at dundee sheriff court today. ryan munro was seriously injured in the fall in morgan street on 10 january and died a week later. three others, aged 38, 50, and 41, were previously arrested and charged over the same incident and appeared in court last week. mr el—nakla is the brother of first minister humza yousaf�*s wife nadia el—nakla. in a landmarkjudgment, the european court of human rights has ruled that switzerland violated the human rights of a group of elderly women in the country — by failing to adequately fight climate change. the court said switzerland's efforts to meet its emission reduction targets had been woefully inadequate. the judgment said the women had also been denied access to justice — as their case had been rejected by all swiss courts. the ruling cannot be appealed. two other cases were ruled inadmissible. in those cases, six portuguese youths and a french mayor

were attempting to force their governments and others in europe to take more ambitious action to fight climate change. here's climate activist greta thunberg speaking outside court after the decision. it has never been more clear that the climate crisis will continue to de—escalate and endanger people as long as the people in power don't take sufficient climate measures. and europe, with its far—reaching responsibility, both historical and current, and substantial resources, failed to limit the climate crisis and do theirfair share. it is a betrayal beyond words. and today's ruling has made it very clear that the european states have a legal responsibility to take real climate action and to protect people and protect its citizens. it cannot be a political choice whether to respect human rights or not. it comes as leading climate scientists warn that the earth could be moving into uncharted territory.

data for march shows record global temperatures for the tenth month in a row. the european union's copernicus climate service — which published the data — says it's still trying to understand why the situation has changed so dramatically. here's our climate editor, justin rowlatt. global temperatures are beginning to ease back, march wasi global temperatures are beginning to ease back, march was 1 degrees above the previous record. this is a global average and this is significant when you are averaging figures across the entire surface of the globe. the other thing we should look towards its global sea temperatures because they were at all—time record, the highest temperature ever recorded for the oceans. 21.07 celsius. it is only the third month ever that temperatures have gone above 21 celsius. why do i go on about the

seat to? the agreement among climate scientists is that the underlying upward trend of temperatures is because of the huge quantities of planet warming gases we have been pumping into the atmosphere. this, over the last few months, has been an additional feature which is an el nino event in the pacific which delivers a blast of extra heat to the air. that beat and is beginning to wane. this is where the fear comes, the hope would be that temperatures would ease back temporarily because we have that background increase from climate change, if they don't and the unbelievably high sea levels that we see at the moment suggest that temperatures might not fall back. if they don't fall back towards the end of the year in say autumn, and scientists will be scratching their head about what is driving the warming. when you look at the maps, the pacific is beginning to cool,

but the atlantic, mediterranean and parts of the indian ocean are still extremely hot. significantly warmer than they are at this time of year. we can't really explain what is driving that record heat in some of the big ocean basins of the world. there's new evidence that people living with long covid, have inflammation in their blood, and this may provide clues, as to how best to treat the condition. a uk study of hundreds of patients who've been seriously ill with covid, suggests their immune system remains overactive long after catching the virus. fergus walsh has the story... the study followed more than 650 patients in the uk who had been treated in hospital with severe covid. six months on, two in three were still experiencing symptoms, including heart and lung problems such as shortness of breath, fatigue, gut issues, anxiety, depression and brain fog. the researchers analysed their blood and found these proteins, which are markers for inflammation

of the immune system, which are useful while the body is fighting an infection, but not once a virus has gone. the scientists say there is strong evidence that long covid is caused by different types of postviral inflammation. i think this is really exciting for us. it's the biggest study of its kind, it's taken a long time for us to get this far. but it is finally pointing to some very specific pathways that might be underlying long covid that could be targeted in future trials for treatment. now, this is tracy evans. she was a care assistant before contracting covid in early 2021. tracy ended up on a ventilator in hospital and three years on she still can't work due to a raft of long covid symptoms. i have fatigue so bad that evenjust changing a pillowcase on a bed, it's breathless.

i can't walk far, even to the local shop, which isn't far, i can't walk. shooting pains all over my body. i've got really bad brain fog, i forget what i'm saying, i forget what things are. if someone is talking to me i can just stare at them blank. a blood test to help diagnose long covid is still some way off, but it's hoped this research could eventually lead to new treatments with existing drugs being trialled to target areas of the immune system which are triggered by long covid. the surgeon who led europe's first successful heart and lung transplant has spoken of his joy at seeing patients go on to lead a good life. it's the 40th anniverary of the landmark operation at the royal papworth hospital in cambridge, which established it as one of the world's leading transplant centres. in that time, about 3,000 similar procedures have been carried out. our reporter nikki fox has been to see how staff and patients have

been celebrating the milestone. a0 years ago, royal papworth hospital in cambridgeshire established its reputation as an internationally—recognised transplant centre. charlie tango 7 is escorting london ambulance with transplant patient on board. performing europe's first ever successful heart—lung transplant, 36—year—old brenda barber became a national celebrity overnight and lived until 1994. professorjohn wallwork led the operation. he trained in california, bringing his skills across the atlantic. it's the whole issue of taking somebody who's really, really sick and somebody who's got really severe heart failure or lung failure, and they really are breathing their last. and putting a new heart in there or the heart and lungs, they become pink and they go back to living a normal, active life. and it's that transformation that you get out of an organ transplant. it is remarkable to see and to see the patients do well. i'm good, how are you?

four decades later, some of the staff that led that operation are being reunited with other patients they've helped. katie mitchell had her heart—lung transplant in 1987. she was so ill beforehand, her lips had turned blue. if i hadn't had it, i wouldn't probably have lasted out the year. so it's been such a big... it's a big thing. and after transplant, all i wanted to do was just sort of be normal. i went back to school, got qualifications, went to work, and i've always just done everything to sort of live a normal life, as it were. some of the hospital's own staff have even been helped by this world leading centre. hazel farren was a senior sister for most of her career. this hospital, four years ago, saved my daughter's life. she was very, very sick with a heart condition and had emergency surgery. and i will be forever grateful for that. so what else can you say? you know, i've had a fantasticjob for 40 years.

they've saved my daughter's life. meanwhile, professor wallwork went on to perform the world's first heart—lung and liver transplant. john, i know you're quite modest about this, but i found this guinness book of world records. there's. .. there's the entry. yeah, heart—lung and liver. how does it feel to actually be in a book like that? well, it's the only publication my children have ever read. but what's the future? human stem cells are being grown into artificial organs, but it's a long way off. and, in america, the first pig kidney has been transplanted into a human. today is the day the first human, who had a kidney transplant from a pig kidney in america went home. so i think the use of other organs for transplantation will be very important. i think growing organs is a little bit more difficult than that. the team hopes, in another a0 years, the research here will provide many more stories like kate's to tell. nikki fox, bbc news.

now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas. hello. we've seen a fairly stormy spell of spring weather over the past couple of days as low pressure has dominated, bringing some heavy rain around, some brisk winds and some big waves around the coast. so this was the picture in hastings, east sussex. in fact, we've seen some flooding problems around the south coast of england, coast of wales, for instance, as well. now, through the rest of today, the wind and the rain are slowly going to be easing away because we've got low pressure still with us, but it's just drifting its way further eastwards. so still really blustery out there for the rest of the afternoon into the evening. heaviest of the rain will be for eastern scotland, northeast england, but there'll be some showers moving in on those blustery winds from the west. bit of brightness for many of us as we end the day, but gusts still up to about 45 miles per hour, even inland could be a touch stronger than that around the coast. so we've still got those

big waves with us. not particularly warm out there for the rest of the day with top temperatures only up to about 13 in the warmest spots. but it's been colder where you're exposed to the brisk wind. now, the winds will ease into this evening and the rain will clear away. so for a time, things are looking dry and clear for most of us before the next rain band arrives from the west early tomorrow. but before it gets there, quite a chilly night. look at those temperatures. two or three degrees in some of our towns and cities, touch colder than that in more rural spots. so we've got this colder air mass temporarily with us as we head through into wednesday morning. but warmer air arrives from the west as this warm front sweeps its way in bringing more rain. so a bright start for many central and eastern areas on wednesday, but rain already in the west tracks its way eastwards through the day. it'll be heaviest across parts of northern and western scotland. could be some flooding issues once again here. a breezy day tomorrow, but not quite those strong winds that we've had out there today. and top temperatures a little bit warmer. so belfast, for instance, up to around about 16 degrees. and as we move through into thursday, that frontal system gets out the way towards the east and then we've got more

of a westerly flow coming in. i think we'll start thursday with quite a lot of low cloud, perhaps some spots of drizzle in the south. that cloud should tend to break up, further north a bit more in the way of sunny spells, but perhaps some showery rain moving in from the west later on in the day. but we're widely looking at temperatures in the mid to high teens, so up to 19 degrees or so for the warmest spots i think in the east during the day on thursday. and then temperatures will continue to rise for some of us, especially in the south. but friday into saturday, 20 degrees or so stays unsettled and it turns colder elsewhere. bye. the public inquiry into the post office it scandal has been taking place with alan bates giving evidence. he led the inquiry into the scandal. he said that he phoned warned the post office in the year 2000. our correspondent is with us.

this is the next phase of the inquiry, it is planned to last 15 weeks. during this phase, they want to establish exactly when executives knew something was wrong. what they knew, and when. and that is why we have some of the people who have occupied some of the highest levels of power within the post office scheduled to speak in the next few weeks. that includes paula vennells, that the former chief executive, due to speak in may. that is why so much of what we have seen today from alan bates is his correspondence with the post office. alan bates, a former sub—postmaster who has been leading the campaign calling for accountability, that is why his campaign group is called thejustice for sub—postmaster is alliance. a lot of what he has been showing is flagging issues with the horizon it scandal and received no response.

this has been difficult to relive for some of the hundreds of victims who have gone through this scandal and some of whom are here today. i want to introduce you to one of them. anna who is with me and has been listening to this throughout the day. anna, you know are here for the day. anna, you know are here for the first day sharing your story, and what has happened to you. you said it was difficult, in your own words, what is it that you have been through? it is difficult reliving this and saying it aloud, talking to the press, our contract was terminated 2003 but they ran the post office from 2003 to 2007 on our premises for 2.5 years without paying us any rent, no extra bills —— electricity

bills. rent, no extra bills -- electricity bills. ~ ., , ., ., bills. we have been going through this for a long _ bills. we have been going through this for a long time, _ bills. we have been going through this for a long time, we _ bills. we have been going through this for a long time, we joined - this for a long time, wejoined allen in the sub—postmaster is in 2015 and have been fighting this as a group all the way through, it is just really hard, it was very emotional today. alan bates has been so tenacious writing, if we had listened to him then, wouldn't have the post office counter to do that we had. we the post office counter to do that we had. ~ ., , . ., we had. we have been chatting in between the _ we had. we have been chatting in between the brakes _ we had. we have been chatting in between the brakes and - we had. we have been chatting in between the brakes and you - we had. we have been chatting in between the brakes and you told | we had. we have been chatting in i between the brakes and you told me reliving some of this is dramatic for you but could you tell me about that moment of hope when you realised you weren't the only one who was having these issues? it is when we joined — who was having these issues? it 3 when we joined the group who was having these issues? it 1 when we joined the group and i think as a group, how bad