludmila were all killed. her father yuriy only survived because he left to go to the shops. today, among residents rescuing what they could, we found him. translation: i came to collect things that l were important to my wife. she had a collection of sugar sachets from everywhere. everything in the flat becomes garbage and will be thrown away. i want to keep them for my memories. valeria and yuriy had been together for nine years. his phone is filled with videos and photographs of them. translation: she was a great mother, i friend, with all the best qualities. i it will be impossible for me to find someone else like valeria. she was perfect. such a person could be given to you only once in a life, and it's a gift from god. it has been barely 24 hours since the attack. but yuriy says he wants to talk. he hopes that it can make some difference. translation: my world died, killed by a russian missile. i and unfortunately, not only my family is in this situation. it's the grief of ukraine and of our whole civilisation. one of the few possessions yuriy has recovered from his flat is a pack of nappies. he hands them to us as we leave. "please take them to charity," he says. "i have no need for them now". caroline davies, bbc news, odesa. p&o ferries is selling tickets for sailings between dover and calais tomorrow. it's the first time it has done this on the busiest route since it sacked 800 staff in march and replaced them with cheaper agency workers. its vessel, the spirit of britain, has been cleared to sail after it was detained by the maritime and coastguard agency. earlier, i spoke with our business correspondant simon browning. it's now more than five weeks since p&o sacked 800 workers, quite ruthlessly, to replace them with cheaper staff. two p&o ferries were detained. one of them was cleared to sail at the end of last week, on friday, by the maritime and coastguard agency. checking the p&o website this morning, which i have been doing pretty religiously to see when those sailings are going to start again, they are starting tomorrow morning, first sailing at 4:25am. all of the tickets for tomorrow are already sold out, so you can't actually get on a p&o ferry now until tuesday. it is significant because the company has had a tough time in the last couple of weeks reputationally after sacking all those workers and replacing them with new agency staff. yesterday, the rmt union told the bbc it had spoken to some of the new agency staff who have been employed, and p&o tried to offer them cheaper contracts to what they were initially employed when they first went on the vessel. the maritime and coastguard agency stepped in and said, no, this is not correct and you need to employ these new workers on the original terms that you did, basically forcing p&o to make a u—turn and stop them giving them even cheaper contracts. so, yes, these boats go back out to sea, back out to calais tomorrow. it is unclear how the unions will react. there have been protests in dover for weeks, and here in westminster, about the conduct of p&o. grant shapps, the transport secretary, has talked about it in parliament. we will see what happens in the morning, but this first departure, the spirit of britain, is due to leave dover at 4:25am tomorrow, there's another sailing at midday, then another one at 3pm. from what i can see on the website, all three are sold out for tomorrow, and if you want to go, it is going to be down to tuesday. this weekend marked one year since a young man died afterjumping into the river thames to rescue a woman. folajimi olubunmi—adewole, known asjimi to friends, was just 20. jimi loved his music, and this morning — in his memory — one of his songs will be played on bbc radio for the first time. graham satchell reports. jimi adewole. he lost his life a year ago trying to rescue someone who had jumped into the river thames. music was always jimi's first love. in a studio in south london, a group ofjimi's friends have been working on a series of tracksjimi had started recording. # only go through if i've got brothers with me i can trust #. my bro had talent kind of thing, you know what i mean? when i heard his music was like, wow, like, wow, you know? could have actually done something. # i'm still the same guy i was. # no amount of money is changing me, blatantly #. i feel like music, it hits harder when the person is not here any more but the lyrics are so deep. he is a hero, so, yeah, man, it is only right that we do right by him. london bridge. jimi had just left work with his best friend bernard when they heard shouting from the river thames. it was pitch black. it was one in the morning. couldn't see anything. i remembered me andjimi looking around on both sides of the river, just trying to understand, where is she at. we could hear the noise of someone shouting. i rememberjimi going straight at it. he was like, "bro, we have to find her." he was determined to save her, that woman, that night. jimi and another manjumped in. the woman was eventually rescued, butjimi didn't make it. he was like my little brother. my big little brother. because he was much taller than me! but itjust shows that not everyone who you see is bad. not everyone you look at has ill intentions. jimi just had a pure intention, pure mind, pure heart. it's hard. i shared good moments with him. memories that i cherish for the rest of my life. just... he's an amazing person. you miss him? yeah, a lot, a lot, a lot. bernard and music producer 40 on radio 1 xtra. this is to commemorate his anniversary, right? jimi's track is being played on national radio for the first time this morning. right, boys, you can be radio hosts now. you can introduce the song. this isttizzl67, featuring psychs and c4. i'll let you know. # i'll let you know. # bridges got burned, i let her go. # heart felt pain, let it show. # money down, i choose to make it roll. _ # if you're my lover then you just let her go #. i it's nice. it's a very nice feeling. because it still feels like he's there. he might not be there physically, but i know he is here spiritually. # i'm really from the hood, i'm really from the ghetto. i # built like lego #. and people just admiring him, just taking him in for a moment. let him tell his story. that will be nice to tell my kids the story. that is one of my dreams right now is to be able to tell my kids, that's your uncle right there. yeah. there have been a number of tributes tojimi since he died a year ago, but his friends say releasing his music is a legacy that will last for ever. £50 million was promised overfive years to help find a cure for motor neurone disease last november. but campaigners say not a single penny has — yet — been awarded. now, 12 leading scientists have written to the care minister for england, gillian keegan, calling for urgent action to free up funding. megan paterson reports. rob burrow, mbe. a campaigning force who, along with friends doddie weir and stephen darby, has helped the nation talk about motor neurone disease. mr robert burrow, for services to rugby and to motor neurone disease awareness during covid—19. it is a disease that has taken rob's voice and his mobility, but it can't dim his passion to help others survive it. in september last year, rob, as part of the united to end mnd coalition, went to downing street asking the government for a £50 million investment in mnd research. we are now on the brink of a meaningful treatment, so we needed to get funds to help prolong life and laterfind a cure. two months later, the government announced it would invest at least £50 million over five years into research in a bid to find a cure — a source of hope for campaigners like rob. with the government pledging £50 million for research to find a positive treatment and possible cure means all sufferers have hope in the future and the hope of living a longer life expectancy. i feel on top of the world. it is like playing great in a game, knowing someone is listening to us. the hard work starts now for our amazing scientists to find an effective treatment. but, since then, how much of the £50 million has been awarded? according to campaigners, none at all. attempts to access the funding have been unsuccessful. scientists told individual research applications must be made, and the funding pot isn't ring—fenced for motor neurone disease. we submitted a proposal to the government spending review back in the autumn last year and it laid out a plan that would bring together a broad range of knowledge and expertise across the whole mnd research community in the uk. it involves 22 research centres across five universities. and in terms of timing, we knew that significant new money would have to wait until the new financial year in april, but we are now well into april and we did expect to be further ahead, with much more clarity on how the government funding will be accessed. in a letter to the minister for care, gillian keegan, 12 leading mnd scientists say efficient, responsive and rapid access to the assured funds is crucial to understanding and treating mnd. is crucial to understanding the prime minister and the health secretary promised £50 million specifically for that purpose. this led to new hope for people living with the disease, hope that is now being undermined. no money has been received by researchers as of yet, and i am told that funds may not even be reserved for mnd. red tape and bureaucracy are also making the application process difficult and will make it harder to set up amazing new ways of potentially discovering new treatments and securing new investment. people with mnd are potentially being betrayed and do not have time to wait. a spokesperson for the department of health and social care told us... "we remain committed to spending at least another £50 million to help find a cure. we are working with the national institute of think care research to investigate if there have been any delays in funding being allocated and fully understand how important it is for further research to take place as soon as possible." the united to end mnd coalition will meet with the care minister this week. will meet with the care campaigners keen access to funding and the hope it brings will follow soon after. here in the uk, the government says it'll establish an independent regulator in football after endorsing recommendations made in the fan—led review into the men's game. the regulator will have power to sanction clubs in english football who break financial and other rules. a new �*owners test�* will be introduced and legislation will give fans more say in the running of the game. let's talk to our correspondent nesta mcgregor. how did we get to this point? it seems that for years we have spoken in one way or another about a crisis in one way or another about a crisis in english football. teams go bust. at the moment, derby has its own financial woes which threatens the future of the club. and last year, the big six wanting to break away from the premier league and form an european super league, very lucrative but very exclusive. that led to a fan led review looking to protect the future of english football. it was fronted by the former sports minister, tracey crouch, and it is our recommendation is that the government will now add to your white paper that is due to be published in the summer. what be published in the summer. what difference would _ be published in the summer. what difference would add _ be published in the summer. what difference would add independent football regulator make? that difference would add independent football regulator make?- football regulator make? at the moment, football regulator make? at the moment. and — football regulator make? at the moment, and it _ football regulator make? at the moment, and it is _ football regulator make? at the moment, and it is not _ football regulator make? at the i moment, and it is not uncommon, we have seen football clubs james chance to people who suddenly it is later found out don't have the finances to keep the club going. barry was bought for just £1, finances to keep the club going. barry was bought forjust £1, which to some people is unacceptable. an independent triple regulator will keep a constant track of the finances of a club to make sure they are not spending beyond their means in the hope of success, or attached should a billionaire owners suddenly want to be rid of that club, the club is not left in the lurch. they would have the power to sanction teams that want to break away and form a super league. also, one of tracey crouch's other recommendations is stricter and tougher directors and owners test, not just on tougher directors and owners test, notjust on their background and financial checks, but also on matters of integrity. we only have to look at chelsea, they are currently looking for new owners because of exactly that. the government sanctioned roman abramovich because of his alleged links to vladimir putin. chelsea, if they couldn't find a buyer, would have to be taken over, perhaps by the government will go into administration. as a taxpayer, we could possibly be funding a football club. the government also say that fancy the big assay. they say that yes, football clubs are businesses, but they are also community assets so they want to create our shadow board that will give fans a bigger say in things that may seem trivial for some, say in things that may seem trivial forsome, but say in things that may seem trivial for some, but are very important to the fans, like the location of a new stadium, a local change or the colour of a new kit.— stadium, a local change or the colour of a new kit. there are some chairmans — colour of a new kit. there are some chairmans of _ colour of a new kit. there are some chairmans of premier— colour of a new kit. there are some chairmans of premier league i colour of a new kit. there are some chairmans of premier league clubs| chairmans of premier league clubs who are against a triple regulator. anybody else against it? sections of it all are against it because they worry it could affect the competitive balance or the levels of interest in the sport. even tracey crouch, he is at the centre about this, says she is worried that the government has not implemented a timeframe for this to happen, so at the minute it mayjust seem like it is just promises. the minute it mayjust seem like it isjust promises. at the minute it mayjust seem like it is just promises. at the heart of all this, victoria, is protecting english football and making sure that fans, we saw during the pandemic when there were no fans in the stands, the financial impact that had come and when those try to break away from to form the european super league, that the fans had no power to say no. we want as much say as a billionaire who sits on the board. a british man detained in yemen since 2017, who's never been charged or put on trial, has been released. luke symons, who's 29 and from cardiff, was seized as a suspected spy by houthi rebels, a group fighting the yemeni government in the civil war. ten people have now been confirmed dead after a tourist boat got in to trouble and sank off the north coast of japan. a search is continuing for 14 other tourists and two crew who are still missing more than 24 hours after the boat made a distress call saying it was taking on water. allotments grew in popularity during the world wars when people had to become more self—sufficient and grow their own fruit and veg. now, with the rising cost of living, there's increased demand for plots once again. nina warhurst reports. the allotment is a great british tradition. a place to get away from it all, connect with nature and even have a go at being more self—sufficient. green spaces dividing into plots for people to grow their own have been around since the 18th century. but it was in 1916 that councils were given power to commandeer land to grow food to help with the war effort. newsreel: now he's got a garden of his own where among his pals i he finds the greatest fun he's ever known in making things grow. and, as the nation dug for victory, by the end of world war ii, a fifth of our fruit and veg was grown in gardens and allotments. it is only in the long—term that you can build up soilfertility to grow really good vegetables. you know, big onions, big leeks and big celery. but for a while, they fell out of fashion and the percentage of fresh food that came from allotments fell to single figures. fast forward to 2020 and a global pandemic pushed us to connect with nature, pushing up allotment waiting lists. it is just a sanctuary for me. my work is stressful and i come here at any opportunity i can, get away to come here. it's very relaxing. and now, with the squeeze on budgets and concerns around where food comes from and how it gets here, could the humble allotment also become a vitally important part of life once again? the russian defence claims they have ordered a ceasefire around the steel plant in mariupol in the south of ukraine. that is it from us. hello again. the weather this week is going to remain fairly settled. it will be fairly cloudy at times, though, and we will see one or two showers but no significant rain. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather, notjust today but as we go through the next few days. and we are dragging in this cool air across the cold north sea, so our temperatures will be that bit lower along the north sea coastline and eastern counties generally. it's also quite breezy today across east anglia and the south—east. this morning's cloud breaking up across eastern parts of scotland and north—east england. but through the day, a bit more cloud will bubble up and that could produce some scattered showers. generally moving from the east towards the west. but the highest temperatures in the south—west at 15 or 16 degrees. pollen levels today are high in wales and south—west england but low or moderate elsewhere, and of course it is tree pollen that we are talking about. now, through this evening and overnight we see more cloud coming in across scotland and north—east england, thick enough for some patchy light rain and drizzle. it is going to be a cold night as well and there is a chance in rural areas we could see a touch of frost. so tomorrow morning we start off with a fair bit of sunshine under those clear skies, and that doesn't mean we are looking at a chilly start, a sunny one, the cloud across scotland and north—east england moving a little bit further southwards and westwards through the course of the day. again, with the odd shower coming out of it. but many of us will stay dry. always cooler along the north sea coastline and the highest temperatures again in parts of the south—west. where we could get up to about 17 degrees. then as we head into wednesday and thursday, high pressure still ensconced across our shores, drifting a little bit further south, but still a lot of settled conditions around. so for wednesday we are looking at a mostly dry day, a fair bit of cloud, some sunny intervals, but breezy across the english channel and the coastlines adjacent to it, so the south coast of england and the channel islands. and notice the temperatures are down a touch and still feeling cool along the north sea coastline. into thursday, high pressure is still in charge of our weather. lighter winds, though, by thursday, through the english channel but still breezy and you can see the temperatures, 11—16 degrees in the south. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11am: emmanuel macron is re—elected as french president. he promises to unite the country after defeating the anti—immigration candidate marine le pen. translation: my friends, - will need to be kind and respectful because our country harbours many doubts and divisions, so we will need to be strong. but nobody will be left by the wayside. president zelensky meets the united states' top diplomat anthony blinken. it's the first time a senior us official has visited ukraine since the war began. borisjohnson has told labour's angela rayner he regards claims made about her in yesterday's mail on sunday as misogynistic. the paper said some tory mps had suggested she tried to distract the prime minister in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. victims of sexual offences in england and wales are facing the longest waits on record for their cases to go through court. it's been one year since a young man died after diving into the river thames in london to save a woman who fell in. to mark this, one of his songs will be played on bbc radio for the first time. emmanuel macron has promised to unite france and be a president for all after being re—elected as the country's leader. he beat his anti immigration rival marine le pen to become the first here's david eades in paris. we are overlooking the famed auntie triomphe, it's fair to say it is a symbol of success for emmanuel macron today, he is the first french president in 20 years to win a second term in office. he has vowed to reunite the country after his election and even with those figures, very convincing final result it looks on paper, the election date marked the best performance for a far right candidate in modern french political history. in his victory speech, mr macron did acknowledge the need to reach out to disaffected voters, saying the french people are riddled with doubt, as he put it. let me show you a couple of papers first of all, this is a fairly business oriented paper, it says a new departure, not what you would expect from a man into his second term, it should be about continuity, but he feels he needs to start again. this is a left—leaning paper, thank you, this is the first word he uttered after his victory, but thank you to whom the? to the disaffected or to his own supporters? from paris, here's jessica parker. enjoying his moment, dissenters, pro—eu emmanuel macron, the first sitting french president to win re—election in 20 years. translation: mr; re-election in 20 years. translation: ~ , , translation: my friends, we will need to be kind _ translation: my friends, we will need to be kind and _ translation: my friends, we will need to be kind and respectful i need to be kind and respectful because our country harbours many doubts and divisions, so we will need to be strong. but no—one will be left by the wayside. his need to be strong. but no-one will be left by the wayside. his campaign led . e be left by the wayside. his campaign pledge further _ be left by the wayside. his campaign pledge further economic _ be left by the wayside. his campaign pledge further economic reform i be left by the wayside. his campaign pledge further economic reform but| pledge further economic reform but critics accuse him of being aloof, elitist. he promised to be a precedent for all. supporters celebrated but some also acknowledged the change is needed. macron will listen more to different ideas in the country. we macron will listen more to different ideas in the country.— ideas in the country. we stood up auainst ideas in the country. we stood up against marine _ ideas in the country. we stood up against marine le _ ideas in the country. we stood up against marine le pen, _ ideas in the country. we stood up against marine le pen, we - ideas in the country. we stood up against marine le pen, we stood | ideas in the country. we stood up i against marine le pen, we stood up against _ against marine le pen, we stood up against nationalism and we showed that today— against nationalism and we showed that today we need to be united more than ever~ _ that today we need to be united more than ever. , ., , that today we need to be united more than ever. , . , ., than ever. grand setting for the victory rally. — than ever. grand setting for the victory rally, supporters - than ever. grand setting for the victory rally, supporters here i victory rally, supporters here cheering their man. the margin of victory may be smaller than last time but here they are still seeing this re—election is a huge personal achievements for emmanuel macron. forfar right candidates achievements for emmanuel macron. for far right candidates marine le pen, another defeat to. but her platform of curbing emigration and countering rising prices won her party a record number of votes with parliamentary elections approaching, she vowed to fight on. translation: t0 she vowed to fight on. translation: ., ., ., , _, translation: to avoid this courting of ower b translation: to avoid this courting of power by the _ translation: to avoid this courting of power by the elites, _ translation: to avoid this courting of power by the elites, more - translation: to avoid this courting of power by the elites, more than i of power by the elites, more than ever, i will carry on with my commitment to france and the french people with energy, perseverance and dedication. ., . people with energy, perseverance and dedication. . . ., , ., dedication. france opted for the familiar but _ dedication. france opted for the familiar but elections _ dedication. france opted for the familiar but elections can - dedication. france opted for the familiar but elections can help l familiar but elections can help reveal a country's divides. now the challenge is trying to heal them. i'm joined on this rather wonderful spotin i'm joined on this rather wonderful spot in paris by the economics and politics writer for the wall street journal. thank you forjoining us, i wonder what you make of that final result, because if you look at it from further afield, it looks like a thumping victory?— from further afield, it looks like a thumping victory? well, mr macron won b a thumping victory? well, mr macron won by a margin — thumping victory? well, mr macron won by a margin a _ thumping victory? well, mr macron won by a margin a little _ thumping victory? well, mr macron won by a margin a little wider i thumping victory? well, mr macron won by a margin a little wider than | won by a margin a little wider than expected, so there is a sense of relief here and paris, in paris 85% of people voted for mr macron in the second round. however, ithink marine le pen did much better than five years ago, she lost by a 17 point margin from 30 to nearly five years ago, which is nearly half. she called it a stunning victory. the i called it a stunning victory. the score was _ called it a stunning victory. the score was the _ called it a stunning victory. tie: score was the highest by called it a stunning victory. ti2 score was the highest by far by a far right candidate in an election, so as a win for her. the progress she has made between this election in the previous one really shows that macron faces an uphill task to reunite a country which has grown very divided. reunite a country which has grown very divided-— reunite a country which has grown very divided. that was certainly the messa . e very divided. that was certainly the message of— very divided. that was certainly the message of his _ very divided. that was certainly the message of his speech _ very divided. that was certainly the message of his speech after- very divided. that was certainly the message of his speech after the i message of his speech after the result was out. and he did reach out to the rest of france, as it were, and it was notable that his main rivals secondly didn't even congratulate the president on his results, so you can see where the deficient and rancorous toe fails, so what does he have to do, then, to persuade people here still worth backing? he persuade people here still worth backin: ? ., ., ., persuade people here still worth backinu? ., ., ., ., , backing? he will have to not only acknowledge _ backing? he will have to not only acknowledge the _ backing? he will have to not only acknowledge the fact _ backing? he will have to not only acknowledge the fact that - backing? he will have to not only acknowledge the fact that some l acknowledge the fact that some people voted for him just to block the far right but will have to do something to address the anchor in rural areas and also addressed this demand for more socialjustice, for more policies on the environment and renewable energy. we will see what will happen in days to come with a composition of a new government. 25nd composition of a new government. and that will be critical, it is never as exciting as the coverage of the presidential election but needs to know who has a government that works with him or if you will have to spend a slight with them. he will have to ministers _ spend a slight with them. he will have to ministers and _ spend a slight with them. he will have to ministers and a - spend a slight with them. he will have to ministers and a prime i have to ministers and a prime minister that can send a signal that that he will govern notjust with his party but also with some people that did not vote for him in this election. , , ., _, , that did not vote for him in this election. , , ., , ~ election. this is a country like many others _ election. this is a country like many others in _ election. this is a country like many others in europe - election. this is a country like many others in europe where| election. this is a country like i many others in europe where the money has been spent and spent and bucketloads of the last couple of years, mostly regarding covid and the challenges of overcoming that. he's a pragmatist, he doesn't approve want to spend big, so i was going to manage that and push some of his reforms, the issue of retirement is one which really bothers people here. but doesn't redo that, he isn't going to get the money in. he redo that, he isn't going to get the mone in. ., , redo that, he isn't going to get the mone in. , ., , money in. he has proposed this extension. _ money in. he has proposed this extension, his _ money in. he has proposed this extension, his response - money in. he has proposed this extension, his response to i money in. he has proposed this extension, his response to how| money in. he has proposed this i extension, his response to how to keep spending on health care and france's generous social system without raising massively taxes. his parishioners, people have to work longer to continue funding at that system. clearly, that's not a measure of it's going to be popular. he wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65. he wants to raise the retirement age from 62 to 655-— from 62 to 65. that doesn't go down well with many _ from 62 to 65. that doesn't go down well with many people, _ from 62 to 65. that doesn't go down well with many people, to _ from 62 to 65. that doesn't go down well with many people, to be - from 62 to 65. that doesn't go down | well with many people, to be honest! quick word on the left, did well in the first round, not get a united group, perhaps they can be, what are their prospects? it’s group, perhaps they can be, what are their prospects?— their prospects? it's difficult to sa at their prospects? it's difficult to say at this _ their prospects? it's difficult to say at this point. _ their prospects? it's difficult to say at this point. were - their prospects? it's difficult to say at this point. were nervous their prospects? it's difficult to i say at this point. were nervous what will happen in the legislative elections, they will need to try to unite to win a significant number of seats but the left is very divided in france and the far left candidate jean—luc melenchon is not loved by all on the left, so it's pretty uncertain. all on the left, so it's pretty uncertain-— uncertain. it's the deficient sectors saving _ uncertain. it's the deficient sectors saving emmanuel. uncertain. it's the deficient i sectors saving emmanuel macron uncertain. it's the deficient - sectors saving emmanuel macron to some extent, it seems. thank you very much indeed. one thing is clear, we know the president will be for the next five years, the rest is a morass of uncertainties at the moment. the sun is shining at the moment. the sun is shining at the moment in paris, so it feels great even of the political mode is a little murkier. back to london. we will have more reaction to that result in the french presidential election a little later. the british prime minister boris johnson has contacted the opposition labour party's deputy leader angela rayner to make clear that he views claims about her in a newspaper yesterday as misogynistic. the paper said some conservative mps had suggested she tried to distract the prime minister in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. the claims have led to a wider conversation again about sexism experienced by women working in the house of commons. our political correspondent ione wells is in westminster. the prime minister has, it seems, now contacted her directly. this is blowing up into such a row with the spotlight on sexism in the commons? thomas to talk these comments to the mail on sunday have led to widespread consternation across the political spectrum. to recap, yesterday in the mail on sunday, there was an article by their political editor glen owen publishing claims that he said were by some anonymous conservative mps that the deputy labour leader angela rayner try to distract the prime minister by crossing and uncrossing her legs. the claims have been widely condemned as misogynistic, with the prime minister himself condemning them. as you say, he has message angela rayner to say he believes those claims were misogynistic. we have also had the labour leader sir keir starmer condemned the wider culture in westminster as misogynist and saying it needs to change. in terms of what it needs to change, that is something that mps across the spectrum are discussing now. a minister said today that if it came to light who these mps were, that they have had this conversation with they have had this conversation with the political editor of the mail on sunday, they would face serious consequences. though it has been said that the conservative head office are unlikely to launch an investigation and that it would be pretty difficult if in doubt most newspapers don't tend to reveal her sources on the stories are. the chairman of the women and equalities committee and parliament caroline nokes has said she has written to the speaker of the house of commons to ask whether the parliamentary pass, pass we have that gives us access to the house of commons, should be revoked for the mail on sunday's political editor. as you say, i think this has led to a wider discussion in the last 24 hours from particularly female mps but also female journalists about their experiences within westminster, with many calling out incidences of sexism as well since this has come to light. t sexism as well since this has come to liuht. ., , sexism as well since this has come to liuht. ., ., ., sexism as well since this has come to liiht. .,, ., ., ., i- to light. i was going to ask you exactly that. — to light. i was going to ask you exactly that, what _ to light. i was going to ask you exactly that, what are - to light. i was going to ask you exactly that, what are people i to light. i was going to ask you i exactly that, what are people saying what is the sense of how widespread this is? i what is the sense of how widespread this is? ~ ., this is? i think the general consensus _ this is? i think the general consensus is _ this is? i think the general consensus is that, - this is? i think the general consensus is that, while i this is? i think the general i consensus is that, while progress has been made and westminster is changing, particularly in terms of demographic, there are more female mps and journalists that there have beenin mps and journalists that there have been in the past in westminster, i think there is still a general consensus that this is a massive issue, that young people entering politics for the first time have flagged concerns about this as well. but as we have seen from the rational social media, female mps and journalists sharing some of the experiences they have heard of sexism in westminster. also interesting to note, a couple have also drawn attention to this issue within the media as well, the tory mp alicia clarence has pointed out on her twitter profile various incidences where she has been talked about in the press, noting how generous of often commented on her appearance or voice in a way that she doesn't feel any of her male counterparts would have to receive. daughter sparked a discussion about sexism or comments made in westminster and the house of commons itself but also how female mps and journalists are talked about in the press as well. journalists are talked about in the press as well-— will have an update on the headlines in a moment, first though... here in the uk, a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people were stabbed to death in london. james reynolds is in southwark, in south london. what we know what the police have been telling us, that at 1:40am this morning, there was a disturbance at one of the homes behind me, behind that corrugated barrier, on delaford road. at that point, the police arrived, neighbours say they were woken up by the disturbance. officers then broke in that city property and they found out four people with stab injuries. three women and one man. officers then called the emergency services but all four of those presumed stabbing victims were declared dead. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and taken to a south london police station and essentially, over the last hour or so, we have watched a stream of police officers and forensic specialists go through the corrugated barrier there and into the home to conduct further inquiries. the police say that further inquiries are carrying on and they are also saying that it is thought at the moment that the person arrested and the people starved all knew each other. so, inquiries are ongoing and just to set the scene, this is a really quiet road in south london, not far from millwall football stadium. cul—de—sacs, terraced houses and neighbours standing on the front of their homes telling people about the disturbance as they hurried and a helicopter they heard overnight. thank you. the headlines on bbc news: emmanuel macron is re—elected as french president. he promises to unite the country after defeating the anti—immigration candidate marine le pen. president zelensky meets the united states top diplomat anthony blinken. it's the first time a senior us official has visited ukraine since the war began. borisjohnson has told labour's angela rayner he regards claims made about her in yesterday's mail on sunday as misogynistic. the paper said some tory mps had suggested she tried to distract the prime minister in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. in the last few minutes russia's defence ministry has announced a ceasefire around the azovstal steel plant in mariupol to allow a civilian evacuation from the industrial area that has been sheltering the remaining ukrainian resistance in the port city. russia says that from midday bst, russia will unilaterally stop any hostilities, withdraw units to a safe distance and ensure the withdrawal of civilians. it comes as there are a number of developments in the conflict. the head of ukrainian railways says five stations have come under fire in western and central ukraine, they're saying there are casualities reported. meanwhile, russia is claiming it has shot down claiming it has shot down two ukrainian drones that were flying over russian territory near the border. and this comes after us secretary of state antony blinken and us defence secretary lloyd austin met president zelensky in kyiv on sunday. mr blinken said it was an important moment to be in ukraine and to show support for the country. he said, while in the capital kyiv, he saw people walking around and it was a sign that russia had already failed its mission. we certainly saw people on the streets of kyiv, evidence to the fact that the battle for kyiv was won and there is what looks, from the surface at least, to be normal life in kyiv. but that's a stark contrast to what's going on other parts of ukraine, in the south and east, where the russian brutality is doing horrific things to people every single day. in terms of the war�*s won and lost, again, i come back to the proposition that, in terms of russia's war aims, russia has already failed and ukraine has already succeeded, because a principal aim that president putin brought to this, in his own words, was to fully subsume ukraine back into russia, to take away its sovereignty and independence, and that has not happened. us defense secretary lloyd austin spoke earlier and said they want to see russia weakened. we want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. so, it has already lost a lot of military capability and a lot of its troops, quite frankly. and we want to see them not have the capability to very quickly reproduce that capability. and here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale on the visit. we are at that stage now where it has been demonstrated that the ukrainians can resist russian forces, so now the question for the west is, does it provide ukraine with the weapons that can actually push those russian forces back? because we are into an area now where people are talking about, what are the war aims? if the ukrainians want to push the russians back, how far could they push them back? where do we want them to push them back to? mr austin said something really interesting on this in the press conference that just followed. he said, "we want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine." now, that's the first time i've ever heard a us official, anybody in the west saying it is now a war aim to weaken russia and not just support ukraine. russian oil storage tanks are on fire in the city of bryansk, which is around 150km from the border with ukraine. you can see extraordinary footage of the blast here. there's no official comment about what caused the fires. jenny hill is in moscow. what is the understanding there? sés what is the understanding there? sis you say, there is no official explanation for the cause of this fire, but it is certainly notable that in recent weeks, the russian authorities have reported attacks or attempted attacks by ukrainian forces on the russian territory that borders ukraine. so officials another part of the area said that ukrainian drones were shot down in a different area, another region and another official said that a vote of been subject to sailing although no one was injured. of those reports are impossible to verify but they certainly have increased in recent days and while we can't say with any certainty that this fire was a result of an attack or sabotage, it may just result of an attack or sabotage, it mayjust be an accident, there are pretty low safety regulations here to accidental fires are fairly common, but there is a suspicion that this caused either by an attack or arson. ~ ., ., that this caused either by an attack or arson. ~ . ., i. ., ., or arson. what are you hearing about what is happening — or arson. what are you hearing about what is happening in _ or arson. what are you hearing about what is happening in mariupol? i what is happening in mariupol? because we are hearing that the defence ministry has announced a ceasefire around the other style —— around the assault style steel plant to allow evacuation. president putin said only a few days ago that nobody was allowed to be out of that area, so what are you hearing? this was allowed to be out of that area, so what are you hearing?— so what are you hearing? this is very interesting _ so what are you hearing? this is very interesting because - so what are you hearing? this is very interesting because of i so what are you hearing? this is i very interesting because of vladimir putin effectively declared victory in mariupol last week saying that they had control of the city but the steel plant is a finding ointment because troops still holed up and his troops have been able to dislodge. so you said that they are not going to storm the plans, they will to seal it off and wait for them to lay down their arms and surrender. to how to gain a repeated demand that the fighters inside, gpm moscow time today, when is in place, do exactly that exactly that and that the surveillance inside would be allowed to leave in any direction they wish, that is what the russian side are now saying. it is quite interesting, because if you look at the state propaganda of recent days, it has been armour decide what it thinks about the people inside that steel plant. the one hand, it is disputed ukrainian claimed that there are civilians sheltering inside, running short of food, water and medical supplies, inside, running short of food, water and medicalsupplies, it inside, running short of food, water and medical supplies, it says that is not true. to get another hand, we are seeing a narrative that these nationalist fighters that are in the plant are holding civilians hostage, using them as human shields. it has been interesting to watch the two narratives compete with each other on state television. i think russia is still not quite sure it wants to say about the civilians. we have had a statement saying, if there are siblings inside, we will allow them to leave, we will cease hostilities from around 2pm moscow time and allow them to leave in any direction they wish to go. allow them to leave in any direction they wish to go-_ our correspondent anna foster is in kyiv. is likely to be much trust around this apparent ceasefire in mariupol to allow civilians to leave? it’s to allow civilians to leave? it's unlikel , to allow civilians to leave? it's unlikely. i _ to allow civilians to leave? it's unlikely, i think, _ to allow civilians to leave? it�*s unlikely, ithink, because russia have offered repeatedly over the last week at those fighters were still in the plant and civilians the opportunity to surrender, as they describe it. before now, they said if they came out waving a white flag there will be allowed to leave alive and would be treated under the geneva convention. but we have heard from this figures released by the fighters inside the plant that they do not have any faith that russia would stick to that, and they were calling last week on third country to try to extract them because they did not think that russia would stick to what it pledged to do if they were to surrender. it's interesting that ukraine had talked about possibly a fresh round of peace talks, particularly around mariupol, and in the shadow of those steel works. it seems like that would be something that would be very difficult to achieve given the level of fighting going on there. there are civilians inside, where led to believe, so maybe that would be something the ukrainians would consider if it allows those people to leave safely. but at this stage, i think there is every chance it would be treated with the same level of scepticism is similar russian offers have before now.- of scepticism is similar russian offers have before now. there was that visit that — offers have before now. there was that visit that was _ offers have before now. there was that visit that was preannounced i offers have before now. there was| that visit that was preannounced by volodymyr zelensky because it was such a big deal but america refused to confirm until after the events, so the secretary of state and defence secretary were both in kyiv and announce extra money for the ukrainian military. what is the feeling about what that visit has delivered, both in terms of a morale boost and in terms of practicalities? i boost and in terms of practicalities?- boost and in terms of practicalities? boost and in terms of racticalities? ~ ., ,. , practicalities? i think both ascents were very important. _ practicalities? i think both ascents were very important. are - practicalities? i think both ascents were very important. are nothing l were very important. are nothing more than $700 million worth of military aid has been promised to ukraine, some of it in the form of weapons, but in the form of simply cash that they can buy their own weapons to use on the front line. it means the us has now given nearly $4 billion worth of aid to ukraine since the conflict began. it is also, as you say, been a morale boost. president zelensky has asked repeatedly for president biden to come and visit kyiv, but these are the highest—ranking us officials to arrive here for talks since the war began. as you say, very unusual for that visit to be announced, for security reasons. you can't fly into kew at the moment so they had to come in by train, and i was at the main train station this morning, where they would have arrived and left from, there have been russian tanks, it seems, in parts of the ukrainian railway infrastructure this morning. we are told that electricity substations in the areas of railway stations have been targeted in five locations in the south and east. was it something that was timed to link in with their departure? potentially. wasn't a message from russia? potentially. but i think as far as president zelensky concerned today, he is pleased that they came, that they supported ukraine and that they delivered on that request he has made so many times for more financial assistance and more weapons. financial assistance and more weaons. ., ~' financial assistance and more weapons-— here in the uk, the government says it'll establish an independent regulator in football after endorsing recommendations made in the fan—led review into the men's game. the regulator will have power to sanction clubs in english football who break financial and other rules. a new—owners test will be introduced and legislation will give fans more say in the running of the game. let's talk to our correspondent, nesta mcgregor. how much of a difference with this make? let how much of a difference with this make? , ., , how much of a difference with this make? , ., _ , ., make? let me start by telling you how we got _ make? let me start by telling you how we got here, _ make? let me start by telling you how we got here, because - make? let me start by telling you how we got here, because the i how we got here, because the significance. of teams like bury, macclesfield town team and chester city team, they are all gone past. you look at derby county, by no means alone but they are going through financial difficulties at the club. then you look at the big six new premiership wanting to rake away form part of the european super league, so in the eyes of the government, football needs protecting and at other times, that may be from itself. so its commissions are a fine—led review fronted by former sports minister tracey crouch to look at making changes to the current system. now those changes have come back. the government says in the summer it will publish a white paper. top of that list, as you mention, is an independent football regulator, a body that will make sure that clubs don't spend beyond their means it also has the power to do things perhaps like sanction the team... you quoted those clubs that have had severe financial difficulties, what has the process had been until now and how difficult is it going to be to try to foresee future financial difficulties and stop them from happening? the difficulties and stop them from happening?— difficulties and stop them from hauuenin? , , happening? the practicalities, we don't et happening? the practicalities, we don't yet know. _ happening? the practicalities, we don't yet know. the _ happening? the practicalities, we don't yet know. the problem i happening? the practicalities, we don't yet know. the problem is, l happening? the practicalities, we i don't yet know. the problem is, for some people, taking bury as an example, changing hands forjust £1 may seem like a ridiculous thing when it comes to business, but also some clubs' accounts, they are living a month by month and if ticket sales are down or they fail to qualify for a competition, that can put them in real trouble. sorted football regulator would do would be to consistently look at the books and make sure that i club has the means to continue to thrive and survive. the main opposition comes from perhaps the premier league and the fa who say they have done a great job the fa who say they have done a greatjob looking after english football. if you are at a club fighting against relegation you want to spend £1o fighting against relegation you want to spend £10 million on a new striker you think will save you, if the books don't add up and you are stopped from doing that, that can also affect you, so people are worried that this could affect the competitive balance and levels of investment in english football. another thing we want to introduce to make sure this doesn't happen in the first place is a director and owner is test to be made tougher. as well as looking at the financial background, also matters of integrity as well. it will only have to look at chelsea, currently looking for new owners because of those sanctions against roman abramovich. although there was nothing to suggest that these new rules would have prevented mr abramovich ticking over, but was also protest when the saudi—bank newcastle bid went through, although those have died down. thank newcastle bid went through, although those have died down.— let's speak now to david bernstein, former chairman of the football association and manchester city football club. what do you think about the proposals? istate what do you think about the proposals?— what do you think about the proposals? what do you think about the --roosals? ~ ., , ,., proposals? we call ourselves a manifest group _ proposals? we call ourselves a manifest group and _ proposals? we call ourselves a manifest group and we - proposals? we call ourselves a manifest group and we have i proposals? we call ourselves a i manifest group and we have worked for this for 18 months so we were delighted when the report was produced. i am very pleased today the government endorsed it. i have got one warning to put on the table straightaway that is timing. i'm concerned that a white paper leading to action down the road may take much too long and there is a danger of it being watered down. i would urge everyone to put pressure on the government to deal with this immediately and i would love to have seen all of this included in the queen speech next month to get the show on the road really quickly. istate show on the road really quickly. we were just hearing a list of examples of things that have happened in premiership clubs, notjust premiership clubs, not just premiership clubs, notjust premiership clubs, notjust premiership clubs, that have caused enormous difficulties, financial or otherwise. can you think of a particular example of something that made you want to see change that would not, that would be prevented by these changes coming in? we heard example of roman abramovich and is happening in a chelsea and possibly, probably that would not have changed and that the new system. xtour and that the new system. your correspondence _ and that the new system. your correspondence to _ and that the new system. your correspondence to dub - and that the new system. your correspondence to dub very i and that the new system. gm;- correspondence to dub very well but there are a wide range of issues involved here, structural issues, financially comical protection. i would say one of the key recommendations is a comprehensive licensing system that will include all manner of controls which clubs will have to comply with including for example a proper owners and directors test. these things do exist but the differences up until now we have had no real independence in the game. this is the key issue. in my view, that the premier league do a greatjob running their own league, the fa, i am sorry to say, is an ex chairman, i think have not done well in getting a proper government into the our game. by the recommendations will include his independence, greater independence so vested interests will not prevail to the extent they have and i think the licensing system which would be all encompassing well be a very important tool. 50 all encompassing well be a very important tool.— all encompassing well be a very important tool. so could it mean potentially _ important tool. so could it mean potentially someone _ important tool. so could it mean potentially someone with - important tool. so could it mean potentially someone with very i important tool. so could it mean i potentially someone with very deep pockets comes along, the only person that looks like being the saviour for a football club that needs someone with a lot of money to spend and the integrity test says, no, absolutely not? it and the integrity test says, no, absolutely not?— and the integrity test says, no, absolutely not? it could happen, absolutely- _ absolutely not? it could happen, absolutely. we _ absolutely not? it could happen, absolutely. we have _ absolutely not? it could happen, absolutely. we have issues i absolutely not? it could happen, absolutely. we have issues at i absolutely not? it could happen, | absolutely. we have issues at the moment where there are owners of clubs who are lets say a little dubious in terms of their backgrounds. you could have a regime in a far distance country that has committed war crimes for example that wants to buy a football club to improve their public relations and that may be something that should be prohibited. yes, there could be situations and there should be situations and there should be situations where money will not be the only consideration. there are other important considerations here. including the way the club are financed and the way money is distributed across the game because the championship in particular is in a terrible state financially. when i last heard, owners of clubs in the championship were subsidising their clubs to the tune of half a billion, not million, a year. that is not healthy and it cannot be sustained. thank you so much forjoining us. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. here's isaac. hello. liverpool aren't going away in the race for the premier league title. they beat everton 2—0 to move back to within just a point of manchester city at the top. andy robertson scored liverpool's first. they've now won 13 out of 15 games. attention now turns to the first leg of their champions league semifinal against villarreal at anfield on wednesday. they're favourites to go through — but robertson insists he and his team—mates are not getting ahead of themselves. when you get to the semifinals, i don't think there are favourites, everyone wants to get the final and we know how tough it is i don't think there are favourites. it is a big occasion and big moments happen in those games and it is about who deals with those of the best and that what will our determine our semifinal and the other semifinal is that we don't believe we are favourites but we believe we are in for a tough game and where we want to go. everton�*s loss was burnley�*s gain though. they're out of the relegation zone, thanks to a i—o win over wolves. burnley have played a game more, but interim manager mike jackson said it was a big psychological lift. they've taken seven points from three games since sacking sean dyche and they'll be expecting to pick up more on saturday, against second—from—bottom side watford. it's advantage celtic in the race for the scottish premiership title ahead of the last old firm derby of the season, next sunday. they're six points clear again, with four games to go, after winning 2—0 at ross county. chelsea women's manager emma hayes said their 3—1 win over tottenham was one of the best performances she'd seen from her side. they went a goal down and had their keeper ann—katrin berger sent off after 20 minutes. but they recovered superbly with australia striker sam kerr among the scorers. that kept them one point ahead of arsenal at the top of the wsl table. the favourite for the title is in trouble in the second round of the world snooker championship. neil robertson trails jack lisowski by nine frames to seven at the crucible in sheffield. their match resumes this evening. first to 13 gets to the quarter finals. in contrast, another former champion, judd trump, has control of his match against anthony mcgill. he'll resume with a 10—6 lead. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. back to the french election now, and emmanuel macron has vowed to unite france and be a "president for all" after being re—elected as the country's leader. he secured more than 58 per cent of the vote to beat his far—right rival, marine le pen. let's speak now to catherine nicholson, european affairs editor at france 24. welcome, thank you forjoining us. so the margin of the victory does not tell the story, does it? tell us your all sorted key headlines from what has happened here. absolutely, 16 percentage — what has happened here. absolutely, 16 percentage point _ what has happened here. absolutely, 16 percentage point gap _ what has happened here. absolutely, 16 percentage point gap between - 16 percentage point gap between macron and marine le pen, looks like a handy win for the president and he is also got that accolade ofjust a handy win for the president and he is also got that accolade of just a select few french presidents who has got himself re—elected back into office. neither his predecessor francois haarland and nicolas sarkozy managed to do that. however, when you start to look under the surface, there is a very different picture of these results. lots of people voted for macron holding their nose, as we say in france. people who did not see him as their favourite candidate overall, not necessarily representing what they want their vision of france to be but they found that marine le pen is the leader of the party of the far right was just unacceptable to them. so emmanuel macron gave a subdued, i think, victory speech at the eiffel power last night and we have him on the front pages of the newspapers today saying, macron promising five years of the better things. almost more like a school report sort of vibe, saying i will try a bit better over the next five years and say he is the president of all french people, even those that didn't vote for him, even those that didn't bother to turn out at all because he knows lots of people felt they were not represented at all. extraordinary is that, that 8.6% of voters handed in a blank ballot or spoiled their papers. when he says he is president for all, has given much explanation of what it'll look like because voters are supported marine le pen because she spoke to them and she said she would address their concerns around the cost of living and they feel that is not being properly addressed by their president. being properly addressed by their resident. , ~ , president. yes, i think it will be had for emmanuel _ president. yes, i think it will be had for emmanuel macron - president. yes, i think it will be had for emmanuel macron to i president. yes, i think it will be - had for emmanuel macron to bridge the gaps, to be honest. those who —— with marine le pen in second place and withjean—luc melenchon who came and withjean—luc melenchon who came a very close third place in the third round, but 400,000 votes between him and marine le pen and in a country the same size as the uk, thatis a country the same size as the uk, that is a really small margin. both of those other contenders have such divergent views on how france should be run from emmanuel macron. jean—luc melenchon is of the far left, bringing the pension age down, which is currently 62 and he wants it back down to 60 where it was before, for example. very much an idea emmanuel macron is not going to get on board with. he still wants to raise the pension age. and marine le pen, she has been campaigning very hard on purchasing power and cost of living issues, promising people quite flashy promises such as cancelling vat on 100 everyday items, things that people feel like they would see an immediate impact in their pocket whereas emmanuel macron speaks more about investing in industries in france. it is hard for people to see the link i think between that and how it would be in their everyday life getting easier and more affordable. emmanuel macron has always sold himself as a centrist, neither left or right. we have seen the traditional centre—left socialists did officially give him their support in the second round, so too did the green party. butjean—luc melenchon, he is saying i want to deliver a bit of punishment to macron in the upcoming parliamentary elections in june and he says he wants to be prime ministerfor june and he says he wants to be prime minister for sapwell, marine le pen sees herself as the official opposition now as well. huge political divide that will have to be bridged if mclaren wants to be the president. find be bridged if mclaren wants to be the president.— be bridged if mclaren wants to be the resident. �* ., ., , the president. and the parliamentary elections are — the president. and the parliamentary elections are not _ the president. and the parliamentary elections are not far _ the president. and the parliamentary elections are not far away _ the president. and the parliamentary elections are not far away so - the president. and the parliamentary elections are not far away so it - elections are not far away so it will be the same time and at play and those presumably. the present election is the _ and those presumably. the present election is the headline _ and those presumably. the present election is the headline event - and those presumably. the present election is the headline event in - election is the headline event in france because the french presidency encompasses so much power, it is almost like a marnoch, really, the amount of power that the president has, but certainly that power is curtailed if the president's party does not have the majority in the national assembly, so for the last five years macron has had the majority but marine le pen�*s paddy singh today they are very confident going into this election that the national rally party will stand a candidate in every single constituency in france or making alliances with other like—minded candidates so they will stand in other parts of france. and that has got to be a worry for emmanuel macron stop thank you. == got to be a worry for emmanuel macron stop thank you. victims of sexual offences are facing the longest waits on record for their cases to go through crown courts in england and wales 7 at average of more than eight months 7 although in some cases more than double that. a bbc investigation into delays across all types of offences has found evidence court—by—court of the impact of the pandemic on court backlogs 7 and raises questions about how cuts before 2020 have played a role in what barristers say has become a catastrophic situation. our legal correspondent dominic casciani reports. how long should someone wait forjustice? in the oasis of calm of her home, lisa tells me about the nightmare of criminaljustice delays after she was raped in 2017. she had damning evidence against her attacker, a man she knew well. i was led to believe originally that it would be quite a speedy resolvement to the case and it would be taken onto charging and that decision would come about. however, it didn't happen in that way. and it was a very long process. police and prosecutors took two years to charge the attacker, taking him to court in the summer of 2019. but existing backlogs meant no trial before the following april, and then the pandemic closed courts. the rapist was only convicted in late summer 2021. i think if i hadn't have gone forward and reported it, i would have been able to have brought my mental health around a lot quicker. than extending the ordeal and having the additional impact of the court system and just a lack of understanding of how people feel in that scenario, building themselves up to be knocked back down again. time and time again. national data and a bbc court by court analysis shows lisa's experience is not exceptional. sexual offence complaints take the longest time to get through courts — a national average of 8.6 months in england and wales. there is huge variation across the country. leicester crown court being the longest. at 15 months, last autumn. overall, the delay for all offences from report to crown court completion is 697 days. criminal barristers say the system is chronically underfunded. they have begun industrial action, refusing to take some cases to force the government to inject more cash. a young junior barrister, in the first three years of their practice, is earning just over £12,000 per year before tax. a lot of barristers now are working under minimum wage. we are facing a huge exodus of practitioners from the profession. sophia chandler was victimised by her former assistant who stole treasured gifts from her late husband. the wait for a prosecution — five years. the offender even had time, albeit briefly, to go on the run. she stole my last memories i had from my late husband. and that's what i will never forgive her for. never. the more it was delayed, the more anxious i was feeling, and the more scared i was to go out. if it were to happen again, i would still go to the police and persevere. otherwise there would be no justice, what's the point of having the police and the court? this temporary court, one of many set up during the pandemic, is part of the ministry ofjustice's solution to backlogs. barristers say there are not enough lawyers to push cases through on time, but ministers predict that their long—term plan including recording evidence in advance from rape victims, will turn things around. it's very difficult for anyone who has been the victim of rape or serious sexual violence, you recover from the original crime, and then you have got to muster the courage to go through the process. i'm absolutely committed to making sure that those victims have the support every step of the way. how much confidence you do have in the system having gone through all this? none. none at all. i would never, god forbid it ever happened again or to any of my family, i wouldn't promote going through the system or even reporting crimes of this nature any more. dominic casciani, bbc news. joining me now isjeremy brier qc, who is a barrister and legal commentator. and he is a recorder, which is a part—timejudge. welcome. it is a really strong to hear lisa, not her really strong to hear lisa, not her real name, saying at the end she would not suggest people go through what she experience because it was so awful for her. there is that real human toll. and your experience in the court of law under the article impact7 the court of law under the article im act? ~ . ., , , impact? what we are seeing is offences that _ impact? what we are seeing is offences that took _ impact? what we are seeing is offences that took place - impact? what we are seeing is offences that took place in - impact? what we are seeing is offences that took place in for| offences that took place in for example 2018 are only coming to trial now. you are really breaking that nexus, that connection between the occurrence and the actual event and the trial and the sentencing. that has a variety of impacts. of course first of all you want —— one thinks of the victim, the long below to getjustice —— the long delay. you have that hanging over you for many years before you can get justice. the impact on witnesses as well, think about the delay that, the effect it has on them on your recall of events and your willingness to come to court and give evidence under test to what you saw some years ago. find give evidence under test to what you saw some years ago.— give evidence under test to what you saw some years ago. and some suggest that because _ saw some years ago. and some suggest that because these _ saw some years ago. and some suggest that because these cases _ saw some years ago. and some suggest that because these cases are _ saw some years ago. and some suggest that because these cases are giving - that because these cases are giving on for so long and it is having an impact on those involved that people are just wanting to pull out of cases. is that something you think is happening?— cases. is that something you think is happening? yes, for a variety of reasons when _ is happening? yes, for a variety of reasons when we _ is happening? yes, for a variety of reasons when we see _ is happening? yes, for a variety of reasons when we see cases - is happening? yes, for a variety of reasons when we see cases get. is happening? yes, for a variety of reasons when we see cases get to | reasons when we see cases get to trial, sometimes you see people are not willing to turn up any more i'm something that might have been of real emotional significance in 2018 or 2019 some years later rather loses its impact. not only do memories fade but willingness to come to trial and give that good evidence fails because people get on with their lives. we are really losing that connection between the event, the terrible thing that happens that is the subject matter of the crown court trial and the trial itself which is actually a critical feature of the justice system. it critical feature of the 'ustice s stem. ., , �* critical feature of the 'ustice sstem. ., , �* . critical feature of the 'ustice sstem. ., ,�* . ., system. it doesn't take much to ima . ine system. it doesn't take much to imagine how — system. it doesn't take much to imagine how that _ system. it doesn't take much to imagine how that can _ system. it doesn't take much to imagine how that can then - system. it doesn't take much to l imagine how that can then quickly undermine trust in a system. what you see as ways of trying to fix it? that is the $64,000 question but to be honest it is a money issue first and foremost. what we have seen is decades of underfunding of the criminaljustice decades of underfunding of the criminal justice system, decades of underfunding of the criminaljustice system, that impacts on legal aid, the fact there are not enough solicitors or criminal barristers to do the trials and not enough police and court rooms, chronically underfunded justice system, a huge injection of money to fix those court rooms to create the courts and properly fund legal aid would actually be a huge way to sort out the problem in that it is not systemic, it is a funding issue first and foremost. find it is not systemic, it is a funding issue first and foremost.- it is not systemic, it is a funding issue first and foremost. and it is alwa s issue first and foremost. and it is always the _ issue first and foremost. and it is always the case, _ issue first and foremost. and it is always the case, you _ issue first and foremost. and it is always the case, you outline - issue first and foremost. and it is always the case, you outline the. always the case, you outline the problems and money is the answer to getting more resources, but it will take time. it getting more resources, but it will take time. ., ~ getting more resources, but it will take time. . ~ , take time. it will take time but it is a question _ take time. it will take time but it is a question that _ take time. it will take time but it is a question that successive - is a question that successive politicians regardless of party have not always grappled with. which as we have a sort of gold standard justice system in this country but it is being held together by paperclips because of the goodwill of the criminal bar and the judges under the court staff. you can only slip if you see delays, that standard, as your report shows. if you have years of delays and there has been an impact of the pandemic as well but this problem predates that, the backlog grows, trusted declines, inevitably the quality of justice is going to be reduced. so a huge commitment on the part of the political leadership to fund the criminaljustice political leadership to fund the criminal justice system political leadership to fund the criminaljustice system and restore it to the gold standard is what we absolutely need.— and you can find out more about the state of delays in the courts nearest to you by going to the bbc�*s news website. follow the links to coverage of this story — and there you'll find a search engine where you can put in your local town or city. this weekend marked one year since a young man died afterjumping folajimi adewole, known asjimi to friends, was just 20. jimi loved his music, and this morning — in his memory — one of his songs will be played on bbc radio for the first time. graham satchell reports. jimi adewole. he lost his life a year ago trying to rescue someone who had jumped into the river thames. music was always jimi's first love. in a studio in south london, a group ofjimi's friends have been working on a series of tracksjimi had started recording. # only go through if i've got brothers with me i can trust. my bro had talent kind of thing, you know what i mean? when i heard his music was like, wow, like, you know? could have actually done something. # i'm still the same guy i was. # no amount of money is changing me, blatantly. i feel like music, it hits harder when the person is not here any more but the lyrics are so deep. he is a hero, so, yeah, man, it is only right that we do right by him. london bridge. jimi had just left work with his best friend bernard when they heard shouting from the river thames. it was pitch black. it was one in the morning. couldn't see anything. i remembered me andjimi looking around on both sides of the river, just trying to understand, where is she at7 we could hear the noise of someone shouting. i rememberjimi going straight at it. he was like, "bro, we have to find her." he was determined to save her, that woman, that night. jimi and another manjumped in. the woman was eventually rescued, butjimi didn't make it. he was like my little brother. my big little brother. because he was much taller than me! but itjust shows that not everyone who you see is bad. not everyone you look at has ill intentions. jimi just had a pure intention, pure mind, pure heart. it's hard. i shared good moments with him. memories that i have to cherish for the rest of my life. just... he's an amazing person. you miss him? yeah, a lot, a lot, a lot. bernard and music producer 40 on radio 1 xtra. this is to commemorate his one—year anniversary, right? jimi's track is being played on national radio for the first time this morning. right, boys, you can be radio hosts now. you can introduce the song. this isttizzig7, featuring psychs and c4. i'll let you know. # i'll let you know. # bridges got burned, i let her go. # heart felt pain, let it show. # money down, i choose to make it roll. _ # if you're my [over then you just let her go. - it's nice. it's a very nice feeling. because it still feels like he's there. he might not be there physically, but i know he is here spiritually. # i'm really from the hood, i'm really from the ghetto. i # built like lego... and people just admiring him, just taking him in for a moment. let him tell his story. that will be nice to tell my kids the story. that is one of my dreams right now is to be able to tell my kids, that's your uncle right there. yeah. there have been a number of tributes tojimi since he died a year ago, but his friends say releasing his music is a legacy that will last for ever. president vladimir putin is speaking. it is not an event about ukraine. there he is. let's see if he is going to say... we do not have any translation, but let me tell you what he has been saying. he has been talking about russian society, he said the west is failing to divide russian society, he said there are provocations against the russian military using foreign media and he said these must be stopped. he has also said that foreign special services including the cia appear to be advising kyiv on the attempted murder of russian journalists. some of those comments coming out vladimir putin's. it is nothing to do with the war in ukraine, this appearance, it is the expanded meeting of the persecuted general�*s part so vladimir putin is attending that. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. the weather this week will remain fairly settled. it will be fairly cloudy at times, though, and we will see one or two showers but no significant rain. high pressure is firmly in charge of our weather, notjust today, but as we go through the next few days. and we are dragging in this cooler air across the cold north sea so our temperatures will be that bit lower along the north sea coastline and eastern counties generally. it's also quite breezy today across east anglia and the south east. this morning's cloud breaking up across eastern parts of scotland and north—east england. but through the day, a bit more cloud will bubble up and that could produce some scattered showers, generally moving from the east towards the west, with the highest temperatures in the south west at 15 or 16 degrees. pollen levels today are high in wales and south—west england, but low or moderate elsewhere, and of course, it's tree pollen that we're talking about. now, through this evening and overnight, we see more cloud coming in across scotland and north—east england thick enough for some patchy light rain and drizzle. it's going to be a cool night as well and there is a chance in rural areas we could see a touch of frost. so, tomorrow morning we start off with a fair bit of sunshine under those clear skies and that does mean that we're looking at a chilly start, a sunny one. the cloud across scotland and north—east england moving a little bit further southwards and westwards through the course of the day, again, with the odd shower coming out of it, but many of us will stay dry. always cooler along the north sea coastline and the highest temperatures again in parts of the south west, where we could get up to about 17 degrees. then as we head into wednesday and thursday, high pressure still ensconced across our shores, drifting a little bit farther south, but still a lot of settled conditions around. so for wednesday, we're looking at a mostly dry day, a fair bit of cloud, some sunny intervals, but breezy across the english channel and the coastline adjacent to it, so the south coast of england and the channel islands. and you'll notice the temperatures are down a touch and still feeling cool along the north sea coastline. into thursday high pressure still in charge of our weather. lighter winds, though, by thursday through the english channel, but still breezy. and you can see, too, the temperatures 11 to about 16 degrees in the south. this is bbc news. the headlines: emmanuel macron is re—elected as french president. he promises to unite the country after defeating the anti—immigration candidate marine le pen. translation: my friends, we will need to be kind - and respectful because our country harbours many doubts and divisions, so we will need to be strong. but nobody will be left by the wayside. the russian defence ministry offers a ceasefire around mariupol�*s azovstal steel plant to allow civilians to evacuate. president zelensky meets the top united states diplomat anthony blinken. it's the first time a senior us official has visited ukraine since the war began. the us defense secretary says they want to see russia weakened. it has already lost a lot of military capability and a lot of its troops, quite frankly. and we want to see them not have the capability to very quickly reproduce that capability. borisjohnson has told labour's angela rayner he regards claims made about her in yesterday's mail on sunday as misogynistic. the paper said some tory mps had suggested she tried to distract the prime minister in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder afterfour people were found stabbed to death in south london. victims of sexual offences in england and wales are facing the longest waits on record for their cases to go through court. emmanuel macron has promised to unite france and be a president for all after being re—elected as the country's leader. here's david eades in paris. asa as a symbol of victory over the years pass, it is also perhaps a symbol of the victory emmanuel macron has secured at this time around. he is only the first president in 20 years imitator won a second successive term in office, he did that by beating the far right candidates marine le pen and did it by beating her with a substantial margin of victory. nevertheless, we have seen protests in the course of the last five years of macron's first term, we have had the covid pandemic, the war in ukraine, it has been a challenging time for any politician but mr macron has been seen by many as aloof, not really engaged with the surging cost living crisis in france, and that did allow marine le pen to increase her vote share significantly. the final tally does look good for mr macron, 58.5% of the vote against 41.5% for his rival. i think it's worth saying also that we saw in this election, a lot of disengagement from the public. the abstention rate was the highest since 19 six to nine, 72% turnout is what they managed to reach. in his victory speech, mr macron also acknowledged that many in this country voted for him not because they supported his ideas but to keep out the fire roads, not the best reason to elect a president. he thanked those voters nonetheless, saying i owe those people are debt in the years to come. we will see what that means for the people of france who didn't vote for him but did get him into office. here's jessica parker. enjoying his moment, the centrist, pro—eu president and your microphone, the first sitting president to win re—election for 20 years. translation: ' y years. translation: ' , , translation: my friends, we will need to be kind _ translation: my friends, we will need to be kind and _ translation: my friends, we will need to be kind and respectful - need to be kind and respectful because our country harbours many doubts and divisions, so we will need to be strong. but nobody will be left by the wayside. his campaign led . e be left by the wayside. his campaign pledge further _ be left by the wayside. his campaign pledge further economic _ be left by the wayside. his campaign pledge further economic reform - be left by the wayside. his campaign pledge further economic reform but| pledge further economic reform but critics accuse him of being aloof, elitist. he promised to be a present for all. elitist. he promised to be a present forall. supporters elitist. he promised to be a present for all. supporters celebrated but some also acknowledged 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here| the victory rally, supporters here cheering their man. the margin of victory may be smaller than last time but here they are still seeing that this real action is a huge personal achievements for emmanuel macron. forfar right personal achievements for emmanuel macron. for far right candidate marine le pen, another defeat not to but her platform of curbing immigration and countering rising prices won her party a record number of votes, with parliamentary elections approaching, she vowed to fight on. translation: ., ., ., , fight on. translation: .,., ., , translation: to avoid this hoarding of ower b translation: to avoid this hoarding of power by the _ translation: to avoid this hoarding of power by the elites, _ translation: to avoid this hoarding of power by the elites, more - translation: to avoid this hoarding of power by the elites, more than - of power by the elites, more than ever, i will carry on with my commitment to france and the french people with energy, perseverance and affection. . . ., , ., affection. france opted for the familiar but _ affection. france opted for the familiar but elections - affection. france opted for the familiar but elections can - affection. france opted for the familiar but elections can help| familiar but elections can help reveal a country's divides. now the challenge, trying to heal them. in many ways, that result throws up more questions than it does answer of the only clear answers that emmanuel macron is the man he was going to have to deal with the questions. let's look at some of those challenges, because i am joined by the huffington post's political editor. i think it got a little more support in terms of votes then perhaps you thought he was going to get, but does that help and very much? i was going to get, but does that help and very much?— and very much? i think it is a big success for— and very much? i think it is a big success for him _ and very much? i think it is a big success for him because - and very much? i think it is a big success for him because he - and very much? i think it is a big success for him because he won | and very much? i think it is a big . success for him because he won and it was not so obvious before. but of course, marine le pen has a big result too, so it is historic in france at the far—right party is so high. so to him, it will be very hard to govern because the majority of the country didn't support him but wanted to defeat marine le pen. yardley far—right together with the far left and the disaffected and all those who wouldn't even put a cross in the right place on the page and comment vote, it does look like an uphill battle. we have the parliamentary elections coming up in a few weeks which, to be honest, for all the excitement about the presidential, that will decide what he can and can't do. what is a chance of there? it’s he can and can't do. what is a chance of there?— he can and can't do. what is a chance of there? it's hard to say because the _ chance of there? it's hard to say because the elections _ chance of there? it's hard to say because the elections will- chance of there? it's hard to say because the elections will take i because the elections will take place in june because the elections will take place injune at so everything depends on what emmanuel macron would do in these coming weeks. will depend on his prime minister, who he's going to choose. it would depend too on the opposition. usually in france, the mp selection are the same as the presidential election. french voters saying, we voted for him, so we want to give him the majority to make him govern france. jean—luc melenchon and marine le pen were the two opponents to emmanuel macron, they are very good at presidential elections but not so good in the countryside or to have mps. if they have only ten mps for marine le pen's party and 16 for jean—luc melenchon's party, so it's nothing. but maybe that will try to have more, of course, but to me, if everything is like the other election, macron will succeed in having a majority. you election, macron will succeed in having a majority. having a ma'ority. you mentioned he has to having a majority. you mentioned he has to appoint _ having a majority. you mentioned he has to appoint his _ having a majority. you mentioned he has to appoint his pm, _ having a majority. you mentioned he has to appoint his pm, and _ having a majority. you mentioned he has to appoint his pm, and that - having a majority. you mentioned he has to appoint his pm, and that is i has to appoint his pm, and that is significant, why, wherejust the prime minister commented that equation? prime minister commented that euuation? , ., , prime minister commented that euuation? , .,, ., equation? during the last two weeks, emmanuel macron _ equation? during the last two weeks, emmanuel macron made _ equation? during the last two weeks, emmanuel macron made a _ equation? during the last two weeks, emmanuel macron made a big - equation? during the last two weeks, l emmanuel macron made a big promise to be left wing of the voters, he said i will make a very ecological policy, whereas his previous term was not a very involved in ecology. so maybe he will try to find someone from the left wing, from the green party or maybe he will choose a scientist who specialises in climates, but many people said that they don't want to govern with emmanuel macron because they don't believe him and making a real change in climates. i believe him and making a real change in climates. . , , , ., ~ believe him and making a real change in climates. . , , , ., ,, ., ~ in climates. i was speaking a week orso in climates. i was speaking a week or so aro in climates. i was speaking a week or so ago to _ in climates. i was speaking a week or so ago to people _ in climates. i was speaking a week or so ago to people further- in climates. i was speaking a week or so ago to people further south, | or so ago to people further south, in rural france, were saying it won't matter who wins because we are so divided, there will be strikes, there will be demonstrations, there will be protests, it's going to be an uncomfortable few years. of and i'm sure an uncomfortable few years. of sic i'm sure emmanuel macron knows that. because for instance, his big pension reform is the biggest part of his programme, he wants to raise the legal age to 65, and many people in this country don't want that. try to implement this in 2020 but didn't succeed because of the strikes and also because of the covid crisis. so to me, it will be very hard for him to me, it will be very hard for him to governors before. it will change many things. angie promised yesterday to have a new method... he has to make this promise for the people because if not, i'm sure many people because if not, i'm sure many people will be disappointed and maybe the yellow jackets will people will be disappointed and maybe the yellowjackets will come back. it maybe the yellow 'ackets will come back. , ' . ., maybe the yellow 'ackets will come back. , , . ., , back. it is difficult to say, this is the new _ back. it is difficult to say, this is the new me, _ back. it is difficult to say, this is the new me, when - back. it is difficult to say, this is the new me, when you - back. it is difficult to say, this| is the new me, when you have back. it is difficult to say, this - is the new me, when you have just had five years in charge. thank you very much. there is actually a huge amount of uncertainty, despite the clarity we got in the course of the last few hours. was parliamentary elections will be very important in determining how much power emmanuel macron will have to lead his own particular policy path for france in the next few five years. from paris, back to you in london. now lets get the latest on ukraine. russia's defence ministry has announced a ceasefire around the azovstal steel plant in mariupol to allow a civilian evacuation from the area. from midday bst, russia will stop any hostilities and ensure people can get out. although whether that will be taken at face value has to be seen. the head of ukrainian railways says five stations have come under fire in western and central ukraine, they're saying there are casualities reported. meanwhile, russia is claiming it has shot down two ukrainian drones that were flying over russian territory near the border. anthony blinken said it was an important moment to be in ukraine and to show support for the country. he said, while in the capital kyiv, he saw people walking around and it was a sign that russia had already failed its mission. we certainly saw people on the streets of kyiv, evidence to the fact that the battle for kyiv was won and there is what looks, from the surface at least, to be normal life in kyiv. but that's in stark contrast to what's going on other parts of ukraine, in the south and east, where the russian brutality is doing horrific things to people every single day. in terms of the war�*s won and lost, again, i come back to the proposition that, in terms of russia's war aims, russia has already failed and ukraine has already succeeded, because the principal aim that president putin brought to this, in his own words, was to fully subsume ukraine back into russia, to take away its sovereignty and independence, and that has not happened and clearly, it will not happen. us defense secretary lloyd austin spoke earlier and said they want to see russia weakened. we want to see russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. so, it has already lost a lot of military capability and a lot of its troops, quite frankly. and we want to see them not have the capability to very quickly reproduce that capability. and here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale on the visit. we're at that stage now where it has been demonstrated that the ukrainians can resist russian forces, so now the question for the west is does it provide ukrainian with weapons so that can actually push those russian forces back? we are into an area now were people talking about what ar ethe war aims. if the ukrainians want to push the russians back, how far could they push them back, where do we want them to push them back to? mr austin said something really interesting on this in the press conference that followed his visit. he said, we want to see russia weaken to the degree where it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading ukraine. that is first time we've heard either a us official or anybody in the west saying it is now a war aim to weaken russia and not just to support ukraine. some news just some newsjust then, we some news just then, we are some newsjust then, we are hearing that president biden has announced he will be nominating the veteran us diplomat bridget to be the new to ukraine, following the news they are going to start to send diplomats back to the embassy in ukraine. our correspondent anna foster is in kyiv. and she heard there in a key place, we had this high—profile visit yesterday evening that was announced unusually in advance. the white house didn't comment at all until antony blinken and lloyd austin had been, had a meeting with president zelensky and left again. here in ukraine, it is being announced that these are the highest profile us officials to visit the city since the war began. promise more weapon and materials and they talked about trying to weaken russia so they couldn't be to something like this again. at the main train station here in kew because earlier this morning, we had five separate attacks on the railway infrastructure here in ukraine, more around the south and west of the country, potential link to that visit because you can't fly into here right now. so the us diplomats are writing to this train station and we saw it few hours later specific on the infrastructure, we believe. this perhaps sends a new message from russia as they heard the lines coming out of the meeting last night on what the us tried is this conflict goes forward. we have heard from — this conflict goes forward. we have heard from russia _ this conflict goes forward. we have heard from russia today _ this conflict goes forward. we have heard from russia today saying - this conflict goes forward. we have | heard from russia today saying that a ceasefire has been announced around the awesome style steel plant in mariupol to allow civilians to evacuate, is that likely to be taken at face value? —— the azovstal steel plant. at face value? -- the azovstal steel lant. �* , , , ., ~' ., at face value? -- the azovstal steel lant. �* , ,, .,~ ., �* �* plant. and been speaking to the bbc this morning — plant. and been speaking to the bbc this morning on _ plant. and been speaking to the bbc this morning on this _ plant. and been speaking to the bbc this morning on this subject, - this morning on this subject, bearing in mind that russia were bombarding that steelworks and then they then they said they were change tactics and instead of attacking it they would seal it off completely but then the assault continued, they offered surrender to the fighters in there who did not take that because they didn't believe what russia had to say. they want proper guarantees that, if this is a genuine ceasefire from russia, which was due to begin about 20 minutes ago, they say the future of the un involved, they want russia to present this in writing to the un secretary general, they want every guarantee that can be put in place, they want outside agencies involved. there is still that trust issue, of course there is, at this stage of the war between russia and ukraine, so we wait and watch and see if that is the case and mariupol, if still billions can be evacuated from the steelworks, but at this stage, ukraine are not taken that offer on face value.— russian oil storage tanks are on fire in the city of bryansk, which is around 150km from the border with ukraine. you can see extraordinary footage of the blast here. there's no official comment about what caused the fires. earlier i spoke to our moscow correspondentjenny hill about the explosion. there is no official explanation for the cause of this fire, but it is certainly notable that, in recent weeks, the russian authorities have reported almost daily, actually, attacks or attempted attacks by ukrainian forces on the russian territory which borders ukraine. so for example overnight, officials in another part of the area — not in the same place as the oil depots, i should hasten to add — has said that two ukrainian drones were shot down. just yesterday, another official in another part of the region said that a village had been subject to shelling, although no—one was injured. most those reports are impossible to verify, but they certainly have increased in recent days and while we can't say with any kind of certainty that this fire was the result of an attack or sabotage, it mayjust be an accident. there are pretty low building regulations and safety standards here, so accidental fires are extremely common, but of course, there is a suspicion that this was caused either by an attack or arson. jenny hill in moscow. borisjohnson has contacted the opposition labour party's deputy leader, angela rayner, to make clear that he views claims about her in a newspaper yesterday as misogynistic. the paper said some conservative mps had suggested she tried to distract the prime minister in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. the claims have led to a wider conversation about sexism experiensced by women working in the house of commons. our political correspondent lone wells is in westminster. there is pretty widespread condemnation of the comments that were made yesterday in the mail on sunday, this was an article by their political editor glen owen citing some unnamed conservative mps, claiming that the labour party deputy leader angela rayner had tried to distract the prime minister by crossing and uncrossing her legs. it these have been widely condemned as misogynistic, the prime minister himself is texted angela rayner to say he believes as much and the labour leader sir keir starmer has condemned the wider culture in westminster as sexist and misogynistic and needs to change. as a source led to quite a widespread sharing of other experiences by female journalists, female mps across the last 24 hours. the shadow chancellor rachel reeves had also said there was no woman in westminster he didn't have any experience of this kind of having some sort of sexist comments made about them, calling out the culture in westminster that women have to face every day. in terms of what can be done about this, there are calls for this to be tackled and investigated more closely. the minister chris philp, he was doing the morning broadcast round for the government today, said if it came to light to these conservative mps were speaking to the mail on sunday's political editor, they would face serious consequences, though number 10 and because of the party said they aren't launching a formal investigation to find it be. in terms of other action, the tory mp at caroline nokes has written to the speaker of the house of commons saying that she believes the parliamentary pass, that pass that allows people access to parliament, for glen owen should be revoked. but one of the most significant things isjust the this one of the most significant things is just the this has led to people having these kind conversations in westminster, certainly not for the first time and probably not for the last in work places like westminster and further afield. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people were stabbed to death in southwark, in south london. the victims, three women and a man, were all pronounced dead at the scene by emergency workers. james reynolds is at the scene. thinks a reasonably quiet here for the last couple of hours, we have watched forensic teams go in and out of that corrugated steel barrier that the purpose of erected along that the purpose of erected along that row of terraced homes in one of those properties. neighbours reported hearing a disturbance at about 1:40am. the metropolitan police say officers were called and those officers then forced their way into the property. when they did so, they say they found four stab victims, three men and one man, the emergency services were called but all four were pronounced dead on the scene. a man was arrested on suspicion of murder, he has been taken to a south london police station. at the moment, the police it is thought that the man he was under arrest and those who were stabbed all knew each other. are other people visited the scene this morning, including the mp for camberwell and harry palmer. tragically, four people had been killed _ tragically, four people had been killed and that is shocking to happen— killed and that is shocking to happen anywhere, but especially in this very— happen anywhere, but especially in this very peaceful, quiet, very settled — this very peaceful, quiet, very settled community here. the police have arrested someone but it is important — have arrested someone but it is important so that people give information, any information they have _ information, any information they have gods. — information, any information they have gods, so that whoever has committed this horrific crime can be brought— committed this horrific crime can be brought to _ committed this horrific crime can be brought tojustice. what committed this horrific crime can be brought to justice.— brought to 'ustice. what you know about the brought to justice. what you know about the people _ brought to justice. what you know about the people who _ brought to justice. what you know about the people who have - brought to justice. what you know about the people who have died? | brought to justice. what you know| about the people who have died? i don't want to say any more than the police _ don't want to say any more than the police have — don't want to say any more than the police have been saying, the police will be _ police have been saying, the police will be giving out information and are conducting the investigation with all— are conducting the investigation with all the forensics here as we speak _ with all the forensics here as we speak it's — with all the forensics here as we speak. it's a terrible tragedy and our thoughts are with the family and friends _ our thoughts are with the family and friends of— our thoughts are with the family and friends of those who tragically had their lives— friends of those who tragically had their lives cut short.— their lives cut short. harriet harman mp _ their lives cut short. harriet harman mp speaking - their lives cut short. harriet harman mp speaking to - their lives cut short. harriet harman mp speaking to are j harman mp speaking to are corresponded earlier. the identities of the victims have not yet been publicly disclosed. the police were saying they are contacting next of kin, postmortem investigation will be carried out and these quiet roads, not far from be carried out and these quiet roads, not farfrom millwall football stadium, there is a sense of shock, people centred on the front steps, speaking to reporters, saying how they had occurrences in the middle of the night, everyone here remains incredibly shocked. the post office scandal was a huge miscarriage ofjustice, which left many branch managers wrongly prosecuted, financially ruined and outcast from their communities. sub—postmaster martin griffiths, who was a victim of the scandal, took his own life. his widow has spoken publicly for the first time. coletta smith reports. mart and i married in '82. we had two children. we decided to look into buying a post office and hope farm road came on the market and we decided to go for it. for 14 happy years, martin ran this cheshire branch of the post office, while gina ran the shop side of the business. but in 2009, everything changed. then, all of a sudden, money started going missing. we had to pay the money back in order to carry on trading, otherwise, they would have closed us down. the money was shown to be missing from the branch by the computerised tills system called horizon. it had been rolled out to post offices across the uk from the year 2000. what gina and martin didn't know is there were bugs and errors in it from the start, and horizon wasn't always accurate. if you had holes in your accounts, the post office would say they are your responsibility, you have to make them good because that's our money. and if you can't explain, demonstrate you know how and where this money has gone, it's on you. overfouryears, £60,000 of mystery losses racked up. and the post office held martin responsible. this was an experienced businessman. he had built a good life at the post office. and now he was being told that something he was doing was wrong. and he was sliding towards fragility and ruin. they hounded him. they persecuted him. there didn't seem to be any end to it, at the time. and then they told him they wanted to terminate his position as sub—postmaster. and they gave him three months. you know, martin hit rock bottom. in september 2013, on his way to work, martin tried to take his own life and was rushed to hospital. he was put on a life—support machine. i think he had been planning it, i really do. he was a proud man. i think he thought he was letting us all down. his children, his parents, and me. they turned the machine off, i think, in the morning. and the worst... the worst thing for me was seeing my children... have to see their dad die. martin was facing financial ruin. gina is in no doubt as to whom she blames. and it was, surely, down to the post office. nobody else. so i blame them. the post office says it is sincerely sorry for the impact of the horizon scandal on the lives of victims and theirfamilies, and it says it has made fundamental reforms to its operations and culture. two years after martin's death, gina accepted a financial settlement from the post office, but had to agree she wouldn't discuss it. now the facts about horizon that martin didn't live to hear are being uncovered and a public inquiry is under way. panorama: the post office scandal is on bbc one tonight at 8pm. now it's time for a look at the weather. it's cool hunters are out there, more cloud around but the breeze will ease through the weekend. the cloud is coming and it will be a significant feature over the weekend and although it is dry, it is not producing much rain. the cloud is coming in around scotland with the odd shower here and into interned with more cloud for the south as well. going into the rest of the afternoon, we see more of that cloud meandering further westwards but building up a little more in the north. you may see breaks in the cloud this afternoon with the best of the sunshine in wales and the south west. temperatures about three degrees down on yesterday. overnight, more cloud picking up from the north, so some patchy frost here and it will be a chilly start to the morning for most of us but again, the new pay increases through the day and a chilly breeze from the north. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... emmanuel macron is re—elected as french president. he promises to unite the country after defeating the anti—immigration candidate marine le pen. the russian defence ministry offers a ceasefire around mariupol�*s azovstal steel plant to allow civilians to evacuate. president zelensky meets top united states diplomat anthony blinken. it's the first time a senior us official has visited ukraine since the war began. the us defense secretary says they want to see russia weakened. borisjohnson has told labour's angela rayner he regards claims made about her in yesterday's mail on sunday as misogynistic. the paper said some tory mps had suggested she tried to distract the prime minister in the commons by crossing and uncrossing her legs. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people were found stabbed to death in south london. victims of sexual offences in england and wales are facing the longest waits on record for their cases to go through court. more on the latest situation in crane. —— in ukraine. russia has fired rockets into towns in central vinnytsia, ukraine, according to the region's governor. there is also reports of shelling in kharkiv. we are sohail russia says it has had 56 infrastructure facilities overnight. this is after that visit by the us secretary of state and us defence secretary to kyiv which resulted in an offer of more military is a part another $700 million given to ukraine so cumulatively now america is giving billions of dollar in military support to ukraine. and i'm nowjoined by general ben hodges, former commander of us army europe. thank you very much forjoining us. more money being pardoned military support for ukraine. when you hear about what is being given, what is your reaction in terms of how much of an impact it will have. it has been said previously ukraine was only being helped to effectively withstand but not to win the war. is that starting to change? i withstand but not to win the war. is that starting to change?— withstand but not to win the war. is that starting to change? i thank you for is this opportunity. _ that starting to change? i thank you for is this opportunity. i _ that starting to change? i thank you for is this opportunity. ithink- that starting to change? i thank you for is this opportunity. i think so. i for is this opportunity. i think so. the most important thing yesterday happened was secretary blinken and secretary osterman to kyiv to meet personally with the president zelensky and denounced the us embassy is going to start coming back into ukraine starting off in the viva and opening back up in kyiv which i think is really important. secretary austin talks about ukraine winning. this is an important transition in the overall strategic policy because when we talk about winning, that means you have got to provide a more capability to make sure not only does ukraine survive, avoid losing but it can actually defeat russian forces and get them back to minimum the pre—25 february line. this is an important development. in line. this is an important development.— line. this is an important development. line. this is an important develoment. , ., ., , development. in terms of what it is caettin on development. in terms of what it is getting on whether _ development. in terms of what it is getting on whether it _ development. in terms of what it is getting on whether it is _ development. in terms of what it is getting on whether it is getting - getting on whether it is getting what is being offered because we had when the uk prime minister boris johnson would be a lot more military hardware going to ukraine and it is unclear whether it has arrived. things like anti—ship missile technology while odesa is being attacked or has been attacked, so to repel those taxes on offer but not there yet. it is a frustrating process. there yet. it is a frustrating process-— there yet. it is a frustrating rocess. ., ., ., , process. you have nailed it, it is frustrating _ process. you have nailed it, it is frustrating for _ process. you have nailed it, it is frustrating for the _ process. you have nailed it, it is frustrating for the ukrainian - process. you have nailed it, it is frustrating for the ukrainian is i process. you have nailed it, it is| frustrating for the ukrainian is no doubt. i would say on the other hand things are moving faster than would certainly happen in normal circumstances, some of the artillery is already beginning to arrive, part of the challenge here is we did start late. just a few weeks ago your listeners will remember it was just a few weeks ago we were arguing about whether to provide stinger. that seems silly now but that is how much the strategic thinking has changed. that is going on the right direction. anyone that runs a large business depends on supply chain and distribution and because the alliance is not as an alliance working on this, we don't have the normal alliance, logistical infrastructure making things happen. you have got donor nations bringing a lot of stuff into poland, slovakia and romania, hungary is not allowing things to be passed through there, which is very frustrating, but nonetheless. there are lots of people working hard to get it into the collection points and moving it onwards to the ukrainian distribution network. it is hard and i would like to see some logistical advisors be provided in ukraine to help with expertise. it is not enough and not on time but it gets a bit better every day. bind enough and not on time but it gets a bit better every day.— bit better every day. and we were seeinr bit better every day. and we were seeing pictures — bit better every day. and we were seeing pictures of— bit better every day. and we were seeing pictures of howitzers - bit better every day. and we were seeing pictures of howitzers that l seeing pictures of howitzers that america is providing. what will they do in terms of what they can deliver? also what about the issues around training on this sort of kit? very good questions. the artillery is a critical weapon that ukrainians need because the russians in order to achieve any success with their attacks in the coming weeks were this really gets going will use as much artillery as they can to suppress or destroy ukrainian defences. and so making sure ukraine has the ability to shoot back to disrupt russian preparations, to disrupt russian preparations, to disrupt or destroy russian artillery will be an important part of the battle. this is a very important capability that the united states in the uk and i think some other nations will be providing. 180,000 rounds of artillery for all of the artillery systems provided. that is enough probably depending on some circumstances but for about seven days. there will need to be more of this. the training, actually what we have learned is ukrainians are exceptionally quick and very tech savvy. i think it will have no problem learning how to use the systems. they are not the most modern version of artillery so the principles and concepts for firing artillery is not that different between the different types of systems. i think they will be in good shape quickly. haifa systems. i think they will be in good shape quickly.— systems. i think they will be in good shape quickly. how much of thins good shape quickly. how much of things change? — good shape quickly. how much of things change? you _ good shape quickly. how much of things change? you said - good shape quickly. how much of things change? you said things . good shape quickly. how much of. things change? you said things have come a long way since the discussions on whether to provide stingers and there was the big conversation around poland saying it wanted to provide tanks, i think, and it wanted to do it via the us and it wanted to do it via the us and us would not do that. all of the concerns around how things get supplied and what gets supplied because of concerns about how russia might respond. it was fighterjets, not tanks. the conversation is changed. does that mean the fears around how russia might retaliate have gone away? this around how russia might retaliate have gone away?— around how russia might retaliate have gone away? this is one of the most important — have gone away? this is one of the most important issues _ have gone away? this is one of the most important issues that - have gone away? this is one of the most important issues that we - have gone away? this is one of the most important issues that we are | most important issues that we are having to face. the fears have not gone away. russia no doubt has thousands of nuclear weapons and they could use them. but i think what we have seen thankfully in washington and probably a few other capitals is a much more mature assessment of the likelihood of whether or not russia would use that. i can remember hearing president biden weeks ago saying if we did this, such as allow polish 25—year—old aircraft get into the hand of ukrainians, that could lead to world war iii. nobody seriously believes that any more. and i think we are probably communicating to the kremlin what will happen to them should they decide for any reason to employ a tactical weapon. it is about taking advantage of the capabilities we have 30 nations of nato, economic power, military power, it dwarfs whatever the russians have and i don't think president putin sees himself as nero, that want to destroy his country. he is brutal, but i don't think he is mad.— think he is mad. thank you very much. think he is mad. thank you very much- let _ think he is mad. thank you very much. let me _ think he is mad. thank you very much. let me bring _ think he is mad. thank you very much. let me bring you - think he is mad. thank you very much. let me bring you some l think he is mad. thank you very - much. let me bring you some reaction to that russian suggestion that there would be a ceasefire in mariupol that should have been effective 40 minutes ago to allow civilians to leave the steelworks where around 1000 civilians are thought to still be hiding. the ukrainian debris prime minister has said no agreement has been reached with russia on a humanitarian corridorfor with russia on a humanitarian corridor for mariupol. we were talking to our correspondent in kyiv just a while ago when she was saying that the russian deputy prime minister had said, the ukrainian prime minister had said —— deputy prime minister had said —— deputy prime minister had said —— deputy prime minister said there was no trust in the other because previously suggestions of humanitarian corridors have not happened so in order to have trust in it, there needed to be full guarantees around it and the position currently is no agreement has been reached with russia on that. victims of sexual offences are facing the longest waits on record for their cases to go through crown courts in england and wales, at average of more than eight months, although in some cases more than double that. a bbc investigation into delays across all types of offences has found evidence court by court of the impact of the pandemic on court backlogs and raises questions about how cuts before 2020 have played a role in what barristers say has become a catastrophic situation. our legal correspondent dominic casciani reports. how long should someone wait forjustice? in the oasis of calm of her home, lisa tells me about the nightmare of criminaljustice delays after she was raped in 2017. she had damning evidence against her attacker, a man she knew well. i was led to believe originally that it would be quite a speedy resolvement to the case and it would be taken onto charging and that decision would come about. however, it didn't happen in that way and it was a very long, drawn process. police and prosecutors took two years to charge the attacker, taking him to court in the summer of 2019. but existing backlogs meant no trial before the following april, and then the pandemic closed courts. the rapist was only convicted in late summer 2021. i think if i hadn't have gone forward and reported it, i would have been able to have brought my mental health around a lot quicker. than extending the ordeal and having the additional impact of the court system and just a lack of understanding of how people feel in that scenario, of building themselves up to be knocked back down again time and time again. national data and a bbc court by court analysis shows lisa's experience is not exceptional. sexual offence complaints take the longest time to get through the courts — a national average of 8.6 months in england and wales. but there is huge variation across the country — leicester crown court being the longest, at 15 months last autumn. overall, the delay for all offences from report to crown court completion is 697 days. criminal barristers say the system is chronically underfunded. they have begun industrial action, refusing to take on some cases to force the government to inject more cash. a young junior barrister, in the first three years of their practice, is earning just over £12,000 a year before tax. a lot of barristers now are working under minimum wage. we are facing a huge exodus of practitioners from the profession. sophia chandler was victimised by her former assistant who stole treasured gifts from her late husband. the wait for a prosecution — five years. the offender even had time, albeit briefly, to go on the run. she stole my last memories i had from my late husband. and that's what i will never forgive her for. never. the more it was delayed, the more anxious i was feeling, and the more scared i was to go out. if it were to happen again, i would still go to the police and persevere. otherwise there will be no justice, what's the point of having the police and the court? this temporary court, one of many set up during the pandemic, is part of the ministry ofjustice's solution to backlogs. barristers say there are not enough lawyers to push cases through on time, but ministers predict that their long—term plan, including recording evidence in advance from rape victims, will turn things around. it's very difficult for anyone that has been the victim of rape or serious sexual violence, you recover from the original crime, and then you have got to muster the courage to go through the process. i'm absolutely committed to making sure that those victims have the support at every step of the way. how much confidence you do have in the system having gone through all this? none. none at all. i would never, god forbid it ever happened again or to any of my family, i wouldn't promote going through the system and even reporting crimes of this nature any more. dominic casciani, bbc news. let's speak now to jo sidhu qc, the chair of the criminal bar association. welcome, thank you forjoining us. you are saying in the report that a lot of barristers are paid under the minimum wage. how does this feed into the issues, the broader issues into the issues, the broader issues in the system? i’m into the issues, the broader issues in the system?— into the issues, the broader issues in the system? i'm afraid to say the backlo: in the system? i'm afraid to say the backlog we — in the system? i'm afraid to say the backlog we now _ in the system? i'm afraid to say the backlog we now have _ in the system? i'm afraid to say the backlog we now have to _ in the system? i'm afraid to say the backlog we now have to deal - in the system? i'm afraid to say the backlog we now have to deal with, l backlog we now have to deal with, which is still something around 60,000 cases, 50,000 beam trials, is not helped by the fact we are losing barristers every single day, they are voting with their feet. that means prosecutors and defenders who committed their lives to this work to help victims and ensure defendants get their trial in a timely fashion are simply leaving the field than doing that because the field than doing that because the incomes they have been earning has been cut successively over a number of governments in recent years, in fact the figure is about 28% reduction in real incomes of the last two decades and at the height of the pandemic, i'm afraid to say we lost 23% in just one year and so the figure of £12,200 which is what somebody who is a junior barrister might earn as a median income before tax is a realfigure, a figure might earn as a median income before tax is a real figure, a figure that the government will have to accept, they are looking to mask the problem by talking about the backlog being passed by the pandemic is that the reality is we have to be straight with the of the actual backlog was 41,000 cases before the pandemic stroke. that was in march 2021. and it has gone up to about 60,000 by last september. we cannot get that backlog down and we cannot help victims to getjustice in court earlier unless we have enough men and women in cases. we have lost a quarter of our workforce in the last five years. last year alone 300 prosecutor and defenders packer did and decided they cannot do criminal law any more. we have been pleading with the government to understand how important is to make criminal law a attractive career and putting the money in and restoring the losses we have suffered in recent years. losses we have suffered in recent ears. ., , .,, losses we have suffered in recent ears. ., ., years. the government says it has a strate: in years. the government says it has a strategy in place — years. the government says it has a strategy in place and _ years. the government says it has a strategy in place and part _ years. the government says it has a strategy in place and part of- years. the government says it has a strategy in place and part of it - strategy in place and part of it includes things like victims of sexual offences being able to record their evidence and that get played at a later date in court. how much change do you think those sorts of measures will make? i’m change do you think those sorts of measures will make?— measures will make? i'm afraid to sa that measures will make? i'm afraid to say that those _ measures will make? i'm afraid to say that those of _ measures will make? i'm afraid to say that those of us _ measures will make? i'm afraid to say that those of us working - measures will make? i'm afraid to say that those of us working every single day in the court, we know we are dealing with a crisis of the magnitude we have never seen before. this heading to meltdown and all of these measures that the government keeps coming up with i'm afraid i'm afraid i'm not going to solve the problem. the fundamental problem is a lack of investment in our courts, we don't have enough judges are barristers. unless the government puts money into the system, we will see the system in atrophy and eventually it will implode because there is no way you can sustain a criminaljustice there is no way you can sustain a criminal justice system there is no way you can sustain a criminaljustice system without the men and women to drive it forward. the backlog which will still be at 60,000, the ambition is to reduce to 53,000, is being looked at by scepticism. the government has to be more ambitious of the ways we will see what we saw at the end of last year, 280 cases in the last quarter of 2021 had to be put on at the last prosecutor or defence advocate there. and victims will have to wait longer and longer. the figures the bbc have come up with is absolutely correct but the important one to keep an eye on is the length of time for a victim to getjustice from the time the offence is committed to the time the offence is committed to the time the offence concludes and the rape victims that is upwards of 1500 days and for other offences about 700 days. that is a long period of time for victims to be miserable and tense and anxious and that's the reason i'm afraid why so many rape victims, about half, walk away from getting to court. and you can find out more about the state of delays in the courts nearest to you by going to the bbc�*s news website. you can type into the search there your postcode and it will show you what happens, the picture is in your nearest court. new figures show how the cost of living crisis is impacting people across the uk. the office for national statistics ran a survey based on a poll taken in march. it shows that around nine in ten adults reported an increase in their cost of living over the previous month in march 2022. that's compared with about six in ten in november 2021. it also found that almost a quarter, 23% of adults, reported that it was very difficult or difficult to pay their usual household bills in the last month, compared with a year ago. there's confusion over when p&o ferries will resume sailings between dover and calais. last week, one of its ships, spirit of britain, passed a safety inspection and was released from detention by the maritime and coastguard agency. the company's website lists sailings for tomorrow, but when you try to purchase a ticket, the website states there are no sailings available. let's get more from our business correspondent simon browning. what is happening? as you said, confusion, quite a bit what is happening? as you said, confusion, quite a hit this morning, the website for p&o showed tickets for sale for crossings tomorrow, four o'clock in the morning, lunchtime and later. they disappeared from sale then there were tickets available on wednesday and they have disappeared. i have spoken to p80 they have confirmed they have had website problems and those tickets have been removed from sale so there are going to be no sailings in the coming days. that was a website error on their part. they say they will provide clarity as to when they will begin sailing again. there was some expectation it could happen this week because the spirit of britain was cleared to start sailing again on friday and we know there have been agency workers on board to get it back into the english channel because it has been without capacity and p80 has not been working since it sacked its 800 workers. ~ . . , been working since it sacked its 800 workers. ~ . .,, ., , , been working since it sacked its 800 workers. . ., ., ,, ., been working since it sacked its 800 workers. ~ . ., ., , , ., workers. what has happened to those --eole workers. what has happened to those people booked _ workers. what has happened to those people booked onto _ workers. what has happened to those people booked onto those _ workers. what has happened to those people booked onto those ferries? i people booked onto those ferries? there are no booking is currently far the ferries. but previously, since p&o had stopped crossing the channel, dfes has taken a lot of that p&o capacity and they have been offering to take and exchange those tickets was not we saw the big crunchers at easter time when there was a huge demand across the channel, lots of families wanting to go over and unfortunately the ds ds could not take everyone. freight volumes and customer traffic volumes have receded slightly now because we are not in much of a peak period, it is not the holiday so there is capacity to cross the channel. thank you. allotments grew in popularity during the world wars when people had to become more self—sufficient and grow their own fruit and veg. now, with the rising cost of living, there's increased demand for plots once again. nina warhurst reports. the allotment is a great british tradition. a place to get away from it all, connect with nature and even have a go at being more self—sufficient. green spaces dividing into plots for people to grow their own have been around since the 18th century. but it was in 1916 that councils were given power to commandeer land to grow food to help with the war effort. newsreel: now he's got a garden— of his own where among his pals he finds the greatest fun he's ever known in making things grow. i and, as the nation dug for victory, by the end of world war ii, a fifth of our fruit and veg was grown in gardens and allotments. it is only in the long—term that you can build up soilfertility to grow really good vegetables. you know, big onions, big leeks and big celery. but for a while, they fell out of fashion and the percentage of fresh food that came from allotments fell to single figures. fast forward to 2020 and a global pandemic pushed us to connect with nature, pushing up allotment waiting lists. it is just a sanctuary for me. my work is stressful and i come here at any opportunity i can, get away to come here. it's very relaxing. and now, with the squeeze on budgets and concerns around where food comes from and how it gets here, could the humble allotment also become a vitally important part of life once again? a team of international scientists have been exploring a remote chain of islands off the coast of mexico, aiming to discover more about why volcanoes erupt. they also want to research the movement of tectonic plates and the cause of tsunamis. they hope the information could help provide an early warning system. tim allman reports. they are amongst the most awe—inspiring, the most powerful and the most dangerous natural phenomena on earth. understanding why and when volcanoes erupt could save lives, so scientists have come here to one of the most remote places on earth for possible answers. translation: the question that volcanologists always have i is when will the next eruption take place. for that, we need monitoring, and the reality is that volcanoes are not really monitored because there are very few resources for it. in january this year, a huge underwater volcano exploded near the pacific island of tonga. the eruption, believed to be the most powerful of the century, created huge plumes of smoke and ash and also caused a tsunami. it's hoped by examining the rocks and minerals of these islands, scientists will gain a greater understanding of the tectonic plates and what lies beneath. is the mantle pushing the plates? is the mantle doing nothing? knowing that relative motion determines how big stresses are and forces are in the crust and it's those stresses or forces that we need to know in order to see how big earthquakes can be. a number of samples have been sent to europe for further analysis and it's hoped the research will bear fruit later this year. when it comes to volcanology, being forewarned is forearmed. earlier we were reporting that five railway stations came under fire in western and central ukraine. in the last few minutes we've received these pictures from krasne near lviv in western ukraine. it is thought to be a substation at krasne railway station which was hit. and there will be an update from the government on the situation in ukraine this afternon — the defence secretary ben wallace will give the update in the commons around 3.30pm in a moment, the bbc news at one with clive myrie, but now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. little bit cooler today because we have more cloud but it is not producing much more than the odd shower so it remains dry. dry april story continuing, not as dry as last april but we have only seen a 30—30% of the rainfall we would normally see across the south and east. the only place we have seen average rainfall is up in scotland in little sign of any rain for the rest of the month and that is because we have this high—pressure very dominant across greenland and iceland also our weather. we are getting the chilly breeze from the north—east limiting temperature is here and it has lowered the pollen levels somewhat but still high levels of tree pollen across wales and the southwest in particular for the remainder of the day. that breeze is still quite a chilly one coming into east anglia and the south—east, some showers with the cloud further north, possibly anywhere but they are few and far between. it is cloudier than it has been but still sunny spells around. temperatures highest where we have the best of the sunshine across wales and the south—west. subtle changes through the night the cloud will come and go but you can see we have more distinctive cloud coming to the nazis that will hold temperatures appear that elsewhere they will plummet again and we could have a touch of ground frost. a chilly start tuesday. probably the best sunshine in the morning across tuesday in southern areas because the cloud in the north will make its way further southwards and westwards and we will see fair weather cloud developing. again, mostly dry, very limited shower activity but it will feel cooler because the breeze is coming from the north and north—east. a similar story on tuesday and wednesday. the cloud thickens up further as the high pressure descends on the winds continue to fall light so we will get quite thick cloud around. temperatures therefore nine or ten for the north sea coast, perhaps 13 or 14 where we see sunshine coming through but must limited despite high pressure. that high—pressure keeps things dry and still are keen breeze for southern parts of the uk and through the channel islands but elsewhere we have the light winds so not moving that cloud around much. the theme continues to be dry until the end of the working week. more on the end of the working week. more on the website as ever. today at one... emmanuel macron is congratulated by several world leaders, after winning a second term as french president. his big task, to unite a divided country. he'll appoint a new prime minister in the coming days. translation: my friends, we will i need to be kind and respectful, i because our country harbours many doubts and divisions, so we will need to be strong. we'll have the very latest live from paris. also this lunchtime... after visiting kyiv, the us secretary of state says russia is "brutalising ukraine" but failing to win the war. a man's been arrested on suspicion of murder after four people have been found stabbed to death in south london. sexual offence victims in england and wales are facing the longest waits on record, for their cases

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