this is bbc news. the headlines at ten: thousands of crime suspects, some involving murder and rape, are being released without any conditions because of new bail rules. the failure to use bail conditions in many cases means that the victim can be vulnerable to being contacted, to being stalked, harassed or even suffering further violence. america says moscow has no justification for its tit—for—tat expulsion of 60 diplomats, as the daughter of the poisoned russian spy regains consciousness. nearly a0 labour mps and peers call onjeremy corbyn to suspend a senior official at the centre of the latest row about anti—semitism. personal details of 150 million users of a popular online fitness programme are compromised by a data security breach. also in the next hour: senior staff at some academy trusts are accused of taking "unjustifiably" high salaries. mps say the academies in england are using public money that could be better spent on children's education.

and a special audience edition of brexitcast. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. thousands of suspects under investigation for violent and sexual offences have been released from police custody without any bail conditions attached, according to research by the bbc. new rules were introduced in england and wales a year ago, designed to prevent people being kept on bailfor months and, in some cases, years. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. it was the case of paul gambaccini that sparked concerns about the use

of precharge or police bail. the bbc radio presenter was questioned about alleged sexual offences and released on bail months before being told he wouldn't face any charges. as home secretary, theresa may said the use of police bail had to change and last year a 28—day limit was imposed. if police want to bail suspects for longer, they need approval from a senior officer or magistrate. as a result, the number of suspects bailed has dropped dramatically by about two—thirds. it means thousands don't have to report back to police and face no restrictions on who they contact or where they go. bbc news obtained figures from 12 forces about people suspected of violent and sexual offences. more than 3,100 were released under investigation without conditions between april and june last year. the number included 31 murder suspects and 768 people suspected of rape, all still subject to

police investigation. we're contacted by survivors all the time who are telling us about their worries about their safety. the failure to use bail conditions in many patients means the victim could be vulnerable to being stalked, harassed, or even suffering further violence from a dangerous abuser. the home office said a large drop in the use of bail should not affect the way police respond to incidents of domestic abuse, but it said ministers had asked forces to ensure those who should be on bail are not being released without conditions. the daughter of a russian spy who was poisoned in a nerve agent attack in salisbury has regained consciousness. doctors say yulia skripal is "improving rapidly". meanwhile, the tit—for tat action is continuing with the united states threatening to retaliate after russia announced it was expelling 60 american diplomats. here's our washington

correspondent chris buckler. after weeks spent in critical condition, yulia skripal is now said to be conscious and talking. however, her father, the former spy sergei skripal, remains seriously ill in hospital. the highest concentrations of the nerve agent used to poison them have been found on the front door of their home in salisbury, an attack in an english town that the uk and many other governments say russia was responsible for. and international relationships are certainly strained. the international situation is similar to a large extent to what we lived during the cold war. russian retaliation was inevitable after a long list of nations ordered the expulsion of scores of the country's representatives. and in the announcement, old animosities were obvious. in return for shutting the russian consulate in seattle, the american consulate in st petersburg is to be closed, and for expelling 60 russian

officials, the kremlin is throwing out 60 americans. the united states, in concert with many other countries, made the decision to kick out russian spies. we don't see this as a diplomatic tit—for—tat. russia is responsible for that horrific attack on the british citizen and his daughter. the kremlin insists that it was not involved in the poisoning, but this attack in the suburbs of salisbury could lead to further international consequences, because the us has warned it may retaliate with further action against moscow. this might not be the return of the cold war, but relationships have certainly become much more frosty. chris buckler, bbc news. 0ur correspondent in moscow, paul adams, has been telling us the investigation will be hoping yulia skripal will be able to provide them with vital information.

we'll have to see whether, as she regains consciousness and talks, yulia is able to offer any fresh insight. the two victims at the centre of this whole affair have of course been essentially in a coma and on life support ever since they fell ill in salisbury more than three weeks ago, almost four weeks ago now. so investigators will be incredibly interested to know, can she shed any light on their movements that morning, whether they noticed anything unfamiliar, anyone unfamiliar? did they notice anything strange about the doorknob on theirfront door? all of these are things the investigators will want to ask. we don't know what yulia's state of mind is and whether she will have the ability to offer any fresh insight, but investigators will clearly be interested, and they're obviously watching closely here in moscow as well. when the news came through that she had improved, we heard the russians once again demanding that russian consular

officials be granted access to her, a demand which i think will be ignored again by the british authorities. 39 labour mps and peers have signed a letter urging jeremy corbyn to suspend a senior official over her handling of a complaint about anti—semitism. christine shawcroft stood down as head of the party's disputes panel after calling for the reinstatement of a council candidate accused of denying the holocaust, but she remains a member of labour's national executive committee. 0ur political reporterjessica parker has been telling me what impact this letter could have on mr corbyn and the wider party. it certainly ramps up the pressure on this issue. ifjeremy corbyn had been hoping for this issue to quieten down over the easter weekend, this shows that it is not going to do that. with these calls for christine shawcroft to be

suspended from the party, she was of course the party's former disputes chief, a post she quit this week after it emerged that she had opposed the suspension of a council candidate who'd been accused of holocaust denial. christine shawcroft has said she wasn't aware of the facebook post, which she described as abhorrent, that had led to this council candidate's suspension. nonetheless, 39 labour mps and peers are calling for her suspension from the party, saying she should also be removed from the party's national executive committee, of which she is a member. they've written an open letter tojeremy corbyn saying "we are deeply concerned that christine shawcroft remains a member of the national executive committee. you pledged this week to be an ally in the fight against anti—semitism. this action would represent an initial step in honouring that commitment". it is certainly true to say that feelings on this issue are running very high. lord winston, a labour peer, has been speaking to this week, the programme, and he says he is deeply concerned. anti—semitism has infected the labour party, so it's become endemic. i'm deeply ashamed of my party. and whether he likes it

or not, jeremy corbyn has a lot to answer for. he has encouraged anti—semites and he's endorsed them. in the modern world, using social media, their conspiracy theories about jews and statements about hate spread like a disease, and this virus is affecting the labour party. so lord winston is saying that anti—semitism has infected the labour party. clearly, jeremy corbyn‘s handling of the christine shawcroft case will be under the microscope, won't it? very strong words from lord winston, but there are those who think this that there are those who think this issue is being used to destabilise jeremy corbyn‘s leadership. nevertheless, jeremy corbyn has tried hard this week to show that he's taking the issue seriously, saying that he wants to take action. he's written tojewish community leaders saying that he is a militant opponent of anti—semitism.

he wrote to labour mps yesterday as well, addressing tensions around the issue of israel and palestine, saying to labour mps that support for justice for the palestinian people should provide no one with the excuse to insult, harass oi’ encourage hatred of jewish people. jeremy corbyn has pledged action on this issue. the bbc understands that we may see a speeding up of disciplinary procedures as a result of what's been going on. but some politicians have made it clear overnight that when it comes to christine shawcroft, they want to see something specific happen soon. some academy schools in england are using taxpayers' money to pay excessive salaries to senior staff, according to a report by mps. the public accounts committee says this is taking money away from children's education. but the department for education says it regularly scrutinises the finances of academies. marc ashdown reports. school budgets are under pressure from rising costs, but this report says more than 100 senior managers were paid a salary higher than £150,000.

academies are free to decide for themselves how much to pay staff, but mps are warning it's difficult to tell if they are getting value for money. we are really pushing for greater transparency so that parents, pupils and others, the public, can see how their money is being spent, particularly senior managers and executive heads covering a number of schools, we've seen a real, huge increase in some of those salaries with little justification or explanation, some of that not even very transparent and sometimes, pay rises that are really out of kilter with the type of pay rise a classroom teacher would get. the report also raises concerns about the weak scrutiny of payments for services by academies to people or companies with a link to the senior leadership team or board. it is all likely to anger teaching unions, which represent classroom teachers and meet today for their annual conferences. here we have got billions of pounds of public money going into the hands of trusts and sponsors and actually,

a lack of transparency. the department of education has already asked trusts to explain salaries greater than £150,000, and told some that their initial explanation isn't good enough. this report calls for even more action. marc ashdown, bbc news. the personal details of around 150 million users of the myfitnesspal app were accessed in a data breach. parent company, under armour, which owns the software, said usernames, email addresses and passwords may have been stolen. earlier, our business correspondent theo leggett gave us more details surrounding the scale of this data breach. it's a pretty big data breach, 150 million people. that's quite high up on the list of biggest breaches. but yahoo have lost more than a billion customers' user data in the past, to put that into perspective. under armour is a sportswear brand. it also operates this website called myfitnesspal, which offers dieting and exercise advice to people,

helping them lose weight. it became aware that they had been hacked last week and that the breach took place in february. since then, it's been working with security firms to find out what's happened, how much information has been stolen and so on. it seems that the information includes e—mails, usernames and passwords. but the passwords are encrypted. it doesn't include credit card data, because that is kept on a separate system. how well encrypted are those passwords? they use a fairly good encryption system called becrypt. it means the passwords are hashed up. but it's not a total guarantee that they're safe. so if you have a weak password like abc1234, there are ways hackers can model that and work around the encryption. so weak passwords are vulnerable, but that is still better than having unencrypted or weakly encrypted password. but in terms of the precautions that under armour has taken

with its encryption, it is pretty good? it is reasonably good and they have brought in security companies to help them from this stage. they are now advising customers to change their passwords as quickly as possible and to put in a secure password, something that is relatively difficult to get around, so not anyhing like abc1234, and also to keep an eye out for any suspicious movement on their accounts. there's no evidence yet that any users have been disadvantaged or had money stolen? not so far, but the advice is to keep an eye on accounts just in case and not to respond to suspicious e—mails, not to click on links in unsolicited e—mails to ask for information not to click on links in unsolicited e—mails that ask for information and that kind of thing. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: thousands of crime suspects, some involving murder and rape, are being released without any conditions because new bail rules. because of new bail rules.

america says moscow has no justification for its tit—for—tat expulsion of 60 diplomats, as the daughter of the poisoned russian spy regains consciousness. nearly a0 labour mps and peers call onjeremy corbyn to suspend a senior official at the centre of the latest row about anti—semitism. sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. australia's cricketers are back in action minus the three players that were sent home following that ball tampering scandal in south africa that erupted during the previous test match. captain steve smith and cameron ba ncroft captain steve smith and cameron bancroft both gave emotional press conferences on their arrival back in australia yesterday, which prompted head coach darren lehmann to announce he will be quitting his post after the fourth and final test injohannesburg. to see the way my old man's been...

and my mum... it hurts. i hope the team rebuilds from this and the australian public find in their hearts to forgive these young men and get behind the 11 who will take the field tomorrow. ijust want to show how sorry i am. at the end of the day, it's my actions and i'm accountable for it. they don't reflect my values and what i've grown up to be. south africa 51 without loss. david warner is expected to speak to the media in the coming days. england's on field problems continued on the first day of the second test against new zealand in christchurch. alastair cook was out for single figures again early on in the day as england slumped to 911—5.

cook has now managed just nine runs in his last three innings. jonny bairstow and mark wood led the comeback. wood made a maiden test half century before being bowled out by tim southee. bairstow finished on 97 not out with england 290—8. england's batsmen may be struggling at the moment against new zealand, but anthonyjoshua can redress the balance as cardiff gears up for another world heavyweight title defence tomorrow night. the british champion, who holds the wba and ibf titles, takes on the new zealanderjoseph parker, who holds the wbo belt as he continues his quest to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. the fighters will weigh in later today before taking to the ring tomorrow night. in terms of preparation, that is 99%. where do you get the 1%, that important 1%? in terms of boxing at the arena

before, that is the 1%. but in terms of the occasion, when you're matched with someone in terms of ability, those small adjustments make a big difference. it's like a race. milliseconds are the difference between and silver. milliseconds are the difference between gold and silver. these little things will play in my favour, for sure. it doesn't mean i'm going to win and it will be easy, but it does play in my favour. parker can only prepare for it in the best way possible, because he hasn't experienced it. this time next week, the first round of the masters will be complete. for some, a win in houston this week will earn a place at augusta and that could be padraig harrington, who is two shots off the lead at the moment. he hasn't competed at the masters since 2015. it was a solid first round from him. ian poulter is another who could also earn a place, but he is well off the lead at the moment after his first round. he is

down in 120 sixth place. in the women's first major of the year, there was a great hole here. this was a player in california, her shot rolling in at the 17th. 0rganisers offered to map a first class tickets anywhere in the world that she fancied after that. the former manchester united striker zlatan ibrahimovic has arrived in la overnight as he makes his next move in his career. the swedish striker followed in the footsteps of another former united man, david beckham, joining major league soccer side la galaxy. a great reception, as you can see, on his arrival. he's only played seven times since damaging cruciate ligaments in april and agreed to finish his contract with manchester united early, allowing for this move. they're excited about it. that's all the sport for now. more in the next hour. the government has called for an inquiry into the costs of fuel at the country's motorway service stations. the transport secretary chris grayling says fuel at motorway

service stations costs up to 19 pence per litre more than elsewhere — he's asked the competition and markets authority to find out why. the prince of wales has recorded a good friday easter message in support of people who are being persecuted because of their faith, particularly in the middle east. in the video, which will be broadcast today, he describes how "deeply moved" he's been, while meeting christians who have had to flee from persecution — and is calling for more understanding between christianity, judiasm and islam. all three abrahamic faiths have known and continue to know the bitterness of persecution when religion has fallen into the barbaric grip of those who distort and misrepresent faith. so this easter, i want to salute the fortitude of all those who, whatever their faith, are persecuted for remaining faithful to the true essence of their beliefs. an unmanned chinese space station

weighing more than eight tonnes is expected to crash back to earth this weekend. experts aren't sure exactly where or when tiangong—1 will come down, but the good news is that they say the chances of being hit are slim. here's our science correspondentjonathan amos. a memorable day in space. this was astronaut wang yaping giving a lecture on life in space a lecture on life in space to millions of schoolchildren across china, but now her laboratory and classroom in the sky is heading down to earth. tiangong has been abandoned and engineers on the ground have lost contact with it. quite where it will come in is uncertain, but its flight path means it can only be in this pink band around the equator.

the experts say no—one should be alarmed, however. my estimate is that the probability to be injured by one of these fragments is similar to the probability of being hit by lightning twice in the same year. there is a huge burst. as with previous returning spacecraft, the chances are that with earth mostly covered by ocean, any tiangong debris will hit water. and as for china, it's pressing on with its space ambitions. it's putting up even more modules and hopes to have a bigger and more permanent manned space station built in the next decade. jonathan amos, bbc news. this sunday, april 1st is the deadline for the government to put new plans in place for supporting children with complex needs in england, and the minister responsible has told this programme it is on target. but we've learnt that a third of councils have told the government they can't afford to pay

and there are serious concerns about funding. jayne mccubbin reports. every parent in this room has a child with additional needs. every parent here believes those needs are not being met. you've just had to fight and fight? i've had to fight and fight and fight and fight, and keep on fighting. many parents say without the right support, their child has been excluded from school. 0n numerous occasions, to the point where i couldn't maintain myjob. you've lost your job. yes. you've lost your home. yes. because you believe your son wasn't getting the right support. completely, completely. and there are parents here who say they have paid a heavier price still. just ultimately exhausted from years of caring for a child without adequate support, really. i was completely... you had a breakdown. i had a complete breakdown, yeah. absolutely, there's no other word for it. i was completely... yeah, i was suicidal.

but the system which will be in place come 1st april was designed to be so much better — easierfor parents, more support for children. yet every parent is here in hackney today for legal advice because of problems with the new education, health and care plans. how is it shaping up for 1st april? there's real concern that local authorities are simply not going to meet the deadline of 1st april to transfer children from the old system to the new system. and even where children have been transferred across to the new plans, there's a massive concern about quality. and some of the plans have been very rushed, and are really no improvement at all. the special needs statement, these proposed cuts directly affect me... there have been protests in hackney because of 5% cuts to send budgets, with a real risk of more to come. parents say they are fighting for their children's rights.

and it's a fight with you guys? well, i'd like to say it's a fight that we want to work with parents, work with the children on, to take on the government. hackney council has seen a 34% increase in the number of children requiring statements, and yet funding is still frozen at levels going back to 2011. thatjust can't be right. now the department of education has told us that almost a third of local authorities in england have written to them to say they will not be able to pay for their send children under a new funding system which comes into force in april. i have pledged to you that i will continue to look at the statistics, to understand why a handful of local authorities are having problems — the minority. a third of local authorities telling you they cannot meet their obligations is a significant sum. it might not be a majority, but it is a significant sum. the majority of councils are coping. we're out there investing. we're not cutting. we're investing £6 billion by 2018—19 in special education needs and disabilities.

there is more money, but there is far, far more demand. hackney is just one of many organisations which have written to the government to say this is a crisis. jayne mccubbin reporting. there are more than 115,000 deaf children living in the uk — but how important is it for them to be able to use sign language? the recent 0scar winning film the silent child tells the story of a girl whose life is positively transformed after she's taught how to sign. the film is being shown later this evening on bbc one. but over the years, there's been debate over whether learning to sign at an early stage can hold a deaf child back from developing speech. sima kotecha has this report. this school is different from most. all of its children are profoundly deaf, and all of its children use british sign language to communicate. why is sign language so important? because i used sign language before i used to hear,

so i heard some words and it linked my sign language, so i matched. and i could communicate to my friends and teachers. there are just a few schools in the country that have only deaf pupils. some of the children wear cochlear implants. there's been debate over whether early use of sign language can hold deaf children back from learning to speak. here, they believe that's not the case. we were told that sign language wasn't important and if we did start trying to sign, it would delay speech. we went against that, because it was only implanted at 16 months, so we'd already missed out on 16 months of spoken language, so we were signing with him from a very early age and he's now bilingual because of that, and he's very confident to sign and to speak.

many deaf children don't solely depend on sign language. at this deaf unit in a primary school, they're bilingual and can write and speak english too. sign language is very important to communicate. the oscar—winning film the silent child has raised awareness about the issues facing deaf children and the important role sign language can play in their lives. its creators recently visited some schools here in the midlands. this is heavy, and i love it! it's shone a huge and much—needed light on the subject. it's raised the profile of deafness in general, which largely isn't talked about, and we just feel incredibly proud and hopefully, we can continue doing that. some deaf people argue that society must learn that sign language is not their only option when young, and that they too can learn to speak just like those who can hear.

lucy has the weather. some unsettled weather on the cards this easter weekend. we are looking ata this easter weekend. we are looking at a bit of everything. from northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland, some showery outbreaks of rain, which could be wintry over higher ground. a few showers in the north and east of scotland. a cold is delivered in the north, taking the edge of the temperatures. staying cloudy across england and wales, with heavy bursts of rain. we could see the rain turned to snow for a time over the pennines. a few clear spells in the west of scotland means we could see a touch of frost here. a fairly

cloudy day across england and wales, with outbreaks of rain and hill snow clearing towards the east. brighter conditions feeding into the west. a scattering of showers in northern and ireland, completely particularly in scotland. this is bbc news our latest headlines... tighter rules on police bail have led to thousands of suspects in violent and sexual offences being released without conditions — new regulations on pre—charge bail came into effect in england and wales last year. the us. has said it may take further action against russia following the expulsion of 60 american diplomats — moscow said countries that remove russian officials could expect a "symmetrical" response. a group of labour mps has urged jeremy corbyn to suspend former disputes panel chair christine shawcroft from the party's