this is bbc news, the headlines at two. charities condemn facebook after a bbc investigation finds the social network is failing to remove sexualised images of children. every time it is used and clicked on by a paedophile on a facebook page, that child is revictimised, so facebook need to put children front and centre of their policies and procedures. more than £300 million for new schools in england in tomorrow's budget, which could include new grammars. caught on camera at a petrol station in australia, the british backpacker rescued by police after allegedly being held captive for more than two months. the government faces the prospect of another defeat in the house of lords tonight over the process of leaving the eu. and in the next hour, a coroner confirms that george michael died of natural causes. the singer who was found dead at his oxfordshire home on christmas day died from heart disease

and a fatty liver. and taking flight, how pigeons are becoming the latest way to tackle air pollution in our cities. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. facebook has been strongly criticised after a bbc investigation found it is still failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. after a series of sexually suggestive pictures and comments were reported to the social networking site, more than 80% of them still remained online. the nspcc described facebook‘s response as "appalling". facebook says it takes the matter extremely seriously — and is continuing to improve its system of removing such content.

our correspondent angus crawford reports. the rules are simple. facebook says it removes nudity or sexually suggestive content. but our investigation last year found paedophiles using secret groups to swap obscene images of children. we informed the police, and this man was sent to prison forfour years. facebook told us it had improved its systems, so we put that to the test. but we still found sexualised pictures of children and obscene comments from men. in every single one of these images, there is a real child who is out there today at school probably, and they don't know that the image is being used in this way, and every time it is used and clicked on by a paedophile, that child is re—victimised. we reported 100 posts that we felt broke facebook‘s own guidelines. only 18 were taken down.

82 images stayed up. they didn't breach facebook‘s community standards. i find it very disturbing. i find that content unacceptable. i'm concerned that that's been brought to facebook‘s attention, and some of those images have not been dealt with and addressed. and this report, this investigation, it casts grave doubt on the effectiveness of the measures that facebook has in place. one former insider says moderation is a huge task. the problem is one of scale. no—one has policed a site as large as facebook. 1.8 billion people use facebook every month, meaning the company is effectively running the largest police force the world has seen. facebook asked us to send them examples of what we had reported, so we did. the company then reported us to the police. facebook issued a statement saying... so where does this leave

concerned parents? it sends a message that you can't trust facebook‘s methods. parents have told us they tried to raise an issue and got nowhere. it will reinforce their experience. but even now groups with inappropriate images and comments about children remain on facebook. questions about how the company moderates content won't go away. angus crawford, bbc news. the government is facing the prospect of another defeat

in the house of lords over the process of leaving the eu. peers are voting later this afternoon on an amendment to the brexit bill which calls for parliament to be given a meaningful vote on a final deal. joining me from westminster is our political correspondent chris mason. is to bring a game of ping—pong? yeah, we are in the lobby of the house of lords, this latest stage in the process as the government tries to get its brexit bill onto the statute book, giving the prime minister the power to go to brussels and trigger article 50 and start the old brexit process. we have a long day ahead of us, there has already been debate in the house of lords, and defeat for the lib dems, who wa nted and defeat for the lib dems, who wanted to try to ensure there was a referendum at the end of the process , referendum at the end of the process, that people would be consulted over the deal at the end of the process. the liberal democrats have been defeated on that. as you say, coming up is this debate around a meaningful vote

within parliament on the deal that is reached before some votes later on tonight which the liberal democrats say they will now oppose. they plan to reject the whole idea of article 50 in a vote that will happen much later tonight. lord newby is the leader of the liberal democrats in the house of lords, firstly, your reaction to this defeat in the last hour or so on this particular idea that you guys have been pressing strongly, of a second referendum 7 have been pressing strongly, of a second referendum? well, wejust think there is a simple principle at sta ke. think there is a simple principle at stake. the people started this process, the people should finish it, and that is what we were arguing, and it is something we will carry on arguing outside the house of lords. you will make the case even though it has been rejected? we will, absolutely. the government opposes it because they don't want anyone to have a say on anything. surely that was the referendum, that is why we are here. people voted for 57 different varieties of brexit.

the vast bulk of people did not vote to leave the single market. yet that is what the government is doing. the vast bulk of people do not support what the government is doing in terms of its harsh treatment of eu nationals. so yes, they voted to start the process, but not for the brutal approach the government has adopted. what do you say to our viewers who says, you were reduced toa viewers who says, you were reduced to a shrivelled rump of your than a dozen mps in the house of commons, still a couple of bus—loads, more than 100 lib dem pays, you are not elected? in the last parliament, we tried to amend the system so that we would be elected, and by now we would be elected, and by now we would have been. we do not set the rules, we play by the rules, and rules, we play by the rules, and rules mean, at the moment, that we have that number of beers, and therefore we are going to ply by them and use what influence we have to influence public debate. in terms of this vote tonight and your idea

to reject the idea of giving the government power to trigger article 50, is that notjust crude politics, you saying you are the pro eu party? it is clear that the lords as a whole is going to push the bill forward tonight. we are going to oppose it because the brutal approach the government has chosen to take, rejecting amendments on the single market, rejecting, as it will in the commons, the amendment on eu citizens, and we now vote on the referendum. as the bill stands, we don't feel we can support it. thank you very much, lord newby, leader of the liberal democrats in the house of lords. the debate goes on, the telephone keeps ringing, i think i will go and answer it! £320 million will be set aside in tomorrow's budget for new school places in england. the money will help meet the costs of setting up more than a 100 schools, some of which could be grammars. labour says the government is failing to address the current

funding pressures faced by schools. but theresa may insists it's part of her plan to make a good education accessible to every child. well, of course we have protected the core schools budget. but, crucially, what we're announcing is £500 million of investment in schools, £320 million of which will be new schools. that will create around 70,000 new school places. what this is about is ensuring that people can know that their child will have a good school place, and all the opportunities that that provides for them. alex forsyth told us more about the significance of this announcement. this money is being set aside for free schools, neutral places, and any new school that opens has to be any new school that opens has to be a free school, directly funded by central government and outside of local gunmen control, but theresa may says a portion of those could be

selective schools. she doesn't use the word but that effectively means grammar schools. this is a moving forward with the promise she made last september to lift the ban on new grammar schools opening. that has already attracted quite a lot of criticism from the labour party and other critics who say this money would be much better spent on existing state schools which are struggling with big class sizes and a shortage of teachers and problems with infrastructure. but across the political spectrum, there are those who are ideologically opposed to grammar schools because they say it creates a two tier education system and does nothing to improve social mobility. theresa may's argument that you makes again today is that she thinks children, no matter their background, should have the chance ofa background, should have the chance of a good academic education, and she is announcing, along side that extra funding, schemes for free public transport for children from poorer backroads to go to selective schools. she's trying to address some of the concerns, saying this will be focused on areas where

education standards are low at the moment in an attempt to improve them, but no doubt this will attract a significant level of opposition. political correspondent alex forsyth. so what do head teachers make of these proposals? john tomsett is the head teacher of huntington secondary school in york, which has around 1,500 pupils. he says he welcomes more investment in education, but it needs to be done in the right way. at the moment, the biggest pressure, the thing that the government really has to focus on is attracting high—quality people to the profession. because as secondary numbers grow, and you can see that bulge coming through from primary school in the growth of numbers, we can have new schools, but if we haven't got great teachers in those schools, then we've got a real problem. and you can go back to the grammar school thing — my worry is that if you are wanting to improve education for every student in an area, in a community, then actually when you look at places where they have grammar schools, overall the students do worse.

if you look at kent, for instance, the students do worse overall in areas where they have grammar schools, and is really good data to show that. so my concern would be that there is no really good evidence that grammar schools improve the lot of all the students in the area where they exist. a british woman's been rescued by police in australia after allegedly being held against her will for more than two months. a 22—year—old man from queensland has been charged with several counts of rape and assault. police in queensland say they made the arrest when a car being driven by the woman was stopped for a routine check. 0ur correspondent hywel griffith sent this report. moments before her ordeal would end, this footage shows the woman at the petrol station with a bruised face. she left without paying for her fuel. when the police pulled her over, they could tell something was wrong. she said for weeks she had been violently abused. the police say they found

the man hiding in the boot. the pair met at a party in cairns, and the violence started on january 2nd. they travelled along the coast before finally being stopped in the outback town of mitchell on march 5th, far from the usual backpacker routes. a lot of the areas where she would have been would have been unknown to her, and she wouldn't have known anyone there. it would have been difficult to make an escape and then to try and link up with people. from the information we have been provided, she had limited opportunity to do that. police believe her passport was destroyed. the man has been charged with rape, assault and denial of liberty. in a state which hosts hundreds of thousands of backpackers,

the case has caused distress. you have to be careful, especially in the outback, you don't know where the next petrol station will be. the woman has spoken to her family but may need to remain here to give more evidence so the police can piece together what she went through. a coroner has confirmed that the singer george michael died of natural causes. the 53—year—old was found dead at his home on christmas day. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito is with me. so what did the coroner find? there have been tests, repeated tests. today, a statement by darren salter saying that george michael died of

natural causes from dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver. in essence, heart disease. myocarditis is well—known asa disease. myocarditis is well—known as a heart disease that can affect young people, people who seem otherwise healthy, it can lead to sudden death, sometimes of athletes. it has been linked there. so heart disease rather than the many other things that have been speculated about over the last two months or so since he was found dead at his home in goring—on—thames. since he was found dead at his home in goring-on-thames. and given that speculation, as far as police and the authorities are concerned, that is it now? they say there will be no further updates, no inquest. it is natural causes. this is the end of the matter. george michael can finally have his funeral. do we know when that might be? not at the moment, the statement was just made this morning. thank you very much, david sillito. the headlines on bbc news: facebook comes under strong criticism

from charities after a bbc investigation finds the social network is failing to remove inappropriate images of children. the government is to pledge an extra cash boost for new school places in england, which could be used to create new grammar schools. but labour says schools still face millions of pounds in cuts. free after two months, a 22—year—old british backpacker is rescued after allegedly being held hostage in australia. in sport, the bbc in the stands leicester will offer craig shakespeare the managers job until the end of the season. —— understands. former england batsman kevin pietersen has signed for surrey to play in the t20 blast competition. he will play his first game against essex at the oval on july 19. and williams driver felipe

massa set the quickest time this morning on the first day of final preseason formula one testing in barcelona. i will be back with more on those stories shortly. a conservative backbencher is attempting to reverse government plans to end a scheme under which unaccompanied migrant children who don't have relatives in the uk are given refuge here. last month the government announced that it was limiting the so—called dubs scheme to 350 children. campaigners had hoped around 3000 children would be allowed in. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. inside westminster, there will be a crucial debate on the future of the dubs scheme. 0utside, supporters of the scheme gathered to call on mps to vote to keep it open. we have a long history in this country of offering sanctuary of people fleeing war zones and violence of various forms, and i very much believe that we should maintain that tradition. amir is one of the

unacommpanied under—18s who was allowed into the uk under the dubs scheme. he is now being fostered by a british family. he left his home in the war—ravaged city of aleppo two years ago when he was 15. we're protecting his identity and have re—voiced his words. it was like a horror film, bombs every day, everybody scared, the only choice was to wait for death or leave. he said it is sad that the scheme which brought into the uk is to end. it was my choice from the beginning to come here. in syria, we learned about the uk, it's a democratic country that is really great and protects minority groups. the conservative backbencher heidi allen recently visited refugees in northern france with the mp yvette cooper. heidi allen wants to keep the dubs scheme going by getting local authorities to say how much spare capacity they have

to resettle unaccompanied young migrants. that's what mps will be voting on today. if the offers of capacity and goodwill are there, we as a nation should be taking them up on those offers. the dubs scheme we have chosen, at this stage, to end it at the end of the financial year neatly. the humanitarian crisis won't end with the financial year, so nor should our compassion. last year, 900 unaccompanied child migrants were allowed into the uk from europe. the majority have family here. the government says this was just part of its £1 billion response to the refugee crisis. inspectors have criticised a centre for young offenders run by the private company gas. the centre was found to be "inadequate" at managing their behaviour. gas is trying to sell 0akhill secure training centre in buckinghamshire, which holds up to 80 boys and young men aged between 12 and 18. donald trump has taken to twitter to praise

what he calls his wonderful healthcare bill, after the republicans unveiled their long—awaited replacement for the affordable care act, also known as 0bamacare. trump said 0bamacare is a complete and total disaster and is imploding fast. let's cross over to our washington correspondent, gary 0'donoghue. there is no news, the president is taking to twitter there, but clearly this is the next stage in repealing what he said he wanted to get rid of. yeah, this legislation has been the focus, if you like, of the visceral hatred between republicans and democrats, really, for almost a decade now. it has come to symbolise that divide. republicans tramped off being able to unpack it, to undo it, to repeal it, and then replace it. —— dreamed. this is the beginning of that process. now, having said that,

some key elements of 0bamacare, the affordable care act as it is formally known, will stay under the new plan. so for example, something they call pre—existing conditions — in the old days, if a health insurance company did not want to insure you because you had something wrong with you, they didn't have to, but 0bamaca re changed wrong with you, they didn't have to, but 0bamacare changed that, and that will continue. the other key thing that 0bamaca re put will continue. the other key thing that 0bamacare put in place and that they want to keep their children will be able to stay on their pa rents‘ will be able to stay on their parents‘ plan until they are 26. but they will be big changes at the lower end of the income scale. medicaid, the federally funded health care provision, that has been expanded massively in 30 states in the last few years. that will be brought slowly to an end, the expansion of that will be brought to an end. and of course some key things like the way you get subsidised to get your health care for the poor, that will change to

tax credits based largely on your age, rather than on your income. so it is enormously complex. the tree dumber key question is what will happen to the 20 million people who have health care under 0bamacare? will they still get insurance? what about the 70 million people who get it on medicaid? the even poorer group? will they continue to be covered ? group? will they continue to be covered? that group? will they continue to be covered ? that is group? will they continue to be covered? that is what they will be trying to work out, as well as how much it will cost, because the plan at the moment does not contain costs. meanwhile, donald trump's housing secretary ben carson is being criticised for comparing slaves to immigrants, let's have a listen to what he had to say. that's what america is about. a land of dreams and opportunity where other immigrants who came here in the bottom of slave ships worked even longer, even harder for less. but they too had a dream — that one day their sons, daughters, grandsons,

grand daughters, great—grandsons, great—granddaughters, might pursue prosperity. garay, we are talking about a prominent member of trump's team, how difficult is this? it is interesting, isn't it? what he has been criticised for is equating that kind of economic migration, that ideological migration that america has opened its arms to in its first 150 yea rs has opened its arms to in its first 150 years plus, people coming from europe and other places around the world for a better life, to pursue the american dream, appearing to equate that with being in the bottom ofa equate that with being in the bottom of a slave ship. now, a lot of people think there is a fair amount of difference in that kind of volu nta ry of difference in that kind of voluntary versus of difference in that kind of volu nta ry versus involu nta ry migration. he has sort of doubles

down on that a little bit, he has defended his view and the party he represents has also said this has been taken out of context, but it is, i think, a lack of perhaps political nous about the way your words are going to be heard. that is perhaps what ben carson is guilty. i don't think anyone really think that he thinks there is an absolute equivalence between people being uprooted from their own countries involuntarily and sold into slave in the united states. gary o'donoghue, thank you very much. we're just thank you very much. we'rejust going to thank you very much. we're just going to talk about a story we touched an earlier in this half—hour, it is to do specifically with a vote coming up in the house of commons later this afternoon, the government facing potential defeat over its decision to end the arrival of unaccompanied refugees. this is

about the dubs scheme, perhaps up to 30 conservative mps might vote in favour of a steam put forward by heidi which compels or ask local authorities to say whether perhaps they do have capacity to take in refugee children who don't have any relatives in this country. the scheme has so far helped 350 people, but it was hoped it would help more like 3000. there was criticism when it was halted at that figure. i am pleased to say that lord dubs joins me now from westminster, thank you for a time. i am just curious what people are saying to you this afternoon, what mood music is there about this idea that has been put forward ? about this idea that has been put forward? well, i very much up that heidi alan pardew amendment will win the day, that the government will accept it for what it is. —— that heidi allen's amendment. i have

talked to quite a few local authority leaders, and i have heard from more, and a lot of them are happy to take the children, so i think the government should back off and accept the amendments this afternoon. i don't want to put words in your mouth, are you saying that there are some counties that feel they simply can't cope but you have had conversations with others who say, absolutely, we would like to do our bit to help if the system could be facilitated? yes indeed, i have talked to leaders of london boroughs, i have learned directly about the situation in scotland, and other parts of the country, and there is a willingness on the part of many local authorities to take of the children in small numbers, and it could make quite a big difference. why the government is using this as an excuse, i don't know, i think they are plain wrong.

do ministers tell you this is purely a question of resources? we know about cutbacks, cuts to local government funding, local authorities having a tough time — is it purely about resources? well, they sometimes say that, and they sometimes say they want to cut down on trafficking, but if there are no legal ways to safety, the traffickers have more business. the way to stop that is to give refugees a legal route somewhere out of the situation they are in, so i'm afraid the government's arguments do not cut much ice with me. they also say publicly that they believe the best plan for them is to take children from existing refugee camps in the middle east. one should not be at the expense of the other. of course we should take more people from some of the camps in turkey, lebanon, jordan and so on, but there are thousands of unaccompanied child refugees in europe, i have seen some of them in the camps in greece, they

are ina of them in the camps in greece, they are in a terrible situation, and we can do something to help them, very simple argument. about 350 children have been helped so far, have you met some of them? what sort of stories do you hear about how things have changed for them since they have changed for them since they have made it to this country? well, i thinkjust enormous gratitude that they have found safety, that they have found loving and warm homes. mind you, i haven't talked to many, because they are entitled to their privacy as well, i don't want to be a tourist looking at them and asking about their stories. but from people working with them, this is very positive, and they are very grateful. i must say, ithink positive, and they are very grateful. i must say, i think the government of lying in the face of public opinion, and flying in the face of parliamentary opinion. i think the majority of british people support the idea of accepting more child refugees, and when they see them, it becomes a very positive experience for them too. it is

interesting that you touched on that, because if the vote does not go the way you would like this afternoon, where does your campaign go next? the campaign is to keep pressure on the government, it depends on how badly it is lost and what the government have to say, but my experience of talking to those supporters is that they feel uncomfortable about this. i cannot understand why they are doing it, there is no political gain for the government at all, it puts them in a very bad light. when the amendment went through, the then immigration minister said the government would accept the letter in the spirit of the amendment, and they are simply not doing that, neither letter nor spirit. i think people in this country will want to see the campaign continuing, the pressure on the government continuing, and i think the government will have to make some concessions — hopefully this afternoon, but if not, in the future. thank you very much for your time, lord dubs, thank you very much indeed, we will keep an eye on that,

and we will get the result and let you know the outcome. now the weather, ben rich is here to cheer us up. hopefully i can do a decentjob with that, not a bad afternoon in prospect for many of us. things are changing out west, cloud and rain on its way in, but moving in slowly, so many others can enjoy pleasant scenes. that was milton keynes earlier. changes are taking place at west, it has clouded over in the south—west. patchy rain here affecting wales, northern ireland and western parts of scotland. further east, any sunshine turns increasingly hazy but stays largely dry, temperatures around where they should be, eight to 11 degrees. the rain gets its act together later, swinging eastwards, hill snow across scotla nd swinging eastwards, hill snow across scotland and maybe northern england, north wales, northern ireland. cooling up to the north—west.

towards the south—west, things turning very mild. three slices of weather for tomorrow, a turning very mild. three slices of weatherfor tomorrow, a lot of turning very mild. three slices of weather for tomorrow, a lot of cloud and splashes of rain across southern areas, very, very mild indeed. northern ireland in northern england, largely dry. blustery wind and heavy showers to the north, and and heavy showers to the north, and a range of temperatures, seven in lerwick, 1a in london. and members of the house of lords are debating the brexit bill again. the government could face another defeat tonight on an amendment which calls for a more meaningful vote in parliament on the final eu exit deal. a coroner has confirmed the singer george michael died of natural causes. a report found he died as a result of heart disease and a fatty liver. we will pause and catch up with all the sport. jj chalmers has that. bbc sport understands leicester city will offer craig shakespeare the manager's job until the end of the season. leicester have won both matches since shakespeare

was named interim manager after claudio ranieri's sacking. ranieri guided leicester to the premier league title last season, but the club managed only five league wins under the italian this campaign. arsenal will need to make champions league history tonight and become the first club to overhaul a four—goal first—leg deficit when they line up against bayern munich at the emirates. we may be seeing a different side to arsene wenger — he's asked for a "lucid rage" from his players. the players are ready to fight, but it is always a mixture of a little bit success or a little bit belief, you know? it drops a little bit. i think we live in the world of small margins and if you drop off a little bit on the belief side, on the confidence front it looks always like you do not want to fight, but these players, i 100% believe that these players want to do well and want to win. there was speculation at this could

be his last european game in charge of arsenal. his opposite number has sympathy. in ourjob we have to live with critics sometimes but the most important thing is to be able to consider the right critics and i think he is a manager with a lot of experience and more experienced than others and i'm sure he will be able to react and to manage this moment, anticipation, this situation that can happen to every manager, so critics, is normal. —— to manage this moment, this situation. it's a big match for england's women in their final game of the she believes cup — they play germany. they could win if the result this evening goes their way. mark sampson's side go into tonight's game after beating world champions usa 1—0 at the weekend a tough

atough game, a tough game, all three games are tough, all three teams are ranked higher than us in the world rankings. we have beaten the germans once over, that was the world cup, which was not too long ago but we have had tight results since. i think it will be another good tests but i think we can beat them. former england's batsmen kevin pietersen has re—signed for surrey. he will play his first game against essex at the oval onjuly play his first game against essex at the oval on july the 19th play his first game against essex at the oval onjuly the 19th and be available for the rest of the tournament. pietersen first joined the club in 2010 and says he is over the club in 2010 and says he is over the moon tojoin the club in 2010 and says he is over the moon to join surrey again. india's cricketers have pulled off a dramatic win over australia in bangaluru to level the four match test series at 1—1. australia needed just 188 to win but were skittled out for just 112 they were already in deep trouble when captain steve smith was given out by lbw. smith was unsure whether to review the decision and seemed to try to communicate with his dressing room — something that's not permitted. india skipper virat kohli was angry at smith's antics and the umpires

were required to cool tempers down. ravi ashwin took six wickets as india sealed a 75 run victiry. the third test is a week on thursday. finally, the second formula one preseason test is under way in barcelona. williams driver felipe massa set the quickest time in the morning session with britain's lewis hamilton third on the time sheets. the afternoon session is under way and you can follow it on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. jj, thank you. as we've been reporting, facebook‘s procedures for vetting content have been strongly criticised after a bbc investigation found it was failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. well, earlier on today i spoke to children's commissioner for england, anne longfield. in my mind, there can be no doubt that the images have no place in a

forum such as facebook, and ifind it inexplicable that facebook did not take them down when they were reported to them. they said they did not breach that, quote, community standards, unquote.|j not breach that, quote, community standards, unquote. ithink they need to dramatically reduce their community standards, then. there is a question over whether they were reviewed by machines or whether they we re reviewed by machines or whether they were reviewed by actual individuals coming here. if they were individuals, i can find no way that anyone would have any doubt that these are not acceptable to a community that could involve children as young as 13. where do you think the problem lies? as facebook would say, they have millions of people on their site every day, it is impossible to police that the rulli, there is an issue that? facebook is an absolute part of national life and we all enjoy what it brings to our life, me included.

but it is a clever company. 0bviously but it is a clever company. obviously very tech savvy and one that needs to take, in my view, its responsibilities more seriously about providing not only a safe environment but one trusted by those who use it. the thing that young people tell me time and time again is that they have reported to social media giants including facebook and not had the response they wanted, so many do not report now because they think there is no point. facebook can do better, that is what i asked. anecdotally, children are getting more and more upset, calls to childline from children saying they are upset by images are on the increase, is that your experience? that's right, young people say more and more that they are being bullied online, intimidated online, it is a cause of anxiety and it never goes away. gone are the days when you would go home from school and the phone would be the only way of

contact and things would settle, it goes on into the evening and, indeed, the early hours. i want to see much more transparency from facebook and i want them to tell me how many complaints they get from children and how they respond, i have said there should be a digital ombudsman to mediate between young people and facebook, but transparency would be the first step. we have obviously asked for an interview with facebook, it is not forthcoming. transparency is fine, but in terms of what is getting through, there is obviously a problem because when the bbc furnished them with what we had found, they reported us to the police. yes, i think they took down 18 out of 100. that needs absolute urgent review, they are not acceptable, if they are still up today they should be taken down. there maybe some of those that need reference to the police. i think

this demand is much more from facebook and others who will be concerned about that, myself included. let's talk a little bit more about the budget, it is tomorrow, of course. as we've been hearing, an extra £320 million for new school places in england will be confirmed in tomorrow's budget. it will go towards the government's existing free school programme, and could be used to support the opening of any new grammar schools. so, what else can we be expect from philip hammond tomorrow? rachel home has been looking at what could be in the budget box. roll up, roll up. get your popcorn, bags a seat. tomorrow it's your last chance to watch the spring budget, because from next year it's being moved to the autumn and which, as a season, is less about new shoots of growth and more gloomy forecasts. surely the chancellor knows what he's doing? now, this spring budget will set out the government's plans for the economy based on the latest forecasts from the office for budget responsibility, telling us how much money the government has borrowed and how soon or not they think the economy will grow. now, back in november the 0br

predicted that gdp growth for 2017 would be 1.4%. now, the signs are that backroom figure might be revised up from 1.4% —— the signs are that that growth figure might be revised up. over 2% after better—than—expected figures in the back half of 2016. now, higher growth means there's more money in the treasury's coffers, but will that mean the chancellor will start spending? he says no, and that he wants to make sure the country is prepared for leaving the eu. now, mr hammond is under pressure to increase public spending, especially on social care. but businesses say they also need the government to invest to support the economy. so we've asked a few key figures in the business world what's on their budget wish list? first up, the federation of small business, and it's no surprise where they want the chancellor to put his money. first and foremost, not surprisingly, business rates, which no longer reflects the way that current businesses work in the modern environment.

and for the small businesses that are facing massive increases following the revaluation, it is clear that they must have some additional help to overcome the problems that they are faced. 0nce he's dealt with business rates, the tuc has a few requests. the prime minister promised that this would be a government on the side of working people, so the chancellor has to prove just that. and he can do it by lifting the public sector pay cap, by reversing george osborne's cuts on universal credit and by doing something about the living standards crisis that is still a real problem for working people in britain. how will he pay for all of that? well, the message from the pension sector is clear hands. -- is --isa —— is a clear hands off. when bank robber willie sutton was asked why he kept robbing banks, he famously said because that's where the money is. why does the treasury keep coming back and salami

slicing away at pensions? because it costs them £48 billion a year. we expect this week to see in the budget an announcement on the money purchase annual allowance, a restriction on people who've taken money out of pension pots and want to pay money back in again subsequently. what would we like to see from the government this time around? really, we'd like them to just leave pensions alone for once. in the long term, we think we need reforms of the pension system, but this is not the time to do it. and we can't discuss business without mentioning brexit. back to the tuc‘s frances 0'grady, who has this advice. i think the government knows that brexit is the biggest challenge we are facing forjobs and industries in the uk, and if it's serious about getting us match fit, then we need big investments, support the manufacturing, for sure, but also investment in public services and in people's pay packets, that's the best way to ensure that the economy can weather the storm. tomorrow philip hammond will brush off his red briefcase for his first and our last spring budget.

after that it's an autumn budget and a spring statement but, whatever you call it, what really matter are the figures. don't forget, full coverage of the budget tomorrow, jane will be at westminster throughout the day. french officials have confirmed that no one was killed or seriously injured by an avalanche which struck the ski resort of tignes today. initial reports said many were missing and quoted police reports as saying that the avalanche buried several skiers. bad weather hampered the rescue operation, but it is concluded. budgens is concluding around a third of that uk stores, with the loss of around 800 jobs. food retailer group, which owns the stores, went into administration last month and no buyer has been found. 0ther budgens shops remain

u naffected. 0ther budgens shops remain unaffected. courts in england and wales have been told to consider the social and ethnic background of young offenders engraved crater deal when it comes to sentencing. the new guidelines come into force injune and have been drawn up by the sentencing council with the aim of trying to prevent reoffending. judges are being told to consider the discrimination of negative experience of authority young people might have experienced and taken to account particular factors which rise in the case of black and minority ethnic children and young people. vera baird is chair of the association of police and crime commissioner is under former labour government minister, she believes the guidelines are on the right track. absolutely, very sensible. not major changes but they come from the sentencing council, which is made up ofjudges and others involved in the criminal justice system, ofjudges and others involved in the criminaljustice system, it is academic and almost always consult the public before coming out with such pronouncements. it is imperative to see young people

between the age of ten and 17 is what they are, young people who are recovera ble what they are, young people who are recoverable from the mistakes they have made, the bad deeds they have done, so the right approach is to see what might have contributed to those errors or bad deeds and try to rectify them, so you certainly should not be blocking out anything that might have had a bad effect. vera baird, qc. the headlines: charities have condemned facebook after a bbc investigation found that the social networkers failing to remove inappropriate and sexualised images of children. the government will pledge and extra cash boost for new school places in england which could be used to create new grammar schools. labour says schools face millions of pounds in cuts. a man has been charged with rape and assault after a backpacker from liverpool was allegedly held hostage in australia for more than two months. in the business news...

e.0n has said it will increase its dual fuel standard variable tariffs by 8.8% from next month. electricity prices will rise by an average of 13.8%, and gas prices by almost 4%. e.0n said that 2.5 million customers would be affected by the increases, which come into effect at the end of april. the chief executive of the new owner of vauxhall and 0pel has said that he will not be shutting plants. speaking to the bbc, he said that he wants to unleash their potential by exporting the cars outside europe, as the brands' previous owner, general motors, did not market 0pel or vauxhall cars outside europe. the latest house price index by halifax show that house prices rose 5.1% year on year in the three months to the end of february. the index also reveals that house prices are now increasing at around half the rate seen a year ago. in march last year, the annual house price growth stood at 10%. millions of e.0n customers on the standard variable tariff

could find their bills increase next month after years of paying more than other customers for the same gas and electricity. the energy giant announced today that 2.5 million customers would be affected by the increases, which come into effect on 26th april. joining me now is the energy prices expert ann robinson. thank you forjoining us. can you firstly tell us a bit about the customers that will be affected? the customers that will be affected? the customers affected, sadly, are the loyal customers, the people on standard variable tariffs. 0ver loyal customers, the people on standard variable tariffs. over two thirds of all the big six customers are on these tariffs. they are very expensive. loyalty is not being rewarded. three other big companies have announced rises, british gas are fixing prices, they announced a freeze until august, why are these other companies are unable to do the

same thing? that is a very good question and i am not convinced by their arguments they are putting forward. last year i did some because we had —— i did some sums because we had —— i did some sums because we had huge drops in wholesale prices and, on average, we are owed 12% that was not passed on. electricity prices have gone up this year, gas prices have not gone up by so much, we are still owed quite a lot from last year. i don't see any justification at all. they are blaming other costs, for example network costs. pipes and wires that bring it into our homes. they are blaming the solar panels and the wider environmental costs? as well. let media with network costs, on those the regulator 0fgem have really born down on those and not allowed full price increases, they

have been expecting those companies to make efficiency savings. 0n lots of the other things to do with subsidising, solar and the rest, the government has taken action. let me give you an example. keeping the lights on in winter when a lot of electricity is being used, for this coming winter the special deals that have been agreed called capacity payments are about quarter the cost of what we had last winter, i don't see any justification. of what we had last winter, i don't see anyjustification. the government has eased the social and environmental costs. i am far from convinced... young has said they will write to customers to make them aware of other cheaper tariffs, do you think that will be quite a good option? should customers shop around either way. —— e.0n option? should customers shop around eitherway. —— e.0n has said. option? should customers shop around either way. -- e.on has said. yes, thatis either way. -- e.on has said. yes, that is a good idea either way. i make a plea to all e.0n customers

and all customers generally, read your metres, let your company know what it says, the chances are, for most of you, your bills will not be accurate. please do that first. on that basis you can find out whether the company you are with can give you a better deal and see how much you a better deal and see how much you can save by that. i think some people would be very pleasantly surprised by that. if you are still not all that happy i advise shopping around. citizens advice, you can all trust them, they have a fabulous price comparison tool when you go onto the website. if you can't go on to the website, i suggest you get into it with your local bureau to see what they can do, particularly if you are unsure. here's a look at some other stories we're following today... bookies paddy power betfair has reported a 2016 statutory loss of £5.7 million, primarily due to expenses from the merger of its businesses.

it said underlying results were a better indication of how it's doing, given that its statutory results only reflect the contribution from the betfair business from the merger completion date. underlying earnings were up 31% to £400 million. a chain of budgens stores has failed to find a buyer and will close, with the loss of 800 jobs. the owner of the 3a stores affected was put in administration a month ago after hitting difficult trading conditions. the stores, run by frol, are spread around the country, from dorset to norfolk to scotland, and were bought from the co—op in 2016. the remainder of the budgens chain are unaffected. and online takeaway food delivery app firm just eat has said profit before tax rose 16a% to £91.3 million in 2016, thanks in part to growth in their international businesses. let's have a look at the markets. gambling company paddy power betfair is the top ftse faller this morning. the company said costs of last year's merger left it with annual losses of £5.7 million.

but it did see revenues jump 18% higher after what it called a transformational year. and the online delivery firm just eat has served up a 16a% hike in annual profits and said it's looking to take a bigger slice of the international market as uk order growth slows. that's it from me, i will be back with more business in an hour. thank you. when you think about reducing air pollution you might think about electric cars are energy—efficient light bulbs, but academics at birmingham university believe pigeons may be the answer. city flocks, i said that very carefully, a new project that sends pigeons with sensors strapped to their backs into the sky to record more accurate forecasts. jake —— graham satchell went to watch them. can pigeons help in the battle against air pollution? it sounds far—fetched but academics from birmingham university are convinced they can. everybody i brought into it first

gave me the book that maybe you are giving me, sort of... is this for real? will this actually work? we have a superfast temperature sensor... climate specialist rick thomas plans to strapped these tiny sensor packs to strapped these tiny sensor packs to the backs of pigeons. if we know the temperature above the rooftops, we can test the models of urban air pollution. time for the test flight. fitting the sensors is delicate. hello, my little friend. they are tiny, just 5% of the pigeon's weight, to protect the welfare of the birds. 0ne weight, to protect the welfare of the birds. one of the pigeons is fitted with a tiny camera to record the flight. much rests on the next few minutes. i feel nervous, the flight. much rests on the next few minutes. ifeel nervous, it is the first time we have done this. it isa the first time we have done this. it is a culmination of many months of work to get to this stage, and i think they will take off and find their way home. crossing my fingers.

the moment of truth. they looked like happy enough, like pigeons flying, to me. the pigeons will flyjust over a mile, this is the rather disorientating view from the pigeon camera. but what other scientists trying to discover? they already know that nitrous oxide, the pollution from diesel engines, rises with the heat coming from roads and buildings to rooftop level, but what happens next? where does the pollution go? to model it they need accurate temperature measurements in this micro climate. but how to get the data? measurements in this micro climate. but how to get the data ?|j measurements in this micro climate. but how to get the data? i thought, birds, they fly everywhere. if our senses were tiny and accurate enough and we couldn't stand the dispersal ofair and we couldn't stand the dispersal of air pollution around the city. six minutes after take—off, the pigeons are back. brilliant! there is an anxious wait as the sensor is

retrieved. the lights are still flashing. that is a good sign. this is what the data shows, the routes taken by the pigeons and, critically, the temperature just above the rooftops. it will help to model how pollution moves around big cities. rick and his team say it will be used by planners, for example, to help decide where to build hospitals or schools and could give as much more accurate street by street at pollution forecasts. give as much more accurate street by street at pollution forecastslj call street at pollution forecasts.” call him number 80. it is not a particularly heroic name, but pigeon number80, we particularly heroic name, but pigeon number 80, we salute you, and your contribution to the fight against air pollution. fascinating. that is not what he said! full coverage of the budget tomorrow, jane will be live in westminster. ben rich will tell us why that is

not the great prospects it was a few days ago. sorry, it looks damp in london but had listed will be mild, you will not be freezing by any stretch of the imagination. the mildest places tomorrow will see cloud and rain. you don't often get very mild weather and sunshine at this point in the year, but we have certainly had some sunshine today, this was the scene in york earlier, things changing to the west, this is the first sign of the cloud and rain that might get jane first sign of the cloud and rain that might getjane to first sign of the cloud and rain that might get jane to rot. first sign of the cloud and rain that might getjane to rot. mal dann pushes in from the south, temperatures rising. —— that might getjane temperatures rising. —— that might get jane wet. milder allah temperatures rising. —— that might getjane wet. milder allah pushing in from the south. the clouds bringing rain into western areas but it has been a slow process. —— milderair it has been a slow process. —— milder air pushing in. afairamount of milder air pushing in. a fair amount of brightness out there, increasing high clouds, sunshine tour inning haysie, it is

only cross the far south—west wales, northern ireland and south—west scotla nd northern ireland and south—west scotland where things will turn down. the rain really gets its act together, sweeping across the country, some heady, fairly blustery. hilton over scotland, northern england and northern ireland. cooling off by the end of the night northwest, turning mild across the south, 11 in plymouth to start the date. three slices of weather, close to the front in the south we will have rain and mild weather, close to the low pressure in the north we will have blustery showers and in between a fair amount of fine weather and sunshine. at atm tomorrow the channel islands, southern england, southern wales and to the south midlands, lots of cloud. double digit temperatures to start the day. —— at 8am tomorrow. a decent, sunny start the northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland. to the north of the central belt towards the north—west, heavy showers will be

driven on the westerly winds, these three slices of weather do not move much, cloudy, damp and mild in the south, sunshine and northern ireland into northern england and the heavy, blustery showers across northern scotland. still on the cool side but nine in stornoway is not too bad, london could get up to 1a. wednesday night into thursday, losing the french from the southampton low from the north, high—pressure built—in, meaning thursday is decent looking. more cloud into the south—west later, still mild. friday generally cloudy, patchy rain, temperatures holding up in double digits. up up in the this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy, the headlines at three. a cash boost for schools in england. tomorrow's budget will include more than £300 million of investment, which could mean new grammars. charities condemn facebook

after a bbc investigation found the social network failed to remove sexualised images of children. the government faces the prospect of another bexit bill defeat in the house of lords in the next few hours. caught on camera at a petrol station in australia — the british backpacker rescued by police after allegedly being held captive for more than two months. i'mjane hill, and in the next hour a coroner concludes that george michael died of natural causes. the singer, who was found dead at his home on christmas day, died from heart and liver disease. and the pigeons patrolling the skies for pollution, how these birds are becoming the latest way