the victims of the black cab rapist john worboys win the right to challenge the decision to free him. worboys was ordered to appear in court in person to hear the high court ruling. thejudges also decided that he should continue to remain in prison. and the head of the parole board has called for it to be easier for victims to be able to challenge the board's decisions. also tonight... government forecasts of the effects of brexit suggest negative reports gci’oss of brexit suggest negative reports across all areas of the uk. a report finds infeasible cost cutting at a hospital trust in liverpool led to patients being harmed and bullying. tesco is facing a potential record equal pay claim of up to £4 billion brought by women at its stores. i think tesco‘s are just one of many companies that really aren't addressing the fact that women seem to still be paid less. jon venables, one of the killers of the toddler, james bulger, is jailed for more than three years for possessing child pornography. and plastic fantastic — could the uk follow norway's example

and recycle almost all our plastic bottles 7 and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... the last place in the fa cup fifth round will taken tonight, as league two newport county head to wembley for their replay against spurs. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. two of the victims of the black cab rapist, john worboys, have, together with london mayor sadiq khan, been given the go ahead to challenge the decision to release him from prison. worboys was ordered to appear in person at the hearing at the high court in london. last month, the parole board was criticised when it announced he would be freed, after less than ten years in prison. police believe he may have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. daniel sandford reports.

brought to court in a high security van for today's hearing, john worboys was taken to the cells in handcuffs by four prison officers. convicted in 2009 of one rape, six other six offences and 12 crimes of drugging customers, the london black cab driver is suspected of assaulting around 100 female passengers. and his victims hadn't expected him to be released ever. when we were told it was an indefinite sentence, it was just, well, justice has been served, he has been dealt with. he is serving a life sentence now. because that is the way it was put across to us. so we never thought for one second that he would be eligible for parole. but today, there he was, behind the bars in the dock, potentiallyjust weeks from being freed. sir bian leveson had ordered thatjohn worboys should be present in person, because he didn't trust the

liability of the court's video link system. thejudge had been told that worboys‘ victims were unhappy at the prospect of seeing him again. "i am sorry about that," sir brian said, "but i'm sure you will appreciate why it will not be possible sensibly to conduct this hearing without him being present in some way." the women's lawyer described afterwards what it was like for one of her clients to see her attacker again. it was very, very difficult, but she felt it was really necessary to be there and to say she wasn't going to be frightened of him being there and to challenge, you know, challenge his power, essentially. but obviously it is hard to see him there in the flesh after all this time. in court, the women's barrister said the parole board's failure to give reasons for freeing worboys was unlawful. "that kind of blanket secrecy is something that is contrary to a fundamental principle of our law, which is that justice is administered in the open," philippa kaufmann qc said. talking to mps at the same time, the chair of the

parole board said he too would like the rules to be changed. i think one of the things we should look at is victims getting — victims who want to get one — getting a summary of the parole board's decisions. thejudges then agreed they would hear the victims‘ legal challenge to worboys‘ release in five weeks‘ time, and that until then, he should remain in prison. daniel sandford, bbc news at the royal courts ofjustice. the government has released its economic forecasts of how different kinds of brexit may affect the economy. the figures suggest all areas will suffer negative growth, and some of the most pro—brexit areas will be worst affected. the figures have already been challenged, and come as the prime minister has been holding the first of two key meetings with senior ministers, to try to agree the government's approach to the next stage of the brexit negotiations. 0ur political editor, laura kuenssberg. cloistered in the commons,

ministers‘ cars parked give away the private meeting in the prime minister‘s office. the cabinet trying to meet —— reach a compromise, continually pushed by brexiteers to adopt a tough line towards the eu. would she be good enough to be very robust when discussing these matters in the brexit committee, has she will be, in order to repudiate any of these eu threats? we will hear all sorts of things being said about positions being taken. what matters are the positions we take in the negotiations as we negotiate the best deal. we have shown we can do that, we did it in december and we will do it again. one number10 insider told me the problem is that everybody always wants something. the prime minister must broker a deal within her own party before she can get on with the negotiations. today the brexit committee was

discussing how to avoid bringing back the border between northern and southern ireland without keeping the current customs arrangements at the prime minister is ruled out. what kind of immigration deal should be done with the eu. 0ne kind of immigration deal should be done with the eu. one that controls the numbers but gives business the staff they need. tomorrow the discussion will move on to how we do business in future. why are ministers still squirrelled away in your having these conversations when we voted to leave in the summer of 2016? the referendum didn‘t dictate exactly the relationship we would have with the european union after brexit. so for months, the tories have been in a tug—of—war. should we stay closely intertwined with brussels after we go, or make a more dramatic break? the eu and business are running out of patients. the uk ta kes are running out of patients. the uk takes its time to decide. it would demonstrate to the world the united kingdom is not leaving europe as we leave the eu. tory remain rebels

line up this morning to put against the idea of a lurch away from the eu. they are outspoken, but they fear the country will be worse off. it is abundantly clear to me that there is no model which will satisfy all sections of the british public, andi all sections of the british public, and i believe, and i‘ve said many times before, i believe a no deal scenario would be bad for our economy. mps have now seen the government‘s forecast of what could happen to different parts of the country if there is no deal. 0ver15 yea rs country if there is no deal. 0ver15 years the economy in london is forecast to be 3.5% smaller. in the west midlands, that voted to leave, it would be 13% smaller. and in the north—east, which also chose brexit, hypothetically it is the worst affected. the economy potentially i6% smaller than it is otherwise expected to be. forecasts often turn out to be wrong. very wrong. but the government is preparing to make big

choices right now that will, for better or worse, affect us all. laura kuenssberg, bbc news. a damning report into a failed nhs trust, seen by bbc news, has found that infeasible financial targets to cut costs led to patients being harmed, suffering fractures and having the wrong teeth removed. a review into the activities of liverpool community health found a management team that was seriously out of its depth, caused severe staff shortages and bullying. despite the problems, the trust‘s chief executive was found anotherjob in the nhs. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has this exclusive report: personally, it destroyed me. iwas suicidal. i was held against my will bya suicidal. i was held against my will by a patient‘s relative at knife—point —— knife—point and sexually assaulted. the lady died six hours after she was admitted to the ward. it was absolutely the most horrific time of my life. around

three quarters of a million people in merseyside relied on liverpool community health to provide services such as district nursing, dentistry and diabetes care. but the report we have seen, looking at services between 2010 and 2014, found it caused needless patient harm by putting costs before care. the trust, which is based in this building, was found to be dysfunctional from the outset. its leadership team was described as being out of its depth. they said unfeasible financial targets that damaged patient services. we suddenly were taking patients with heart failure, with long cancers, patients who were very medically u nsta ble patients who were very medically unstable and unwell. we had no piped oxygen. this district nurse, who wa nts to oxygen. this district nurse, who wants to remain anonymous, was sexually assaulted on a home visit, sent out without a personal protection alarm. i should have been able to alert someone to where i was

and get the help to me straightaway. i would have been out within minutes rather than being subjected to a horrendous time for over an hour. the worst failings were arguably at liverpool prison, where the trust provided health care services. the review says it didn‘t know how to manage it safely. they didn‘t learn lessons from incidents and inmates died. simon mcbride killed himself in the prison in 2014. the 35—year—old had been convicted of drugs offences. he wrote two letters to prison medics asking for help. his suicide could have been avoided ifa his suicide could have been avoided if a proper, his suicide could have been avoided ifa proper, diligent his suicide could have been avoided if a proper, diligent and competent, effective system had been in place to identify and treat his issues. the trust was led at the time by bernie cuff will. she was focused on cutting costs so the trust could achieve foundation status, giving a

more autonomy. we tried to get an interview with her. excuse me. bbc news. we‘d like guilty about liverpool community health. —— we would like to talk to you about liverpool community health. we would like to ask you a couple of questions. are you a bully? are you a bully? and as you can see, she didn‘t want to answer any questions. she resigned from liverpool to work ata she resigned from liverpool to work at a trust in manchester. we have learned her newjob, which maintained her 6—figure salary, was actually arranged by an nhs regulator. labour mp rosie cooper, whose father was let down by the trust, is appalled. i don't understand why anybody would want to keep a failed chief executive and or any other members of the board if they fail that badly, they should have been disciplined and fired. liverpool community health is now providing good services to the

people of merseyside, a significant improvement on its troubled past. michael buchanan, bbc news, liverpool. a coalition deal has been struck in germany, between the centre—left social democrats and angela merkel‘s conservatives. the agreement looks set to end four months of political deadlock, following an inconclusive general election last september. the deal still needs to be approved by social democrat party members, many of whom fear a coalition would damage the party. tesco are facing a possible potential record equal pay claim of £4 billion. it‘s being brought by women who work in the company‘s stores who earn less than men employed in its warehouses, even though they claim the work is comparable. the supermarket says all its staff are paid fairly, whatever their gender. 0ur economics editor, kamal ahmed, reports who is worth more? warehouse workers, mostly men, loading and unloading lorries, or store staff, mostly women, loading shells and dealing with customers? this is a very different type of pay dispute.

not equal pay for the same job, but equal pay for differentjobs. not equal pay for the same job, but equal pay for different jobs. that, lawyers argue, had the same value. equal pay for different jobs. that, lawyers argue, had the same valuelj think the role has changed over time. kim and pam have worked in tesco supermarkets for more than 20 yea rs. tesco supermarkets for more than 20 years. their rates of pay are up to three times lower than warehouse staff. we think we have equal rights. there are times when there are such discrepancies that he can‘t explain them. i think tesco‘s are just one of many companies that really aren‘t addressing the fact that women seem to still be paid less. obviously the jobs are slightly different but to put it bluntly, they are of equal value. we deal with customers. they don't have to deal with customers. we take the stock and we load the stock. they loaded of the lorry and we loaded onto the shelves. it is a debate that goes back decades. we are on strike until the 27th ofjune. that goes back decades. we are on

strike untilthe 27th ofjune. here are women workers for ford in the i? e . ual £13??? ———7777 ‘ e . ual value? tee % ‘ e . ual value? 7777 % ‘eualvalue?— ou % how to do —— to do job. 7”; " 4524-2???me ;’i; ii z; a key of 4524-2???me ;’i; ii z; a key - of the role. interactieaa keypad. efrthereq — f if interactiepa keypad. éf—thefel& — . if the roles are similar, the ——? if the roles are similar, the jobs are comparable. i asked the lawyer leading the case if workers work is the same as working in tesco supermarkets. a man in distribution may score higher on a physical test, but the woman may score higher on the emotional content of the job while dealing with the customers. if the law has been there since 1984 that you can compare with a different job, that you can compare with a differentjob, that is 34 years to get your house in order. tesco said

they couldn‘t comment on the claimed they couldn‘t comment on the claimed they had not received. for pam and kim, it will be £20,000 each the legal battle is successful. this is not about the money. you‘re asking for fairness, auntie? absolutely, no more, no less. kamal ahmed, bbc news. our top story this evening... victims of the black cab rapist john worboys win the right to challenge the decision to free him. and still to come... a surprise new look is unveiled for britain‘s earliest man. coming up in sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, another series gets underway for england‘s

cricketers, and they lose their opening t20 against australia in hobart. it‘s an increasing problem for the planet and a concern for many of us — how can we reduce the amount of plastic in our lives — and recycle what we do use? one of the biggest culprits is plastic bottles. here in the uk, nearly 60% of all bottles are collected for recycling. but in norway almost all — 97% — are collected. it‘s led to a big reduction in plastic litter — and could be adopted here. our environment analyst roger harrabin has been to norway to see how they do it. there is a 10p deposit on this norwegian bottle. it encourages me to recycle. most countries, this empty bottle would go into the bin or worse, onto the street. not here in norway. i have come back into this shop and this machine is going to reward me for returning my bottle. the deposit is paid back with a coupon. for some, the deposit scheme is a useful source of cash.

this man collected a bagful from an office. he made £5 in ten minutes. people seem to like the scheme. it is very easy. you just take it with you when you go shopping and you get your money back. i think i take it back, like, every month or so. it's not hard at all. at the sorting plant, a torrent of bottles. the cans will be melted down, the bottles separated into different types of plastic, then shredded and made into new bottles. the scheme is run by norway‘s drinks companies, after the government threatened to tax every bottle they don‘t recycle. they enforced an environmental tax in norway that will say if you put a bottle in the market and don‘t have a collection system, you have to pay a high tax. but if you set up a collection system like the deposit system and you increase the collection

rate, then you reduce the tax. and that is the big motivation for the producer and the importer in norway. drinks firms are allowed only two types of plastic bottle. that makes recycling easier. there are also restrictions on the type of label, even the glue that sticks the label. but what about the hassle for shopkeepers who take in the empties? well, they get a small fee per bottle. and there is another surprise benefit. they come and give us the bottle and the money that they get from us, theyjust come to us and they buy things. it is kind of increasing the customers in our shops. norway has had this scheme for more than 30 years. others will surely follow, as worldwide concern grows about plastic waste. roger harrabin, bbc news, 0slo. one of the killers of the toddler james bulger, has beenjailed for more than three years, after admitting to having indecent images of children, for a second time. jon venables, who served eight years

for the murder in 1993, was recalled to prison last year for breaching the terms of his licence. daniela relph is at the old bailey, the parents ofjames bulger were in court and were very unhappy with the length of venables‘ sentence... they were very unhappy. jon venables appeared via a video link from prison, but sitting in court watching him where james bolger‘s pa rents, watching him where james bolger‘s parents, and they heard how police found more than 1000 images of child abuse on venables‘s computer. the children ranged in age from very young to around 13 years old. the judge said the images were vile heartbreaking. the police also found what was described as a paedophile manual, described as a sickening document. reacting to the sentence, james bulge‘s father said itjust

was not hard enough. it was an insult to james and the firm dunn family. he is just insult to james and the firm dunn family. he isjust waiting for a victim, so let's make sure there are fio victim, so let's make sure there are no more victims and keep him where they should be. john venables's barrister told the court that his client apologised to the bulger family. the police watchdog is examining a video which appears to show a metropolitan police officer hitting a demonstrator. the incident is said to have taken place in london on sunday during a march against turkey‘s military campaign against kurdish fighters. the independent 0ffice for police conduct says it is considering the footage. the chief constable of police scotland has resigned with immediate effect. phil gormley had been on special leave since september, amid a series

of investigations into claims of gross misconduct, including bullying. he denies any wrongdoing. here‘s our scotland editor sarah smith. phil gormley was brought in to steady the ship that police scotland just two years ago but he has not been a for the last six months, allegations of the leading were being investigated. mr gormley was cleared to go back to work by the scottish police authority back in november, but that decision was then reversed when thejustice secretary intervened. he was worried there weren‘t adequate safeguards in place for the serving police officers who had made accusations against the chief constable. raising questions today about whether police scotland is fit for

purpose. will soon be on our third chief constable, and we are on our third chairand chief constable, and we are on our third chair and chief executive or stop surely the justice secretary has to start asking himself whether there is something else going on, perhaps it is the structure that is the root of the problem here.|j believe a single police force is still the appropriate model in scotland, and the reality is had we not move to a single police force in scotland, we would have found ourselves having to make significant cuts to front—line policing. ourselves having to make significant cuts to front-line policing. police scotla nd cuts to front-line policing. police scotland has had a turbulent times and eight forces were merged into one. the last chief constable stood down early after controversies of armed officers turning up the routine incidents, and delayed responses to 999 calls, including one in which a couple lay undiscovered in a crashed carfor three days nearly nine. police scotla nd three days nearly nine. police scotland now has to look for its third chief constable in five years, a safe pair of hands will be an essential job

a safe pair of hands will be an essentialjob requirements. a safe pair of hands will be an essential job requirements. sarah smith, bbc news, glasgow. scientists say they now know what our oldest known ancestor looked like — and it‘s something of a surprise. they believe that so—called cheddar man, a 10,000—year—old skeleton, had skin that was dark to black, and blue eyes. researchers were able to sequence his genome for the first time to establish aspects of his appearance. he was discovered in cheddar gorge in somerset and jon kay‘s there now, this is not what scientists expected... it's it‘s not, and those scientists and people around here are very excited indeed, because for10,000 people around here are very excited indeed, because for 10,000 years, cheddar man lay undisturbed, undiscovered in this cave beneath cheddar gorge, and this replica is how we have tended to think of him, asa how we have tended to think of him, as a skeleton, a pile of bones. now we can see him almost as a real—life human being. putting flesh on his bones. the face of cheddar man

finally revealed. by extracting his dna and scanning his skull, experts say they have created him in unprecedented detail, and he looks very different from what they were expecting. the hair, the eyes, the face, that combination of blue eyes and dark skin, really very striking, something we wouldn‘t have imagined, and also get from the dna details of his biology. the fact that he couldn‘t they just milk as an his biology. the fact that he couldn‘t theyjust milk as an adult, thatis couldn‘t theyjust milk as an adult, that is something that came really with the advent of farming, and 10,000 years ago people in britain didn‘t have that. 10,000 years ago people in britain didn't have that. look is changed. this is what scientists used to think he looked like, a reconstruction from 20 years ago, when dna analysis was nowhere near as developed. cheddar man and i share a common female relative. this is modern—day cheddar man. adrian target lives in the same village and

shares dna with the skeleton found in the gorge, so time to meet his ancestor. do you want to see you‘re great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great—grandfather? here he comes. oh, right! what do you think? it is remarkable, isn't it? i think there probably is some resemblance, but yes, i think there we re resemblance, but yes, i think there were certainly other members in my family who he bears a resemblance to come yes. some of my cousins. you can see that in there? yes, i think my eyes are blue. let's have a look. they are blue! vea. his hair's not quite as grey as mine is, or my beard. so, 10,000 years after he died, 100 years after he was found, finally a face to fit the name of adrian‘s ancestor. jon kay, bbc news, cheddar in somerset.

time for a look at the weather... here‘s sarah keith lucas things are things are turning things are turning a things are turning a little things are turning a little bit things are turning a little bit colder. we had a few glances of wintry sunshine around but not everywhere, and where we have had those clear skies, that is where we will see the coldest temperatures developing overnight. if we take a look back at what we had today, this was the scene in brecon, in powys, taken by one of our weather watchers. snow on the higher ground and some clear skies around as well. as we have through this evening and the night, this weatherfront as we have through this evening and the night, this weather front moving in from the north—west, bringing more clout and some outbreaks of brain and hill snow towards the north—west too. clearer skies holding on to central and south—east and parts of england. there will be here we see the coldest conditions developing. further north—west, more clout, bringing rain and some snow over the higher ground in northern ireland and scotland. the temperatures towards the south—east we could see minus five degrees or

even colder, certainly a frosty start of thursday morning for many central and southern parts of the country. through tomorrow, we will continue to see a band of cloud, outbreaks of rain further south into wales and parts of northern england. it will brighten up for scotland and northern ireland, sunny spells, a few scattered showers and things remaining mostly dry towards the south—east too. less cold than it has been, temperatures around five to 9 degrees, certainly no sign of any to 9 degrees, certainly no sign of a ny early to 9 degrees, certainly no sign of any early springlike warmth on the horizon. we will stick with the u nsettled horizon. we will stick with the unsettled theme as we had through to friday. another weather front bringing further sales of rain and some snow over the hills. this is the outlook friday into saturday. those temperatures just sneaking up a touch but it is remaining u nsettled, a touch but it is remaining unsettled, with stronger winds on the way, more rain and more hill snow in the forecast too. that is all from me. and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s

news teams where you are. hello. you‘re watching bbc news. i am clive myrie. the top stories for you now. victims of serial sex attacker john worboys have been given permission to challenge the decision to release him. the government‘s brexit impact assessments have been released, as we have been discussing, detailing the regional economic impact of britain‘s departure from the eu. a key meeting with ministers is to be held. jon venables, one of the killers of the toddlerjames bulger, admits posessing indenecent images of children for a second time and is sent to jail. a new report has found that infeasible cost cutting

at a hospital trust in liverpool, led to patients being harmed and to bullying. tesco could face a bill of £4 billion after hundreds of thousands of female employees make a claim for equal pay. ina in a moment it will be plain for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we‘ll analyse the latest brexit developments after the cabinet meet