now with all the latest sport, here's gavin. we'll start with football and european action continues tonight — with aston villa the sole british club left in the latter stages of a competition, they're in action in the europa conference league semifinal. they have some work to do, if they're to reach the final. they trail olympiakos 4—2 before the second leg in greece, with their manager unai emery saying his side must handle a "difficult" atmosphere on what is the biggest game of their season. it will be difficult to come back, but this is a really good moment to watch, and we have to be competitive like they were at home against us, and improving on some things we didn't do. two semi—finals in the europa league later to tell you about later, as well. xabi alonso�*s bayer leverkusen team

have won the bundesliga and reached the final of the german cup — and are in a healthy position to do the same in this competition. leverkusen, who knocked out west ham in the last round, have a 2—0 lead in their semifinal, heading into the second leg against roma after a victory in italy last week. finishing the job with a draw or better later will not only deliver a trip to dublin, but also extend their unbeaten run from the beginning of the season in all competitions to 49 games, breaking a european football record. there's only a handful of games left then for leverkusen to go the whole season without defeat. but roma have made a european final in each of the last two seasons — while in the other semi—final, atalanta and marseille are level at 1—1. atalanta and marseille their second match is in bergamo, atalanta beating liverpool in the previous round. england's women are preparing for their opening matches of the international summer. england take on pakistan on saturday in the first of six white—ball matches, with the t20 world cup less than six months away. england spinner sarah glenn says its going to be a good test for the team.

obviously we've not played pakistan for a while, so we will come across different different batters who have played different ways. so will be really crucial for us as batsmen but also attackers is keeping up those communication in the precious moments, because there will be those moments, because there will be those moments where we do feel under the pump how we want to get out the other side of that. so i think for us, after the series will be reflecting on what worked and what didn't. jack draper is due on court at the italian open, in rome. he's going to play borna coric. he has won the opening game. draper's match was delay because of rain in the city — but earlier in the italian capital, rafael nadal, in what is expected to be his final year on the tour, is through to the second round of the tournament after a three—set victory over zizou bergs. nadal came from a set down to win — the spaniard is a ten—time champion at the italian open and will face hubert hurkacz next.

always happy and emotional to play here at this kind of event, they are the most important in my tennis career. and honestly, the crowd has always been amazing with me, supporting me since the beginning of my tennis career. so super excited to be able to play one more time here. pelayo sanchez beat julian alaphilippe and luke plapp to the line on stage six of the giro d'itali, as the race wound its way through the white roads of tuscany. after trying for many kilometres, the break finally went away as a group of six and managed to get a lead over the chasing peleton. but it came down to three men for the sprint into rapolano terme. and the 24—year—old sanchez had the legs to keep the others at bay and cross the line in the lead. tadej pogacar finished safely in the peleton to retain the race leader's pinkjersey. and that's all the sport for now. we'll be back with more later on, see you then. the bank of england has announced

that its base interest rate is being kept on hold for the sixth consecutive time. the bank's monetary policy committee decided to leave it at 5.25%, with a hint though that cuts may be on the way soon — as our chief economics correspondent dharshini david reports. while some of these households are seeing the cost of living crunch ease as incomes rise, it's still getting harder for the 1.6 million across the country who are remortgaging this year. it's been a scary three months. paul day is in felixstowe. his rate will more than double, a £200 rise in monthly repayments. i'm still going to have to make cutbacks. we are going to have to stop going out, we are going to have to stop spending money. we do, we like to travel around and go to different cities, and go shopping. that is part of our life. but we are going to have to cut that back. it gives you an idea of the rates. this mortgage broker says those higher borrowing costs mean some first—time buyers aren't even

reaching for the housing ladder. there seems to be this expectation that they are going to the rates are going to drop stop so, they feel no urgency to make a purchase and commit to a mortgage rate for five years. there seems to be this kind of feeling that, because things will drop, they could get a better deal if theyjust live with mum and dad for another couple of years. you might wonder why rates aren't falling yet, given that prices are rising more slowly. actually, we expect inflation, this blue line, to have dropped back to the bank's 2% target soon. which is partly the result of those 14 earlier interest rate hikes, the red line from the bank. but itsjob is notjust to get inflation down, but to keep it there. and some prices for services, such as hospitality, car insurance and mobile phone tariffs, have still been rising fast, wages have also been increasing at a pace that some rate setters were recurred

risk reigniting prices. now, ultimately, the decisions about your borrowing and savings rates depend on these, the nine people on the bank's interest rate panel. this is how they voted a couple of months ago, only one voted for a rate cut. now she has beenjoined by one of the bank's deputy governors, dave ramsden. that is a sign that we are honoured at a path towards lower rates. others, though, still want more evidence that inflation will stay down. we are not yet at a point where we can cut bank rates. we will consider the forthcoming data releases as part of our assessments of for how long bank rates should be maintained at its current level, to be sure that inflation will fall all the way back to the 2% target and stay there. buried in those words from the bank of england today, hints that rates are coming closer to being cut, and the prospects at the economy are brightening.

but that won't confront those taking out loans right now. more than 30 major criminals have beenjailed after a million pounds' worth of cocaine was stolen from a violent organised crime group. the gangsters had plotted revenge against a rival gang who had stolen drugs from them, not realising the 3pp drugs from them, not realising the app they were communicating with had been hacked by police. bronagh munro reports. three masked men arrive outside a drugs stash house in liverpool. a fourth is pretending to deliver a parcel. four minutes later, they escape with the huyton firm's cocaine. police. two men in the house has been attacked with a machete and an axe. what injuries have you got, mate? sit yourself down. are you all right there, mate? yeah.

a trail of blood leads to a manhole cover where the cocaine was hidden. are you in dispute with anyone? have you upset anyone lately, or has anyone got a bit of beef with you? any information is better than nothing. no one from the huyton firm talks, but this time the police have a secret weapon. the encryption system the criminals use, called encrochat, has been cracked. detectives can see the messages they are sending each other. the grip they are talking about is the stolen cocaine. 30 kilos are gone. that's £1 million worth. it's clear from the messages i've seen that this is a very effective criminal business, industrial scale trafficking of drugs, tentacles across the uk and internationally and obviously willing to resort to severe violence. it's a place then for me in the upper tiers of

organised crime in the uk. crime boss vincent coggins thinks he's identified some of the cocaine robbers and he wants revenge. his enforcer, paul woodford, asks how many he wants killed. coggins replies, four dead men walking. they do business with violence. it is a world where a bullet in the head isjust literally another way of doing business and that is the brutality of it. it's a world where there are no laws other than essentially what you could call the laws of the jungle. vincent coggins and paul woodford were arrested before they could carry out their threats. coggins has been jailed for 28 years for drug trafficking and blackmail. woodford got 2a years and six months. in total, more than 30 serious

criminals linked to the cocaine heist has been convicted. they've been sentenced to over 350 years. i am joined now by panorama reporter bronagh munro, who's been investigating the crime group for the past two years. what else do those messages tell us about the huyton firm?— about the huyton firm? these messages _ about the huyton firm? these messages give _ about the huyton firm? these messages give us _ about the huyton firm? these messages give us a _ about the huyton firm? these messages give us a unique - about the huyton firm? these - messages give us a unique insight into the huyton firm and how they operated. about enter organised crime and how it operates. it's a brutal world where violence is very much a part of everyday life —— enter organised crime. it shows that the huyton firm were trafficking drugs across the uk in large quantities. in one message alone, vincent coggin talks about one half tonne deal — that's huge. it also shone a light on the sheer brutality and violence that they were prepared

to meet out to anyone who got in their way. vincent coggin is the boss of this firm, and he talks about going to slash a local liverpool businessman, and he talks about taking a knife and cutting him on the face, cutting his ear and taking his talking. it's an incredible insight into how they did business. but it also shows that this is part of their everyday life, and this is going on around us, and we arejust simply and this is going on around us, and we are just simply unaware of it. think you very much. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has met with a group of british university leaders to discuss ways to tackle anti—semitism on campuses. in 2023, anti—semitic incidents tripled, according to the community security trust. some incidents have been linked to protests against the war in gaza. this is what one of thejewish student leaders had to say after the meeting at downing street. we're very grateful today to the government

and prime ministerfor inviting us and vice chancellors to discuss the worrying increase in anti—semitism on campus. the prime minister made it very clear that campuses must be places wherejewish students are welcome and included, and able to study in safety, and we are grateful for his reassurances. we totally respect and see the need for the right to protest, becausejewish students love to protest as much as many others at times — but fundamentally, when these encampments pose a threat tojewish students on campus because of the language emanating from them, that is what's most disturbing to us. japan has announced that it will start hunting fin—whales as part of its commercial whaling operations. demand for whale meat has collapsed over the past decades, but japan's chief cabinet secretary said whaling was part of the country's traditional food culture. fin—whales are at least twice as large as the three smaller species already targeted. luke mcmillan, from whales and dolphins conservation uk, says japan's decision to add fin wales to their whaling list is driven by commercial interests.

fin whales are the second—largest whales after the blue whale. japan been considering adding fin whales to their hunting list for quite some time, possibly driven by a desire for a larger catch due to their significance size and the amount of meat they provide. they are basically, they have pushed it through and are about to go out, hopefully not, but are about to go out on boats to start catching the second—largest whale around. are they an endangered species, or abundant in the wild? they are definitely not considered abundant. they are listed as vulnerable, on the rucn red list, and included on the endangered species act way back in 1973. the fact they are so vulnerable highlights the need for the fact that there needs to be greater conservation efforts to protect the population from further decline.

ajapanese whaler will only threaten fin whales further as well as all the other efforts forfin whaling in places like iceland, as well. what proportion of this type of whale will be affected by the change in policy injapan? i mentioned iceland briefly. iceland might not be at the point where they are fin whaling any more which we are all very happy about because it being a vulnerable species, that's great news, but now is japan coming into the arena and saying they potentially want to start hunting fin whales as well, not only does this compound the fact iceland may continue, but ifjapan are wailing for fin whales, as well, then the population decline will only go more startling rate. what happens to the wider ecosystem when hunting resumes? whales are phenomenally important for our oceans.

there's a lot about whales that people don't know. they are great for biodiversity. the more whales, the more fish we have, the more fish we have, the greater the biodiversity of the ocean. it affects things like phytoplankton, one of the greatest carbon sinks we have on the planet. whales are actually our allies in the fight against climate change. they are incredibly important. the eurovision song contest is a festival of music — but this year, with israel taking part, it has caused controversy with a wave of protests at the venue in malmo sweden. israel's eden golan was booed when she rehearsed her song hurricane. outside, there was also a demonstration outside the venue, with smoke canisters in the colours of the palestinian flag set off in malmo's central square. the climate activist greta thunberg was also there. let's speak now to our culture correspondent charlotte gallagher,

who is also in malmo following events. first of all, on the demonstration they are behind you, charlotte, we heard that great thornburgh has joined the protesters? yes. heard that great thornburgh has joined the protesters? yes, earlier on toda , joined the protesters? yes, earlier on today. about — joined the protesters? yes, earlier on today, about 6000 _ joined the protesters? yes, earlier on today, about 6000 people - joined the protesters? yes, earlier. on today, about 6000 people joined the pro—palestinian protest in the centre of malmo. it was very loud but from everything we saw, it was completely peaceful, there were palestinian flags, people shouting "free palestine", smoke flares in the colours of the pelton in flag, and making their way to the park and malmo where they are continuing the protest. here behind me is the arena where the second semifinal will take place tonight, lots of people from right across the world coming here to enjoy the music and obviously lots of people from europe, we have people from australia as well. but let's be joined people from australia as well. but let's bejoined now by

people from australia as well. but let's be joined now by some fans. they can we see the shoes? i think they might give it away!— they might give it away! cheering amazinu! they might give it away! cheering amazing! and _ they might give it away! cheering amazing! and you're _ they might give it away! cheering amazing! and you're obviously - they might give it away! cheering. amazing! and you're obviously from the netherlands, and who is your act tonight? the netherlands, and who is your act toniuht? ., .,, the netherlands, and who is your act toniaht? . ., the netherlands, and who is your act toniaht? .. , ,, the netherlands, and who is your act tonight? joost claim sub bill and what is so good _ tonight? joost claim sub bill and what is so good about _ tonight? joost claim sub bill and what is so good about your - tonight? joost claim sub bill and what is so good about your act? | tonight? joost claim sub bill and i what is so good about your act? it's an what is so good about your act? an uplifting what is so good about your act? it�*s an uplifting song, it's about him having a an uplifting song, it's about him havin: ., ., , an uplifting song, it's about him havina ., ., , , an uplifting song, it's about him havinua . ., , , �*, having a troublesome life, but he's u . having a troublesome life, but he's u- for it having a troublesome life, but he's up for it now _ having a troublesome life, but he's up for it now and _ having a troublesome life, but he's up for it now and to _ having a troublesome life, but he's up for it now and to do _ having a troublesome life, but he's up for it now and to do it _ having a troublesome life, but he's up for it now and to do it together. j up for it now and to do it together. so up for it now and to do it together. 50 europe, — up for it now and to do it together. so europe, let's come together, that's_ so europe, let's come together, that's what it's all about. can joost take — that's what it's all about. can joost take it _ that's what it's all about. can joost take it back _ that's what it's all about. can joost take it back to - that's what it's all about. ce”! joost take it back to the netherlands? he joost take it back to the netherlands? . ., , ., �* netherlands? he could, but we don't want it! next — netherlands? he could, but we don't want it! next year _ netherlands? he could, but we don't want it! next year we _ netherlands? he could, but we don't want it! next year we want _ netherlands? he could, but we don't want it! next year we want to - netherlands? he could, but we don't want it! next year we want to go - want it! next year we want to go abroad _ want it! next year we want to go abroad to _ want it! next year we want to go abroad to another— want it! next year we want to go abroad to another country. - want it! next year we want to go abroad to another country. what's our abroad to another country. what's your dream _ abroad to another country. what's your dream destination, _ abroad to another country. what's your dream destination, if - abroad to another country. what's your dream destination, if you - abroad to another country. what's l your dream destination, if you could pick any country to go to, where would you go to have eurovision?

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singing in french cheering so it's notjust the talent inside the arena, we have so much talent out here. france competing tonight, the netherlands, lots to look forward to. the netherlands, lots to look forward to-— the netherlands, lots to look forward to. ., ., ., , forward to. vote for the netherlands on saturday! — forward to. vote for the netherlands on saturday! i— forward to. vote for the netherlands on saturday! i have _ forward to. vote for the netherlands on saturday! i have to _ forward to. vote for the netherlands on saturday! i have to be _ forward to. vote for the netherlands on saturday! i have to be impartial, | on saturday! i have to be impartial, but vote for— on saturday! i have to be impartial, but vote for the _ on saturday! i have to be impartial, but vote for the netherlands! - but vote for the netherlands! wonderful, charlotte, well done, good dancing, an outbreak of peace and harmony on bbc news, we will see you soon. some breaking news, the mp natalie elphicke who's defected from the conservatives to the labour party has been speaking to our political

editor chris mason. there's been some controversy about the fact that she has been allowed tojoin some controversy about the fact that she has been allowed to join the labour party. chris mason has caught up labour party. chris mason has caught up with her. the labour party. chris mason has caught up with her-— up with her. the first thing i'd like to say _ up with her. the first thing i'd like to say is _ up with her. the first thing i'd like to say is how _ up with her. the first thing i'd like to say is how very - up with her. the first thing i'd i like to say is how very delighted up with her. the first thing i'd - like to say is how very delighted i am to be part of the labour party. i think it's a fantastic positive vision under keir starmer, and i'm really pleased to be involved and to be able to work to try to make that happen. about that period of my life, it was an incredibly difficult and stressful period. but i do recognise it was much worse for all of those people, those women who had to give evidence at that time. so i would like to take the opportunity to apologise to them. it was really important that they know, and mps who i know will be working with me so hard on this issue, for them to know that it is something i feel is a critical mission for the labour party, and one i'm very committed to — and that is under keir starmer,

tackling this issue of violence against women and girls. and i'll be doing that, and i'll be looking forward to working alongside my fellow women mps in the labour party to make that change.— to make that change. quickly on the olitics, to make that change. quickly on the politics. this — to make that change. quickly on the politics, this change _ to make that change. quickly on the politics, this change that _ to make that change. quickly on the politics, this change that you've - politics, this change that you've made, yourfirst politics, this change that you've made, your first full day in the labour party, how is it? what do you say to your new colleagues who might think that you come from a very difficult different background, how do you fit in?— do you fit in? under keir starmer, the labour— do you fit in? under keir starmer, the labour party _ do you fit in? under keir starmer, the labour party has _ do you fit in? under keir starmer, the labour party has changed, - do you fit in? under keir starmer, i the labour party has changed, which is to occupy the centre ground. and he does have a clear plan and vision for our country, and it's that plan and vision that's positive, and all those things that need to be tackled from everything this housing to small boats. i'm excited to be in the labour party, i've had fantastic, warm messages from those all over the country who've been very excited about this decision. i'm really pleased to be involved and make a difference, i hope. thank

ou. and make a difference, i hope. thank you- natalie — and make a difference, i hope. thank you. natalie elphicke _ and make a difference, i hope. thank you. natalie elphicke speaking to chris mason to explain — she was apologising for comments she made supporting her ex—husband after he was convicted of sexual assault. so more on that in the next hour. next, a campaign is being launched in england to find more people to volunteer at local sports clubs. research by sport england suggests the sector has a deficit of 2.1 million volunteers, compared with five years ago. gary lineker is fronting the drive. along with former england netball international, geva mentor. i don't know why, but i think it is really important, this initiative, to encourage more people to volunteer, it's a massive reduction in numbers, over two million, fewer volunteers, extraordinary. the big help out can encourage people to volunteer for sports right across the country. sports communities are so, so important, sporting is important because it's great for your health and you fitness, and for your mental state, as well.

it's great to encourage young people to play sport, but they need help. well, i think seeing people perhaps improve, get better at sport under their stewardship, that would be massively satisfying. imagine the pleasure you would get from nurturing relatively young child in football, for example, make him a better player — and who knows, he might get a professional career out of it. and i think there is an extraordinary amount of pleasure from volunteering — i had it myself, my dad used to do it, driving people around in his fruit van to games — so i know the importance of those kind of people, and i do think there's a lot ofjoy that comes with it. well, i've just asked these young people behind me what it's like here, and they absolutely love it. they come here whenever they possibly can, every half term, sometimes after school, as well.

i think it's hugely important to them and hugely beneficial — and you never know, we might see a future star in the background. a further update on the story of natalie elphicke, the conservative mp who's defected from conservative to labour, but a controversial switch because a statement now from the folkestone and hythe constituency labour party executive has said they are shocked and appalled to hear that natalie elphicke has been accepted as an mp within the labour party. they say, "we stand for values of kindness, decency, and empathy, values not displayed by elphicke in her time as mp. we believe she's a toxic and divisive figure who has no place in the labour party. while sent most of been temporarily headline grabbing at the time, we think tremendous

damage has been done to the reputation in doing so." they see this as a political coup this week. see you soon. hello there. temperatures have been creeping up day by day. high pressure has brought plenty of sunshine around, but a weather front launching across northern scotland has brought thicker cloud here, some spots of rain and thursday was another grey day here with outbreaks of rain. now, as we move through tonight, it does look like that weather front will eventually move northwards, become confined to the northern isles for a while through the night before it clears away. it becomes drier here, but a dry night to come for most areas. bit of mist and fog here and there, temperatures ranging from 9—12 celsius. friday, then, our area of high pressure continues to bring a lot of fine and settled weather. we lose that weather front from northern scotland, so, apart from a bit of early cloud, some mist and fog, most places should have a fine dry day. widespread sunshine, particularly for england and wales, into northern ireland, central and southern

scotland, but some sunshine into the highlands as well. that'll lift temperatures up to 22 celsius perhaps, in aberdeen. 23—24, perhaps, in the warmest spots in england and wales. through friday night, it looks like we'll see mist and fog returning in places. a bit of low cloud, sea fog pushing into eastern england, east anglia and the south—east. that could creep a little bit further westwards into the midlands first thing on saturday. but again, those temperatures, 9—12 celsius. now for the weekend. it does stay warm, there will be some good spells of sunshine around, but the shower risk will start to increase, particularly as we head into sunday. that's because we've got a weather front and low pressure developing, pushing towards our shores, particularly by sunday. and into next week, it'll be a lot more unsettled than we've had this week. saturday, though, another warm day to come, a bit of early mist and fog and some low cloud across eastern england. otherwise, plenty of sunshine, though we could see a few heavy showers develop across the high ground of northern england, central and southern scotland into the afternoon. that could be thundery as well. but a warm day to come, quite humid too, the

low—to—mid—20s quite widely. sunday probably the warmest day of the week across southern areas. it could be up to 26 celsius, plenty of sunshine. but then the showers and thunderstorms could become a bit more widespread through the afternoon. and the temperatures may be coming down a little bit across western areas as the clouds build up in the sky. then as we head into next week low pressure takes over, it will become a lot more unsettled, showers or longer spells of rain at times. but there will still be a little bit of sunshine too, take care.

at six, more than 30 criminals jailed after police on merseyside cracked a crime group's encrypted messages. the messages revealed a violent feud after these men forced their way into a house and stole £1 million worth of drugs. also tonight, we have an exclusive interview with a man who was badly injured during a sword attack in east london that left a 14—year—old dead. i thought i was going to die, to be honest, i thought i was going to die, leaving my wife and my child. called for more vaccinations against whooping cough as five babies in england die. pro—palestinian protesters at the eurovision song contest in sweden, as israel's contestant prepares to perform tonight. and making a noise she can now hear

— the little girl born deaf who's had her hearing restored in a world first. and coming up on bbc news, calling it the biggest game of the season as aston villa look to shock at the euro up a conference league final. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. more than 30 major criminals have been jailed after £1 million worth of cocaine was stolen from a violent organised crime group. the crime bosses wanted to murder the men they thought were responsible but police had cracked their encrypted phone app and could see what they were planning. thousands of messages reveal how the so—called huyton firm was trafficking huge quantities of drugs around the uk from

its merseyside base. bronagh munro reports.