this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 5. the bbc learns that police have reopened an investigation into one of the central figures in the jeremy thorpe scandal of the 1970s. visa says its services are now operating at full capacity — after customers across europe were left unable to make payments. washington says says the issue of us troops based in south korea will not be on the agenda at president trump's summit with kim jong—un. the us defence secretary warns china over its deployment of missiles in disputed areas of the south china sea. also in the next hour —— a recovery plan to get train services in the north of england, back on track. northern rail is to run an emergency timetable until the end of next month — to give passengers a degree of certainty. and the england football team are about to take on nigeria in their penultimate match before the world cup. we'll be live at wembley. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. the bbc has learned that an investigation into the attempted murder of norman scott is to be re—opened — as police concede they may have wrongly concluded that andrew newton — a hitman allegedly hired to kill him — was dead. scott was an ex—lover of former liberal party leader, jeremy thorpe, at a time when homosexuality was illegal. the story has been brought to life in the bbc one drama, a very english scandal, which concludes tomorrow evening. jon donnison reports. jeremy thorpe, charming, ambitious

and powerful, was at the heart of one of the biggest political scandals of the 20th century. in an old bailey trialfor scandals of the 20th century. in an old bailey trial for married scandals of the 20th century. in an old bailey trialfor married liberal party leader was accused, but acquitted of masterminding a plot to kill his former lover norman scott. he was the love of my life. don't be ridiculous. a current bbc drama starring hugh grant asjeremy thorpe has renewed interest in the case.” wish you a happy life and then i wish you a happy life and then i wish mormons got to be killed. but what if —— what is fiction and what is fact with mike this week and a new bbc documentary will make fresh revelations. it's based on a panorama film made at the time of the trial in 1979 which has never been broadcast until now. it couldn't be shown because we have evidence ofjeremy thorpe's guilt, and of course he was found not guilty, so the documentary could be

shown and furthermore i was ordered to destroy it by the director, generally the bbc, i did talk —— the client that offer and kept as a tape, i converted it to disk, my. 1255 the tape, i converted it to disk, my. j2ee the disc but i managed to save it and that is what's running tomorrow night. the documentary will look at the role of andrew newton, portrayed here in the bbc, as the man who has admitted shooting norman scott's. before his gunjammed man who has admitted shooting norman scott's. before his gun jammed as man who has admitted shooting norman scott's. before his gunjammed as he tried to shoot scott. newton said he was paid to do it. in 2015 point police began looking into the case again afterfresh claims police began looking into the case again after fresh claims that newton could prove there was a cover—up, but officers stopped when they concluded newton was dead. now though the police have told the bbc interviewed and might still be alive and are trying to trace him. —— andrew newton might still be alive. norman scott now in his late 70s has

welcomed the new. i don't think anyone has tried hard enough to look for him. i really don't. there must be people who knew him, and there will surely be record of him dying, surely. jeremy thorpe died four yea rs surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago, but the case continues to fascinate and the intrigue and the hunt for the truth continues. john donnison, bbc news. the jeremy thorpe scandal is on bbc four this sunday at 10pm. visa's payment system is now operating at "full capacity," following widespread disruption to card payments across the uk and europe yesterday. the company says the problems were down to a "hardware failure" and has apologised to customers. payments processed through visa's systems account for one third of all uk spending. john mcmanus reports. visa says its high—tech payment system can handle 65,000 transactions per second, but on friday that boast fell flat as cardholders in the uk and across europe found their plastic simply wouldn't work.

the problem began in the afternoon, appearing to largely affect electronic payments rather than cash machine withdrawals. many shoppers took to social media to complain, with the company forced to apologise. these people in droitwich said it wasn't just customers who were caught out. you can tell the staff are on tenterhooks, the manager'sjumping and down. he's being a bit firm with his staff because it's territory they're not used to being in, i think. there was a couple in front of us, and we hear that all the cashpoints there... all the cards were down, and apparently it was all over the world. so i was, like, panicking. i've just gone on to barclays bank and drew some money out. payment processing through visa systems accounts for £1 of every £3 of all uk spending, that adds up to a lot of unhappy customers. by friday night, the company said their cards were now largely working at normal levels and that the "issue was the result of a hardware failure.

we have no reason to believe this was associated with any unauthorised access or malicious event." as a nation, we're using cards more than ever. that's why friday's events left so many of us frustrated. but experts say it would be wise to have some back—up payment optionsjust in case, that's cash to you and me. the consumer group which has warned people to be wary of any phone calls or e—mails about the visa problems. they mayjust be fraudsters trying to use the event to gain your personal details. john mcmanus, bbc news. earlier i spoke to guy anker, managing editor of moneysavingexpert.com. i began by asking him what he made of the disruption. we were leaving the money saving expert office yesterday and gasping at each other. we genuinely hadn't seen such a big outage. luckily, it only lasted a few hours. it shows the importance

of having secondary payment methods, if you can. i would say to anyone going out tonight, check your wallet. if you have mastercard cards, american express cards or cash, make sure you've got them with you. what does it say to you when you see these things happen to such a huge were the alarm bells going? absolutely. unfortunately, it's the latest incident we've had for uk banking customers, or uk customers in general. recently, tsb has had major problems. it's actually still ongoing, it's been ongoing since middle to end of april. we've seen other banks in the past few years suffer outages, sometimes a few hours, sometimes a few weeks. rbs was hit a few years ago, for example. when they say outages, it makes you wonder don't they have back—up systems? who knows? i'm sure this will come out in the wash in the next few days and weeks. both tsb and visa. it's so important technology works in this day and age.

we rely on it. many people don't take cash out with them any more, it's easy to pay on your phone, contactless cards, chip and pin. it's so important that technology works. when not a crisis situation but we do need these big organisations to do better. 0n the inside, is there an issue with banking technology or companies that install the technology, got up and running, and now it's just held together with sticking plasters? it's difficult to know exactly. you probably need a software expert. i remember a few years ago when rbs had major problems. a lot of people put that down to not investing in its technology. tsb's problems were due to moving customers from one computer system to another. in that, a lot went wrong.

we don't know what's happened yet with visa. they all seem to be slightly different instances but whatever the reason we need them to work for basic functions, and banks and payment systems need to be better. if you were affected by this, how easy is it to get compensation if you're a customer or small business? i think for customers it's predominantly in the moment issue. yesterday evening people buying petrol, going to the pub buying drinks, they were having problems. there will be people out of pocket. let's say you couldn't get a train and you had to stay in a hotel. we've had examples of people use visa cards and have to switch to a more expensive card. there is no real precedent for this. i would suggest if you're a customer, contact your bank when the dust has settled. keep your receipts and ask for compensation. it is not the bank's fault but they may hopefully sort something out behind the scenes with visa. we need to wait and see on that one.

what paying options do customers have? i no longer have a cheque—book. do companies still accept cheques? i don't have a visa card, which is fantastic. i know a lot of people say get a second card but it's that temptation to debt, and then obviously there's cash. what are the options? i think you have listed a lot of them. i know what you mean about cheques, i can't remember the last time i used one myself. often people may have a credit card and a debit card, they may have multiple cards. i agree, you shouldn't go out and get cards and get yourself into debt but it's if you have a second card option, particularly today. although visa say everything is sorted and we aren't seeing many reports of problems, if you have secondary cards always have them with you. that's a general rule anyway. todayis today is just the reminder. your card could get rejected for any number of reasons. it might be visa, it might be mastercard's fault, another time, it might be your chip and pin simply isn't working. the united states has vetoed a un

security council resolution calling for protection for palestinians in gaza and the west bank — following the deaths of more than 100 people during recent viole nt protests. the us ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it was because the resolution failed to mention hamas —— which israel views as a terrorist organisation. britain abstained in the vote. meanwhile, thousands of palestinians have attended the funeral in gaza of a volunteer nurse who was shot during protests yesterday. palestinian officials say 21—year—old razan al—najar, was killed by israeli soldiers, as she ran towards the border—fence to help a casualty. israel says it's investigating. razan's mother has called for justice. translation: the whole world saw what happened to my daughter and i call for international protection. where is this international protection? where are the human rights? how was my daughter a threat? this is her weapon, this is my daughter's weapon.

this is what she was resisting with. on what basis did the soldier kill her? she's been targeted since the first day of the protest. so many times she has survived death, she would come and tell me what she went through. may god account every person who was silent about this. america says it will not discuss removing thousands of us troops from the korean peninsula —— at its summit with north korea. the meeting —— which has been confirmed as taking place in singapore onjune 12th —— is expected to focus on the denuclearisation of the peninsula. more from hywell griffith in seoul. the news that the summit is back on again has been welcomed here in seoul. a spokesman for the south korean government saying that they await that moment onjune 12 with excitement. they will also have been reading between the lines in terms of what donald trump said in the white house, particularly the idea this will become a process that not

everything will be done on a deal in singapore. and vitally, seemed to shy away from the issue of denuclearization and what exactly that would mean, suggesting may be that would mean, suggesting may be that the gap between the us‘s demand for clearer your reversible, verifiable denuclearization is still some way away from what north korea wa nts, some way away from what north korea wants, stage by stage. they will however have ta ken wants, stage by stage. they will however have taken heart from the idea that a peace treaty could be pa rt idea that a peace treaty could be part of the summit, it and and especially to the war between north and south, the stalemate has lasted for 65 years. meanwhile here in the korean peninsula the south has been talking to the north, they've had their own talks about cooperation in their own talks about cooperation in the future, but economic —— about economic ties. 0ne the future, but economic —— about economic ties. one other piece of good news that has come to seoul are the words from america's defence secretary. he's in a defence summit in singapore already and he said there'll be no move to pull us troops out of this region as a result of the singapore summit. so,

the security of the region which at the security of the region which at the moment depends on the us is maintained for the medium—term at least and obviously that prospect of a longer—term peace is now hanging before us all with the summit on june 12. the united states has accused china of "intimidating" its neighbours by continuing a military build—up in the south china sea. james mattis, the defense secretary, said china was using its military might to coerce other countries in the region to accept its ownership of the disputed waters. he was speaking at a security summit in singapore. president trump is due to meet with north korea's kimjong—un there in 10 days time. from singapore, karishma vas—wani has sent this report. the us is here to stay in asia, that's the message us defense secretary james mattis had for his asian counterparts in singapore today. but he also warned of china's increasing influence. china's militarisation of artificial features in the south china sea includes the deployment of anti—ship missiles, surface to air missiles,

electronicjammers and the landing of bomber aircraft at woody island. despite china's claims to the contrary, the placement of these weapons systems is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion. china says it owns all of the south china sea, a lucrative and strategic shipping zone, even though six other countries lay claim to it. it's been building military installations in the area, and critics say beijing has silenced condemnation of its actions, either by paying off its asian allies or by bullying them, allegations china denies. translation: it is within china's sovereignty to deploy troops and weapons on islands and reefs in the south china sea. it is allowed by international law. anyone making comments on this is trying to interfere in china's internal affairs. it's not worthy of refuting.

but while the us is keen to assert its leadership in asia, president trump's america first policies are sometimes incompatible with those goals. here in singapore, security is being stepped up, because in just ten days' time this city plays host to the summit of the century. the meeting between president trump and north korea's leader kim jong—un. the us has said it is committed to denuclearisation, and that pulling us troops out of this region isn't on the table. america is positioning itself as a force to be reckoned with in asia, and the superpower its asian allies should stick to. karishma vaswani, bbc news, singapore. just on a quarter past five. the headlines on bbc news: the bbc learns that police have reopened an investigation into one of the central figures in the jeremy thorpe scandal of the 1970s. visa says its systems are working normally — after computer problems caused bank

card payments to fail yesterday. washington says the issue of us troops based in south korea will not be on the agenda at president trump's summit with kim jong—un. the rail industry has pledged to get train services in the north of england back on track, as quickly as possible, following days of disruption. northern has announced it'll be running an emergency timetable until the end ofjuly — with 165 services scrapped. peter marshall has been speaking to passengers in the lake district. replacement buses have been doing brisk service at the start of this. because trains are few and far between. it's a bit hard for us being a bit disabled. on the journey ahead of us i could do without the

extra hour that it's cost us. the majority of services between opt windermere were cancelled yesterday, for passengers like nick trying to get home to liverpool after a family break in windermere is frustrating. i think it's absolutely scandalous. people with prams, dogs, we are not getting help. this could go on for weeks on this one in particular. getting help. this could go on for weeks on this one in particularlj believe so, yes. i think it is scandalous. something needs to be done about a. this assist in the la ke done about a. this assist in the lake district rely on businesses to lead the visitors coming back time and time again, anything which affect that went a poor rail connection is worrying. if people are not having the type of quality visitor experience that they deserve, then that is going to be the legacy, that is what they are going to remember, not the fantastic scenery, going to remember, not the fantastic scenery, not the great visitor attractions, all let down by something outside our control so yellow tourism leaders here are poor rail services to do long—term damage to the lake district's reputation

around the world. to be let down at that very first point of contact with the county, to come out of that station and to not be able to have that smooth onward journey is just unacceptable. and now this confirmation from northern that for an initial two week period from monday all lake line services are to be removed and replaced with a bus service as it struggles to cope with timetable changes and driver shortages. those who rely on the rail link have another suggestion. shortages. those who rely on the rail link have another suggestionlj would rail link have another suggestion.” would like to see this line taken out of the northern franchise, and operated by a proven operator, whether that initially the government as they are doing on the east coast main line,. northern has apologised for the disruption and says it's doing all he can to improve the situation quickly. a 33—year—old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man following a hit—and—run near glasgow. 27—year—old steven campbell had been walking in ruh—ther—glen in the early hours of this morning when he was hit by a transit van. earlier police said they were

treating his death as murder. a 43—year—old man has been charged in connection with the attempted murder of 2 police officers. constables kenny mckenzie and laura sayers were stabbed as they attended a routine visit at a house in greenock yesterday. they're due to be discharged from hospital today. police say around 10,000 people held a demonstration in dumfries this afternoon in support of scottish independence. the event was organised by campaigners all under one banner, and follows a recent march in glasgow, which attracted an estimated 35,000 people. the new prime minister of spain, pedro sanchez, has officially been sworn into office today by king felipe in madrid. the ceremony comes less than 2a hours after his predecessor, mariano rajoy, was forced out of office. gavin lee has been following events in madrid. the new spanish prime minister

pedro sanchez has brought about a political first in the past 2a hours, engineering a motion of no—confidence against mariano rajoy, the man who seemed unshakeable, even a week ago. the fact he survived as the people's party prime minister, attempts for his resignation, people calling for it, a no—confidence motionjust a year ago, and he got enough, pedro sanchez, enough people behind him to support that motion. what happened today? a short while ago, there was a brief formal ceremony, the swearing—in process at the royal palace on the outskirts of madrid. the victor stood side by side with the ousted former prime minister in that formal passing over of the role. and another political first, while pedro sanchez swore an oath on the constitution, he asked for a bible and a crucifix not to be present. he is an atheist prime minister. the first that spain

has had in its history. he has spoken about the importance of not having religion in education. he will announce his government in the next few days. there are six other parties who have made demands on the prime minister, saying they have supported his motion and they want something in return, including catalan and basque nationalists. it has been dubbed the frankenstein coalition by critics. he wants to rule for two years and bringing in sweeping changes, keeping to the budget but there are questions about how long this government will last. five people have now died in an e coli outbreak in the us. a total of 197 cases across 35 states have been reported in the largest us outbreak since 2006. the contaminated food is believed to be romaine lettuce, but an investigation is still ongoing as to its source. earlier we spoke to andrew skinner —

fellow of the society of food hygiene & technology and he told us more about the outbreak. the investigation has been going on for around two of months and there are still uncertainties in terms of the causes of it. we can come back to that in a moment. let's not forget this is a very nasty bacteria. whilst there are many types of e coli, this particular one, it produces a very nasty toxin and once ingested it can have some fairly serious effects on the person. it's notjust diarrhoea but stomach cramps and it can result in very watery diarrhoea and it can result in blood in the diarrhoea. in very extreme cases it can result in kidney failure so this is pretty nasty. the issues here is they need to get back to the source

and the cause so they can be absolutely certain they have eliminated it and also they can take action to make sure it doesn't happen again. google is reported to be pulling out of a contract to do artificial intelligence work for the us defense department, following opposition within the technology giant's own workforce. some employees resigned and thousands of others signed a protest petition saying it was the first step towards using artificial intelligence for lethal purposes. google's work is said to have involved helping the military identify people from drone footage. losing your eyesight brings with it a range of challenges. for mona manahan, it meant the simple pleasure of putting on her make—up became near—impossible — so her husband des stepped in to help. this simple gesture of love eventually found its way onto social media, and went on to pull on heartstrings around the world. john maguire has been to meet des and mona. we have been married now 56 years.

we are just enjoying life. we are still married. as with any long—standing marriage, mona and des are a successful partnership, and as her eyesight deteriorated, des found a special way to help. her left eye is bad, really bad. when she tries to do something with the right eye, the left eye doesn't see anything. it's very relaxing. best thing to do is to keep you awake. so i would be doing little corrections like that. this birthday party came up and mona decided "i'm going to get my face done up for the party". so, they enlisted a make—up artist. he was telling me this story that mona's eyesight was bad and she was losing her sight and that she wasn't able to hold things properly. she had a lot of shaking in her hands. des took the brushes from my hand and wanted to have a try. if you see the way he holds the brushes, he's a natural.

the story came to the attention of mario dedivanovic whose celebrity clients include katy perry, jennifer lopez and kim kardashian. he invited them to his show in london. mario was touched by the story and said to his manager "i want those two at my masterclass in london." he just, he just seemed to want to know us. he seemed to want to have us there. it is an effort for me even realise how big it is. make—up and mario and the kardashians, they were absolutely nothing in our lives until now. she hasn't changed a bit, really. i got a little bit make—up in my hair. i was trying to impress her with my attempts to sing like nat king cole. sings: they try to tell us we are too young. mona and i both agree on one thing

and that is that less is more. and there is no way i want my lovely mona slapped up with stuff. he thinks i'm lovely as i am. i do. voila. we are done. what a beautiful story. weather with darren bett. hello there, good evening. the wettest weather today has been across more northern parts of the uk. we've had some big storms in scotland for example, slow—moving thundery downpours, and with some warmth and sunshine we have triggered big towering cumulus just like this. we have still got slow—moving thundery downpours, mainly inland across scotland around the coast, generally dry with sunshine to end the day. we have seen a few more storms popping off across northern ireland and this wetter weather in northern

england moving northward up toward the borders. leaving a few showers behind towards lincolnshire, perhaps in east anglia for a while, wales and midland, southern england generally ending the day fine and sunny. much like this, a much drier day across wales and west midlands and the west country today, so some lovely sunshine. as we head through the evening and overnight we will gradually see the back of most of those storms, but we will hang onto more cloudy and a few showers across southern scotland and northern england, there'll be some mist and fog patches around as well. no wind to stir things up at all, and temperatures 10—13d, so a pretty warm night, once again. tomorrow could be quite cloudy across central, southern scotland and northern england, still a few showers here. further north in scotland and northern some spells of warm sunshine could trigger a few more thundery showers later on. in isolated shallow or storms knocked out of the question further south across england and wales. on the whole it will be dry, more places will have a dry day with fewer showers around.

warmer in the sunshine, rather cool on the eastern coasts with all of that cloud coming in. as we head into the week we've got high pressure to the north of the uk, again lower pressure around the skate burning heavy thundery showers on the continent and a easterly breeze will be blowing and that will be blowing in a lot of low cloud, it could be much cooler, greyer and rather misty across eastern scotland, central and eastern england on monday. it is further west in northern ireland, western scotland, western fringes of england and into wales we'll see warm sunshine, but also some heavy and thundery showers. here, most places will be dry. you can see as you head further east with that cloud, temperatures will not be as high. as we look into next week the showers will tend to fade away for a while, most places will be dry. some sunshine at times, a little bit cooler but again, light winds. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the bbc learns that police have reopened an investigation into one of the central figures

in the jeremy thorpe scandal of the 1970s. visa says its services are now operating at full capacity, after customers across europe were left unable to make payments. washington says says the issue of us troops based in south korea will not be on the agenda at president trump's summit with kim jong—un. the us defence secretary accuses china of trying to intimidate its neighbours by deploying missiles in disputed areas of the south china sea. the rail industry pledges to get train services in the north of england back on track as quickly as possible following days of disruption. time for this port. going to cross to the bbc sportscenter. let's begin with the british number one, kyle edmund, who's been knocked out of the french open. he was beaten by fabio fognini. he broke

into the roads top 20 for the first time this year but when he could not go any further in paris on his preferred surface. fognini will play either croatian third—seeded marin cilic or the american stevejohnson in the fourth round. jamie murray is also out, beaten in straight sets in his doubles match. also out is heather watson. her defeat in the second round of the women's doubles means that if the end of the british interest in the sheer‘s tournament. but it has been a good day for spain and the top seed in the men's draw, rafa nadal. he's bidding for his 11th title in the french open. he is co mforta bly 11th title in the french open. he is comfortably through to the fourth round. he beat richard gasquet. richard gasquet is french but rafael nadal is more at home at roland

garros. the king of clay can boast ten titles in paris and of never having lost to his opponents. the 16th meeting was only going to go one way. the home fans had to wait until the fourth game to see their man when his first point. this was the dominant of the spaniard. gasquet eventually making a contest of the opening set was supper he could only delay the inevitable. 31 places separate these two in the world rankings but the gulf in class with even wider. it was all wrapped up with even wider. it was all wrapped up afterjust with even wider. it was all wrapped up after just under two with even wider. it was all wrapped up afterjust under two hours and he would seem it was not enough of a work—out for the raining champion. if nadal had broken bridge cards in the stands, he made up for it by fulfilling any ball boy's dream. drawing cheers that would be ringing in his ears for days to come. with the world cup less than two weeks away, and when our inaction in the first of two warm—up matches. they're playing nigeria at wembley.

just over 15 minutes gone there, currently 1—0 to england. gary cahill with a strong header from early corner. 16 minutes gone to england leading 1—0. england's cricketers have a first innings lead of 5a on the second day on their second test against pakistan at headingley. the morning session was washed out for weather. the captain joe root was out for 45 to mcleland happy with himself there. —— clearly not happy with himself. finding the boundary with relative ease but in the last 20 minutes or so, england have lost two wickets. first dawid malan. and then just one have lost two wickets. first dawid malan. and thenjust one run have lost two wickets. first dawid malan. and then just one run short of his second consecutive test 50.

england now to 220—5. warrington are into the semifinals of the challenge cup into the semifinals of the challenge cu p after into the semifinals of the challenge cup after a conference of the 4—0 victory over wigan. the first time they have beaten them at home in the competition since 1936. oriented and scored three first—half tries to be last season's challenge cup finalists. this court opened after a frenetic first ten minutes. they went on to lead 16—0 at half—time. wigan had someone sin—binned after half—time. the racing and with the queen in attendance, it was... the derby at xm. a first derby triumph for that

sta ble a first derby triumph for that stable and a first for the trainer. dominating the 239th running of the race to scoop the prize money. in the netball super league, manchester thunder work reckless and attack in a very physical accounts —— physical encounter. player of the match, 53 — 42 victory over the defending champions. the result means manchester thunder move onto a joint second in the table. that is all the support for now. up next is click. -- all support for now. up next is click. —— all the sport for now. a bit of rain, a bit of sun and a lot of books.

that's the world—renowned hay festival. once a year, the small town of books, hay—on—wye on the england—wales border, hosts thousands of visitors, ready to fill their boots with fact, fiction, opinion and debate. screams. hay is a great place to hear from authors, and scientists and big thinkers. and, when you've done all that, you can come and see us too. for the third year in a row, we've been invited to show off some cool tech before a live audience. of course, we turn someone into communist revolutionary vladimir lenin using vr. why wouldn't we? do you actually feel like you're there then? yeah. i can turn around and i can see everything, like, i've got a whole room. and we played mind games with

neurologist dr hannah critchlow, and albert einstein. even though you know that it's the wrong way round, i cannot help seeing that this is going the wrong way. anotherface is popping out, but actually it's the back end of the mask. i was put on the spot with a challenge that gave me shivers and flashbacks to my mastermind appearance. oh, god! oh, my god! what does the g stand for in gdpr? oh, god! gregory! no, it's general. the island of tuvalu, which lies in the pacific ocean, midway between hawaii and australia, is located at which top level domain popular with television channels? what? .tv? and then there was click‘s very own patented shouty wave game which we call hay fever. as one half of the audience tries to push the other half off a see—saw.

all shout. it's controlled using image and speech recognition, to make sense of all the waggling and yelling, you know. right, we're going to move on now and look at a piece of technology which aims to help blind people to navigate... well, anywhere, better. many blind people have fantastic spatial awareness, but at events like these, and everywhere else, there are always things that will catch you out. gary o'donoghue's been testing a new pair of glasses in washington, dc. hey, erin, how are you doing? hi, gary, thanks for calling aira. i'm in washington, dc on the national mall, and right by the reflecting pool. this is one of washington's most popular tourist spots. but even though i've lived here for more than three years, i've never been able to experience this walk alone. but that just changed. of course you have the reflecting

pool on your right hand side, and i can see way off in the distance the washington monument. what's helping me do this is a service called aira. the name a nod to artificial intelligence and, i'm told, something to do with egyptian mythology. egyptians aside, though, it combines a dedicated smart phone connected to new custom—made glasses with a camera between the lenses, with an impressive 120—degree field of view, both horizontally and vertically. tap a button on the phone twice and you're connected to a trained sighted agent who gets your video feed. while there are other apps that connect sighted help to blind people, it's the combination of the tech and the quality of the agent that makes this feel different. the tasks it can help with can be as simple or as complicated as you want, from booking a car to helping you keep up with your social media presence. as a journalist, i want to be able

to access all platforms, and now i can even independently post to instagram. that is spot on, so it looks very centred. isee l, o, vand e. it took me a long time to... i won't say keep my mouth shut, but it took me a while to understand, and through the training process, to understand what information is important and what information is not important. so there is a bit of a learning curve — at least there was for me — to understand what was opinionated versus what wasn't. the service is currently available in america and has just launched in canada and australia, with plans to expand in the uk. all the agents work from home and the calls are priced per minute of their time. and they're working on a smart assistant that will automate basic tasks, like reading text or identifying barcodes so you don't waste minutes there. and in some places like airports, it's free. the airports will sponsor the service to pick up the cost while you're there, and aira draws a geofence around

the location so you're not billed for the time. every disabled person has their airport horror story. if you're visually impaired and if you ask for help, they tend to want to stick you in a wheelchair. so if this bit of tech can help me avoid that kind of episode, i'm up for it. it says "scan your document's barcode." and go to the leftjust slightly and pause and select. this is actually the back of the receipt advertising for american express, and now it's upside down if you'll rotate it. ok, perfect. it takes a little while but it's doable, isn't it? that's amazing. there's a bench here on the right—hand side. you have a narrow path here and then you're going to have a bag on the left and a man on the right. so a very narrow path here. i know everyone talks

about independence. it's not independence, it's choice. the issue is choice. normally when i go to an airport, you see, the most you can really ask of someone who's helping you, guiding you through, the most you can really ask of them is to show you where the loo is and possibly buy a bottle of water. after that, you're done. i want to shop! aira has adopted a subscription model, and while the hardware is free, there's a sliding scale for monthly minutes. it's not cheap. currently, 100 minutes set you back 89 us dollars. the unlimited plan, $329 per month. given most blind people are unemployed and those who work often earn less than average wages, isn't that a bit out of reach for most people? as we started to hear more about the financial concerns, we started to go to the businesses and say, "these are your customers. can you start to pay for the aira service?" so what we then did is added the guest programme. so again, today, you can sign up as a guest for free and use it in places that you go.

so am i persuaded? there's no doubt that being able to do even small things at the time of your choosing feels great, but it's still expensive and, of course, there's the huge looming question of privacy. do i want to show a stranger my bank statement? in the meantime, i'm told there's a little ice cream stall not farfrom where i am. yeah, absolutely. let's go exploring. so... i think it's about time i got my long—suffering producer a treat. hello, welcome to the week in tech. it was the week that a tesla in autopilot mode crashed into a police car in california. the driver sustained minor injuries after deciding to take a break from the wheel. uk drone users could soon face a fine if they don't undertake an online safety test before taking to the skies. and virgin galactic has completed its second supersonic test flight in two months, yet again sparking talk that an out—of—this—world trip

could be edging closer. if you're a street performer, london may be the place to be. buskers in the city can now accept payment via contactless as well as small change, thanks to a partnership between busk in london and the now paypal—owned swedish tech firm izettle. wondering whether it's worth installing solar panels in your home? google's project sunroof now aims to help homeowners in some parts of the uk find out what savings they could make. it combines machine learning with google earth and maps data, local weather information, and property features, like the angle of your roof. and finally, ever wondered how tight a compression bandage should be? well, engineers at mit have created a colour—changing one to help. high—tech light—tra nsmitting fibres are woven into a conventional bandage, causing it to change colour according to the pressure level. probably not so great if you're colour blind, though! well, back at hay, it's

deep concentration here in the scribblers hut. it's a digital animation and video mapping workshop run by mash cinema. creepy laughter. we are creating monsters, and then we're going to animate them. we're using a free app called tagtool on these ipads. you draw the monsterfirst, and then you animate it. the idea is it's teaching these children more about the art of animation. the software is fairly intuitive. the animating function records the motion of your hand. because it's done on an ipad, you can literally create a 2—d digital creature or animated graffiti whenever inspiration hits.

there's also a function that lets you collaborate on artwork with other tagtool users. i thought all the monsters here were equally scary, although here are some of our favourites. but it was after dark that they really came to life. the team went into gorilla mode, projecting the creatures all over the festival site. creepy music plays. that's it for the short cut of click at the hay festival 2018. if you'd like to see more from us at hay then check out the full—length version, which is up on iplayer right now. next week, it's world cup time, so we'll be looking at the technology behind football, which apparently is a sport.

in the meantime, we live on facebook and twitter @bbcclick. thanks for watching and we'll see you soon. good evening. the bbc has learned that an investigation is to be reopened into the attempted murder of norman scott, a former lover of the liberal party leader, jeremy thorpe. it follows an admission by police that a hitman allegedly hired to kill scott may not in fact be dead as previously believed. the story has been brought to life in the bbc one drama a very english scandal, which concludes tomorrow evening. jon donnison reports. jeremy thorpe, charming, ambitious and powerful, was at the heart of one of the biggest political scandals of the 20th century. in an old bailey trial, the married liberal party leader was accused but acquitted of masterminding a plot to kill his former lover, norman scott. he was the love of my life. don't be ridiculous.

a current bbc drama starring hugh grant as thorpe has renewed interest in the case. safe journey, peter, and i wish you a happy life. and then i wish norman scott to be killed. but what is fiction and what is fact? this weekend, a new bbc documentary will make fresh revelations. it's based on a panorama film made at the time of the trial in 1979, which has never been broadcast until now. it couldn't be shown because we had evidence ofjeremy thorpe's guilt. and, of course, he was found not guilty. so the documentary couldn't be shown, and furthermore i was ordered to destroy it by the director—general of the bbc. i declined that offer. i kept it as a tape, i converted it to disc. my dog tried to eat the disc but i still managed to save it, and that's what's running tomorrow night. the documentary will look at the role of andrew newton, portrayed here in the bbc drama.

he's the man who has admitted shooting norman scott's dog, before his gunjammed as he tried to shoot scott. newton said he was paid to do it. in 2015, gwent police began looking into the case again, after fresh claims that newton could prove there was a cover—up. but officers stopped when they concluded newton was dead. now though, four decades after he made the headlines, gwent police have told the bbc andrew newton might still be alive, and are trying to trace him. norman scott, now in his late 70s, has welcomed the news. i don't think anybody has tried hard enough to look for him. i really don't. there must be people who knew him, and there would surely be a record of him dying. surely. jeremy thorpe died four years ago, but the case continues to fascinate, and the intrigue and the hunt

for the truth continues. jon donnison, bbc news. well, you can see tom mangold's documentary, the jeremy thorpe scandal, on bbc four tomorrow night at 10pm. a war of words has broken out between america and china after the us accused the chinese of using military build up in the south china sea to intimidate its neighbours. china said the comments by us defence secretary james mattis, were irresponsible and not worthy of rebuke. mr mattis was speaking at a security summit in singapore. from there, karishma vaswani has just sent this report. singapore is playing host to the shangri—la dialogue this week and is taking no chances with security. after all, defence ministers and representatives from all over the world a re representatives from all over the world are attending the event, including from the united states and china to stop and whenever the two

sides are in the same room, they usually argue about the same thing in the china's power in the region and the impact on its neighbours. china's militarization of artificial agers in the south china sea includes the appointment of anti—ship missiles, service to air missiles, electronic jammers and more recently, the landing of bomber aircraft. despite china's claims to the contrary i ,itis , it is strictly tied to military use and coercion. china says it owns all of the south china sea from a lucrative and strategic shipping zone even the six other countries lay claim to it. it's been building military installations in the area and critics say beijing has a silenced condemnation of its actions either by paying off its asian allies or by bullying them. translation: is within china's subject to —— sovereignty to

deploy... everyone who makes comments on this this try to interfere in china's internal affairs. it's not worthy of her feuding. the us in general so battling over trade and american delegation led by the us commerce secretary wilbur ross is in beijing this weekend to address what the united states says are unfair trade terms set by china —— the us and china are also battling over. the delegations are just the party from the dinner at the singapore presidential palace. on the menu, trade, security and the just link of two superpowers for regional influence in asia. delays and cancellations have continued today on northern rail ahead of the introduction of an emergency timetable on monday. the company says it'll mean more than 160 services being cancelled everyday. from rochdale, olivia richwald reports. after almost two weeks of commuter misery across northern england, today was a weekend reprieve. there were fewer passengers on the railways, but still more than 120

cancelled northern rail trains. tell us what's going on. don't wait two minutes before a train is going and say, "i'm sorry, it's been cancelled." they kept changing platforms. we are told, "go to this platform, the next one is coming." then they say again it's been cancelled or going somewhere else. the new timetables were designed to make things better for passengers. here in the north—west, it actually made things considerably worse, with people late for work, late home, fed up and frustrated. so from monday, a new emergency timetable kicks in and that means 165 fewer trains every day. northern rail apologised again for the problems, but said even under the emergency timetable, it would still be running more trains than before. that's not good enough, say mps. the north has been disproportionately affected by the timetable disruption. people in the north have had an evening peak introduced on their

rail fares in 2014. they are paying more for dirty, overcrowded, under heated, overpriced trains and these trains sometimes don't even turn up. although there have been calls for transport secretary, chris grayling, to resign, mary cray said she'd rather he kept his job and sorted the problem out. olivia richwald, bbc news, rochdale. with all the day's sport, here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. kyle edmund has been knocked out of the french open in the third round. he was the last british player in the main draw at roland garros. he went down in five sets to the italian fabio fognini. adam wild reports. as britain's number one i'll admit carries with him a quiet calm him a quiet calm, his opponent fabio fognini flashy, fiery and at times like... the italian swift to show just why there are few better on

clay. the calmness regained, the match leveled, fognini's now infamous temper threatening to boil over. the final britt left in the singles draw up the pressure of expectation is something edmund is learning to wear well. taking the third set and the lead most of it was one that always looked precarious. fognini channeling the frustrations, roaring back to take the fourth in the match again tied. a moment to test that character. for advent of the challenge to stop that momentum. the fluctuating game fell fognini's way. one of the modern game's great showman, showing the way in paris. adam wilde, bbc news. england are playing nigeria right now in a friendly. they are approaching half—time at wembley and it's1—0. they are approaching half—time at wembley and it's 2—0. gary cahill with an early header. captain harry kane hasjust added another. england face costa rica in another friendly next thursday in leeds before they head to the world cup.

england have a first innings lead in the second test against pakistan. it was a late start at headingley, with the morning session on the second day lost to rain. they resumed on 106—2, trailing the tourists by 68 runs. they lost captain joe root for 45.