another challenge to theresa may's brexit plans — this time from pro—eu mps. mps are preparing to vote in the commons now, these are the live shots. will the prime minister manage to head off this latest threat to her brexit strategy? only yesterday theresa may had to cave in to pro leave mps on the other side of the brexit divide. also tonight. the official brexit campaign group vote leave is fined and referred to the police for breaking electoral law. where's the water gone? a reservoir in the lake district shows why there'll be a hosepipe ban in the north west of england. i think we all have to do our bit. look at the reservoir, however it is. it is obvious we haven't got enough water. heading off this summer? how british holidaymakers pay a billion pounds a year in credit and debit card charges when using plastic abroad. and saving the puffin — why they are thriving on an island off wales, but not in the rest of the world. coming up on bbc news,

england are chasing 257 to win the third and deciding one—day international against india. we will bring you all the action from headingley. good evening, welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister is facing another rebellion tonight over her brexit plans, just twenty—four hours after the last one — this time from tory mps who want to stay in the european union. they've tabled an amendment to the trade bill which would force the uk to join a customs union with the eu if the government is unable to reach an agreement on frictionless trade by january of next year. the amendment has the backing of labour. it follows last night's concession

to pro—brexit tory mps over the customs bill. and it's another challenge to the prime minister's authority and the result of the vote is imminent. here's our deputy political editorjohn pienaar. what does a cabinet in crisis look like? come in and take a look! crisis, what crisis? forget brexit for a moment, theresa may was keen to talk up some good news. for a moment, theresa may was keen to talk up some good newsli for a moment, theresa may was keen to talk up some good news. i can report that the unemployment and bomb figures show employment has hit a new record. here, here. -- employment figures. an awkward silence, brexit is in deep trouble. ministers like the new brexit secretary seeds angry remainders barring his path or trying to. today the business secretary appealed to labour to resist backing every tory rebellion. what we need from the

opposition is for them to recognise the national interest in having a good deal. almost everyone in this country good deal. almost everyone in this cou ntry wa nts to good deal. almost everyone in this country wants to see a good deal negotiated between britain and the european union, rather than edging for difference. the government has planned a route to brexit but it is ha rd planned a route to brexit but it is hard going. today the word has gone out from ministers, give compromise a chance. allow the brexit plan to move on. so much persuading to do, so move on. so much persuading to do, so little time. local tory chairman have been called into no 10 as well. some farfrom. have been called into no 10 as well. some far from. instead of the leaders leading, they ask the public for their views, and when the public gave their views, it has been ignored. who else can cause trouble for theresa may today? well the tory former remainders want government to agree to stay in a customs union if no other planners agreed by january although the prime minister has

a lwa ys although the prime minister has always said britain must leave. in the last few moments the dissident tories are refusing to back down. let's do this the other way around. i will make you a generous offer. why don't you accept the new clause 18? and then amended in the house of lords? and with labour voting with those tories the government could face another defeat within the hour. another hole blown in brexit plans theresa may drove through the cabinet less than a fortnight ago. win or lose, and defeat seems a real possibility just now, it win or lose, and defeat seems a real possibilityjust now, it is hard to see her driving any plan through parliament, finding any way to break the brexit deadlock. even a small breathing space would be welcome. brexit has been a work in progress for months but now there is more trouble on the brexit work site than ever and time is running out fast. john pienaar reporting. the official brexit campaign group vote leave has been fined £61,000 and referred to the police for breaking electoral law. the electoral watchdog said

vote leave, which was supported by senior politicians including boris johnson and michael gove, exceeded its spending limit by funnelling extra money through another pro—brexit youth group. vote leave says the report is politically motivated and inaccurate. vicki young reports. taking its message around the country, supported by high profile politicians like boris johnson and michael gove. let's vote leave, take back control. vote leave was the official pro—brexit campaign group during the eu referendum. it masterminded a famous victory but the independent elections watchdog says it broke the law. parliament set a remit for the electoral commission which is about making sure there is transparency and accurately of how the money spent is reported and where it comes from. and that is where we are looking at today and it is for us to make sure that where we do find people who have broken those rules, we make that clear. i am voting to leave the european union. the commission found that vote leave linked up with a youth brexit group, beleave, run by darren grimes, he has been fined

£20,000 and has been referred to the police. the investigation centered on a donation of more than £675,000 made by vote leave to this smaller group. the commission said they should have counted towards vote leave's £7 million spending limit because the two groups were working closely together. it means vote leave exceeded its limit by almost half a million pounds. my name is ann and i am calling from vote leave. but vote leave says it is confident the findings will be overturned because the report contains what it calls false accusations. it is a very one—sided report and we wish they'd followed due process and had they done so, just like they gave us the all clear on the first two occasions they investigated us, they would have given us the all clear again on the third investigation. this man was a volunteer for vote leave who raised concerns about

spending. in these institutions like electoral commission are built to protect the mother of all parliaments, they are built to protect british citizens, they are built to protect what and who we are as british citizens. and any mp who chooses to undermine that is perverting democracy. laws on spending during elections were put in place by parliament to ensure fairness and transparency. vote leave have broken those rules and that's sparked anger in an already furious brexit debate with some even calling for a rerun of the referendum. we are talking about deliberate cheating. we cannot have confidence that this referendum was secure and it should be rerun. the faux outrage we are hearing from members of all sides of this house, some of whom have now left, is nothing to do with the breach of the rules by the vote leave campaign, it is due to the fact that they lost. they are not representing the people. they lost that referendum, despite the fact that they overspent themselves by millions of pounds. downing street said britain's vote on its eu membership was a legitimate democratic exercise and

calls to do it all again are likely to fall on deaf ears. vicki young, westminster. let's go back to the vote in westminster, john pienaar, it's expected imminently, what more can you tell us? this confrontation between remainders and and is and their opponents displaying out in westminster. a close result and possibly damaging defeat is beckoning. we will know in the course of the next hour or so. it defeat, fiona, would clearly be a painful blow to the prime minister and her brexit plan. either way, the government looks like a government

under siege and a reckoning is beginning to bloom in the autumn which could call the very future of brexit, even the future of the prime minister come into question. so much could happen, should this plan go the way that some believe it might which is altogether against all the governments plans and wishes. meanwhile some remainders and others nurse the hope that we could yet see the idea of a fresh referendum become alive option. what might relieve the pressure on the government? 0ne senior tory close to the prime minister said to me that maybe the best hope was that negotiators in brussels could offer something of a lifeline. a concession which would at least allow talks to be kick—started there and make the prime minister's concession open er option look viable. something worth pursuing. it may be a tenuous hope that it is one of the straws that tories loyal to theresa may are clinging to. downing street say they are pursuing a painstaking strategy but they look like a mouse in a maze about an

exit, and time is running out to effect a ny exit, and time is running out to effect any kind of escape. we will see the results later in the house of commons this evening. john pienaar, thank you very much. up to seven million people will be affected by the first hosepipe ban of the summer in england. there's already one in place in northern ireland. united utilities says a temporary ban from 5th august in the north—west of england will "safeguard essential supplies". other water companies across england say they have adequate supplies and have no plans to impose similar bans. danny savage is in edgworth in lancashire. no doubting the impact of the drought there. another beautiful day in the north—west england, another one without rain, and you can see that in the reservoirs and levels are getting low. as a result this means the hosepipe ban is coming into effect and millions of customers are being givenjust into effect and millions of customers are being given just over two weeks notice for get to start so

they can prepare for when this hosepipe ban begins. haweswater in cumbria, united utilities' biggest reservoir. falling water levels here have triggered the hosepipe ban. the lack of water has even exposed the remains of the village flooded to create this vast storage facility. unions have today criticised the company for losing too much water through lea ks. they say they are tackling it. we take it very seriously, and we work round—the—clock, whatever the weather, on fixing leaks, and actually we've met our regulatory leakage target for the last 12 years, but we know that we can do more, which is why our aim is to reduce that even further. the ban affects nearly the whole of north—west england where united utilities has seven million customers. it will come into effect on 5th august, unless there is prolonged rainfall between now and then, which looks unlikely. in this part of the country, in just over two weeks' time you won't be able to use one of these any more. if you want to water the garden, you are going to have to use a watering can. if you fancy washing the car,

it's a bucket and sponge. there are some exemptions though. this bowling green, for example, will still be able to be watered. this really only affects domestic customers, and if you break the ban you could be fined £1,000. people here seem to accept that a formal restriction is needed, and are making plans accordingly. i'm not cross that we're short of water, i'm happy we've had such hot sunshine, and if shortage of water is a by—product then we'll just have to be careful. does it make you cross that it's coming in? no, not at all. i think it's the right thing to do. i think we all have to do our bit. look at the reservoir, how low it is, it's obvious we haven't got enough water. there is already a hosepipe ban in force in northern ireland, and the republic, where blisteringly hot weather has melted roads and seen bowsers in use. it all has echoes of the famous summer of ‘76, when people called the government, complaining about what they saw as unnecessary water use by others.

there's a sprinkler system operating where? in a riding school? i see, and you feel something should be done about that, of course. united utilities' other big site in the lakes is thirlmere. a 92—mile—long aqueduct from here feeds supplies direct to manchester. but levels are low. there's been hardly any rain in a place where it's usually abundant. danny savage, bbc news. president trump has found himself isolated and under attack, even by some of his usual political allies, after his meeting with the russian president yesterday, when he publically questioned american intelligence's conclusion that russia interfered in the us election. and back in washington, he added fuel to the fire by insisting his meeting with president putin had been better than his one with nato, america's long standing allies. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler is at the white house.

president trump seems to have managed to unite political friends and foes against him. president trump is due to meet members of congress that the white housein members of congress that the white house in the next hour. they are due to talk about taxes but they already talking about russia and specifically his comments he made at the now notorious news conference in helsinki when he seemed to back president putin over america's own intelligence agencies. that has angered not only his political opponents but members of his own party. they have released several statements, some call it disgraceful and a serious mistake and have rallied against russia. however mr trump shows no signs of backing down. on twitter he talked about having a great meeting with nato even though he seemed to isolate some allies and he said his meeting with president putin was even better. of course he regards himself asa better. of course he regards himself as a different kind of politician and perhaps disrupting diplomatic

norms as part of that. yet threatening and jeopardising international certainties and alliances is what is worrying people in washington today. chris buckler at the white house, thank you. the time isa at the white house, thank you. the time is a quarter past six. our top story this evening. the prime minister is facing another rebellion tonight over her brexit plans, as mps prepare to vote in the commons on trade. and it's headed firmly in. it was one of england's best world cup moments, but how harmful is heading a ball? a team of researchers is testing retired footballers to find out. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, find out how team sky's geraint thomas and chris froome got in stage ten of the tour de france as the race hit the alps. now if you're preparing to head off on your summer holidays, did you know that british holiday—makers are paying more than a billion pounds a year in credit and debit card charges when using plastic abroad?

the figures have been gathered for the bbc by the foreign exchange firm fairfx. our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz has been seeing how the charges rack up in malaga in spain. jetting off to the costas. millions of us do it every year, and how do we pay for it? increasingly, with our credit and debit cards. what few know is that we're charged nearly 3% of what we spend on a standard card, and at the cash machine there's usually another charge on top of that, of more than a pound. tell people how much the banks are taking and they're amazed — like these brits on the malaga bus tour. they're on a winner, aren't they? they shouldn't do it, it's wrong. i don't think they should try and rip people off, because nowadays everybody uses cards. so how big a slice are the banks getting? the figures we have been given say it's a billion pounds. those credit and debit card charges adding to the colossal sum of! plus 9 noughts in pounds, per year, out of your holiday money. oh, my god.

that is outrageous. a billion pounds a year. i think it's scandalous, quite frankly. you know, it's surcharging you for coming on your holidays. so how many people know about this, that's the thing. very few, i'd say. i am sure the banks would not want it more widely known. the banks say their cards are safe, flexible and cost effective, that if you don't get what you paid for you'll get your money back, plus certain credit and debit cards do not charge fees, and it's true that some banks, including santander, barclays and halifax, offer low cost cards, as well as the standards ones. they should be transparent about the charges. but this malaga travel expert says most people do get charged the full fees, so their money simply doesn't go so far. i know for a fact that in malaga you could have several good meals

out for the amount that you've effectively given to the bank, on commission. businesses like this pub in malaga are worried they are losing out as well. it has a knock—on effect to me. directly it affects the customer obviously, but the customer becomes aware of that, and then they're less likely to spend here if they know they're going to be charged 3% every time they use their card. everyone needs to get wise to card charges, or you will find a dream holiday can end up with some nightmarish costs. simon gompertz, bbc news, malaga. mps and lords could be sacked, if new plans to deal with allegations of harassment and bullying are approved. the new code of conduct for parliament follows a number of allegations of inappropriate sexual behaviour last winter that saw ministers resign and suspensions across different political parties. mps will vote on the proposals on thursday. the public spending watchdog has dismissed suggestions that the government's promise to increase nhs spending could be paid for with a "brexit dividend" and claims the government's promise

to boost the nhs with an extra £20 billion will require tax rises or spending cuts. 0ur ecomonics editor kamal ahmed is here, theresa may made a great play of giving the nhs more money on its 70th anniversary this report puts rather a dampener on the idea. absolutely right. so, we remember that figure that theresa may spoke about, £20.5 billion more for the nhs by 2023 but very little detail on how to pay forment today the 0ffice on how to pay forment today the office for budget responsibility, thatis office for budget responsibility, that is official economic watchdog said it meant some stark choice, now the government it says could borrow more, now, if they did that, the 0br said the public finances would be frankly unsustainable. the government already has 1.8 trillion of debt. it is paying £50 billion a year on the interest on that debt, so not a palatable option, the 0br

said they could cut spending more, now, again, after eight years of austerity, cutting spfling doesn't seem very arac tracktive. as you say that notion of the brexit dividend the 0br says doesn't exit, the public finances are weaker not stronger, that leaves tax rise, no theresa may did say that, taxes may rise a little bit, today the 0br seemed to say they would be going up far more quickly than the government at the moment is suggesting, when will we know which taxes? not until the november budget, when philip hammond will tell us finally, how they are going to pay for that big nhs pledge. heading the ball is a normal part of football, but for some time sports people and scientists have wondered how harmful it could be. now a team of researchers from several london universities have won funding to investigate the cognitive function of hundreds of retired footballers, to see how years of heading the ball might have affected them.

0ur health editor hugh pym has more. they were england world cup highlights, headed goals, but across a whole career it's possible that heading might not be good for you. it is in from harry kane again. that's what the new research study announced today will take a look at. what players at all levels want to know, both professionals and those who play for fun, is, does repetitive heading over a long period of time create side effects and possibly health problems in later years? here, they are enjoying their weekly game, but they'd like to know more about heading. if the ball hits you or you hit it on top of your head instead of your forehead, it can hurt. ijust wondered if the impact of the ball does sometimes have an affect that i don't know about, should i go to my gp, should i speak to someone or find something out about it? so it is a concern, but where's the information? the former england player alan shearer highlighted the issue in a bbc documentary last year,

including monitoring of brain function after repetitive heading. the football association announced research based on medical records. now a new study is being funded by the independent drake foundation. what we are going to do that is unique is we are going to see the players in clinics like this, and that means we can do two things. we can get a very detailed playing history and we can try and work out not only how many concussions people have had, but also, how often they head the ball. can you just copy that drawing, please. the tests will be same as those carried out on some former england rugby players, like jonathan webb. cord. next. ache. a study of concussion in rugby began two years ago. astle nodding it on. the west brom and england footballer jeff astle developed dementia and died in 2002 at the age of 59. a coroner ruled that heading had contributed to the cause of death. since then, his family has campaigned for the sort of research announced today. we welcome it, and hopefully now

we will get — it will be the start of some answers for us, and just as importantly, not just for my family, but for all the other families that we now represent, hopefully, the start of a bit of closure for us all. for now, heading is very much part of the game. this is better. the point of the research is to either alert people to potential dangers or put their minds at rest. hugh pym, bbc news. now, look at this. surely one of nature's most awe inspiring sights. a volcanic eruption. but this one in hawaii turned out to be terrifying for a group of tourists on a boat. as molten lava poured into the ocean — they weren't prepared for what happened next. a so—called lava bomb. the debris punched a hole

through the boat's roof, injuring 23 people as passengers were showered with hot rocks. another tour boat came to help. it's understood the boat operators had received special permission to get close to the volcano. the number of puffins has been plummeting globally, but an island off the west wales coast is bucking the trend. an international project is now looking at why the sea birds are doing so well on skomer. researchers are using tiny gps trackers to monitor their every move. similar work will be carried out in countries where puffins are not faring so well, and the findings will be compared. sian lloyd has been to skomer to find out more. ? a thriving puffin population. skomer island is renowned for its wide range of sea birds, but the number of puffins breeding here is attracting international interest. they have been in decline in other parts of the uk and europe for decades, so much so that the species is now endangered. here, scientists have found its a different picture. the population on skomer island

has almost quadrupled in the last 30 years or so. that's great news for puffins in wales, and we're hoping to find out more about why those population changes are taking place, so that we can understand what might happen further into the future and maybe to help puffins more widely. and to do that, researchers are exploring their feeding patterns. it's really new, no—one's ever tracked the movements of puffins before in these places where i'm going to go. this tracking device is small enough to fix on to a puffin's back, and already the team has found that these tiny sea birds travel more than 90 miles a day to bring food back to the nest. we're not only locking at where they're going, but with complex analytical technique we can,l also technique we can also identify their behaviour, so we can say, ok, in this place they're feeding, in this place they're resting or flying, and so the feeding place are the key ones here that we ere interested in. the team will carry out the same work in norway and iceland,

where there are concerns about the poor survival rates of chicks, and where the number of puffins is in serious decline. there are no such concerns on skomer, where the chicks are being monitored daily. and a record of their weight is kept. 295 grammes. they are also collecting samples that could show whether, in common with other wildlife, puffins are being affected by plastics. the findings from that part of the research won't be known for some time, but the work being carried out here could have a huge impact in helping scientists understand the threat to these sea birds face. sian lloyd, bbc news, schemer. time for a look at the weather, here's darren bett. we can see the shots in the north—west, they looked dreadful. had turned cooler today, referrer in

the uk, that has been a welcome change for some part, had a few showers round, most of those in the north east of scotland, very threatening skies here, in another corner of the uk, the gentle breeze has pushed the cloud away and we are ending with lovely blue skies, to in parts the cloud is breaking down, we are seeing lengthy spells of sunshine. still a few showers in the north east of scotland. may get one or two lighter showers coming back the far south—west but it will be dry on the whole. clearing sky, a gentle westerly breeze, a cooler night for sleep, temperatures could be eight or nine. tomorrow should start bright and dry and sunny, just about everywhere, but again like today we will see cloud amounts increase, a few more shower, maybe a few more in north—west england. eastern england probably dry. 0ne few more in north—west england. eastern england probably dry. one or two showers for northern ireland. temperatures a degree or two higher than today. 26 or 27 than today. 26 or27 in than today. 26 or 27 in the south—east of

england. that heat continues to build as we move into thursday, especially for england and wales, bit offair especially for england and wales, bit of fair weather cloud around, but little or no showers really. i think generally a dry day but there is more cloud and rain coming into the far north—west of scotland by the far north—west of scotland by the end of the day. that is due to that weather front there. that is will going to slip southwards during friday. as it does so the fronts wea ken friday. as it does so the fronts weaken and the rain tends to peter out. rain maybe on friday, a bit of rainfor out. rain maybe on friday, a bit of rain for northern england and for north wales. southern—of the uk looks like being dry. that pers out in time for the weekend which should bea dry in time for the weekend which should be a dry one, not quite as warm, but there will be some lengthy spells of sunshine a reminder of our top story. the prime minister is facing another rebellion tonight over her brexit plans, as mps prepare to vote in the next few minutes in the commons on trade. that's all from the bbc news at six.

0n bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. about everywhere will have a dry weekend. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may is facing a fresh battle in parliament — as conservative pro remain mps threaten to support legislation, that could wreck her brexit plan. the pro—brexit campaign group vote leave, has been fined and referred to the police, for breaking electoral rules during the eu referendum two years ago. as the dry weather continues, seven million people in north—west