this is bbc news. the headlines at seven. the prime minister agrees to two additional panel members for the grenfell tower inquiry — after pressure from campaigners. we want to know why the fire started, how the fire started. the culture of the institutions that were supposed to listen to the concerns of the community. why did this happen? more money for grammar schools in england — the government says it'll mean more choice for parents — labour calls it a vanity project. ireland's prime—minister apologises after more than 200 women were wrongly told that their smear tests were all clear. 17 have since died. it hasn't hit me that i am dying. because i am so worried that people are going to get away with it. also tonight... a warning from a senior united nations expert on racism tendae achumee says there are deep structural problems with racial inequality in britain and that brexit has contributed to an environment

of increased intolerance. and... adverts for junk food could be banned from london's public transport — as part of efforts to tackle childhood obesity. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government has made a significant change to the make—up of the grenfell fire inquiry — by agreeing to campaigners' demands for a bigger panel. theresa may says she'll now appoint two new panel members to sit alongside thejudge, sir martin moore—bick, for the second phase of the investigation. the inquiry is due to begin hearing formal evidence next month. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds has the latest. right from the start, the chairman was under pressure.

if i can't satisfy you because you have some preconception about me as a person, that's up to you. some grenfell campaigners said sir martin moore—bick, cambridge educated, a former appeal courtjudge, had the wrong background to tackle the social failings they believed lie at the heart of this tragedy. when the inquiry got going, their demand was that it be led not by one man, but by a panel of experts. now the prime minister has bowed to pressure. writing to sir martin, she said "to best serve the increasing scale and complexity of work going forward, i have decided to appoint two additional panel members to support your chairmanship. i hope this decision will provide reassurance to victims and survivors of the fire, the local community and members of the grenfell united." that is the group which represents many of those whose lives have been devastated by the fire.

it has been gruelling to have to get to this point, but we are here and we need to look forward now. it's a first step. it is positive that we now have this panel and that we will now be able to get to the bottom of everything that happened in the run—up and during that awful night. the two new advisers will sit alongside sir martin when the second phase of the inquiry starts, considering the wider issues behind the fire next year. and that list of issues is long. we want to know why the fire started, how the fire started. the culture of the institutions that were supposed to listen to the concerns of the community. why did this happen? it's nearly a year since grenfell and the anger that followed. finding two people with the expertise to dig deep into why it happened, two people the community can support, will not be easy. no names have yet been suggested. the prime minister will have the final decision. tom symonds, bbc news.

and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 this evening in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are nigel nelson, who's the political editor of both the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. grammar schools in england are to be given the chance to create new school places — after the government said it would press ahead with an expansion programme for selective schools. headteachers will be able to bid for funding from a 50 million pound pot — if they can show they're helping disadvantaged pupils. our political correspondent alex forsyth reports. townley grammar school in south—east london is in demand. there's a waiting list to get in. these pupils are some of those who passed the test and secured their place. i cried, i was so happy. it was really amazing. was it the same for you? yeah. i was really relieved. it is a lot of hard work for us the whole year,

because everyone you know at your age is still doing it. when you get in, it is quite a nice feeling. the head here knows grammar schools are controversial. but he says the idea of selecting children based on their ability does not have to be exclusive. are they in a grammar school because they are privileged? no. i think that perception that we are full of white middle—class children is blatantly wrong and grammar schools have been doing a phenomenal amount of work accessing the disadvantaged students and creating opportunities for them. schools like this could now get funding for extra places, if they take more disadvantaged pupils. it is part of a wider shake—up. the government has abandoned a plan for some schools to admit more pupils based on religion, but councils could open new faith schools. but at the school gates, it is expanding grammar schools that get the most talk. this is about satisfy demand. we

need to make sure we have good choice for parents right around the country. parents in grammar school areas can feel pressure to get their children in, someone funding shared across the whole system. a lot of children now today do struggle and they need one—to—one, so extra money anywhere across the curriculum would be helpful. we need the government to put money into it, which means it opens the door to more children. but critics including the labour party say putting more money in should be a priority. they say this is the wrong priority. grammar schools do not add anything extra for pupils, it creams off and ta ke extra for pupils, it creams off and take some children who have been given tuition and have already got an advantage over other children and leaves eve ryo ne an advantage over other children and leaves everyone else behind. u nfortu nately leaves everyone else behind. unfortunately the government has shown that they are ideological driven to help the selected few. because there is opposition to selective education, the conservatives had to ditch what had been a key election promise to lift

the ban on new grammar schools altogether. they were worried they could not get the idea through parliament, so this is a slimmed down version. the money for a grammar school expansion was already in the pipeline, it mightfund a was already in the pipeline, it might fund a few thousand new places, but it is not the sweeping reforms the government had hoped. whatever the political arguments, the pupils at townley grammar know how they would describe their skill. diversity, i think. how they would describe their skill. diversity, ithink. probably inclusive. i would say challenging. ina good inclusive. i would say challenging. in a good way? yes. i would say enjoyable, i really enjoy it here. alex forsyth, bbc news, south—east london. the head of ireland's health service has resigned over failings in a cancer screening programme — after it emerged that more than 200 women were wrongly told that their smear tests were all clear. 17 have since died. the failings occurred after the tests were out—sourced to an american company. the irish government has held a special cabinet meeting to discuss the issue. here's our ireland

correspondent chris page. stories like emma mhic mhathuna's have moved and appalled people in ireland. she was given the all clear from cervical cancer five years ago, but the result of her smear test was wrong. she was only diagnosed with the disease in 2016 and is now terminally ill. the cancer is throughout my body. i've been told, while i have energy, to get things in place for my children. it hasn't hit me that i'm dying, because i'm so worried that people are going to get away with it. the scandal came to light in a court case taken by this woman, vicky phelan from limerick. she was awarded 2.5 million euros in a settlement with an american laboratory which was carrying out tests for the irish health service. doctors have given her between six and 12 months to live. my settlement will mostly be spent on buying me time and paying for clinical trials to keep me alive and to allow me to spend more time with my children.

if i die, and i truly hope that won't be the case, the money will provide for my family. but the distressing extent of the problem is becoming more clear. the head of the health service, tony 0'brien, has resigned today. the dublin government has held an emergency cabinet meeting. the taoiseach apologised to emma mhic mhathuna. there are certainly no words that i can say that can give her comfort at this time. she is 37 years old, roughly my age, could be my sister or one of my friends. has young children could be my nephews. but the women who've received catastrophic news are likely to keep asking questions. emma says that for her children's sake, she wants to leave a legacy to ensure no one else will die needlessly. when you are a parent, there is nothing you won't do for your children, so that's why i am going to keep soldiering on as long as i have here.

the very personal sense of devastation which families like emma's are feeling have generated a very public mood of anger. chris page, bbc news. two british tourists are among three people to have been kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo. it's understood they were visiting virunga national park, just north of the city of goma, known as a haven for endangered mountain gorillas, when they were abducted. ben ando is with me. what more do we know? details are sketchy, our understanding of the information we have got comes from the congo national parks and they say around ten o'clock this morning local time, this party ofjurors were travelling between two towns in the area when

they came under attack from a group of unknown gunmen. it is known that lots of militia operate in this area and the foreign office advises not to go there because it is considered to go there because it is considered to be very dangerous, it is an area of civil war and last month five park rangers and a driver were killed by militia men. two british tourists, we do not know their identities or who they are, they we re identities or who they are, they were kidnapped along with their driver and a park ranger, a female park ranger who was with them was killed. the foreign office says it is in contact with the authorities in the democratic republic of congo and the families of those involved, but beyond that, details are sketchy. thank you very much. the prime minister has split her cabinet into two groups to consider the options for customs arrangements after britain leaves the eu.

a downing street spokesman said each group will contain a mix of pro—leavers and remain supporters and that the work was being undertaken "as a priority". 0ur political correspondent, chris mason is at westminster (0s) chris, what exactly have these two groups got to work out. good evening. they have to try and thrash out what the government's view should be on our customs arrangements with the european union, the other side of the transition period after brexit. it is not news to report that there are disagreements around the cabinet table. that is something of an understatement. the prime minister ina understatement. the prime minister in a recent meeting of the brexit subcommittee of the cabinet was effectively kind of defeated by those who argued that her plan for a customs partnership, where the uk would collect tariffs on behalf of the eu, it would be outside of the customs union but acting as a tax collector for the eu, was customs union but acting as a tax collectorfor the eu, was not a goen collectorfor the eu, was not a goer. there is another option called maximum facilitation, but the idea

there is that technology would offer there is that technology would offer the solution. that is the idea that is favoured by those who were campaigning for brexit. the other idea, the customs partnership tends to be associated with those who were remaining supporters, so these two working groups trying to work out some sort of solution, there has been no solution yet. the government and the prime minister will hope that this latest wheeze might be the latest way to find a way to one. downing street says that the work is being done as a priority and that is the crux of this, time is running out. it really is. the eu wants to see some sort of solution on customs presented, there is another meeting of the inner circle of theresa may's cabinet focusing on brexit on tuesday of next week. there is a real desire to try and find some sort of solution to them present

that at a european summit coming up injusta that at a european summit coming up in just a couple of weeks. the pressure is really odd but the divisions within the cabinet, just as within the conservative party, the labour party and the country, remain over brexit and trying to find a solution on this particular issue of customs because for so many, the solution will define the extent to which people believe brexit has been truly delivered or not. it is very difficult. this is just the latest incarnation of downing street's attempts to try and find a way towards a solution. thank you very much. chris mason, our political correspondent in westminster. the campaign group leave.eu has been fined 70 thousand pounds after an investigation into funding during the 2016 referendum campaign. the electoral commission concluded the campaign group incorrectly reported what it spent, and it's referred its chief executive liz bilney to the police. the group's founder aaron banks has accused the commission of a "politically motivated attack on brexit". the headlines on bbc news:

the government says a panel of two experts will now sit alongside the chairman of the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire. the government presses ahead with plans to expand existing grammar schools in england — labour calls it a vanity project. after more than 200 women were wrongly given the all clear for cervical cancer, ireland's health minister says the public must be told who knew what and when. the british government must do more to build trust with minority groups, according to a united nations special adviser. tendae achumee is compiling a report about race relations since the brexit referendum. and she's raised concerns about the windrush scandal, rising levels of hate crime and current immigration laws. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell reports: tendye achumee has been on a whistle—stop tour of the uk,

revealing her initial findings in front of the media, the united nations special adviser has been assessing levels of discrimination faced by some communities. top of her list was how people from the windrush generation have been affected by the government's immigration policy. the problems confronting racial equality are very deep and structural, like the windrush scandal, what has been astounding is to come face—to—face with how deep immigration law and policy that is in place profoundly resulted in the kind of dynamics we are seeing in that context. it appears that part of the problem is notjust hate crime itself, it is the way it is dealt with. do you think police forces, the authorities, should be more effective and should be speeding up their processes to stamp out this type of crime? i think one of the priorities for police forces and for government authorities more generally should be building trust

with racial and ethnic minority communities and i have been stunned at the levels of distrust and a lot of that is actually founded, if you look at some of the policies and the immigration context, like the hostile environment policy that deputises immigration enforcement to hospitals, schools, universities or the prevent duty that has some of the dynamics, if you think about the criminal justice context, reports about gang matrix databases, that basically result in deep concerns about racial profiling. the distrust that communities have for government is warranted and i think the priorities for those institutions should be restoring trust. since brexit, has become more acceptable for people to truly since brexit, has it become more acceptable for people to truly reveal how they feel about minority groups or migrants in this country? i think some of that is definitely going on, it has been evident that one of the indications

of the rhetoric and the practices around the decision on whether or not to exit the eu has been a growing acceptability in terms of intolerance and racist speech, i think it is the case. what has also happened is heightened levels of anxiety and even people who might not be explicitly racist or intolerant, feel anxious. the full report will be published in june, 2019. we are going to bring you some breaking news just coming we are going to bring you some breaking newsjust coming into us, there are reports that the chief inspector of the un's nuclear watchdog, has resigned. that is according to reports, according to a spokesperson for the agency. so far no reason has been given for their

sudden departure but this comes just days after president donald trump took the us out of that deal between iran and other leaders around the world. 0ver its nuclear programme. we're just getting reports that the chief inspector of the un's nuclear the international atomic energy agency has resigned. so far, we do not have the reason for their sudden departure, but when we get more on that, we will bring it to you. a former leader of the loyalist ulster volunteer force, who turned supergrass, has been released from prison and put into a witness protection programme in a secret location outside northern ireland. gary haggarty was sentenced to six and half years just over three months ago after admitting over 500 offences, including five murders. he would normally have been sent to prison for 35 years. officials in gaza say israeli soldiers have shot dead a palestinian man. the palestinian health ministry said at least a hundred

and seventy others have been injured as protests on the gaza strip enter their seventh week. palestinians have gathered in the area each friday to press for refugees to be allowed to return to homes that are now in israel. dozens of protestors have been killed since the end of march. one million customers of npower are facing higher bills from next month. the company is the latest of the big energy firms to raise gas and electricity prices. npower says typical annual dual fuel bills will rise by 5.3 per cent or £61; a year. but it says most of its customers won't be affected as they are on fixed rate contracts. junk food adverts could be banned from tubes, trains and buses in london, under new proposals from the mayor. sadiq khan says he wants to tackle what he calls the ‘ticking time bomb' of childhood obesity in london, where two out five 10 and 11 year olds are overweight or obese. but the advertising industry says the move would have little impact.

our health editor hugh pym reports. this is the sort of advertising which the london mayor wants to take out of the public transport system. at bus stops, on the sides of buses themselves, or down in the london underground in ticket halls or on routes out of the stations. we are saying to brands, companies, if you advertise healthy foods, you can do so, on public transport and so on. but if you're going to advertise unhealthy foods, and these foods high in fat, high in sugar, high in salt, you've got to go elsewhere. the mayor says action's needed because almost 40% of london primary school leavers are overweight or obese. that compares to an average for england at 33% of primary school leavers. and, with 30 million passenger journeys a day on london public transport, it's believe the new advertising restrictions will make a difference.

the only other european city to go down the same route as amsterdam where a ban on unhealthy foods ads on transport systems has helped reduce child obesity. for campaigners, like jamie oliver, new rules are essential. we've got to be sensible, we've got to be logical, we've got to protect our kids. we want businesses to be able to be commercial but there are rules to the game. historically, there hasn't been. sadiq khan has stood up and said there are rules to the game. play or get out, and that's fair enough. mcdonald's said it was committed to responsible marketing and was working with experts on healthy meal options. according to the advertising industry, there are already strict curbs on media campaigns for young audiences. i think current regulations do the job because they are amongst the strictest in the world. they apply across all media, it's notjust about the placement of advertising, it's about the content of the advertising, and the rest of the world tends to look to the uk for leadership. so, do people support a complete ban on junk food advertising on london's transport network?

it should be banned. especiallyjust for the kids, you know. bombarding them with all this images of all this food. which they probably one. it's not good for them, is it? bans don't work. and i don't think it's a good idea. i actually don't think it's appropriate to be advertising junk food. anywhere. nationally, policies to curb food advertising in england are expected soon. the scottish government is planning a strategy targeting cheap supermarket promotions of less healthy products. stand—by for big changes in the way food is to families. hugh pym, bbc news. students at university who have mental health problems are being failed by gaps in care when at their most vulnerable. that's according to universities uk, who say unless things improve, an entire generation could be failed. their warning comes after the university of bristol said a student died ‘suddenly and unexpectedly‘ —— in what is the third case of its kind in the last month. across the country ——

the most recent figures show that 146 students took their own lives in 2016. in this special report —— our correspondent chi chi izundu has been hearing from the families of some of those affected. april the 21st, april the 30th and the 5th of may 2017, the student deaths which have been sudden and unexpected at the university of bristol, a community in mourning. over the last 18 months, the university of bristol and the university of west england have had 12 student deaths, some of which have been ruled as a suicide, some of which are still awaiting an inquest verdict. we have been having a more profound review of what more we can do to take a whole institution approach to supporting students, which means we look at all of our practices to see how we can reduce anxiety and stress and support well—being and resilience in our students. this was henry's room before

he left home to go to university. suicide isn‘tjust a problem for the universities in bristol. pippa‘s 21—year—old son henry was studying photography in london. he was one of 146 students who took their own lives in 2016. he had lost weight. he had dark shadows under his eyes. he was clearly in crisis. he changed from being that super—confident person to just a shell of a person that he used to be. he held my hand really tightly, and it was almost like an uncanny kind of goodbye. he took his own life five days later. anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions are increasing among students. to help, was the university‘s approach is to start with the possibility of suicide,

and inevitably, other mental health issues get dressed as well. it‘s possibly that the focus has been too much towards this end of the continuum, and not actually addressing that student suicide can happen, does happen and we need to have specific focus in terms of policy and in terms of training and support targeting that end too. so what are the things they are focusing on? firstly, training. staff like barmen, security and tuners are contractually obliged to undergo mental health first aid training. secondly, around campus, there are things like study happy stance, offering advice and nourishment during exam season, dropping two sessions offer the opportunity to have difficult conversations in a non—clinical setting. and therapy dogs to help lower stress and anxiety. the idea being that problems are spotted early before students reached crisis point, a strategy professor steve west acknowledges should be the norm

across all uk campuses. in terms of how we design the system within a university, yes, i think we have to radically change that. but we also have to change the relationships that we have with other parties, the nhs. if we ignore it, we will have failed a generation. we will be setting ourselves up for huge costs and burdens on the nhs. but more than that, we will be destroying lives, and that is something that i don‘t think we can ignore. all universities acknowledge that there is a problem. the issue is pursuing the best way to tackle it. chi chi izundu, bbc news. details of organisations offering information and support for mental health are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time to hear recorded information on 08000155 998. workers at luton airport, are planning to strike over

the may bank holiday weekend, according to unite union. baggage handlers, firefighters and security staff will take industrial action in disputes over pay and zero hours contracts. time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello there. a bit of everything on the way this weekend, some sunshine at times, but also some areas of rain as well. we have got one area of rain at the moment, this band of cloud and rain working its way eastwards, but the rain is tending to peter out, everything slowing down and most of the rain will be heading up towards the north—east. clearer skies developing more widely, where it is clearfor longer in northern ireland, wales for example, it will really be quite cold by the morning. but some early sunshine, any remaining rain in the east of scotland moves away, but we will look to the south—east and again, we may well see some rain coming back into the south—east, tracking its way north over the eastern side of england during the evening. further west, some sunshine, but also some showers

in northern ireland, wales and the south west, highs of 16 or 17 degrees. it is the rain in the east that will give us a few headaches in terms of the detail, but again it looks like the eastern side of england in the morning on thursday saw some rain, that is tracking into the east of scotland, further west some sunshine, this time fewer showers across northern ireland, wales and the south west, where it should be... mainly dry. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the government agrees to appoint a panel to help oversee the grenfell fire inquiry — after families of the victims said they feared a whitewash. teaching unions have accused the government of pursuing an elitist policy by announcing more cash for grammar schools. ministers say it will give parents greater choice. more than 200 women in ireland were wrongly given the all—clear

for cervical cancer — now the country‘s health minister says the public must be told how it happened. and junk food advertising is to be banned on london‘s public transport, in a bid to tackle childhood obesity. conservative mps have been given training on how to appear "real" and "inspirational" on instagram, according to a document leaked to the bbc. they‘re advised to appear "playful," and to post "action shots" — and to avoid using boring graphics and press releases. 0ur political reporter elizabeth glinka has more. instagram is used by over 70 million people in the uk, and the majority of those users are under 34. it‘s a demographic the conservatives are struggling to reach. their attempts on instagram during the 2017 conference on instagram during the 2017 co nfe re nce we re on instagram during the 2017 conference were heavily criticised. since then the party chairman brandon lewis has arranged training sessions for mps on setting up

accounts. this leaked presentation gives us some insight on to the practical advice they‘ve been giving on using it, to show they are a real person and attract those younger voters. that advice really does start with the basics, so first up, writing a bio. they say it should be concise and personal, like these, and the picture should show you, ideally doing something active. instagram is of course all about pictures, which they suggest should be both personal, fun and full of real people, and they say the tone should be playful. they highlight this throwback thursday post. hashtags, subject a lot of people are talking about. are they saying a good thing? hazard stickers, in rojerand tags —— emojis and tags.

this is where sajid javid comes in for a lot of praise. as the advice suggests, you can use filters on your pictures to make them look even better. liz truss has been rocking those filters, to much acclaim. 0h, and it says you can help get m essa 9 es a cross and it says you can help get messages across more clearly by adding your own text in boxes, writing it, like this. timing, they say, is everything. more people are using the app after five o‘clock, and peak times are between eight and 9pm. in the end, most of this advice is pretty solid, but what is significant is that the conservatives, like other political parties, are realising being good at this is increasingly important. well, we can speak now to the journalist marie le conte, who‘s written for the politico, the guardian, and wrote about the importance of instagram in an article for the new statesman recently. she joins me in the studio. thank you for being with us. how

seriously do we need to take this, and how seriously does the party, the conservative mps, need to take the conservative mps, need to take the advice they are being given? i'm not sure. i do get the feeling they are taking it a bit too seriously. i think there is definitely a point in saying, especially when the labour party has become so good consistently at social media, i think there is a point in telling the tory mps, you know, you need to catch up and start doing this as well, but they do seem to think it will gain then the kind of, you know, the youthful, and i‘m not sure that‘s the case. know, the youthful, and i‘m not sure that's the case. but you think from what you have seen, conservative mps putting out on instagram, they do need help? yes, they do. some of them, i suppose, need help? yes, they do. some of them, isuppose, but need help? yes, they do. some of them, i suppose, but in fairness some mps from other pictures do as well, you know, the classic pictures, cropped so you can only see a bit of the face and the nose, orjust see a bit of the face and the nose, or just posting endless see a bit of the face and the nose, orjust posting endless slogans, and nobody will follow them for that. so, yes, they do need a bit of help. if you look atjeremy corbyn‘s

instagram, amber rudd, who was of course the former home secretary, what you think works? and what doesn‘t work? if you were the person giving advice, what would you be giving? i would say actually the personal stuff, because instagram is not like twitter, it is not for hard—hitting not like twitter, it is not for ha rd—hitting party politics. not like twitter, it is not for hard—hitting party politics. things, you know, that happened behind the scenes, and quite funny maybe, you know, snaps of family, stuff, just use instagram like a normal person, like i would or anyone else would. if you have made a meal you‘re proud of, if you went to the beach and there was a lovely seaside kind of site, the sort of stuff like this, but also don‘t pretend, you know, you‘re not an mp. you will still be a dark and have to be a bit serious, so don‘t try to play too cool, i think -- so don‘t try to play too cool, i think —— you will still be a dork. that is what i was going to say, could they go too far? people might think, hang on, they are my local mp, the local secretary, this is not quite right. yes, and it seems unfairto sing on

quite right. yes, and it seems unfair to sing on it, but the conservative mp james unfair to sing on it, but the conservative mpjames cleverly recently posted a selfie in his bathroom mirror, at about two o‘clock in the morning, in parliament, and we have all been there, i can say i have done that before, but also he is a member of parliament and i‘m not sure the kind of drunk selfie, that kind of arty selfie in the middle of the night is necessarily the best look for politician. and it is notjust instagram. politicians are using facebook more, and there is twitter, which is a bit more, you know, the inside westminster gang, on twitter, but how would you say they all differ in terms of the different networks they are using?|j differ in terms of the different networks they are using? i would say facebook is probably more for the kind of constituents, you know, "constituents", normal people, but twitter, the journalists and activists around there, so i think twitter is the bubble, but a lot of we re twitter is the bubble, but a lot of were the news agenda is made, so i think that is where you go with the slogans and attack lines, and again i think instagram is more... it is a softer medium, and i doubt mps will necessarily attack random normal

people there, but again, eeeelethere; but 5:5" igst—— f l ,, in--- ,, , e showon t t t’ " "t "t” 77 "' show on twitter. h ggn‘tnenésgri ¥, égnggg, 1 giro; today bbc news is taking a look 522—257; :"“:: gale-2:5 m of generation rent — young, single, 20—somethings unable to buy their own home. but government figures show the most rapid rise in private renting over the last 10 years is among those entering middle age. if this continues, analysts say there will be more strain on the benefits system in years to come. kevin peachey reports. when you can rent a home like this,

why worry about claiming the property ladder? leslie is one of a growing band of middle—aged renters. jen i don‘t think it has anything to do with your age, actually. i like renting because it is convenient, cheap —— renting because it is convenient, cheap -- actually i don't think it has anything to do with your age. do you worry about the future? has anything to do with your age. do you worry about the future ?|j has anything to do with your age. do you worry about the future? i don't wa nt to you worry about the future? i don't want to know where i am going to be in tenures‘ time. i don‘t want to be in the same house, same place, doing the same thing. that is actually what scares me more. many tenants would have the same exilic spot as leslie, but the outlook for many is decades of renting —— will not have the same idyllic spot. looking at the same idyllic spot. looking at the statistics, 26% out of 35 to 44—year—olds renting privately. among 45—54 —year—olds, it rose by 1496 among 45—54 —year—olds, it rose by 14% in the same period. some 20% of

all uk household now pay rent to a landlord, catching up with a 28% making mortgage repayments. from the outskirts of the lake district, to the outskirts of london, where for people like paul, renting in middle age is less of a choice and more of age is less of a choice and more of a financial necessity. i'm not a person who thinks the world owes me anything, so i don‘t really frame it in that way. i don‘t necessarily think i should get help, but i do think i should get help, but i do think we need to do something about this crazy spiralling out of control housing market. i‘ll have to think about whether i will retire at, you know, the retirement age, or whether because i don‘t have this big asset to fall back on whether i willjust have to keep on working. the uk is huge, and we must help these people who might be stuck in the generation rent, or the middle—aged who might be stuck in the generation rent, orthe middle—aged rent. we rely so much on pension years, living off their asset, their home, and we won't have that in the future

so and we won't have that in the future so it could be a massive financial cost to the uk. back in cumbria, the future isn‘t concerning lesley, but a nalysts say future isn‘t concerning lesley, but analysts say it should worry policymakers, otherwise we‘ll face an expensive housing crisis. as people prepare for the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle — now just a week away — a group of amateur singers in the west midlands have been busy creating a unique wedding gift. gosp—ability is the uk‘s first gospel choir made up of people with mental and physical disabilities — and they‘ve been invited to sing in windsor in the run up to the big day. trish adudu reports. a choir rehearsing at their weekly practice.

nothing extraordinary about that, but this is no ordinary choir. they are gosp—ability, the uk‘s first gospel choir made up of all abilities. the singers have overcome, or are living with, a physical or mental disability. they are practising hard, hoping to create a unique gift for prince harry and meghan markle ahead of their wedding. so what is the inspiration for this choir? the inspiration has come through the amazing work that prince harry and his family have done, particularly with organisations like invictus, fantastic work. to bring the idea to life, sandra set up nationwide auditions at coventry cathedral, and those with disabilities, like this muscular dystrophy sufferer, jonty g, came to try out. everyone in the choir experiences challenges in their life, and expressing that through music brings such a strength and power. alongside those with less obvious issues. 26 choir members were selected. news of their existence spiralled, and afterjust three weeks of rehearsals, they were invited to perform live in front of the archbishop of canterbury. i cannot hold a note in my head. and i will spend the service, when they are singing, listening to them, thinking,

"i can't do that!" what do you think prince harry will make of the choir? i hope they will get to hear the choir at some point. i think they will both be thrilled to hear them and see what they're doing. # we all need somebody to lean on.# but no time to waste. sandra has written a charity single, the big love song, a wedding gift song for harry and meghan, to raise money for various mental health charities. but the story doesn‘t end there. well, this idea started as a little tiny concept but it is growing and growing and growing. next stop, windsor guildhall where gosp—ability will perform 36 hours before the royal couple tie the knot. trish adudu, bbc news, coventry. and you can see a special programme royal wedding singalong

on the bbc news channel. that‘s tonight at 9.30pm — and then across the weekend, including 10.30 on sunday morning. a family has had a narrow escape after getting out of their car at a safari park in the netherlands. the group, including a woman carrying a child, defied signs warning visitors to the park not to get out of their vehicles. the incident happened on monday, but staff at the park only became aware after this footage emerged on the internet. the headlines on bbc news: the government says a panel of two experts will now sit alongside the chairman of the inquiry into the grenfell tower fire. the government presses ahead with plans to expand existing grammar schools in england — labour calls it a vanity project. after more than 200 women were wrongly given the all—clear for cervical cancer, ireland‘s health minister says the public must be told who knew what and when. the

now it‘s time for our weekly round—up of viewers‘ reactions to bbc news‘ reporting — here‘s newswatch, with samira ahmed. hello, and welcome to newswatch, with me, samir ahmed. as iran hits the headlines, we find out why bbc persian journalists have been targeted by the authorities in tehran. we have breaking news of a serious incident between russia and... and how hoaxes are hijacking bbc branding, to circulate fake news online. first, the local elections in england last week provided an incomplete and complicated picture of electoral support,

but the verdict from bbc news seemed pretty clear. a disappointing night for labour in the local elections in england, as the party makes limited gains and doesn‘t win some of its key councils. jeremy corbyn‘s party took plymouth from the conservatives, but failed to win any of its target councils in london, and lost nuneaton and bedworth. the conservatives celebrated london as the party held onto their flagship boroughs, but lose trafford, their only council in greater manchester. theresa may said overall it was a good night. it‘s hard to detect trends in local elections, because not all seats are up for grabs, and gains and losses have to be