rail services on the troubled east coast main line are to be brought back under public control. the franchise, run by stagecoach and virgin, has struggled after heavy losses. in the last few minutes, stagecoach confirmed the government was pulling the plug. we'll bring you all the latest on this breaking story. also this lunchtime. a rotten corporate culture — mps deliver withering criticism of the collapsed construction firm carillion. north korea threatens to pull out of next month's summit with president trump if the us insists it give up its nuclear weapons. new fears have been raised about the fire risk of some tumble dryers, even after they've been modified. and starring roles for prince george and princess charlotte at their uncle's wedding this weekend. and coming up on bbc news... everton sack sam allardyce — the former england boss is dismissed as the manager of the premier league side afterjust six months in charge. good afternoon and welcome

to the bbc news at one. in the last few minutes, it's emerged that rail services on the east coast main line are to be brought back under public control. in a statement the joint holder of the franchise, stagecoach, said that the company along with virgin were being stripped of control. they had been awarded the contract to run trains for eight years in 2014. the transport secretary chris grayling is making a statement to mps in the commons about his decision now. i'm joined now by our transport correspondent victoria fritz: why has this happened? this is the

second time this line has been renationalised and the third time a private company has failed to fulfil the full term of its agreement with the full term of its agreement with the government to be on the contract. many people are wondering why it is such a problematic line. some of the issues around economics. it is difficult to predict how we wa nt to it is difficult to predict how we want to live, work and travel and the last time it was re—nationalise was because of the financial crisis, people were not travelling as much on the railways. when people are putting together these bits, they have to work out how much people reviews the line at what time. we are using more off—peak tickets, not as many season are using more off—peak tickets, not as many season tickets and that affects how much money the train companies can bring in in terms of revenue on tickets. also, how good a service you can provide and the track and the signalling system and the stations, those are run by network rail network rail had a big of upgrades and those will not

happen. in some cases they have been scrapped and largely delayed and it will not be possible to make as much money on that service. it is now going to go in—house and the government will be looking after this. the consortium in charge of this. the consortium in charge of this is controlled directly operated railfrom this is controlled directly operated rail from 2015 but lots of people will be wondering what the impact will be wondering what the impact will be wondering what the impact will be on passengers. thank you. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. norman, the transport secretary talking to mps right now, what has he been saying? he has been outlining how the east coast main line will be taken back under public control but he will have a bruising hour or so. anywhere you slice and dice this it is embarrassing for a government which has made much of the benefits of the private sector running the railways, boosting passenger numbers, providing more

services. now we have one of the main lines in the country running from london to edinburgh, having to be brought back into public control. of course, it will be a complete gift tojeremy of course, it will be a complete gift to jeremy corbyn, who of course, it will be a complete gift tojeremy corbyn, who has made one of the central pledges to begin the renationalisation of the railways. secondly, there is a question about money, who will pick up question about money, who will pick up the tab for allowing virgin stagecoach to end their contract early? many believe it will be the tax payer and who will run for the running of the line? mr grayling has said that east coast line is not failing and there is still money to be made on it. he believes the state can earn money from running this line. the last issue of course, is the poor old, long—suffering commuters, who have had to put up with endless strikes, particularly on southern railway and elsewhere with no end in sight. now they have

to put up with the further disruption, as i say, of one of the main rail routes in britain being taken out of the hands of the private sector and back into public control yet again. norman smith, thank you. mps have published a damning report into the collapse of the construction and services company carillion. two committees, for work and pensions, and business, said senior executives had presided over a "rotten corporate culture," and they accused them of "stuffing their mouths with gold". thousands of people lost theirjobs when the company went bust injanuary. members of carillion's board have rejected the report's findings. simon gompertz reports. birmingham's new super hospital, construction at a standstill. this is the continuing blight from carillion, which this report says was brought down by recklessness, greed and was a giant time bomb. the

longer the midland metropolitan hospital lies abandoned, the weather gets in than the higher the cost of restarting. the opening could be delayed by three years. it is heartbreaking, i had to tell the quys heartbreaking, i had to tell the guys to go home that day. james, and the never dealt with anything like this. he was a subcontractor working on the hospital and lost £200,000 to carillion. it is upsetting this goes on and is probably still going on. this will make us very wary and will make other companies very wary for working with bigger companies in the future. which is very sad, to be in an industry where this sort of thing can go on. blamed by mps for what happened to james and others, richard harrison, with a strategy described as doomed to fail and finance director, richard adam had aggressive accounting tendencies and

the chairman, philip green is said to be delusional. the directors of carillion were lining their own pockets, they have more concern for the bonuses and dividend pay—outs than they did for running the company ina than they did for running the company in a way that would generate jobs and investment and growth. what turned carillion into a time bomb which put the building of a hospital in danger? the mps homed in on what they called aggressive accounting. accounting for revenue from work which hasn't been agreed upon. they said the approach was intended to deceive. and it was unsustainable. the report is also scathing about carillion's auditors including kpmg, branded as complicit after being paid millions over the years to sign of the accounts. a charge the firm rejects. to stop this happening

again, the report calls for tougher regulation of big companies and a break—up of the big for auditing firms, which the mps call a cosy club. simon gompertz, bbc news, birmingham. north korea has threatened to cancel next month's summit with president trump if washington continues to insist it give up its nuclear weapons unilaterally. earlier, it pulled out of this week's talks with south korea in protest at the resumption ofjoint military exercises with the us. paul adams has the latest. after weeks of positive signs, a hint on north korean television that all is not necessarily well. the announcer condemning planned military exercises in south korea, asa military exercises in south korea, as a provocation and warning that washington will have to think carefully about the fate of next month's planned summit. south korea's military exercises with us forces have long been a source of tension with the north. but this is

not just about military tension with the north. but this is notjust about military exercises. and an north korean statement accuses american officials of unbridled remarks, provoking the other side. these include references to co m plete other side. these include references to complete verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation and the abandonment of nuclear weapons first, with compensation only coming afterwards. this, it says, is not an intention of expression to address through dialogue. the statement suggests north korea should follow the example of the libyan leader, who voluntary gave up his nuclear weapons 15 years ago. and it singles out donald trump's most hawkish advisor. we are looking at the libyan model of 2003, 2004 and looking at one north korea has committed to previously. is next month's summit in jeopardy? fresh from securing the release of three americans held in the north, donald

trump has high expectations. my highest achievement will be, this is a part of it when officials seem be am setback in their stride. the latest setback in their stride. we are operating under the idea and the notion that the president's meeting is going forward with chairman kim next month. last year, kim jong—un had other ways chairman kim next month. last year, kimjong—un had other ways of getting washington's attention. perhaps, experts say, we shouldn't be too worried. if north korea wa nted be too worried. if north korea wanted to cancel the summit, they wouldn't have to make a statement warning the united states not to pressure north korea any more. they would test a missile. if last month's north—south meeting would be easy, that has been dispelled, bringing peace to the peninsulas is a huge task and will take more than

huge dramatic summits to achieve. 0ur correspondent, laura bicker, is in the south korean capital, seoul. how muchjepoardy do you think this summit is in? i think what we are hearing from the north koreans is they are prepared to walk away if they don't get the kind of deal they are looking for. and that is the crux of the issue. they don't like the deal they are being offered. the problem here is what they have been talking about, denuclearisation. to north korea it means denuclearisation. to north korea it m ea ns slowly denuclearisation. to north korea it means slowly getting rid of its weapons over time and denuclearisation the entire peninsulas. that means the us should have work to do according to pyongyang. they should get rid of the troops based in south korea and the troops based in south korea and the nuclear umbrella, the nuclear protection it places over south korea and japan. the us has a different view. they want north

korea to give up its weapons over a its??? yea rs years as? then, only then will they receive economic benefits. what we are seeing is north korea asserting itself in other ways, other than firing rockets. if they don't get a deal they are prepared to like or prepared to do, they will walk away from a summit with president trump, but i think kimjong—un from a summit with president trump, but i think kim jong—un will want the photo opportunity with the us president. thank you very much. there's been heavy criticism for the body which regulates midwives for its response to deaths at a maternity unit in cumbria. a review found the nursing and midwifery council failed to take bereaved families seriously, and took too long to consider disciplinary cases. 11 babies and a mother died at furness general hospital in barrow between 2004 and 2013. the report says some of the deaths may have been avoidable. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes. mistakes by midwives cost carl hendrickson the lives of his wife nittaya and newborn son chester.

they were among 12 deaths in the maternity unit at furness general hospital between 2004 and 2013. but when carl turned to the organisation that is meant to regulate midwives, the nursing and midwifery council, he was let down again. well, i was devastated when my wife and son died, so i needed help. i needed to find out the truth. and the nmc at no stage offered any help. never contacted me. there was certainly no empathy or compassion. they were just a disgrace, they were almost not human. today's report describes the handling of disciplinary cases by the nmc as frequently being incompetent. it took eight years from concerns first being raised to the completion of all cases. the organisation lost records and failed to investigate allegations and the treatment of leave families, people like carl, was also seriously criticised. these families had lost either babies or in one case mother and baby, they were going through a terrible personal tragedy, they needed to be

treated with compassion but most importantly, their evidence needed to be treated with respect. it was the lethal mix of failures in care here at furness general hospital that has led to today's report. but the nursing and midwifery council is only the latest in a long series of organisations associated with the health service to have let down those families who found themselves caught up in the tragic and scandalous events that have unfolded here. the nmc‘s chief executive, jacqui smith, has already announced she will resign. and in a statement acknowledged that how the cases where approached, in particular the communication with families, was unacceptable, for which she apologised. the statement went on since 2014, significant changes have been made to improve how the nmc works and it is now a very different organisation. but public trust in the regulator that oversees the work of midwives and especially amongst the families caught up in the terrible events at furness general,

has been badly damaged. dominic hughes, bbc news. an old baileyjury has heard an undercover recording of a teenage girl's reaction on learning that her fiance, a fighter with the islamic state group, had been killed in syria. the teenager, safaa boular, is on trial for planning to travel to syria to join naweed hussain, and of planning a terror attack in the uk. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, was in court. what did the court here this morning? in april2017, safaa boular had turned 17 and she and her family we re had turned 17 and she and her family were being monitored by the police and security service m15 and they we re and security service m15 and they were recording their conversations. towards the start of april, news came through from syria that safaa boular‘s fiance naweed hussain, who

is originally from coventry, had been killed. he was out there fighting with the islamic state. what the recording picks up is safaa boular‘s reaction. their relationship was conducted online and he was a lot older than her, but she goes completely hysterical. she is heard sobbing and then you hear her mother and sister trying to reassure her. there is a lot of shouting and it is incredibly noisy, this whole recording. the mother and sister tried to tell her that naweed hussain is in paradise and waiting for her and she is sobbing uncontrollably through all this. later that month, safaa boular and her sister were arrested for terror offences. safaa boular is on trial for planning to travel to syria to be with naweed hussain them planning a terror attack in the uk. she denies both those charges. her mother and her sister have admitted

terror offences. our top story this lunchtime. rail services on the troubled east coast main line are to be brought back under public control. and still to come... the dambusters remembered — 75 years since the night they took to the air. coming up on bbc news. manchester city goalkeeper joe hart misses out on a place in this summer's world cup as manager gareth southgate narrows down his selections for the plane to russia. figures obtained by the bbc suggest the number of gangs which use children to transport and sell drugs across the uk has soared in the last four years. it's thought there are now more than 1,000 of the drug—dealing operations, known as "county lines" — which involve powerful and aggressive city—based gangs taking over drug—dealing in provincial towns. wyre davies reports. a drugs deal in a north

wales coastal town. this isn't the dealers house, nor the users. the flat has been "cuckooed", taken over temporarily by a gang from liverpool. it's a classic feature of a pervasive form of drug dealing known as "county lines". across the uk police forces are fighting this new scourge — ruthlessly efficient gangs moving into provincial towns. given the colour of it we reckon it's going to be individual wraps of crack cocaine. many of those lured by the gangs arejust teenagers. one, who worked for a liverpool outfit but has now left, spoke to me anonymously. i was 13 when i started selling class a drugs. at first i started selling just weed. and this kid came up to us and was like, if you want to make some real money, jump on this one. after a few times i got used

to it, it's easy money. as drug markets in many big cities become saturated, the gangs are moving out. their young couriers using the train network to reach every corner of the country. this is how it works. drugs runners arriving in provincial towns, hand out a mobile phone number to their customers, and this is the county line number. the key thing is that this virtually untraceable number is held by the anonymous dealer back in the city. they have no obvious contact with the drugs, but have total control over what drugs are sold and when. for law enforcement, it's looking for a needle in a haystack. have you got any drugs on you? the national crime agency says there are now more than 1000 county lines across the uk, a fourfold increase injust four years. a feature of county lines is the extreme violence gangs will use to muscle in on local dealers. in this black bmw, four members

of a liverpool gang chased down a rival in the town of rhyl. forcing him to stop in a car park. seconds later, mark mason was dead — stabbed 22 times. most county lines networks are based in london. from where gangs send young couriers across the country. but surveillance of gangs who travel down from london has brought results. this operation in swansea led to more than 60 arrests. but it also showed how far the gangs had penetrated the lucrative local drugs scene. during the operation what we established was that we had around 21 separate drug lines in the swansea bay area. one of the telephone lines was subsequently sold, it went for tens of thousands of pounds. as secure juvenile units across the country fill up with young people snared by the drugs trade, the government admits it can't just arrest its way out of the problem. wyre davis, bbc news.

and "gangs, murder and teenage drug runners" is broadcast on bbc one wales tonight at 21:00 — and available on the bbc iplayer. new fears have been raised about the fire risk of some tumble dryers, even though they have already been modified to guard against the danger. engineers have checked hundreds of thousands of hotpoint, indesit and creda models after a series of fires. but now the bbc‘s consumer programme, watchdog live, has been told of more cases of problems with repaired machines. kevin peachey reports. vicki thought her dryer had been made safe from fire when this happened. go away, kids, go away. vicki's was one of five million hotpoint, indesit or creda tumble dryers that needed a modification. the models, which were sold for 11 years until 2015, were found to be a fire risk when dangerous amounts of fluff from clothes came into contact

with the heating element. but even after the fix, vicki's caught fire. and then we have come and turned it all off. you do trust them to think they are fixing something so it is going to be ok. it is disgusting, really. we live in a block of flats and it is notjust us at risk, it was the neighbours as well. so you know, it could have been really bad for everybody. viewers have told watchdog live of more cases prompting concern from a senior firefighter. there is going to be a time delay between the modification and the fires occurring so if we're starting to see one or two i would imagine it is only going to get worse and again each fire has the potential to do huge damage to somebody‘s home and risk lives. this tower block fire in west london was blamed on a dryer awaiting modification. it eventually prompted owners to be told to stop using the machines but only until they were modified

by an engineer. i'm really worried that people now think the problem is solved. they can go to sleep, go out and leave machines on. because they have been modified or replaced. but actually they are still a danger that they could catch fire. in a statement whirlpool which owns the brands says it has total confidence in the modification is saying that tests have shown that that it is an effective solution. there have been no reported incidents where the modification has shown to be ineffective. recent criticisms of the effectiveness of the modification are based on fundamental technical misunderstanding of what it addresses. the company says customers must not be put off registering for a modification which could be completed within a week. at the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle, princess charlotte will be one of the six bridesmaids, and her brother prince george will be a page boy, kensington palace has announced. but with three days to go, it's still not clear

whether ms markle's father will attend the wedding. 0ur royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, is in windsor. details are emerging day by day on saturday. let's focus first on thomas markle, i think there is now the assumption he will not be here. there's no confirmation, kensington palace saying nothing but on the basis of reports that he is perhaps in hospital in mexico and perhaps undergoing heart surgery today i think there is the assumption he will not be here. who will walk meghan markle down the aisle, i think likely to be her mother doria ragland fully understand it on her way to the uk at the minute. 0ne thing that is confirmed is the identity of the bridesmaids and page boys, there are ten in all, six bridesmaids ranging in age from two yea rs old to bridesmaids ranging in age from two years old to seven years old and they include vincent charlotte, also got daughters of meghan markle and god daughters of prince harry. and

for page boys who range in age from four years old to seven years old and the youngest is of course prince george. so three days to go, everything is getting ready. thanks very much. modern life can make it difficult to get a proper night's sleep — but disruption to the body's internal clock could be linked to an increased risk of mood disorders. researchers have urged people to become more attuned to the body's natural rhythm — and to resist reaching for the mobile phone at night. here's our science correspondent, james gallagher. insight everyone of us a biological clock keeping time. it tracks usage changes in the way our body works. it is why you want to sleep at night and be active during the day. foods, strength, hormone levels, the temperature, metabolism and even the

risk of heart attack or fluctuate in a daily rhythm. but we are getting good at disrupting our body clocks. many of us are guilty at checking off and they might always an article to read, another message to send. we know that messing with their body clocks is bad for our health. as someone how they feel after a night ship when theirjet lag but now there are concerns it could also be bad for mental health. the study looked at 91,000 people, it showed that those with destructive body clocks were more likely to have depression and bipolar disorder and more lonely and less happy. depression and bipolar disorder and more lonely and less happylj depression and bipolar disorder and more lonely and less happy. i think the big concern is these devices that people use during the night time have blue light exposure which can time have blue light exposure which ca n affect time have blue light exposure which can affect your sleep with. that needs more research but i think people should be vigilant and i think a good general piece of advice would be for people to turn off their mobile phone in the evening

and not look at them until the morning. but for many of us it seems that finding time to get enough sleep is a challenge. stressed and just cant sleep early. i think your body becomes acclimatised, like having a child but the first time you get no sleep and you get used to having no sleep. i stay up too late, i watch box sets, watch the next episode. this study is not perfect, it cannot say for certain that disrupting the natural sleeping pattern is damaging mental health. but the findings are allowed to a growing recognition of the importance of the body clock on both our health and well—being. it's 75 years ago today since 617 squadron with its lancaster bombers took off — to attack three key dams in germany's ruhr valley. the squadron is being reformed to receive the raf‘s latest fighter — the f—35 lightning — and today it was announced that the jets will arrive from america next month. robert hall is at raf conningsby.

that news marks the first chapter in the history of the dambusters squadron but of course this is all about looking back and looking back to the era when these aircraft were flying to the start of the story. and here at raf conningsby to modification was one of the last two survivors from those crews that through the mission on that may night in 1943. past and present, side by side, the link which binds the raf‘s 617 squadron to aviation history. squadron leaderjohnnyjohnson is the last british member of the dambusters crews. he believes the full story of the operation has yet to be told and he's set out to put that right. there it is, boys. the iconic 1955 film did its best to capture the events of operation chastise with the destruction of the mohne and eder dams.

but what about the third dam, the sorpe? i was a bombing man and i can say i had the most comfortable place in the aircraft. idealfor a quick sleep if you had the chance. you didn't have the chance very often, of course. when johnnyjohnson crawled into this cramped bomb aimers position at the start of the operation, he and his fellow crew members already knew they would face extra dangers. because their attack on the sorpe dam would require completely different tactics. my concentration was on the bomb site and the target. and my object was to get our bombs as close as i could to the target, and that was it. for the past three yearsjohnny has been piecing together that night with the help of a bristol film—maker. for weeks we had been

practising for this operation and now this was it. the sorpe was very different from the mohne and the eder. their line of attack was along the top of the dam. 0n the night they had to work it out once they got there. i reckon it took us ten runs to attack the sorpe. because we couldn't get it right, it wasn't exactly right, so dummy run, go round again. johnnyjohnson hopes his film will draw fresh audiences into the story of the dambusters and of the 52 crew members who didn't come home. really hit the people on the squadron. were you heroes? no, that's a word i object to. we were aircrew with a job to do.