this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 11 o'clock: the nhs failed to screen almost half a million women for breast cancer. up to 270 may have had their lives cut short. would the customs partnership make trade deals impossible? ministers force theresa may to think again about her preferred option for customs arrangements with the eu after brexit. cambridge analytica — the british company linked to the facebook data scandal — is closing down. the boss of tsb has apologised for the it error that left thousands of customers unable to access their bank accounts online, and says he won't take his £2 million bonus. and on newsnight, the speaker of the houseis and on newsnight, the speaker of the house is forced to defend his position as there is an investigation into allegations of

bullying made on this programme. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the lives of as many as 270 women in england may have been cut short because they were not sent an invitation to their final routine screening for breast cancer. that was the revelation by the health secretaryjeremy hunt, who told mps that a computer error dating back to 2009 meant that nearly half a million women had not been given an appointment. he announced an independent review, apologising for what he called "administrative incompetence", as our health editor hugh pym reports. patricia thinks she's probably a victim of the major errors with breast cancer screening which emerged today. she was due a routine mammogram in 2013 at the age of 70, but never got the invitation.

two years later, she developed breast cancer. i look back now and think, you know, everything that happened since could possibly have been avoided or lessened. the whole journey i went on, the traumatic journey of all the treatment, could... may never have had to have happened. today, the government admitted there's been a serious failure in nhs screening, caused in part by it problems, with sometimes tragic consequences. there may be between 135 and 270 women who had their lives shortened as a result. i'm advised that it 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 who would have been alive today if the failure had not happened. mr hunt apologised for what he called "administrative incompetence". the fact is that for many years,

oversight of our screening programme has not been good enough. labour said a number of questions needed to be answered. eight years is a long time for an error of this magnitude to go undetected. did the department receive any warnings in that time? and is there any record of how many women raised concerns that they had not received appropriate screening? were there any opportunities to change this mistake which were missed? women between the age of 50 and 70 are invited every three years to come for a routine breast screening, involving a mammogram on an x—ray machine like this, but what's emerged is that some of them in their late 60s never got the invitation to come for the final screening. about two million women a year take up the offering of screening. —— offer of. it's thought about 450,000 were affected by the failure. some have since died from a range of causes. in 2009, the national screening

programme up to the age of 70 was launched in england. in 2016, there was an it upgrade. potential problems became clear. in january this year, public health england was informed. i feel extremely sad for the women affected by this colossal administrative disaster, really. it's hugely significant. you know, we have to be concerned about generally about confidence in the screening service now, but we need to know how has this happened ? members of this breast cancer support group this evening said they were shocked. ijust think it's really sad and ijust wondered what happened, you know? at what point was it picked up and why didn't people pick it up earlier? i thought if you were on the system, you know, you would just get called back regularly every three years. to find out that some people hadn't been was quite shocking. women under 72 who were affected will receive a letter offering a new screening. those aged above that will be

offered a chance to discuss whether a screening would benefit them. hugh pym, bbc news. well, the department of health is asking patients affected not to contact their gp in the first instance, but to contact the dedicated national helpline. the number is 0800169 2692, or you can look on the nhs choices website for more information. the prime minister has asked for "revised proposals", after meeting with senior ministers to discuss britain's trading relationship with the european union after brexit. theresa may discussed her preferred "customs partnership plan" with cabinet colleagues this afternoon, but downing street says that more work needs to be done on the options. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has more details. it never rains but it pours, especially in this famous street. reporter: sir, would a customs partnership make trade deals impossible? oh, yeah.

the prime minister was stuck between senior ministers. they talked for hours on how they think customs should work after brexit. but on the inside, however much hurry they are in, they simply don't agree. what they're clashing about matters. how should we sort out customs after we leave the eu? well, one of the prime minister's ideas is the so—called customs partnership. where britain would collect house on behalf of the whole continent, when goods arrive here from the rest of the world. but many of her colleagues think that's fanciful and unworkable too, and are trying to get rid of that plan. brexiteer backbenchers put their objections in black and white. a hefty document, passed to the bbc and sent to number 10, described to me as a threat they'd collapse the government if the idea remains. it would be extraordinary if the prime minister were to undermine her own policy by following this scheme, which sounded superficially attractive, initially, but now the details have been looked at and the consequences examined,

appears to be a bad scheme. but other elements in the tory party protest. they want to preserve closer ties with the eu and keep the partnership principle. we shouldn't be closing down options. if i have a criticism of some of my conservative colleagues, it's that they seem to be resolute, and obsessed, and closing down options. the two sides at home pushing the pm arejoined by the realities of the two sides on the irish border. the irish government and the eu keep warning that unless there are better solutions to the customs conundrum, the whole brexit deal could stall. we want to see real and meaningful progress byjune, if we're going to meet that december deadline. there's a real risk we won't meet the december — the october deadline, rather — if we don't see real and meaningful progress in june. this afternoon's crunch meeting was, in the end, more like chewing

the ideas over. questions for the prime minister! but listen very carefully to the prime minister early on. does she sound stuck on just one idea? we're 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. a number of ways, she says. and it may have to be. theresa may i asked for revised proposals, for more work to be done on the existing programme. an admission that nearly two years after the brexit referendum, the government does not have a plan with the full backing of the cabinet, let alone the rest of the eu. this is

complicated but it is taking time, a long time, and no decisions yet. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. the british company at the centre of the facebook privacy scandal, cambridge analytica, is to file for insolvency in the uk and the us. the firm, which has denied using data improperly obtained from facebook to make targeted political adverts, said its business was "no longer viable", as our media editor amol rajan reports. it sold itself as the pioneer of a new kind of digital marketing. able to give companies unprecedented control over their message. but tonight, cambridge analytica about the inevitable. it sold the data of some 3.7 million users. it was the violation that data but ultimately caused its undoing. in undercover filming the channel 4 news, the

company's filming the channel 4 news, the compa ny‘s most filming the channel 4 news, the company's most senior figures claimed they could decisively influence elections. in recent months, scrutiny of the company's practices has been remorseless. the offices were raided by the information commissioner. people see the work that we did in the negative light. erstwhile ceo alexander nix stepped down after a grilling by the sports and culture committee. tonight, the committee's chairman said this was not the end of the matter. we have got to make sure that this is not an attempt to run and hide, that these companies are not shutting down in order to avoid being vigorously investigated for the allegations made against them, the allegations made against them, the misuse of data, the legality of their practices. those investigations have to continue, we have to know what happened. in a statement, cambridge analytica said... fallout from the controversy is global and ongoing. the founder

and ceo of facebook mark zuckerberg apologised in washington last month his compa ny‘s apologised in washington last month his company's failure to control the british firm. we did not take a broad enough you about responsibility and that was a big mistake, and it was my mistake and i'm sorry. many analysts believe this scandal will have a long—lasting impact. this scandal will have a long-lasting impact. this affair has changed people's perceptions of social media. we had drifted into the way that we use these tools without really a clear understanding of the way that that data is used. we have had too much more mindful people and making people more mindful of what they share a. the company says it will honour its obligations to staff. many think the company still has questions to answer. tsb has confirmed that its chief executive paul pester will not take bonuses totalling £2 million because of the computer problems which have affected millions of customers. many have had trouble using the bank's online services, following an it upgrade 10 days ago.

tsb executives giving evidence to a parliamentary committee have again apologised for the problems, as our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz reports. it's the bank that wasn't available. all because of a systems upgrade. customers shut out of their accounts, complaining they couldn't get help. and when they could log in, about wrong information — one shocked to be £1 million in the red. my name is paul pester and i'm the ceo of tsb bank. the chief executive apologised to mps, but said most people could now use their online accounts. the percentage that are logging in successfully are 95%. now, of course, 5% of customers are not logging in. that is often the case for any bank. but he was told he was trying to defend a bank that was broken. what we are hearing this afternoon is the most staggering example of a chief executive who seems unwilling to realise the scale of the problem that is being faced.

and it didn't impress lee, a tsb business customer who runs a delivery company in essex. he's had to pay 16 staff out of his personal account. it makes me feel frustrated. and it makes me feel really, really angry. and if he was in front of me, i would shake him and try and wake him up out of his daydream. because the guy is in cloud nine with regards to what his clients are going through. he doesn't fully understand what we're going through. i feel that our situation should be put on him. with that level of unhappiness, mps wanted to know if the bosses would resign. are you going to lose either chairman or chief executive? um, no. so, they're staying, but paul pester does appear to be losing £2 million of bonus. is mr pester going to get his bonus? let me answer, then.

and i was going to offer paul the opportunity to say, which he has, that he would not be taking his bonus for this integration. how are we doing for volumes next week? but forgoing a bonus isn't enough to satisfy lee from essex, who just wants a bank account which works. he's switching his furniture delivery business to another bank, which has promised a fully functioning account in 48 hours. simon gompertz, bbc news. that's it. now on bbc news, it's time for newsnight with emily maitlis. the speaker of the house is forced to defend his position in the commons today. the great majority of people who have left my service have done so on perfectly amicable terms. downing street calls for a full investigation after further allegations of bullying were made on newsnight. we'll be asking what happens next. away from the green benches, tomorrow is polling day. we're in great yarmouth, asking what the voters care about there now.

the number one issue in this town, if you ask them, what is the number one issue? it's immigration, immigration, immigration, imigration. then why are they not voting for you? also tonight: there was an idea... ..to bring together a group of remarkable people. avengers: infinity war has broken box office records. why have we fallen back in love with marvel comics as movies? we speak tojim starlin, the man behind some of today's heroes. good evening. downing street has called for the latest bullying allegations