they lost the game. to try to prevent more incidents this weekend, the off—field var will confirm the outcome of decisions before notifying the on—field referee. well, the subject has been the talk of all the pre—match press conferences today. it was a mistake, accept it. it is always difficult, you know, humans make mistakes. that is why var is there to reduce the human mistakes that we do. but the machine is linked with a human being, but it was a mistake, hopefully it will finish here and improve. i trust in the var, but i trust in the can — i trust in the var, but i trust in the can but _ i trust in the var, but i trust in the car, but it is the driver! i think— the car, but it is the driver! i think the _ the car, but it is the driver! i think the most important thing is to -ive think the most important thing is to give the _ think the most important thing is to give the power more to the referees. it's day two of the cricket world cup and pakistan began their campaign with a comfortable win over the netherlands. they beat them by 81 runs in hyderabad, asjoe lynsky reports. just to be here is a breakthrough for cricket in the netherlands. they have not reached this world cup since 2011 and through their squad is spirit. much of this team are now full—time and serving up this kind of bowling. dot ball took down mohammad rizwan. although pakistan lost all their wickets, they did enough, just, to set up a score. they made a start with style, the netherlands, but then they make misjudgments. one player got to 67. when he was bowled, pakistan could sense a gentle finish. the dutch are light but more than 80 runs short. at this world cup as their platform and threw it all they will keep smiling. it's a crunch weekend at the rugby world cup with five out of the eight quarterfinal places up for grabs and tonight france will be hoping to top pool a when they take on italy. france have won every game so far, which means italy can only qualify ahead of them with a bonus point victory in paris. new zealand are already guaranteed at least second place in the group. you can see all the permutations on the bbc sport website. there's a huge night of rugby league tonight with the start of super league's play—off semifinals. st helens are travelling to catalans dragons. saints will make it five league titles in a row if they can see their way past the french side and beat either wigan or hull kr in next week's grand final. there's live commentary of this one on five sports extra. that's all the sport for now. the most vulnerable children will be living with the impact of covid—i9 lockdowns for the next ten or even 20 years, according to the former children's commissioner for england. anne longfield has been giving evidence to the covid inquiry, and said that in any future emergency, schools should be the last place to close and the first to reopen. from what i could see from the evidence, there were clearly some children that are more at risk and for the outcomes for those children i think has been devastating and still leaves in a position where they may, for the next ten, 20 years have the the long shadow of the covid experience. it was very clear that there was no one at the cabinet table who was taking children's best interests to those decisions. when i put forward in the past recommendations for a ministerfor children, i've always been told it was it was the secretary of state for education. it was very clear he wasn't part of some of those discussions. there was an empty chair at the table. so i think we have to change the structure of government for children. we have to build in an understanding of the need to recognise their best interests and then work on a government structure, including a minister for children that can truly represent their needs, especially if there's an emergency. live now to our education reporter vanessa clarke, who's been following today's session. tell us a little more about what she was saying, the evidence she was giving. was saying, the evidence she was i ivin. _ i1 i was saying, the evidence she was i ivini _ i1 i was saying, the evidence she was iiivin. :: :: ., was saying, the evidence she was iivini. i1 i ., , ., giving. 2020, were lockdown began, all schools were _ giving. 2020, were lockdown began, all schools were closed _ giving. 2020, were lockdown began, all schools were closed to _ giving. 2020, were lockdown began, all schools were closed to most - all schools were closed to most pupils, apart from vulnerable pupils. when you fast forward a few months tojune, things began to reopen so you had a decision to allow public gardens, theme parks, nonessential shops to open. she said that was a terrible mistake then do not allow all students back to school. she said we had eaten out to help out instead of schools opening and on occasion government decisions were incoherent and indifferent to the impact they were having on children. as you quoted, she said that for any future emergencies school should be the very last thing to close in the very first thing to open. to close in the very first thing to o ien. ,, to close in the very first thing to oen. ,, ., , to close in the very first thing to o-en. ,, ., to close in the very first thing to oren, ,, ., ., " to close in the very first thing to open. she was also talking about comparisons. _ open. she was also talking about comparisons, comparisons - open. she was also talking about comparisons, comparisons with l comparisons, comparisons with schools in the uk with experiences in other countries. what did she say about that? it in other countries. what did she say about that?— about that? it was interesting. first of all _ about that? it was interesting. first of all she _ about that? it was interesting. first of all she spoke - about that? it was interesting. first of all she spoke about. about that? it was interesting. | first of all she spoke about how prime ministers in certain other countries give a specific tv briefing to children in order to reassure them, to tell them they were doing 0k. them, to tell them they were doing ok. in a application she asked boris johnson if he was willing to do this but i never happen. she also talked about the difference in the uk governments approach. many decisions were similar, like school closures, but there were some notable differences. in particular they were about the relative sex. that was six people were allowed to gather together. an inkling that the session included children, so if you had a big family, if you had grandparents he wouldn't be grouped together. looking forward to any future emergencies, she said that children should be at the heart of these decisions. over the course of these decisions. over the course of the covid inquiry, ministers will be able to give their version of events over why those decisions were made. every year, thousands of people in england and wales are accused of crimes of which they are later acquitted. while their names may be cleared, they are often left emotionally and financially devastated, with many forced to pay huge legal fees out of their own pockets. our correspondent nick garnett went to west wales to meet brian buckle, whose family spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on his defence. this is the first time he's spoken publically since being cleared of all charges earlier this year. when i was put in the cell, i just sat there all night and just cried and cried. sentenced to 15 years after being wrongfully convicted. at that point, you realise you're a convicted sex offender. yes, yeah. it took brian buckle six years to clear his name and it had a huge emotional and financial impact on him and his family. we've spent over half a million pounds. brian is a victim of what some call the innocence tax. if you earn very modest amounts, you don't get legal aid. so you then have to fund yourself, you're innocent and you're taxed by the state. you have to pay for your defence when you shouldn't, i would say. the bbc understands that despite the government announcing that it's lifting the cap on legal aid for crown court cases, that help won't be available for up to two years. we started straight awayl getting the appeal going. brian's aunt, mum and wife decided to dedicate their time to proving his innocence, using savings, loans and inheritance money. we didn't know where to start. not a clue. elaine felt the weight of justice was on their shoulders. you're guilty until you prove yourself innocent. _ and it's you who has to do the work. one of britain's most senior legal figures has written a report on false allegations and believes there's a weakness in the system. police officers, as soon as they find some evidence that tends to support an allegation, a charge follows and the investigative process ceases. that is wrong. weaknesses in the legal system can also affect victims of crime. support groups say that the number of allegations that make it to court is tiny compared to the number that actually get made to the police. wrongfully convicted of sexual abuse against a child, brian spent overfive years in prison. his accuser has lifelong anonymity. it was hard. you're sitting in there with real sex offenders and you hear people gloating and itjust makes your blood boil. forensics, my words. using a specialist legal and forensics team, they uncovered new dna evidence. a hearing at the court of appeal was granted. brian watched from prison on a video link. clerk of the court's come out and said to me, "mr buckle, do you know what's happening here now?" and i said, "no, not really." "you're released," he said. "you're going home." i was like, what? all 16 verdicts were quashed that day. i know that you never done it. and eight months later, when the case went to a retrial, brian was found not guilty of all charges. it's been an emotional roller—coaster. diagnosed with ptsd, brian was left facing damage to his mental health. i know i need help and i need counselling, but it's trying to find that. there's no help out there for you. let me ask you what the cost of your innocence has been. i missed my daughter's 18th birthday. zist. her dad taking herfor her first driving lesson. it's been a lot. brian now makes every day count... my little family. ..with elaine and georgia. if i can help other people that are going through this, that's what i want to do. if i didn't have the family support me, i'd be still in prison, an innocent man. i wouldn't be here now. brian is still waiting to hear if he'll get any compensation in the hope he can recover some of the huge costs they've paid out. nick garnett, bbc news. we can speak now to nick garnett, who is in salford for us. the government has announced it will change the system and allow more people to claim legal aid. what is the reaction been to that? the government — the reaction been to that? the government has _ the reaction been to that? tie: government has said that in the reaction been to that? ti9 government has said that in the next two years, within the next two years, it will lift the means testing element for crown court cases. that means everyone will get the chance of having some legal aid to help pay the costs. there has been criticism today from the criminal bar association. they say the failure to reimburse innocent people who have been forced to pay for the defence themselves in the criminal court is the epitome of injustice. the current thresholds for access to legal aid has left many hard working people without any representation at all. they say the government must accelerate not only the planned reinstatement of legal aid for all, but also increasing the pay for legal aid work. the problem is the levels of pay for legal aid work are relatively low and haven't kept up with inflation. finally, the criminal bar association test without investment in the people that serve justice, there can be without investment in the people that servejustice, there can be no justice at all. the promise of legal aid for all in two years will be an empty one and all the legal aid lawyers have gone. now, not all of them will leave this part of the profession but there has been a decline in the number prepared to do the work. some do it for altruistic reasons, some do it out of expert reasons, some do it out of expert reasons, but fewer and fewer are willing to carry on taking the pay cut that it is to do legal aid work rather than doing private legal work. with me is stephen vullo kc, the barristerfor brian buckle, who was wrongly accused of child sex abuse, as we've just seen in that vt. welcome to the programme. how typical is an experience like that? brian's experience wasn't exactly typical. there were a few parts of his skills that were exceptional, but there were parts that were more run of the mill. the exceptional parts was obtaining dna and chemical evidence from the united states. the evidence from the united states. the evidence and the science didn't exist first time round a trial. the second extraordinary thing is probably the support from his family, in particular his wife. i didn't do the first trial, which lasted three days. his wife came to see me after he was convicted first time around and asked me to review the papers. i did and said that there wasn't anything i could do. i had sympathy but there was nothing i could do. lian wouldn't take no for an answer. the family gathered a huge fund. she said to me i will do it with or without you, so please guide me. i did. we conducted a fairly extensive via a private detective investigation, something the police should have done. we obtained a lot of material from that. we got the scientific evidence from the united states and were able to overturn his conviction. that underlines _ to overturn his conviction. that underlines the _ to overturn his conviction. that underlines the topline - to overturn his conviction. that underlines the topline of - to overturn his conviction. that underlines the topline of the story, which is potentially in cases like this people can end up spending vast amounts of their own money to prove their innocence. in brian's case, their innocence. in brian's case, the cost, because of the scientific evidence, the length of time it took to put —— to prepare —— to prepare the case, the scientific evidence, a chemical biologist we employed said it was beyond him. it took a maybe two months to fully understand the science. that obviously all cost money, my time, the time of the expert. the real point here is that if brian's family had not been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds, he would have continued to serve a 15 year sentence for offences of which he was innocent. that brings me to the love of what so important here. do you think it increases the potential likelihood of miscarriages ofjustice unless this is sorted out? the of miscarriages of 'ustice unless this is sorted out?— this is sorted out? the legal aid s stem this is sorted out? the legal aid system has _ this is sorted out? the legal aid system has been _ this is sorted out? the legal aid system has been under - this is sorted out? the legal aid system has been under huge i this is sorted out? the legal aid - system has been under huge pressure, as any public service has, over the last 20 or 30 years. any public service that is not sufficiently funded in the end will falter, and thatis funded in the end will falter, and that is what is happening with the criminaljustice that is what is happening with the criminal justice system that is what is happening with the criminaljustice system and legal aids. the legal aid fee is paid to legal aid lawyers, that is incredibly low. brian's case would not have been paid for to the extent that we researched it on legal aid, so if brian had obtained legal aid, he would not be out. is so if brian had obtained legal aid, he would not be out.— he would not be out. is your instinct that _ he would not be out. is your instinct that miscarriages i he would not be out. is your instinct that miscarriages of| instinct that miscarriages of justice are already happening now? we know they are. brian was convicted first time around. had his family not been able to raise the money that they did he would still be in prison. i am working on the assumption that brian has not been falsely accused, but he may be in a small capacity of people whose family could afford to pay. the plan from the government _ family could afford to pay. the plan from the government to _ family could afford to pay. the plan from the government to get - family could afford to pay. the plan from the government to get rid - family could afford to pay. the plan from the government to get rid of l from the government to get rid of the cap on legal aid. you are shaking your head. you don't think thatis shaking your head. you don't think that is even part of the solution? it will make it worse. the part of legal aid is small. as sir richard enrico said this morning, it is insufficient and hidden to miscarriages ofjustice. allowing more people access to the small amount of money will make it worse, it will be stretched even thinner. one way to resolve this is to increase the rates of legal aid, so people are properly paid. i was called to the bar in 1996. ajunior barrister now would earn less than i was turning in 1996 for the same work. so ignore inflation, just in simple pounds, shillings and pence, he would be earning less. that is a huge reduction. lots of people have left the criminal bar because they can't afford to stay at it. so left the criminal bar because they can't afford to stay at it.— can't afford to stay at it. so the sim i le can't afford to stay at it. so the simple act _ can't afford to stay at it. so the simple act that _ can't afford to stay at it. so the simple act that is _ can't afford to stay at it. so the simple act that is what? - can't afford to stay at it. so the simple act that is what? if - can't afford to stay at it. so the i simple act that is what? if people ia for simple act that is what? if people pay for their— simple act that is what? if people pay for their own _ simple act that is what? if people pay for their own representation, | pay for their own representation, they are accused by the state of committing a crime, they ought to be able to pay for a good representation, and if they are proven to be right and found not guilty, they should be recompensed. if i fell off this journo and wanted to sue the bbc for personal injury. if i lost i would have to pay your fees. in a civil situation nobody would question that. i should be different in criminal case? thank ou so different in criminal case? thank you so much _ different in criminal case? thank you so much for— different in criminal case? thank you so much for coming - different in criminal case? thank you so much for coming in - different in criminal case? thank you so much for coming in to - different in criminal case? thank| you so much for coming in to talk different in criminal case? thank i you so much for coming in to talk to me, in terms of the obvious issues out of the report that we saw, and what the government has said today. thank you so much for your time. you can see more about brian's fight for freedom in the documentary 'the cost of innocence', available now on the bbc iplayer. data on the strike cancellations just being sent to me from nhs england. they are saying that there were nearly 120,000 operations and appointments cancelled because of the doctor strike this week. junior doctorsjoining consultants in those three days of industrial action, the first in terms of those joint actions. they worked out from monday until it —— early thursday. the total amount of cancellation since the start of strike action began is now 1.13 million. that is coming from our health editor. we are expecting an impact in terms of the rights of that number is, that number by reaching 1.13 million, increasing by 120,000 operations and appointments. we are we a re halfway we are halfway through fat bare week. it is a moment ofjoy as we navigate through these more bleak stories. millions of people voted on their favourite scale breaking stories. millions of people voted on theirfavourite scale breaking brown bears. these are live pictures from alaska. those are some of the best position is that you see jockeying for to get the best eating spots. you can see just in the top left of your picture. one of the brown bears that people have been watching over the last few days. earlier i spoke to the founder of this event. more than a million _ to the founder of this event. more than a million votes _ to the founder of this event. more than a million votes last _ to the founder of this event. more than a million votes last year- to the founder of this event. me than a million votes last year and so far this year, we have already had more than 300,000 votes. i will had more than 300,000 votes. i will iut u- a had more than 300,000 votes. i will put up a picture _ had more than 300,000 votes. i will put up a picture of — had more than 300,000 votes. i will put up a picture of last _ had more than 300,000 votes. i will put up a picture of last year's winner, 747. £1400. in terms of how much weight they are putting on before hibernation, talk me through that. , , :, before hibernation, talk me through that. , , ., ,:, that. they hibernate in winter, so the don't that. they hibernate in winter, so they don't eat. — that. they hibernate in winter, so they don't eat, drink, _ that. they hibernate in winter, so they don't eat, drink, urinate i that. they hibernate in winter, so they don't eat, drink, urinate or | they don't eat, drink, urinate or defecate in the den. they survive on their fat reserves. the fatter the bear going into the den generally the better they are protected to make it through to hibernation. it is especially important for females, mothers with cops, who have to support not only their own survival but the safety and growth of their offspring. i9. but the safety and growth of their ofstriin. : :, :, , ., offspring. a lot of interest, and not offspring. a lot of interest, and rrot surprising _ offspring. a lot of interest, and not surprising this _ offspring. a lot of interest, and not surprising this one, - offspring. a lot of interest, and not surprising this one, in i offspring. a lot of interest, and | not surprising this one, in terms offspring. a lot of interest, and i not surprising this one, in terms of the chubby club 806 ginger. i read in terms of body weight he has increased nearly 7000% since he was born a year ago. how much fish is that that he's eaten? it is born a year ago. how much fish is that that he's eaten?— that that he's eaten? it is a lot of mother's mel. — that that he's eaten? it is a lot of mother's mel, along _ that that he's eaten? it is a lot of mother's mel, along with - that that he's eaten? it is a lot of mother's mel, along with some l that that he's eaten? it is a lot of i mother's mel, along with some fish later in the year. when brown bear cubs are born, they are born in midwinter, so end ofjanuary, early february, and they only weigh about £1. at this time of year a first—year club could weigh more than £70. they have the fastest growth rate of any age class of bear. , _, , :, growth rate of any age class of bear. , , :, :, ,�* bear. this competition doesn't se iarate bear. this competition doesn't separate gender _ bear. this competition doesn't separate gender or _ bear. this competition doesn't separate gender or age. i bear. this competition doesn't separate gender or age. that l bear. this competition doesn't i separate gender or age. that puts a lot of mothers like holly, who has got a lot of attention because of colourings, a lot of people watching out for her. in terms of how it works, is it simply weight that it is all about? it works, is it simply weight that it is all about?— is all about? it is not. it is a subjective — is all about? it is not. it is a subjective competition i is all about? it is not. it is a subjective competition so i is all about? it is not. it is a | subjective competition so we is all about? it is not. it is a - subjective competition so we asked people to vote on not only body size and who they think is the fattest, but we asked people to consider the stories. each bear is an individual and faces its challenges to survive and faces its challenges to survive and thrive in this habitat. of course, it is brought to us by the rich salmon runs that arrive at brooks river every summer. i will brooks river every summer. i will end the programme _ brooks river every summer. i will end the programme by _ brooks river every summer. i will end the programme by taking you to that live stream. you could not have printed any better. one of those bears munching away on the fish! all of the names are becoming familiar for the hundreds of thousands people watching the live stream and catching their votes for this year's fact bear week. they have until the tenth to this —— tent of this month. see you next time. hello. friday brought us a bit of a mixed day weather—wise across the uk. some rain in the north and north—west, some sunshine towards the south. the next few days, a big contrast in temperature. warmer than average by quite a bit across much of england, wales and northern ireland. colder than average for scotland, particularly during the weekend, we're going to see some really heavy rain moving in. up to about 150, perhaps even 180 millimetres of rain accumulating over the next few days. that's enough to cause some problems, so the met office have issued an amber weather warning for the risk of some flooding and disruption to perhaps travel, power networks as well across this zone. now, all that wet weather is due to this frontal system here, which is going to be really slow—moving into the weekend, especially so on saturday. we've got high pressure further south. so as we head through the rest of this evening and overnight, we've already got that front with us. it's going to be pushing a bit further north. so drying up for parts of northern ireland and northern england, but the rain becoming particularly persistent and heavy across central parts of scotland first thing tomorrow morning. reasonably mild for most of us, especially towards the south, with those overnight temperatures in the mid—teens. could be a bit of a low cloud, mist and murk particularly around some of these irish sea coasts to start your saturday morning. but long spells of sunshine, really, for much of england, wales and northern ireland. a bit of high cloud drifting around, a bit hazy. heavy rain, though, across central parts of scotland. those rainfall totals really mounting up. now, in the sunshine in the south, we could see temperatures as high as 24—25 degrees in one or two spots. whereas further north, contrast that to aberdeen, just nine degrees sitting under the cloud with the rain as well. so very big contrasts, really, all round in the weather through the weekend. for sunday, we've still got the rain across scotland. it'll slowly lift northwards, so gradually drying out for some central and western areas. best of the sunshine again will be further south, and temperatures perhaps a degree down compared to saturday. 23 or so for the warmest spots, and not quite as chilly across parts of scotland. into monday, that rain will have cleared away. a bit of a cool northerly breeze across the north of scotland, but a dry day for most of us, i think. there will be areas of cloud drifting around, some hazy sunshine and temperatures generally in the mid—to—high teens in the north. but again, the mid—20s possible towards the south. that warm weather then holds on into tuesday for some southern areas, but we'll start to see more showers from wednesday onwards as temperatures return to more typical for the time of year. bye— bye. today at six: a man is charged with plotting to kidnap and murder the tv presenter holly willoughby. itv said the news had come as a huge shock and that it's offering full support to the presenter and herfamily. welcome to scotland's newest mp, michael shanks! labour wins big in the rutherglen and hamilton west byelection. keir starmer says it shows the country wants change. we'll look at what it means with our editors, james cook in rutherglen, and chris mason. emotional goodbyes — we speak to staff who've worked at wilko for decades, as the last shops close for good this weekend. a tale of survival — how this tropical turtle overcame being washed up in the inner hebrides, thousands of miles from home. and it's going to be a weekend of autumn weather extremes. unusually warm for many, but exceptionally wet for some. we'll have all the details. and coming up in sport on bbc news, we look ahead to ireland against scotland, who go head—to—head in paris in their crunch match at the rugby world cup. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a man has appeared in court charged with plotting to kidnap and murder