this is bbc news at two, the headlines: too low and too slow. air accident investigators say the shoreham airshow disaster pilot was flying too low and too slow. familes and friends of the victims said the accident should never have happened. they will always be remembered by us as great footballers. first of all, they were superb players and friends. results are expected to start coming in for the northern ireland's assembly election. there's been an increase in turnout in some areas by more than 10%. sinn fein‘s orla flynn is the first member of the assembly to be returned in this election as we ask whether that big turnout means changes on the way or simply the status quo. the prime minister tells scottish conservatives the snp is obsessed with independence

and is failing on public services. "unstructu red and disorganised", the police force which investigated the sudden death of poppi worthington comes under fire forfailing to examine claims she was sexually abused by her father. president trump says his attorney general is the victim of a political witch—hunt. jeff sessions has removed himself from an fbi inquiry into alleged russian meddling in the us election, but he's still accused of perjury and is under pressure to resign. and 100 years of history, the imperial war museum celebrates its centenary. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. air accident investigators say

the shoreham airshow disaster which killed 11 people was caused by the pilot flying too low and too slow. a vintage jet performing a loop—the—loop stunt crashed onto the a27 in 2015. in their report the investigators said the pilot could have taken action to abort the display even after he had started the maneouvre. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is at farnborough airport. this is a really important report by the air accident investigators here. it is theirfinal the air accident investigators here. it is their final conclusions and it comes it is their final conclusions and it co m es after it is their final conclusions and it comes after investigations by them which lasted 18 months into what was the worst airshow disaster in this country for many decades. duncan kennedy reports. duncan kennedy reports. this was the hawker hunter jet at the centre of the shoreham air crash. this is the jet over the shoreham

area the day of the accident. it was during one manoeuvre that this happened. the jet crashed by the a27 that ran alongside the showground. oh, my god! the fireball engulfed drivers and bystanders. a disaster measured in seconds and gave little chance of escape. 11 men were killed, it was the worst airshow accident in britain in more than 60 years. among those who died was mark reeves, a plane enthusiast. his family today gave their reaction to the accident report. obviously, the aib were brought in to discover the cause obviously, the aaib were brought in to discover the cause of the crash based on fact, they were not there to attribute blame and they have determined the cause. in that sense, we are satisfied, but obviously, it has exposed a lot of key flaws in the

running of airshows. air accident investigators produced this video today of what they say happened. they say the pilot was lower than he should have been at the start of the manoeuvre and there was not enough engine thrust or speed. the aircraft was too low to perform the loop the loop and it may be the pilot mis—read his height instruments. he was not trained to escape the accident in the hawker hunter and hit the ground. investigators will not say the crash was avoidable but that a number of factors combined to cause it. an escape manoeuvre was possible and could have been conducted by the aircraft but with some additional work, we found there are all sorts of human performance limitations that might have prevented the pilot from recognising he was too low or that an escape manoeuvre was necessary or possible from that position. the pilot of the jet was andy hill, he survived with serious injuries

but has no memory of the crash. the report suggests he may have confused his speed and altitude with other aircraft he had flown. the report also found there were deficiencies of organisation and maintenance. the aircraft did not comply with its permit to fly. there was a lack of clarity over who at the airshow was responsible for safety. controls to protect the public were ineffective. the civil aviation authority which governs safety at britain's air displays has already brought in a number of changes following this crash. increasing the distance between the display and the crowds watching below and also requiring pilots to be better qualified before carrying out these acrobatic manoeuvres. today's final accident report has answered the technical question of what and why this crash happened. and that may give some measure of understanding and comfort

to the relatives and friends of those who died. as duncan was saying, there has been a lot of criticism of the airshow organisers and the regulator, the civil aviation authority, particularly over their plans to ensure that the airshow would not be dangerous. naturally we are hearing reaction now from some of the families of those killed and they are saying quite clearly that the civil aviation authority and the organisers of the airshow have a lot to a nswer organisers of the airshow have a lot to answer for. have a lot to answer for. joining me now from our newsroom in cambridge is adrian willis, the chief pilot at the british aerobatic academy. thank you forjoining us. you have served as a navigator in the raf and

you spent many years training aerobatics to pilots. what sort of training is required before you can perform the sort of defeats we are used to seeing at airshow is? before you can demonstrate at an air you have to pass quite stringent tests and you cannot even be put forward for these tests unless you can demonstrate a good cd of aerobatics. you need to be highly experienced and highly competent. the caa would test you and what your display before granting you the ability to do it. is it the case you can perform certain manoeuvres at certain venues, but not at others. well, yes, to a certain extent. your display authorisation would be limited and significantly below your capabilities. at various locations,

various weather conditions, you would modify your display routine to make it appropriate. so what sort of preparation goes into putting on a display of this sort? you would practice the display, both the full display and perhaps a low—level alternative for bad weather. many times before it you displayed it. what about the aircraft itself? is there a difference between flying a modern aircraft as opposed to a vintage one? i have not got a great deal of experience on vintage aircraft, so i cannot take anything with authority. clearly there are differences, but those differences would be taken into account when planning for your display. since the disaster which was nearly two years ago, do you think attitudes have changed when it comes to putting on displays like this? certainly the caa have issued a great many

directives. to a certain extent airshows will be degraded as a consequence. certainly the costs of holding an airshow have been increased dramatically and the qualifications for the display organisers have increased. do you think they are sufficient?” organisers have increased. do you think they are sufficient? i would suggest that perhaps they have overrea cted suggest that perhaps they have overreacted to a certain extent. you think they have gone over the top?|j think they have gone over the top?|j think so, yes. i think the airshow industry which is second only to football by number of spectators will be degraded quite substantially asa will be degraded quite substantially as a result. 0bviously, will be degraded quite substantially as a result. obviously, we need to learn from mistakes. we clearly need to introduce new regulations, but at the moment they are very strict. 0k, adrian willis, we will leave it there. thank you very much for your time. thank you very much. the first results are beginning to

come in this afternoon in the northern ireland assembly election. polls closed last night and the final results are not expected until tomorrow afternoon. there's been a big increase in turnout compared to last yea r‘s election, up 10% in some constituencies. let's join annita mcveigh who's in belfast. thank you very much. in some of the individual constituencies the turnout is up by as much as 13 percentage points, which is quite something. last time we had elections here ten months ago in may last year and the overall turnout was just over 55%. that is up by about 10% this time around, really invigorated electorate with so much at stake, the future of the devolved government at storm on at stake this election. we have had the first member of the assembly returned at

these elections here, one of the belfast sinn fein members for west belfast. north down have had three m las belfast. north down have had three mlas return so far. the results are starting to come in, but right now we are trying to make sense of what this means. it is early days, but the big turnout, what do those numbers mean? does it mean they might be changed on the way? or does it mean the existing bigger parties, the dup and sinn fein, have got their electorate out and so what we will see is the status quo? we will be hearing from a couple of the cans ina be hearing from a couple of the cans in a moment, but first, this report from chris buckler. this generation might not remember the troubles, but elections in northern ireland ten to expose all divisions and was the result of this vote are known the challenge could be holding onto power sharing. the

public seem to have been engaged by this campaign, turnout is up. but the new government at stormont does not just the new government at stormont does notjust depend on the results. it needs the parties to agree to enter into a coalition together again. at one stage last year, sinn fein and the dup seemed so close, but the leader ‘s martin mcguinness and arlene foster were given a joint nickname of marlene. that relationship did not last long. the coalition government collapsed at the start of this year after a series of rows, not least over a financial scandal connected to the renewable heat incentive, a botched renewable heat incentive, a botched renewable skin, that was at one stage projected to cost the taxpayer about half £1 billion. that led to a times are bad tempered election campaign, but once the votes are counted, the parties will have to set thinking about negotiations to try to get power sharing up and running again. in our virtual

assembly we can see how the parties did in the last election less than a year ago. the dup 138 did in the last election less than a year ago. the dup138 of the 108 seats, while sinn fein were in second place with 28 members. the opposition parties, the sdlp, the ulster unionists and the alliance will all hope to increase their share of the vote after the way the coalition fell apart and that is true for the smaller parties as well. but gaining seats could be difficult because the number of assembly members is being reduced from 108 down to 90. there will be some disappointed former mlas today. there is one number to watch. the size of the dup in the last assembly gave the party a petition of concern. in effect that is a veto to prevent concern. in effect that is a veto to p reve nt a ny concern. in effect that is a veto to prevent any legislation they do not like. they need to hold onto 30 seats to keep that veto, although the petition of concern itself could be up to discussion at the parties try to get an agreement to allow the

return to power sharing. that could be difficult. during this campaign harsh words have been exchanged between the dup's arlene foster and the new sinn fein leader. but by the end of the day the stormont assembly will have a new assembly, but it does not mean they will have a government. a real buzz at the titanic exhibition centre where the votes are being counted. this buzz is being represented and replicated around the camp centres. let's go to one of those now in 0magh and fermanagh and south tyrone. it is the constituency of the leader in the constituency of the leader in the north of ireland, sinn fein‘s michelle 0'neill. the town has gone up michelle 0'neill. the town has gone up by michelle 0'neill. the town has gone up by 13 percentage points. michelle 0'neill. the town has gone up by 13 percentage pointsm michelle 0'neill. the town has gone up by 13 percentage points. it is the constituency of arlene foster, the constituency of arlene foster,

the dup leader, michelle 0'neill the constituency of arlene foster, the dup leader, michelle o'neill is in mid—ulster, which is being counted elsewhere. this area traditionally has the highest turnout of all the constituencies in northern ireland. no difference this year. northern ireland. no difference this yea r. 73% of northern ireland. no difference this year. 73% of the electorate cast their ballots here this year. it is expected that arlene foster well once again topped the poll here despite all the controversies of the past year. she has a very strong, loyal, personal following and that will be reflected when we hear the first results here shortly. she will be hoping to also get enough votes to bring her running mate, a second democratic unionist candidate across the line. but sinn fein have also pulled very strongly here in the west. they had a bit of a mix—up last year in the selection of their candidates. they fielded four candidates, which meant they lost one of their seats. they are hoping to regain that these this time. sinn

fein could pick up three seats here and another three seats in west tyrone. the most nervous party here are the ulster unionists. they could lose a seat in each of those two constituencies. but we are still waiting for the first results here. there are 18 candidates in west tyrone and it was not until saturday year ago that we actually got the first result. so it always takes some time for the entire picture to become clear. meanwhile, let's cross to maggie taggart who is in ballymena. yes, two cows are going oi'i ballymena. yes, two cows are going on at the moment in ballymena. the first one is mid—ulster, is strongly republican nationalist constituency. sinn fein's michelle o'neill holds the seat here. the vote has gone up by 14%. they say they are hoping to

have managed their votes so well that they will return once again three sinn fein candidates. there is one sdlp candidate, one sitting member, patsy mcglone, so he is doing pretty strong at the moment. there were two of the six seats that we re there were two of the six seats that were unionist, one dup. we are hearing the dup candidate is in a pretty strong position, so that could mean the ulster unionist party being ina could mean the ulster unionist party being in a vulnerable position. turning now to north antrim and it is virtually a mirror image of mid ulster because it is a very strong unionist seat. there are three dup, one uup and one traditional ulster voice. this is the heartland of the paisley family and ian paisley junior is the westminster mp for here. he has been around checking up

oi'i here. he has been around checking up on his party colleagues. last time around five ulster unionists, including the leader. if the dup, as they claim, have sewn up those three seats, that leaves the uup's ronald swa n seats, that leaves the uup's ronald swan looking at risk. it is all to play for. timothy gaston has probably pulled not so well. that is all from me. back to anita in belfast. apologies for muddling up those constituencies before. let's discuss what is happening and what it might mean for the future with a crossbench peer and emeritus professor of irish politics at queens university in belfast. good to have you with us. do you think this vote is going to mean continued polarisation or something else? this vote is going to mean continued polarisation or something else ?m undoubtedly does show continued

polarisation and an intensification of it compared to the last election. but you must remember we have to get a deal to resurrect stormont if it is to be resurrected. that means the dup has to do reasonably well. so far it has been a great day for sinn fein. brexit and the heating scandal poisoned the atmosphere very much in its favour. long—term brexit may not help irish nationalism, short—term it does. it has been a very good day for them. i have not heard of any sinn fein losses, i have heard rumours of dup losses. but the dup have done very well. if they come back as the largest party in this system, that is probably in terms of seats possible renegotiation. if sinn fein has the largest birds, it is very hard to see how you are going to get stormont up and running

again. it is further barrier. talking about brexit, what sort of impact is that having on the vote?|j impact is that having on the vote?” have no question it is energising the nationalist vote, which has been falling in recent elections. for example, the last assembly elections the nationalist vote was down by 4%. there is no question that the brexit issue, combined with the first minister's handling and the nationalist perception of the heating scandal, these two things have energised the vote remarkably. when there are genuine fears of a hardboard, this might disappear over the next two years, but at this moment you can see why. there has been a drop in support for a substantial unity because they are concerned about the economic future and a brexit and away the european union is handling brexit and donald

trump's policies. long—term nobody knows what is going to happen, but short—term right now that is why sinn fein were so keen to have this election, because they could not lose, and they have done very well indeed. thank you very much for your analysis of that. anecdotally you may hear stories that people what the politicians to get on with it, to get back to an assembly, to have self—governance in northern ireland. but it is early days and that might suggest something else and if people are voting for who they have always voted for, they will get what they have always got. although there has been relative political stability here for quite some time it is difficult to see how we can get back to devolved government without some pretty tortuous negotiations, negotiations that would certainly ta ke negotiations that would certainly take more than the theoretical,

official three weeks that the mlas have to declare a new first minister and deputy first minister. just as i speak to you it sounds like there might be another declaration coming in. that is for belfast east. we'll keep an eye and an ear to everything that has happened here today and right around northern ireland and bring you updates throughout the day. back to the studio. back to the studio. theresa may has attacked the snp, saying it is obsessed with independence, regardless of fact and reality. speaking at the scottish conservative conference in glasgow, the prime minister accused the scottish government of "neglecting and mismanaging public services in scotland" and said it was the poorest and most vulnerable who benefited most from the union between scotland and the rest of the uk. lorna gordon is in glasgow. glen campbell is in scotland.

theresa may came here to make the case for the united kingdom and scotla nd case for the united kingdom and scotland remaining part of the uk. she accused the snp of neglecting public services in scotland like education because she believes the party is pursuing nationalism in a way that amounts to obsession. the snp has said that brexit could lead toa snp has said that brexit could lead to a second vote on scottish independence, a second referendum, u nless independence, a second referendum, unless the uk government backs a special deal that would allow scotla nd special deal that would allow scotland to remain in the european single market when the uk as a whole leaves the eu. but theresa may said the impetus that the snp and its leader nicola sturgeon placed on the eu market downplays the importance of the uk market to scotland. in fact the eu comes third after the

rest of the uk and the rest of the world as a market for scottish goods. yet the snp proposes scottish independence which would wrench scotla nd independence which would wrench scotland out of its biggest market. they think independence is the a nswer to they think independence is the answer to every question in every circumstance, regardless of fact and reality. it simply does not add up and we should never stop saying so. theresa may did not say whether or not she would be prepared to grant the scottish government the power to hold another referendum showed that demand come from nicola sturgeon. she did not give much more detail on what will happen with scottish devolution through the brexit process , devolution through the brexit process, except to say that the uk would not be seeking to take any power away from the scottish parliament. the suggestion is that agriculture and fisheries

responsibilities coming back from brussels may be shared between the governments in london and in edinburgh. but for the former snp leader alex salmond that is not good enough. theresa may has to show she has some understanding of the scottish political situation and she showed pressure little of that today. today she announced a power grab. she is proposing that it brexit goes ahead, the powers that should come back to scotland will be retained in westminster because she likes the look of the scottish economic zone. that is a fundamental attack on the statute of the scottish parliament in 1999. everything that was not reserved to westminster should be run in scotland. this is a prime minister who is attacking the very foundations of the scottish parliament and she will do it to her cause. what is theresa may's tactic? she was pulling up no punches. is she

mounting a second attack moving away from a referendum and instead talking about domestic politics? she offered a critique of the snp's record in the scottish government, but from one end to the added this speech was about the united kingdom and theresa may emphasising her personal commitment to keeping scotla nd personal commitment to keeping scotland within the uk. it was as if we we re scotland within the uk. it was as if we were already in another independence referendum campaign. it seems that theresa may anticipates that demand for another referendum to come from nicola sturgeon at some point. earlier in the day the scottish conservative leader, ruth davidson, told the bbc she does not think the snp have a mandate for a referendum. she does not think the public in scotland want one, but she said if it did go ahead, the snp would take a big hit. it is almost like the conservatives saying, come

and have a go if you think you are ha rd and have a go if you think you are hard enough! uber has lost a high court claim against a decision for all of its drivers to pass a language test. tefl says the test is vital for passenger safety. uber says the test and the level is too high. senior democrats have demanded that the attorney general stepped down over his contacts with the russian ambassador in washington. president trump said jeff sessions could have stated its response more accurately, but it was clearly not intentional. he has accused democrats of a witchhunt. let's get the latest on this from jane in washington. how much trouble is the trump

administration in over this? this is a massive distraction, but i think for now at leastjeff sessions himself is fairly safe. he has stepped aside from all the investigations into the allegations over russian interference in the election and although that will not satisfy democrats who are still circling, it puts the minds of some of his republican colleagues at rest. they were concerned about the fa ct rest. they were concerned about the fact that he had responded to a question wearing his campaign had, but replied as a senator. what donald trump is talking about when he said he wished he had been more accurate in his answer, basically jeff sessions should have said i did not have any conversation with the russian ambassador about the campaign, but as a senator i did talk to the russian ambassador. however, that was all yesterday and todayit however, that was all yesterday and today it is a new chapter. the republicans are hoping they can put

this behind them and move on. there are continuing lingering questions about the trump campaign's links with russia and the russian ambassador in particular. that is right. this is all about transparency and there has not been enough of it. we do not know who met with the russian ambassador or any other russian official. when they met we do not know what those conversations were. it is this lack of openness and these conversations coming out in the form of revelations that is causing the trump administration so many headaches. to a certain extent this isa headaches. to a certain extent this is a self—inflicted wound. we have learned only recently that jared kushner, who is donald trump's son—in—law, also met with the russian ambassador with michael flynn who is president trump's ousted national security adviser. he was forced to resign not over the meeting with the russian ambassador,

but the fact he did not complain about it and misled the vice president. all these things add up and contribute to this innuendo and suspicion and conspiracy that washington thrives on, that there is something to hide. it is very difficult for the donald trump campaign to prove a negative. let's ta ke let's take a look at what the weekend weather will bring goods and go across the newsroom. if we dare take a look at the weekend weather. it is mixed. there will be dry spells and sunshine, as well. rain never too far away. like today, sunshine, as well. rain never too faraway. like today, really. some rain, some thick cloud moving northwards across england and wales. continue to be wet across northern ireland. scotland mostly dry. northern scotland seeing some sunshine after its chilly start. still quite cold but it is a fine day. a bit drierfurther south but some bursts of rain, as well. more rain to come overnight. the more

persistent rain continues in scotland. still learning in northern ireland and best of rain across england and wales. all helping to keep the temperature is up. but they feast on scotland with the wind of the sea driving in that rent. snow in the mouth and. ellie when the northern and eastern england. i think of across england and wales. some sunshine and showers out to the west of wales and the south—west. change—up would choose, it slips again on sunday, because the more persistent ranges towards the northern islands, most of scotland, northern ireland, things have been tried but we will see bands of rain or showers the little sunshine for england and wales. strong winds the cell. —— in the south. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: air accident investigators say the pilot of the vintage jet which crashed at the shoreham airshow was flying "too low and too slow" when he

started a loop manoeuvre. eleven people on the ground died. results are expected to start coming in for the northern ireland's assembly election. the early signs are that the nationalist party, sinn fein has polled well. there's been a big increase in turnout compared to last year's election. theresa may has accused the snp of neglecting public services in scotland, because it's obsessed with the issue of independence. the prime minister said securing the union was vital to the uk's prosperity and security. we should never be shy of making that positive case with the union, because logic and facts are on our side. "unstructured and disorganised" — the police force which investigated the sudden death of 13—month old poppi worthington comes under fire for failing to examine claims she was sexually abused by her father. donald trump calls the attacks on his attorney general, "a total witch hunt". jeff sessions has now removed himself from an fbi inquiry

into alleged russian meddling in the us election, but he's right, let's see what is happening in the world of sport. how is it looking, hugh? good afternoon. england are batting in the first one—day international against the west indies in antigua — they lost the toss on what looks like a bowler—friendly pitch. the game was delayed by 30 minutes due to damaged outfield. so far, england have been steady, despite losing jason roy on 13, he'd earlier been dropped... sam billings is still out there, the opener has been joined at the crease by new test captainjoe root. well it's time for captains to step up — they could be given ,ore responsibility in top level football to encourage a better relationship between players and officials. under new proposals from ifab — the international football association board —

captains would be the only players permitted to speak to referees about "major incidents". outside the body's annual meeting today, fifa president gianni infantino was asked about the new ideas... that is an important one for the image on the pitch and something that we need to discussion in our strategy looking forward. we need to make sure that the values on the pitch of reflected and that there is more respect, as well for the referee. it is already a fantastic game but we can always improve, yes. well new rules were brought in at the start of the current season to allow referees to punish abuses more harshly. today the fa have seen fit to increase the ban of aston villa's leandro bacuna, from the normal three — to six matches after he barged into a linesman at the end of their home win over derby last weekend. fernando torres has left hospital today after a serious head—to—head clash which left him unconscious.

the former liverpool and chelsea forward then landed heavily on his head and neck during last night's draw with deportivo la coru na. the 32—year—old underwent spent the night at a local hospital but cat scans didn't reveal any damage to his head or neck. the world cup winner says it was a "big scare but added that he could return to training within a few days. britain's doyle and nielsen are through to the semi—finals of the 400 metres at the european indoor athletics championships. and there will be three briton‘s in sunday's final of the three thousand metres. laura muir is bidding for glory in that and the 15,000 metres. as a result she took it easy in qualifying by finishing fifth in her heat behind steph twell who was second. mccolgan completes the trio. leading into the race will be helping each other and that point in the race if we're closed there will be that, largely. it will be a tough race. there was lots of package

athletes who looked strong at the moment. it is about getting out there and trying to be as strong as possible and put our flag on the track. —— there is lots of package athletes. great britain's sophie thornhill beat teammate lora fachie to tandem pursuit gold on day one of the para track world championships in los angeles. the world title for the 21—year old, piloted by corrine hall, was the fifth in her career. the event is an important one for visually impaired athletes hoping to gain qualification points towards next yea r‘s commonwealth games. we did not even know we're having a well championships until seven weeks ago. we jumped on well championships until seven weeks ago. wejumped on the bike and it sort clicked. seven weeks later we are on the top second podium. 0lympic are on the top second podium. olympic gold medallist had taken silver at the diving world championship in beijing. they were second behind the hosts, china while russia took the bronze. just time to tell you, i said captain is needed to step up, joe root is outjust

bought against the west indies and india 29—2. david haye has weighed in more than a stone heavier than tony bellew ahead of their clash this weekend. that is all the sport now i will be back in the next hour. thank you, you later. police who investigated the sudden death of a baby in cumbria have been heavily criticised as being disorganised and having an unstructured approach. poppi worthington who was just thirteen months old, collapsed at her home in barrow—in—furness in december in 2012. the independent police complaints commission found that the investigation into her death was "not fit for purpose". judith moritz reports. she only lived for 30 months. she was found with serious injuries. the investigation was so flawed that for yea rs on serious investigation was so flawed that for years on serious failings are still coming to light. the watchdog has published a report which levels heavy criticism at cumbria police.

the investigator found evidence that there had been an unstructured investigation, essentially not fit for purpose. we found concerns in relation to the way that the scene work poppi had been mismanaged. the report detailed catalogue of m ista kes report detailed catalogue of mistakes made by detectives, crucial evidence was thrown away, witnesses went interviewed by eight months. there was enough evidence to and rest poppi's father on day one. but, he has never faced rest poppi's father on day one. but, he has neverfaced charges rest poppi's father on day one. but, he has never faced charges even though a he has never faced charges even thougha high he has never faced charges even though a high court ruled that he had probably sexy assaulted his daughter. the most people looking on incomprehensible but the father was not investigated. —— he had probably sexually assaulted his daughter. by the time the trail had been picked up the time the trail had been picked up it has gone cold soup of the body there will never be justice but

poppi worthington. two detectives who had led the investigation had cases to answer for misconduct. they are both retired. they waited until they got a firm report by the pathologist with their own conclusions and that took seven months. in that time, the whole investigation went into suspended animation. that was wholly u na cce pta ble animation. that was wholly unacceptable because that was seven months lost. and you inquest will be held in may, poppi's mother said that learning of the police's failings has left her deeply and profoundly distressed. the first results are beginning to be declared this afternoon in the northern ireland assembly election. what is already clear is that the te na nt what is already clear is that the tenant has gone already each —— what is already clear is that the tenant has gone up sharply. let's join annita mcveigh who's in belfast. those results are starting to

comment, we have seen in mid ulster sinn fein leader in northern ireland has topped the poll here at the exhibition centre in belfast. the four belfast consistencies are being counted and we had seen that in south belfast, someone from sinn fein has topped the poll, he is with me now. thank you forjoining us. total into your party colleague earlier, he said that sinn fein had re—calibrated its boat management, very carefully and learn lessons from the election last year. it seems to be paying off. —— it's vote management. we energise the community. earlier and was making some calls to summer my supporters in south belfast, the most diverse consistency in the north of ireland. sinn fein has never recorded the size of a vote. up 2000 boat since last year and because i was waking

was the bangladeshi society in selborne was common to the road map society and to the islamic cultural centre of supporters. that indicates that people for unity, diversity and equality and respect. it was not only the traditional boat is here, it was... stemming from belfast. 0f course, we don't know yet, it is very early days but some people are talking about perhaps the dup and yourselves in sinn fein ending up with a very similar number of assembly members, what would that mean? stalemate? if sinn fein is on track, as it is to go back to the same number that would be an increase treatment will increase. i think this will be a positive election the sinn fein. i cannot speakfor the election the sinn fein. i cannot speak for the dup, but we will not be about the status quo or stalemate. the poppi have to step up. there has been dreadful

concerned with how they have allied themselves with the tory government to drug was out of europe. the majority. —— to drag is out of europe. the dup have a lot of work to do. you say that sinn fein will not go back to stalemate, but it has been said that michael howard people going to get the devolved assembly back, then. it is really very easy, the british government has a lot of work to do. the british government was a signatory that guaranteed a irish language act. the good friday agreement gave his all parity, but the british government has not delivered. the british government has been made on that. it has a long way to go. the dup could resolve this in the morning if they committed to treating everyone the

same. they want to take us back to the past, but really we have a more diverse community. in my constituency we have a large is lgbt community. what is champagne going to do to make the contributing towards dealing with legacy contributing to? -- what is sinn fein game today. we will honour our commitments, we want to make peace with our past, we do not want to live in the past. we have a bright past bought all of people. sinn fein will deliver on all its obligations. so does a bright future include another possible suspension of the assembly in position of direct rule, another election all some sort of bridge to allow more time to pass

before a political settlement. there are equal a bright future? my constituents believe a bright future is as follows, the roma community fear being put out of your lip, being forced to return to the mania rather than here where they made their home. the lgbt community want to see marriage equality on every pa rt to see marriage equality on every part of these islands. an irish nationalists, we want an end to this attempt to force others into second—class citizenship. we're going to deliver that bright future and belfast deserves that. the vote obliges me to go forward to the dup and the british government and say we will not temper. does it oblige you to say that you will give way a little bit more if you can get the dup to give way a bit more. buddy had stick to your position? we are bridge makers and peacemakers, but i

will not turn a blind eye to allegations of corruption. i'm not into lead anyone drag us back to the dark years. i believe fervently in equality for all. the dup have, for some time, theirformer equality for all. the dup have, for some time, their former leader said he would not trust a muslim, i only believe that this sits in the... we will deliver on that agenda and i think today, the huge positive about the sinn fein in south belfast will send a message to all the community. they insist we not be turned back. 0k, thank you very much. so, at the last time looking we saw that one thing member of this assembly had been elected, with free fish sinn fein at the last looked at the tally. but, we have a very long way to go, here. these early indications suggest that the dup and sinn fein

are performing very strongly. have we've had from sinn fein they have looked carefully at their vote management since the last election ten months ago. we're hearing, but we need more figures, that perhaps the dup had suffered slightly in belfast and urban areas, but in less abernethy ‘s the vote has been strong. —— in less open areas. the overall pan out by 10% with presenters was some interesting questions as we head into the rest of the day with more and more declarations coming through. of course, we will keep an eye on all of that. but this dude you. many thanks. websites that sell prescription medicines can seem a tempting alternative to going to the gp. but the health regulator in england suggest this might put patients at risk. advances in technology

are changing the way we interact with our doctors. now more than a0 online companies offer perception services in england, but the cqc says some businesses could be putting patients at risk. just visit treatit.com. on this website, no examination is needed, just an online form that gets reviewed by one of their doctors, and prescription medication delivered within 2a hours. the site was suspended by the cqc three months ago, partly as a result of our report into the online sale of antibiotics. treatit.com's headquarters are behind me here in bolton. last year as part of an investigation, we went on their website and ordered antibiotics. we posed as a man and said we'd had ear pain forjust a couple of days. but halfway through the form, they started asking us questions about being a woman. now, this raises significant concerns about identity checks. then they sent this medication through the post to treat the ear pain. as a gp, i can tell you i have never given it for this condition, as it simply wouldn't work.

that drug wouldn't have killed the bugs that typically cause ear infections. this finding worried the cqc, the watchdog for online prescribing services. as a result, they inspected hr healthcare who run treatit. com and another online provider, md direct. the reports published today highlight concerns with both firms, over safety, inappropriate prescriptions and the qualifications of clinicians. hr healthcare told us they're now working to improve their processes, and the error with the medication we received was due to a system glitch. following inspection, md direct voluntarily cancelled its registration. we have now looked at 11 providers, two of which have been published today. and we are quite shocked about what we've found. and indeed in those other providers we've also found some really serious problems, and those reports will be published over the next few weeks. for the first time, the cqc has

published a clear set of standards for these online providers. for example, they must verify patients match their photo id, such as through a skype check, get a comprehensive medical history, and seek permission to contact a patient‘s gp. the cqc will have inspected all 43 online services in england by the end of this year. some could be providing good care, but until then, the message from the watchdog is clear. take caution when buying online. faye kirkland, bbc news. as britain prepares to leave the european union — we've been looking at the impact on different sectors across the uk. today we're looking at science and engineering. the house of lords has warned that bold steps are needed to ensure the uk continues to attract the best scientific talent after it leaves the eu and said that uncertainty over the nature of the uk's future

relationship with the eu is having a "corrosive" effect on science. lets talk to david banks from the pro brexit campaign group scientists for britain. so you campaign the britain to leave the eu, widely think this would be actively got the british science? festival, the regulator the risk that exists from being in the eu can be eliminated. that is one of the thing that we will be campaigning on during the negotiations to make sure that regulatory risk that comes down the pipe you commission and the european parliament is stopped and the regulation that applies to uk researchers comes from the uk parliament. and that regulation is stopping scientists from doing what at the moment? well, an example is the clinical trials directive from the clinical trials directive from the european union which all but destroyed the clinical trials industry in the uk, it reduced to

about 10% of its side preclinical trials directive. it since been improved with the clinical trials industry not recovered. there are several other examples, one of our researchers, professor tried to continue research at his laboratory which was given new instructions to improve the standards of its earth alteration, from something like three ppm to one ppm. ash macro of iti three ppm to one ppm. ash macro of it i alteration. it was a total unnecessary change but because of the regulatory ca ptu re but because of the regulatory capture the big pharmaceutical companies are placing upon eu rules and directives and we can sort out those problems in the uk before they even those problems in the uk before they eve n ove rco m e those problems in the uk before they even overcome down the line. yet, if we do not have these regulations it may be liberating, but might it also mean that we do not meet international standards? equivalence

and international standards is a different thing. uk researchers have been prominent in pushing back against some of the quite injurious regulations that have come from the eu. we can still achieve equivalence without being subject to the m ista kes without being subject to the mistakes that they make. finally, why do you think that the main body of opinion within uk science seems to have been very worried about brexit and the effect it is going to have. our belief was that it was based on several mistakes, one was that eu funding and european wide collaboration was dependent on eu membership, which it is not. horizon 2020 and european research council includes a third countries the non—eu members. includes a third countries the non-eu members. we will have to leave it there. many thanks. the imperial war museumhas been

documenting some of britain's most important history for generations past and present, and this weekend the imperial war museum celebrates its one hundredth birthday. founded in london while the first world war was still being fought it now has a museum in salford as well and robert hall is there. the beginning of the imperial war museum has been more thanjust about objects, at the heart is people touched by conflict. by the time george v opened the imperial war museum in its first home at the ill—fated crystal palace, he already had plenty to see. the museum had begun collecting exhibits while the battles of the first world war was still raging. well, this is one of the ration books... from the outset, the founders set out to involve the public. appeals printed in ration books brought a flood of personal memorabilia. the idea was initially that it was to be firstly a sort of memorial to the war,

but primarily it was to cover people's experiences in the war, and that meant it covered everybody from the front—line soldier to the munition factory worker to a civilian. the best way to illustrate how the imperial war museums have changed since the first collections were put together a century ago is to look at what they hold today. there are 100,000 exhibits, but over 3 million documents, photos, recordings and films that tell the human stories from events that changed the world order. here we are in the cabinet room, and that is churchill's chair there. joy hunter has shared her memories. now 91, she typed the plans for d—day here in winston churchill's bunker and she shook hands with world leaders at the conference which debated the post—war future of europe. i think museums do a wonderfuljob. and now that they are working like this one works, for instance, where everything is active and you can open doors and, you know, drop down

mines and i don't know what else you can do, i mean, the whole place was abuzz when i came in. but reflecting the sad procession of conflicts still erupting around the globe and connecting with today's young people brings fresh challenges. the images of war and conflict that children see on hollywood movies or video games are very unusual in that, you know, they will have bespoke knowledge of individual weapons systems, they will think people can jump from a tank to a plane to an infantry officer and there is no understanding that that is not reality. in salford, every day brings a chance to reflect on the reality of war. once an hour the museum is filled with the faces and voices of those who lived through an experience we can only share at a distance. the story which began a century ago has no ending. just a couple more objects, this

steel box which was designed to protect the fire watchers who waited so bravely to deal with in centuries falling on cities during the blitz. this, some people might recognise it, it is this, some people might recognise it, itis ...i this, some people might recognise it, it is i rememberstanding in berlin watching hundreds of german celebrating what they believed was liberation. just two stories among so many. time for a look at the weather. thank you very much, good afternoon we're seeing mejust thank you very much, good afternoon we're seeing me just changes from one day to the next. if you have the wet weather one—day chances are you'll have the prize above the next day. brain around today, cloud as well. —— brain around today. something brighter arriving in the south—east, you will see the best of

the late sunshine in northern scotla nd the late sunshine in northern scotland where it was cold overnight. not quite so cold overnight. not quite so cold overnight. continue to get the ring in northern ireland and the england and wales will see showery bursts of rain. pretty mouth the most part. the rain should not last too long but it will linger through the day in scotland. a poor day the eastern scotla nd in scotland. a poor day the eastern scotland wind off the sea, snow on the high ground. some showers coming into wales, in the south—west, perhaps. but in central and eastern parts of england dry, actually. perhaps in sunshine. the change as we go into sunday, bands of rain showers, strong winds in the south but i weather for scotland and northern ireland. this is bbc news, the headlines at three: first results are coming in this afternoon in northern ireland's assembly election. turnout is up by more than 10% in some areas. with 15 out of 90 seats declared,

the two parties that dominated the last assembly, sinn fein and the dup, are continuing to dominate the vote so far. too low and too slow — the verdict from air accident investigators on why a vintage hawker hunterjet crashed on to a main road at the shoreham airshow. theresa may accuses the snp of neglecting public services in scotland because of its obsession with the issue of independence. unstructured and disorganised — the police force which investigated the sudden death of poppi worthington comes under fire for failing to examine claims she was sexually abused by her father.