which i hadn't was great concern which i hadn't appreciated at the time but firefighters themselves so they were unable to do as much as they felt they could do. this report essentially says the master plans in place essentially for these big incidents which the home office were involved in and other agencies, they are essentially inflexible and the report concludes the fire service ended up playing no meaningful role in those events and they have structures that could have helped. it took them two hours to get to the scene. and yet actually apparently the concern was that the central command was concerned there was still a terrorist on the loose, while other services went in and did their thing. andy burnham has talked about the inflexible approach of these plans and yet the terrorists and methods they use are becoming increasingly flexible. they are changing the style of attack each

time so these plans have to be as flexible as possible because the threat changes. it is difficult, in the midst of the confusion we are told there are fire crews who wanted told there are fire crews who wanted to go in and were being told to go somewhere else. the interviews with the people who were inside, who will be enforced to help, to actually deliver emergency help and had no training whatsoever, just wondering where the fire service was. i think this is a great example, unbelievably swift, but it is a local review which has come out with advice for national behaviour. given how many terrorist attacks we have had the last few years, this is only to be welcomed. there is probably lessons across the country to be learned. the inflexibility must then

ensure, andi learned. the inflexibility must then ensure, and i think after the westminster attacks there was talk of the airambulance westminster attacks there was talk of the air ambulance crew and what they have learned since and how they travel with a bigger crew and what they do. they learned from the experience of the westminster attack as there were so many people involved. this constant learning has to happen and the sharing of good practice has to go on because the terrorists are unlikely to stop. andy burnham mercedes is advice that should be rolled out nationally. indeed, let's take a look now at the mailand indeed, let's take a look now at the mail and another story about this ongoing row about anti—semitism in labour. this is the story that is not going to dive forjeremy corbyn any time soon. two years since the shami chakrabarti two years since the shami chakra barti report into anti—semitism and the mail is the

only paper to have this story. it's not entirely clear these 75 allegations, some date back more than two years and have led to suspensions including ken livingstone. jeremy corbyn has apologised though, didn't he? i think he has probably apologised a little too much because each time he didn't go quite far enough to make thejewish community oi’ enough to make thejewish community or anyone who doesn't believe that he should be appearing to condone anti—semitism feel any faith. he should be appearing to condone anti-semitism feel any faith. and i think people like john and who have been big campaign on this issue have almost seen that steps from jeremy corbyn is an opportunity to say hang on, let's go back and look at the

stuff that hasn't been handled properly by the party because he's beena properly by the party because he's been a long—standing campaigner and very concerned about actions made by people in his own party and has never been afraid to speak up. this is part of where this story is coming from. it was quite extraordinary to see a demonstration not just by the jewish extraordinary to see a demonstration notjust by thejewish community but labour mps notjust by thejewish community but labour mstoining notjust by thejewish community but labour mps joining alongside them. in the house of commons whenjeremy corbyn stood up to speak, there was a meeting about the whole issue which was incredibly toxic. 0k, which was incredibly toxic. ok, money back on plastic bottles, another michael gove green initiative. he's just another michael gove green initiative. he'sjust on fire, there is always something coming out of the defra department. there's been lots of conversations about what is

going to happen on plastics and how we change behaviour. the details will be fully announced tomorrow but there will be a talk of a vending machine style setup and it's about 78 countries now that have these deposit return scheme is going on and we are lagging behind a bit. the damage plastic is doing now to our oceans and worries about how it is getting into our individual bodies, this is a big move. it is consumer led but we have got to see what happens to those producers who are shoving this food and goods into plastic in the first place. it sounds like a really positive move, we haven't had all of the details but there will be cash rewards so they will be encouraged to go and

recycle a nd they will be encouraged to go and recycle and do something about it. nobody who has watched david attenborough and watched what we are doing to our oceans, i mean i think there is this statistic about 13 billion plastic drinks bottles just in the uk. this is a really big issue and gaining a lot of traction, a lot of people very worried about it. lots of other stories, let's ta ke it. lots of other stories, let's take a quick look at the front page of the financial times, undercover, north korea's kim takes a secret trip. it is like where's wally. was he there, was he not. there are suggestions the leader has made a secret trip to china and chinese officials have not been confirming, the ft claimed to have sources who said he was there. it was apparently two day trip and this armatrading was seen two day trip and this armatrading was seen with north korea markings on it, arrived suddenly and there

this speculation it was his sister again. anyway there is now this wild goose chase to find kim jong—un. again. anyway there is now this wild goose chase to find kim jong-un. you think you might want a bit of publicity out of it? one of the suggestions is that this is making amends with china because they were cutting —— amends with china because they were cutting — — cut amends with china because they were cutting —— cut out of the conversation with trump. immediately you are fated by the us president on the chinese. diplomatic circles have moved. jane, the rise of over 40s mothers in the daily telegraph. a p pa re ntly mothers in the daily telegraph. apparently there are a lot more people having babies a little later in life. the only group with a growing pregnancy rate our women over 40s and this has been the

biggest social change that we have seen biggest social change that we have seen really. basically women are having children older and older, many women going into further education, many while women going into further education, delaying the point where they can have a child. despite all of the huge horror stories about the inability to how your fertility changes, fertility treatments are getting better. i think it is fascinating. teenage pregnancies have fallen and continued to fall for the last decade so it really is a significant development. it's also another example of the nhs pressures, why we need more midwives, complications in over 405 getting pregnant and having 5ucce55ful pregnancies with the risk of complications in those pregnancies going up which puts a bigger 5train pregnancies going up which puts a bigger strain on the system is ultimately thi5 welcome move at the

weekend about the announcement, you can see why because they must have seen can see why because they must have seen these statistics coming. there could be certain advantages to having older women, who are perhaps more financially secure and emotionally ready. given the equal pay statistics coming out of all sectors and will do until the middle of next week which is the deadline, you can see there is an issue here with women delaying having children because they are worried about their jobs perhaps, a typical reason, then the knock—on consequences in terms of the health service, the cost. it isa of the health service, the cost. it is a big national debate. we either need to think about how equality will work because it takes two to make the baby, perhaps not to give birth, but how you share paternity leave and what will happen. and of course if you do have your baby at whatever age, we have a little worrying warning on the front page

of the times here. the killjoys are out. rubber ducks are so filthy they can kill! the microbiologists have declared there is peril lurking in the still water5 declared there is peril lurking in the still waters of your bathtub. anyone who has had a rubber duck knows they go black with mould. anyone who has had a rubber duck knows they go black with mouldlj 5hould knows they go black with mould.” should be wa5hing them! knows they go black with mould.” should be washing them! lots of people have rubber ducks. don't they all have candles and ipad holders now, televisions in the bath, that is the new thing. apparently potential disease—causing bacteria identified in 80% of the bath toys investigated in the group carrying out this report. that is a hell of a piece of work to be proud of. the

group has spent much time looking at 19 bath toys and worked out the design of the rubber duck is more dangerous than the others. we have run out of time, thanks to both of you. don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. and you can watch this programme any evening on the bbc iplayer. thank you to jane martinson and jo tanner. goodbye. good evening. as we marched towards the easter weekend it looks decidedly unsettled and disappointingly cool. we started off cloudy and wet today for many but got there in the end with the rains locally using its way north and east. allowing the cloud to break up

and some sunshine coming through. it's full picture coming in from devon. as we go through the night the cloud will return. further north we will see low single figures perhaps into the far north of scotland, to or three degrees, a chilly start. we will see the rain lingering into the northern isles and with gale force gusts of winds. this rain will sit here for much of the day. right behind but at the same time weather front will bring outbreaks of rain into the south—west and this will take time to clear. some will be heavy as it moves to clear. some will be heavy as it m oves a cross to clear. some will be heavy as it moves across the channel coast, pushing through wales towards the midlands and into the london area. with a bit of elevation into wales we could see wet snow but we are not too concerned about that. further north it looks like it will be a quieter story with a scattering of showers, despite the rain still lingering into the northern isles. disappointing feel across the

country tomorrow, noticeably cooler than today with temperatures sitting at around seven to nine sources. that will lead to a cold and the stade de lyon on thursday morning but generally speaking on thursday we see another area of low pressure pushing into the south—west and that will bring wet weather into the south—west, gradually into wales. ahead of that it should stage i do most of the day across eastern england, the far north of scotland seen some england, the far north of scotland seen some rain, and snow to the tops of the mountains. top temperatures 6-10d. as of the mountains. top temperatures 6—10d. as we move into the start of the easter weekend, low pressure never too far away and that means it will stay pretty unsettled. we see the blue air mass sitting across the country so disappointingly cool for this time of year. don't expect anything brilliant as we move into the easter weekend. there will be some rain around and some sunshine, so some rain around and some sunshine, so pretty changeable. take care.

this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines at 11pm: an unreserved apology from the fire service after it's revealed it took two hours for firefighters to reach victims of last yea r‘s manchester arena bombing. firstly, the fire service simply we re firstly, the fire service simply were out of the loop. they made a misjudgement at the beginning, and therefore were two hours late, really, in getting to the fire. firefighters did feel that night, by some of the decisions by the senior leaders, and can understand their frustration, because they really did wa nt frustration, because they really did want to respond. nato orders seven russian envoys home as theresa may tells mps