into the bridge in baltimore. investigators have recovered the black box from the ship which lost power moments before the collision. miguel luna and maynor suazo were among six maintenance workers fixing potholes at the time, now feared dead. e.coli warnings: oxford and cambridge crews are told to stay out of the thames this weekend as the amount of raw sewage spilling into england's rivers and seas more than doubles in a year. the baby murdered by his parents: children's services in derbyshire apologise after missing opportunities to protect finlay boden. going on holiday soon? check your passport now so you don't get caught out. we'll tell you why. and why cambridge city council has ordred this statue of the late duke of edinburgh to be pulled down. and coming up on bbc news

rob page will stay on as wales manager despite their failure to reach euro 202a. the country's fa have ended speculation about his job with his contract taking him until the next world cup. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. investigators in the us have recovered the data recorder from the ship that crashed into a major bridge in the city of baltimore yesterday, leading to its collapse. they are hoping it will explain why the vessel lost power soon after leaving the city's port. six maintenance workers who fell into the water when the francis scott key bridge collapsed are now presumed dead. here's our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue. before dawn, beneath the frigid waters of the patapsco river, the gruesome task of searching for the bodies of the six missing construction workers began.

all hope of now finding them alive abandoned. they had been working the night shift fixing potholes on the bridge when authorities were alerted the ship was veering off course. yeah, if we can stop traffic, just make sure no one is on the bridge right now. i'm not sure where there's a crew out there. see if you can identify who the foreman is and see if we can get them off the bridge temporarily. but the ship hitjust moments later. the whole bridge just collapsed! all those who died are believed to be from mexico and central america. two names have so far been released. manuel suazo from honduras and miguel luna, originally from el salvador and a father of three. meanwhile, at least two dozen investigators have been on the ship securing its data recorder and ensuring the container cargo is safe. up close like this, you can see the sheer scale of the problem

facing the investigators. not only are they trying to find those who lost their lives in these frigid waters, in these choppy and rainy conditions, but also in terms of the boat moving it and getting the bridge off it is a hugejob. and that's before you even look under the surface of the river here, where the whole bridge is submerged. clearing that before the port can open is going to be a massive undertaking. maryland officials have vowed to protect the incomes of around 15,000 workers at the port, and to ensure some kind of closure for the families who've lost loved ones. now that we've transitioned to the recovery phase, my promise to them is this — i will devote every single resource to making sure that you receive closure in the coming months. to making sure that you receive closure. in the coming months,

many questions will be asked about the safety record of the dali and the construction of the key bridge itself. meanwhile, one of america's most profitable ports will remain closed for weeks, if not months to come. and the investigators who are looking into that black box, one issue they are looking into is whether or not there was any potential fuel contamination that may have caused the dali to lose power and therefore lose its ability to steer properly. the other things they'll be looking at other safety record of the boat. there have been some questions about its propulsion, when it was in dock at one point, though the owners have said it did pass to safety checks last year. in the meantime, of course, the clean—up will continue, but part of america's economy is going to be impacted by this, particularly the supply chains, because american exports most of its cars from baltimore and its farm machinery, or sorts of other commodities, and that

has now been closed down for the foreseeable. bye— has now been closed down for the foreseeable. bye the amount of sewage dumped into rivers and seas in england has increased dramatically and reached record levels. in 2022, the environment agency says there were 1.75 million hours of spills into rivers and the sea but last year that figure more than doubled to 3.6 million hours. water uk, which represents sewage companies, said the spills were unacceptable, but the record levels were down to long periods of heavy rain. our environment correspondent jonah fisher reports. it's covered in raw, untreated sewage. welcome to one of the many rather smelly front lines in england's war on sewage. i mean, the smell here is very much poo rather than chemicals, isn't it? yes. the reason for that reflects the fact that we've had overflows of sewage. and the latest data shows that particularly when it rains, it's a battle that's being lost.

we've seen, you know, solids floating past. turds? yeah, turds. we're outside a sewage treatment works in surrey. simon, a geography teacher, and nigel, who's retired, are showing us a video they filmed of sewage spilling through the fence onto the public footpath. there's a problem at this sewage works at horley where the storm tanks overtop across and out of the sewage works into the public realm where people are walking, dogs, children are playing. the latest environment agency data shows this site discharged sewage 80 times last year, for more than 1,200 hours. across england, the figures are as grim as the water by the footpath, with the number of hours of spells with the number of hours of spills doubling to 3.6 million. these figures are unacceptable, and they're sadly the result of a lack of investment in the system. our system combines waste water and rainwater. it needs upgrading urgently, which is why we have

a plan to sort it out. these are terrible figures, caused in part by the fact that last year was just such a very wet year. but there's also a lot of finger—pointing taking place. everyone very keen to blame each other for the steady stream of sewage that's flowing into our streams, our rivers and seas. i don't see this as an environment agency or a regulator failure. it's a water industry failure. and i think our record on holding the industry to account is a good one. we've taken the water companies to court 60 times in the last eight years, but the damage has been done. at this saturday's boat race on the thames, don't expect to see scenes like this. 0rganisers are advising the rowers to be more cautious after campaigners found high levels of the e.coli bacteria, which can be linked to sewage in the water. next year, the rowers may have more luck.

costing £5 billion and paid for by customer bills, a huge tunnel underneath the river thames was completed today. the super sewer will catch sewage that otherwise would have spilled into the river in central london, and should improve water quality. are you happy that the super sewer has been finished? the super sewer for london?! back outside the smelly sewage works, who do nigel and simon blame? the government, the regulator 0fwat and the environment agency. and then the water companies themselves. sounds like pretty much everyone. there are about 111,000 outfalls in england. 0ne there are about 111,000 outfalls in england. one of them is behind me. it spilled 60 times last year, and the challenge which water companies andindeed the challenge which water companies and indeed politicians are going to have is, if they want to make the

case that customers are going to have to pay for this, they are going to have to convince people that after having years in which dividends and indeed, very generous salaries and bonuses were paid out to water companies, that it should now be the customers who face those extra charges to be much higher bills. jonah, thank you. childrens' services in derbyshire have apologised after a safeguarding review found that they had missed opportunities to help 10—month—old finlay boden, who was murdered by his parents. stephen boden and shannon marsden have been convicted of his murder and sentenced to life in prison after killing their child on christmas day in 2020. 0ur midlands correspondent phil mackie reports. finley boden�*s family said he was a happy, chuckling baby. the authorities knew he was at risk, and so he was taken into care shortly after birth. for his first nine months, he thrived. he was safe and looked after. he died on christmas day 2020, just weeks after being returned

to the care of his parents, steven boden and shannon marsden. he'd suffered 130 separate injuries. in court, they were described as monsters. the pair were living in squalor and had cared more about buying drugs than their son. many agencies were involved in their supervision, but the system failed finley. a lot of what's in this 50—page report i've seen before in previous safeguarding reviews concerning the deaths of other children — a lack of professional curiosity, poor information sharing, for instance. but in this case, there was another major factor too, and that was the pandemic. in the same seven—month period, arthur labinjo—hughes, star hobson and jacob crouch were also killed by adults who should have been looking after them, and in finley�*s case, too, lockdowns meant his parents were able to evade scrutiny. contact with the authorities was made remotely and not in person. meetings were missed and reports not shared. they pretended everything was ok,

and no—one knew differently. if you're working with children, the worst possible thing is for a child to die. it's absolutely tragic. are you confident now that if there were another family out there, were another finley out there, things would be done differently? so our systems and our process have much strengthened. that's been robustly tested during our recent 0fsted inspection. so i'm more confident. as you rightly say, we can never say never in these cases. last year, marsden and boden were convicted of murder and jailed for life at derby crown court. they'll have to serve at least 27 and 29 years respectively. the judge said they subjected finley to unimaginable cruelty. marsden was a heavy drugs user. boden had 32 previous convictions, and yet it was deemed safe to allow them to care for their son. today's report recommends many changes. this is about making sure that what didn't happen and should have

happened will happen and is happening into the future. as i've said, we owe that to finley to make sure that we move forward and make the improvements that are necessary. 0ne relative described him as a beautiful ray of sunlight. it's hoped those improvements will be part of finley�*s legacy. phil mackie, bbc news, derbyshire. a record number of migrants have arrived in the uk in the first three months of this year after crossing the channel in small boats. 338 people arrived in seven boats yesterday, taking the total for the year to date to 4,644. those are the provisional figures from the home office. if you're planning to travel abroad soon, check your passport. around 100 people every day are being told they can't get on flights to parts of europe, all because of tighter rules after brexit. our business correspondent marc ashdown is here. thanks very much.

be honest, how well do you know your passport? could you quote the expiry date? or the issue date? if the answer is no, and you fancy a holiday, it might be time to dig it out. since brexit, the rules for entering the eu have changed. there are two key bits of information. the simple one first — your passport must be valid for three months from the date you plan to return to the uk. but also, on the date you travel, it has to have been issued less than ten years ago. travel experts say this is catching out around 100 people every day, like paramedic nathan barnes, who was turned away from his flight to france. i'm gutted, really. i mean, we were surprised, more than anything, because we'd checked online, we thought it was fine and then obviously to be told at the gate. and they were very matter—of—fact about it. theyjust said, "yeah, sorry, you're not coming on. off you pop. " the problem is, until six years ago, the passport office would add up to nine months left on an old passport to a new one, meaning it's possible to have one

that's valid for as long as ten years and nine months. as it passes its tenth birthday, that could become a problem. even if it's still valid for several months, from the very next day, you won't be allowed to travel into any eu country, except ireland. now, airlines say even if you check in way before heading to the airport, there's no guarantee an "invalid passport" would get flagged up. if you've renewed yours since september 2018, then you'll be fine, but millions of people might not be, so it really is up to you to make sure your passport complies with all the rules. the home office says renewing a passport with them online or in person at the post office is the quickest and easiest way. and leave plenty of time before your holiday. sophie. thank you. the time is 18:14. our top story this evening: investigators in the us have recovered the data recorder from the ship that crashed into a major bridge in the city of baltimore yesterday. and still to come: the lost film showing ira members

attacking british forces at the height of the troubles. coming up on bbc news... boat race competitors have been warned to keep their celebrations on land after organisers issued new safety guidance for saturday's race. high levels of e coli bacteria have been found on the river thames course. the vast majority of the public think the national health service is not working in the uk. a survey — which questioned people in england, scotland and wales last autumn — showed satisfaction with the nhs has dropped to a record low. just a quarter of those asked said they were happy with it. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here and has been looking at the results, and it's a pretty grim picture. yes, sophie. the british social attitudes survey is seen as the gold standard tracking public opinion on the nhs for more than 40 years. this chart shows satisfaction

with nhs services. early on, there wasn't data for every year. but you can see, sometimes, the satisfaction rate was well above 50%. but that has fallen sharply in the last couple of years to just 24%. the survey methodology changed slightly during the pandemic. and you can see here the reasons given by people who were unhappy with the service. more than 70% saying it was long waits for gp and hospital appointments. next came those who said more staffing and money was required. some thought there was too much waste in the nhs. so what's the reality for patients? samuel is struggling with pain and mobility problems. there were complications after two hip replacements. he needs follow—up surgery and is frustrated at waiting, with no news on when it might happen. i feel upset and angry. erm, it's a whole mixture of emotions. there are days when you feel depressed, when you just feel worthless. you just think, "what's the point

of getting out of bed?" some days. you just... it really is, it's a horrible feeling. long waits for patients and backlogs to clear for hospitals, there are no easy answers for the nhs. the experts behind the latest survey have called for more money and a radical rethink of how the service works. we need reform to ensure that the health service can treat the huge demand. we can look at how we digitise patient records, how we rebalance our system, with more focus on prevention and early diagnosis. but ultimately, we will have to think about the resources that we give the service too. health is a devolved issue, with different administrations run by different politicial parties in england, scotland and wales. ministers say there is more investment in improving services. but the survey team say this is a wake—up call to political leaders, ahead of the general election. sophie. thanks, hugh. several children with severe spinal deformities are facing

major delays to surgery at edinburgh's children's hospital, after a specialist surgeon was removed from their care. he had previously spoken out about staffing shortages. the local health board has apologised for the delays, but one family has told bbc news that their daughter's condition is now inoperable and they fear she won't survive. bbc scotland's lisa summers reports. # i'd love to go, go, go...# ten—year—old eva in hospital last week, enjoying the distraction of cartoons. but her situation is inescapably serious. she suffers from the genetic condition rett syndrome. she was due to have an operation tomorrow, to lessen a curve in her spine, but it's been cancelled. these images show how eva's condition has worsened over time. you can see the curve in her spine, and over the course of a year, the bend is now over 100 degrees, putting pressure on her heart and her lungs. since september last year, her surgery has been cancelled seven times and her parents — too devastated to speak on camera —

now fear she won't survive. eva's family say at least three of the previous surgeries were cancelled because of a shortage of nurses to care for their daughter. it's understood eva's surgeon, chris adams, was suspended. she's not the only child affected by last—minute cancellations at this hospital. 13—year—old shaye armour is also waiting for an operation. he was suddenly transferred from edinburgh to newcastle children's hospital yesterday. hi! his family have made the four—hour journey from their home in greenock to find out what happens next. very upset, to say the least, and very, very angry that they've done this to shaye. shaye felt extremely comfortable with dr adams, especially doing such complicated procedures. it'sjust not on. you can't do that to a child. you can't start something and then stop. chris adams spoke to the bbc last year to raise concerns about the impact on patients of ongoing nursing shortages in the nhs. it's the fact that that

patient is not treated and it's getting worse, and the distress, when you've seen enough families cry. nhs lothian say they do not discuss individual patients, but apologise to those affected by procedures being rescheduled a number of times. in the meantime, families like eva's and shaye's, who were under his care, say they feel hopelessly stuck in the middle, with their children's lives at risk. lisa summers, bbc news, edinburgh. 1972 was the bloodiest year of the troubles in northern ireland, but amidst the conflict that year, american filmmakers were quietly producing a documentary about the ira. it was hoped that the film would boost support for the ira in the us, but it was never released. more than 50 years later, a new bbc investigation tells the story behind the project for the first time, as darragh macintyre reports. the uncredited star of a strange lost film. this is 21—year—old ira leader

martin mcguinness handling guns. before he died in 2017, he became one of the most important figures in northern ireland's peace process. thank you very much. but here he is, in 1972, helping to make a car bomb that would wreck the centre of his hometown. as we dug into how and why this film was made, the story only became more mysterious, like how it disappeared for almost 50 years. look at the rust on that. but inside, this looks 0k. all our operations are carried out from inside the bogside and creggan. the american crew was able to film alongside the ira, openly carrying out attacks — here, firing on british soldiers in londonderry. ira members who took part

in the film hoped it would be a propaganda triumph. do you remember that day, tony? i do, sure, aye. what actually happened was ten or 12 of our creggan volunteers had set up an ambush behind these houses. how did the camera crew behave? no matter where we went, they were there. these seasoned guerrillas, who relied so much on secrecy, went before the cameras and, you know, in effect, put their heads on the block. it will explode... the ira thought they were in control of the film, even threatening the crew, to prevent potentially incriminating pictures from going astray. they said if any separate parts of the film were attempted to be taken separately to america, that we would be all shot at the airport. "we're going to kill you." thompson submachine gun.

in fact, it's now clear that the ira left themselves exposed to intelligence agencies. cia, top—secret. department of defense, top—secret, again. a bunch of teenagers in the bogside. mossad, the cia, m15. that's alljames bond kind of stuff. despite all the risks the ira took, the film was only ever seen by a handful of private audiences — which raises the question, more than 50 years later, why was it ever made in the first place? darragh macintyre, bbc news. and darragh�*s film on that story, the secret army, is available on bbc iplayer now. queen camilla has received messages of support for her husband the king and the princes —— and the princess of wales while she was on a visit to

shrewsbury today.— crowds filled the streets, as her majesty spoke to stallholders at the farmers' market. later, she met local volunteers, including those working with refugees, and a localfoodbank. for children with special educational needs and disabilities, having access to free transport to and from school is vital, but councils say the costs are becoming "unsustainable". the amount of money spent on transport by local authorities in england has almost doubled in the last five years, partly because of an increase in demand and a rise in costs per child. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. hello, david. at the end of the school day, there's a taxi waiting to take 11—year—old shakira home with her carer. she was diagnosed with a brain tumour when she was a year old. see you tomorrow. now, she needs round—the—clock support. shakira's journey to and from school takes an hour each way. do you want to help me?

good. more and more children with special educational needs and disabilities are requiring transport like this to get them to and from schools which meet their needs, but are often miles from home. it's paid for by local councils. shakira's parents, who both work full—time, say it's invaluable. if shakira didn't have the transport, like so many other children, she wouldn't go to school. she's of statutory school age. she's entitled to an education. that is very important to families, in order for them to have as normal a life for their child as possible. this kind of transport is costing councils in england almost double what it did five years ago. as well as inflation, demand is growing. cases are complex, journeys can be long and, in some cases, cost hundreds of pounds a day. council leaders say it's piling pressure on their budgets and there needs to be a conversation about whether some parents who can afford to should pay. it may well be that some i

parents would be prepared to contribute or to pay, i but at the end of the day, we are in a situation- where the current system is not affordable. we are not making sure that we can, you know, deliver those services. . the government says it has no plans to change the law around free transport, but is increasing funding and creating 60,000 new school places to meet demand and shorten journeys, though not everyone's convinced. two thirds of our special schools are at capacity or full, which is why councils are having to transport children out of area. the solution to that is to make sure that we are building and providing that specialist provision. the whole send system is on its knees. - children shouldn't have to be travelling an hour's _ journey to get to school. there should be specialist provision near to where they live. _ back at shakira's house, her mum says she understands services are under pressure, but this is a family that doesn't give up. they didn't think she would make it to the age of three

or to the age of five. a "little scientific miracle" is what they call her. all they want is the support shakira's entitled to, to help her achieve everything she can. alex forsyth, bbc news, surrey. a new mural by the street artist banksy in north london has now been covered up, after it was vandalised. islington council say the plastic and boards had been put up by the building's owner. the artwork — which gives a nearby tree the appearance of leaves — was splattered in white paintjust a few days after going up. a sculpture of the late duke of edinburgh in cambridge is going to be taken down by cambridge city council. it says this bronze artwork of prince philip, known as the don, was erected on its current site last year, without planning permission. it has now ordered the company behind it to take it down by august. here's our culture reporter, noor nanji. is this the worst public sculpture you've ever seen? city planners in cambridge thought so. it's meant to be prince philip,

the late queen's husband. it went up despite the council's objections. now they say it must come down. it doesn't have planning permission and it's assessed as being a really inappropriate form of public art at the time, and i completely agree. it's the wrong scale. it's too large. the materials are not right, the colours aren't right. and we've even had reports from parents that it frightens children who come past here. the statue is huge. it stands at 13—feet tall. it's supposed to represent prince philip in his academic gowns, as chancellor of cambridge university, but not all the locals have warmed to it. i've always looked at it and thought, that is ugly. they could have done something much nicer. i don't know who did it. i don't know why they've done it. so you're not a fan? no, i actually thinki it's kind of hideous. i think it's perfectly nice. why knock it down? i don't mind it. i mean, i've seen much worse.

the controversy around the sculpture — said to be worth £150,000 — is so great that no—one even knows who made it. it's been attributed to the uruguayan sculptor pablo atchugarry, but he's previously denied this and said it was an abuse to even suggest it was by him. the company responsible for it has not responded to a request for comment, but unless an appeal is made, it looks like the don's time on the streets of cambridge will come to an end by the autumn. noor nanji, bbc news, in cambridge. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. let's see what is coming our way tomorrow. it will be a real picture. we have got dramatic sky scapes on the way. big storm clouds with thunder and lightning possibly gusty winds and this is the pattern we have already had for the last couple of days. look at this satellite picture. these vigorous clouds, this big vortex in this area of low

pressure which is sweeping towards us. that is going to deliver some very strong winds to southern parts of the uk. now, this evening, i'm not going to focus too much on this focused overall of where it rains, but you can see how scattered the rain is from hour to hour. the temperatures overnight not particularly low, but there is a chance of a bit of frost in sheltered glens and may be hilly areas. let's focus on the winds tomorrow, we are talking about exposed coasts, 60 to 65 mph gusts, pushing a severe gale. further inland, 50 and really windy as far north of the midlands and many other parts of the uk. so notice these showers sweeping into south western areas. this could produce hill and thunder. 0utbreaks areas. this could produce hill and thunder. outbreaks of rain further north —— hale and thunder. rail possible —— rain possible anytime anywhere tomorrow is the broad message. temperatures between nine

and 11 celsius. in the winds,