After a father of four was stabbed to death havIng spent the day celebratIng hIs two year old twIn daughters bIrthday, the stark realIty of drInkIng durIng the pandemIc more people dIed from alcohol In england and wales last year than In any of the prevIous twenty years. Unseasonal weather as people go to the polls In england, scotland and wales the bIggest test of Voter OpInIon sInce the last general electIon. And we meet the former Royal MarIne Commando who lost both legs In afghanIstan In traInIng for a CharIty SwIm across Plymouth Sound good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. French fIshermen who staged a protest off the Coast Ofjersey about Post BrexIt FIshIng rIghts have now saIled away from the area and back to port. Two Royal Navy shIps are stIll on patrol after escalatIng tensIons In the last few days. The french claIm theIr rIghts to fIsh off the Island are beIng unfaIrly restrIcted by a new system of lIcences. Leaders In jersey say theyve held posItIve talks wIth the protes