this is bbc news. the headlines at eight: four young men have died and a teenage girl is left critically ill after a collision involving a car and a taxi in leeds. i think it's fair to say that it was absolutely devastating, a really significant impact. patients in england may no longer be able to have some procedures that are deemed "ineffective or risky", including tonsil removal and haemorrhoid surgery. tata steel, which owns the port talbot plant, has confirmed merger plans with germany's thyssenkrupp. thousands of people have applauded military personnel at the main celebration of armed forces day in north wales. and... at the world cup — uruguay are1—0 up against portugal at half time. the winner will face france in the quarterfinals after they knocked out argentina. four young men, three of them

teenagers, have died in a crash in leeds. they were in a vehicle which collided with a taxi early this morning. two teenage girls who were in the car are in hospital — one is in a critical condition, and the taxi driver is also said to be seriously hurt. police say it appears the car was being driven at speed at the time. our correspondent sarah walton has been at the crash scene. people have been arriving here all through the afternoon to leave cards and flowers. there's a few more that have just arrived now. we're in the horsforth area of leeds, and all of the young people involved in this crash were from this area, so as you can imagine, this collision in the early hours and the loss of four young men has had a big effect on the community here.

the sound of this morning's crash woke many of the residents here on leeds‘ outer ring road. a car carrying six people collided with a taxi at about 2:40am. those living nearby were the first to help. we didn't think it was serious. i took some blankets and just some water. i thought it was just a car crash and police would come and help them. but then when we went outside, we seen the scene, like, it was horrible. four men aged between 18 and 21 were declared dead at the scene. a 16—year—old girl who was also in the car is in a critical condition while another passenger, a 17—year—old girl, and the driver of the taxi, are being treated for non—life—threatening injuries. police are investigating, but say they believe the car was travelling at speed. it was absolutely devastating. a really significant impact. and, as i say, we have four young men between the ages of 18 to 21 who died at the scene.

this afternoon, friends and relatives of those that died left tributes beside the road. police are now are now asking anyone with information to help with their inquiry. sarah walton, bbc news, leeds. the nhs in england is proposing to restrict the numbers of patients being offered treatments such as the removal of tonsils or varicose veins, and haemorrhoid surgery. the move to cut down on procedures deemed ineffective is likely to affect 100,000 people every year and save the nhs an estimated 200 million a year. richard lister reports. skin grafts, as you can see, i had plastic surgery to try to rebuild it... samantha lilley‘s spent much of her life in and out of hospital. she has a rare genetic syndrome which causes limb defects and skin lesions. surgery can ease her pain, but access to such procedures could be restricted under these new proposals, and she is worried

about her future quality of life. i shouldn't have to live with something that causes me pain and suffering when the nhs is supposed to be there, its purpose was to make people's lives easier, not just to save them. the skin lesion surgery she has had in the past is one of the treatments nhs england says may have more risks than benefits. among the others are surgery for snoring and varicose veins, tonsillectomies and injections for nonspecific back pain. altogether, there are 17 procedures which nhs england thinks should no longer be offered routinely because other treatments may be more effective. something that is ineffective is obviously something that will be unnecessary, and even more than that, it can potentially harm patients, things that do not work. any drug that you take, any intervention that you have, potentially carries harms. nhs england believes physiotherapy, injections or changes

to diet could often be more effective alternatives. the plans will be open for consultation next week and health officials say they could prevent 100,000 unnecessary operations, saving £200 million each year. but as thousands gathered in london to mark the 70th anniversary of the nhs, the british medical association said the government's focus should be on expanding health care options, not reducing them. richard lister, bbc news. tata steel and the german industrial group thyssenkrupp have agreed a merger that will create europe's second—biggest steelmaker. unions have welcomed the agreement, saying it ensures production will continue at britain's largest steel plant at port talbot in south wales until at least 2026. tata employs about 4,000 people there. tomos morgan reports. jobs have been cut, pension terms reduced, but now it seems the steelworkers have some security.

port talbot is home to almost half of tata's british workforce, and today's news is most welcome to scott barmsey, who along with several family members, has worked in the steelworks all his adult life. morale has been really low over the past few years. i think today has given us some sort of clear future and a bit of a weight off our shoulders. thyssenkrupp tata steel bv will be the second biggest steel—maker in europe. together, they will have a workforce of around a8,000. the 50/50 joint venture anticipates cost savings of between £350 to £440 million a year. due to the increased size of the new company, the annual sales will be about £13 billion. within the merger is a commitment to invest in extending the life of the blast furnace, a key part of steel production in south wales. without this commitment, the rest of the uk operation suffers, something the unions have battled for all along this process.

we need a period of stability, not worrying about their jobs or the security of them, just getting on and making steel, which is what they are best at. a larger european giant, better equipped to deal with the world market, comes at a crucial time as the imminent threat of the recent us steel tariffs and the knock—on effect looms over the industry. the government says it will continue to work closely with new management teams and trade unions as the new company develops its business plan. there will be some voluntary redundancies as part of the merger, mostly in administrative roles, but no compulsory redundancies for steelworkers at port talbot and tata's other uk factories, so some certainty and security for now, at least, after a turbulent few years. tomos morgan, bbc news, port talbot. it's emerged that the environment secretary, michael gove,

tore up a report on theresa may's preferred option for a new customs relationship with the eu. he was said to be "livid" when presented with the document, as it wrongly suggested his brexit working group had agreed the plan was viable. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason, told me more about the incident. michael gove was presented with this summary michael gove was presented with this summary of his working groups discussions around this really thorny issue of the customs arrangement after brexit. most of the people on his subcommittee are sceptical about this idea of a new customs partnership which is favoured by the prime minister. the summary was favoured by the prime minister. the summary was presented by it civil serva nts summary was presented by it civil servants for him to look at. he looked at it and felt it didn't accurately reflect his deep scepticism about this particular model, which he thinks would be too bureaucratic to implement. so that is one of the models. the other is called maximum facilitation, or

maxfac, for sure. that is the one brexited prefer? dilemma yes, maximum facilitation is broadly favoured by brexiteers, but the sub committee of ministers looking at it has a more remain bent to it, people who had advocated remain during the referendum, so they have been looking at that. michael gove and his colleagues have been looking at this other option and we are in this countdown now, as we always are in the brexit prisons, towards the next moment, coming up on friday, this checkis moment, coming up on friday, this check is meeting taking place on friday where the prime minister gets a senior team together at the country house in buckinghamshire and their attempts to reach some sort of agreement, which is going to be a nightmare for the prime minister because we know of the divisions that exist. and this is all prior to this white paper that is going to be unveiled, this government consultation document effectively setting out what they hope will be their big pitch to brussels before this big summit that comes up in the

autumn. so 0ctober october is are looking forward to. we had the summit last week. in the end, we didn't expect much progress and there wasn't much progress when it came to brexit, but this decision next week has to be made if we are going to get any progress by 0ctober, does it? going to get any progress by october, does it? it does. how much we learned immediately after that get—together in chequers, who knows, because they will be able to say after it, wait for the white paper, this document that will set out their ideas. that will be scrutinised by brussels over the summer, although brussels pretty much packs up and disappeared throughout august. when you start looking at the number of working weeks between now and that summit in 0ctober, psychologically, 0ctober seems 1 0ctober, psychologically, 0ctober seems1 million miles away 0ctober, psychologically, 0ctober seems 1 million miles away because we are in the middle of a heatwave and the rest of it. in terms of working weeks, it is not many. and the result of an expectation that there is a reasonable chance that come 0ctober, things mightjust

drift towards november and there could be a further delay. but by that stage, you are very much weeks away from brexit happening at the end of next march. and you don't envy the prime minister trying to bring these big characters in her cabinet together, to bang their heads together, if you like, to get some sort of agreement. the power of the individual cabinet members, i guess, is being shown by them feeling that they can say what they like in public, and the idea of cabinet responsibility seemingly gone by the wayside. yeah, the relative power of those individual voices, coupled with the relative wea kness voices, coupled with the relative weakness of a prime minister who was wounded by the result of the general election from a year ago. the best spin she can put on it, and it is true, is that her cabinet, like her party, is divided up the way the country is on brexit. but she had to plot some way through it. it has arguably been sensible for her to play for time, defer things

and try and avoid confrontation, but there is only so long you can do that when you are confronted with trying to secure a deal and the deadline to do that getting ever closer. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are nigel nelson, who's the political editor of the sunday mirror and sunday people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. lancashire fire and rescue service have declared a major incident after two large moorland fires near bolton in lancashire merged. the public have been urged to stay away from the fires on winter hill and scout road. meanwhile, the army is staying in saddleworth over the weekend to help control the moorland blazes which broke out last weekend. about 100 soldiers, who were initially deployed on thursday, will stay until monday following a request by the mayor of greater manchester, andy burnham. the fires were contained yesterday, but it could take weeks before they're fully extinguished. thousands of people in the united states are holding

a day of marches across the country to protest against president trump's immigration policies. the rallies were organised before mr trump ordered an end to the widely criticised practice of separating the children of suspected illegal immigrants from their parents. 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler, says the issue continues to resonate with many in america. the cities across america have had families gathering together to talk about the families that were separated when they reached the border. it did strike me when i was at the washington protest a short time ago, how many people were there with their children. there is something about the images of those young people being kept in detention cages, and also those stories of pa rents cages, and also those stories of parents being separated from the children, that has really struck a chord with many in america. and they we re chord with many in america. and they were out protesting to show that

they do not believe that that policy should return, and to also talk about the immigration policies going forward. there is a danger in thinking because donald trump has changed his tune when it comes to family separations, that all of theseissues family separations, that all of these issues about immigration have been sorted. they haven't. there are big questions about what comes next, and also from the white house, there is now a harder line coming on the issue of border security, of what should happen in future. you remember of course that donald trump tweeted quite ha rd—line remember of course that donald trump tweeted quite hard—line views about how people should not simply be returned to their country. but those who were out today were saying, you have to listen to the concerns of those seeking asylum. those people who are fleeing from persecution and violence and poverty. the real problem is for donald trump and many republicans is concerned is that america cannot welcome everyone. it doesn't have an economy that allows that. and beyond that, they also have to be concerned about security at that border. so you say president

trump has now reversed that policy, but it seems looking at the pictures of those protests today, it has fuelled a lot of anger across america? and there is that question of what happens next. there is a suggestion that one of the things the white house is now looking at is that parents and children will be kept together, but they will be kept together in detention. and that has concerned many of the protesters, who feel that that effectively means children are going to be locked up with theirfamilies. children are going to be locked up with their families. as far as they are concerned, that is unacceptable. as the law stands at the moment, thatis as the law stands at the moment, that is not allowed. that is why families have been separated in this way, because children can only be held for up to 20 days. frankly, as far as families who are looking to try to get asylum are concerned, they can be held for months on end. and there is this potential that families could therefore be held in detention together for months. what is happening to those children and

pa rents is happening to those children and parents who have been separated? is the system getting into gear? are they now being reunited? the real problem here is that the children and the parents have been held by two different agencies. so far, we think up to 2000 of the children have not been reunited with their pa rents have not been reunited with their parents and that remains a real worry for all of those protesters. it's another reason that they are on the streets. but it also gives you an idea of how important and how hot an idea of how important and how hot a topic immigration is going to be when the congressional elections coming november. already, the mid—term elections have fired a lot of people up and there is an increasingly divisive atmosphere happening inside this country, which means this could turn out to be yet another nasty election for america. the headlines on bbc news... four young men have died — and a teenage girl is left critically ill after a collision involving a car and a taxi in leeds. patients in england may no longer be able to have some procedures that

are deemed "ineffective or risky", including tonsil removal and haemorrhoid surgery. tata steel, which owns the port talbot plant, has confirmed merger plans with germany's thyssenkrupp. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's azi. let's start with the world cup of course, and two former winners came up against each other in today's early match — and what a match it was. seven goals and drama til the final whistle, ending in a russian farewell to lionel messi — and a star showing from kylian mbappe. nick parrott has this report. number ten is often worn by great players, but at 31, time is running out for lionel messi to match the glory of maradona and pele. pretenders to his throne included kylian mbappe. still a teenager, his

searing pace caught argentina out from the start. and when griezmann might have scored but the goals made by france's number ten. argentina have been in turmoil at this tournament, but they should never be written off. it looked like they had turned things around when angel di maria level before half—time. then gabrielle mercado put them ahead, thanks to mrs's —— messi's assist. with things in the balance, someone needed to shine, and it was mbappe who was quick to steal the limelight, putting france ahead and then extending their lead. there was enough time for the master to set up sergio aguero, but it was too late to stop his error apparent from sending argentina home. now france will play the winners of this evening's match and with messi packing his bag, could his rival cristiano ronaldo be following him back

to spain this evening? portugal went behind to uruguay when edison cavani converted a luis suarez cross for the opener. in the last few minutes, portugal have equalised, so it is 1—1 approaching the 60 minute mark. dina asher—smith has won the 100m at the british atheltics championship in birmingham. the british record holder set a new championship record, running in 10.97 seconds to finish ahead of daryll neyta in second and bianca williams in third. reece prescod won the men's100m to retain his british championship title. he ran it in 10.06 seconds, to finish ahead of zharnel hughes and reigning diamond league series champion cj ujah. today's irish derby was very much a family affair when champion trainer aidan 0'brien was beaten at the curragh — thanks to his two sons. the classic was won by 14—1 shot latrobe, trained byjoseph 0'brien and ridden by brother donnacha. it was still a good day for aiden, though — evens favourite saxon warrior came

in third — that's one of four trained by him — and they all finished in the top five. elsewhere, germany's mischa zverev is eastbourne champion after beating lukas lacko this afternoon. zverev won in straight sets 6—4, 6—4 to take his maiden title at the age of 30 — eight years after his first appearance in a title match. his victory means he and world number three alexander are the first brothers to win a singles event in the same season since 1989. in the women's final, top seed caroline wozniacki has claimed her second eastbourne title, nine years after her first. the world number two beat arina sabalenka in straight sets, 7—5, 7—6. sabalenka, who's ranked 45th in the world, served for both sets and led 4—1 in the tie—break, but wozniacki held strong to take her second title of the year, after the australian open. with just two days to go

until wimbledon starts, andy murray says his injuries are still causing him movement issues. after nearly a year out, murray only returned to competitive tennis 11 days ago — and has been pitted against france's benoit paire in the first round... yeah, there are certain things that are still tricky and things i am trying to work through. you know, these things are significantly better than they were a few months ago, that's for sure. itjust takes time. sometimes in practice, you might feel really good and then you get on the match court and you are pushing yourself a few % harder and you notice other things that you are struggling with. back at the world cup, edinson cavani has restored uruguay‘s lead. they are too— one up

with just uruguay‘s lead. they are too— one up withjust under uruguay‘s lead. they are too— one up with just under half an hour of normal time to play. that is all the sport for now. it's armed forces day and for only the second time, the main celebrations were held in wales. princess anne took the salute as thousands of people filled llandudno's seafront. the celebrations included a flypast by the red arrows, and performances by brass bands. roger pinney was there. the starting gun fired from hms somerset, moored out in llandudno bay. and with the salute taken by the princess royal, a march past. soldiers, sailors and airmen and women, all three services parading through applauding crowds. the last time a main armed forces day event was held in wales was in 2010 in cardiff. we had been told to expect around 100,000 people here today. well, i don't think anybody‘s counting,

but there are large crowds. the marching bands were amazing. i've enjoyed seeing all the different uniforms and all of the vehicles. i think it's brilliant. lovely weather, everyone has come out applauding. that's good, just to say thank you. whether it's on sea, whether it's in the air or on land, we are rightly proud of our armed forces and llandudno has come out in force to demonstrate that. but not everyone approved. there was a small protest by peace campaigners. for the military, this was about putting on a show, a public demonstration, some thrilling displays. a lot of people that do work behind the scenes are not given credit for what they do. it's good for their families for people to understand it's good for their families to b eable to understand what they do, especially when we have the marches, giving a public event and being here to celebrate. the unmistakable drone of world war ii merlin engines, the battle of britain memorial flight, a lancaster flanked by a spitfire and hurricane. there was a celebratory

feel about it all today, llandudno and the armed forces at their best. roger pinney with that report from llandudno. water companies across the uk are warning customers to urgently reduce how much they use amid increased demand during the heatwave. the first hosepipe ban to be introduced in northern ireland in nearly 25 years came into force last night, while united utilities has warned a ban could follow in north—west england. peter ruddick reports. as the mercury rises, the water flows. however, it is the scale of the increased demand during the recent heatwave that is beginning to seriously worry utility companies. as a precaution amid fears a nearby water storage facility could run dry this weekend. customers are being asked to conserve supplies and it is a story being played out

across the country. severn trent says people are using about one third more water than usual. it has led to several disruptions and outages already, and they are asking everyone to act neighbourly. in the north—west, united utilities says it needs urgent help or they may be forced to introduce a hosepipe ban on monday. they have asked people not to wash their cars or take baths this weekend. a ban is already in place in northern ireland, it came into effect on friday evening and it is the first to be imposed in the nation for nearly a quarter of a century. the problem is not a lack of water, as reservoirs are actually nearly full after a rainy spring. however, huge spikes in peak—time demand mean companies are struggling to treat the water quick enough so it is ready to be supplied to our homes. the problem we've got is that people are watering gardens and using so much more water that it is going out of the pipes as fast as we can get it in. some of the pipes are enormous, probably about that size, and some can go down to that size serving an individual street. that size will not get bigger

and we can only get a certain amount of water down it. with hot and dry conditions set to continue into next week, both weather and water warnings could be here to stay. peter ruddick, bbc news. virgin atlantic says it will no longer work with the home office to forcibly deport illegal immigrants. it's faced pressure from campaigners angry about the government's treatment of post—war caribbean migrants, known as the windrush generation. in a statement, virgin atlantic said "it had informed officials that it would no longer play a part in the enforced deportation of anyone deemed to be an illegal immigrant", adding that "the decision was in the best interests of its customers and staff". there's been a surge in uk citizens acquiring the nationality of another eu country since the brexit referendum — that's according to data obtained by the bbc from 17 eu member states. the rise is thought to be down to britons who meet the criteria seeking to keep the legal rights attached to

european union membership. matt cole reports. it's two years since this moment, the eu referendum and victory for the leave campaign. since then, there has been a big rise in the number of uk citizens getting new nationalities. in 2017, 12,994 uk citizens obtained the nationality of one of the 17 member states from which the bbc has received figures. this compares with 5,025 in 2016 and 1,800 in 2015. it's really a sense of still having that door open and being able to get up and go if you really want to. most of the people we know who are getting citizenship in other eu countries have no intention of living there, it's just knowing the fact that they have that citizenship in their back pocket. the most frequent new nationality was german, with a twelvefold increase between 2015—2017.

french was the second most popular nationality, and then belgian. some of these numbers relate to people translating long—term residency of countries into citizenship, though not always included, for instance, are those using family descendant rights, such as the tens of thousands using their parents or grandparents to claim an irish passport. matt cole, bbc news. a great white shark has been spotted near spain s balearic islands for the first time in around a0 years. the 5—metre shark was spotted by conservation workers on thursday. it is the first confirmed sighting since a fisherman caught one in 1976. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. 0ne one or two changes potentially on the way for tomorrow, even the chance of catching the odd thundery downpours as well. 0vernight, it looks like it should be dry. we are going to find some mist and murk lab

developing here and there across central scotland and the north—east of england, and wheels have a band of england, and wheels have a band of child approaching northern ireland and the far west of scotland. you may start to the odd thunderstorm —— we have a band of cloud approaching northern ireland. it will get warmer in the next few nights. the showers are heavy and thundery clipping the far south—west of england. at the same time, we could see some rain in the far north—west of scotland. elsewhere, it looks like it will be dry and sunny. most places will stay dry into monday and tuesday, just a very small chance of a storm in the far south of england. 0therwise, more sunshine. hello this is bbc news. the headlines.