zoe conway, bbc news. now time for a look at some of the stories across the united kingdom. muslims are fasting for the month of ramadan — it means no eating or drinking from dawn to dusk. last night, preston north end invited hundreds of muslim supporters to break their fast at deepdale. they were also given a tour of the club's ground by north end player bambo diaby — who is also fasting. they then prayed and broke fast together. it's being done to encourage diversity and inclusion in football. juliet phillips reports. preston north end defender bambo diaby is used to getting pictures with fans — but this event was extra special. as a muslim, bambo is fasting for ramadan. last night, he broke his fast with hundreds of muslims from across the city. i'm very proud because i never see this in other clubs. it's not only for football, you know? it's doing more, it's more human. and it's excellent. it's all about reaching out to the south asian community, something preston north end have been commended for. last yea r�*s efforts meant they were named community project of

zoe conway, bbc news. borisjohnson has ignored calls from labour to apologise to the archbishop of canterbury and the church of england. during prime minister's questions, mrjohnson was pressed on claims that he told a meeting of conservative mps last night that both organisations hadn't been criticial enough of president putin. mrjohnson appeared in the house the day after apologising for his partygate fine and the day before mps will vote on whether he should be investigated for misleading parliament. our political correspondent helen catt reports. did you mislead the house? are you an worthy of office.— an worthy of office. heading back to the commons _ an worthy of office. heading back to the commons less _ an worthy of office. heading back to the commons less than _ an worthy of office. heading back to the commons less than 24 - an worthy of office. heading back to the commons less than 24 hours . an worthy of office. heading back to l the commons less than 24 hours after he aboss eyed to mp force b

zoe conway, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: the deadline set by russia for ukrainian troops in mariupol to lay down their weapons has passed with no sign of surrender. western allies promise more military aid for ukraine as fighting intensifies along a 300—mile front line in the east of the country. the prime minister faces criticism in the house of commons for his lockdown—breaking fine ahead of tomorrow's vote on whether there should be an investigation into claims he misled parliament. hundreds of fans have been paying their respects at the funeral of the wanted singer, tom parker. he died from brain cancer last month at the age of 33. alice bhandhukravi reports from south—east london. a horse—drawn carriage carried the coffin of tom parker through the town of bestwood, followed by the funeral cortege. friends, family and fans, who lined the procession clapping as the coffin passed. hundreds of fans and admirers of tom parker are standing outside. they are broadcasting the funeral with scre

zoe conway, bbc news. wimbledon is banning russian and belarusian plays from the summer's tournament. wejust belarusian plays from the summer's tournament. we just received this statement from the world governing body, if you like, for the men's tour. and they do not agree that the decision. they say we strongly condemn russia's reprehensible invasion in ukraine and stand in solidarity with the many millions of innocent people affected by the war. 0ur innocent people affected by the war. our support is proud to operate in the fundamental printed —— principles of merit and fairness where players compete as individuals to earn their place in tournaments based on the atp rankings. we believe that today's unilateral decision and that tennis association to exclude players from russia and belarus from this year's british grass court swing is unfair and has the potential to set an damaging precedent for the games. discrimination based on nationality also constitutes a violation of our agreement with wimbledon

zoe conway, bbc news. we're joined now by one of our regular gps, dr nighat arif. who is in the studio i am delighted to say. i came across this story last night and happen to be with women i play football with and someone mentioned there is a shortage of hrt gels and i had not heard about this and i find that we are discussing it on the show today but you are familiar with it. it impacts a lot of patients in general practice. there is one type, the oestrogel, and the reason it is coming out of stock is the demand is huge, outstripping stock supplies. we have when you get so many women with awareness and campaigning around it they are asking for it and stock supplies cannot meet demand. the difficulty arises in the workload we are having to do to find equivalent doses for women. ii the equivalent doses for women. if the shorta . e equivalent doses for women. if the shortage is — equivalent doses for women. if the shortage is for— equivalent doses for women. if the shortage is for real, _ equivalent doses for women. if the shortage is for real, what - shortage i

zoe conway, bbc news. wonderful and so nice for them to be together. we have had a couple of nice stories this week about people coming out of ukraine. nice news to tell you about for once. music can be a comfort for those living with dementia, and now a new report suggests melody can actually improve the lives of those with the illness — in some cases, even reducing the need for medication. breakfast viewers might remember how the power of music changed the lives of those involved with the dementia choir, set up by actor vicky mcclure. graham satchell reports. # and spring became the summer. # who'd have believed you'd come along? - the dementia choir at a hotel in london last night to launch a major new report on the therapeutic power of music. # hands, touching hands. there isjoy and life in every face. # touching you. mick is 5a. he was diagnosed with alzheimer's three years ago. music, i think it is a really good thing to do. i think it's a great thing to do to get things up and running. # sweet car

zoe conway, bbc news. it is it i519 it is 19 minutes past six. you might have caught a glimpse of this will be talking about the travel problems early on. this is what is a rather spectacular sunrise over dover. our cameras looking at the guys and tomas who was hit with the river for the saturday morning, have a look at thatis the saturday morning, have a look at that is here with the weather for the saturday morning, have a look at that, isn't that beautiful? it actually looks more like some sort of i would say dystopian scenery from mars or something with a space station in the background. that is how my brain works! but yes, you are right. the sunrise, depending where you are in the uk obviously, it's pretty much just about now. i think in london it was 18 minutes past six, so a couple of minutes ago officially but of course it varies. anyway, we have a good weekend in the way, lots of sunny spells on the way, a few showers of the forecast, and they will be mostly across northern scotland. you can see t

zoe conway, bbc news. of course, if you'd like to read more on any of today�* stories, you can visit the bbc news website or take a look at the bbc news app. also, you can reach me on twitter anytime, i'm @bbcjoannag. stay with us here on bbc news as wejoin our colleagues at politics live for coverage of borisjohnson facing keir starmer at prime minister's questions. just coming up. ijust i just like ijust like to i just like to welcome viewers from the news channel. we have about seven or eight minutes to go until prime minister's questions, where borisjohnson will again face keir starmer as he did yesterday when he gave his statement. which was including response to the partygate issue. we can see inside the commons chamber as mp5 gather. it was very busy yesterday. we had the statement from priti patel which we discussed earlier on in this programme about asylum seekers being sent to rwanda. that was followed by the prime minister's statement which wrapped up minister's statement which wrapped up his

zoe conway has visited a community support group. you find in the group, that a lot of women come on, and say, my god, i thought i was going mad. i'm not alone. this group has saved me so much. and notjust this group, but there are other groups out there. you have made me realise that what i am going through is medical. several women in the group have experienced hrt treatment shortages. vicki had to drive around several pharmacies to get her stick—on hrt patches. why where you so stressed? because i was worried. i was worried that i was going to feel unwell, like i had done, prior to having this medication. i have considered leaving work because of the brain fog. i have considered that i'm getting early—onset dementia because of the confusion and the brain fog. it's massive, absolutely huge. we can now speak to the labour mp carolyn harris, who is chair of the government 5 menopause task force. we have spoken about this on this programme. we have highlighted issues about this. we did a week long menopause special a few years ago