today at five. a decision to release the serial sex offenderjohn worboys — has been overturned by the high court. the extent of worboys‘ offending should have been looked at more closely by the parole board — according to the judges — and a new assessmen must now be made, prompting this response from one of his victims. just so happy that justice was served today and they realised they had made a mistake. and thejudge made the right decision, really, didn't he? we'll have the latest on the high court ruling — which led to the resignation of the chairman of the parole board. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. a drunk driver is jailed for 13 years for killing three teenagers in a crash in hayes in west london in january. france pays tribute to the police officer who died saving the lives of hostages in a terror attack last week. a money—back scheme for returning glass, plastic bottles and cans is to be introduced in england to boost recycling and cut waste. and thousands of fans of sir ken dodd join friends and family at his funeral at liverpool cathedral.

it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that the parole board's decision to release the serial sex offender john worboys has been overturned by the high court. threejudges backed a legal challenge by two of worboys‘ victims and by the mayor of london, saying there should have been further inquiries into his offending. they said warboys, who has served nearly 10 years of an indeterminate sentence, should remain in prison while a new panel considers his case. the chairman of the parole board — nick hardwick — resigned earlier today. our home affairs correspondent june kelly reports. for years, john worboys was the master manipulator, as he cruised the streets, targeting, sexually abusing

and humiliating women. with this court victory, his victims have taken control of this case and john worboys‘ immediate future. two women brought this case, but standing behind and supporting them were scores of others he sexually assaulted down the years — crimes for which he was never tried or convicted and sentenced. this was the reaction from one of the two women at the heart of the case. just so happy that justice was served today and they realise they made a mistake. and thejudge made the right decision, really, didn't he? and i think a lot of women will be sleeping a lot easier tonight, knowing the results of this. during the court hearings, questions were raised about the scale of worboys‘ offending and whetherjohn radford, as he is now known, had truly showed remorse for what he did. in their ruling, the judges said, overall, the possibility exists that mr radford has provided what may be described as a carefully

calibrated account, steering adroitly between admitting too much and too little, rather than one that is entirely open and forthcoming. even before the judgement was made public, there came news that the head of the parole board, nick hardwick, had been forced to resign — a sign of the impact and gravity of what is now seen as a terrible decision by the board. at a news conference, the women's legal team expressed regret at nick hardwick‘s departure. that's very disappointing. it looks as though he's been scapegoated for something that is not solely the responsibility of the parole board. and even to the extent that the parole board went wrong, it was a failure on the part of an individual panel which did not have the benefit of a legal chairman. and once again, questions about why worboys was prosecuted for only a fraction of his crimes, and revelations about previously unreported allegations against him. i have been approached by numerous other victims of worboys — in excess of 10 women who were attacked by him, many of whom never

reported it before — and i really hope this is an opportunity to learn lessons. three months agojohn worboys, the serial sex attacker, was looking forward to life on the outside. now, for the immediate future at least, he will be staying in prison. june kelly, bbc news, at the high court. following the decision , thejustice secretary david gauke told mps the case raised serious concerns which required action. worboys‘ case will now be resubmitted to the parole board. a new panel will be constituted and updated evidence on his risk from prison and probation professionals will be provided. the panel will then assess anew whether warboys is suitable for release. those victims covered by the victim contact scheme will be fully informed and involved in this process. my department also has

to reformulate the parole board rules to allow more transparency around decision—making and reasoning. mr speaker, it is clear that there was widespread concern about the decision by the parole board to release warboys. as i've previously told the house, i share these concerns and consequently i welcome the judgment. i want to congratulate the victims who brought the judicial review and to reiterate my heartfelt sympathy for all victims who have suffered as a result of warboys‘ hideous crimes. with me in the studio is phillippa kaufmann, the barrister for the two women who brought the case against the parole board for their decision to releasejohn worboys. your thoughts first of all on what to date signifies. for the women and women in general a great relief that

john worboys is not going to be released without the case being properly looked at. and i'm incredibly happy for my clients who have undergone such incredibly long battles having been failed by all aspects of the criminaljustice system to debate. suffered an it is a really important victory. how would you describe their state of mind. i think they've reached a point of january relief and it has been a process that has been incredibly empowering for them. and you've seen d'este who spoke frequently to the media now, not something she would ever done at the beginning process. but she toured this process she's realised it was not herfault, this process she's realised it was not her fault, that all women attacked after her were attacked, and it was down to systemic failures on the part of the police and individual failures on the part of the police and individualfailures on on the part of the police and individual failures on the part of the police that all might happen. it

has taken this process for her to realise that. what struck you about the ruling today? what is notable is we will not making any new law but highlighting a failure on the part of the parole board to do what the court found it should have done. it has been characterised as something which was new and a departure, no doubt because it is politically expedient. but something went wrong with the process that was very basic but material that was obviously releva nt but material that was obviously relevant in the very particular circumstances of this case was ignored and not looked at. and that was a failure that was notjust a failure of the parole board but of the minister ofjustice first and foremost. it was their primary responsibility to get that material before the parole board. which leads me then to ask whether you think the

resignation of the chairman of the pa role resignation of the chairman of the parole board is appropriate. resignation of the chairman of the parole board is appropriatelj resignation of the chairman of the parole board is appropriate. i think it is pure scapegoating and is the typical behaviour of a politician seeking to make poetical capital out of the situation which is not a political situation. what happened here was not down to failings on the pa rt here was not down to failings on the part of nick hardwick, not time to systemic failings in the department he ran. save for the fact that this isa he ran. save for the fact that this is a department like the minister of justice which is so under resourced that at the end of the day you begin to see problems with the operation of the system as an inevitable consequences of that under resourcing. you can see at each stage the officials in the minister ofjustice who should have got the material before the parole board, they overlooked it, there are two other work. the parole board itself is not shared by a judge and that is the change that has happened in the pa role the change that has happened in the parole board over the past number of yea rs parole board over the past number of years as the parole board resources have been more and more squeezed

because the amount of cases they have to do because of decisions politicians, skyrocket. and they do not have the resources to do them. and david cork once again is doing something that will make theirjob more difficult. so his decision todayis more difficult. so his decision today is to create a process now for individual victims to complain, not through the vehicle that prisoners have had to use because most of the cases go against prisoners. and that is where the complaint comes. they have to go to the court for a judicial review. david cork was saying that is not good enough even though this is the first case ever we re though this is the first case ever were victims have sought to complain and he is saying that now add more expense and time to the work the pa role expense and time to the work the parole board has to do. there's no need for it, he's doing it because it will be something from which he can gain political capital of the and write himself with the victims. perceptions clearly very important

and the perception amongst the public that this ultimately was a decision taken by the parole board which we now know was flawed, for reasons you have outlined and others as well and for that reason it surely is right notwithstanding some of the other qualifications you offered, that the man in charge of that board should carry the can.|j do not agree, this is a complicated situation and we should look at it in all its complexity and if we want to change things so it does not happen again then we do not simply put a sticking plaster over it, blame someone whose fault it is not an move on because we will not ove rco m e an move on because we will not overcome the problems. just to explain to the viewers what happens now in the process now this ruling has come today. the next step is the whole thing goes back to the parole board and they will have to look at the full scale of the alleged offending on the part of warboys and not just the 14 offences for which she was convicted but there will be able to look at whether the

considers necessary in appropriate in respect of the wider allegations in orderfor them to make a proper and informed decision about his current risk. they must do that in a way that is fair tojohn warboys, he needs a proper opportunity to test whatever evidence they decide to rely upon and double go through the whole process again but on this occasion taking account of everything they failed to take into account last time. so the good same decision but if they do will be on on an entirely different basis. and honestly one that they will take even more carefully. thank you very much. a motorist who knocked down and killed three teenage boys in west london has been sentenced to 13 years at the old bailey. jaynesh chudasama admitted causing death by dangerous driving. he was more than two and a half times the drink—drive limit when he hit the boys in hayes as they walked to a birthday party. families and friends of the boys vented their anger and grief as they packed into the old bailey for his sentencing. our correspondent tom burridge has more details. amazing, happy, caring boys.

lives cut tragically short. 16—year—oldsjosh mcguinness and george wilkinson and 17—year—old harry rice were killed on this stretch of pavement as they walked with friends to a party. theirfamilies read powerful statements" in court today paying tribute to their boys. josh as a son was respected by so many. he was someone to look up to and he was only 16. because of his values, his beliefs, you know, he accepted people for who they were. he was the first to say thanks. you know, he was very grateful for anything you ever did. he was just such a lovely boy. jaynesh chudasama was drink—driving when he crashed into the boys.

earlier he admitted three counts of causing death by dangerous driving. today a judge sentenced him to 13 years injail. not enough for the victims' families, who have criticised the police investigation. i don't think 13 years is enough for all three boys lives. they were just starting out on their life journey and it has been snatched away from them. jaynesh chudasama was speeding and he had been drinking. he was two and a half times the legal limit. as he went to overtake another car, he lost control. hitting george, josh and harry head—on. jaynesh chudasama then got out of his black audi and tried to run away. he was stopped by some of the boys' friends. government plans to introduce life sentences in england, scotland and wales for the most serious driving offences have not yet been put before parliament. any change in the law will come too late for the families of three boys who feel cheated ofjustice. north korea's leader — kim jong—un — has travelled to beijing to hold talks with the chinese leadership. it's his first known foreign trip

since he took office in 2011 — and comes ahead of planned summits with south korea next month and with president trump in may. mr trump says he received a message from the chinese president saying the meeting had gone ‘very well‘. from beijing our correspondent robin brant reports. this was the last we saw of the mysterious, unmarked motorcade that had been spotted around beijing on tuesday, taking its heavily guarded vip passenger back to the train station. and then the journey home, east. now we know it was kim jong—un. now we know this is what was happening behind closed doors. their wives were there as well for this first face—to—face meeting. china's elder statesman leader, xijinping, and the 30—something little brother. kim jong—un was given a substantial ceremonial welcome. we usually see pictures of others

taking notes as kim speaks, but this time it was different. china is north korea's only big benefactor, but the relationship has soured significantly over kim's nuclear weapons programme. this was about telling the world, including donald trump, that they're friends again. in recent years, the divide has got wider and wider, because china appears to have lost its patience with its neighbour, and that's mainly because of the type of reckless language it thinks north korea has been using in those very public spats with donald trump. but now there's a real chance of talks on the table, china wants to reassert its influence. 0nly china can provide him with a certain level of security. and, of course, if china can persuade others also to provide this kind of security, then so much the better. if denuclearisation is something that he believes he has to do, then to persuade china

to be on his side is of critical importance. kim reiterated that he is committed to denuclearisation, although that's an ambiguous statement, and it's not new. the white house says china conveyed a message to it after the meeting. one thing, though, is very clear, china wants to be front and centre as those nuclear talks get closer. robin brant, bbc news, beijing. this is bbc news at five — the headlines: a decision to release the serial sex offenderjohn worboys — has been overturned by the high court. a drunk driver is jailed for 13 years for killing three teenagers in a crash in hayes in west london in january. a money—back scheme for returning glass, plastic bottles and cans is to be introduced in england — to boost recycling and cut waste. in sport are stringent cricket coach

jan liman apologises for the ball tampering scandal that has rocked the sport. he says we know we have met so many people down and we are truly sorry. the players he is talking about, steve smith and david warner have received a ban of two yea rs warner have received a ban of two years from cricket. more on those stories later. if you buy drinks in bottles or cans in england — you may soon have to pay a deposit — which you'll then get back if you return the cans and bottles for recycling. the government's plans to tackle waste will mean higher prices in the shops. the scheme's expected to cover single—use glass and plastic bottles — and steel and aluminium cans. scotland has already committed to deposits, and wales is examining the idea. 0ur environment analyst roger harrabin has the story. here is a global problem.

plastic throughout the oceans. the amount of floating garbage could treble if we don't halt the flow. part of the uk's answer will be to go back to the future. bottle return and reuse schemes like this were everywhere in the uk until the advent of disposable plastic bottles. norway offers a glimpse of how the uk might go now. there, you buy your drink, drain the bottle, and post it into a machine that identifies it. the machine gives you a coupon to spend in the shop. this sort of scheme works across northern europe and many states in the usa. the uk is about to follow. we are absolutely committed to taking action to deal with the tide of plastic that's in our oceans, the only way we can deal with this effectively is by acting on a series of fronts, and a critical part of that is having a deposit return scheme, which makes sure that bottles, which contribute so much to marine litter and rubbish in our countryside, is effectively dealt with.

and a deposit return scheme is one way doing that. as plastic builds up in waterways, many environmentalists have welcomed the government's decision. we are absolutely delighted that michael gove has decided to introduce a deposit system in england. we are going to see so many less bottles and cans in our parks, countryside and rivers. how will the deposit return scheme affect the way we shop and deal with our waste? that is clearly a single use plastic bottle. that will face a deposit. a beer can will also attract a deposit. the question is, how much? say you bought a family size bottle like this, would that be considered to be a single use bottle? and in a cramped shop like this, could you really find room for a big, bottle eating machine? we would possibly make a space for that, and then maybe another option, to put like a machine outside. exactly how the scheme works will be

sorted out in the government's consultation later this year, but every bottle adds to waste already in the sea, so the pressure is on. the green party said the deposit scheme must be the start point for government action, not the end point. roger harrabin, bbc news. a national memorial service has taken place in france — in honour of the police officer who died saving the lives of hostages in the supermarket siege last week. lieutena nt—colonel arnaud beltrame was killed after he traded places with one of the captives held by an islamist gunman. after a funeral procession which crossed paris — president macron led a ceremony of remembrance for a man who has become a national hero. lucy williamson was watching. france has honoured victims many times. today it was anointing a hero. from outside the pantheon, tomb of the country's national

heroes, the cortege of arnaud beltrame passed below the ancient buildings of the capital's latin quarter. a chance for the nation he died protecting to pay their respects. colonel arnaud beltrame walked into a hostage situation alone. now for this last journey through his nation's capital, he's accompanied by 200 of his colleagues. he was, his colleagues said, a man who would do anything for his country. today his country is doing what it can for him. arnaud beltrame has become a national figure since friday when he voluntarily swapped places with a hostage being held by a gunman near carcassonne. one of his friends, a former police officer, says that after so many attacks here his actions spoke to france. translation: he gave france back its honour, gave it to the people, to the gendarmerie,

to the victims, because he chose to be a victim. he accepted that choice and in doing so, he gave us honour. i hope it won't be forgotten. in the courtyard of les invalides colleagues from different military units carried his coffin in to join his family, his president, and his friends. the flag that symbolises freedom, equality, and fraternity, a final uniform. translation: when we heard what he had done, all of france felt a shiver because one of our own had stood up straight, lucid and brave in the face of islamist aggression. hatred and murderous frenzy. with him, the french spirit of resistance re—emerged. to his coffin, president micron pinned france's highest honour, the legion of honour. but protecting france is notjust the

job of soldiers. the nation united around arnaud beltrame today but there are deep divisions over how france's leaders might prevent attacks conceived and nurtured on french soil. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. the first funerals have taken place in siberia — for some of the 64 people who lost their lives in a shopping centre fire on sunday. most of the people who died in the city of kemerovo were children. relatives claim dozens of other people are still missing. moscow has declared a national day of mourning — as our correspondent paul adams reports. in kemerovo, outrage has today given way to mostly silent grief. in this stricken siberian town, they've started saying farewell to those who died. among them, so many children. at the church of the holy trinity, one of 1a funerals taking place today.

this for three members of the same family. ten—year—old masha, her eight—year—old brother kostya, and their grandmother, nadezhda. the children's parents sergei and natalia. sergei's mother, visiting for the weekend, had offered to take the children out for a spring holiday treat. they all died in a cinema investigators say was locked when the fire broke out. the cinema was on one of the upper floors. in the smoke and the chaos, with the building collapsing around them, the children had little chance of escape. in moscow flags are at half—mast. it is a day of national mourning across this vast country. it's the fire, not russia's diplomatic isolation, that's dominating the headlines. translation: we shall overcome, though it is very difficult. translation: let us keep together. we won't listen to anyone, just be together and support each other. back in kemerovo, the first person to appear in court. nadezhda suddenok was

detained on monday. her company runs the shopping centre. she expresses her condolences, but says she hasn't committed any crime. sergei and natalia agarkov have laid a mother, a daughter and a son to rest. the city has lost at least 39 other children. across russia, checks have been ordered on similar shopping malls in order to prevent another disaster. pauladams, bbc news, moscow. the prime minister has announced the ministry of defence will get a total of £800 million extra. jonathan beale is here. this is money that comes from either other government departments and their underspend, 200 million going to the

mod from departments that have underspent and 600 million from a contingency fund set up by the treasury for these new submarines, these are the submarine that will carry the nuclear deterrent. clearly the treasury to not trust the mod on this so they have a £10 billion contingency fund for the 600 million of that money has been given to the mod. the important thing about this is the mod are looking at having to make more cuts next year, possibly to equipment programming or training. now they have more leeway, more cash to play with and they are relieved. so what do we make of the case made by senior military figures over the past year and a half about the case for more spending and spelling out in their view that we are no longer in a position if he carries on in this way to put up a strong defence in some of these arenas. has that changed? it is an important point because today we also had an announcement that the next chief of defence staff is the

man who has been at the front of the argument, general sir nick carter, he will be the most senior military officer in the uk, taking overfrom chief marshal stuart piech was that he isa chief marshal stuart piech was that he is a man who is comfortable in the limelight, seen as a strategic thinker. some people in the army thinker. some people in the army think he is something of a dick hater but i think that is a sign along with this money that it is going in the mod, in their direction. a williamson is winning the argument is with the prime minister and with the treasury, what has been called a minor miracle, and there is hope that when it comes to there is hope that when it comes to the autumn budget that defence spending will increase. not least because we have seen increased threats from russia. thank you. more than two—thousand people have attended the funeral of the comedian, ken dodd who died at the age of 90 earlier this month. fans of the entertainer lined the streets to pay their respects as his cortege made its way to liverpool anglican cathedral,

where the service was held. the comedianjimmy tarbuck — who described dodd as "the greatest stage comedian" he'd ever seen in his life — spoke about the first time their paths crossed. how did i meet him? it was injacobs club and all the liverpool acts will know this. and they had a gala night, 57 years ago. and all the local comics got up and we got bookings from it. my favourite, johnny hackett, tremendous comic. jim cooton, did an unusual act with his dog. he had the dog, a jack russell, under his arm and he sang in the dog's ear and the dog sang along and it was wonderful. so we are all in the room for the rehearsal and there he is. this lunatic with the hair and all that. hello, boys! i'll just wander on and tickle them up for you. we all wondered how long he would do, he wont be long.

well, he was on and he was on and he was on. and hackett said to him, ken, you're out of order. he said, it didn't seem too long to me. how long was i on? he said, cooton's dog's died! laughter. and ijust fell in love with him, i thought how can you do that, just come in the dressing room and have the dressing room in uproar with everyone roaring laughing. and everybody out there who was always, they wouldn't let off. he sang happiness because he gave happiness. was he a good comic? no. he was better than that. he was the greatest stage comedian i have ever seen in my life. we have all the days news in a

minute the brexit process coming up injusta minute the brexit process coming up injust a few minute the brexit process coming up in just a few minutes. time for a look at the weather. well the easter weekend is coming up and we need to take the rough with the smooth. there will be brain—dead times also some brighter spells. today we started off white but things brightened up and most of us had at least a little bit of sunshine through the afternoon. we had sunny skies and later on when we have the clear skies there will be some frost around. not quite as cold as the far north of scotland because we have outbreaks of rain here and then some showers marching in from then some showers marching in from the south—west. these continued to drift further north as we go on through the day. some of and

possibly dundry. in between some decent sunshine and temperatures up to 10 degrees. but generally disappointing for the time of year. soa disappointing for the time of year. so a pretty mixed easter weekend with some rain at times, some snow over heels in the north. and in between all of that there will be some this is bbc news — the headlines. a decision to release the serial sex offender john worboys from prison has been overturned by the high court. the threejudges said the parole board should have looked further into worboys' offending and must now make a "fresh determination". a drunk driver is jailed for 13 years for killing three teenagers in a crash in west london injanuary. france pays tribute to the police officer who died saving the lives of hostages in a terror attack last week. a money—back scheme for returning glass, plastic bottles and cans is to be introduced in england

to boost recycling and cut waste. and thousands of fans of sir ken dodd joined friends and family at his funeral at liverpool's anglican cathedral. now the sport with will perry. third evening to you. as the three players punished by cricket australia make their way home to an uncertain reception, the team coaches apologise for the ball tampering and called it a grave misjudgement. all three were banned today by cricket australia as dan road reports. the australian squad is holed up here in this johannesburg hotel ahead of the

first day in the fourth and final test match which begins on friday. of course, this series will be remembered for one thing. the ball tampering scandal that has sent shock waves through the sport. today cricket australia announced the full ramifications of that scandal. the captain steve smith along with deputy david warner who stands accused of instigating the plot have both been banned for 12 months from domestic and international cricket and have lost the chance to play in the lucrative indian premier league this season. junior batsmen cameron ba ncroft this season. junior batsmen cameron bancroft whose clumsy attempt to tamper with the ball was caught by tv cameras on saturday in cape town during the third test has been handed a nine month ban. smith and warner are on their way home in disgrace, all three about to be cast into critic —— cricketing exile. a

very firm response. there was such pressure on the australian authorities not just pressure on the australian authorities notjust from public opinion but from the game and commercial sponsors and the government itself. they knew they had to make a statement and they have done exactly that. some critics are confused as to how it can be that just those three are confused as to how it can be thatjust those three players were involved, how none of the bowlers knew about this attempt to alter the condition of the bowl. how it is that the coach darren liman remains in hisjob. most concerning is the revelation that emerged today that it was sandpaper that was used on the ball not sticky tape as was claimed by smith and bancroft in the press co nfe re nce claimed by smith and bancroft in the press conference the other day. elsewhere manchester city and chelsea could make it to english clu bs chelsea could make it to english clubs into the semifinals of the women's champions league this evening. chelsea are already under

way against a swedish side and our 3-0 way against a swedish side and our 3—0 up and 6—0, sorry 5—0, on aggregate. georgia sta nway 3—0 up and 6—0, sorry 5—0, on aggregate. georgia stanway has got the second and in the last few secondsit the second and in the last few seconds it has become 3—0. chelsea ta ke seconds it has become 3—0. chelsea take a lead into their match with montpellier later. it's the biggest night in the club history. every female player wants to play in the big challenges, i love playing in the big games. i do love is this clu b the big games. i do love is this club and it would be great to take this club in that direction because i think the team that emma has built in the years she has been here has progressed. city looked like they will make it into the last four and chelsea play later. we will have more later. as we keep on saying this week,

there's just over a year to go until the uk formally leaves the european union — probably entering some kind of transition period so we're taking your questions on brexit. joining me to answer them, is our europe editor katya adler and our deputy political editor john pienaar. nice to talk to you face—to—face. we're going to take a surgeon of these questions and see what you make of them. john brown, via twitter. has the eu 27 view on brexit changed in the last two years at all? no. the eu and the european commission head to wish it was not happening.

they felt like this immediately after the referendum and feel the same now. they have all these wistful comments by people like emmanuel macron saying if you change your mind, the door is open. unlike those in the uk who feel it is a good thing, the eu 27 heads of state police base is a loose — lose situation. they think when there is a final trade deal it will be unlike any other trade deal, it will bring the parties further apart than together. they do want a deal, a faded deal —— fair dealfor both parties but they are all putting their own interests first. christos marazo, via twitter. is it possible that such a politically seismic decision (brexit) won't affect the uk party system, ie break up of a major party? don't bet your house on it. we are

living through a time when brexit seemed almost inconceivable a couple of years ago. in westminster politics you can feel the strain in both of the major parties. what are these parties for? the question is as intense as the question was in the 19th century over the corn laws or the labour party when they split under ramsay macdonald. it is as deep as that. you would bet that when we get a brexit, one side or the other could be very happy indeed. you could conceivably be seeing tory mps who never liked brexit going in one direction and feeling they don't belong there anyone. on the labour side, a lot of mps are rather alienated from jeremy corbyn, not too many say it out loud but it is the case. there could be a

split conceivably there. the talk of a centre party isjust but in the who knows? amanda pearson, via twitter. we've seen such solidarity from eu member states in the last week with regards to the uk's expulsion of russian diplomats. can we expect them to stand by us when we've left the uk? how will this be affected? it's a good question there was a huge outpouring of solidarity with the majority of eu member states also taking matters into their own hands and expelling russian diplomats from their own countries, as well. this is notjust out of solidarity with the uk but the eu has wider concerns about russia as well and salisbury feels very close to home to them. after brexit, dev wa nts to to home to them. after brexit, dev wants to keep a close security relationship. it relies on uk intelligence gathering, it wants to prevent cross—border attacks across

europe. it's very important that the eu looks around at north korea and russia and worries about the big world. so, it says that the uk is leaving the eu institutions but is not leaving europe. traditionally, europeans relied on the white house for security but the eu finds president chomp unreliable and believe that europe should be better able to protect itself and that the uk should help in that. that definitely means after brexit as well. how well aligned on brexit is cabinet now vs say six months ago? the cabinet is singing from the same hymn sheet but no one believes that they believe the same thing on brexit. two examples, philip hammond the chancellor has always been a skip to —— sceptic about brexit and

he has argued to stay inside the customs union and single market until that idea was swept off the table. michael gove and boris johnson would not break their hearts if they left without a deal. it's a big difference in thinking that they are all able to come together under the banner, slogan, let's get the best deal that we possibly can. how that plays out depends on the coming negotiations and it goes through parliament with all the pitfalls and minefields that it involves. mark from the netherlands asks there is so much uncertainty about what will happen to the ex—pats that work and live in europe. will i have to give up myjob to return to the uk? for mark and others it's important to realise that even though we are marking one year to go until brexit day it is not the end of the road.

then there will be the transitional period, what the government calls the implementation period. that effectively is a bridging time between march next year and the end of december 2020 when many things remain the same. that means that mark stays in the netherlands and as eu leaders have discussed, he will be able to stay there even after that period, just as eu citizens who remain in the uk will be able to state and also those who arrive in that bridging period will be able to stay. what exactly the statuses, recognition of qualifications after the transition period, that has yet to be hammered out. we are only now going into negotiations about the future relationship. the tip is that we will come to some kind of agreement by late autumn but during that implementation transition period, a lot more detail will come. it's not the end of the story now.

this is from labour's ben bradshaw tweeting about our coverage today. thank you very much for this. all of your trails assume a done deal. there is no done deal. parliament has voted on one. he is very kind concerning about egg on our faces. he's making the point, are people taking too much for granted? the common assumption among pundits the public and politicians is that brexit is going to happen. the fact that you have got that messaging from bread bradshaw shows that he's not the only one who doesn't want to leave in the end. you won't expect to see a vote to see let's not leave but as the negotiations go on, there will be a vote to test the negotiations in parliament and if

that does not pass, we are in uncertain territory. as i said at the killing, the eu wish that this was not going to happen and brexit could be reversed. actually, eu leaders say they don't really believe there is any hope of that. they believe it is going to go ahead. what is not sure is whether there will be a transition period or not, any of the things that are being agreed at the moment. the mantra on both sides is that nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. we have ongoing negotiations now answer what is imagined to be late autumn of this year to give the european parliament and parliament here the time to ratify a withdrawal agreement. if that falls apart then everything falls apart. even if they do, we move onto the next period when negotiations continue. the fine—tuning, the devil in the

detail... this is very much the case. time for one more. tom barry, via twitter. is there any possible deal may could reach with the eu which would satisfy pro—eu tories, the dup and tory brexiteers? if no who will take the hit? i suppose we wait to see the shape than the decks of nation —— destination of brexit. will it be the best of all possible worlds? that isn't going to happen. the spectrum is much too wide. depending on how far we depart from what we call ha rd on how far we depart from what we call hard brexit, then more old remainders will be happy and the brexiteers will be happier. we are going to see long faces whatever happens in this. one thought from me, just recently talking to the polish by minister, if we have a successful deal between the uk and the eu, nobody will be happy because

it will mean come from eyes on both sides. good to have you winners and thanks for answering these questions. and all of you who send questions. and all of you who send questions and, thanks very much indeed. the political battles over brexit have been furious. the negotiations are complex and fraught. but with a year until our departure, what do voters make of the brexit progress so far? we've been to coventry, a city where just over 55 per cent of people voted to leave, to meet a group, balanced between leave and remain. our political editor, laura keunssberg was listening in. i just thought it was a straight... out. you know. goodbye. i don't think anybody knows. i don't think the prime minister knows. who's going to be the winner. we've left, so let's get on with the leaving. for all the political shenanigans, brexit was a decision taken by the public. what you're about to see isn't scientific. but a slice of opinion, a flavour of the conversations that you, we, are all having around the country about brexit with a year to go. i think they were really clever.

yeah, it was clever campaigning. they chose the two biggest issues that bother us. the nhs and immigration. and absolutely pummelled us all with that. and, then, didn't give us enough information to stay in. they attacked the other weaknesses, if you know what i mean. i work with some fantastic nurses. from eu countries. fantastic nurses and doctors and without them being able to move freely, we wouldn't have those staff but on the flip side, we're treating so many non—british patients that's putting a strain on us. just not happy about it at all. and it worries me, like for the future of kids. i'm put off brexit because of the large companies

threatening to pull out. if we go ahead with it, then we could lose thousands ofjobs. it's worrying for everybody. it's notjust the big company, it's all the supply chains and the ripple effect. it's billions of pounds that were still going to be paying into the eu when we left. and they've done a deal and they're going to pay this or that, and you think, where has it all come from? where does it go to? where is this eu market? they say things are happening but to me it's just not very clear what it is that's happening. they are still arguing with each other and i think they are trying to actually find out themselves what they need to do. just break it down and say we're going to achieve this with the borders. this is what we're going to do with movement, this is what were going to do with the economy, this is what were going to do with the pound. just simple things like that, really. we're arguing with 27 other countries, i think it is, who don't want us to leave. so, how on earth are we going to get anything out of that which is advantageous to britain?

it's nearly two years since we've been left, i don't know why we couldn't have left sooner than we have done. i'm not confident our government wants to leave. i'm not convinced our own government wants to leave. most of us have all got children and our main concern is their futures. by the time my children grow up, we will be a country on our own and what position are we going to be? when votes are required, we are promised the world but when we when we vote and something comes into force nothing happens. toughen up, stand up for the people of the uk and what's best for them and the country. stand up to brussels and stop pandering to them. don't back down and start telling us the truth, and fight for the nhs. stop beating around the bush. be proud in what we are, who we are. we won't crumble, this is the uk. some voices of voters in coventry

and our political editor laura quinn spoke. and tonight at 11:30 here on the bbc news channel — you can see more of that discussion — to mark one year before the uk leaves the eu. popular r&b girl group m.o are hoping for success with their latest single bad vibes. the mobo—nominated trio are hoping to follow in the footsteps of girl groups like tlc and all saints and achieve success in a male—dominated genre. for their latest song, they have teamed up with lotto boys and nigerian star mr ea—zee — let's have a quick listen. just a sense of the kind of vibrancy

and colour of the music, which is rather good. let's have a chat to the girls now. left to right, is chanal benjilal, nadine samuels and annie ashcroft. nice to see you all. can i start with the bad vibe. what is the bad vibe? we only bring good vibes. we think it's needed now. no one wants to be around anyone with bad vibes. we need positive energy, generosity and kindness. so it's about not liking bad vibes. we all try to be as positive as we can. we can't always be positive but we try and

find the positive even in a bad situation. can i talk to you about success so far. the story is what interests me, as well as the music. where you have come from as well as what you have managed to achieve. each of you in turn, how did you start? how did all of this start? me and the dean, we started as friends. we were just two girls who loved the exact same music. we had the exact same vision and our manager had the exact same vision. we were all absolutely inspired by bands like tlc and all saints. we got into the studio and got some demos together. it wasjust natural studio and got some demos together. it was just natural and studio and got some demos together. it wasjust natural and it studio and got some demos together. it was just natural and it felt like it was meant to be. and then we have

a fantastic new addition, who we found an faderand a fantastic new addition, who we found an fader and she had an amazing sound ploughed —— sound a old phase. it was natural that she joined.“ it was natural that she joined. if i was to ask you, who are you reaching out to in terms of fans and people who appreciate what you are doing, what is the kind of range of people you are looking at? we like to think that our music can reach all different age groups, different genres. i mean, i have a little five—year—old niece and nephews who are obsessed with us. also, some of our friends who are our age. then i've got antis who absolutely love is. we like to think we can appeal to all ages. so it's a fairly broad

appeal. in which case, when you think about the music, what are you trying to do with that? what's your approach to the music, you talked about a vision earlier on. how do you describe that? we want to empower women more and make sure we are in it together and make sure they can understand that. we are just being ourselves. this is something i wanted to raise. i mention in the introduction that lots of this genre has been dominated by men in the past. you are dominated by men in the past. you a re clearly dominated by men in the past. you are clearly successful, assertive young women in this field. that's a statement you are trying to make, yes? definitely. especially with the things we wear. we want to make sure that young kids, girls, whatever you wa nt that young kids, girls, whatever you want to be, you can do that, you don't have to look a certain way where a certain outfit. your clothing doesn't determine or define

your consent. what is your experience of trying to get on in this industry as young women? has it been challenging or have you found it... how have you found it? as a group and as a woman in our day and age, you are always judged with appearance, image. i'm not saying i agree with that but it is normal. i don't know if it's hard. would you say it is hard? yes. have you come across say it is hard? yes. have you come a cross i nsta nces say it is hard? yes. have you come across instances where people aren't taking your music seriously because you are young women? have you come across that kind of gender issue? personally, i can't say i have. i know it is out there. it's going to be hard to do that now with the strong women coming through. some of our label mates are doing well, all females, we love it and we definitely feel it is going to be the year of the women. including

ours. so, if i said to you, into a two or three—year period what is the goal? arena tours. we did our first headline show in camden last week and that was a really big moment. sounds pretty good. i'd like to say well done. it's great to have you in the studio. thank you for having us. you have been super guests and good luck. it is four minutes to six. let's catch up with the weather with ten. it started off pretty grim earlier. you can see this stripe bringing

some rain particularly in the south—east. most others have had the chance to see a little bit of sunshine. that was liverpool earlier on. that mixture of sunshine and showers takes is up into the evening. most of the clouds will fade away and under clearer skies it will turn quite chilly. apart from in the far north of scotland where we will have some cloud and we will see some showers. too much in. temperatures getting low enough for a touch of frost and ice. tomorrow, a touch of frost and ice. tomorrow, a fairly promising start for many with some sunshine. north—east scotla nd with some sunshine. north—east scotland played with extra clout. some snow over high ground. then we have these ft showers across the midlands and east anglia and northern ireland. temperatures quite disappointing. in brightness, you

may get up to 10 degrees. low pressure is the engine room driving our weather as we get to the long easter weekend. good friday, we are going to see a band of rain spreading its way through. ahead of that, a lot of dry weather and some sunshine. behind the rain band, sunshine. behind the rain band, sunshine likely to return. temperatures stuck in single digits. a little bit below par for the year. easter weekend, mixed. a little bit below par for the year. easterweekend, mixed. rain and sometimes, some snow in the hills. it will generally be quite cool. in between all of that unsettled weather there will be some spells of sunshine. still wintry over high ground in the north but breaking up to give some spells of sunshine. could get up to ten or 12 in plymouth and cardiff. 11 degrees in

london. a fair amount of cloud, some sunshine, rain to the far south—west. that won't trouble is until easter monday. temperatures generally disappointing but into double digits in the south. pretty mixed as we head towards the weekend. the black cab rapist, john worboys, will remain in prison for now, after two of his victims challenged a decision to release him. the parole board planned to free worboys after ten years of his sentence, for assaulting 12 women — but the high court has quashed that decision. the head of the parole board resigned immediately — though one lawyer said the government bore some responsibility for the failings. it looks as though he's been scapegoated for something that is not solely the responsibility of the parole board. we'll be asking what today's ruling means, and looking at the widespread repercussions it could have. also tonight... tackling plastic pollution — plans to make shoppers in england pay a refundable deposit for every bottle they buy,

to encourage recycling. north korea's leader travels to beijing for talks with the chinese president — his first foreign visit since becoming leader seven years ago.