also on the programme this lunchtime... anotherfall in routine nhs waiting lists in england, though more than 7.5 million treatments are still waiting to be done. iam i am with the dentists visiting food banks in newcastle to help those in desperate need of dental care. and, buried under volcanic ash for thousands of years, the house and its stunning works of art uncovered in the roman city of pompeii. i'm in pompeii where this extraordinary room, which has been hidden for such a long time has finally been revealed to the world,

and the frescoes are absolutely exquisite. and coming up on bbc news, thunderstorms delay the start of the masters, with rory mcilroy and tiger woods among those preparing for golf�*s first major of the year. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. a man has appeared in court charged with the murder of kulsuma akter, the 27—year—old woman who was stabbed in bradford city centre at the weekend as she pushed her baby in a pram. habibur masum, who's 25 and from burnley, was charged last night, after a three—day manhunt ended in his arrest on tuesday morning. alison freeman reports. habibur masum was arrested on tuesday, three days after a 27—year—old woman was stabbed to death as she pushed her baby

in a pram in bradford. kulsuma akter was found with serious injuries at around 3:20pm in the westgate area, and died later in hospital. her baby was not hurt in the attack. this morning the 25—year—old defendant appeared in bradford magistrates�* court charged with her murder. he is also accused of possessing a bladed article. his appearance was brief, lasting only around five minutes. clean—shaven and wearing a grey tracksuit, he spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address. the suspect was detained by police more than 150 miles away from the crime scene in aylesbury in buckinghamshire in the early hours of tuesday, after a nation—wide manhunt. four other men, aged in their 20s and from the west midlands, were also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender and remain in police custody. habibur masum will next appear at bradford crown court tomorrow.

the family of kulsuma akter have described her as polite and humble and someone who loved to make those around her laugh. herfamily in bangladesh are said to be understandably extremely distraught by what has happened to her. both greater manchester and west yorkshire police forces have referred themselves to the police watchdog, the iopc, because both of them had contact with kulsuma akter before the attack happened. studio: allison freeman, thank you. waiting lists for routine hospital treatment in england have fallen for the fifth consecutive month, according to new figures. the prime minister has said the figures show the government's plan for the nhs is working. he's been talking to our health editor hugh pym, who's with me. but there are some uncomfortable details as well in these figures. explain. details as well in these figures. exlain. . �* , details as well in these figures. exlain. . �*, explain. that's right. if you look into the detail _ explain. that's right. if you look into the detail of _ explain. that's right. if you look into the detail of the _ explain. that's right. if you look into the detail of the stats -

into the detail of the stats published today by nhs england you find missed targets that were set up by the nhs along with the government. first of all, taking a look at the overall waiting for treatment, operations and appointments, 7.54 million, on paper, yes, that's down but only because they took out some types of careful actually the trend is flat according to health sources. a key target was to eliminate, moving to the next element of all of this, eliminate waiting times of more than 65 weeks for treatment, they should have gone by now. but the latest figures show that in february there were as many as 75,000 on that list. nhs bosses have said that target will be missed as well. finally in a&e, many people have experienced long delays there, being seen. the aim for march was to get to 76% being treated or assessed within four hours and actually the number was 74.2%. again, a key target and all the planning documents missed. i

put all this to the prime minister and asked for his explanation of what was happening and here is what he said to me earlier today. and i've been very open about that. we haven't made as much progress as i would have liked, but that's not to say we've not made any. and so we virtually eliminated the number of two—year waiters. that was another part of the targets that i set out. and the number of, as you say, 65—week waiters is at the lowest level that it's been since the end of the pandemic. it's still tens of thousands. and my determination is to get those people the treatment and the care they need as quickly as possible. that was the prime minister speaking earlier today. that was the prime minister speaking earliertoday. labour that was the prime minister speaking earlier today. labour have said rishi sunak has failed on the nhs because waiting lists, they are longer than when he became prime minister. the liberal democrats have said rishi sunak is living in a parallel universe if he thinks the nhs is actually recovering. hugh . m, nhs is actually recovering. hugh pym. thank— nhs is actually recovering. hugh pym. thank yom _ the bbc has learnt that police were first made aware of suspicious messages from the so—called westminster honeytrapper last year. an investigation was launched

and house of commons security officials were informed, but mps weren't specifically warned to avoid messages from the two phone numbers calling themselves "charlie" and "abi". it follows the conservative mp william wragg admitting that he'd given personal phone numbers of mps and other political staff to someone he'd been in contact with on a dating site. our chief political correspondent henry zeffman is in westminster. you have been looking into this again. what more do we know? fishi you have been looking into this again. what more do we know? abi and charlie are the — again. what more do we know? abi and charlie are the two _ again. what more do we know? abi and charlie are the two of _ again. what more do we know? abi and charlie are the two of those _ again. what more do we know? abi and charlie are the two of those owners - charlie are the two of those owners who spent months sending unsolicited, flirtatious whatsapp messages to people here in westminster, in some cases explicit images were even exchanged. after william bragg, an mp, announced he had been caught up in this last week, the metropolitan police announced it was investigating. we have now learned that the bbc that the investigation in fact began late last year when a complaint was first made to the metropolitan police, and

theyin made to the metropolitan police, and they in turn also informed the parliamentary security department. that raises an obvious question of whether some of the targets could have been alerted before they were targeted, because crucially many of those cases we are aware of, including some mps were targeted this year. that is after the met were first made aware. some important caveats, there is no suggestion that at the time the met and parliamentary security department were aware of this, they were aware of how broad it stretched, the volume of the messages or indeed there was any sort of security concern. and when that did become known last week, mps were issued with advice about how to respond. the metropolitan police says it keeps mps' security under continual review. nevertheless, very strange twist in this strange story. henry zeffman, thank you. president biden has promised "ironclad" support for israel in response to concerns that the country could be targeted by iran. the us president was speaking after iran's supreme leader repeated that israel would be punished

for last week air strike on tehran�*s consulate in damascus — two senior iranian commanders were killed in the strike. joe biden was asked about the situation during a joint news conference with japan's prime minister. we also want to address the iranian threat, to launch a significant... they're threatening to launch a significant attack on israel. as i told prime minister netanyahu, our commitment to israel's security against these threats from iran and its proxies is ironclad. we say it again, ironclad. we're going to do all we can to protect israel's security. our correspondent tom bateman is in washington. he said that twice, clearly there, tom. tell us more about the thinking at the white house. what tom. tell us more about the thinking at the white house.— at the white house. what we are seeinu at the white house. what we are seeing coming — at the white house. what we are seeing coming from _ at the white house. what we are seeing coming from the - at the white house. what we are seeing coming from the region i at the white house. what we are j seeing coming from the region at at the white house. what we are - seeing coming from the region at the moment is increasingly threatening rhetoric will stop the starting point for this particular episode was last week when there was that

strike on the iranian consulate in damascus, suspected to be carried out by israel, and it killed seven members of the islamic revolutionary guard, including two generals. that's why ayatollah ali khamenei was saying in tehran yesterday that they regarded it as an attack by israel on their own soil and israel would be punished. in response, the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, said any attack from the iranians would see retaliation against its soil. i think the mood from washington is one of growing concern about all of this. certainly there have been briefings from us officials to the american media that they believe the threat of an iranian attack on two israeli soil is credible. that's why i think we saw that, those remarks yesterday from president biden. one note of caution here, i think some of the signalling is intended to try to get the sides here to stand down somewhat, and there was some urgent

diplomacy with an american message being passed via arab countries to iranians yesterday, and i think a growing rift between the americans and israel on gaza. this all goes to say that when the iranian threat, dairies unquestionable support from washington to the israelis. thank ou, tom washington to the israelis. thank you, tom bateman. _ a court in vietnam has sentenced a wealthy property developer to death for defrauding a bank of billions of dollars. the judges found truong my lan guilty of using her hidden ownership of the bank to take out $44 billion in loans, most of which they say cannot be recovered. fake stamps circulating in the uk are coming from china — that's what a senior mp has told the bbc. it follows a rise in complaints that some stamps bought from legitimate shops have been found to be counterfeit. anyone who receives an item of post with a fake stamp is charged £5, though royal mail says the number

in circulation is relatively low. our business correspondent theo leggett is with me. thanks, jane. can you tell the difference between these two stamps? they look the same, but the one on the left is real, the one on the right is fake. tricky, isn't it? and customers keep getting caught out. two years ago, barcodes were put on stamps to make detecting fakes easier. but when the system finds a fake, the person receiving the card or letter is charged £5 to collect it. unwelcome, obviously. so where are fake stamps coming from? well, they're widely available online. experts say many of them come from china. and chinese firms may be acting with the tacit approval of the chinese government. speaking to bbc watchdog last night, the royal mail's david gold insisted the chances of getting caught out by fakes were still very low. the overwhelming majority of stamps on sale are legitimate. in fact, since we introduced bar—coded stamps, which means that every stamp is unique,

we've cut the number of counterfeit stamps coming through the network by 90%. and what that means is that the number of steps is that the number of stamps that we are spotting account for less than 0.1% of the total stamps going through the network. advice from the royal mail if you're worried is to look out for strange perforations around the edge of the stamp, a shiny surface or the colour looking slightly "off". and they say it's best to buy stamps from a post office or a reputable high street retailer. and not from an online marketplace. jane. theo leggett, thank you. the metropolitan police is to look again at its decision to charge the tv presenter caroline flack. the presenter of love island was facing prosecution for assaulting her boyfriend when she took her own life in february 2020. caroline flack's mother has repeatedly criticised how police handled the case. charlotte gallagher joins me.

explain what's happening here. initially, when caroline flack was arrested, the crown prosecution service recommended she was caution. the police appealed to the cps and wanted her charged with assault. she was eventually charged with assault. this new investigation will investigate why that happened and look at new witness evidence that may be available, and that evidence will be surrounding the actions of the officers which appealed to the cps to get caroline charged. the independent office for police conduct has asked the met to look into this after caroline's family complained last week. herfamily, particularly her mother christine, has been very vocal about how caroline was treated by police and criticised the actions of the met. they believe essentially she was treated differently and charged because she was famous. however, the met police have always denied that. christine flack says she still has unanswered questions about the case and says she will not stop until she

says she get the truth.— says she get the truth. thank you, charlotte gallagher. _ the time is 1:14. our top story this afternoon... 25—year—old habibur masum is charged with the murder of kulsuma akter, attacked in bradford as she pushed her baby in a pram. and still to come, will it be baldur�*s gate 3, spider—man 2 or dave the diver? we look ahead to this evening's bafta games awards. coming up on bbc news, the london lions make history, becoming britain's first european champions in basketball after a dramatic win over besiktas in the eurocup final at the copper box arena in london. stunning artworks have been uncovered in a new excavation at pompeii — the ancient roman city which was buried when mount vesuvius erupted in ad79.

archaeologists have uncovered a sumptuous house with floor—to—ceiling frescoes. mythical greek figures, including helen of troy, are depicted on the walls of a banqueting hall. the bbc has been given exclusive access to the site. our science editor rebecca morelle joins us from there now. what a find, rebecca. yes, this is “ust such what a find, rebecca. yes, this is just such an _ what a find, rebecca. yes, this is just such an extraordinary - just such an extraordinary discovery. you have to remember that this room would have been filled up under metres and metres of volcanic debris here for such a long time and it's now only that its beauty is being revealed to the world but it's just one of many secrets that this lavish house has been holding onto. so this is the black room. it's the salon in here. hidden from the world for 2,000 years, a new part of pompeii comes to light. this is the most beautiful one i've ever seen. small, intricate paintings of greek

mythical scenes stand out against the stark backdrop. this is a banqueting room, where the wealthy owner once entertained important guests. there is an almost complete white mosaic floor. why were the walls black? this room probably was used after sunset. the smoke from the lamps would deposit on the walls, so you would like to have them black so you wouldn't see this immediately. and then you have the light, the shimmering light of the lamps. and the paintings almost coming to life. it's just one part of the house that's been found, buried when mount vesuvius erupted in 79 ad. this internal courtyard gives you an idea ofjust how far down the team has had to dig. this whole area was covered in these pumice stones that rained down on the town for 18 hours during the eruption. and up at the top here there is this

very dense brown layer. well, that's evidence of the pyroclastic flow, this fast—moving avalanche of gas and volcanic material that engulfed the town of pompeii, killing anyone who was left behind. the excavation, the biggest in a generation, has been followed for a bbc documentary series. a second room with rare full—height frescoes appears from beneath the volcanic debris. whoever lived here had high status. but it's notjust the house. a number of buildings have emerged from the dig. this is a big excavation, so here's a plan of its layout. this area here in red is the grand residence, with these large, opulent rooms. and only part of it has been unearthed. in front of it is a commercial complex. there is a laundry over here in green, and next to that, a wholesale bakery. and archaeologists here think this whole thing could have been owned by the same person.

in the bakery there are clues as to who this person might have been. we are standing next to probably our greatest clue of all. it's a red painted inscription on the wall. and we know who arv is, and we know him to be aulus rustius verus. and we know he's a politician. and maybe he's funding the bakery, this is his enterprise, but he's not going to be living here. this is far too a sort of impoverished little place for a grand politician. so we then, hopefully, maybe have the idea that he was living in this big, grand house behind us. the excavation is far from finished, and new discoveries are emerging here every day. rebecca morelle, bbc news, pompeii. where you are standing right now, what would that room have been used for, for example?— for, for example? yes, it such an incredible — for, for example? yes, it such an incredible space, _ for, for example? yes, it such an incredible space, it _ for, for example? yes, it such an incredible space, it would - for, for example? yes, it such an incredible space, it would have i for, for example? yes, it such an i incredible space, it would have been

used for grand banquets. we think this belonged to a very wealthy owner, possibly arv, so guests would have been gazing on these incredible artworks. i have to say i love the dog and the way it stares directly towards you with this painting here. at the time, rich people wouldn't have been eating out in restaurants, they would have been invited round to people's houses, so you've got to picture the scene 2000 years ago, people reclining on couches, feasting on their food people reclining on couches, feasting on theirfood here, lots of political manoeuvring going on, but behind this wall there is actually a corridor where slaves would have been moving backwards and forwards, about a third of people in pompeii at the time were slaves, so it really was the opulence and the oppressed. but there is one detail i want to show you which is a stunning mosaic floor. 3 million of these tiles, all cut by hand and laid by hand too, absolutely exquisite, and it would have bounce the light back off the floor creating an ambience

in the room. it is stunning. fantastic, thank you so much, rebecca morelle in pompeii, and you can see a documentary about this. pompeii: the new dig will begin on monday at 9pm on bbc two and iplayer. the post office inquiry is hearing from two former senior managers about decisions they made that affected the horizon scandal. one of those was david smith, whojoined as managing director in 2010, when the problems with the faulty it system were first coming to light. our business editor, simonjack, is at the inquiry for us this lunchtime. explain what has been heard today, simon. , .,, , ., simon. the focus has been on david smith, the — simon. the focus has been on david smith, the boss _ simon. the focus has been on david smith, the boss of— simon. the focus has been on david smith, the boss of the _ simon. the focus has been on david smith, the boss of the post - simon. the focus has been on david smith, the boss of the post office l smith, the boss of the post office for a short period. some important things happened when he was in charge, not least the trial and conviction of seema mitra, who was found guilty of false accounting and

sentenced to 15 months in prison when she was pregnant with her second child. on receipt of her conviction, he sent an e—mail to the team saying, brilliant news, well done, please pass on my thanks to all the team. he said that was brilliantly was because it meant the conviction they thought meant that the horizon system was robust. today, he had this apology. i’d the horizon system was robust. today, he had this apology. i'd like to lace today, he had this apology. i'd like to place on — today, he had this apology. i'd like to place on record _ today, he had this apology. i'd like to place on record an _ today, he had this apology. i'd like to place on record an apology - today, he had this apology. i'd like to place on record an apology to i to place on record an apology to seema — to place on record an apology to seema misra and her family, looking at it through their eyes rather than mine _ at it through their eyes rather than mine you _ at it through their eyes rather than mine you can see it may have caused substantial _ mine you can see it may have caused substantial upset and i really do apologise for that.— substantial upset and i really do apologise for that. now, that was, she was convicted _ apologise for that. now, that was, she was convicted in _ apologise for that. now, that was, she was convicted in 2010, - apologise for that. now, that was, she was convicted in 2010, it - apologise for that. now, that was, she was convicted in 2010, it was. she was convicted in 2010, it was not until 2021 that her conviction was overturned. it was part of a rather cynical circular logic that it was alleged that the team at the

post office was using convictions in the court to prove the robustness of the court to prove the robustness of the horizon system despite evidence alleged today that the legal team who prosecuted miss misra knew of the bug before they started the trial and that led to accusations of a whitewash because mr smith, who was giving evidence today, commissioned a report from an internal employee who went out to get views of people around the post office to say why are we so certain that horizon is working. the accusation is they were charged with picking out the positives rather than taking an objective look at whether horizon was really robust. simon jack, whether horizon was really robust. simonjack, thank you. a quarter of all adults in england — that's 12 million people — are unable to see an nhs dentist, according to the british dental association. now a number of charities are being forced to find a temporary solution, to treat people they are seeing in pain and with no

access to a dentist. our reporter anna collinson has been to see a mobile dental bus, that is treating adults and children for free. you're doing great. getting into a dentist is hard. open nice and wide for me. i like looking after my teeth. this is what comes of it — having to have two teeth taken out. just wish i had a dentist. this bus is a temporary answer to a growing dental emergency, led by the charity dentaid, and supported by an army of volunteer dental staff and students. there's a lot of fear. we're trying desperately to break down those stigmas. we're taking the vehicle to them. the five—day service is based at newcastle foodbank. our clients see dental treatment and, to a degree, medical treatment as a complete luxury. they are fighting daily to feed

and clothe their children, trying to survive in this current cost of living crisis. we have those appointments filled in two hours. we could have filled that dental bus ten times over. really anxious about it, really bad. michelle has just eight teeth left. many need to be removed. you haven't been to the dentist for 30 years. this is your first... long time. really long, long time. i've got this fear. ijust don't know what it is. and is it giving you pain? but bringing dentists to a place she trusts has helped break that cycle. open for me. she also brought her son, gary, who is deaf. just move your head this way. straightaway he's able to get a temporary cover on a rotten tooth. you ok? the plan is that you're both going to have treatment at a dental hospital. but that is going to take months, isn't it? rather that than we wouldn't have done it at all. we'd have just been in limbo. one in three children live in poverty in the

north—east of england... d, e, decayed. on the lower left, e decayed, d decayed. ..which means poorer overall health. it's really hard when you're taking out ten, 12, 15 teeth on one child, some of whom are as young as two or three. i still get really upset when you think, what a shame that this is a preventable problem. put some fluoride varnish on your teeth and make them nice and strong. there's a big drive to reach the young. you're doing amazing. so any child can come for a free check—up. can you point to the sore tooth for me? five—year—old river has toothache. we've got one abscess. she's missed six days of school. urgent treatment is needed. doctor taylor must take the tooth out. its outcome are done. is _ taylor must take the tooth out. its outcome are done. is a _ taylor must take the tooth out. its outcome are done. is a big - taylor must take the tooth out. its outcome are done. is a big tooth. |

outcome are done. is a big tooth. that was hard _ outcome are done. is a big tooth. that was hard to _ outcome are done. is a big tooth. that was hard to watch, - outcome are done. is a big tooth. that was hard to watch, let - outcome are done. is a big tooth. that was hard to watch, let alone | outcome are done. is a big tooth. i that was hard to watch, let alone do it. �* , ., ., it. it's the right thing to have that tooth — it. it's the right thing to have that tooth taken _ it. it's the right thing to have that tooth taken out. - it. it's the right thing to have that tooth taken out. there l it. it's the right thing to have i that tooth taken out. there was it. it's the right thing to have - that tooth taken out. there was an abscess— that tooth taken out. there was an abscess that was infected, she's been _ abscess that was infected, she's been up — abscess that was infected, she's been up the last four or five nights _ i'll be as gentle as i can. the government plans to bring in mobile dental vans. just hours later, river is home and happy. how are you feeling at the end of today. ten out of ten.— ten out of ten. this bus has travelled — ten out of ten. this bus has travelled all _ ten out of ten. this bus has travelled all over _ ten out of ten. this bus has travelled all over the - ten out of ten. this bus has travelled all over the uk - ten out of ten. this bus has travelled all over the uk to | ten out of ten. this bus has - travelled all over the uk to areas worst affected by dentist shortages. initially the charity dentaid wanted to reach the most vulnerable, people who are homeless, who had addictions, but as the time has passed they've had to help more everyday people, families with children. it's the fourth day in newcastle, the longest time it has spent in one city and all week it has been helping people who need

urgent dental care who can't afford a private dentist and can't access an nhs one. there are no queues outside because this is an appointment only service, but the demand has been huge. all week when we've been reporting we've had people spot the van and come over to us and ask how they can get an appointment, often desperate and in pain, showing us their teeth. the government says it's going to introduce its own form of dental vans to try and help areas like these, but for now, in newcastle, this bus is due to leave tomorrow, and there is no plans for it to return. anna collinson, thank you, with that report. would you like to own a bit of musical history? well over 700 items from the career of the late vocalist tony bennett will be auctioned off in new york city over the next two days. it will feature items from bennett's eight—decade career, including personal belongings, original artwork, and memorabilia.

tony bennett was well—known for his performances of popular classics, including his signature 1962 hit i left my heart in san francisco. tonight is the bafta games awards — celebrating achievements in video gaming. nominees include baldur�*s gate 3 and dave the diver — where players collect fish and manage a sushi restaurant. the uk is the largest video games market in europe, worth £7 billion a year. our technology reporter mark cieslak has been looking at some of the titles on the shortlist. leading the bafta field, nominated in ten categories, is baldur�*s gate 3. it's inspired by table top role—playing game dungeons and dragons, reimagined for console and pc. this is the game to beat. let's make this interesting. it's closely followed in the nominations by fan favourite spider—man 2. this is crazy.

also hotly—tipped is nintendo's incredibly innovative zelda: tears of the kingdom. you are our final hope. the baftas are famous for confounding expectations, with indie games and smaller titles often taking home some of the big awards. so, quirky deep—sea exploration/sushi restaurant management sim, dave the diver, might snatch some silverware away from the blockbusters. comedian phil wang will be hosting the event — a task which always falls to somebody with proper gaming credentials. growing up in malaysia, in borneo — which is beautiful, but not so much going on — video games were a real escape. i'm really looking forward to celebrating the industry, the games industry, the creativity that goes into it, and i feel like it finally proves to my parent that games are art, just like i said, all those years when they were trying to get me to go for a run. everyone, from developers to the actors whose performances appear in games, are hoping to take

home a coveted golden mask. samantha beart is nominated for their performance as barbarian karlach in baldur�*s gate 3. that's my reward for everything i suffered. this industry makes more money than film, tv and music combined, and yet it's still seen as quite an underground thing and, yeah, having the academy itself, which is such a global brand represent that, it's really something, it's really special. the games baftas, now in its 20th year, offers the industry a chance to celebrate its many creative successes. marc cieslak, bbc news. now the weather prospects, with chris fawkes. this is a rather red looking map, temperatures are way above average for the time of year. how much above average? over the

next day or two we'll