today at 5:00, a red arrows hawkjet crashes at raf valley in anglesey. it's thought that two people were on board at the time, their condition remains unknown. an airambulance an air ambulance attended the scene. the jet was an air ambulance attended the scene. thejet was on an air ambulance attended the scene. the jet was on the way back to lincolnshire. we'll have the latest on what may have caused the accident. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. a face to face with facebook. mps ask founder mark zuckerberg to answer their questions about data breaches. it's time for the most senior people in the company, whose job it is to know about every detail of what's going on, to front up and answer questions about what's going on at facebook. heading home, 23 russian diplomats leave their embassy, ordered out of the uk in the wake of the salisbury poisoning. in wales, a two—year—old girl, after being pulled from a car in a river in cardigan. a bigger than expected drop in inflation, lower petrol prices contribute to a rate of 2.7%. in africa, the last male northern white rhino has died.

ivf is now the only hope of saving the subspecies. good evening. a red arrows jet has crashed at an airbase on the island of anglesey, with two crew believed to be on board. the hawkjet was leaving raf valley to head back to raf scampton in lincolnshire, where the raf display team are based. aircrews regularly visit valley in north wales to carry out simulation training. helena lee has the story. this footage was taken by and eyewitness of the aftermath of the crash. a rising plume of smoke, seen from far away. the plane crashed at

raf valley earlier today. it was heading back to its base at raf scampton in lincolnshire. the aircraft would have been similar to this one. this is the red arrows last months, getting in some practise before the bad weather. the base where the jet crashed was raf valley on anglesey in north wales, a training base for uk fighter pilots and aircrew. an air ambulance helicopter was seen close to where the jet crashed at around 1:30pm today. two people are understood to have been on board. their condition isn't yet known. raf valley was where prince william worked as a search and rescue pilot. in 2011 he shall be clean around the airbase. the red arrows is a small close—knit raf team of display pilots. all fa u lts raf team of display pilots. all faults and i will be with the two group who are believed to be on board today. pilley nilly, bbc news.

—— rafhelena lee. 0ur correspondent roger pinney is at raf valley on anglesey. a good day for flying today. clearly a terrible accident. what of the witnesses who saw the same to you? —— saying to you? witnesses who saw the same to you? -- saying to you? people here who live on anglesey near raf valley art used to seeing objects take—off and land from the runway behind me. today people have been us that when they were out walking they heard a muffled explosion. that is what it sounded like. one visitor to the area said he regularly comes here on holiday and often sees the jets area said he regularly comes here on holiday and often sees thejets up in the sky. he said that he looked and saw a billowing cloud of dark smoke. he had binoculars on him at the time. he took those out and then he could see the crumpled remains of a jet on the runway. he wasn't able to say anything else. he said it was a light. he then saw some fire engines which were quickly on the

scene, presumably from the base here. and a large amount of foam was then put on top of that craft. he was very upset when he was talking to bbc. he said that very much his thoughts would be with the family and friends of those involved. we don't know what has happened to the two people on board. the ministry of defence have confirmed that the plane crashed, but they haven't said anything about what has happened to those two people. there has been some further speculation though about that. other witnesses have told the bbc that they actually saw parachutes, that somebody may have ejected from the plane. but of course this is all speculation. and we don't really want to be speculating at this time because we are expecting a statement, hopefully at some time during the early evening here from my problem valley. when hopefully we will learn what

happened to those two people on board —— from raf valley. potentially about what has happened during this incident. of course it is still very much early days of an investigation which has begun here. tell us a little bit about raf valley and the activities there. what is the base used for?m valley and the activities there. what is the base used for? it is a training base. the pilots here regularly fly the hawk jets. training base. the pilots here regularly fly the hawkjets. it is known as the home of the hawk. it is very well—known here on anglesea. —— anglesey. many people who live on this island are involved with the base in some way or another. it is important to the local economy. it isa important to the local economy. it is a place where people come and they are stationed here and many people eventually do actually returned to anglesey, perhaps monday have left the raf. people form very strong attachments when they had been here at the base to this local community. and the local community

as well, because it central part of that. but at the moment we are waiting to hear more information officially about what has happened here. yes, and of course we will bring you that news if and when we do get it. thank you very much indeed. the information commissioner, elizabeth denham, is to apply for a warrant to search the offices of the political consulting firm, mps have called on the facebook boss, mark zuckerberg, to give evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the matter. it is the role of haddin donald trump's campaign that has caused them to lunch and investigation.

accused of using the personal data of 50 million facebook users to target folders. using that information in this way may be a breach of privacy laws. these allegations are very serious. they came to the attention of our office some months ago. and on the 7th of march, i issued a demand for information to cambridge. they did not comply with that, so now i am moving ahead to seek a warrant for search premises and data. mps also want to know how facebook users' information ended up in the hands of cambridge analytica. we want to know why the was there quiet these 50 million profiles of facebook users and their data, and why when we asked them this in front of the select committee they denied they received this information. so what is this data and why is it useful? it was willingly given by millions of facebook users,

invited to answer a quiz to find out their personality type. it was designed to harvest not only the user data of the person taking part in the quiz, but also the data of all of theirfriends. if you're being invited to take part in a psychology test to find out what your personality is like, you know, you wouldn't hand that data over to somebody in the street if they asked you for your name, your location and your date of birth. so take a step back and think, well, does this feel legit? the compa ny‘s problems don't end there. separately, cambridge analytica executives were secretly filmed by channel 4 news. seeming to suggest using underhanded tactics to discredit politicians. and the company says it was grossly misrepresented.

before the transmission of the channel 4 report, the chief executive spoke to bbc newsnight. i have a huge amount of regret about the fact that. that we may be under to this meeting and spoke with a certain amount of hyperbole about some of the things that we do. cambridge rich analytica also says it followed the correct procedures in obtaining and using data. facebook insists it has done nothing wrong, and have suspended cambridge analytica from its site. new data protection laws will come into force soon, but for now the relationship between technology and the ethics and the law remains strained. keith doyle, bbc news. let's get more on this with the chair of the culture committee. let's start with facebook first of all. things gathering pace. the federal trade commission in america has opened an investigation today. does that mean that you're going to be at the back of the queue and getting answers from mark zuckerberg? no. it is important mark zuckerberg? no. it is important mark zuckerberg makes public statements about this. and answers questions about this. and answers questions about it, too. i think there is our parliamentary inquiry, also inquiries taking place in the us. congress will stop but alongside that are also separate and official

investigations. in this country those investigations are also being led by the information commissioner and the electoral commission as well. those are also separate, but very important investigations. there is one important reform that we were discussing yesterday in the house of commons, which is giving the information commissioner yet more power so information commissioner yet more power so that we are not reliant on tech companies having to respond to oui’ tech companies having to respond to our request for information in the way that they want to, but in the case of the information commissioner i believe she should have the right to have access to the data she needs to have access to the data she needs to co m plete to have access to the data she needs to complete her inquiries. anti—tech company should be able to frustrate that. can i push you a little bit on parole? the information commissioner elizabeth, because she is only now someone say elizabeth, because she is only now someone say somewhat belatedly, asking for a warrant. this story has then on for six months to a year. last night facebook had data a nalysts last night facebook had data analysts and loyalists inside cambridge analytica, we don't know what they were up to. huffington post says boxes were removed as

wednesday. we don't know what information might have been removed. it looks as if the horse is already bolted. the information commissioners acting within the current legislation. she launches an inquiry, seek and issue information notices that they are not comply a book, she follows up and the warrant stage of the process. currently debating a new protection bill which gives the information commissioner significantly more powers. 0ne gives the information commissioner significantly more powers. one of the things we are discussing is whether we should go that bit further with those powers and the information commissioner herself has requested the powers, effectively of criminal investigatory powers where you can go in and without necessarily giving notice, take information you need if you have been unable to access it or it has not been freely offered. i think we do need to look at getting those extra robust powers. there are other industries which have regulators oversee what businesses do, particularly businesses that have to comply with complex data protection laws. the tech sector is always slightly outside of that. i think we have to bring it fully and out and

give the commission of the power to go and see confidential information and data that is relevant to her inquiry because herjob is to make sure that people's rights are being protected and their data is being protected and their data is being protected within the large. what about alexander next, the chief executive of cambridge analytica. i know last month what he gave you was not entirely forthcoming. in the footage that channel 4 broadcast last night he offered services that go far beyond data harvesting. what is your reaction to that? shopping. if that film reflects the true values of cambridge analytica, then i think it poses a number of very challenging questions and you would even question whether there should be an investigation to the company and whether the directors, whether to look at whether the directors of the company comply with the frick and proper versions test required of people who are directors of companies there. i think there may be should be some wider investigation into the practises and the way the company works. just

going back to facebook. you have already said, i know you have written to him several times and be proactive yourself going to washington, he has not been entirely forthcoming. in fact he has gone a wall. i know he is working a lot in the background to get it up of this, but he has not appeared publicly. and i think he fearfor a lot of people is that they are treating this rather as a pr exercise, rather than as a fundamental problem with the business. well, treating it as a pr exercise is not going very well. they should be concerned primarily about what facebook users think of this. there will be many people that have never heard of cambridge analytica that are looking at this story and will stay, "i didn't realise how much data facebook had on me and is that data safe or can it end up the hands of companies like cambridge analytica? and they will be concerned about that. the primary purpose mark soderbergh has is to use the bathroom that their data they have a safe —— mark zuckerberg. we have asked for them in particular is that we have seen

other people from facebook before and asked direct lessons about how they keep data safe, how they recover it, we asked him directly about their relationship with cambridge analytica. they weren't able to give us straight answers to those questions so i think it is time now for the man who can. the man who knows everything about the company that he built. damien collins, thank you for your time. thank you very much indeed. sad wrecking news of the death of katie boyle. she has died aged 91. known for programmes like what's my line, the goons, the crazy gang. she had a long—running radio programme katie and friends on bbc radio 2. an lady she became lady saunders. 0f course she was well—known as a television and announce it here on the bbc. katie boyle there, has died at the age of 91. a plane carrying 23 russian

diplomats and their families has taken off from stansted for moscow. the diplomats were expelled in response to the nerve agent attack on the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia skripal. moscow has ordered the same number of british diplomats to leave russia. after the prime minister chaired a meeting of the national security council, downing street said no new measures were being taken at the moment. paul adams has the latest, his report contains some flash photography. diplomats and their families leaving the russian embassy this morning. the government says the 23 are all undeclared intelligence officers. but would partners and children, it's though around 80 people are on the move. the largest expulsion posted since the cold war, a measure of the depth to which anglo russian relations have descended. the embassy released these pictures

of a sendoff last friday, for the departing staff. the ambassador thanking them for their service and wishing them well in their future diplomatic careers. morning. what's our next move against the russians? across town, ministers gathered to figure out what to do next. no strong clues yet. but government is pleased with the level of international solidarity so far. it seems it had reserved the right to take further action in the future. in salisbury, no sign of a letup in a complex painstaking investigation. the police relying on the patience and cooperation of the local population. making progress, they say, but slowly. we've got 400 statements and we will take more. we've got 4000 hours of cctv footage so far, and we have digital media, we have almost 800 exhibits. and think about how those exhibits are being found and the risks of the scientists and the forensic officers who are taking them. this is going to be slower

than people are perhaps expecting. sta nsted stansted airport, sta nsted airport, mid—afternoon. stansted airport, mid—afternoon. a special flight from moscow to collect the diplomats and their families. the government believes is disrupted by network in the uk for years to come. british officials and theirfamilies will years to come. british officials and their families will be headed years to come. british officials and theirfamilies will be headed in years to come. british officials and their families will be headed in the opposite direction in the coming days. paul adams, bbc opposite direction in the coming days. pauladams, bbc news. 0ur correspondent richard galpin is in moscow. richard, the ambassador, the russian ambassador to the uk saying this represents 40% of the staff in the embassy here and monday, one imagines that would do quite a bit of damage to their relations with the uk. i am absolutely, i think it is absolutely bound to. the fact that they think that most of them are russian spies to muscle it would have an impact on the ability of russian intelligence agents to gather information across britain. so it will have an impact. the

russian ambassador to london has said that it will also mean that uk citizens are trying to get russian visas to come here. it will now take twice as long for those visas to be processed. they are trying to say thatis processed. they are trying to say that is because the number of people who have now been expelled from the united kingdom. although i cannot imagine that a lot of russian spies will be dealing with visas. there have been congratulations for president putin today on his reelection from president trump who spoke to him and also some quite effusive comments from jean—claude juncker, the european commission president. 0ne imagines as well that there is this charm offensive going on. in moscow. we have heard the foreign ministries calling and the ambassadors. what is that about?” think there's definitely a diplomatic offensive under way. i think now that the elections are over. all the foreign ambassadors are here and have been invited to

the foreign ministry where they will meet with leaders from the ministry but also arms—control experts, and other experts for a discussion about this case. the key thing they are saying is that they want to get across the russian point of view to representatives of many, many different projects and of course the russian point of view is that there is no way that russia has anything to do with the poisoning in salisbury. and they are saying that no one actually knows what substance was used in salisbury and russia has not received any material evidence at all so far. and they have also heard accusations voiced in a boorish manner. at the same time, very leading russian scientists who helped develop the programme has

also been an injury with a news agency here in which he says he believes there is no way it is the russian state because if it was the russian state because if it was the russian state because if it was the russian state who carried out the attacks in the skripals would have died immediately. essentially saying that it was bungled so much that he could not be intelligence agents or the russians state who could have carried out this attack. thank you very much. this is bbc news at 5, the headlines: a red arrows hawkjet crashes at raf valley in anglesey with two crew members on board. a committee of mps asks the facebook founder, mark zuckerberg, to give evidence, following the latest revelations about the harvesting of users' data. 23 russian diplomats fly out of the uk, expelled by the prime minister, in the wake of the salisbury poisoning. in support, they lost three matches for the first time in more than a

decade and ended up second from bottom in the table. george north has been disciplined by his club northampton after missing trainings that session. the coach suggested that session. the coach suggested that north didn't want to play in the match. rog 60 metre record holder or a seppi anniversary games this summer. he won silver at the world championships there last year. more of those stories just after 5:30pm. the environment secretary, michael gove, has acknowledged that fishing communities will be disappointed by the deal struck over the brexit transition deal. mps representing coastal communities are meeting the prime minister today. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is in westminster.

it is the problem. there has been anxiety for the long since that brexit so that the right to uk waters, rather lucrative rights could be traded and negotiated away by the british government in return for else. what has happened with this implementation are transition deal is that that is just really added to the fierce. so the prime minister, really trying to offer reassu ra nces minister, really trying to offer reassurances today, but it was interesting it wasn'tjust opposition parties were forcing their anger in the house of commons in front of michael gove the environment secretary. it was those on his on—site too. there is no way i can sell this deal ina there is no way i can sell this deal in a transitional period as anything like a success to fishing communities in murray, scotland or the uk. but can the secretary of state confirm that when we leave the common fisheries all as he and 2020, we will have full control over fish shops and their sole access. because the fishing communities feel let down and this government at the moment, and they need that guarantee. so they're very

worried about the future and worried that negotiators, politicians, don't actually have the fishing communities interests at heart. michael gove responded by saying that he shared their disappointment. he talked about the fact that he himself came from a family involved and the fishing industry. he said he knew they were going to be disappointed but really he said this was a long game. there is a significant price at the end of the implementation period. and it is important that all of us, in every area except that the implementation period, is a necessary step towards securing that price for our coastal communities it is an opportunity to thrive economically. for our marine environment is an opportunity to be managed sustainably. it is critical that all the the interest of the whole nation keep our our eyes on the prize. there certainly was some anger in the house of commons today about all of this. i think the accusation which is being directed at some, including people like michael gove,

of course a leading campaigner for brexit, is that things were promised to and now the reality of negotiating with brussels means that they cannot always deliver. from michael gove on all of that, particularly to the local democrats and labour party is hang on a minute, you want to stay in and the common fisheries policy. there will be certain of taking back control if you are in charge. young, thank you very much indeed. a two—year—old girl has died after being rescued from a car found in a river in cardigan. kiara moore died in hospital after being pulled out of the car. tomos morgan reports. kiara moore, just two years old. had it not been for the tragic events of yesterday afternoon, she would have been celebrating her third birthday a week today. mid—afternoon on monday, dyfed—powys police were contacted about a missing silver mini in cardigan in ceredigion, west wales.

it had been last seen in the centre of town near the river around 3:30. police issued an appeal for witnesses. later they found the car in the river teifi outside the offices of a family business. it later transpired kiara was in the back of the car as it went into the river. around 30 emergency service personnel were involved in the rescue operation. she was flown directly by air ambulance to cardiff university hospital of wales, but doctors were unable to revive the toddler. she was a very lively little girl, smiley, cheeky little smile all the time. her and her mum were always together, fun days out, and. and she had a happy little life. short life but a happy little life. commenting on facebook, herfather, jet moore, thanked the endeavours of the emergency services, while also paying tribute to his daughter. describing her as, "an incredible, happy young girl who lived, i hope, a great, adventurous fun life

and may have done more than most people. " a search of the river teifi continued into the evening, even after kiara was found. today it is still unclear how the mini came to be at the bottom of the river. the ashes of professor stephen hawking will be interred at westminster abbey near the grave of sir isaac newton during a thanksgiving service later this year. the world renowned scientist died last week at the age of 76. a private funeral will take place at great st mary's, cambridge university's church on easter saturday the beatles legend ringo star has been knighted at buckingham palace for his services to music. the drummer's knighthood follows the mbe awarded to each band member in 1965. speaking after the ceremony, starr, who's real name is richard starkey, told colin paterson he was delighted to receive the new honour. it means a lot, actually.

it means recognition for the things we've done, musically and in life. so i was really pleased to accept this award. where does it rank, compared to your other career achievements? you mean the number first, number one? it's... it's way up there. it is, it's way up there. i'm not holding this any more, 0k? i'm going to just close the box. obviously this is not the first time you've been to buckingham palace for an honour. 1965, the beatles came for mbes. compare and contrast today with that. well, you know, that was a long time ago and there was four lads straight out of liverpool, really, then. and we've all seen a little of the world since then and this was another honour. so we had a lot of fun, because there was four of us. i was a bit shaky today on my own. apparently in 1965 you were so nervous you all snuck off to a toilet in buckingham palace. i know! had a cigarette. who said that?

i don't know. i'm not keeping that rumour going. you also wore your mbe on the cover of sergeant pepper's, famously. what are your plans for that? with this, i'll be wearing it at breakfast. ringo starr, now known as sir richard starkey. still looks good after a ll richard starkey. still looks good after all these years. time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz. a very springlike folder behind you. no. today's the first day technically of spring. we are not forecasting drifts into our neck at least. that is in the past now and the weather is turning a little bit milder. and i want to stressed the world milder because those temperatures will still be below par for this time of year. you want to see those 13s and 14s and nice sunshine in our face. see those 13s and 14s and nice sunshine in ourface. but that is still not the case. in fact tonight the skies will be clearing across the skies will be clearing across the uk. ahead of these weather systems that will be approaching us. underneath those clear skies tonight is going to turn very frosty. temperatures in towns and cities

below freezing, quite widely across england and wales. you can see the temperatures there. —1s and twos. it will be colder. the weather is turning. the weather front is moving in on the atlantic and you can see the northern half of the uk, they are from the west so that is a much milder direction. you can see clouds and rain there across western parts of scotland, but to become the weather is not looking that at all. we might get double figures there and some sunshine across the bulk of england and wales. that is it for me. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. an raf red arrow hawkjet flying out from raf valley in anglesey has crashed. two crew are thought to have been on board. a committee of mps has written to the facebook founder, mark zuckerberg, calling on him to give evidence to them following the latest revelations about the harvesting of users' data. a plane carrying russian diplomats has taken from stansted after being ordered to leave the uk. it is heading to moscow.

a two—year—old has died after being pulled from a car found in a river in cardigan. kiara moore was taken to hospital in cardiff but later died. time for sport. hello. time forsport. hello. good time for sport. hello. good evening. england scrum half danny care admits the team "let the fans down" in their dismal six nations campaign. england finished fifth in the table after losing their final three matches, compounded at twickenham on saturday as ireland won the grand slam. pundits have called for widespread changes within the england setup, but speaking on 5 live's rugby union weekly, care said the situation is a positive wake up call for the team. we know we have been disappointing and we have let ourselves down and the fans down, but we think this will be the best thing for us hopefully and it could be the boost

we need to go on and do what we want to do in 2019. if we had won another six nations and won all the games, maybe we would be in the cloud where everything is great and spoilt with the wins and manner of the wins we have had, and now we have to work out how we get better. wales wing george north has been disciplined by his club northampton for missing a training session. coach alan gaffney suggested after their defeat to sale that north did not want to play. he is leaving saints to return to wales in the summer. but the club say he is available to play in northampton's final five fixtures. liverpool right—back trent alexander—arnold was drafted into england training today ahead of friday's friendly with the netherlands. england manager gareth southgate brought the u21 defender to help bolster numbers in an ‘attack versus american sprinter christian coleman will race

at the anniversary games in london this summer. he holds the world record over the indoor 60m distance. but rose to prominence last year when he beat usain bolt to a silver medal at the world championships, also in london. billyjoe saunders' wbo middleweight title defence against fellow englishman martin murray has been postponed until june. champion saunders injured his hand while training. the fight — which was scheduled for 1h april at london's o2 arena — is now set to take place on 23june at the same venue. england are still waiting on the fitness of ben stokes. he has been struggling with an injury. stokes was unable to bowl in last week's warm—up match in hamilton, and 0verton is keen to add to his two test caps if selected. it will be an interesting couple

of days and all i have to do is put in the preparation to be ready for the first game if the call—up comes. i'm fit. i did miss out with the quad, which was unfortunate, i was back playing the last two days and it has been good since then. meanwhile, south africa's kagiso rabada will be allowed to play in the final two tests against australia. the world's number one ranked bowler was originally banned for his behaviour in a bad—tempered series. he has had his punishment reduced on appeal. the series is level at 1—1. the new york yankees and boston red sox are "very close" to agreeing a deal to play two major league baseball regular season games at the london stadium injune next year. they would be the first mlb games hosted in europe and they wouldn't affect any cricket world cup matches which are also scheduled to take place at the stadium during the summer. you can find out more on those stories on the website. more coming

up stories on the website. more coming up in sports day at 6:30pm. just want to tell you some breaking news. jennie formby has been announced as the labour party nec chair. she was to be honest the only seen —— senior challenge given the momentum candidate had pulled out. jenny thornby has been confirmed as labour's new general secretary in the past few minutes. more now on the allegations that cambridge analytica used data from 50 million facebook profiles. mps have called on mark zuckerberg to appear before parliament over the

matter. it is concerned about how social media platforms collect and use use information. with me is lisa—maria neudert, who is researcher at the oxford internet institute. also i'm joined by adrian newby, who is chief technology officer at digital services consultancy crownpeak. he's in colorado today. you surprised how the story about cambridge analytica has come to prominence, because it bubbled for a while and suddenly the story has exploded? somewhat surprised. we have seen how user data has been used for digital campaigning and we have seen where facebook has testified in front of congress but it seems one too many times something has happened. and users are beginning to care. we are seeing users be active and also the media and also an impact on facebook stocks for the first time. this affects we are told 50 million

americans whose details were harvested. some of those who have spoken to the bbc say their interests are spoken to the bbc say their interests a re better spoken to the bbc say their interests are better protected in the uk than the us, the law is not tight enough in america? you have to recognise there are different they seize for legislation between the eu and united states. the european union has been clear and asserted the protection of personal data is a fundamental human rights and everything flows from that concept. in the us it is different. there are stronger regulations on an industry by industry bases, such as health care. and a patchwork of legislation at state level. i think there is nothing in the us yet comparable to the general data protection regulations set to come into effect later this year. the european union is bringing in tighter regulations. who will it apply to? to basically

everyone. we have the gdp are, a new regulation becoming active in may and it will regulate how user data is collected and stored and will impact on firms but also users. the good news, a lot of it will help users to protect their data better. to make its location and storage more secure. it is a good first step and also one of the first prominent pieces of regulation for data security. some people made the point that you would not give your details, date of birth, information to somebody who stops you on the street, so why do we do it on the internet? we do not seem to understand how this information is shared. when it comes to people'srelationships with social media and other computer pawn

channels, there are two avenues through which personal data can leak out into cyberspace. we hear about information security breaches, such as equifax, where hundreds of millions of people'spersonal records we re millions of people'spersonal records were leaked. i think when people use their social media identities to authenticate to sites, using facebook or google id, they are not aware of what they are asked to give up, when pop—up notices ask if they are ok with sharing information so anything we can do as an industry to educate people and make them more aware of risks they are engaging with when interacting with social media is to their benefit. our information has been bought and sold for years. what is more serious these days is you can drill into so many aspects of people'slife and target quickly the people you identify. a key issue is that users

online prefer convenience over privacy. when we go for terms and conditions and click yes, without reflecting what is the data we are volunteering and how might it be used. a lot of the notion is data we share is often innocent, such as what articles we like, what we are engaging with on facebook. we need to understand this data can be used to understand this data can be used to give a better user experience but also for digital campaigning and if it falls in the wrong hands and this has happened, we have targeted propaganda. we have targeted political campaigning and also for example the oil industry can use those tools. there are lots of people in the case of cambridge analytica who did not know their information was being shared and might have taken great care of it.

it was through people they knew that information was passed on, so it is an important test case. facebook say there was no data breach, it was the company using information in a way they should not. the jury is still out and i am delighted the uk information commissioner's office has launched an investigation because it will help establish precedents about where the boundaries are for use of information. gdp r are clear it is notjust a information. gdp r are clear it is not just a bucket labelled personal data but within that sensitive categories to do with race, religion, their political opinions, trade union membership, sexual preferences and health care information that should be subject to additional protection. i think the investigation may come up with important conclusions regarding how

far individual companies are allowed to take this information before falling foul of the law. it has started an active debate. thank you very much indeed. the last remaining male northern white rhinoceros has died, bringing the sub—species one step closer to extinction. the 45—year—old rhino called sudan was put down by a vet in kenya, after suffering an illness related to old age. only two northern white rhinos are left, both female. from kenya, alastair leithead reports. there was no other animal quite like him. for the last few years, scientists and conservationists have been trying to get sudan, the world's last northern white rhino, to mate. they even put the 45—year—old on tinder as an eligible bachelor, as part of a publicity campaign to save this sub—species from extinction. but the gene pool is already small.

the two remaining northern white rhinos are his daughter and his granddaughter. the last hope for the subspecies is an ivf technique which has never been tried. it would depend on a surrogate southern white rhino. there have, over the last three orfour years, been attempts to develop what are referred to as artificial reproductive techniques, in particular in—vitro fertilisation, to recover this species. it is massively complex and massively expensive. it has never been done in rhinos before. so the chances of it working are probably fairly remote. the last northern white rhinos seen in the wild were here in garamba national park in the northern democratic republic of congo. but that was many years ago. they were acknowledged as being extinct in the wild in 2008. an epidemic of poaching for rhino horn in the 1970s and 1980s wiped out many of these ancient animals in central africa. gradually, those in captivity have died of old age. sudan had been sick for some time.

vets put him down when it was clear an illness brought on by old age was causing him pain. this is where the last two surviving northern white rhinos live — under armed guard 2a hours a day, such is the continuing threat to this endangered species. there are nowjust 30,000 rhinos left on the planet. sudan was unusual for his kind, because he died of old age. alastair leithead, bbc news, in northern kenya. joining me now from our cambridge studio is dr rosalind aveling, deputy chief executive of fauna and flora international, which is the world's oldest international wildlife conservation organisation. thank you for being with us on this sad day. how realistic is it this ivf technique could work?” sad day. how realistic is it this ivf technique could work? i would say it is a hope. the science is not

quite fair that there is momentum behind it and the main think it is a possibility. they have the male and female. it could happen. the main thing is to focus on not getting to a situation like this again.” thing is to focus on not getting to a situation like this again. i met sudan some years ago. i know some of the amazing work they do there. they have the largest black rhino sanctuary and have been good with the programme, reintroducing and increasing numbers. is that the model they need to follow for this rhinoceros? ijoin you in having met sudan several times because i was on the board and they brought it as it was originally a cattle ranch and helped to bring them back to conservation. an interesting model. they combine business and agriculture and wildlife

conservation, education, communities. it works well and they have brought the rhino population up to one of the largest of the eastern subspecies, just about 116. why has this species suffered so badly? we go hunting is to blame, poachers, but why this one? the northern white rhino, because they happen to be in an area of insecurity in northern democratic republic of congo and parts of uganda and sudan and they suffered waves of insecurity and there was concern about them even some years ago when sudan was caught in an attempt to establish a zoo population. it is where they have been. that is a reason why it is important if we can to keep the genes available because they are adapted to that region and climate and if ivf works it would be that

they could keep northern adapted genes available. as i understand it they would take the egg from the girl rhinos and take the sperm and put it into another species. does it keep it honest, is it still a northern white rhino? it would be entirely a northern white rhino. it isa entirely a northern white rhino. it is a subspecies. like the southern white rhino. they are related. it would produce a totally northern white rhino baby but they would need more than one. they would need to build upa more than one. they would need to build up a founder population but rhinos can do that. a century ago, the precursor of the organisation brought back the southern white rhino which had collapsed to 50 in two populations. that is a success story, that species has been brought

back to 20,000 today. the two female rhinos, when can they carry calfs? they can't. when populations get small, rhinos become less fertile. so it would have to be harvesting eggs, which they don't know about yet. we hope it works. thank you. sad news. there's been a bigger than expected fall in inflation. figures from the office for national statistics show consumer prices rose at an annual rate of 2.7% in february, down from 3% in january. a small drop in petrol prices is one of the factors behind the fall, as our economics correspondent andy verity reports. at this kent—based maker of healthy juices, slicing a little off your cost can make a big difference. its selling point is a product that is fresh with nothing added,

not preservatives nor water, so it is essential to get it to the shelves quickly. the young entrepreneur in charge has said that the service has been getting cheaper. things that are easing off in terms of cost include distribution, so we're finding distribution costs have gone down, it is more cost—effective to move stuff from a to b. other aspects of cost easing, digital technology is becoming more cost—effective for us, so we have seen the cost of that come down. the cost of living is still rising, but not as quickly as most economists expected, up by 2.7%. and there is little sign of further inflationary pressure coming down the pipeline, with prices leaving the factory up 2.6% and prices of raw materials up byjust 3.4%. that is a much softer rise than in the wake of the brexit vote when the price of raw materials jumped by a fifth. the devalued pound meant companies needed more pounds to buy

the same imported goods, an effect which took months to feed through to supermarket shelves. now the pound is stronger and inflation driven by import prices is much less of a threat. the impact of the fall in the pound meant that imported inflation was quite high. that effect is fading and increasingly inflation is coming from domestic sources, so higher wage growth in particular is driving up costs. while the cost of some services like communications has fallen, the bank of england is still expected to raise interest rates in may to head off the risk of inflationary pressure at home. the latest figures on pay rises show that wages are still not keeping up with prices, a phenomenon leading to the worst squeeze in living standards in 200 years. but if inflation continues to slow, the squeeze should soon begin to feel less uncomfortably tight. andy verity, bbc news. the parents of a six—year—old boy with a rare form of epilepsy, who have been campaigning for him

to be allowed to use medicinal cannabis, have been told they will be granted a licence on compassionate grounds. alfie dingley wasjoined by his family and the actor sir patrick stewart as they handed in a petition at downing street earlier today. his parents say cannabis oil, which is illegal even for medical use in the uk, will help control his seizures. and i'm pleased to say that alfie's mother hannah deacon is with us. this is a positive steph? it is, we presented our petition at number 10 downing st and we were asked in, which we did not know would happen so that was wonderful. we met minister hurd and the prime minister came in. there is still work to be done. the home office is happy to

accept an application from our medical team and once this is done they will expedite it. they are not saying the outcome of the application because there is a process to be done, but we are positive they are willing to accept this application and they are encouraging us to do that because they want it resolved as quickly as possible. what have you observed with cannabis oil, how do you know it works? we went to holland for five months. we saw our doctor and mp overa five months. we saw our doctor and mp over a year ago to ask them how to do this and found a paediatric neurologist at children's hospital who was willing to treat alfie with medical cannabis. we had to do a trial, it was the only way to prove it would work and he went from having about 150 seizures a month, blue lighted into a&e every week and having a lot of pharmaceutical medication, he went from that to

having one seizure a month. when we added the thc he had one seizure a month. his life was transformed so was ours. when you apply for this medical license, hopefully you can use that evidence you gathered for five months and present it to the board? yes, our doctors will look at the evidence we have gathered in holland and speak to our doctor there. they will make the application. i do not understand what needs to be done. i do not know the ins and outs. the application will be made to the home office and we hope, because they say they recognise the compassionate grounds that alfie needs the medication, we hope this will be resolved quickly. sir patrick stewart was with you today in support because he uses medicinal cannabis to treat his

arthritis. he showed me his hands today. he had eight injections of steroids in his fingers for arthritis but he is registered in california for medicinal cannabis where he can use it legally but when he is here, he has to have painful steroid injections because he not allowed to legally use it here, so he is passionate about being able to use it, which is why he supports the campaign. it works for him and alfie, presumably your ambition is for all children to be able to use it? my ambition is to keep my son safe, alive, and away from steroids because they can cause psychosis. my job at the moment is not to advocate for everyone in the country. i cannot do that. my child is important for me at the moment. i think there are a lot of people who think there are a lot of people who think this would be positive for other people but that is not my

fight, my fight is for my child at the moment. thank you. there's a warning that a fifth of roads in england and wales are in a poor condition because councils don't have enough money to tackle potholes. a study by the asphalt industry alliance has used information from local authorities — and it says maintenance funding has fallen short for many years, so some roads are becoming unsafe. this is the problem that we are talking about. it's a problem which irritates motorists. every day, i feel like my tyres are going to be completely ruined. they are atrocious, the roads. it's everywhere now. they really, really need some investment. simon and tom are part of a club which cycle around 10,000 miles a year. both have been recently injured. there wasn't really anywhere to go, with the cars being on the right. i hit this pothole. it kind of took one of my hands off the bars. and i went down quite hard. probably doing in excess of 25, 26 miles an hour. i've had injections, fluid put in my shoulders and in my hands, cortisone injections.

it's been quite an ongoing thing. and the trauma's kind of stayed with you, because you're not out there cycling competitively right now? so it really knocks your confidence, you know. you're just really aware of the road surface. and certainly being pushed out into the traffic because of the state of the broken roads. and we know this — the big thaw, is likely to make a big problem even bigger. but today a report from the people who will help look after the big fix says this... councils in england and wales filled in 24% fewer potholes last year than five years ago. and it will take 1a years to clear the current road repair backlog. one in five roads have got less than five years' worth of life left in them. now, compare that to last year when we were saying one in six. so the scale of the problem is escalating. 0ur roads are getting worse. while novel ways are dreamed up to highlight the problem, the local government association says councils are making progress in filling the holes properly,

but need much more funding from central government. central government say they have given close to £300 million to help do the job. simon was offered £18,000 from a council in compensation. all of this costs, but today's report says nowhere near enough is being spent to tackle decades of underinvestment. jane mccubbin, bbc news. the six 0'clock news is coming up and we expect a press conference after the crash of the hawkjet earlier today and we will bring you the details when we have them. time for a look at the weather... how is it looking? is looking fine, it will turn mild but i do not think we are done with winter yet. some computer models

suggesting over easter we could have nasty northerly winds from the arctic but that is a long way off and things can change as they often do. in the short—term, a frosty night. skies clearing and temperatures will dip away. in the next few days these weather systems will head in our direction bringing mild airand things will head in our direction bringing mild air and things will turn clarity and wetter for some, but milder. tonight, clear skies across many parts. temperatures will be dipping away in city centres to below freezing in some areas. maybe not in the far north—west. of scotla nd not in the far north—west. of scotland you can see a weather front coming in. not as cold. —2 in cardiff. some tomorrow waking up to frost on the ground and cars.

tomorrow relatively bright. in the north of the country, scotland and northern ireland, the weather goes downhill. cloud and outbreaks of rain. in belfast, temperatures getting to 10 degrees and i suspect in the south, 10 celsius. higher than what we have had. wednesday into thursday, the mild air from the south briefly makes an appearance with that comes cloud and rain. at this time, when we get mild weather from the atlantic, we pay for it with cloud and linked with that. not at that stage when we get heat coming in from the south. still too early. on thursday, south—westerly winds. cloud in western areas where the sun comes out temperatures could get up to 12—13. friday, low

pressure, wind blowing around. weather fronts. blustery showers in the south, i think. temperatures down. topsy—turvy but on balance, not bad. international pressure mounts on facebook over allegations about the use of millions of people's data. founder mark zuckerberg has been summoned to parliament to answer questions. it follows allegations that a british firm, cambridge analytica, used data from 50 million facebook members. of course individuals should be careful. of course they should think twice about who they're sharing their information with, but on the other hand it's really up to the companies to get this right and comply with the law. we'll be asking what impact the claims could have on the giant tech firm. also tonight. a red arrows hawk has crashed at an raf base in north wales.

two people were on board — it's not yet known if they survived. expelled after the nerve agent attack — a plane carrying 23 russian diplomats leaves britain on its way to moscow. cheaper fuel and food lead to a bigger than expected