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 good morning.

welcome to bbc newsroom live. a decision to release the serial sex offender, john worboys, has been overturned by the high court. two victims of worboys argued that the decision made by the parole board was fundamentally flawed. the high court said that the parole board should have undertaken further inquiries into the circumstances of worboys' offending. nick hardwick — chairman of the parole board — has been forced to resign. in his resignation letter, mr hardwick apologised for mistakes that had been made in the case. but he said it raised questions about the independence of the parole board. angus crawford is at the high court for us. tell us about this decision at the high court. it to just ten minutes to hand down and read out the

summary to hand down and read out the summary of this judgment, and to hand down and read out the summary of thisjudgment, and it to hand down and read out the summary of this judgment, and it was made very clear that the judges' view that the decision of the parole board last year to grant parole to john worboys was irrational, and that the parole board had not considered all of the information surrounding his offending. both the offending he was convicted for, 19 charges against 12 women, but also the wider circumstances around other offences. it is. he possibly attacked as many as 100 women. the result is that the parole board decision has been quashed. they must reconsider the case. it must also consider whether it might also bring ina consider whether it might also bring in a judge to chair such a complex enquiry. thejudges made it very clear that there was no value judgment about the suitability of john worboys for release. the other significant issue is they questioned what has been seen as the secrecy around the decision—making of the

pa role around the decision—making of the parole board, so—called section 25 which meant that much of the information behind the decision by liberal board could not be released in the public. that had been questioned byjudges. they say that city should not be allowed to continue and have grown that back to parliament to decide exactly how much information should and could be released in the in the future. the pa role released in the in the future. the parole board are having to look at this case again, but it will be doing it without becoming chairman who has been forced to resign, which is interesting. no more than 30 minutes before the judgment was read out, we heard that the chair of the pa role out, we heard that the chair of the parole board, nick hardwick, had resigned or potentially was forced to resign after a meeting with the secretary of state. in a letterjust relieved, he paid tribute to all of those working within the parole board comedy was pleased that there would be a move to greater transparency, but he sounded a note of caution. he said in his letter...

a very significant intervention from the outgoing chair of the parole board today. we are nowjoined by baroness new love, the victims commissioner. first of all the reaction to the courts decision to overturn the pa role courts decision to overturn the parole boards ruling thatjohn worboys was shot for release. well done to the victims, because it has been a hugejourney done to the victims, because it has been a huge journey for them. it has not been easy, it has been very emotional. they are waiting for a

process , emotional. they are waiting for a process, said the result they have today, on the basis of crowdfunding, it's absolutely wonderful for them. i want to commend them for going through such a difficult time. we have heard that nick hardwick has resigned or been forced to resign, beleaguered by that more about that, and his raising questions, notjust saying that mistakes have been made, about how independent the board can be at their days sitting can be overturned, what concerns does it give to you? the independence is an issue that government can look into. my issue that government can look into. my concern has always been, i have worked really well with nick hardwick, he had been a victim focused, i don't want to be great about nick is a person, we have had great relationship in getting the victims voice, and be by working on getting judgments for victims before this case came to the media's attention. but i would like to say

is that independence will stand out, if they were more transparent. that is something we have worked upon. you can go today, we have got a judgment, the biggest conceived by thejudgment was judgment, the biggest conceived by the judgment was reached, judgment, the biggest conceived by thejudgment was reached, what judgment, the biggest conceived by the judgment was reached, what on the judgment was reached, what on the basis, and in parole, i have got too many healings and still doing that, you are left in this at this defines whether it is a yes or no with them information. i welcome the judgment and i look forward to seeing and hearing what the statement is this afternoon in a house of commons by the secretary of state. the parole board would say that they didn't take victims' views into consideration, but there may be very good reasons why complete transparency is not necessary or possible. also as a data protection issues, confidentiality issues. how transparent would you want the pa role transparent would you want the parole board to be? that is by the secretary of state has done a review about parole, and i wait to see what he has after easter. my point is

they may listen to victims' personal statements, but you walk out of that prison, if somebody reads it for you, you are waiting for your victim liaison officer to give you the pa role liaison officer to give you the parole boards decision, there is no medication, no understanding, and you have they are your own. at the end of the day, i do not want to read, ties victims, we need to look at what we can make transparent. there is a right to privacy for both victims and also the offender in prison. let's have that debate now, that conversation, and make it more victim focus. this judgment today quite rightly picks up these things and highlights what we need to do, soi and highlights what we need to do, so i look forward to working with the secretary of state to make sure that victims voices are not lost and they feel safe and guarded and their voices more important in this process than ever before. you are the victims commissioner because of

your personal experience with a husband who was murdered by a gang of teenagers outside a home in 2007, which is the thing that did you on this extraordinaryjourney. what else needs to be looked at when we are considering victims? it is not just have the parole board includes or excludes them. getting the victims law, so they can have another address issue. they need an advocate to help these victims to understand the process better, they would have a voice to have a right audience to speak to these agencies, it would not have been left in these victims feeling nobody is listening to them helping them, and they have had the crowd find. surely this cannot be right. i am pleased with thisjudgment. it cannot be right. i am pleased with this judgment. it a cannot be right. i am pleased with thisjudgment. it a lonelyjourney and to have to go and give evidence ina and to have to go and give evidence in a prison, if you want to read your statement, is really important for them, but also scary. you are left... having a advocate supporting

you as long as you need it is an important role that i want government to look at. is geriatric and has been indicated in the balde tempest and all, the captain steve smith is suspended for 12 months from all international and domestic cricket, as is david warner, and for nine months cameron ba ncroft warner, and for nine months cameron bancroft will also face a suspension. the cricketer is tell your board has been meeting to consider the investigation of the incident in south africa during the tourin incident in south africa during the tour in cape town. all the players will be be able to play club cricket and will being courage to do so, to maintain the link syndicate community, and they will be expected under take 100 hours of voluntary service in trinity cricket as well.

lots of discussion of the last few days about the impact this has had on the reputation of the game. particular how it influences young 93v particular how it influences young gay bat young players. cameron ba ncroft gay bat young players. cameron bancroft for nine months. 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. worked out later in the year. joining me now is samantha harding, litter programme director for the campaign to protect rural england. your reaction to this idea of a

deposit scheme. i am delighted. i have been working in the campaign for ten years, and this is one of our flagship campaigns we have for ten years, and this is one of ourflagship campaigns we have been running alongside many other organisations, some of which you mentioned in your introduction. many volu nteers mentioned in your introduction. many volunteers and supporters. we are delighted with michael gove's decision. it is a very retro idea. i remember taking glass bottles to supplement our pocket money. in that senseit supplement our pocket money. in that sense it is not new. where's the evidence that it makes a difference recycling rates or even pushing producers do think of different ways of packaging? the 38 deposit schemes around the world that running successfully, that is our evidence. we are hearted last year when the scottish government looked at the evidence available and made the decision to introduce a system there. i am very hearted today that michael gove has also looked at evidence and made the same decision. how much of it is down to the

inducement to ours, the consumers, that we will get money back? goes back further than manufacture stinking we don't want to have to deal with these returned containers? there are two things that worked really well was that if you have an incentive between ten and 20p you find that the consumer feels motivated to return their containers to the system. in germany, you'd was the return rates of up to 98.5%. the deposit works well. the other good thing about it is it sets a precedent that produces you take full financial responsibility for the packaging that they put to the market. they are paying for the deposit return system and we will get our deposit back, so it is they who are now paid to collect material rather than as paying for it to our kerb—side collections. rather than as paying for it to our kerb-side collections. it does require that once you collect all those returned containers something

useful happens to them anecdote edged up in landfill or the ocean. how confident are you that the mechanisms are in place for that? pa rt mechanisms are in place for that? part of the design process will need to identify the root of that those materials will take. a significant point about the system is that it collect materials at source and it separates them, so you get a high quantity of very high quality material which means it is highly usable, so rather than doing what we have been incentivised to do previously, sending a lot of our mixed recycling of a lower quality to china, we will hopefully have across the uk a huge amount of good quality recycling of which will encourage investment any type of recycling infrastructure that we need. how feasible is it, practically, particularly for small convenience stores operating in rural areas? it is quite a burden on

them. i don't think a lot of them see it that way. the national federation of retail newsagents came out quickly and clearly in favour of this system. smaller shops in countries where they do have deposits by debit can encourage from fall because people are inspired to get back in and get their deposit, they have money in their hand, they might make another purchase. samantha, baggio for coming in. —— thank you. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the decision to releasejohn worboys is overturned as the chairman of the pa role is overturned as the chairman of the parole board resigns. bricks, bottles a nd parole board resigns. bricks, bottles and can deposit return scheme proposed, people in endless mayhap to pay a deposit when they buy things in bottles and cans. after speculating, it has confirmed that north korea pot might lead a bit pay a visit to ageing. —— did pay a visit to beijing. the fallout

from the balde tapping scandal has continued. the punishments and we have learned. dan is down under boras. what exactly have cricket australia said? any last few minutes, we have learned that two of the best and richard cricketers in the best and richard cricketers in the world, david warner and steve smith, have paid a very heavy price for this balde tapping his scandal, both banned from international and domestic and the next 12 months. cameron bancroft for nine months. it was he who was caught on the television cameras on saturday, attempting to alter the condition of the ball with sticky tape, it is that which triggered this entire episode four as jelly that which triggered this entire episode four asjelly in that which triggered this entire episode four as jelly in cricket and has brought so much anger and

disappointment about those actions, so hefty bans for all three players. it isa so hefty bans for all three players. it is a significant sanction. david warner has had to step down from his captaincy role, the ipl have announced that both smith and warner are among the highest paid players in the lead, they will not be welcome to play in this years tournament. any next few moments, james sutherland, head of as jelly cricket, is due to address the media here outside the squad was luxury hotel in johannesburg here outside the squad was luxury hotel injohannesburg where he will explain more about why those sanctions have been handed down. i think it is fair to say this was the day where as jelly cricket decided enough was enough and they came down very heavily indeed on these three players. it is notjust about this balde tapping episode, it is also about the wider issue of the culture within the team. david warner has also been told he will not be considered for any future leadership positions. a lot has been made

around the suspensions. they were going to come, we would imagine. do you think they will be seen as fair and appropriate? ' you think they will be seen as fair and appropriate? ‘i you think they will be seen as fair and appropriate? ' i think australian cricket but received some credit. for the decisiveness of this action for the they were under huge pressure. there has been a sense of outrage from the public in australia and within the sport but also from commercial sponsors and the australian government. they were fully aware that they had to get tough. james sutherland said they would be hefty sanctions but he did not give the details. they have emerged now. there will be a degree of debate around whether or not darren lee mentions deby in hisjob, the head coach. he is due to address the head coach. he is due to address the media today. some believe that he should carry some responsibility for the culture within this team. some believe it is unrealistic that only smith and one were aware of what cameron bancroft was up to, but

i think they will now hope that by acting quickly and being relatively tough with these players they can now move on. that is all the sport for now. after widespread speculation, 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. 0ur 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. so, it was him. china's leader was given a substantial ceremonial 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. the relationship has soured due to their 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. china says it has a message, and one thing is clear, china wants to be front and centre when the nuclear talks take place. stephen mcdonell is in hong kong for us. just how much information have the chinese government given stephen about this visit? in their own way, it is quite a bit that has finally

come out. amongst all these lies and lies of friendship and north korea and china being allies, the crucial staff was about denuclearise asian, and when it was said they want to give up their weapons, kim jong—un reportedly said, that is what we have been interested in doing all along. some think it is a bit rich coming from then, it given they have introduced weapons to the korean peninsula. what people are getting excited about the fact that they have even mentioned the possibility, because that maybe shows the north korean can be considering it. even donald trump has it tweeted, received the message last night about the meeting with kim jong—un and that he looks forward to meeting with me and a separate to read, he also said, you also looks a0 beating with kim jong—un and this was a golden chance for him to do the

right thing by his people. i don't anybody is getting a bit too excited about the possibility of north korea giving up its nuclear weapons, but they seems to be some sort of the men's. at least for these talks, with kim jong—un and his south korean counterpart, and also when he meets donald trump. as the also heard any previous package, beijing is going to be involved in this one way or another. the funeral service is taking place in france for the police officer killed by an islamist gunman last week during a siege at a supermarket. a minute's silence was held at the french interior ministry to remember lieutena nt—colonel arnaud beltrame who was shot after volunteering to be exchanged for a hostage. he was the fourth and final victim of radouane lakdim, who carried out several attacks near carcassone on friday. this is the scene and the national

memorial service. we will speak in a moment to hugh schofield. but first, let's listen and watch. singing in french. french national anthem. as the president of france lead national tribute to lieutenant

arnaud beltrame. let's speak to our paris corresponded hugh schofield who is watching this service. the coughing taken through the streets, to the traditional resting place for men and women of france that they regard as military heroes. men and women of france that they regard as military heroeslj men and women of france that they regard as military heroes. i am keeping my voice down because i am right outside, and there are a lot of people watching on the screen. i don't want a corrupt. it has been a day of ceremony, military precision, the whole thing run by the core of army veterans, started off with the body in the coughing at the pantheon, the converted church which isa pantheon, the converted church which is a mausoleum for the great and good of france. the coughing and brought in with an escort of guards and horsemen, down along the keys,

through the latin quarter and the military context museum behind me. that is where we have just seen this very powerful, moving ceremony culminating with the eulogy by emmanuel macron. a very affecting speech with several moments that stuck out in my mind. he spoke of the moment when the country learned of the sacrifice of arnaud beltrame, how it said a frisson through the nation, because one of us had stood up nation, because one of us had stood up against terror and that affected everyone. i think the point of the speech was to try and put his action in the context of french history. he was talking about a comparison with the resistance antihero is apart, and saying to arnaud beltrame's family, you have joined and saying to arnaud beltrame's family, you havejoined those heroes of yours. worth reminding ourselves that three

other people were also killed in those attacks that happened in southern france on friday. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with for a look at the weather. we saw the very wet weather in paris, and that is the same weather system that has been affecting southern part of the uk through this morning. a wet seen here in hastings this morning. not many people enjoying the beach or the pier. the rainbow gradually clear away to was the east, later this afternoon before the cloud clears, and elsewhere there will be good sunny speu elsewhere there will be good sunny spell developing across many parts. some of those areas will see showers, some heavy with some hail, but feeling cold and petty yesterday. temperatures down to around 5—9 sources. this evening, cloudy skies, ardbeg is a vein in

the far north of scotland. clear elsewhere. cold and frosty into thursday morning. at least it means that those they will start off on a bright note for many of us. showers moving their way back into the south—western part of the united kingdom, moving further northwards into northern parts of england, but for much of northern england, scotland, there will be drier and brighter weather. gradually moving away further north... inaudible this is bbc news — our latest headlines. black cab rapistjohn worboys will stay behind bars after a challenge by victims against his release was backed by the high court. "i will not pass the buck to those who work under me" — the words of the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick, who has resigned. people in england may soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks bottles and cans as the government aims to boost recycling and cut plastic waste

china and north korea say kimjong—un was in beijing — where he carried out an unofficial three—day visit. cricket australia have banned steve smith and david warner for a year over the ball tampering scandal well cameron bancroft has been banned for nine months. smith and bancroft have been suspended from captaining australia for the next two years while david warner will not be considered for any team leadership positions in the future. gareth southgate was left unhappy with the video assistant referee after a late penalty at wembley cost his side a win over italy, it finished 1—1 on the night. alex mcleish has helped scotland's1—0 win in hungary as a boost of confidence. this is the first win of his second spell in

charge. i will be back with more london stories at around half past one. “— london stories at around half past one. —— more on those stories. let's return now to plans for an extra charge of up to 22p on bottles and cans in a new recycling deposit scheme for england. the government say they hope it will increase recycling and cut waste. the deposit will increase prices but consumers will get the money back if they return the container. alice ellison is environment policy advisor at the british retail consortium — that's the trade association for all uk retailers. thank you very much. so welcome is this move by the government? we work on the clarity, may we know they wa nt to on the clarity, may we know they want to introduce a deposit returns scheme. we have questions about how such a scheme would operate in the uk which has a different recycling structure from norway or sweden. what are the concerns are questions you want answered ?

what are the concerns are questions you want answered? how it would sit with their current recycling system which is collected by local authorities. that has a very high rate of return, particularly of plastic bottles. and how a deposit return system treated materials out of that. another is the cost. a deposit return scheme is very expensive to maintain and introduce. it's important the money is used effectively and efficiently and a scheme that works for everyone. effectively and efficiently and a scheme that works for everyonem you are a very big supermarket chain, you will have a lot of people trying to return a lot of containers. how were you going to cope with that practically? that's a good question and one our members are asking. we would suggest to be creative, sometimes returning it to a shop might be a best option, sometimes it might be at a local authority site, it could be any shopping centre. we want to talk

through all those questions and work out a solution that's best for everyone. scotland are ahead of england on this. what have you already learnt from their experience that might be useful in informing hours? what we have light as it is very complex and there are lots of issues to work through. retailers are keen we have one scheme that works across the uk, we don't want several different schemes, that would be inefficient and nonproductive. at the moment we are speaking about cans, bottles, plastic and glass. there are a lot of other sorts of plastic which you can't return. you rip some cellophane or something, what do you do with that? how much is that you retailers ? do with that? how much is that you retailers? retailers are looking at beer packaging, notjust plastic drinks containers. what we are hoping is that deposit return system would sit, that alone isn't enough to achieve the change we need particularly in plastic. we want to

see what's happening in a much bigger picture. we are looking at how to perform consumer responsibilities are packaging in general. what galvanises retailers most, environmental considerations or the cost? retailers are driven by a series of factors, we are looking at their bottom line but they want to do the right thing. they note that plastics is an issue that customers are very interested in and concerned about. thank you very much. let's return to the news that kim jong—un did spent three days on that unannounced visit to beijing. it has been confirmed. we knew after the winter olympics

when north korea wanted to start some kind of dialogue with the us it was in the offing, but a lot of scepticism about how genuine kim jong—un is around that. he has confirmed from china and north korea he wants to proceed with the demilitarisation. until those talks happen, clearly donald trump is not inclined to remove the sanctions or the pressure. a former catalan minister facing extradition to spain has handed herself in at a police station in edinburgh. professor clara ponsati, the ex—catalan education minister, is being sought by the authorities in madrid on charges of "violent rebellion and misappropriation of public funds" over her role in catalonia's controversial independence referendum last year. professor ponsati's lawyer gave this statement saying clara is determined

to resist the charges. the spanish authorities wish to extradite clara on charges of violent rebellion and misappropriation of public funds for helping to organise a referendum. my legal team is instructed to rub us to defend clara as she views these charges as political persecution. and a systematic attempt to crush the spirit of the catalan people and their desire for freedom. the spirit of the catalan people and their desire forfreedom. she the spirit of the catalan people and their desire for freedom. she does not believe the spanish courts can guarantee independence, human rights orjustice. clara remains defiant, resolute and is determined to fight back. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in edinburgh for us now. where the authorities where the professor was in scotland ? where the authorities where the professor was in scotland? she has

made no secret of the fact she returned to saint andrews to take up her work there this time. we all became aware of the fact that clara ponsati and five other catalan politicians were made the subject of a european arrest warrant late last week. today she handled herself voluntarily into this police station here in edinburgh. she will robustly defend these charges against her. we are told. but as she entered best station her lawyer made that statement to the waiting media and eight few supporters. he said she will be served with the european arrest warrant inside, taken under custody today sheriff court which is close by, where thejudicial custody today sheriff court which is close by, where the judicial process will begin. there has been considerable interest in these matters here in scotland. the scottish government has made its

views known, nicola sturgeon to meeting at the weekend saying that the support for the catalan self—determination is a well—known and saying that she strongly opposes the spanish government's decision to seek the arrest and imprisonment of independent supporting politicians but thejudicial independent supporting politicians but the judicial process must now play out. clara ponsati also has the support of st andrews university. we have been very robust in the commons, we are expecting a considerable amount of people outside the sheriff court this afternoon when this judicial process gets under way. thank you very much. 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 would 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 lock straight traditional aspects around police and the armed forces but also involve economic measures and communications 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. just another line on the decision to

release the serial six offenderjohn warboys that has been overturned by the high court and then the forced resignation of the chairman of the pa role resignation of the chairman of the parole board nick hardwick, there has been the reaction from the ballast over two women who brought thejudicial review ballast over two women who brought the judicial review against the pa role the judicial review against the parole board for that decision to release john warboys. parole board for that decision to releasejohn warboys. she says nick hardwick has been scapegoated. i personally think that was improper and wrong. she said it has been the ministry ofjustice's job to provide a dossier ofjustice for his heaving, including about his wider offending profile. she said that decision not to put forward a better dossier of evidence had probably been going to a lack of resources. her feeling that nick hardwick has resigned as chair of the parole

board as a scapegoat, we will try and get more reaction to that. he has apologised to the mistake the pa role has apologised to the mistake the parole board made but also questioning how independent the pa role questioning how independent the parole board is going to be allied to be in future. the former assistant of the disgraced hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been telling mps how she signed a non—disclosure agreement to try to stop him abusing women. mr weinstein denies all allegations of non—consensual sex. but zelda perkins, who worked for him 20 years ago, says she agreed to stay quiet about his behaviour in return for him signing a legal agreement to mend his ways. she told a committee of mps it was a morally lacking agreement on every level. there are clauses in there that preclude me and my colleague from not only speaking to ourfriends, 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 advisor. we can speak to those people as long

as they sign their own non—disclosure agreement before they can enter into any conversation with us about anything. former assistant to harvey weinstein, zelda perkins. the right of millions of britons to receive urgent medical treatment in the eu after brexit is at risk, according to a parliamentary committee. the lords eu committee said there's no guarantee that uk nationals would be able to continue accessing the european health insurance card. it says current arrangements are based on the free movement of people, which the government has pledged to end. a reminder that tomorrow marks one year to go before the uk leaves the eu. and throughout this week we're putting your questions to a range of experts. we'll be speaking to our europe editor katya adler at 5.30 this afternoon. you can tweet us your questions and email them to askthis at bbc.co.uk, texting us 6112a

or using the hashtag bbcaskthis. let's look at some of today's other developing stories. 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 his home in knotty ash to liverpool's anglican cathedral. adverts for megabus promising ‘fares from one pound' 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. general sir nick carter has been appointed the new chief of the defence staff.

he's currently head of the army and will succeed air chief marshall sir stuart peach as chief of the defence staff — the professional head of the british military. the time may have come to throw the rubber duck out with the bath water. they've been exposed as a source of bacterial and fungal growth, according to a study by the swiss government. the duck fills with a dense mouldy 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. if only all 18—year—olds were quite

so sensible. for a full summary of the news you can go details on those stories. in a moment: a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live. the decision to release black cab rapist john worboys is overturned as the chairman of the parole board, themselves from the site still being able to open duplicate

accounts. the firm will donate the £1 million to charities for socially responsible purposes. sales and pretax profits are down at furniture specialist dfs for the six months to january — but they've found some positive news down the back of the sofa, saying trade has started to strengthen and this morning the share price has been trading up as much as 8.5%. britains creative industries are worth £92 billion, employ more than two million people and are growing twice as fast as the rest of the economy. now they are working with the government to jointly invest more than £150 million in future of the industry. joining me now isjohn mcvay, chief executive of pact. how do you define creative industries? the creative industry covers design,

fashion, music, games, tv, film, anything that has creative ip at the heart of it, craft and design are also included, architecture. it is very broad, they all have creativity at the heart. there is £150 million being jointly invested by the government and by the industry. what do you see it being used for? we will be investing in new technology, vr and er, developing new creative clusters across the uk, investing in skills and careers, in kick starter programmes to get new s m es growing faster. it is a very competitive programme. we are looking at developing not only existing businesses but new businesses that will create new fantastic content that british audiences, consumers and global consumers will want as well. what challenges face the industry? it's just over a year to brexit day, is that a concern? it is for some sectors but not for

everyone. 0ne it is for some sectors but not for everyone. one of the great success stories of the creative industries is that we are very export driven. for my sector, it nearly half of their revenue comes from selling product around the world, that is typical of fashion, we have gone very global over the past decade. what brexit may mean to us is one thing to be concerned to us, it is not the whole story. we are very successful in other markets. you talk about exports from the creative industry, they are growing from the uk? yes, they are. our annual exports in film and tv is 13.2% gross per annum. that is echoed by a lot of the other sectors as well. thank you very much for your time. you are welcome. in other business news... telecoms regulator 0fcom is cutting the price bt can charge rivals to use its fast broadband service. it will also make it easierfor providers to use bt‘s infrastructure

to build their own networks to boost the roll—out of fibre. megabus ads promising fares from £1 have been banned after the company admitted as few as one seat per coach was available at that price. a megabus spokeswoman said future marketing would have a different focus. homeowners are moving half as often as they did before the credit crunch, that's according to figures produced for the bbc. people used to move home roughly four times after their first purchase. now it is more like twice. reasons include high house prices, stricter rules on getting mortgages and older people staying on in large properties. let's ta ke let's take a look at the market. the one word to describe the market is volatile. yesterday we saw a really strong rises across the market, today they back down. you can see

the last one is down as well. lots of concern. facebook was down almost 596 of concern. facebook was down almost 5% yesterday, stricter regulation on its way. we saw ourselves in relation to self driving cars, they we re relation to self driving cars, they were losing value yesterday. we've got ongoing concerns about possible trade was ramping up. keep an eye on the global markets, more business news throughout the afternoon. there has been another arrest in relation to the hatton garden robbery. it is three years on. it group of men were convicted of the burghley, a year later in 2016. there was always the suspicion somebody else had been involved because of this other figure on the

cctv that became known in the trial as battle. the investigation has remained open into the hatton garden burghley ever since. 0ne remained open into the hatton garden burghley ever since. one of the men involved has died, terry perkins, and yesterday at 730 in the morning, and yesterday at 730 in the morning, a 57—year—old man was arrested during the search of a premises in islington. he has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the hatton garden burglary. that is the first arrest in the case since way backin first arrest in the case since way back in 2015. it is the first sign of real progress in the continuance of real progress in the continuance of this investigation. thank you very much. coca—cola is moving ahead with plans that were announced to close its site in milton keynes and northampton. the company has confirmed that this morning, that will mean a loss of almost 300 jobs. coca—cola to close those sites in northampton and milton keynes.

prime minister's questions is about to get underway in the house of commons. let's cross to our assistant political editor norman smith who is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. what is likely to come up today, norman? it wild guess, i'm going to save the nhs, a subject whichjeremy corbyn keeps returning to, and late yesterday we got that surprise suggestion from the prime minister and she is now going to set out plans for a much longer term funding programme for the nhs, maybe stretching even as far as ten years, but we don't know how much money is going to be pumped in. we don't really know where this money is going to come from and we don't know how long this plan is meant to last four. there is lots of and pieces perjeremy corbyn to go at, he may wa nt to perjeremy corbyn to go at, he may want to raise questions about how social care fits into all of this. a

number of the health professionals yesterday welcomed to reason may‘s announcement, but they have asked if they will do anything about boosting resources or social care? if you don't do that, you're not going to solve problems with the nhs. jeremy corbyn may well look to press to reason may over the over the issue over social care. as for the tory backbenchers, it's interesting to see whether we continue to get grumblings over that transition deal signed off at the weekend. but of course with that crucial ambiguity about the future of fishing waters will stop the last prime minister questions, lots of tory mps were getting up and seeking assurances that we will take back full control of ourfishing that we will take back full control of our fishing waters and there will be much less access for foreign fleets to take up bridges coders. we might geta fleets to take up bridges coders. we might get a little bit of comeback on that. those are the two areas we should expect today. surely someone

will give the prime minister credit for all the support she's had over the salisbury incident, as she described it. ithink the salisbury incident, as she described it. i think that's right. the only reason i'm cautious about thatis the only reason i'm cautious about that is that bpm was in the chamber at the start the week where she was receiving huge amounts of praise for getting more than 20 other countries to sign up to expel diplomats, more than 100 have been expelled. she has already been lauded for that. some ambitious tory mps will see the opportunity to praise the prime minister further. opportunity to praise the prime ministerfurther. she will opportunity to praise the prime minister further. she will get a pat on the back for managing to galvanise the international community. it was only a suggestion, norman. shall we see? see you any better. thank you very much. time for a look at the weather. a rather wet start to do today, that

is clearly off to the east. we are looking at sunny spells and showers. after this morning's cloud and rain, things are improving with sunshine breaking through. still very wet at the moment. this is the scene at hastings pier at the moment, with all that rain. that rain is associated with this weather system, pushing their way further eastward for this afternoon. things are just a little bit quieter and brighter west. the rain will lingerfor a good part of this afternoon, staying very cloudy, some heavy rain at times through east anglia and the far south—east. for the west, we've got a brighter skies, some sunshine breaking through in south—west england and wales, but also some heavy showers, they could contain hail. much colder compared to yesterday. yesterday we got to 16 degrees in the south—east of england, today it will be more like

seven, nine celsius. through this evening, continuing with cloudy skies and rain across the far north of scotland, but with clear skies tonight it will be a cold and frosty one. those temperatures down to about freezing. less cold in the south—west, temperatures in plymouth about a degrees. we have got more cloud rolling in all ahead of this next weather system pushing for thursday. with that, come rain or chimeras pushing through south—west england, moving further northward. for much of northern england and scotla nd for much of northern england and scotland it will remain dry on thursday with some sunshine, after a chilly start the sunshine would feel too bad. chimeras pushing into northern ireland, those showers could be heavy, thundery, temperatures on par with what we have seen today, about seven, ten, 11 degrees. going into good friday, it isa 11 degrees. going into good friday, it is a repeat performance, more showers moving and across the south,

breaking upa showers moving and across the south, breaking up a bit more and move further northward across england, compared to thursday. it should be dry in both scotland and northern ireland on good friday. temperatures on the cool side. we start of the easter weekend on a cool note, there will be some rain, some snow expected over higher ground of northern parts of england, but it will turn milder on monday. some wet and windy weather. there's going to be lots of dry weather and fairly usable weather over the weekend. goodbye. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. a decision to release black cab rapistjohn worboys is overturned — it follows a challenge by victims in the high court. the chairman of the parole board, nick hardwick resigns — but raises concerns over the board's independence. people in england may soon have to pay a deposit when they buy drinks 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 this is the scene in the house of commons. we'll be back there live for the last prime minister's questions before the easter recess, as soon as it begins. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. prime minister's questions getting underway in the house of commons. all waiting for piedt to arrive.

let's talk to norman smith who is in the lobby outside. likely, norman, the lobby outside. likely, norman, the nhs will feature. if you're tried to figure out whatjeremy corbyn will go on, he has to go on issues around public services so she can make his arguments about ending us territory. following that announcement from theresa may yesterday about a much longer term plan for the nhs, extra funding, it seems to be an area he may want to try and probe to get more details out of her and challenger of what on earth is going to happen to social care. bearing in mind that tomorrow is one year i dub blast off on brexit day, anything would not be surprised if there is a view questions about brexit. maybe some mps will want to pick up on the report yesterday about immigration controls and the concerns of business about curbs on the number

of eu migrants wanting to come to britain. we have heard from the home secretary this morning that we are not going to get an immigration white paper until after the government has had agreed the final trade deal with the eu in september. a lot of criticism about how the can that be possible, be glad we have final deal but we've know what our emigration plans will be like. let's get in and see how that goes. may i start by wishing you come all members and everyone who works here a very happy easter. that a speaker, the morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues at others, in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have other such meetings later today. by the conservative leadership since last may, but the council has protected social care and other quarters... will be prime

minister rejected calls from the opposition to scrap the council tax referendum, which prevents excess council tax rises? referendum, which prevents excess counciltax rises? i am referendum, which prevents excess council tax rises? i am very happy to agree with my honourable friend, he does raise an important point, and he makes the point about the success of dudley council on the conservative. people in conservative lead dudley council pay among the lowest council tax in the west midlands. since taking control from labour, the council has reversed labour's street cleaning cuts, scrapped their plans to charge for green waste, and maintained the weekly bin collection. it is very clear that if you want to pay less and get good services, both conservative. i to join the prime minister in wishing yourself and all

members of the house and a thai community and very happy easter. this week is autism awareness week andi this week is autism awareness week and i welcome the work of the national autistic society and others. i hope the whole house will join me in paying tribute to the families of conor sparrow hawk and reza colvin for their dignity in campaigning for answers about the death of their loved ones at the hands of southern health. last week the health service ombudsman said to many patients suffered failings and mental health care involving violations of the most basic human rights of patients. how confident is the prime minister that deaths like these could not happen today? can i say, he does raise a very potent point. but the ball, there have been significant steps taken in raising awareness of autism and ensuring that there is support available for those on the autistic spectrum. the very sad deaths and we saw do raise

very sad deaths and we saw do raise very real questions. ijoin him in paying tribute to the families for the way in which they have campaigned on this particular issue. 0bviously these incidents took place sometime ago and lessons been learned by the help and social care system as a result of the failings of southern health. the government is supporting nhs providers to be open, to learn from mistakes so that they reduce the risks to future patients and repent tragedy from happening. a comprehensive inspection into southern health is expected later this year. the ombudsman has also said, and i quote, there are not enough skilled and qualified staff, there is a problem in recruiting them and there is an overuse of agency staff. could be prime as they explain why there are 5000 fewer than mental health nurses than there were in 2010? he

knows we have already committed to improving mental health services on the ground. we have already been putting extra money into mental health services. i am pleased to say that around 1a00 people, more people are accessing mental health services every day compared to when we came into power. of course, it is best government that has ensured that we have given parity of esteem to the treatment of mental health in the national health service, and increasingly the training and recruitment of people to provide those. this is about the nhs and services in our communities. it is also about ensuring that we can intervene at an early stage for those young people who develop mental health problems, which is why iam mental health problems, which is why i am pleased that they that i am pleased the law is the initiative for training pleased the law is the initiative fortraining in pleased the law is the initiative for training in schools study is a

member of staff who can identify mental health problems and able to ensure that young people get the support they need. in 2012, the health and social care act did indeed embed parity of esteem into law, i say labour amendment introduced in house of lords. sadly, the money never followed. introduced in house of lords. sadly, the money neverfollowed. the charity said recently, our overstretched services are failing. i boss might project 8a campaign highlights the horrifying figure that male suicide is the biggest killer of men under a5. a divorce taking their lives every week. 0nly this month the health secretary said, the prime minister and i have made mental health services a personal priority. i fully acknowledge and accept the prime as the prospect of a genuine concern about mental health. but mental health trusts have got fewer resources . health trusts have got fewer resources. why does the analysis by the royal college of psychiatrists show mental health trusts have 105

million less than they had six years ago? as i have just said, million less than they had six years ago? as i havejust said, dealing with mental health, it is notjust a question of what is happening inside the health service. there are wider areas of responsibility for dealing with mental health. what have we done? the parity of esteem is there, 1a00 more people are acting services every day compared to when we came into power. spending on mental health has increased a record £11.6 billion with a further £1 billion by 2020. -- 20 21. we billion with a further £1 billion by 2020. —— 20 21. we are putting more money in. we have responded to the report of the stevenson farmer review into mental health in the workplace. it is all very well labour members chuntering about this, but dealing with mental health means addressing it in a variety of ways. we are taking more steps to

address the issues of mental health that the labour government ever took when they were in power. mental health spending fell by £600 million between 2010 at 2015. far too often a mental health crisis has to be dealt with either by police, friends are neighbours or people in the community, and to many of our fellow citizens suffer alone because there are insufficient staff to help them ata are insufficient staff to help them at a moment of crisis. it is quite clear that the mental health budget is insufficient. can the prime minister explain, and he mentioned young people in this, why only 6% of the overall mental health budget is spent on children and young people when they make up 20% of our population? as i've just repeat it, we are in fact increasing the

services available to children and young people. this is notjust about what happens in the nhs trusts. the supported me look at this in the round. that is why we are putting the training in schools for young people, we have committed to ensuring £70,000 70,000 more will have access by 2020 — 2021. we're have access by 2020 — 2021. we're have backed the proposal by additionalfunding, the have backed the proposal by additional funding, the work we're doing in schools and how they deal with mental health for children and young people. we also taking action in other areas. when i was home secretary, one of the issues i saw was the fact that the police found it very difficult to deal with people in mental health crises because they did not have the training to do that and actually taking him into a cell to be there overnight, including young people, was not helping those young people. we have changed that. we have seen a dramatic reduction in the number and we have made clear that young people

well not and will never be taken to a police cell as a place of safety. 0lley i acknowledge the work the police do in helping these people. my police do in helping these people. my point is there should be more mental health professional to help people in a crisis. half of all enduring mental health conditions are materialising before the age of 1a. spending on child and adolescent mental health should be a priority. in the bed, sadly, the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists had fallen by 6.3%. there has to be a priority in restarting our children's and a priority in restarting our child ren's and young a priority in restarting our children's and young persons mental health. i am not aware there was a question they are. but i will repeat the point. the issue of young people's mental health is a serious

issue. that is why the right honourable gentleman is focusing on a well—known aspect of this. we are ensuring that we do start to address this at an earlier stage, he is right about the high proportion of mental health problems that start byblos is aged 1a. that is exactly why we're doing more in schools, and working to ensure that we do have that training for teachers. there is a wider issue that i am sure everybody in this house will recognise. when i go and talk to young people who have developmental health problems, when i hearfrom them about the problems that they face, sadly one of the issues that put increasing pressure on the mental health of young people today is the use of social media and the bullying and harassment that they get on that social media. i hope that he willjoin with me in saying that he willjoin with me in saying that we need both to help our young people have greater resilience in

dealing with that social media bullying, but we also need to ensure that we see social media not being used in a way that leads to mental health problems that could well be with those people for the rest of their lives. i hope in the light of what she has just said, she was aboard our digital bill which will ensure there are proper protections for people. mr speaker, eight young woman wrote to me this week has been diagnosed borderline personality disorder and is regarded as a high suicide risk. cheever told to wait three months for an appointment. that was cancelled as jacobite a further three months. it is very ha rd to further three months. it is very hard to explain to someone in that situation why they have to wait all those months for an appointment while they are in a very desperate situation. mental health affects us all. it is welcome that there is now

much less stigma surrounding it. however, our nhs is in crisis. the crisis is particularly acute in mental health services. despite legislating for parity of esteem, the government has failed to find it. we have fewer resources for mental health trusts, fewer mental health nurses, fewer child and adolescent psychiatrist, so will the prime minister commit to ring fencing nhs mental health budgets to support those going through a mental health crisis at a time they most need our help and support? the national health service is receiving extra funding from the government, a company for mental health and other services. since november, my right honourable friend the chancellor of the exchequer has announced an extra £10 billion, which is going into our

nhs over the next few years. we're able to do that because we take a balanced approach to our economy. that means keeping debt down, ensuring we are investing in our public services, like the nhs and mental health services, and actually keeping taxes down for ordinary working people. labour was ‘s approach would mean increased debt, less money for mental health services and higher taxes for working people, and ordinary working people would pay the high price of labour. can i commend my right honourable friend for getting on with brexit? nearly 60% of voters in north devon voted to leave. rather than dismissing them, as old people yearning for a world of white faces, shouldn't we respect their decision,

get on and deliberate? ayes i actually agree. we need to get on and deliver brexit, recognising the boat that was taken. it is a pity that we have seen from the party opposite a track record of trying to frustrate brexit rather than try to make it work. their meps voted against us moving on the negotiations, they voted against the bill that would give us a smooth withdrawal. the opposition opposed as spending money to prepare for our exit. it is the conserved in government that are getting on and delivering funny voters are not devon. -- delivering for the voters. the other must have trust in the political process. does the prime that agree with me that transparency in political campaign spending and the integrity of electoral laws across the uk must be upheld, and will she join across the uk must be upheld, and will shejoin with me in across the uk must be upheld, and will she join with me in saying that all allegations of improper spending

during the eu referendum must be fully and investigated. we have laws about election spending that parties are required to abide by. i understand that any applications that have come forward in respect of spending by the referendum have never been investigated by the electoral commission, but it is right that allegations are investigated. we know that before the eu referendum the dup received £a25,000 from the conservative run constitutional research councils chairman, richard cook. we know some of that money was given to aggregate iq, a reported franchise of cambridge analytical. we know that chris wiley is absolutely convinced ofa chris wiley is absolutely convinced of a common purpose between the

leaves out at the dup. the shady business of data mining and undermining electoral law was right in the heart of the prime minister's party. but the prime minister issue the full details of the transaction is between the dup and the scottish tory linked crc? he refers to the issue of voter leave. as i have just said, i understand this is a matter that has already been a better get it wise. —— has been investigated twice. allegations of criminal activity be investigated. if there is an allegation of breaches of campaign spending campaign funding rules, those should be taken by the electoral commission. my understanding is that they do indeed investigate these, and will continue to do is when allegations are brought to its attention.

0utstanding staff dedication, the passion of my community and ambitious leadership have secured huge government investment and nationally celebrated excellence. will my right honourable friend the prime minister agree with me that when the department is fully staffed 2a seven consultant led maternity shall be secured? can i say to her, i know this is an issue in which a campaign song and hard on the edges of her constituents. the nhs in north cumbria is working on plans for considerable investment in local health services. that includes the completion of the new build of the hospital and integration of an academic campus. it is committed to doing all it can to maintain those co nsulta nt doing all it can to maintain those consultant led maternity services at west, in hospital. patient safety is the key and the priority. the nhs is doing all it can to ensure there is

a safe and sustainable service. there are some beautiful stately homes in this country, but our heritage is equally about the history of working people. shortly the all—party parliamentary group for industrial heritage well—publicised it is reported to how best we utilise that great industrial past for the jobs of the future. we'll be prime ministers meet with me to discuss how we can best in the middle is recommendations? i would like to look at the report that his group has providing first, and i think what he is saying something that the wood hesitated to be more than strategy that this government has already launched. we want to build on the strength of our economy but it sure that our people here the uk are skilled for thejobs it sure that our people here the uk are skilled for the jobs of the future. i am are skilled for the jobs of the future. iam happy are skilled for the jobs of the future. i am happy to look at their report and show that he can meet me or the secretary to look at its

results. investigator reporter patrick frisby has uncovered questions of serious data breaches by labour headquarters. the commission has been notified. would my right bob friend the prime minister join my right bob friend the prime ministerjoin with me to ask him to doa ministerjoin with me to ask him to do a thorough investigation? as i have said before in this house, it is important that people are able to have confidence and how their personal data is being used and that the investigated commissioner is able to investigate cases where they are drawn to their attention. in the data protection bill, will strengthen the law in this area will. we'll give their offers top provisions to ensure that organisations comply with those investigations. at the heart of our digital charter is that concept,

personal data should be respected and used appropriately. according to the national audit office, local councils have had theirfunding cut bya councils have had theirfunding cut by a massive a9.1% since 2010. children's services up and down the country are on their knees. the tory councils has gone bust and the gap in our nationally as £5.8 billion. when is the prime as they going to wa ke when is the prime as they going to wake up to this crisis made in downing street? be talked about funding for local councils. we are seeing in the announcers made by the housing secretary more money going into local councils, but can i say that if he worries about what is happening at local council level, he ought to look at the figures that have come out today which showed very clearly that if you are living ina very clearly that if you are living in a council run by the labour party, you pay £100 more than under

the conservatives. does the prime minister join the conservatives. does the prime ministerjoin me in welcoming recent figures showing that last year the number of first—time buyers buying a home has a ten year record high at 359,000? does she agree that last yea r‘s stamp duty 359,000? does she agree that last year's stamp duty cut and the extension of help to buy paid an important part in doing that, and does she agree that promoting homeownership as margaret thatcher did and will remain a central part of the government's policy?” did and will remain a central part of the government's policy? i am very happy to confirm my honourable friend that promoting homeownership does remain the central part of this government's policy. we are also edited a number of measures which will help those people renting their properties as well. i am pleased that we have seen the number of first—time buyers reaching its highest level for ten years. i figured as 11 years. bat i think it

is 11. it has been aborted that we also cut stamp duty, and the labour party sometimes talk about homes, but actually which party was it that voted against that cutting stamp duty? the labour party. voted against that cutting stamp duty? the labour partylj voted against that cutting stamp duty? the labour party. i asked my constituents what they would like me to ask, and they overwhelmingly said, how can the prime minister had just buy that from next week families in poverty earning just £1a5 a week are expected to find £10 per week for each of their children to eat a nutritious school dinner? whilst members of this house burning ten times... order, order! i don't ca re ten times... order, order! i don't care how long it takes, the question will be heard and the answer will be heard. that applies to every single question and answer in this chamber,

no matter how long it takes. to conclude, i was asking about families earning just £1a5 a week, not receiving school dinners for their children. whilst members of this house burning ten times less some are subject to subsidised catering from the taxpayer? can i say, i hope she was not implying in her question that anybody who is currently in receipt of a free school meals will have taken away? because they will not. they will not. she talks about changes that are happening next week. yes, we will see pensioners getting a boost to their pension next week. families, 31 million income taxpayers will get an income tax cut full stop to million people living on the national living wage will get

a pay rise. that is conserved delivering for everyone. —— conservatives delivering. augie todayis conservatives delivering. augie today is the most exciting day that i have ever got to my feet in this house. that is because today this government has made an announcement which will improve the lives of every singer one of my constituents in telford. today the government has announced £312 million investment in new hospital services in our area. will my right honourable friend the prime ministerjoin me in welcoming this fantastic news and the benefits it will bring to telford, and see also very kindly wish everyone in telford a very happy easter?”

also very kindly wish everyone in telford a very happy easter? i am very happy to wish everyone in telford and around the country a very happy easter. i am pleased to welcome the considerable investment at the hospital in her constituency. that has been announced by the nhs. this is another example of the way in which all we ever hear from the labour party is about the nhs being done down in funding terms, but what we see is more money going into it, improving services, serving constituents. last sunday, thousands of iraqi christians what is through northern iraq celebrating palm sunday. they have not done that for six years. this is welcome as a racket critters are one of the most excessively did alleges groups. all prices to elevate crazed's resurrection. we'll be prime minister pledged her support to help persecuted christians around the world ? persecuted christians around the world? easter is of course the most aborted time in the critic calendar, aborted time in the critic calendar, a time of new life and hope, and

that message of christ's resurrection do help to support christians around the world. he is right, the very real persecution that too many christians face around the world. i was pleased to meet recently have daniel talking about the very real persecution that his congregations were suffering. he presented me with a bible that had been burned and rescued when a church had been set on fire, number ten downing st. we stand with those persecuted christians and we will be looking to see what more the government can do to support them. adverse childhood experiences include domestic abuse, sexual abuse, parental separation and also living with an alcoholic to name but a few. according to public health england, adult have experienced for more of these in their childhood are to be at risk of mental health problems, suicide, incarceration and

violet tendencies. will she commission a national review did not only enable social mobility but help save thousands of lives? she raises an important point, and this is why when we look at the issue of mental health problems and mental health difficulties for young people, we need to look at whiteley at the ways in which those problems can because and the origins of those problems. she is right that the sort of abuse she has referred to it can have a very terrible effect on the mental health of young people. on husbands at the point, our green paper on transforming children's at the point, our green paper on transforming child ren's mental health services proposes the establishment of a new support team. they will be there, managed by schools and the nhs. they will look at supporting young people have experienced, and she has identified a number of those cases where those young people may experience that,. i figured it's important. this is about young the people's futures and

it is to get it right. lg bt rights lgbt rights in northern ireland are in limbo. will the prime minister ‘s stop hiding behind the dup and will she take this opportunity to put on record her support for the bill had been brought forward by my honourable friend the member for st helens north? i hope the gentlemen will recognise our record in relation to lgbt rights. this is an issue we have championed. he will find that it is previous legislation, legislation under the last labour government that ensured this was a devolved matter. we hope there will be in northern ireland executive in place soon to address these issues. the people of ramsgate face an uncertain future regarding the dental care. nhs south—east have

headed into a five—year contract to run churchill dental practice serving 8000 patients. that contract comes to an end this saturday, the practice will close and there is no replacement in place. would my right honourable friend encourage the appropriate commissioners to work with me to find an urgent solution? iam sure with me to find an urgent solution? i am sure he is working with those looking for a solution, it will be welcomed. when that dental practice closes, nhs in england will be working with other dental practices to ensure other services are available and they can increase their capacity. there is a wider piece of work being done about dental services in east kent. i am sure my honourable friend's contribution will be welcomed. thank you, mr speaker. the foreign

secretary was the figurehead for the vote lea g u e secretary was the figurehead for the vote league campaign and the environment secretary was co—convenor. their campaign director is quoted as saying, the vote league campaign wasa is quoted as saying, the vote league campaign was a great deal of its success to the work of aggregate iq. we couldn't have done it without them. how does she feel about her ministers being caught red—handed using a moral data mining techniques? he is making certain that claims in that question which i don't recognise. if there are those who are trying to suggest the government should be rejecting the results of the referendum as a results of the referendum as a result of these sorts of claims, i say... calm yourself, mr brown. the referendum was held, the vote was

taken, the referendum was held, the vote was ta ken, the people referendum was held, the vote was taken, the people did their view and we will deliver on it. my right honourable friend will be aware of the sixth form defence college in my constituency. it equips young people planning a career in our armed forces with the skills they need to help defend this country in the 21st century. can the prime minister confirm we will continue to invest ina confirm we will continue to invest in a strong defences for our country is so these young people can play theirfull part in is so these young people can play their full part in the future, in their full part in the future, in the best armed forces in the wild? —— in the world. can ijoin him in recognising the work done by this couegein recognising the work done by this college in his constituency and the skills it gets to young people who wish to enter the armed forces. he raises a more important point about

funding and! raises a more important point about funding and i can announce today my right honourable friend, the chancellor and i, have agreed the mod will have access to £600 million this coming financial year for the dreadnought submarine programme. this announcement will ensure we work to rebuild the uk's world—class nuclear submarine remains on schedule, it is another sign of the deep commitment our government has two keeping this country safe. along with the 200 million are carried forward , with the 200 million are carried forward, this means the mod will benefit from an extra 800 million in the next financial year. we continue to exceed the target and remain the second biggest defence spender. the cambridge analytical revelations suggest there is something... this isa very suggest there is something... this is a very unseemly. caroline lucas will be heard. the

cambridge analytica revelations suggest there is something rotten in the state of our democracy. current electoral law is woefully inadequate and dealing with the combination of big money and big data. will the prime minister commit to an urgent cross— party prime minister commit to an urgent cross—party talks to kick—start the process to ensure we have regulatory and legal framework that is up to the challenge of dealing with the digital age? clearly the allegations relating to cambridge analytica are concerning because people should be able to have confidence about how their personal data is being used. i think it's right that we are investigating this matter, i expect facebook, cambridge analytica and

any others involved to cooperate fully with the information commissioner's offers in that investigation. 0ur commissioner's offers in that investigation. our data protection bill will strengthen the powers of the information commissioner, but it also will strengthen legislation ordering data protection as will the other steps the government has taken through a red digital charter. this government is committed to making sure this is a safe place to be online. would-be minister confirm her reported opinion we are highly unlikely to introduce a new hard border between britain and europe by december 2020 and presumably it could take years to train thousands of customs officers, to build new lorry parks and other infrastructure at dover, holyhead and elsewhere if we try to? will she confirmed her strongly preferred policy option of

frictionless trade in future between the eu and the uk? and an open border in ireland with conformity with the good friday agreement and secure customs arrangements which i hope will resemble the existing customs union very closely indeed. we are indeed committed. we've given that commitment, we did it in the decemberjoint report, that commitment, we did it in the december joint report, we've that commitment, we did it in the decemberjoint report, we've given it in the negotiating stage completed last week to ensure that there is no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, also to ensure businesses in northern ireland can trade freely with the rest of the uk and vice versa. we are working to ensure we have tara is three and a frictionless trade, asiam is three and a frictionless trade, as i am sure my honourable friend will know. trade between the uk and the eu isn't completely frictionless today, but we will ensure it is as

frictionless as possible in the future. we have started discussing proposals in detail with the european commission and i assure him at the home secretary and others are taking the steps necessary to ensure we have the arrangements in place when we come to the end of implementation period. it has been for weeks since the independent wiry into child sexual abuse published a damning report about the treatment of british children sent overseas by the government. they were physically, sexually and emotionally abused, separated from siblings and wrongly told their families were dead. successive governments suppressed information, ignored warnings and continue to send children to harbourfor warnings and continue to send children to harbour for decades. warnings and continue to send children to harbourfor decades. the report is unequivocal that compensation is owed and this is now urgent. many have died and others are dying. in the last four weeks, the government has failed to issue a response, to set out any timetable

for a response and to even agree which department is responsible for formulating a response. she commissioned this report, will she now get a grip on her government, stand by its verdict and ensure no more have to die waiting for justice? i did indeed commission the work that is being done in looking at the treatment of children and the abuse of children in the past. i said when i put that in place i thought many people would be shocked by some of the results. including this issue in relation to form a child migrants. i can confirm it is the department of health and social ca re the department of health and social care that has responsibility for former child migrants. we funded the child migrants trust since 1998 so they can expand their working and seek resolution. they have received

over £7 million of funding and we have provided £1 million for travel to help former child migrants reunite with their families. there was in 2010 and £8 million family restoration fund. there is clear responsibility, it is with the department of health and social care. would-be minister congratulated the young british artist hannah rose promised for putting on the current exhibition to draw attention to the plight of women, 3000 of whom are still in captivity and in some form of slavery. something my right honourable friend has fought so hard to combat. i am very happy to welcome this awareness raising exhibition taking place and to commend hannah rose thomas and others involved bringing to the attention of the house and those

visiting the plight of the yazidi women. this caused horrorfor people when we sought their plight. this is still continuing. we must not forget, we must do everything we can to ensure these were freed from a life of slavery. children at wester hailes canal primary school in my constituency have just won the ultimate school trip competition with the price of eight holiday to majorca next month. there isjust one problem. one of their classmates is the syrian refugee and has been told by the home office he cannot travel with his friends as he doesn't have the proper documents. the home office say it will take three months with these documents to come through. while the prime minister and the home secretary help me to cut through the red tape so this little boy can go with his friends to enjoy the holiday of a

lifetime? and i congratulate the primary schools are winning this competition which has that travel as the prize and can i say to the honourable lady my right honourable friend the home secretary has heard what she has said and will look into this case. dude. does the prime minister cheering admiration for the brave victims who challenge thejohn worboys decision in court. does she agree that this gigantic decision, this landmark decision must now provoke a rethink of a criminal justice system must now provoke a rethink of a criminaljustice system in which many of us no longer have confidence? i have the greatest sympathy, i know the simple use of the whole house will be with the victims ofjohn worboys and the result of his horrific crimes, i

welcome thejudgment result of his horrific crimes, i welcome the judgment today that has found in favour of the brave victims who brought this legal action. the court findings give rise to serious concerns and it is right my right honourable friend will be making a statement on this shortly. 0ne honourable friend will be making a statement on this shortly. one of theissues statement on this shortly. one of the issues they have raised is they have found it is unlawful to have a blanket prohibition of disclosing pa role blanket prohibition of disclosing parole board information. that is something the justice parole board information. that is something thejustice secretary had already been looking into and made clear he will be ensuring that is dealt with as soon as possible. what will now happen, the parole board, the decision will be reverting back to the parole board but the evidence will be updated and will take account of the findings of the court. he is right, this gives rise to serious concerns. thejustice secretary was set out the next out to be taken in his statement later today. mr speaker, 259 years of gkn

history will be decided in the next 2a hours. it hostile takeover not in the british national interest that the british national interest that the government has published a blog. cani the government has published a blog. can i ask the prime minister, disturbing evidence has come to light of the hedge fund scam to buy shares in gkn whilst avoiding paying tax on shares that will determine the future of gkn. was she condemned this outrageous practice and investigate as a matter of urgency? first on the issue of gkn, this is primarily a commercial decision. the business secretary is in discussion with parties on an impartial basis and has sought reassurance on their plans. if he has evidence of illegal

activity that has taken place that should be reported to the proper authorities. i hope that the prime minister and the leaders of the opposition parties will help to protectjewish people. opposition parties will help to protect jewish people. if opposition parties will help to protectjewish people. if the police, the cps and the home office and others feel to have an enquiry into the business prosecution of him, would be prime minister please meet me to discuss it?” him, would be prime minister please meet me to discuss it? i know this isa meet me to discuss it? i know this is a case he has taken up and champion for some time. he and i have met and discussed previously. i am willing to meet him to discuss that case again. on the wider point he makes, this should be a very clear message from all of us in this house, there is no place for racial

hatred, for a hate crime in our society. this should not be part of our society, whether it is islamophobia or anti—semitism. we should all stand up against this and do our best to eradicate from society. the speaker's chaplain is an example of love, compassion and empathy from which we can all benefit. shortly i will be meeting workers in my constituency who are visiting the house today. we'll be prime minister give the house and assurance that no decision or announcement will be made on the passport contract until after recess so this house may discuss the issue? we did discuss the issue earlier this week when there was an urgent question to my right honourable

friend the immigration minister. i understand the final decision has not been taken, but the preferred bidder has been announced. there is a process which gives a length of time for challenges to that to be brought forward by others in the process and the home office is following the right process to ensure we secure passports that are produced on a basis that gives good value to the taxpayer. government inspectors report into northampton cou nty inspectors report into northampton county council says there is no reason to further postpone the tra nsfer of reason to further postpone the transfer of the fire service from the county council to the police and crime commission. this enjoys support and of the county's mps, it is essential to protect investment in the fire service and firefighter jobs, will be prime minister instructed the police and fire minister to approve this transfer

without delay? i was home secretary and was longer champion of fire services coming under the police and crime commission area of responsibility. it was a former conservative in northamptonshire who was one of the early proponents of that move. i will make sure his comments are brought to the attention of the policing and fire minister. order. let's cross to our assistant political editor norman smith, who is in the central lobby of the houses of parliament. you said the nhs might crop up along with a lot of other subjects. there was the spat betweenjeremy corbyn and theresa may over mental health services. jeremy corbyn pointed to the fact there are now 5000 fewer mental health nurses and the funding has gone down. theresa may said it is not as the nhs which provides

mental health services and pointed to changes in schools where staff have training in identifying children with a mental health problems, as well as well of the police. quite a measured exchange. mrs may has said mental health is meant to receive parity of esteem with physical elements. a lot of people questioning as to whether that has been achieved. 0ther people questioning as to whether that has been achieved. other things i thought interesting, in terms of thejohn i thought interesting, in terms of the john worboys i thought interesting, in terms of thejohn worboys decision, zac goldsmith saying it should never have been left to the two victims to bring the case. i wonder whether we're going to see some criticism of the justice secretary when he delivers his statement shortly over why the government didn't challenge the ruling. they decided against that and was left to the two victims pursue that. interesting in terms of the row over the passport and whether it should be produced in britain and whether we should have

the blue passport. theresa may said value for money is what counted and the home office was doing just fine. i wouldn't hold your breath for her intervening to ensure the passport is made in britain. norman, thank you very much. two ireland rugby international players have been found not guilty of rape. the jury found paddy jackson and stuart 0lding innocent of the charge dating back to june 2016. our news correspondent emma vardyjoins me now from belfast crown court. there has been a huge interest in this trial in northern ireland and in the irish republic, paddy jackson, a fly half for ireland and his ulster rugby team—mate stewart 0lding, they were charged with rape along with two of their friends also facing charges. thejury has acquitted all four of those defendants. this came about back in

june 2016 after a night out in a nightclub in belfast when the players, along with their friends, went to a party at paddy jackson's house along with a 19—year—old student who later accused the two players of rape and their two friends, one was charged with exposure and the other with perverting the course ofjustice. after a two—month long trial often heard in front of a packed public gallery, after less than a day of deliberation thejury gallery, after less than a day of deliberation the jury has found all four defendants not guilty. thank you. the funeral of the comedian, ken dodd, is being held at liverpool cathedral this lunchtime. fans of the entertainer paid their respects as his cortege made its way through the city and flags were lowered on the cunard building and other local landmarks. many celebrities attended the funeral and shared their memories of him... he was totally without any eagle. he was extraordinary. when he spoke to

you, he was far more interested in them than he was in himself. he really cared about people, that's why i think the moment he walked out on stage, i know that most of the audiences knew him and had seen him before maybe, but the moment he came out on stage everybody‘s has just opened up to kenny. we loved him because he always, always made us laugh. he never disappointed the audience. you were guaranteed to be helpless with laughter if you were lucky enough to go and see him perform. he is one of our own, he was essentially british, he was... he was wonderful. i don't want to see anyone frowning or being miserable, he was a wonderful character. every day he lit up

someone's life. let's cross over now to to our entertainment correspondent colin paterson who's in knotty ash the home of ken dodd in liverpool, where the the service is taking place. the public turning out in large numbers? they have been here since have past five this morning, that was the first person to arrive to make sure he got a front row seat. two and a half thousand seats in there. there is a giant screen that's been erected, hundreds of people coming out in their lunch hours. we can see ken dodd's cough which arrived about 20 minutes ago. it was any horrors drawn carriage. -- his it was any horrors drawn carriage. —— his coffin. his father used to deliver coal, as did ken dodd. we can see an orchestra just beyond the horses, that is being conducted by a conductor holding a tickling stick. 0ne conductor holding a tickling stick. one of his trademark symbols. what we've been told is everyone inside

the cathedral today has been given a tickle stick under the seat. if you've never seen one, it is a duster. the service today will end with two and a half thousand people singing his trademark song happiness, waving their tickle sticks and the diddy men will be making an appearance. this cathedral has not seen a funeral like this before. i can seejimmy tarbuck, he will be doing a reading, jimmy cricket will do a bible reading, and stephanie cole will be giving her own personal tribute to sir ken dodd. this 90—year—old comedian who so many people in the city of liverpool have such a fondness for. all around the roads today, five miles the funeral cortege went from knotty ash, the house he was born in and died on, people were lining the roads. the tickling sticks have been put in some statues around

liverpool, the beatles, billy fury, if you are in liverpool today you will see them holding tickling sticks. it's going to get under way in about five minutes' time. we will bring you updates on the news channel throughout this afternoon. an amazing celebration of a very long, funny life. thank you very much, colin. in a moment the news at one with sophie raworth. first the weather. the weather is looking decidedly mixed as we head towards the easter weekend. for many, it has been decidedly wet. a soggy start for this weather watcher in north hampshire courtesy of an area of cloud which is drifting eastwards on the earlier satellite image. brighter weather is following, albeit with some showers. those places should get sunshine to close the day. through this evening and tonight, showers will fade and we could see the odd fog patch. temperatures will drop away. getting below freezing. a widespread frost

and perhaps some ice. not as cold in the far south—west, there will be sharers marching in and rain across the far north of scotland. that will struggle to clear the way through tomorrow. showers towards the southward drift northwards, possibly with hail and fund —— fonder. a decent looking data model in scotland, good spells of sunshine and temperatures between five and 10 degrees, a little below parfor this time of year. good friday, low pressure in charge of the scene, frontal systems pushing up from the south, further outbreaks of showery rain making erratic northwards progress. some uncertainty about the tightening, but it doesn't look like it will be raining all the time. ahead of its dry weather, some spells of sunshine, things will dry up spells of sunshine, things will dry up again. temperatures below average at around five, 9 degrees. then we

look further ahead to the easter weekend and it looks quite u nsettled, weekend and it looks quite unsettled, spells of rain, cold enough snow on hills in the north, generally pretty cool, but in between the various weather systems there will be some dry weather and sunshine. saturday doesn't look like a bad day, those showers are wintry over high ground in the north but there will be spells of sunshine, quite chilly for most but struggling up quite chilly for most but struggling up into double digits in parts of south wales and southern england. for it yesterday, a lot of dry weather, some spells of sunshine, a weather, some spells of sunshine, a weather system bringing some outbreaks of rain here very late on in the day and generally cool. highs of ten or 11 in the side. —— in the south. a decision to release the black cab rapistjohn worboys is overturned at the high court. two of his victims challenged the parole board's plans to let him out ofjail after serving ten years of his sentence. the head of the parole board has resigned.

the prime minister says the case gives rise to serious concerns, as she praises the brave victims who brought the legal action. also this lunchtime: north korea's leader travels to beijing for talks with the chinese president — his first foreign trip since coming to power seven years ago. upping the price for recycling drinks bottles and cans — how consumers in england may soon be charged a refundable deposit. the hatton garden heist — three years after the £1a million burglary, a man is arrested in london. banned for a year — australia's cricket captain steve smith and vice captain david warner are stripped of their titles over the ball tampering scandal.