this driver says when he fell asleep it didn't work. was there an alarm? no. was there any emergency braking? no, none whatsoever. my hand remained on the tbc. that was enough to keep the dead man's handle from being activated. why aren't drivers telling the operators what's going wrong? if we were to come forward and say, "excuse me, i fell asleep", i think you'd just be dismissed. four drivers have told the bbc they'd fallen asleep in the cab. and they asked us to watch this footage again — a tram driver who appears to be asleep. there's no alarm, no emergency brakes. he's in and out of sleep, isn't he? he's coming to and starting to doze, and coming to and starting to doze. why was there no alarm? why was there no braking? well, because... if he were to completely pass out, if he were to

completely lose consciousness, then he would relax his grip. but it's ok just to slightly doze in and out, like we saw in the video footage? no, of course it's not all right. the company who operates the trams for tfl, tram operations limited, says driver fatigue is monitored. and on the driver's safety device, says it is satisfied the controls are fully functional. we can also reveal at least three trams have been recorded speeding since the sandylands derailment. one was travelling at 65 kilometres per hour in a a0 zone. the operator told us it had increased speed checks since the sandylands crash. it's changed my life. he did everything for us. and still waiting for answers, the families of those who died. my daughters are just devastated. what is the one question you want answering? why... why? investigators are trying

to answer that question — to piece together a disaster that changed so many lives. ed thomas, bbc news, croydon. a group of british firms has unveiled plans to test driverless cars on city roads and motorways in the uk, for the first time. the driven consortium, backed by government money, intends to try out a fleet of autonomous vehicles between london and oxford in 2019. so far, trials of driverless vehicles in the uk have mainly taken place at slow speeds and not on public roads. a british woman has been attacked by a shark while swimming near a remote island in the south atlantic. she was close to ascension island, part of the british territory of st helena, and it's understood that her husband punched the shark to scare it away.

the woman, who works for the st helena government, was treated in hospital locally, but later airlifted to the uk. the ukip donor, aaron banks has said he won't stand as an mp in the general election. he had previously suggested he would contest the seat of clacton after the mp, douglas carswell, left ukip to sit as an independent. well we can speak now to look east's political editor, andrew sinclair, who's been following the aaron banks story and joins me live now from our norwich studio. aaron banks admitted he knows nothing about this seaside town in essex, so this is no surprise. in one sense, no, he said he had only ever visited clacton once and he knew nothing about the local area. and so today's meeting in clacton was about getting to know the area and getting to know the people, and aaron banks steamed into clacton with a massive media presence following him. he posed for photographs and eight ice cream and

he met voters and he told everyone that he thought he would make a very good candidate if he was picked. he also met local members of ukip and they told him that yes, they appreciated his support and his offer to bring finance into the campaign, but they said they didn't have a local candidate already chosen, someone already lined up, who was quite well—known in the area, and this seems have influenced aaron banks decision. he has put out a statement saying he has no intention of standing in the way of hard—working activists who are the heart and soul of the party. so he says he will be campaigning hard in cla cton says he will be campaigning hard in clacton and he has agreed to give the local party financial assistance to fight the election. aaron banks will not be standing in this election but he will have a presence in the background in the clacton election campaign. the local party did not want him? the local party, when i spoke to them, a few hours

ago, they were very torn between really wanting his money and the exposure which they would get from having a high—profile candidate, but at the same time this was a party that was bitterly divided three yea rs that was bitterly divided three years ago when douglas carswell defected to ukip because they already had a strong local party in cla cton already had a strong local party in clacton and they had a candidate lined up to fight the 2015 general election and he was moved to the side in favour of douglas carswell who had defected from the conservatives and that divided ukip. the wounds which were caused here in cla cton the wounds which were caused here in cla cto n have the wounds which were caused here in clacton have ta ken the wounds which were caused here in clacton have taken a long time to heal and i think the party was torn between wanting aaron banks money and support but also they did not wa nt to and support but also they did not want to divide their party again. tonight they had got the best of both worlds, they have got his support and his money. douglas ca rswell has left a support and his money. douglas carswell has left a bitter taste in the mouths of ukip supporters in that area. but he is a very good

local constituency mp, do ukip believe they have a strong chance of being able to topple him? douglas ca rswell is being able to topple him? douglas carswell is not standing as an independent. he said he would not be fighting this election, so he is out of the picture. douglas carswell said he would ask to supporters to vote conservative so that has given the conservatives a bit of a spring in their step locally. ukip said they still have a strong chance and they still have a strong chance and they believe douglas carswell did well in the 2014 by—election and in the 2015 general election because he was ukip and they point to the referendum result when ukip recorded one of the biggest leave votes in the whole country. ukip still feel they have a chance, and with douglas ca rswell they have a chance, and with douglas carswell out of the way they think that might make theirjob a bit better, but he is telling his supporters to vote conservative. indeed. douglas cars will not

standing in that seat. thanks for joining us. —— douglas carswell. the first female commander of the international space station, dr peggy whitson, has just written herself into the history books. she's spent a total of 534 days in space, a record for an american astronaut. she'd already completed the most space—walks by a female astronaut as well as being the first woman to head the iss twice. and to congratulate her she received a call from president trump. how does it feel to have broken such a big and important record? well, it's actually a huge honour to break a record like this, but it's an honour for me, basically, to be representing all the folks at nasa who make this space flight possible and who make me setting this record feasible. and so, it's very exciting to be at nasa. we are all very much looking forward, as directed by your new nasa bill,

we are excited about the missions to mars in the 20305. and so, we actually physically have hardware on the ground that's been built for the sl5 rocket that's going to take us there and, of course, the hardware being built now is going to be for the test flights that will eventually get us there. but it's a very exciting time and i'm so proud of the team. great. and what are we learning from having you spending your time up there? i know so much research is done. i'm getting a glimpse of some of it right here in the oval office. what are we learning by being in space? well, i think probably the international space station is providing a key bridge from us living on earth to going somewhere into deep space. so, on those mars missions, we need to better understand how microgravity is really affecting our body and we need to understand it in great detail, so many of the studies are looking

at the human body. we are also looking at things that involve operations of a space vehicle on these long duration missions and the technological advancements that will be required. for instance, on a multi—year mars mission, we are going to need to be able to close the life—support system, and that means we, right now, for instance, are taking solar power that we collect and using it to break apart water into oxygen and hydrogen. the oxygen we breathe, of course. we use the hydrogen, combine it back with c02 that we take out of the air, and make more water, but water is such a precious resource up here that we also are cleaning up our urine and making it drinkable, and it's really not as bad as it sounds! that's good, i'm glad to hear that. better you than me! congratulations to peggy whiston.

a 101—year—old woman has won the 100 metres sprint at the world masters games in new zealand. mann kaur who is from india, completed the race in one minute and 14 seconds. she was guaranteed victory as the only participant in the hundred—years—and—over category at the event in auckland. she celebrated with a victory dance. she only took up running eight years ago, at the age of 93, and has so far won 17 gold medals. time for a look at the weather. we have seen some wintry weather in northern parts of the uk so far today, and this was a pitch in

aberdeen, mid—afternoon, some snow on the ground. some cold air coming behind this line of cloud. this is the cold front heading south, bringing some rain, but the colder air behind is more significant. you can trace the bars. the arctic air is flooding south, as we speak, and it will be with us for a good couple of days. wintry weather certainly in the forecast and it will be frosty tonight overnight and a widespread frost and widespread wintry showers, with a mixture of elements. wintry showers in more northern areas tomorrow. generally inland areas will be dry and it will be pretty cold, 2—3 in major towns, and it will be colder in more rural areas. into the morning, across northern scotland, further wintry showers, rain, hail sleet scotland, further wintry showers, rain, hailsleetand scotland, further wintry showers, rain, hail sleet and snow. quite windy and some of the wintry weather will get down to lower levels at

times. for the bulk of england and for much of wales it is a cold but bright start and a good deal of sunshine. cold and sunny but quite windy, maybe a few showers in pembrokeshire and the south—west of england. as you go through the day, if you start with sunshine make the most of it because the cloud will build in the afternoon. the showers could be quite wintry in places, maybe hail and under, 12—13 doesn't sound bad, but it will feel colder than that, especially in eastern areas, and even more if you are underneath a hail shower. it will bring some cold air down to the surface and it will feel like freezing. wednesday evening, showers around, but they are confined to eastern parts of england. further west skies will be clearer and it will be a cold start again on wednesday. the eastern side is most at risk of showers again and there

could be a wintry element. some spells of sunshine and further cloud, not too many showers. temperatures beginning to creep up and the trend continues as we head to the end of the week. the less cold air filters from the atlantic. there is quite a lot going on. there isa there is quite a lot going on. there is a weather warning regarding the snow showers. you is a weather warning regarding the snow showers. you can is a weather warning regarding the snow showers. you can keep up—to—date online. hello and welcome to 100 days. the outsiders are in, after the first round of the french election. both mainstream parties have been defeated, after the country's biggest political upset in decades. the centrist candidate emmanuel macron will face the front national‘s marine le pen to see who becomes the next president of france. for the voters, the choice between candidates couldn't be more stark — so who will they side with in just under two weeks' time? also...

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