hello. it's wednesday, it's nine o'clock. i'm tina daheley, welcome to the programme. elderly members of the lgbt community tell this programme about the prejudice they suffer from carers in their own home. one carer didn't know about me, and actually turned around and said in conversation after she'd heard about people like me that in her country they would put a tire around you and set fire to you. we'll hear a call for statutory lgbt training to help tackle homophobic abuse. you can see our full report in around 15 minutes. an extra charge of up to 22p is to be put on bottles and cans in a new deposit scheme for england. you'll get the money back if you take the container back to the shop. do get in touch to let us know what you think. and we'll hear from a jewish woman who's resigned from the labour party after it took 16 months for a man who made anti—semitic remarks to be expelled. she says she was made to feel like she was on trial.

idid i did actually for the first time actually feel really upset, and i was shaking and i did feel quite tearful, and it's extraordinary to think that actually, in this whole process , think that actually, in this whole process, possibly the most hurtful thing was what this committee put me through. you can watch that full interview just after 9.30. hello. welcome to the programme, we're live until 11 this morning. we're also talking about the big question puzzling social media users this morning — who bit beyonce? internet supersleuths are in a frenzy after actor and comedian tiffany haddish said the star had been bitten at a party by a mystery guest. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning — use the hashtag #victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. first our top story today.

people in england will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks in bottles and cans, the government has announced. it's in an attempt to boost recycling and cut waste. the deposit will increase prices, but it will be refunded if the containers are returned. the scheme is due to be introduced later this year following a public consultation, as our environment analyst, roger harrabin, reports. here's a global problem. plastic everywhere in the oceans. the amount of floating garbage could treble if we don't halt the flow. here is the uk's answer, a deposit return scheme that makes people think twice before chucking a bottle or can in the gutter. in this deposit return scheme we filmed in norway, you take the empty bottle back to the shop. you pop it into a machine that identifies it and then gives you a coupon back to spend. we are absolutely committed to taking action to deal with the tide of plastic that's in our oceans. the only way in which we can deal with this effectively is by acting on a series of fronts, and one critical part of that is having

a deposit return scheme which makes sure that bottles, which contribute so much to marine litter and to rubbish in our countryside as well, is effectively dealt with, and a deposit return scheme is one way of doing that. since the british government introduced a 5p charge on plastic bags, demand has dropped by 83%. ministers are hoping for a similar success with drinks containers. full details of the scheme will be worked out later in the year. roger harrabin, bbc news. martine croxall is in the bbc newsroom with a summary of the rest of the day's news. thank you, good morning. after widespread speculation yesterday it's been confirmed that the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has carried out an unannounced three—day visit to beijing. it's believed to have been his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago. our china correspondent, robin brant has this report. so, it was him.

now we know that this is what was happening behind closed doors. the wives were there as well for this first face—to—face meeting. china's elder statesman leader xi jinping and north korea's little brother kim was given a substantial welcome. we usually see pictures of others taking notes as kim jong—un speaks, but this time it was different. china is the only big benefactor of north korea. but the relationship has soured due to kim's weapons programme. this was to tell the world they are friends again. so, why all of this now? china wants influence in the upcoming surprise talks with the us. kim reiterated he is committed to denuclearisation, but that is ambiguous and not new. the white house says that china

conveyed a message to it after the meeting. but one thing is clear. china wants to be front and centre when the nuclear talks take place. the threat to the uk from islamist terrorism is expected to remain at its current high level until at least 2020 and may even increase, according to the government's new security review. the prime minister has pledged to use "every available capability" to defend the country's interests, as our security correspondent gordon corera reports. this review was completed largely before the salisbury poisoning earlier this month, but announcing the government's new strategy, theresa may referred to the use of a nerve agent in the city as brazen and reckless. she said people who carried out such attacks should be no doubt that britain would use every capability at its disposal to defeat them. in future, britain's national security strategy will be organised around what ministers are calling a fusion doctrine. it will orchestrate traditional aspects around police and the armed

forces but also involve economic measures and communications in diplomacy and law enforcement and even cultural influence. as well as threats from countries like russia, north korea and iran, the approach will be used against serious and organised crime and terrorism. last year saw a series of terrorist attacks in manchester and london and the review will say that the threat from islamist terrorism is expected to remain at its current heightened level for at least two years and might even increase. gordon correra, bbc news. the french president, emmanuel macron, is leading a national memorial service in honour of the police officer who died in a supermarket siege in southern france last week. 44—year—old lieutenant colonel arnaud beltrame was shot and stabbed after he traded places with one of the hostages. he was the fourth and final victim of radouane lakdim, who carried out several attacks near carcassone on friday. adverts for megabus promising ‘fares from £1' have been

banned by the advertising watchdog, after the company admitted that in some cases only one seat per coach cost that price. the advertising standards authority said customers would expect to be able to find the promotional price if they booked in advance. a statement from megabus said their future marketing would no longerfocus on prices. a former michigan state university dean who oversaw usa gymnastics abuser larry nassar has himself been arrested for alleged criminal sexual misconduct. prosecutors allege the former dean of michigan state university, william strampel, assaulted female students, and stored nude photos of others on his office computer. through his lawyer, he's denied doing anything wrong. teenagers in britain are being asked to take part in a study to learn if immunising them against meningitis b could protect them and other people. there are more than a thousand cases of meningitis b every year in the uk, with one in ten proving fatal and teenagers are the most prolific carriers of the disease. the nhs wants 2a,000 to take part in the ‘be on the team' trial to see

if vaccination can stop bacteria at the back of the throat causing meningitis. the trial will take place over the next two years. victims of serial sex offender john worboys will find out later this morning if they have successfully challenged a decision to release him from prison. two of his victims and the mayor of london have argued that the parole boards decision to recommend release was flawed and should be overturned. worboys has served ten years of an indeterminate prison sentence. new figures suggest that women in their forties are the only group in england and wales with a growing pregnancy rate. conception in women in their 30s dropped for the first time on record in 2016, with some experts suggesting that more women are putting a career before motherhood. fans of sir ken dodd are expected to line the streets of liverpool later to pay theirfinal respects to the comedian. sir ken died at the age of 90 earlier this month. later this morning a horse—drawn hearse will travel the six miles from the commedian's home in knotty ash to liverpool's anglican cathedral.

scientists in switzerland say rubber ducks and other plastic bath toys pose a real danger to health. researchers found the toys fill with a dense growth on the inner surface, and when they are squeezed a murky liquid full of bacteria is released. it can lead to eye, ear or stomach infections. you know the stuff we are talking about, don't you? a canadian teenager has struck the jackpot after buying her first lottery ticket to mark her 18th birthday. charlie lagarde had the choice of taking a lump sum of $1 million canadian — about £550,000 - or earning $1,000 a week for life. after consulting with a financial adviser, charlie took the weekly option because it's not taxed and is equivalent to more than £55,000 a year. wise head, young shoulders, all that! that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9:30am. thank you very much.

do get in touch with us throughout the morning — use the hashtag #victorialive and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. some of you getting in touch already on plastics. brad said on facebook, asa on plastics. brad said on facebook, as a child we got refunds on empty bottles. didn't see this again until i worked in switzerland many years later, more recently in sweden. bottles are placed into a machine which issues a voucher to be used against shopping. a very sensible solution, might also be a bonus the kids who can collect discarded bottles for a bit of pocket money as idid bottles for a bit of pocket money as i did when i was young. and this e—mail, returning your plastic and getting money back? many older people have their shopping delivered as they can't go to the shop, so if you put an extra cost on the goods, the people who can't get out to return the plastic cannot get their money back. we will be talking about this a bit late in the programme. please do keep your messages coming in. let's get some sport now. and the fallout from australia's ball—tampering continues? what can you tell us? it is fair to

say that australian cricket is really hurting at the moment. licking their wounds and trying to bandage things up after the ball tampering scandal. we are expecting a statement from cricket australia later on this morning, and that might make things somewhat clearer about exactly how they are going to bandage things up. the details of that statement are thought to be significant, and we will see if that clue what they will be. for now all we know is that the captain steve smith, vice captain david warner and batsmen cameron bancroft who was at the centre of that ball tampering incident have all been sent home from south africa after that incident during the third test in cape town. darren lehmann has seemed to be exaggerated by the head of cricket australia, but plenty are still questioning whether that is strictly accurate, including their former captain michael clarke who has been on twitter to say, too many reputations on the line for the full is to agree not to come out. england

batsmen kevin pietersen also making his thoughts pretty clear. he doesn't think for a second that he didn't know. it is likely there will be bigger ramifications coming soon. cameron bancroft has only played in eight tests, so the opinion of our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew is that david warner could be the player who is worst affected, especially after his previous indiscretions. there is a widespread feeling within australian cricket that they have had enough of david warner, and they are burning him. i doubt he will ever play for australia game, frankly. he has walked a pretty tight tightrope for some years now, and trouble seems to follow him around. i think they will be happy to jettison follow him around. i think they will be happy tojettison him. there are u na nswered be happy tojettison him. there are unanswered questions here, they talked about this leadership group and steve smith talked about it a number of times in that first press conference, and now it wiggles down to two people and somebody who clearly isn't part of the leadership group. hopefully we will have more

on that later in the programme, and we will discuss that ball tampering incident a little later on. ijust wa nted incident a little later on. ijust wanted to tell you that england's women were in action in their t20 series against australia, but they have made it through to saturday's final. we will be talking about the ball tampering scandal in half an hour. but to football and to var, wasn't it supposed to clear things 7 it was supposed to, we have had a couple of incidents in the fa cup, things being clear—cut, talking about offside, but when it comes to penalty incidents, var not clear in everyone's mind. england will be satisfied in the way they have played in the international window, preparation for this summer's world cup in russia continuing, but something that will need more fine tuning is the video assistant referee that you mention. it was rubber—stamped for the tournament in june earlier this month, but it has left people with more questions than

a nswe rs , left people with more questions than answers, and that is not something that fifa will want. england against italy last night finished 1—1, lots of praise for england's front three, raheem sterling winning a free kick, quickly taken byjesse lingard and smashed overjamie vardy. a penalty awarded to italy in the closing stages of the game by the referee who had gone over to check the video replay. the problem for most people is that even looking at the replays, the incident was very debatable. looking at it again, if you look at something often enough, you probably see a foul within it. in terms of the system itself, i think there are two things for me. if it is clear and obvious, then i don't think tonight's was clear and obvious, so that needs some clarity before the world cup. and i think it's important that we are starting to communicate what's going on better with the crowd in the stadium, but i

think that could be advanced as well. and southgate will name his provisional squad for the world cup in mid—may, so there is going to be one more chance for players to impress before the formal squad is a bit it. we will see if var makes the cut. thank you very much. more from him a little later. the organisation that represents gay people's housing needs has told this programme that carers looking after the elderly need statutory lgbt training to tackle homophobic abuse and discrimination. stonewall housing says homophobia is a "huge problem" and that more needs to be done to protect people who receive care in their old age. lgbt activist and former reality tv star daniel clark—neal has been looking into the issue. one carer didn't know about me and actually turned round and said, in her country they would put the tyre around you and set fire to you. i absolutely know that homophobia is alive and kicking in the care industry. this is the generation who have experienced discrimination throughout their lives.

now, in their twilight years, they risk being subjected to homophobic prejudices all over again. he said, "well, the woman who comes in in the morning to look after me, she comes in and the first thing that she does is she kneels at the bottom of the bed and praise for my condemned soul because i'm gay". i've met many people who tell me stories of carers that, when they realise that they're a gay woman or a gay man, they don't want to be washing them. andrew began transitioning from female to male in 1968. but an underlying medical condition meant he was never able to complete his gender reassignment. for more than a decade, he relied on local authority home carers to assist him with his recovery following spinal surgery.

but in recent years, he's had to cope without them. they found out that i wasn't having personal care, the carer wasn't showering me, so therefore as far as they were concerned, because i could shower myself i didn't need assistance. so therefore they withdrew the service. which, in turn, left me completely isolated, as i didn't have friends or family to help me. and then after that, i spent years and years on my own without even somebody to talk to. so, why did you opt out of the personal care? i didn't want the carer to see me. i didn't want the carer to see my naked body. and i didn't want somebody coming into my home, giving me a wash and then going out there and then telling the rest of the world what i was. i'd managed up to then to keep everything under my hat. nobody knew. because of the prejudice, because of discrimination. because of people swearing at you,

because of people putting excreta through your letterbox. one carer didn't know about me and actually turned round and said in conversation after she had heard about people like me that in her country, they would put a tyre around you and set fire to you. well, can you imagine how i felt, knowing that i'd got a carer that if i was in her country, she'd set fire to me just because i'm transgendered? and that made me feel very, very uncomfortable. very uncomfortable. because i thought to myself, "i've got somebody in my home that is supposed to be looking after my welfare but if she finds out about me, what kind of response am i going to get from her? is she going to feel that she's got to set fire to me or stone me to death or what?" i honestly didn't know. you felt that worried? it makes you feel very, very vulnerable. very vulnerable. andrew's experience isn't uncommon.

according to yougov research, lesbian, gay, bisexual and tra nsgender people are more likely to be single and to live alone and less likely to have children or see family members. lgbt people over the age of 55 are nearly twice as likely as their heterosexual peers to need health and social care services and paid help. after meeting andrew, i wanted to hearfrom more people of his generation so i've come to an event run by opening doors london, the uk's biggest charity supporting older members of the lgbt community. "pray the gay away" was an anecdote that i heard from a friend and he was talking about his partner. he worked and so his partner was in bed, couldn't get out of bed. he was bedbound with ms or something and carers would go in and he filmed them and he said that they had

a bible open over his partner and they were literally praying the gay away. so, when you hear stories like that, i don't want that to happen to me. it's terrifying! what sort of stories have you heard in the past? erm... well, things that people say, you know. cruel little jokes and all that. and just general intolerance, ignorance. if they were openly homophobic, i would show them the door. i think there should be homes that cater for gay people, lesbians or people of different sexualities who may not feel comfortable in a normal care home. because a lot of people who work in these homes have got their own prejudices. i know because i was once working as a nurse, years ago, but i changed professions at a later stage and, yes, there

could be problems. wow, what an amazing place that was. certainly a service that i'd like to think i would be able to use as an older lgbt person in years to come. i suppose it's really got me thinking about how i'd feel in the care system as a gay man in my 60s, in my 70s or even in my 805, like some of the people we've spoken to today, and there seems to be a lot of concern around homophobia. # and i will love you still, my dear #. this is geoff pine's late partnerjamie's music. whenjamie became terminally ill, the couple relied heavily on the service provided by home carers. but the prejudice jamie experienced overshadowed his final days. i remember the beautiful voice that

could send me into tears, just listening to him sing all the beautfiul scottish folk songs that he used to sing. he knew he was dying. he wasn't happy about that, obviously, but, you know, generally, he was ok. but there came a period when i noticed he had become... at the end, depressed. he was really very depressed and he didn't talk very much, he wasn't eating very much, and i couldn't find out what the problem was, particularly. eventually i said, "look, jamie, what is the matter? beyond, obviously, you're not feeling too good?" and he said, "well, the woman who comes in in the morning to look after me, she comes in and the first thing she does is she kneels at the bottom of the bed and prays

for my condemned soul because i'm gay". and this wasjust devastating to him. # and i will love you still, my dear... singing continues paul works as a befriending coordinator for opening doors london. the scheme matches volunteers with older lgbt people, providing them with regular social contacts. he's worked with more than 200 lgbt clients over the past five years. many, many of them have spoken to me about the homophobia they've received from either carers orfrom care agencies

or in care homes. i absolutely know that homophobia is alive and kicking in the care industry and in people's homes, where they receive carers. i've met many people who tell me stories of carers that, when they realise, you know, that they're a gay woman or a gay man, they don't want to be washing them. how does that make you feel, as a gay man yourself? of course, very angry. it's outrageous, of course. they've spent enough of their lives suffering all the years of homophobia and abuse and being arrested and just made to feel like second—class citizens in the country where they were brought up and lift and paid their taxes and everything else. i hope i never go into care. i hope i never need carers, because it's a terrible, frightening experience. more so as an lgbt person? yeah, of course. you don't know... you don't always have the choice of where you're going to be placed, or with which people. stonewall housing is the specialist

lgbt housing advice and support provider in england. tina is their director of national engagement and she offers training to care staff across the sector, to ensure they properly cater to the needs of older lgbt people in their own homes. am i right, then, in understanding this, that lgbt training for carers is voluntary? yeah, absolutely, absolutely. it's not something that's... no, not mandatory. it should be mandatory, as should all... i think training on all protected characteristics should be mandatory. why isn't it mandatory? because it's not seen as being significant, i think. because it's all about the care that... often with care, it comes down to kind of a medical thing. and the other thing i think, as well, is that often carers have really short contracts, you know, like 15 minutes, half an hour, to get someone up and breakfasted, and they need to leave again to go to the nextjob, and i think there's not enough thought given to that relationship between the carer and the person

who is being cared for. and i think it should be mandatory, absolutely should be mandatory. freddy gathorne—hardy is managing director of one of the country's biggest home—care providers, christies care, which is rated outstanding by the care quality commission. they work with more than 400 clients nationwide, providing bespoke, tailored live—in care, and are very particular about the carers they recruit. i went to find out how they do things. we only take on between 3% and 4% of all applicants. basically, with live—in care, you can't risk having someone who is no good. how many of your clients identify as lgbt? i haven't got a clue. we know some. we know some do. we don't... we have quite a strong attitude that individuals are individuals.

we say, "tell me about your life," and it comes up. or it doesn't come out if someone wants to hide something. do your staff have training around lg bt clients? they have training around lack of discrimination. if your sexuality or your race or your religion is important to you and is a defining part of you, then of course bring it out, let's talk about it, let's go for it. if it is part of you that is just there, it's different. do you see what i mean? not really. i don't see the difference between it being defining or not. if it's a part of you, it's a part of you, and that means that you need to be catered for maybe in a different way. oh, and you've got to be... and... short answer, no, we don't have specific lgbt training. long answer is, we treat everybody as an individual and we treat people the way they want to be treated.

we ask our clients how we can improve our service and this is anonymous, so they can, however far in the closet, they can deal with this. it's completely anonymous. we ask them as much as possible, how can we improve our service? we ask them all the time. we want to improve our service. no one has raised that in all of our years. in a statement, the department of health and social care told us... with almost 4 million of us identifying as lgbt in the uk, a number which continues to grow, surely it is vital that mandatory lg bt training is introduced across the board. but if the government won't take responsibility for it, then who will? how important, then, is it that if you're receiving care from a carer or a care agency that they know about your sexual orientation or your trans status?

how important is that? well, it's really important, yeah. you know, at the very end of someone's life, they should at least be able to talk about the things that are important to them. there are some care providers who do provide training in equal opportunities and so on, but my sense is that they're the minority and that it is not seen as a priority. there is a lot of work to do, not just with the domiciliary care, but also with existing care homes. and we will be talking more about this in the next hour. still to come. cheating in cricket — as three australian players head home in disgrace from south africa after one of them was caught tampering with the ball,

what's next for the team? it's been intriguing the internet for the last few days — days — who bit beyonce? we'll be looking at the reaction on twitter to this bizarre story that someone took a bite out of the superstar‘s face. time for the latest news. here's martine. thank you very much. the latest news headlines this morning. people in england will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks in bottles and cans, the government has announced. it's in an attempt to boost recycling and cut waste. the deposit will increase prices but customers will get their money back if they return the containers. the scheme is due to be introduced later this year following a public consultation. after widespread speculation yesterday, it's been confirmed that the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has carried out an unannounced three—day visit to beijing. it's believed to have been his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago. china says he held talks with president xijinping and made clear he was committed to denuclearisation. adverts for megabus promising "fares from £1" have been banned by the advertising watchdog after the company admitted

that in some cases only one seat per coach cost that price. the advertising standards authority said customers would expect to be able to find the promotional price if they booked in advance. a statement from megabus said their future marketing would no longerfocus on prices. victims of the serial sex offender john worboys will find out this morning if they have successfully challenged a decision to release him from prison. two of his victims and the mayor of london have argued that the parole boards decision to recommend release was flawed and should be overturned. worboys has served ten years of an indeterminate prison sentence. scientists in switzerland say rubber ducks and other plastic bath toys pose a real danger to health. researchers found the toys fill with a dense growth on the inner surface, and when they are squeezed a murky liquid full of bacteria is released. it can lead to eye, ear or stomach infections. fans of sir ken dodd are expected to line the streets of liverpool later to pay theirfinal respects to the comedian. sir ken died at the age of 90 earlier this month.

later this morning a horse—drawn hearse will travel the six miles from the commedian's home in knotty ash to liverpool's anglican cathedral. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. thank you very much. some of your thoughts coming in on homophobia in ca re thoughts coming in on homophobia in care homes. shirley says i am really annoyed about your gay report. why do people caring for anyone need to know if they are gay or not. all you need to know is if someone needs care. i was a need to know is if someone needs care. i was a carer for many need to know is if someone needs care. i was a carer for many years and never came across this is a problem. sarah says, my gay friend says his carer is anti—gay, but ok. the worst of those in the police who pretend to be balanced at are anti—gay below the surface, incredibly common. and this tweet from paul, really interesting viewing of older lgbt people and the homophobia they receive from some

ca re homophobia they receive from some care staff. kept training should be mandatory. we will be talking about this more in—depth after ten this morning. here's some sport now with hugh. good morning. we are expecting a statement from cricket australia later this morning in the aftermath of the ball tampering scandal in the third test in cape town. it is unconfirmed at the moment, but the independent news arm of cricket australia in the last few moments have reported that the captain, steve smith, vice captain, david warner, have been banned for 12 months each, and the batsmen at the centre of this, cameron bancroft, has been banned for nine months. that is not yet confirmed. we will of course wait for official confirmation, hopefully in the coming hour, but there are still question marks over the future of their head coach darren lehmann as well. we will hopefully hear from him in the next 24—hour is also about whether he knew about this plan, so news to come shortly. to football, and gareth southgate was left unhappy with the video assistant referee last night after a

late penalty at wembley cost his side a win over italy. it finished 1-1 side a win over italy. it finished 1—1 on the night, at alex mcleish has held scotland's1—0 win in peru as massive for scotland's confidence. that is all your sport now, morejust after ten confidence. that is all your sport now, more just after ten o'clock. thank you very much. the ongoing controversy about anti—semitism in the labour party reached fever—pitch this week. we have been discussing it on the programme all week. but how well equipped is the party to handle complaints, and do its procedures make reporting anti—semitism difficult? john owen has this exclusive account of what followed when a jewish labour party member complained about anti—semitic social media posts. chanting: shame on you, shame on you! this week has seen convulsions inside the labour party around allegations of anti—semitism in its ranks, and now this programme has been given an exclusive account of how one complaint was handled by the party, a process which left a lifelong labour party member feeling like she had no choice

but to resign. possibly the most hurtful thing was what this committee put me through. but how did we get to this point? the suggestion that the party has failed to do enough to get to grips with anti—semitism has been a drag onjeremy corbyn's leadership for some time. but the story behind the most recent controversy begins not in westminster but on the other side of london. brick lane in the east end of london has historically been home to a thriving jewish community, which is why it was particularly incendiary when, in 2012, an apparently anti—semitic mural was painted on this wall. the mural was removed following complaints, and there's a very different picture here now. but recently a jewish labour mp, luciana berger, highlighted a facebook post byjeremy corbyn from 2012 which appeared to oppose the removal of the mural. of course, that was before jeremy corbyn was leader and he later explained that he hadn't realised that the picture was anti—semitic.

nonetheless, for some the response was insufficient, and it led to protest outside parliament. in the same constituency, and just a few streets away from where the anti—semitic mural was painted, we went to meet michelle grant, a former member of the tower hamlets labour party, who believes that the labour party's handling of her complaint against one individual left a lot to be desired. she decided to begin complaint proceedings after seeing a particularly offensive tweet from another labour party member. "timeline of the jewish genocide of the british people. jews control britain and are committing genocide on us. here is how it happened." it then goes on to refer to an article from a neo—nazi website, actually. the post came from musabbir ali, who michelle says was already notorious for posting anti—semitic remarks and links on social media. we were able to find other anti—semitic posts from his social media accounts,

including one added very recently. so we kind of thought at this stage, "well, that's a bit of an open and shut case." this is pretty antithetical to anything that labour stands for. it's certainly nothing to do with israel. i'm no great supporter of israeli policy. i shouldn't have to say that, but you feel that you do have to say that. and so you reported it to your constituency labour party? yeah. and what happened after you reported it? my husband reported it. he's notjewish. he was incensed. he reported it to our branch secretary who said, "oh, yeah. yeah, we've spoken to him before." he then sent the offending material to the compliance unit. and frankly, at that point, we thought, "right, great, ok,

the labour party will take care of this. "it's pretty straightforward — ‘jews control britain' — we're not needed here any more." so, the compliance unit is the part of the labour party that deals with complaints, and so it was reported to the compliance unit. yes. and you thought at that stage, job done, and you reported it, this person will be expelled? yes, yes, you would think. what in fact happened? he was suspended, because that's the kind of procedure, and we heard nothing more. and i think it was probably about 16 months later that we were contacted by a labour party officer saying that this has to do be considered by the national constitutional committee panel. and there would be a hearing. so just to clarify, it until 16 months later that the national party said that this needs to be looked at by the national

constitutional committee? correct. so it took an awfully long time from when you made yourfirst complaint? yes, correct. then you were asked to appear before this committee to give evidence. can you just explain how that came about? yeah, so we were contacted and asked to come to provide statements and to come and give evidence to the ncc panel. and we said, "why? "why do you need us to do that? "it's not a personal issue with us. "this is an offence against the labour party in the public domain, so i really don't want to be a part of this panel". when i walked into the room, i was really shocked that he was sitting there and they were asking me to sit right by him.

i kind of thought they would bring us in separately. so that was quite unnerving and, you know, i wasn't too chuffed about that. and then i was asked to explain to the panel what... how i had been hurt by these tweets. they were read out, and i was to the panel how i was hurt by them. my first response was to say, "i'd be really interested to hear how you, as labour party members, feel hurt by these tweets". and i was asked to explain my own jewish background, which, again, i didn't feel was particularly necessary, but i explained. i explained that my family... my mother's family had

died in the holocaust. i told them about how my grandfather's gravestone was a few years ago smashed and daubed with swastikas, and so, you know, this was quite difficult for me. and somehow sitting there and being questioned in this way, itjust brought it to a head, and i did actually, for the first time, really, actually feel really upset. you know, and i was shaking and i did feel quite tearful. it's extraordinary to think that, actually, in this whole process, possibly the most hurtful thing was what this committee put me through. so, at that point —

and it really was that the point when they could see that i was visibly upset, in fact they asked me, did i need a break? and i said "no, it's fine." ijust really wanted to get out of there, to be honest. and at that point they said thank you, and then they turned to him and said, "would you like to cross—examine her?" she sighs "would you like to cross—examine her?" um... and i was kind of in shock at that question, and so i said, "i'm not prepared to be questioned. "i'm not on trial here, i don't think. "this is between this person and the labour party, not between this person and me". so i suppose, just in kind of summation, the labour party continually tells us it is an anti—racist party,

that it takes this sort of thing extremely seriously, but as somebody who's made a complaint — a complaint that was eventually substantiated, so a real and proper complaint — how do you feel you've been treated by the party as a whole over the course of that? um... i feel that the party has made anti—semitism my responsibility. i feel that the party has not taken responsibility for rooting out anti—semitism, and i want really, really desperately for people to stop saying that these kinds of experiences are just smears. because they're not. we contacted mossabir ali for a response to this report but have not heard from him.

we have received a statement from labour party who said: "mossabir ali is expelled from the labour party. he was immediately suspended when the party received this complaint, and was then expelled in line with our rules and procedures, after due process had taken place." they also told us that complainants do not have to attend or be part of ncc hearings. there are different options available, including the option of submitting a written statement. in response to the allegation that the complaint was treated as a personalfeud, that's been called "completely untrue" by the party, who say this case was treated as a breach of the rules and he was expelled on that basis. coming up... it's been intriguing the internet for the last few days — who bit beyonce? we'll be looking at the reaction on twitter to this bizarre story that someone took a bite out of the star's face. we've been expecting further sanctions to be announced this morning against three australian cricket players who've been sent home in disgrace from their tour of south africa, as punishment for ball tampering.

we told you a few minutes ago that we've had unconfirmed reports david warner and steve smith have been banned for a year by cricket australia. and it's reported that cameron bancroft has been banned for nine months. it comes after cameras picked up cameron bancroft taking what he said was yellow tape out of his trouser pocket before rubbing the ball. he later appeared at a press conference with team captain, steve smith, who admitted they were trying to "get an advantage". it's become a global news story, drawing criticism from both theresa may and the australian prime minister. so what's next for the australian team ? we can speak now to the former england cricketer ebony rainford—brent. geoff lemon, the australian commentator and podcast host. he's in johannesburg. and andrew miller, who's the uk editor of espn cricinfo. welcome to the programme. geoff, you have been tweeting about this

breaking news, unconfirmed report on the sanctions but what can you tell us? nothing official, james sutherland the ceo of australia will tillerson a couple of hours. i had reports fromjim tillerson a couple of hours. i had reports from jim maxwell, my senior colleague at the abc, who had it confirmed as far as he was concerned that one—year bans have been handed to smith and warner. they are eligible to play t20 leaks in other countries but will be eligible for australian controlled lakes for 12 months. andrew miller, can i get your response to that? —— leagues. it isa your response to that? —— leagues. it is a very harsh situation for australia because in my opinion the law that is at fault here is the law that tackles ball tampering and the icc are at fault for having failed

consistently the past 30 years to tackle these thorny issue. there is a skill to reverse swing, there is no clear delineation between what is illegal and not. clearly what they did on the face of it was shocking but most teams manipulate the ball to some degree. they were unlucky to be caught out but equally stupid to pushit be caught out but equally stupid to push it so far. ebony, some people feel the reaction to this has been hysterical and over the top, what do you think? there has been a mixed year. no doubt the mistakes they made went to par and they crossed a line but anybody who has played cricket to a decent level knows it isa cricket to a decent level knows it is a regular thing as andrew said, bowlers are always trying to get the advantage that were throwing the ball into the surface, you can see umpires talking to them to stop them doing that. they have gone a bit too far but i have heard people talking about lifetime bans and things like

this. the biggest issue is the impact on cricket australia. every date you are seeing e—mails from james sutherland trying to get fans, supporters, sponsors back on board andl supporters, sponsors back on board and i think the reputational damage is bad because of how it looked on camera. is bad because of how it looked on camera. those are the bigger concerns. some people have gone too far. a lot of bowlers have tried to manipulative the ball in some way also these guys have gone too far but it does not require a life ban. do you think the reaction would have been the same if it was a different nation involved and not australia? a lot of people are revelling in the fa ct lot of people are revelling in the fact they are in this position. the thing for australia, especially this team, they are very arrogant. the example is, nathan line said before the ashes that he wanted to end careers, you the ashes that he wanted to end careers, you hear them talk about them wanting to take down the pommes —— nathan lyon. because they are so

arrogant, a bit too rough around the edges and people don't like them. you look at new zealand, people like them, they play the game in a good spirit. when they have got that edge, and when you are at the top of the game: people want to see you knocked down. that is part of the hysteria. i can see you nodding, andrew. i just hysteria. i can see you nodding, andrew. ijust think hysteria. i can see you nodding, andrew. i just think that there is a certain degree of sanctimonious nurse around the australian attitude to where the line should be drawn in anything. we had field issues involving david warner. there is a lot of shopping and ford are flying around but i reiterate that there is around but i reiterate that there is a huge skill in reverse swing bowling . that cannot be achieved unless you looked up the ball. you can maintain the condition of the ball, you can polish it, use your saliva to stop it degrading but not enhance the

degradation and it is such a grey area. it gets used for 18 overs, it will get hit in the turf, by the bat -- 80 will get hit in the turf, by the bat —— 80 overs. it will get scuffed up. it should not be beyond the bounds of the icc to be able to say, what the bowlers do with the ball is their business, they should be allowed to throw it in the turf if they wish because ultimately they have to use it for the whole day and if it does not swing, they don't get batsmen out. and the spectators suffer in my opinion if the bowlers cannot fight back and give unequal contest. there arter separate issues. —— there are two separate issues. —— there are two separate issues. bobby are not necessarily cricket fans, having followed this in the international press in the cricketing world this is a level to offend equivalent to making an offensive gesture. is the difference

and the reason we are talking about australia it being a matter of national shame and the country being in monica is it because it was premeditated and caught on camera —— is it because it was premeditated? there are a few reasons why people arejumping up and down more, partly the premeditation and the involvement of the captain, using a junior team—mate to actually carry it out rather than a senior player. i think largely it is because australia has not been done for ball tampering before, players from other countries have. it is seen as it does not matter what the icc things come in australia it is cheating. there is so much regard and faith placed in the national curriculum as a representative of the country that when they are seen to cheat and be underhanded —— in the national cricket team. when you look so

foolish at the same time and all of those things, that is what has got people angry. and also that full from grace, and ashes winning team who now have their captain, vice captain and opening batsman caught in this controversy and possibly losing this test match series as well. is it likely in your experience as a cricketer that only three people were involved?” experience as a cricketer that only three people were involved? i have no doubt about two things. it is not the first time this would have happened, no doubt they have tried it before. the worst thing is they got a junior player to do it. but it makes no sense that three batsmen are working on the ball like this for the three bowlers and they have no clue. trust me, bowlers are very protective about how they want the ball could be developed, at what stage they want shine taken off, at some times they will say not to

touch it. there is no doubt they will have some sort of indication, the bowler would have seen the difference. this is years of craft and bowlers know what they are doing. it might be the case they are trying to protect players by saying, let's keep to this leadership team, as steve smith keeps talking about it, but i have no doubt that somebody would have been aware also whether darren lehman was, for him theissue whether darren lehman was, for him the issue is more about the culture, that the players feel it is ok to cross the line too far, there is arrogance coming in. i think some of the bowlers definitely no. and from all of you, i would like a word on what you think the appropriate punishment should be? what you think the appropriate punishment should be ?|j what you think the appropriate punishment should be? i would have gone for six months, a year is a very long time. six months would have been fine. plenty of other players have got away with three demerit points and haven't missed a single match. it is extremely harsh on the icc bases and six months

would have done the job. on the icc bases and six months would have done the joblj on the icc bases and six months would have done the job. i would go along with that but i would reiterate that it up to the icc to codify what is legal or not so does not happen again. and you all very much forjoining us, i am sure we will be talking more about that in the days and weeks to come. now it's the whodunnit that's been intriguing the internet for the last few days — #whobitbeyonce? the bizarre story that someone had carved their canines into the pop superstar‘s face first surfaced in a magazine interview with actress and comedian tiffany haddish. she claimed that, at a party in los angeles last year, an unnamed assailant had bitten beyonce after trying to chat up the singer's husband, jay—z. well, since then, the search has been on across social media to uncover the biter‘s identity — the only clue tiffany gave us is that she's a fellow actress and a number of famous names have been publicly ruling themselves out of the hunt. here to guide us through the clues isjimmy blake from radio 1's newsbeat.

i know you want to answer the question and you can't but how did we get here? i fancy party in la, frocks and fancy shoes, a lot of people speculating what had happened since. this interview she has given suggests there was an altercation and a bite. the internet has been trying to find out. leading the charge on twitter was chrissie and she said she cannot leave the plant without knowing who bit beyonce. she suggested she knew but did not do anything away. she went on the today show she did not give anything away again. a lot of people have been e—mailing the spokespeople, some huge names in america and these are people who you might not normally e—mail unless there was a massive

breaking news story or he wanted to get them in a film. and they are responding. people like jennifer lawrence, she said it was not her. jennifer aniston said, why in the world would you thinkjennifer aniston did something like this. amy adams, no, but funny you would ask. julie andrews has responded! i have no idea what you're talking about! a lot of people speculative who might be. chris c teigan says she knows but is not giving anything away. and the bookies are taking bets!e but is not giving anything away. and the bookies are taking bets! li na done —— lena dunham was the favourite! but she has ruled herself out. she says, as the patron saint of she would do that, i didn't do that! make sure you update is when you have any further news. thank you

very much. and now to the weather. it wasn't me! we had some lovely weather yesterday, template is reaching 16 degrees in london but today will be different, cooler for everyone, typical temperature around eight celsius so a real drop. a wet start across southern areas. some sleep in higher ground in southern england. it has come from this low— pressure england. it has come from this low—pressure which has been skirting across southern areas, bringing that heavy rain and unpleasant conditions. it will continue to clear away to the east. while there will be heavy rain around particularly in the south—east of england, gradually it will move away and there will be sunny spells in south—west england and wales this afternoon. equally a few showers as well. but the north across england, northern ireland and much of

scotland, mostly dry with some sunny spells and the odd shower. the far north—east of scotland stayed cloudy with more persistent rain and temperatures, as we said at the start, lower than yesterday, 4—9 degrees in the south—east. overnight, there will be some cloud and rain in the far north but elsewhere clearing skies and that will mean it is quite cold and frosty. temperatures down to freezing or even three, not as cold in the south—west. that is because there is another weather system moving in, linked into this area of low pressure that will stick around for the next few days but going into thursday, the rain will spread northwards. those showers will push further north and east throughout thursday and the further north you are in england, and up into scotland, there will be dry and brighter weather apart from the far north of scotland where it will stay quite cloudy with a few showers.

temperatures, fairly similar to today, 7—10d. going into good friday, starting dry and bright in northern parts but another batch of rain and showers moving into the south, some of them could be heavy and thundery. they will drift further into northern england. scotla nd further into northern england. scotland and northern ireland getting away with a largely dry date on good friday and temperatures in single figures. quite a chilly start for the easter weekend, some rain around, easter sunday is looking like the driest day so far. the risk of some snow on the northern hills and it will turn milder by monday but with it it'll turn wetter and windy. goodbye. hello, it is wednesday, it is ten o'clock. the former assistant to harvey weinstein, zelda perkins, is giving evidence to mps about sexual harrassment

in the workplace. they'll be discussing the use of non—disclosure agreements. i think only in very exceptional cases is this type of behaviour we are seeing in hollywood and suchlike tolerated in most other companies. usually the reaction when sexual harassment of this sort is discovered is disciplinary action. we'll be hearing from ms perkins live as she tells mps about her experiences. and we will be talking about what can be done to stop the prejudice lgbt people receive from the people caring for them in their own homes. he said, well, the woman who comes in in the morning to look after me, she comes in and the first thing that she does is she kneels at the bottom of the bed and praise for my condemned soul because i'm gay. and this was just devastating. we condemned soul because i'm gay. and this wasjust devastating. we are getting a big reaction on social media to that story, and we will be speaking to the chief inspector of aduu speaking to the chief inspector of adult social care of the care quality commission. and an extra charge will be put on bottles and cans in a new deposit scheme for england.

you'll get the money back if you take the container back to the shop. do get in touch to let us know what you think. good morning. it is just it isjust gone it is just gone 10am. here's martine in the bbc newsroom with a summary of today's news. tina, thank you, good morning. people in england will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks in bottles and cans, the government has announced. it's in an attempt to boost recycling and cut waste. the deposit will increase prices, but customers will get their money back if they return the containers. the scheme is due to be introduced later this year following a public consultation. after widespread speculation yesterday, it's been confirmed that the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has carried out an unannounced three—day visit to beijing. it's believed to have been his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago. china says he held talks with president xijinping and made clear he was committed to denuclearisation. the french president, emmanuel macron, is leading a national memorial service, in honour of the police officer who died in a supermarket siege

in southern france last week. 44—year—old lieutenant—colonel arnaud beltrame was shot and stabbed after he traded places with one of the hostages. he was the fourth and final victim of radouane lak—dim, who carried out several attacks near carcassone on friday. victims of the serial sex offender john worboys will find out this morning if they have successfully challenged a decision to release him from prison. two of his victims and the mayor of london have argued that the parole boards decision to recommend release was flawed and should be overturned. worboys has served ten years of an indeterminate prison sentence. adverts for megabus promising "fares from £1" have been banned by the advertising watchdog, after the company admitted that in some cases only one seat per coach cost that price. the advertising standards authority said customers would expect to be able to find the promotional price if they booked in advance. a statement from megabus said their future marketing would no longerfocus on prices. fans of sir ken dodd

are expected to line the streets of liverpool later to pay theirfinal respects to the comedian. sir ken died at the age of 90 earlier this month. later this morning a horse—drawn hearse will travel the six miles from the commedian's home in knotty ash to liverpool's anglican cathedral. scientists in switzerland say rubber ducks and other plastic bath toys pose a real danger to health. researchers found the toys fill with a dense growth on the inner surface, and when they are squeezed — a murky liquid full of bacteria is released. it can lead to eye, ear or stomach infections. a canadian teenager has struck the jackpot after buying her first lottery ticket to mark her 18th birthday. charlie lagarde had the choice of taking a lump sum of $1 million, about £550,000,

or earning $1,000 a week for life. after consulting with a financial adviser, charlie took the weekly option because it's not taxed — and is equivalent to more than fifty—five thousand pounds a year. look forward to it. lots of people getting in touch throughout the morning. here are some of your responses on plastics. this idea that people will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks bottles which you will get back when you return those containers. let's have a look at what some of you have been saying. this text from john, at the moment i recycle all my plastic and put tins ina bin recycle all my plastic and put tins in a bin from the council. why should i pay a deposit for something i already recycle? what tins will have the charges, soup, beans, fruit? gordon says it will result in a farce fruit? gordon says it will result in afarce in fruit? gordon says it will result in a farce in shops and encourage some people to recycling through the bins we already use. lesley says the

deposit scheme will mean i have to ta ke deposit scheme will mean i have to take the bottles back to the supermarket, i don't have a car and this would involve a lot of extra effort to achieve the same end. not eve ryo ne effort to achieve the same end. not everyone litters the countryside, and most of us older people recycle responsibly. i have never left rubbish at the coast and it is not my plastic waste in the sea. i wish the government would realise we are not all irresponsible litter louts and some of us recycle religiously. on this e—mail, the way must be to make sure the use of biodegradable plastics mandatory, as they are in certain gulf states were even packaging of imported goods must comply. and this tweet from steve, i re—cycle comply. and this tweet from steve, i re — cycle my comply. and this tweet from steve, i re—cycle my plastic bottles at home in my recyclable waste bin which i pay for in council tax, and now will be charged extra to buy a drink and then we'll have to take bottles to a machine to get my money back. that is crazy. we have just learned that

nick hardwick, chairman of the pa role nick hardwick, chairman of the parole board, has been forced to resign. he spoke last night to the justice secretary to make the decision, and it comes ahead of the outcome of the legal challenge against the parole board in thejohn warboys case, which will be made public at 10:30am. the update is from danny shaw, our home affairs correspondent. we can now go live to a committee of mps who are taking evidence on the use of nondisclosure agreements and sexual harassment. the former assistant to harvey weinstein is giving evidence to mps about it now. . we considered ourselves constructively dismissed at that point. thank you. that is an enormous episode of your life distilled into something very brief. you said in your evidence that you

wa nted you said in your evidence that you wanted to ensure that mr weinstein was prosecuted, but that you advised that this was not an option, and that this was not an option, and that you should pursue a financial settle m e nt that you should pursue a financial settlement instead. can you tell us briefly the reasons you were given as to why this was not an option. firstly because the incident had not happened in the uk, so it was not under uk jurisdiction. secondly, because of the disparity of power between the two parties. and that as we had no physical proof, if we did go to the police in the uk or we try to ta ke go to the police in the uk or we try to take it to court, we would be utterly crushed. and who gave you that advice? my lawyers at that time. so you described the nondisclosure agreement that you reached with your former employer as stringent, and thoroughly egregious. i had to practice saying that earlier. which aspect of the

agreement have given you the greatest concern? it is a morally lacking agreement on every level. there are clauses in their that precludes me and my colleague from not only speaking to our friends colleagues, family, about our time at myra max and what happened, but also to any medical practitioner or legal representative, the inland revenue, a financial adviser. we can speak to those people as long as they signed their own nondisclosure agreement before they can enter into any conversation with us about anything. however, even within that, once they have signed that, they are still under pressure to not name anybody that any of the events happened with. so should your

colleague who had been sexually assaulted, had she needed from a counselling, she would have had to get a trauma counsellor to sign a nondisclosure agreement first? yes, and she in fact sought counselling but never discussed the event because she was so afraid of this agreement that she felt that she was not allowed to. this also stretches to if there was any civil or legal case that we were encouraged and asked to use our best endeavours to not this close anything in a criminal case. it doesn't say specifically that we can't speak to the police, but we have to keep a positive environment. so you have stated that the process of reaching the settlement agreement involved a

week of negotiations by the miramax lawyer. can you describe the process ? lawyer. can you describe the process? what kind of questions were you being asked, and how many sessions were there?|j you being asked, and how many sessions were there? i actually have a very thorough record of it, because i noted it all down in my diary at the time. myself and my colleague only spent three days on that process, however my representative, it was a week—long process for them. there were two particular sessions that come to mind, one where we did a morning session and then we went back at five o'clock in the afternoon and we we re five o'clock in the afternoon and we were kept there until five o'clock following morning. so you stayed all night? it was a 12 hour session. and

the day before that we have had a seven—hour session where we were there consistently for seven hours. and most people will never sit in a lawyer's office for more than 20 minutes. it isn't somewhere you really wa nt minutes. it isn't somewhere you really want to be. it was a reasonable environment up to a certain point, but i think what was unreasonable about it was the pressure we will put under collectively, so i felt that my lawyer was put under a huge amount of pressure with me. what sort of questions were you being asked? some of the specific questions that i had

shared with other people, they wa nted shared with other people, they wanted me to name every single person, to do with the process, to do with why i was leaving, and this was something i was adamant that i wa nted was something i was adamant that i wanted to do, and we lost some of the obligations we had wanted from mr weinstein the obligations we had wanted from mrweinstein in the obligations we had wanted from mr weinstein in that process so that ididn't mr weinstein in that process so that i didn't have to name people. in the end there was a schedule in the agreement where i described every single person i made any sort of disclosure to and exactly what disclosure to and exactly what disclosure i had made to them, but they are not named. can ijust ask, to stay through the night is a relatively unusual thing for any of us to do in any circumstance. did you ask why you were being kept there? it was a sort of siege mentality. you become completely... you lose track of time and place,

and you are in a battle. you didn't at any point say, i would be like, it's at any point say, i would be like, its three o'clock in the morning! at any point say, i would be like, it's three o'clock in the morning!” did, and one of the things i remember constantly asking was for more options, where are my options, where are our options, because we we re where are our options, because we were never given any options. and because of the lack of options there was endless negotiation. but we were also kept, it wasn't constant questioning during that time, a lot of the time we would just be shot in a room and kept in a room waiting while they negotiated. 0k. and did you feel that there was a parity in the level of legal resources and expertise available to you and your former employer? was there a quality of arms former employer? was there a quality ofarms —— former employer? was there a quality of arms —— equality of arms? absolutely not, and that is a

company and society problem that as an employee i didn't know my rights, or as an employee i didn't know my rights, orasa an employee i didn't know my rights, or as a member of society i didn't know my rights, and i didn't know where to go for advice or how to get advice. i went to the closest lawyer to my offices, in fact, at the time. which is what most people would do. they were the media lawyers to me. you mentioned options, and you wanted to know what options were available. what options do you think should have been available to you?” found it... i couldn't fathom throughout the entire process that there was no way of going to what i would consider the correct authorities, so that at least there was a judgment of basically that this was a criminal act, and yet i felt that i was being, i was not allowed to bring that forward. obviously i was, but i didn't know that, and i was made to feel like i wasn't. and it all seems very

obvious when you look back now, particularly in the environment that wearying, but that 23 and 2a, i went to lawyers presuming that they were. . . you obviously had legal representation to look after your interest, did you ask your lawyer about those options, but italy what you just outlined, and what was their response? before we agreed to go into negotiations for damages claim, the only option would have been to try to go to court. they told me that wasn't even worth considering. why not? because of the disparity of power between myself and weinstein and naively, my secondary bunker when they said it was your word against his word, i

thought it would be one word against another word and it would go to a judge to make that decision, i thought that was what happened when something criminal happened. but my secondary plan was it would go to disney because i naively believed that they would be horrified by the news that one of the companies had a potential rapist, and they were a very openly christian company. again, my naivete was met with hilarity because that was never going to be possible. on the part of your lawyers. that was zelda perkins, the former assistant to harvey weinstein who tried to expose his behaviour, but was told by lawyers she "didn't have a chance". we are going to be keeping across it. we have been hearing that the

bbc understand that the chairman of the parole board has been forced to resign edit the outcome of the legal challenge against the parole board in thejohn worboys case which will be released shortly and we can go live to danny shaw who can give is the latest. i can tell you that in the latest. i can tell you that in the past few minutes i have been told that nick hardwick, the chairman of the parole board for the last two years, has resigned from his position, stepping down after a conversation with david gauke, the justice secretary, yesterday afternoon. he has made that decision in the light of thejohn worboys ruling. we do not know what is in that ruling, it will be delivered by the court at 10:30am, but i guess we can only make a prediction that it has not gone the way of the parole board, in the light of his resignation. he had defended the pa role resignation. he had defended the parole board quite robust lead after

it came in for criticism after it directed thatjohn worboys should be released in january, directed thatjohn worboys should be released injanuary, and although he had raised concerns about the openness of the parole board and suggest that there should be more transparency, he was quite a staunch defender of the board. it remains to be seen whether that is the reason for his resignation or not but this is clearly a very dramatic development in this story which, for the past two months, has rumbled on. many people have been concerned about the back thatjohn worboys, a serial sex offender who, until may 2015, had protested his innocence, had suddenly been directed for release from eight category a prison straight into the dignity without going through the usual steps that prisoners in his position go through which is giving them a bit more freedom in staged steps, normally to an open risen —— a straight into the

community. we await the judgment. the main arguments that the court had to consider was whether or not they were mistaken when they made they were mistaken when they made the decision is not considering the alleged offending ofjohn worboys going back to 2002. worboys had admitted offences which yet committed against 12 women but maintained his innocence of many other allegations and lawyers of two of his victims argued this was a serious mistake by the parole panel and showed john worboys was not being honest by the board —— with the board. thank you, we will go back to the high court when that judgment is handed down which should be in about ten minutes. carers looking after the elderly should be given statutory lgbt training to help tackle homophobic abuse and discrimination in the sector. that's what the organisation that represents gay people's housing needs has told this programme.

stonewall housing says homophobia is a "huge problem" and that more needs to be done to protect the people who receive care in their old age. in a moment we'll be hearing from the care regulator, but first here's a short clip from lgbt activist and former reality tv star daniel clark—neal's film which we showed you earlier. andrew began transitioning from female to male in 1968. but an underlying medical condition meant he was never able to complete his gender reassignment. for more than a decade, he relied on local authority home carers to assist him with his recovery following spinal surgery. but in recent years, he's had to cope without them. they found out that i wasn't having personal care, the carer wasn't showering me, so therefore as far as they were concerned, because i could shower myself i didn't need assistance. so, why did you opt out of the personal care? i didn't want the carer to see me. i didn't want the carer to see my naked body.

and i didn't want somebody coming into my home, because of the prejudice, because of discrimination. because of people swearing at you, because of people putting excreta through your letterbox. one carer didn't know about me and actually turned round and said in conversation after she had heard about people like me that in her country, they would put a tyre around you and set fire to you. well, can you imagine how i felt, knowing that i'd got a carer that if i was in her country, she'd set fire to me just because i'm transgendered? and that made me feel very, very uncomfortable. very uncomfortable. paul works as a befriending coordinator for opening doors london. the scheme matches volunteers with older lgbt people, providing them with regular social contact. he's worked with more than 200 lgbt clients over the past five years. many, many of them have spoken to me about the homophobia they've

received from either carers orfrom care agencies or in care homes. i absolutely know that homophobia is alive and kicking in the care industry and in people's homes, where they receive carers. i've met many people who tell me stories of carers that, when they realise, you know, that they're a gay woman or a gay man, they don't want to be washing them. in a statement, the department of health and social care told us... with almost 4 million of us identifying as lgbt in the uk, a number which continues to grow, surely it is vital that mandatory lg bt training is introduced across the board. but if the government won't take responsibility for it, then who will? how important, then, is it that if you're receiving care from a carer or a care agency that they know about your sexual orientation or your trans status? how important is that? well, it's really important, yeah. you know, at the very end of someone's life, they should at least be able to talk about the things that are important to them.

you can see daniel clark—neal's full film on the bbc iplayer. with us in the studio this morning we can speak to andrea sutcliffe who is chief inspector of adult social care for the care quality commission. the cqc is the regulator of 25,000 adult social care service providers in england. sharon allen is also with us this morning. she is chief executive of the charity skills for care — an organisation which supports adult social care employers. welcome to the programme. i want to get your reaction to some of the stories we have heard. this is com pletely u na cce pta ble stories we have heard. this is completely unacceptable for people to feel the way that andrew described. everybody has the right to have truly personally centred ca re to have truly personally centred care to feel safe in the own identity and be treated with dignity and respect and it is not on for them to feel that other people are bringing their prejudices and belief and undermining them. those stories made me sad and angry, and in

particular thinking about the fights that this age group of people have gone through to get equality for lesbian and gay people. it is completely unacceptable as andrew said that they should feel vulnerable, intimidated, threatened. we have to make sure that our care and support services are there for everybody and can meet everybody's needin everybody and can meet everybody's need ina everybody and can meet everybody's need in a way that is dignified and respectful so. talking about the solutions, when it comes to the care quality commission, what is the role of the organisation when it comes to the care industry and lgbt training if there is any question that it is the law, when people decide to provide care services, they sign up to the regulations. those were diligent expect people to provide person centred care to treat people with dignity and respect and not ca re with dignity and respect and not care that discriminate against people. our role is to set those

expectations, to be absolutely clear about what we expect to see, to ask the questions that matter to people, make sure we are getting under the skin of services and understanding what is going on. and if people are not doing the right things, to encourage them to improve or take action if they don't, and also to celebrate some of the blood services that do exist. there are some really positive examples are people doing great things —— of the good services. is there any specific lgbt training available? there are all sorts of training initiatives available, sharon's organisation supports them, individual organisations like anchor trust are doing their own training but i want to see that training as the bedrock... should it not be mandatory? there are so many other things we need to see. what really matters, people can do the training but does it make any difference to the way they are supporting people

and caring for them? that is what we have to c, the impact on the people using these services. does the cqc recognised that homophobia is a problem in the adult social care industry? of course and we see it in some of the services we go into and we have made it a specific focus of our equality objectives to focus on this and make sure that we are asking the questions and acknowledging that it is difficult, people find it uncomfortable to have those conversations. it is up to us to initiate that and make it clear what we are expecting and support people to do the right thing because thatis people to do the right thing because that is what i want for my friends who are in that community, that is what i want for everybody. what training do you provide? we don't actually provide training, we work with training providers and with employers to encourage them. we developed the care certificate with our partners in health education and england and skills for health which is the framework for a good

induction and obviously a commitment toa induction and obviously a commitment to a —based person centred dignified ca re to a —based person centred dignified care and equality and diversity is at the heart of the care certificate. that should be the launch platform for employers to support their colleagues to go on to gain their qualifications. we support them doing that by dispersing some funding from the department of health and social care that employers can draw down to support their colleagues to get their qualifications and again, that commitment to equality and diversity runs through. the important thing is about the culture in organisations and the leadership because, as andrea said, we can provide all be training, and there is a good training, and there is a good training out there, one of the contributors to the film summer battle opening doors london that specific training. we did some workshops around the country about a play based on the experience of gay people receiving care and support.

do you think the government has a responsible and to introduce specific and mandatory lgbt training? you might be surprised to find that, apart from health and safety, no training is mandated for social care. that is a big question because if you're going to mandate you have to think about how you implement it. i would say that needs to be aligned to a conversation about regulation of the workforce. those are the sort of questions that are being consulted on. i think we know that we are running a consultation about what needs to go into a workforce strategy and i would encourage everybody who has an interest, whether they work in the sector, receiving care and support, whether they are thinking they might need it one day, to engage with that consultation and help us get the message across about what needs to be in—depth about whether we should have mandatory training on all sort of issues that in there. including

lgbt. of issues that in there. including lg bt. let me of issues that in there. including lgbt. let me bring in some comments viewers, jane works as a career in a residential home and she says there are no lgbt residence but some ca re rs are no lgbt residence but some carers are disgusting in the way they talk to or about the residents. it is portraying, carers needed genuine desire to care. i know we all work for the money but care is not a job to do just for the money. it is from john, i'm a straight 60—year—old man, i believe is said that because a person is gay they should be treated differently to someone for myself. most are paid their taxes throughout their lives and should be treated the same. daniel, really moved by the story, whenever people ask me why we even need cap! pride, this is another fight we still face. there is still training needed in all sectors. it does come down to mandatory training being introduced. i know

you said there wasn't specific training but doesn't that seem like an urgent thing that needs to come in? i would refer people back to the consultation. we are going to have a workforce strategy produced in the summerand it is workforce strategy produced in the summer and it is an opportunity to see, "do we want mandatory training and in what areas?" how can people get involved? the consultation link is on the website and the department of social care website. get in touch with skills the care and and we will direct you to it. i want to hear from people who were using care and is of the services, their family and friends, people who are buying care services in local government or individuals and whether that is people working in ccg's. people

watching your programme. at some point all of us are going to come into contact with social care whether that is personally or someone we love. this is our chance to make sure we can secure the workforce we need to make sure everybody gets a relationship —based dignified, brilliant care and support. thank you very much. still to come. an extra charge will be put on bottles and cans in a new deposit scheme for england. you'll get the money back if you take the container back to the shop. we'll talk to a man who's involved in a plastic deposit scheme in norway — which claims to recycle 97% of bottles. and teenagers in great britain are being asked to take part in a study to learn if immunising them against meningitis b could protect them — and other people— we'll be talking to someone who had meningitis and the chief executive of a charity fighting the illness. time for the latest news. here's martine with the bbc news headlines this morning. bbc news has learned

that nick hardwick, the chairman of the parole board, has been forced to resign. it comes ahead of the outcome of the legal challenge against the parole board in thejohn worboys case which will be made public this morning. two of victims of warboys, known as the black cab rapist, and the mayor of london have argued that the parole boards decision to recommend release was flawed and should be overturned. worboys has served ten years of an indeterminate prison sentence. people in england will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks in bottles and cans, the government has announced. it's in an attempt to boost recycling and cut waste. the deposit will increase prices but customers will get their money back if they return the containers. the scheme is due to be introduced later this year following a public consultation. after widespread speculation yesterday it's been confirmed that the north korean leader, kim jong—un, has carried out an unannounced three—day visit to beijing. it's believed to have been his first foreign trip since taking power seven years ago. china says he held talks with president xijinping

and made clear he was committed to denuclearisation. scientists in switzerland say rubber ducks and other plastic bath toys pose a real danger to health. researchers found the toys fill with a dense growth on the inner surface, and when they are squeezed — a murky liquid full of bacteria is released. it can lead to eye, ear or stomach infections. a canadian teenager has struck the jackpot after buying her first lottery ticket to mark her 18th birthday. charlie lagarde had the choice of taking a lump sum of one million canadian dollars, about £550,000, or earning $1,000 a week for life. after consulting with a financial adviser, charlie took the weekly option because it's not taxed and is equivalent to more than £55,000 a year. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. some braking newts. three london

judges have carrying out a fresh determination to save the sex attacker will remain in prison. we are talking aboutjohn worboys. they have challenged the decision to release him from prison. that breaking news, three londonjudges have ordered the parole board to carry out a fresh determination. that means the serial sex attacker will remain in prison pending the outcome. let us get some sport now. we are expecting a statement of significance from cricket australia. that is after the ball tampering scandal. a few players have been sent home and smith and warner have been banned for a year and bancroft could be facing a nine—month ban.

there are still questions over the future of their head coach, darren lehman. we should have more details on that. the chief executive will be speaking to the media in an hour's time. gareth southgate was left unhappy with the video assistant referee last night after a late penalty at wembley cost his side win over italy. it finished 1—1 at the end of the evening. matt phillips scored his first goal for mcleish‘s second game in charge. nondisclosure agreements have been used legitimately for years by companies trying to ensure employees don't hand over precious information to rivals. but they're also used alongside hush money to keep victims of sexual harassment and discrimination quiet. this morning a committee of mps is taking evidence on the use of the agreements in sexual harassment cases. one of those giving evidence is zelda perkins — the former assistant to harvey weinstein who tried

to expose his behaviour, but was told by lawyers she didn't have a chance. she had signed a non—disclosure agreement but said the process was immoral. there are clauses in there that preclude me and my colleague from not only speaking to our friends, colleagues, family, about our time at miramax and what happened, but also to any medical practitioner, any legal representative, the inland revenue, an accountant, financial adviser. we can speak to those people as long as they sign their own nondisclosure agreement before they can enter into any conversation with us about anything. however, even within that, once they have signed that, we are still under pressure to not name anybody that any of the events happened with. that was zelda perkins — the former assistant

to harvey weinstein who tried to expose his behaviour, but was told by lawyers she didn't have a chance. she had signed a nondisclosure agreement but said the process was immoral. earlier i spoke to max winthrop. he's chair of the law society's employment law committee and is also giving evidence at today's hearing, and tojane mann, head of employment law at fox williams and co—founder of the employment lawyer's association, and started by asking what ndas can and can't be used for in the uk. the expression kind of has come from commercial law, where two parties want to negotiate freely and, say, they're merging a business, so they want confidentiality in those arrangements. they seem to have spilled over into employment law. for years, we've been used to the idea of confidentiality, but confidentiality about past actions, so that often the victim of sexual harassment may want that agreement to be private. it seems there's a bit of mission creep here and we're seeing an abuse

of that type of agreement, not only in dealing with past actions but also trying to stop people complaining about actions that might happen to them in the future, which is, in my view, completely unlawful. jane, how concerned are you about ndas being used to cover up sexual harassment, inappropriate behaviour, that is sometimes bordering on criminal? well, i do have some concerns about that but i think your listeners it is important for them to know that all employees have a duty of confidentiality to their employers in any event and a duty of loyalty, and it is fairly routine for confidentiality agreements to be entered into when employees leave to preserve that confidentiality. so what we're really talking about is these cases where some form of perhaps criminal conduct or serious sexual harassment, perhaps not quite criminal, as occurred in the employment and there is perhaps a perception that the employer is seeking to gag the employee and prevent bad coming out. right, so if someone, and employer, is trying to cover something up

that is inappropriate, could be inappropriate behaviour, harassment, and it not just being about keeping trade secrets secret? i think what is rightly giving rise to concern at the moment is the use of nondisclosure agreements... not so much the use but also the kind of background, the way in which these things allegedly have been negotiated, increasing pressure put on the employee, possibly misleading employees, as to the scope of their obligations. now, ordinarily, of course, in the sort of paradigm negotiation, you've got lawyers on both sides. it would be the duty of the lawyer acting for the employee to ensure that their client's interests were represented. some of the high profile cases we've heard about lately seem to suggest that that arrangement didn't apply and there could be situations where, if i can give you an analogy from when i'm appearing in tribunal, you have certain duties to the tribunal itself which might mean that you can't take particular

steps with regard to the opponent, even if it would be... perhaps your client is twisting your arm to do so. there is a really serious problem here, though, which is that if people are being silenced or bought off, others aren't being warned of that person's behaviour. i think only in very exceptional cases is the type of behaviour we're seeing in hollywood and suchlike tolerated in most other companies. usually, the reaction when sexual harassment of this sort is discovered will be disciplinary action and that employee... can ijust mention that you are allowed in any case to reveal a matter that is a legal wrong in the public interest. so in the most serious cases of sexual harassment, which border on, or which are, sexual assault, you can in any event make a public interest disclosure and be protected for that, and most settlement agreements have that written into it. the big debate is whether that should also include harassment

that is arguably not criminal, and where is the line drawn, and should you allow employees to speak out about that in order to reveal the issue and protect others in the future? and i should also add that as solicitors, we usually advise our corporate clients about the steps they should be taking to protect other employees in the future in relation to a perpetrator and what steps they should be taking to introduce training and awareness and to take disciplinary action against the perpetrator him or herself, and that is the normal part of the work we do. would you like to see the law changed so that, much like it was with whistle—blowers, to make sure that negative behaviours like sexual harassment aren't covered up and perpetrated by nondisclosure agreements? i think there is an interesting idea that has come from the equality and human rights commission suggesting that such agreements would only be enforceable at the wish of the victim. i think that's something that we'd

like to explore as a profession, and i think it's an idea that may have some merit. it needs careful consideration. i don't think you can simply make a blanket ban on ndas. it would potentially be harmful both to victims and to others. i'm talking about specifically in those cases where sexual harassment or allegations of sexual harassment are involved. i think an individual still should be free to enter into a settlement agreement, because it may be in their best interest to agree confidentiality in exchange for compensation, because that may be the best remedy for that particular individual and they may want to be able to negotiate in private and they may get a substantial compensation as a result of the privacy, so just looking at it from the viewpoint of choice of the individual, it would be perhaps detrimental to totally exclude that.

a national memorial service is taking place in paris, in honour of the french police officer who died saving the lives of hostages in a supermarket siege by an islamist gunman. lieutenant colonel arnaud beltrame was killed after he traded places with one of the captives following a shooting spree in southern france on the 23rd of march. french president emmanuel macron is leading the ceremony. we can now cross over and go live to the memorial. that national memorial service is taking place in front in honour of the french police officer who died saving the lives of hostages in a supermarket siege by an islamist gunmen on friday. emmanuel macron will deliver a eulogy in front of the friends, family and colleagues

of arnaud beltrame who are gathered to pay their respects. on saturday he said the officer felt as a hero after showing exceptional courage and selflessness and deserved the respect and admiration of the whole nation. a minute's silent is also being held. colonel beltrame will also be posthumously awarded the highest accolade in the country, the legion d'honneur. his coffin will then travel back to carcassonne for then travel back to carcassonne for the funeral. if you live in england, you'll soon have to pay a deposit for some of the drinks you buy, which you'll get back when you take the container back to the shop. so how will it work and will it go some way to solving the big plastic sian sutherland is co—founder of environment campaign a plastic planet and has been campaigning for plastic—free aisles in supermarkets. barry turner leads a group

on plastics and flexible packaging for the british plastics federation. first here is the bbc‘s sounds corresponded. the details are not quite clear but the scheme announced basically means that when you buy a drinks container, a disposable container, you will pay a bit more but what you pay is a deposit that will be returned to you. how it will be returned has to be worked out but one of the things that michael gove has mentioned is the idea of reverse vending machines. that is used in norway in the scheme they have their which are the target of 97% recycling of plastic drinks containers. so when you bite your bottle of water, you pay about 20p more “—

bottle of water, you pay about 20p more —— when you buy it. you turn it back to the shop and there is a machine and you put it in and it is scanned and the type of plastic is worked out, you get a coupon and your money back. it is a deposit and an economic initiative to enable people to get more plastic into the recycling stream. thank you. we will go to our guests in a moment but first more of the decision to release john worboys first more of the decision to releasejohn worboys by first more of the decision to release john worboys by the first more of the decision to releasejohn worboys by the parole board, which has been quashed. the challenge by the two women who brought the case has been upheld. angus crawford is at the high court. two very important decisions today in this case also the first, most significantly, sir brian levenson and his fellow judges significantly, sir brian levenson and his fellowjudges ruled the original decision by the parole board last year to grant parole to mr worboys was in fact irrational because they had not considered wider information about his

offending, his admitted offending, and the other cases it is believed he was involved in, something like 105 potential victims. as a result they had not considered truly did all the facts around the case. the decision from last year has been quashed, the parole board must now hold another hearing into this. the judges were clear that they make no comment about his suitability for pa role comment about his suitability for parole at the parole board itself must now consider the decision again. we also heard that the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick, has decided to resign over the issue. and one other issue coming out of hisjudgment, that there is a definite move towards greater transparency of the parole board hearings. one of the greater concerns from victims after the decision last year was that they had not been told and there was very little information about the reasons behind it. thejudges said clearly today that the principle of open

justice should apply and they hoped and expected it would be applied to the parole board. we know the government is looking at changing the rules on what kind of information can be released to the public. two very significant decisions today here at the high court. last month victoria spoke exclusively to one of the women that john worboys attacks. fiona was raped by worboys in 2003, but wasn't believed at the time, meaning he went onto re—offend. she wasjoined during the interview by her lawyer harriet wistrich. a warning — some of the details of fiona's account are quite graphic. he seemed like a normal cab driver.

there was nothing that made me feel uncomfortable or threatened by his manner. he was just chatty, talking about the night out, asking me where i lived, did i live on my own? asking about my family. and then he offered me a drink. what kind of a drink? well, it was just a really... i remember taking a sip out of it. it was a really strong orange liqueur. it wasn't very nice at all. i really can't explain why i drank the drink. i think it was just one of those situations where you just feel, "just drink it. it'sjust a drink. it'll be fine. he will take me home". and then there was some conversation about him stopping for a cigarette or something. and he pulled over. i remember him getting into the back of the cab with me and i remember him putting... i think he went to put his arm round me and ijust remember, before i blacked out, just saying he was nice, which sort of creeped me out a little bit because ijust wondered if i'd somehow encouraged him by saying that. and then the next memory i have is waking up in hospital. did you know you'd been raped? as soon as i went to the toilet i knew i'd been raped,

as soon as i sat on the toilet. i was a little bit sore and... when i went to the toilet, the tampon that i was wearing fell out and i knew instantly, because of the way i was. but what you learned subsequently was that, actually, worboys had driven you to a police station after he'd raped you. yes. and when you arrived at the police station, according to what has been heard in court previously, you were incapacitated, you were disorientated, you were vomiting. how did the police treat you? well, they assumed that i was just some drunk that night. back to our plastics snorri. —— plastics story.

sian sutherland is co—founder of environment campaign a plastic planet and has been campaigning for plastic—free aisles in supermarkets. barry turner leads a group on plastics and flexible packaging for the british plastics federation. and tua guttulsrud is involved with norway's plastic deposit scheme, which claims to recycle 97% of bottles. good morning. that is a very good success rate, 97%. what was the response when it was first introduced in norway? this system has been operating for about 20 yea rs has been operating for about 20 years for plastic and aluminium cans. the norwegian consumers and the public have been used to deposit schemes since the beginning, from the previous century, we had it for more than 100 years and that is a big difference in norway and

britain. 87% of the bottles are collected through the deposit system and we have an approval for about 10% which we can prove has been collected through the municipal waste system. altogether it is 97% of aluminium cans and plastic bottles a nd of aluminium cans and plastic bottles and we are happy with that. ican bottles and we are happy with that. i can say that it is environmentally efficient and financially efficient. sorry to interrupt you, ito other guests, we have had some resistance from people contacting us saying it will be difficult for elderly people who might not be able to return bottles to get their deposit back so it will mean more money for them, people who already recycle my have

been targeted. what advice would you offer britain to ensure success when it comes to rolling out this scheme? that you have done the regulation, the authorities have to establish proper regulations. one of the big differences between norway and other countries with the deposit system was that it was not the political system to establish it. what they did was to set up an environmental tax for each unit can each can and bottle, and say that you have to establish a collection system one way or another and the tax will be reduced according to the collection rate which you can document. if you wa nt rate which you can document. if you want a connected to the green belt system you do that, if you want to establish a deposit system you do that, whatever is most efficient. the industry itself, the retailers

and manufacturers of them, they went for a deposit system because that could put a higher collection rate. thank you, barry, what are your concert about the cost of business and introducing this? there will be some cost but the essential thing that the time to do by looking at schemes like this is get people engaged in recycling and to return the product and not litter it. i don't think we should lose sight of that objective. the challenges pointed out for the uk are somewhat unique because we do have a kerb—side system for households to re cycle kerb—side system for households to recycle which works pretty well. where we have to capture the material and stop it going into litter is the stuff we consume when we are out of our homes. i think we had to design the system really well for the uk had to design the system really well forthe uk and had to design the system really well

for the uk and if we had to design the system really well forthe uk and if we can had to design the system really well for the uk and if we can do that i think it can work. what about the cost? this could mean up to 22p could be added to the price of a plastic bottle, for example, and if you are for example an ugly person saying they might not be able to return the items because they have thisjob and return the items because they have this job and delivered return the items because they have thisjob and delivered —— elderly person. there will always be some people who have difficulties like that but for the majority of people, if you buy something that is using a plastic bottle, what is great about this new opportunity is that we will start to think about our own personal responsibility. if i choose plastic, i have to think about what happens with it. let's remember that the onus is not on the public. yes, we might pay a deposit on the bottle but it is returnable, we will get that money back. it is industry that has to build the infrastructure, if brands are using plastic to package drink and also food, they need to be

responsible for the end of life that packaging. that is not happening in the uk right now also our goal at a plastic planet is anything that helps wean us off our plastic addiction is to be a good thing because we are about turning off the plastic cap. thank you very much. we are out of time. we were talking about the deposit machines that will be installed around the country. bbc newsroom live is coming up next. thank you for your company today. have a good day. hello, good morning, we have but heavy rain in southern parts of the uk this morning. it is drifting further eastwards. at the moment we

still have some drab conditions in the south—east. this was the scene in norfolk. you can see the rain as it moves out into the north sea wolf that it might take a while for the cloud to clear from the south—east but elsewhere some good as the sunshine. more persistent rain in the far north of scotland but feeling colder compared to yesterday also tempered as at 4—6d in the north, 8—9d in the south. with clear skies tonight it will turn cold and quickly with a frost expected in many areas, down to —2 soldiers but not as cold and the far south—west because there are more showers moving in —— minus two celsius. they will move northwards but north of the midlands, scotland and northern ireland, drier and brighter and temperatures 7—10dc. this is bbc news, and these are

the top stories developing at 11. a decision to release black cab rapistjohn worboys is overturned. it follows a challenge by victims in the high court. ahead of that decision, the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick resigns, but raises concerns over the board's independenced. to boost recycling and cut waste — the government announces that people in england will soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks in bottles and cans, in a bid to boost recycling and cut waste. kimjong—un was in beijing — both china and north korea confirm he carried out an unannounced three—day visit. also, the policeman who was killed when he gave his life for another. french president emmanuel macron leads a service to honour arnaud beltrame, who died in a supermarket siege

in southern france last week. and further drama for australia's cricket team as players; steve smith, david warner & cameron bancroft are all sent home from south africa over ball—tampering