today at 5, scores of women may have died early because they didn't get a final screening for breast cancer due to an it failure. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, told mps 450,000 women in england were not notified of the routine medical appointment. there may be between 135 and 270 women who had their lives shortened as a result. the impact may have been less than it was if i had had a mammogram in 2013 when i was 70. but i never received the letter. we'll get the perspective on all this of the head nurse at cancer research uk. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. senior members of the cabinet are discussing brexit, as some mps tell theresa may to abandon her preferred option for a new customs arrangement. the trial of three people accused of murdering four children in a house fire in salford, has been hearing from a teenager who escaped the blaze.

liverpool supporters are told ‘under no circumstances,‘ should they walk to the stadium in rome, ahead of tonight's champions league semi—final, because of fears of violence. and the rapper kanye west has suggested 400 years of slavery in america was "a choice" for black people. condemnation of his comments, has been robust and swift. it's 5 o'clock. our main story. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, says up to 270 women in england may have died, because they were not screened for breast cancer, when they should have been. a computer problem meant around 450,000 women were affected since 2009.

the issue was rectified earlier this year and letters are being sent to all those affected. richard lister reports. every year, the nhs in england screens two million women for breast cancer. mammograms are available between 50 and 70 every three years. they should get an automated appointment letterfrom their gp. it was revealed today that a computer error dating back to 2009, meant that many of those letters were never sent out. as a result of this, between 2009 and the start of 2018, an estimated 450,000 women, aged between 68 and 71, were not invited to their final breast screening. at this stage, it is unclear whether any delay in diagnosis would have resulted in any avoidable harm or death. a review is underway to establish how many were affected,

and whether any died as a result. there may be between 135 and 270 women who had their lives i am advised that is unlikely to be more than this range, and may be considerably less. however, tragically there are likely to be some people in this group would have been alive today had the failure had not happened. in an unusually sombre chamber labour offered sympathies. anyone who has had a loved one taken by breast cancer or any cancer, will know the great pain and anguish of that loss. the review ordered by the health care secretary, will be to identify those affected, and why the error occurred. why did it take so long to detect? it is not good enough just to forget to call women for their

final screening appointment, this is the age group and which women are most at risk for developing breast cancer, so it is absolutely essential that this effectively for them. the government says that the women affected, more than 300,000 are still alive, and will be contacted by the end of the month. in moving the letters our as quickly as we can, they started already, there is a helpline that we have setup for these women to access. i would advise them to wait to get the letter, but if they do have access to specialist support the deadline. 0nly be going carefully to records with the nhs be able to establish the full impact of this computer failure and how many women died when they should've had a chance of survival. with me to make sense of this is our health correspondent, catherine burns. this was in 2009 and almost a decade

has passed. the only reason we are now finding out is because in 2016 there was an it overhaul and it became clear that they were getting different data after 2016 member for. the public health england was aware of this in january for. the public health england was aware of this injanuary and ministers made aware in march or april. but he has taken this long to come to us april. but he has taken this long to come to us because april. but he has taken this long to come to us because they press wanted to put a plan come to us because they press wanted to puta plan in come to us because they press wanted to put a plan in place. the first of ella has been fixed but next step is they had to make a plan for those affected by this. and we're talking about 450,000 women affected. what happens now in terms of them being notified? well of that number 3009000 are still alive. we do not know that much about these women, they could be perfectly healthy, they could be perfectly healthy, they could be living with breast cancer, recently diagnosed with terminal. we will find out. but they will all get sent a letter by the end of the month explaining the

options. so if they are aged 72 and under there will be offered an appointment for essentially a catch up appointment for essentially a catch up mammogram for appointment for essentially a catch up mammogram forthe appointment for essentially a catch up mammogram for the other 72 the advice is to call the helpline and see if a mammogram advice is to call the helpline and see ifa mammogram is advice is to call the helpline and see if a mammogram is the right thing for them. as women get older mammograms can show up a cancer thing for them. as women get older mammograms can show up a cancer that may not need any kind of treatment. thank you forjoining us. let's speak now to martin ledwick who is head nurse at cancer research uk. thank you forjoining us. clearly no back—up plan existed. for these appointments to be followed up by anything like that in the last decade. it seems to have taken eve ryo ne decade. it seems to have taken everyone by surprise what happened today. 0bviously at cancer research uk with the kind of enquiries we get we know that this sort of thing causes a huge amount of distress and of course some women may have been not diagnosed as early as they might have been which is a great pity because it mean their chances of

survival will be less. and also they are likely to need more treatment than they would have needed if they had their cancer picked up earlier. sudden to be clear screening is offered to women once they reach the age of 50 and then it is regular screening until age 70? at the moment until 70 but there are i believe plans to extend screening to older women than that and also start slightly younger. any women over the age of 70 can request additional screening. with any screening programme you have to look at the unfolding evidence of the benefits against any kind of disadvantages in my town. sometimes the start and finish age shifts as more evidence becomes available but at the moment women over 70 can request screening. what we would say to women at the moment from cancer research uk is if there aged over 70 or were expecting to be screened and have not been

screened in the past three years then get in touch with their local screening service. details are on the nhs choice website. and of course the key to beating cancer is getting that diagnosis as early as possible. yes and that is what screening programmes possible. yes and that is what screening programmes are possible. yes and that is what screening programmes are aiming to do. to pick up cancers at the point at which they can be successfully treated and also with less treatment because usually bear much smaller and there is much less chance of them spreading. can you understand them spreading. can you understand the anxiety that there is among the women who have been affected by all this but also understand the implausibility of this actually happening, a computer malfunction resulting in people dying like this. the systems the nhs england use, we do not know anything about them, obviously this should not that happen and will be causing a lot of

worry for those aged over 70 he may be impacted by this. it is good to see that action is being taken and women will be contacted. but again nothing to stop anyone over 70 contacting the local screening service and asking for additional screening if they want one anyway. we believe that there, thank you for joining us. the department of health says patients are encouraged not to contact their gp in the first instance, but to contact the dedicated national helpline that has been set up — on 0800169 2692 - or to look on the nhs choices website for more information." senior cabinet ministers are currently meeting in downing street to discuss brexit, amid warnings from some tory mps that the government's proposed customs partnership with the eu is unacceptable. the proposal would mean the uk collecting tariffs on the eu's behalf. the mps deny they're issuing the prime minister with an ultimatum — but the row is threatening to split the cabinet.

theresa may said this lunchtime that the uk would leave the customs union. here's our political correspondent ben wright. the uk exports half its goods to the eu. the government is hunting around for a solution and is under political pressure to choose a new customs arrangement. why, withjust six months to go before a draft brexit deal is signed off, are the government still considering options that we all know are not feasible? we will be leaving the customs union, we want to ensure we can have an independent trade policy. we also want to ensure that we deliver, we are committed to delivering on our commitment of no hard border between northern ireland and ireland, and ensuring we have as frictionless trade as possible with the european union. there are a number of ways in which that can be delivered. there certainly are. one idea being discussed is a plan for the uk to collect tariffs on the eu's behalf at airports and ports. known as the customs partnership, it has been met

with scorn by brexiteers in theresa may's own party. the customs partnership does not in the end meet the stated objectives of the government. it doesn't meet the commitments made in the conservative party manifesto. nor in the prime minister's repeated statements that we will be out of the customs union and the single market. he and dozens of his brexit—backing conservative colleagues think there is a high—tech solution that would avoid the need for a new hard border in northern ireland while giving the uk maximum freedom to strike new trade deals. but other tory mps are much more sceptical. the customs partnership is a potential solution, and we should not walk away from the negotiating table before examining it in more detail. we shouldn't tie the government's hands at this stage. again, we are seeing how theresa may is having to negotiate brexit with her own party and cabinet as well as the european union. this customs question is combustible. anger the brexiteers and they might

try and bring her down. but theresa may also knows that a number of tory mps could side with labour in voting for a whole new customs union with the european union if they think the prime minister's plan will damage trade. a cabinet decision on customs is not expected today. it will only be the starting point for talks with the eu. for many at westminster, this goes to the heart of what brexit will mean for the uk. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. let's go to our chief political correspondent vicki young who's in westminster. sources at number ten suggest that this document sent to downing street from those backbenchers who feel that the customs partnership is not the way forward and they say that this is not an attempt to bind her or threaten her answer one. but are they really convinced that if that

was the choice that she made in moving forward with this future customs arrangement that she might not be able to survive this month i do not think they can be sure of anything, we are in a situation where there is a bit of stalemate in parliament, some who say that across the lord in the commons there is a majority for a deep customs arrangement but others and certainly many of those 60 conservative mps would say that simply is not the case. that amounts effectively to stay in the eu and that is that suspicion on both sides i think and particularly those brexiteers who feel that this is all really are bruised and they are using this customs union argument to stay as close to the eu as possible and effectively stay under its rules and regulations. this brexit‘s subcommittee has been meeting now for over two hours as they try and thrash out some kind of agreement. i think at this point they will not come out and declare for one or another of those, i think both of

those options will stay on the table but there are many who are nowjust thinking how can we find a way through all this. whoever the leader of the party is, whoever the prime minister is, they will have to deal with this thing elementary arithmetic and try to square this circle of leading the eu, leading the customs union but having frictionless trade and being able to carry on trading in a simple way and solving the issue of the irish border. so i do not know if we are any closer to solving all of that and of course people are looking at the deadlines and feeling that we are almost two years since the referendum result and still the cabinet has not been able to agree on this. as far as we know so far no one has walked out of the meeting but i think it will require more talking amongst those ministers before they get to a point where they can announce what they're going to do next. thank you for that. let's speak to the conservative

mp jacob rees—mogg — who's chairman of the party's european research group — which has sent the prime minister a lengthy report detailing its opposition to a customs partnership. good to see you. this document you sent to number ten has been construed as a threat by some. that perhaps you would withdraw support in any confidence motion if the prime minister moved forward with this idea of the customs partnership. is that what it amounts to an estimate absolutely not, the confidence motion that down onto the fixed term parliament act is something all conservative mps would support the prime minister on. that is not an issue if i may say so. the issueis is not an issue if i may say so. the issue is does the customs partnership allows the benefits of leaving the eu to which the answer is no. we would find it difficult to get free trade deals with the rest of the world and we would do that to stay in the single market. and that

would tire to a future and existing eu regulation early from work. so customs partnership does not technically work and be argued that testify minister and did so in a paper. but we are getting indications that it is her perfect option and if she decides to go forward with that what would you do then? michel barnier has said he thinks of his magical thinking, it is clear he does not think it is a workable option. and what we're doing is supporting the prime minister is in the ambition she set out in the manifesto to leave the customs union and single market and she has reiterated that consistently as prime ministerfor the reason it is so important to leave the customs union is that the customs union makes prices higher in the uk for consumers particularly for food, clothing and footwear, hitting ha rd est of clothing and footwear, hitting hardest of all the least well off in our society. so very important that we are out of the customs union and

we are out of the customs union and we get the ability to do free trade deals with the rate —— with the rest of the world which we will not be able to do to retain the nontariff barriers visit in the single market. but your perfect option it seems a maximum fitters rotation using technology to police any kind of customs arrangement after brexit, the european union has described that also of magical thinking and maximum facilitation does not solve the central crucial problem of the border with northern ireland. well first of all maximum facilitation is just an extension of what we already do with the rest of the world, very little of our trade is inspect it when it comes into the uk, most of it is clear it a glance and go sea mlessly it is clear it a glance and go seamlessly through. so just a question of applying that two european trade as well as non—eu trade and the head of each mrc said thatis trade and the head of each mrc said that is all perfectly possible without any infrastructure on the border in ireland and that is the key. what do you mean by a

hardboard, i think most people mean physical infrastructure, customs officials in six caps, barriers and all that. that is quite unnecessary under any scheme that we implement, we can have the border in forced away from the physical border as happened already. they‘ re away from the physical border as happened already. they're in mind between the republic of ireland and northern ireland there is a currency board, and excise duty border, a vat border and an immigration border. yet none of this is in forced physically at the border. it is merely carrying on what we are already doing. 0f merely carrying on what we are already doing. of course there is a border there and that will remain. but are you convinced there would not be a single man with a peaked cap, nota not be a single man with a peaked cap, not a single barrier, not a single sentry post which would easily be a target for aggression nationalists on both sides the border but at it seems to be there would be no need for one ahead of intimacy, they have said there's no need for infrastructure the border.

the eu has said it does not want infrastructure, the republic of ireland does not want infrastructure, her majesty ‘s government has said the same. so who is going to put it up? not the bbc. thank you so much forjoining us. this is bbc news at five — the headlines: as many as 270 women may have had their lives shortened — after computer errors meant they missed their final breast cancer screening. senior members of the cabinet meet to discuss brexit, with theresa may coming under pressure to change her preferred customs proposal. the trial of three people accused of murdering four children in a house fire in salford, has been hearing from a teenager who escaped the blaze. and sport liverpool fans in rome ahead of the second leg of the champions league final have reported no sign of trouble so far. chris

froome says he will not entertain thoughts that his previous results might be wiped. there's been criticism over his involvement in the race tomorrow in italy after an adverse drug test result in the race last year. and kyren wilson joins barry hawkins in the world snooker championship final. i will be back with more on those stories just after half past. a woman who lived next door to the house in which four children died in a fire has told the court she heard their mother screaming as the flames took hold. she lived in the terrace house next to michelle pearson. just filler then on what else came out today in then on what else came out today in

the trial but —— in the trial today. well the woman lived in the adjoining terrace and she could hear events through the wall as the fire took hold next door. she is spoke about telling —— hearing michelle pearson and shout, not my children, as the fire started and she spoke about that night and we also heard from a neighbour on the other side of the property, tony houldsworth, who talked about hearing the fire breaking out and rushing outside to see if he could help. he tried to break down the front door of the house and talked about the fact that the backdraught was so strong that it blew the door straight out with the force of the blast. we know of course that four children died in a —— as course that four children died in a ——asa course that four children died in a —— as a result of the fire, aged between three and 15 years old. but

there were two other children in the house that night as well, and their brother and his friend survived. bobby harris gave evidence this morning and talked about one of the man he was accused of murdering in connection with this case, someone talked about the fact that he had been to the house previously before the fire and bobby harris remembers he said that zak bolland made threats saying we will come back and kill you all. well zak bolland denies murder and also denies attempted murder. he admits reckless arson. there are two other defendants in this case, his girlfriend courtney brierley and theirfriend girlfriend courtney brierley and their friend david worrall, girlfriend courtney brierley and theirfriend david worrall, both girlfriend courtney brierley and their friend david worrall, both of them delight as well all the counts against them. three counts, four cou nts against them. three counts, four counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and arson. in this case continues, we expect tomorrow to hear more evidence from some of the emergency services who were called out that night. around five thousand

liverpool fans have travelled to rome, for the second leg of their team's champions league semi—final against roma tonight. the first game at anfield was marred by violence, leaving one man in a critical condition. liverpool managerjurgen klopp says any problems off the pitch will not affect his side's performance. italian police have appealed to british fans to stay within italian rules to ensure their safety. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein reports. the eternal optimists en route to the eternal city, liverpool fans departing for rome with hopes of success, and safety. sound, yeah, yes, it's good, my mother is all right about it now, she let me go on the trip, so i am 0k(!). nah, i'm not worried at all. safety in numbers. stay to the denominated squares that they have recommended to go to. stay on the shuttle bus, really. 8—2 on aggregate, mark my words! for those already in the italian capital, the build—up has been trouble—free, a far cry from the pre—match violence that marred the first leg of this champions league semifinal

last week, and left a liverpool fan, sean cox, in a critical condition. yesterday, roma players showed their support for the 53—year—old as the authorities worked to avoid a repeat of such disturbing scenes. detailed advice to visiting supporters include not walking to the olympic stadium under any circumstances, nor wearing the colours of their team. it's a very small minority of people, and all the people of rome i have spoken to, they despise them people, as we do. it's just a great atmosphere here. i went to see fatboy slim last night, dancing with italian women all night... it's just absolutely amazing, no bad vibes at all. but i don't want to speak too soon. we will see what happens tonight. tonight, it's hoped the focus will shift firmly to events on the pitch. liverpool arrive here with a glorious chance to reach the champions league final, and move a step closer to club football's biggest prize. the reds are in firm control of the tie,

after winning 5—2 at anfield. however, roma overturned a similar deficit to stun barcelona in the last round, so liverpool have been warned. we deserve to be here, tonight, and tomorrow night. and if we have the result we need, then we deserve to be in the final. if not, then rome has a very good campaign as well, if they can get a result, then they deserve it, that is part of the game. but we are here to fight for our dreams. the final preparations for their most important game in more than a decade, liverpool beat roma on the same ground to lift the trophy in 1984, and they will want it to be a scene of celebration one small on and off the field of play. 0ur correspondent, james reynolds, is at one of the gathering points for liverpool's fans in rome. is it all quiet so far? it has been

boisterous actually because several thousand liverpool fans have followed the instructions given to them by their own football club and by the italian authorities and they have gathered right here in this square in central rome. they have waited, they are searched by telling police and then they file onto buses and those buses are escorted by the police across the city towards the stadium. there is a logic behind this and that is that the italian authorities do not want to risk of any liverpool fans and any roma fans encountering each other on the road to the stadium and particularly on bridges that they worry about. so let's ta ke bridges that they worry about. so let's take a look at one of these buses. that is the safety plan at the moment. yet the fans onto the

buses and get them directly into the stadium and into their seats. possibly hold them in the stadium afterwards to avoid any encounters with roma fan. i should say the atmosphere has been incredibly lively, liverpool fans have been chanting without end for the last hour or so. james reynolds and thank you. joining me now is liverpool fan, james mckenna from the spirit of shankly supporters union. he has made it to the stadium, is that right? i'm here at the stadium now. how is the atmosphere? it is good, i think people are excited and looking forward to seeing liverpool in the european cup semifinal. we have had a good day in rome and now it is all about the match. and our fa ns it is all about the match. and our fans taking the advice that they should use the shuttle buses and not walk around and make themselves too obvious to potential rival fans by

smart wejust obvious to potential rival fans by smart we just travelled on one of those buses here, it is working very well. the italian police are getting people onto the buses and there is a regular flow of people going through the turnstiles into the ground. everyone has had a good day so far and long may that continue. so a good atmosphere at the moment. we saw those ugly scenes back in liverpool for the previous leg. no sign of that so far as you might know, nothing that we've seen or heard of any sense of danger. people have been in squares in the city enjoying themselves, in large and small groups. so it has been really good. people enjoying themselves and encounters with roma fans have been few and far between and those that we have had have been friendly. and it is likely that the fans will be hanging out afterwards, or what

customer we are going to be detained in the grounds, held by for around 30, 60 minutes were expect. fans will be taken straight back to the airport or where they are staying for the evening. good luck to the tea m for the evening. good luck to the team and many thanks for being with us. time for a look at the weather. here's stav. good evening. a bit of a women start to the day for someone with outbreaks of rain and quite cold and windy. but conditions are improving into the afternoon with plenty of sunshine around. this picture showing a lovely afternoon in cheshire. and it has been a similar picture elsewhere with sunshine and one or two showers. does showers die off this evening and overnight. some

cloud around in scotland and northern ireland. and we start thursday on a bright note with a lot of sunshine around. further west a lwa ys of sunshine around. further west always more in the way of cloud. but quite mild direction and we should see some more sunny spells across eastern areas and feeling quite pleasa nt eastern areas and feeling quite pleasant tomorrow. it turns warmer towards the end of the week and into the bank holiday weekend, some places seeing low 20s. that is your weather. this is bbc news. the headlines... scores of women may have died early because they didn't get a final screening for breast cancer, as an it failure meant letters inviting them for a breast screening before their 70th birthdays were never sent. patricia minchin discovered she had breast cancer two years after she should been invited to a screening. the impact may have been less than it was if i had had a mammogram in 2013 when i was 70.

but i never received the letter. senior members of the cabinet are discussing brexit, as some mps tell theresa may to abandon her preferred option for a new customs arrangement. the trial of three people accused of murdering four children in a house fire in salford has been hearing from a teenager who escaped the blaze. the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, is to give up a bonus worth £2 million because of problems thousands of customers have had accessing their accounts. liverpool supporters are told "under no circumstances" should they walk to the stadium in rome ahead of tonight's champions league semifinal because of fears of violence. i'm sure we're going to get a bit more on that champions league second leg involving liverpool from the bbc sport centre. good evening.

the countdown has begun to liverpools biggest match in years as they seek a place in the champions league final for the first time since 2007. so let's cross live to rome and join our sports correspondent, david 0rnstein. david, we will talk about the game in just a second, but firstly, so much was made of security in the build—up. how have you found things in rome so far? it's been very calm, actually. a relaxed atmosphere. a party atmosphere, to be honest. despite the incident before the first leg at anfield last week when the liverpool fan sean cox was left in a critical condition after being attacked by roma fans in a disturbing incident that i witnessed, today has been much better. liverpool fans arrived gradually and just as it was very quiet. it was a public holiday here but today they came in numbers, in full voice and high spirits. they followed that is a —— the

instructions that they were told if they did so, would guarantee safety. there were no collars worn, they will not walk into the stadium, no alcohol consumed in public places. they respected national monuments and that has created a great atmosphere in the stadium already behind me. so farso atmosphere in the stadium already behind me. so far so good, atmosphere in the stadium already behind me. so farso good, but atmosphere in the stadium already behind me. so far so good, but they will also be eyes on what happens after the match as well. it's not job donejust yet after the match as well. it's not job done just yet on the security front. no, and it isn't job done for liverpool's players either on the pitch. they have a big advantage from the first leg. but there are ominous signs roma fans will cling to. 5-2 after the first leg to liverpool, putting them in a commanding position. some say it is putting them with one foot in the final. but when albums are just the u have two feet in the final, or none will stop roma in the previous round scored three goals against

arsenal are unanswered that set them through. if they repeat that scoreline tonight, they will go through to the final. —— three goals against barcelona unanswered. jurgen klopp knows it. if we have the result we need, whatever will be, we deserve to be in the final. but we're here to fight for our dreams. that's how it is, and we want to go to the final, you can imagine. roma goodwin fears and zero and that is quite a specific result. but nobody here really thinks it helps a lot that are grandfathers won here. we don't have to make it bigger than it is. it is big enough. we only have to do what i —— what our boys do best, play football. kick injust over two kick in just over two hours. liverpool hoping to go to any european final in their pursuit to

win the trophy of the sixth time. roma have never won market. it is a repeat of the 1984 final on this very ground which liverpool one maicon penalties. they will be open for more celebrations tonight on and off the pitch. —— they will be hoping for more. that's all the sport for now. don't forget, you can get all the latest on the world snooker championship on the bbc sport website. barry hawkins and kyren wilson are through to the semifinals, and there's live coverage of the other two quarterfinals this evening. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. don't forget, sportsday at 6:30 p:m.. thanks a lot. senior members of the cabinet are meeting to discuss brexit amid mounting pressure from some mps for theresa may to abandon her preferred option for a new customs arrangement. an influential group of brexiteers says such an arrangement would make meaningful trade deals "impossible". well, the customs union is central to how the eu handles trade, which is why the issue is so significant. chris morris is here with more. hi, chris.

hi, chris. hi, clive. this is all about trying to ensure that trade remains as easy as possible — frictionless is the government's preferred term — once the uk has left the eu. at the moment, the uk, like every country in the eu, is automatically part of the customs union. that means there are no internal tariffs or taxes on goods going from one country to another. which makes it easier for manufacturers of, for example, car parts or medicines to move stuff around. so it's cheaper to do business. here's another important aspect of a customs union. all the countries involved impose the same level of tax on goods coming into the eu from outside — a common external tariff. again, that makes things easy. but once you have that common external tariff, then you can't do your own separate trade agreements with other countries around the world. that's why the eu negotiates trade deals on behalf of all its member states. now that is one thing the government insists must change after brexit.

part of taking back control, it says, is being able to do your own deals. so is there any way of replicating what the government likes about the customs union, without the bits it doesn't? well, for months now it's been discussing two proposals. firstly, a new customs partnership — which would see the uk collecting eu tariffs on goods arriving from other countries at uk borders on the eu's behalf. if those goods then stayed in the uk, companies could claim back any money they were owed. but it could take years to set such a system up, and the eu is sceptical about whether it will work anyway. supporters of brexit see it as a trap to keep the uk locked into the eu system. the second proposal is for a highly streamlined customs arrangement — using new technology and other schemes such as allowing companies to settle their bills every few months rather than every time they cross a border. but while that could minimise checks, it wouldn't get rid of them altogether —

which means it rubs up against one of the trickiest issues in the brexit process, the need for no hard border between northern ireland and the republic. so the cabinet is trying to figure out which option to pursue, while labour, other opposition parties and some tory rebels think the only answer is to negotiate a new, improved customs union with the eu. it all means that brexiteers now fear a plot to thwart the whole brexit process. their opponents say it's time to see sense, and the political temperature is rising. clive. chris, thanks for that. right, let's move on. mps have been told the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, won't be receiving £2 million of his bonus because of the computer problems which prevented thousands of people from accessing their accounts. mr pester told the treasury select committee that the bank's website and mobile app had been unable to cope

with demand last week. but he said the vast majority of customers were now successfully using the banks services. i have data showing me that of the customers attempting to log in, by looking at the ages served to the customers, the login page, successful login page, the percentage that unlocking in successfully and 95%. now, of course, 5% of customers are not logging in. that is often the case for any bank. if this customer is having problems logging in, please contact us. there's a form on the website if they don't want to go to the branch or telephone us. there is a form on the website which is very straightforward. there could be a number of reasons why customers are having issues. paul pester, the chairman of tsb. the wife of an army sergeant who's

accused of attempted murder for allegedly tampering with her parachute said she "expanded" her claims to the police in an attempt to hurt him. victoria cilliers, who's 41, survived a 4,000ft fall during a jump in wiltshire. emile cilliers denies the charges. from winchester crown court, duncan kennedy reports. driving herself to court today, victoria cilliers showed no obvious physical signs of the injuries she suffered three years ago. she has been giving evidence about her husband, emile, who the prosecution say tried to kill her by sabotaging her parachute. where this canopy physically cannot live properly. the jury have already seen this video of the netheraven airbase in wiltshire where the incident happened. this man, mark bayada, is the chief instructor at the base. and was among those who went to the scene when victoria cilliers landed, and helped investigate the incident. the jury also visited the field were victoria cilliers hit the ground. after falling 4000 feet from an aircraft when both her main and reserve parachutes

failed to open. the prosecution say her husband emile sabotaged the parachute to try to kill her. they say he was in debt and believed he would get her life insurance pay—out if she died. in court, mrs cilliers and the jury watched the first interview she gave to police after she came out of hospital. in the interview, the police officer asked, do you think it was an accident? victoria cilliers replied, i don't think it can be. slinks don't break. a reference to the nylon ties that were later found to be missing from her reserve chute. the officer asked her, is there any reason why someone would do this to you? no, she replied. the prosecution produced this reconstruction to back up their claim that emile cilliers tampered with her parachute in the toilet of the airbase the day before herjump. including removing the two nylon slinks. in her police interview played in court today, the officer asked

mrs cilliers, how long was he in the toilet for? mrs cilliers replied, a couple of minutes. the prosecutor, michael bowes qc, then kept putting it to mrs cilliers that she was telling the truth in those police interviews and she had never given false evidence. but mrs cilliers replied she had been expanding on the truth in those interviews because she wanted to paint her husband in a bad light. she said she was angry with him that he was having an affair with another woman and wanted to hurt him in those police interviews. emile cilliers denies two counts of attempting to murder his wife, mrs cilliers will continue to give evidence tomorrow. duncan kennedy, bbc news, at winchester crown court. a court is hearing evidence in the trial of a woman accused of throwing acid over herformer partner. berlinah wallace is alleged to have attacked mark van dongen in bristol in 2015. she denies all the charges. 0ur correspondent, jon kay, was in court. it was september 2015,

mark van dongen suffered what the prosecution described as catastrophic acid burns. paralysed and partially blinded, he chose to end his life 15 months later at a euthanasia clinic in belgium. today, his father caijs came to bristol crown court to hear the testimony of the woman who is accused of throwing the acid and is also accused of murder. berlinah wallace denies both counts. the 48—year—old took the stand and was asked first about her early life. she described how she was attacked growing up in south africa and had family difficulties. after moving to the uk, she said she met mark van dongen through an online dating website in 2010. to start with, she described their relationship as like a party. lovely, fun. she said she loved him. that he was her family. but she claimed as time went on, the dutch—born engineer became

erratic and abusive. she told the jury he would hit her, say racist things when they were alone together. the jury heard at one point he had a swastika etched on his hand. the fashion designer claimed on a trip to the netherlands, mark van dongen had pushed her onto the street naked. which she said had left her feeling humiliated. she said she, too, could be nasty to him at times. she said she would call him names, scratch and bite him. but she denied having a temper. jon kay reporting. this is bbc news at five. the headlines... as many as 270 women may have had their lives shortened — after computer errors meant they missed their final breast cancer screening. senior members of the cabinet meet to discuss brexit, with theresa may coming under pressure to change her preferred customs proposal. the trial of three people accused of murdering four children in a house fire in salford has been hearing from a neighbour who said she heard their mother screaming as the flames took hold. an update on the market

numbers for you — here's how london and frankfurt ended the day. a bit of red, but not too much. it's the last day of campaigning before voters go to the polls tomorrow in local elections across england. more than 4,000 seats are up for grabs across 150 councils, and there are six mayoral elections also taking place. it is the first test of voters' opinions in england since last year's snap general election, as our political correspondent chris mason reports. if you're in a science lesson and prime minister rolled up there is at if you're in a science lesson and prime minister rolled up there is at least a chance

and election is on the timetable. welcome to brooklyn's primary in saline greater manchester. labour is trying to nab the local council from the conservatives. when people go to vote i think people will say, who do we want running our local council? who do we want making the decisions about how the money is spent on our services for us? conservative councils cost you less and provide good quality services. hang on a minute, says jeremy corbyn. he is still basking in the sunshine of his i lost the general election but not as much as you thought, moment. if you want good quality local services, then central government has to be there to support them. you cannot be there to support good services if you are cutting, in some cases, half the amount of money that goes to local councils. tomorrow's elections are primarily in urban areas and all in england. the results will be watched keenly at westminster. people willl feverishly be asking what this means for us. wild extrapolations from a smattering of elections, while tempting, should be treated

withjudicious caution. in cheltenham, the liberal democrats run the council but the leader is managing to rein in his exuberance about results elsewhere. i don't think we are going to get a spectacular breakthrough. i think that would be totally unrealistic, given from where we are starting from, but what we have found in this election is that people have knocked on more doors than in any earlier local election we have recorded. morale is good. the greens have two leaders, one of them is their only mp, and the other is campaigning here in camden. when people see that the greens can get elected, they vote green. we have seen an increase in greens across the country. we have several hundred councillors and i am anticipating a lot. this is how ukip did in 2014. they are on the slide in elections ever since. gerard batten is the latest leader. from seven o'clock tomorrow, morning ballot papers and stubby

pencils will be wielded at a panoply of polling stations like this one. they close their doors at ten o'clock tomorrow night. the commons speaker john bercow is facing calls to stand down after being accused of bullying by his former private secretary. angus sinclair says he was intimidated by his boss' angry outbursts, obscene language and mimicry. a spokesman for the prime minister says the allegations should be properly investigated, but it was up to the house of commons authorities to decide how this could be done. mr bercow denies the allegations, as newsnight‘s chris cook reports. angus sinclair was appointed private secretary to the speaker of the house of commons in 2005, when michael martin held thatjob. almost uniquely, it's a personal appointment of the speaker, running his office.

mr sinclair was in the post when john bercow was first made speaker in 2009, but the two men struggled to build a good working relationship. the speaker responded in a way that i can only say is a form of bullying, and that is to show anger, thump the table. to say that somebody has failed in front of others. it seemed to get more frequent, from time to time, you would hear yourself mimicked. your thought then is, is that really how he sees me? mr sinclair recalled one encounter when another part of the house had been slow in replying to a request for information. there was a tirade of how i had let him down, it was quite the worst thing, a lot of bad language, and suddenly his mobile phone which he had been holding was flung on the desk, in front of me, and broke into a lot of bits. newsnight has been able to corroborate mr sinclair's account using his diary from the time and by speaking to his former colleagues. in 2010, mr bercow asked mr sinclair to leave his office but on unusual terms. so they gave you something they called a compulsory early retirement,

part of which was £85,000 lump sum. but there were conditions attached. i had to sign a nondisclosure agreement, that would not make complaint about my departure. nor talk about it to the press. how do you feel about it now? it's in the public interest to know why i left. yes, it breaks the nondisclosure agreement, but it is the truth — there was bullying. this is also not the only allegation against the speaker. kate emms, mr sinclair's successor, left the job after a year. her managers were told she was diagnosed with post—traumatic stress disorder. a spokesman for the speaker's office said: an enquiry into bullying is under way,

but its remit does not permit it to reach verdicts on individual mps. it is up to the house of commons to decide on the speaker's fate. in the commons a short time ago, the commons leader andrea leadsom said it was for dame laura cox, who is leading the independent inquiry, to consider whether the terms of her probe should be expanded developments. "i'm sure she will be looking very carefully at how best to respond to these latest developments." mrs leadsom continued: "everyone in westminster has a responsibility to play their part in changing the culture in parliament." the rapper kanye west has come under sustained criticism for suggesting that 400 years of slavery in america was "a choice" for black people. west made the comments during an interview on the entertainment channel tmz. when you hear about slavery for 400 years... for 400 years? that sounds like a choice. you was there for 400 years and it's all of you?

it's like we're mentally imprisoned. west later tweeted that his comments had been misinterpreted. but at the time, they seemed pretty clear to tmz staff member van lathan, who confronted him on air. you are entitled to your opinion. you are entitled to believe whatever you want. but there is fact and real—world, real—life consequence behind everything that you just said. we have to deal with the marginalisation that has come from the 400 years of slavery that you said for our people was a choice. frankly, i'm disappointed, i'm appalled and brother, i am unbelievably hurt by the fact that you have morphed into something, to me, that's not real. joining me live from los angeles is entertainment journalist kj matthews. hello to you. thanks for being with us. it's good to see you. what do

you make of mister west's comments, that he says now have been misrepresented? the thing about kanye, whenever you misrepresented? the thing about ka nye, whenever you think misrepresented? the thing about kanye, whenever you think it can get worse, it does. when your prince ‘s most, it is something shocking and disappointing and now something revolting. i think this is the worst thing he has ever said or done. that says something. you have to go back to the dealer swift moment, the time you said george bush doesn't like white people and all the other things he has done. this has crossed a line. hollywood and a lot of other black celebs have been in horror, in shock and reaching out to him to figure out why he is going about promoting his upcoming album in this way. because he's not an idiot. he isa way. because he's not an idiot. he is a bright man, by all accounts. why would he say something like this? does he believe that?l why would he say something like this? does he believe that? a lot of people are harking back to the fact that he has had mental health problems and he himself discussed that yesterday on the dnc sure, that

he has been on and off medication. -- tmz he has been on and off medication. —— tmz show. he could be going through another episode, but a lot of people say he is disconnected and lives in a bubble in calabasas, in a mansion with his wife, kim kardashian. and he doesn't have any real—world friends reaching out to him and educating him. another person is also said that kanye west really does not read a lot. he doesn't read up on history or current events. he doesn't read about the political climate before he just makes offhanded comments and later says, i'm not sure, he just makes offhanded comments and latersays, i'm not sure, i he just makes offhanded comments and later says, i'm not sure, i need to research it. and many people are saying, perhaps research first, then conduct interviews. doesn't he come from a civil rights background? his family have a history of trying to push forward the quality among black and white in america. absolutely. his mother was a college professor and as bad as a former member of the black panthers. so he must have read

a book. ijust don't understand why he would say this. you've talked about mental health issues potentially. he has a couple of albums coming out as well, hasn't he? is that part of it? he has an album coming out onjune one. i'm not sure what will be on it or what kind of music he will be putting it there. but it will be interesting because a lot of people have said that through the years, his music has been on the decline and he hasn't had the great, wonderful hits that the world loved and embraced him for that he had about ten years ago. it will be interesting to see what kind of music he is putting out on whether or not these kind of comments have an impact on his album sales. because right now, i can't find anyone even defending him. at first, when he came out a couple of days ago, a couple of people on the right wing side and political shows defended him. i don't see one person at all defending his comments about slavery. all right. you can't find

one person to defend him. we will leave it there. phangiso much for joining us. nice to see you. thank you. —— thanks so much forjoining us. it's time for a look at the weather. it's time for a look at the weather. it was a bit of a grim start today. low— pressure it was a bit of a grim start today. low—pressure springing up across the uk with windy and wet weather brought in. things improved in the afternoon. sunny spells, one or two showers. seems like this in nottinghamshire painting the scene in many areas. this is the weather i was talking about. it took a while to clean away from the far south—east. showers will fizzle out overnight. the next wee kerry allen low— pressure overnight. the next wee kerry allen low—pressure is actually a trough with a lot of cloud. northern ireland, western scotland, getting a bit of rain overnight. not quite as cool here but it is chilly for the time of year elsewhere. 0ne cool here but it is chilly for the time of year elsewhere. one or two maxell sees in some places. it will

bea maxell sees in some places. it will be a bright start in lots of areas. the cloud in the west will move a bit further eastwards but still decent sunny spells around here and there, particularly on the high ground. it will feel that warmer than today with temperatures reaching around 13—16 celsius. friday, a bit warmer. cloud across the north—east corner. moreover please, lighter winds and more of a chance of seeing sunshine. slightly milderairand sunshine, chance of seeing sunshine. slightly milder air and sunshine, highs of around 18 degrees. 18 or 19 in the south and east of england. the jet is to the north of the uk. we are on the warmer side of it as we head into the bank or the weekend. which is good news if you like the warmth. across the north—west corner, the jet stream will divert a few weather systems here. typically there into the weekend, maybe some spots of rain. elsewhere, try with a variable

amounts of wild and lots of sunny spells through the afternoon. it's that mild south—westerly wind that will put temperatures in the high teens, maybe even 22 celsius in warmer spot in england. 0n teens, maybe even 22 celsius in warmer spot in england. on sunday, probably even warmers will. mist fox to start the day perhaps but apart from that, should be fine. maybe try it in the north—west of scotland. with the warm air in place and more sunshine around, we could make 23, maybe even 24 celsius. it is looking pretty good for this bank holiday weekend. tonight at 6:00: the computer error which may have shortened the lives of almost 300 women. the it problem meant letters inviting them for a final breast cancer screening were never sent. hundreds of thousands of women should have received them. tragically, there are likely to be some people in this group who would have been alive today if the failure had not happened. patricia minchin didn't receive her letter inviting her to be screened when she was 70 — she discovered she had breast cancer three years ago.

you'd like to think that if the government says every three years you get mammograms, if you had one in that period, they would find if something was wrong. we'll be asking how much of a blow this is for the nhs cancer screening service and finding out what those affected should do. also tonight... who does the buck stop with? me.