labradors are always hungry. and coming up on bbc news bowled out after another batting collapse — a disappointing day for england in dharamsala — as india take control of the final test. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a mother who went on the run with her newborn baby and partner has denied doing anything to harm her child and says she did nothing but show her love. 36—year—old constance marten has been speaking for the first time since she went on trial, with her partner mark gordon, over the death of their baby victoria while they were living in a tent on the south downs last year. they both deny the charges.

from the old bailey, here's daniel sandford. the subject of a nationwide manhunt, this was constance marten and mark gordon injanuary last this was constance marten and mark gordon in january last year, this was constance marten and mark gordon injanuary last year, as they tried to evade the authorities following the birth of their newborn baby, victoria, who they were worried would be taken into care like their previous four children. on the 1st of march last year, police found victoria's body in a shopping bag in a shed on a brighton allotment. today, constance marten gave evidence in the witness box at the old bailey, are weeping as she said she and mark gordon love their children more than anything in the world. asked if she had been crawl to baby victoria, constance marten said... talking quietly and with a very well spoken accent, she described how she became estranged from her wealthy family because of a traumatic event in her childhood, arguments over her

grandmother's will and because her family disapproved of mark gordon. she said she had met him in an indian shop in london and that they had married in peru. she explained that before the birth of their first child, the couple moved to wales to avoid herfamily. they ended up living in a tent, that was how social services got involved. ultimately, all of their first four children were taken away. they had tried to evade the authorities after the birth of their fifth child, victoria, but after their car caught fire, police realised they had had another baby. so the couple took to another baby. so the couple took to a tent in the south downs, where constance marten said the baby died while she slept sitting up. she tearfully while she slept sitting up. she tea rfully told while she slept sitting up. she tearfully told the jury...

where is the child? when constance marten and mark _ where is the child? when constance marten and mark gordon _ where is the child? when constance marten and mark gordon were - where is the child? when constance i marten and mark gordon were arrested last february, they didn't tell police where victoria was. they both deny manslaughter by gross negligence. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. negligence. danielsandford, bbc news, at the old bailey.- negligence. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. dropped it now! the red bull racing boss christian horner says it's "time to draw a line" under claims he acted inappropriately towards a female member of staff. he was speaking after it emerged the woman who made the claims has been suspended by the team on full pay. mr horner said the intrusion on his family had been "very trying" since he was accused of inappropriate and controlling behaviour — which he denies. our sports news correspondent, laura scott, reports. for all that christian horner tries to block out the noise, the controversy continues. all stemming from allegations made against him by a female colleague, which he denies. in saudi arabia today, every question from the media was directed at horner question from the media was directed at homer and none of them about formula i. asked if he had regrets

about potential reputational damage of the saga, he said... at lunchtime it emerged that the woman who accused horner of inappropriate and controlling behaviour had been suspended on full pay by red bull racing. red bull racing declined to comment, saying it was an internal matter. whilst horner maintains his team a unified, the father of triple world champion max verstappen suggested otherwise, saying these off—track matters were driving people apart. his son said he was not a liar. as well as rival teams, red bull racing because my own sponsors have been calling for more transparency. one of their key partners, honda, told the bbc, we do not have full details on the matter at this point... much like the sport it is engulfing,

this story is far moving and has powerful for dynamics at its heart. for as long as key stakeholders still have questions about how the matter is being handled, horner�*s problems persist. laura scott, bbc news. presidentjoe biden will announce to congress tonight that he has ordered the us military to set up a port in gaza to get more humanitarian aid into the territory by sea, say senior us officials. our correspondent tom bateman is in washington for us. they have already been doing airdrops, how soon could this port to be in place? it is certainly _ this port to be in place? it is certainly not _ this port to be in place? it is certainly not going _ this port to be in place? it is certainly not going to - this port to be in place? it 3 certainly not going to be in this port to be in place? it 1 certainly not going to be in the coming days because this is a huge logistical operation. it has been over a week now that president biden has made his growing impatience publicly very clear with the israelis about the entire issue of aid distribution inside gaza. the israelis for their part say that they are allowing trucks in overland but they blame failures in distribution by the un for the aid

getting any further. the un has blamed the israelis in part for attacking police crews that were securing these convoys. but what we have seen is a complete collapse and the ability to secure aid distribution. that is why the un is warning that more than a quarter of the population in gaza now are on the population in gaza now are on the brink of famine. so what we will see tonight as president biden in his state of the union address announce that the us military will build an emergency port in gaza. however, there are key questions that remain unanswered about this. one is, who builds the causeway to the shore? and crucially, who secures the shipments and the aid onceit secures the shipments and the aid once it is on the shore? administration officials telling us tonight that it will not be us boots on the ground in gaza but there will be us military vessels offshore. that still doesn't answer the question about how the aid is then moved from the coast further inland. tom bateman with the latest there,

thank you. the families of eight israelis who were kidnapped and taken to gaza have gathered in london today to renew calls for their release — saying the conflict would end "on both sides" if they were freed. negotiations on a potential ceasefire have been taking place in cairo this week — but there's so far no sign of a breakthrough. here's lucy manning. look at them. all the time. while negotiations _ look at them. all the time. while negotiations stop _ look at them. all the time. while negotiations stop and _ look at them. all the time. while negotiations stop and start, - look at them. all the time. while negotiations stop and start, the l negotiations stop and start, the families of the hostages are left not knowing who is alive and who is dead. in london, the relatives believe the release will help those in israel and in gaza. bit believe the release will help those in israel and in gaza.— in israel and in gaza. 134 hostages will be marched _ in israel and in gaza. 134 hostages will be marched from _ in israel and in gaza. 134 hostages will be marched from gaza - in israel and in gaza. 134 hostages will be marched from gaza back. in israel and in gaza. 134 hostages will be marched from gaza back to israei. _ will be marched from gaza back to israel, suffering from all sides will ston _ israel, suffering from all sides will sto -. , israel, suffering from all sides willsto. , ., ., ., will stop. his 19-year-old son who was serving _ will stop. his 19-year-old son who was serving in _ will stop. his 19-year-old son who was serving in the _ will stop. his 19-year-old son who was serving in the israeli - will stop. his 19-year-old son who was serving in the israeli army - will stop. his 19-year-old son who was serving in the israeli army is l was serving in the israeli army is more than 100 hostages held for 153

days. another hostage is this man, he went to the music festival with his wife, who was murdered in front of him. their two—year—old son now without parents. how is he? it is difficult. without parents. how is he? it is difficult- we _ without parents. how is he? it is difficult. we cannot _ without parents. how is he? it 1 difficult. we cannot mention the words dad or mum next to him without him being, without into tears. my biggest fear is he will forget them. would you support a total ceasefire and withdraw the troops if it brings your brother home? yes. and withdraw the troops if it brings your brother home?— and withdraw the troops if it brings your brother home? yes, i will. like i said, i your brother home? yes, i will. like i said. i will— your brother home? yes, i will. like i said, i will support _ your brother home? yes, i will. like i said, i will support anything - your brother home? yes, i will. like i said, i will support anything that i i said, i will support anything that will bring my brother back. i think thatis will bring my brother back. i think that is the most important thing. some israelis think that is a high price. do you understand that? i understand and i respect their opinion. but at the end of the day,

i don't think there is a higher price than a two—year—old son without a dad and without a mum. in november, this lady came to london to raise the plight of her son. three months on, nothing has changed. i three months on, nothing has chanced. , ., , changed. ifeel despair. iam very disappointed- _ changed. ifeel despair. iam very disappointed. i— changed. ifeel despair. iam very disappointed. ithink— changed. ifeel despair. iam very disappointed. i think my - changed. i feel despair. i am very i disappointed. i think my government must do _ disappointed. i think my government must do everything to bring them home _ must do everything to bring them home. even if it costs a lot. but the families _ home. even if it costs a lot. iei,ii the families believe hamas home. even if it costs a lot. eli the families believe hamas on humanitarian grounds should just set them free. lucy manning, bbc news. sweden has formallyjoined nato, becoming its 32nd member, hours after stockholm formally ratified the move. the nato secretary general said that after 200 years of military non—alignment, that sweden now enjoyed the mutual protection granted under the alliance. russia has vowed counter—measures over stockholm's decision.

a leading economic think tank has criticised yesterday's budget, suggesting both the conservatives and labour are engaged in what it calls a conspiracy of silence about public spending after the election. the institute for fiscal studies says the budget does not tackle the long—term economic challenges the country is facing. it also warned that despite the 2p cut in national insurance, average households are still likely to be worse off at the end of this year than they were five years ago. our economics editor faisal islam has been looking at the numbers. right. ladies and gentlemen, this is what you've been waiting for, rishi sunak, the prime minister. the day after the budget and both main party leaders are rushing to claim they are the ones to lead the country out of recession and to a world where living standards are on the rise again. i genuinely believe that at the start of this year we have turned the corner. rishi sunak in a pub in a key election battleground seat

in south yorkshire and the labour leader keir starmer making his economic pitch on a building site in london. huge problem. we're not building enough houses and therefore people can't get on the housing ladder. but for both leaders, public spending ambitions and tax claims are blunt. reality check from the head of the institute for fiscal studies. where are those spending cuts going to come from? we don't know. what would the labour party do? we don't know. effectively, there is a conspiracy of silence between the two of them not to present us, the electorate, with the really tough choices they're really going to have to make after the election. those choices may come in public spending and tax. a new ifs analysis today of who wins and loses from all the tax and benefit changes since 2019, splitting the population into ten bands from poorest to richest in red here. overall, all but the richest tenth of society benefited, but when the post—election further three year freeze in income tax is included, a huge tax rise.

everybody, apart from the poorest tenth would be down. the opposition focused its attacks on the chancellor's ambition to eventually abolish national insurance. yesterday, at the end of the budget, the chancellor made a staggering £46 billion unfunded commitment to abolish national insurance. that's bigger than liz truss' commitment, so they've learned absolutely nothing. the direction of travel is now crystal clear. our plans are working because of the improvement in the economic environment, because of the fact we've been able to get inflation down from 11% to 4%, mortgage rates, energy bills falling, wages rising. we've been able to start cutting people's taxes responsibly. the pm went to a pub today. three decades ago, a conservative pm went to the palace the day after a tax cutting budget and called an election. no sign of that, even as the election economic debate hots up. faisal islam, bbc news.

well, to underline the serious financial challenges that many councils are facing at the moment — pembrokeshire council in west wales is expected to increase council tax over the next two years by around 25 %. it would be the largest rise so far in the uk. our correspondent tomos morgan joins us now from haverfordwest in pembrokeshire. how much trouble is the council in? pembrokeshire county council is facing an unprecedented funding gap, around £32 million. for the first time, social care costs have exceeded education cuts in both of these areas are putting significant pressure on this council. today, councillors came here to originally vote through a proposal to increase council tax by i6%. but a last—minute amendment was brought forward by the deputy leader. he said by using 1.5 million of reserves, it would reduce the increase to 12.5% for next year.

that is still an increase for a band d property of about £170 over the course of the year but this increase in the proposal also means the projected increase for next year would be a minimum of 11.6%. so over two years, it is expected, as you mentioned, that council tax in pembrokeshire will increase by about 25%, which would be probably the largest in the uk so far. it must be said that pembrokeshire has had one of the lowest council tax rates of all of wales' local authorities but such a huge increase in such a short space of time, given the current climate in the cost of living crisis, would be a huge financial burden for everybody living in this local authority.— our political editor chris mason joins us from westminster. it's quite an accusation — neither the conservatives nor labour are being honest about what is going to hit the public sector after the election? why not? it is where economics hits politics,

collides with politics, where the spreadsheets collide with the vitality and the passion and the anger and the debate on the competitiveness, the sheer competitiveness, the sheer competitiveness of a general election campaign. now the backdrop that the government after the election will be dealing with will be really, really difficult. that isn't going to shift. the government will have difficult trade—offs and choices to make regardless of its political complexion. put yourself in the mind of a political leader. how many promises do you actually want to make? politicians are forever been accused of breaking promises. here is a thought, if you make fewer promises you break your promises. and also you are trying to sound positive because you are trying to lure people towards your box on the ballot paper and securing the chance to shape the government. so that is what is going on, they are restricting what they are saying because they don't want to commit themselves to hostages to fortune. it is myjob to ask questions of the

conservatives and labour and others and try and prise answers out of them on your behalf but also myjob to acknowledge how they are approaching it and why sometimes politicians will rationally conclude that they don't want to make promises right now. two final thoughts, that backdrop will remain pretty difficult stop and i will keep asking the questions! fiona bruce is also _ keep asking the questions! fiona bruce is also going _ keep asking the questions! fiona bruce is also going to _ keep asking the questions! fiona bruce is also going to be - keep asking the questions! fiona bruce is also going to be asking questions. and the budget is top of the agenda for question time, which is in cardiff tonight. here's fiona with the details. tonight, can taxes be cut and on the rise that the same time? and after yesterday's chancellor's budget, do you feel better off? we'll be asking our audience here in cardiff. we're on iplayerfrom 8pm and bbc one after the ten o'clock news. our top story this evening... a woman charged in connection with the death of her baby has said she only ever showed the child love. constance marten broke down in tears as she gave evidence in her defence for the first time.

and coming up... the death of a film—maker on the set of an alec baldwin movie — a court convicts the woman who was supposed to be supervising weapons. also coming up, inside london's newest mental health hospital ahead of its opening next month. and how central london is lighting up tonight to mark the muslim holy month of ramadan. it's being hailed as a maritime revolution — a fleet of remote—controlled ships sailing around the world with almost no crew on board. sailing around the world robot ships as they're being called. sailing around the world one of them is being trialled in norway — our science editor rebecca morelle has been on board. what you're looking at is a vision of the future — a ship that needs only a few people on board to sail it, and that can be controlled from anywhere in the world. the vessel is being put through its paces in a norwegian fjord.

the company behind this, ocean infinity, are building a fleet of 23 of these. they're being used for survey work, for offshore wind farms and the oil and gas industry. we fitted this vessel with extra sensors, extra servers, extra cabling, extra information systems. this is definitely going to be a revolution. there's almost no part of our operation which is going to be untouched by our approach to making it more robotic. this ship is 78 metres long, and usually a vessel like this would have a crew of 40 or 50 people. but this is operating with just 16. instead, some of the jobs are being carried out by a crew more than 700 miles away. they're in a remote control centre, which in this case is in southampton. and this is that control room. everything you can see from on board the ship, you can see here on these screens. and as more and more of the vessels come into operation, all of these will start filling up.

eventually even the captain could be here, in charge of multiple ships in oceans around the world. for now, though, it's tasks like watch keeping or launching underwater robots. it's exciting to know that there's an opportunity for me to work on shore and still be involved in exciting projects. you can do almost everything that you do on the vessel. you can move around, you can steer it, you have cameras, you can see the cameras here. some vessels are sailing with no—one on board at all. this boat is being tested in plymouth sound and its crew is in an office in aberdeen. could you show us how you can control it from here? like, could we do a figure of eight or something like that? yeah, let's do a figure of eight. so, now i'm moving forward, i'm sending a command going forward. the captain has precise control of the boat in real time. that looks pretty good to me! it's definitely an eight. but with recent concerns

about problems like piracy, experts are looking at which safety issues need addressing for regulating robotic vessels. the problem here is what happens if somebody hacks into the remote control centre and gets hold of the ship and direct it somewhere else ? that is a major issue. how this will all be regulated in the context of international law needs to be seen. on the dockside in norway, the next ship is being fitted out. the industry is gearing up for change, because the next wave of shipping is already here. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the prime minister has defended the use of taxpayers' money to settle a legal dispute between the science secretary michelle donelan and an academic. the government has paid £15,000 to a professor to cover damages and apologise after falsely suggesting she supported hamas. here's our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. just to rishi sunak�*s right, michelle donelan in the pinkjacket

with a £15,000 legal bill. the prime minister says it's right taxpayers should pick up the cost. there's a long—standing convention stretching back many years over different governments of all different parties, including labour, that the government will fund those legal disputes when it relates to government ministers doing their work. so was it work? this is professor kate sang. last october, she tweeted a newspaper article about hamas. michelle donelan misinterpreted that. the minister wrote to the research body, where professor sang was an adviser, expressing disgust and outrage. she said hamas is a proscribed terrorist organisation. it's unacceptable for anyone to express sympathy or support. after being sued for libel, this week, she said: i fully accept professor sang is not an extremist or a supporter of hamas. there is no evidence that she is. people know their public services are crumbling. and then you've got

a minister who says something she shouldn't have said. then has to pick up a legal action and pay damages and costs. and then says the taxpayer is going to pay for that. totally insulting. ms donelan's team have said her original letter was drawn up and published with advice from government lawyers and scrutinising appointments is one of her responsibilities. cabinet colleagues have been rallying round. in the dying days of borisjohnson's time, michelle donelan was made education secretary. 36 hours later, she resigned. today, we are reminded she could have taken £16,000 severance pay but turned it down. and i think that speaks volumes about the honourable lady's character and how much she values the fact that it is taxpayers' money that we are talking about. but more than the money, others are pointing to conduct in office, saying ms donelan should be investigated and if she's found to have fallen short, should resign.

damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. last month was the world's warmest february on record — the ninth month in a row that a record has been set for that time of year. data from the eu's climate service shows that february was more than 1.7 degrees celsius above the pre—industrial average. each month sincejune last year has now seen new records. temperatures are still being boosted by the pacific's el nino weather event, but evidence suggests human—caused climate change is by far the main driver of the warmth. three teenage boys have been found guilty of killing a 16—year—old with a large knife. mikey roynon died after being stabbed in the neck during a row at a house party in bath last summer. dan johnson reports. he had a massive grin on his face all the time. he got excited about waking up in the morning. he was a normal teenager, my little mate.

it's been hell. it's like living in somebody else's world. like living in a nightmare. that nightmare began in this garden on the edge of bath lastjune. a fight erupted and mikey was stabbed in the neck. he staggered through the house and collapsed on the road. neighbours tried to save his life. it was a scene of sort of like carnage. they were shouting and saying that he's been stabbed. there was blood literally everywhere. and ijust remember thinking, "i need to say something to him so that he knows there's someone there". so that's when i said, you know, "i'm trying to help you, mikey, and you're not on your own". this is mikey heading to the party from bristol, and these are the other boys travelling from wiltshire. the confrontation wasn't planned, but the jury agreed, this shows they were carrying knives concealed in their tracksuits. we're not talking about three—inch steak knives. these are very large combat knives or as they've been described in court, zombie knives.

what makes a young person carry that out in public? the law says i can't tell you the names of these boys because they're just 16. they all opted not to give evidence here, but the jury did not accept that they acted in self defense. we have all suffered massively. life's been on hold ever since the day my daughter came into the bedroom and told me mikey was stabbed and dead. it just breaks you. breaks you in bits. it doesn't matter what result we get because he's still been taken from us, but there's a little bit ofjustice for a boy. —— our boy. the three teenagers will be sentenced in may. mikey�*s death highlights the challenge of knife crime and why so many young people carry weapons so freely. danjohnson, bbc news, bristol. the scottish government has confirmed an independent public inquiry into the police handling

of the emma caldwell murder investigation. emma caldwell�*s family attended the scottish parliament to watch the announcement. the justice secretary said it is time to apply fresh scrutinty to the case to ensure lessons are learned. a member of the crew on the alec baldwin film where a woman was shot dead has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. she was responsible for looking after weapons during the making of the western, rust. but she allowed live ammunition on to the set in new mexico, and during rehearsals, baldwin shot the film's cinematographer. our north america correspondent, emma vardy, reports. alec baldwin was the actor on set that pulled the trigger. where's he at? on a ranch in new mexico, this was the scene as police officers arrived on set after a rehearsalfor the western movie rust had gone tragically wrong.

a talented cinematographer, halyna hutchins, had been shot dead after the gun alec baldwin was rehearsing with fired a live round. 0k. all righty. are they 0k? 24—year—old hannah gutierrez—reed, the stepdaughter of a well—known hollywood weapons handler, had been responsible for ensuring guns used during filming were safe. it was her first time as lead armourer on a movie set. prior to beginning your deliberations... during the trial, the prosecution said hannah gutierrez—reed had mixed up dummy rounds, meant to look like the real thing, with live bullets that belonged to her. there's your silver primer. other live bullets, they said, had also been found dotted around the set. we find the defendant, hannah gutierrez, guilty of involuntary manslaughter as charged. it took just a few hours of deliberation for the jury to deliver their verdict. her mother watching as hannah gutierrez—reed, was taken into custody. what happened here at the bonanza creek ranch has now changed the approach to gun safety

in the movie industry to try to make sure such a tragedy never happens again. while real guns are still used, increasingly, directors are opting for digital effects in post—production to simulate gunfire. during the case, the jury was shown footage of alec baldwin rehearsing. he's due to stand trial injuly, also accused of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors will argue that he, too, did not follow basic safety rules when handling a weapon. emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico. now, meet leo the labrador. he'll eat pretty much anything you put in front of him, but it may not be entirely his fault. scientists have found that a genetic mutation makes a quarter of labradors like leo constantly hungry, while also burning fewer calories. this double whammy effect means dog owners like kathryn, must pay special attention

to keeping their pets slim. he is a lovely, sociable, extremely friendly labrador. he loves children but i think that's often because they have food. so if we are out for a walk he has to be kept on a lead because if he hears children he is off to find them. once he swam across a river to see someone on the other side who was having a picnic. that took a bit of getting him back. we found a mutation in a gene called pomc, which is normally an integral part of the system that controls body weight. when it is broken, as is caused by the mutation that these dogs carry, it means that they dial up their hunger and dial down their energy use in response to what is essentially a starvation signal. leo. he can be a nightmare in our vegetable garden. he can be very sneaky as well. if you are watching him, he'll be as good as gold, but as soon as you turn your back he is picking runner beans, picking carrots, swede.

you name it, he'll eat it. he just loves it. leo the very hungry lab. time for a look at the weather, here's stav danaos. thanks, sophie. good evening to you. not much change in the weather as we head into tomorrow. what you will notice though is the easterly wind picking up further so a cold, strong wind tomorrow. more sunshine around across england and wales with most places dry. more cloud across western areas. the showers across wales will travel across the irish sea into parts of northern ireland. many places drier overnight. where we have clearer skies the temperatures down one or 2 degrees. two to 5 degrees where breeze picks up. isobars are close together, chilly air moving across from scandinavia across the north sea. we start cloudy but the sunshine should become quite widespread across the day. that wind will be noticeable, a

significant wind chill to add