mcveet this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. —— this is bbc news, i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 7pm: families and doctors will no longer need to go to court if they agree to end the life of a patient in a persistent vegetative state. there have been further cancellations of northern rail services as the company reinstated most of the services it suspended after a new timetable led to severe problems. the polls have closed as millions voted in zimbabwe's first presidential election since robert maugabe was overthrown last year. it's been over four years since the missing malaysian mh370 —— it's been overfour years since the missing malaysian mh370 aeroplane disappeared. today, investigators release a report into what remains one of the greatest mysteries of the modern age. one of the largest luxury fashion brands opens it's doors to us, —— one of the largest luxury fashion brands opens its doors to us, as we take an exclusive look at max mara's archives. the courts will no longer have

to decide if life—saving support should be withdrawn from patients who are in a persistent vegetative state or who are minimally conscious. providing both families and doctors agree, food and liquid can be stopped to allow such patients to die. until today's ruling by the supreme court, it has often taken years for cases to drag through the courts, increasing the anguish of the families of the thousands of people affected, being kept alive in nursing homes and hospitals through medical intervention. sophie hutchinson reports. cathy's brother was severely brain—damaged in a hitand run accident when he was just 16 years old. he then spent eight years

in a vegetative state. she says the family had to go through the painful process of asking the court to allow food and water to be withdrawn so that he could die. and that's one of the difficult things about going to court, i had to swear an affidavit saying that i wanted my brother to die. i didn't want my brother to die, i wanted him to get better but i wanted him not to have been knocked over in the first place but i couldn't have any of those things and that's the thing for all the families in this situation, they don't want to have to go to court to say that they want someone to die. they want them back but if they can't have them back they don't want them in a nursing home for years and years and years. today's landmark ruling by the supreme court means that when families and doctors agree, they will no longer need to seek permission from judges. that means they can decide whether life—sustaining nutrition can be withdrawn from a loved one in a persistent vegetative or minimally conscious state. today's ruling is hugely significant for potentially thousands of families who find themselves in some

of the most tragic situations. those who agree with doctors that their loved ones should be allowed to die. they can now make that decision in the quiet of their home in hospital or elsewhere without the strain of having to go to court. it's estimated there are tens of thousands of people living in a vegetative or minimally conscious state in the uk. patients with almost no prospect of recovery who are kept alive with artificially administered food and water, some for decades. those who represent families have welcomed the new ruling. it's a really good decision for a sensible and compassionate society, to allow doctors and families to get on and make decisions on behalf of their patient in their best interests. the hillsborough victim tony bland was the first patient in england who the courts allowed to die by having food and water withdrawn. since then there have been 100 such cases and some are concerned that removing

the safeguard of asking the courts‘ permission could be dangerous. these decisions are very difficult, they need to be made by specialists. diagnoses are often wrong, the courts have overturned decisions before, and this is why we feel that this severely compromises the lives of these vulnerable patients. but where there is disagreement between families and doctors, the courts will still have the final say. cathy is adamant, though, that if court can be avoided, it's a kindness. our legal affairs correspondent has been following the case at the supreme court and explains why seniorjudges have changed their mind now. back in the 1990s, in the case of tony bland, judges felt they had to impose this safeguard so even when relatives and doctors agreed that the withdrawal of food and water was in the best interests of the patient, doctors still had to go to court and get a court order

allowing that to happen. but in the intervening period, there's been a real emphasis on personal autonomy, what the patient wants, and that's why relatives now are asked not what they want, of course, but what their loved one would have wanted if they'd known how bad the prognosis was. another three factors, i think, at play here. first of all, the court very aware that in the intervening period, the medical understanding of these dreadful conditions has increased and become much more sophisticated. doctors have much greater and much more detailed guidance and also we have the mental capacity act, which provides significant protections for those who lose mental capacity. now, taking all of that together, i think that's what gave senior judges here the confidence to hand back the decision on withdrawing food and water to clinicians, acting without consulting —— food and water to clinicians, acting with and consulting with relatives so that the best

decisions can be made on behalf of people in this really awful situations. we can now speak to derick wade, who's professor in neurological rehabilitation at oxford brookes university. he joins us via webcam from oxford. isa is a very good evening to you. do you welcome the decision?” is a very good evening to you. do you welcome the decision? i do welcome it. why is that? i think it returns the decision to the clinical process where it belongs land of the legal process, necessary as it may have been at the beginning, certainly caused a lot of delay and distress. does it not make sense to have a final backstop? to have someone have a final backstop? to have someone completely unemotional to look at the case at the end of the day, such as a supreme courtjudge? i think one could question whether judges are any less emotional than other people. they are human like the rest of us, but putting that

aside, the decision made clinically on the basis of what relatives say and what we find, and it is a decision made every other day of the week in circumstances no different, so week in circumstances no different, so unless we are going to take all decisions to the court, it should be wea ra ble decisions to the court, it should be wearable longs with the clinicians. with disputed cases or difficult cases going to court as they do with other cases. i wonder if you could put this into context for us, how many cases are there like this that could be affected by the ruling today? the total number in the country as a whole is not known and the ruling extends well beyond vegetative state and mentally conscious day to anyone who has lost the mental capacity to make a decision about continuing with treatment, so i think a minimal amount would probably be 30—40,000, but we really don't know because no one has ever collected those figures. putting it into context in

the acute cases, perhaps 100 or 200 cases have gone to court in the last 20 years, since the tony bland case. in that time, around 30,000 people will have entered a situation very similarto will have entered a situation very similar to tony bland, so only 200 out of 30,000 have gone to court. i think it is worth stressing that the general public, if you ask them, 70-80% general public, if you ask them, 70—80% agreed that they would not wish treatment to continue, but only 200 have gone to court, suggesting that around 22,000 people over the intervening time have been treated without their feelings being taken into account. you are talking about a broad range of different cases but i suppose the concern for many is the possibility of recovery, isn't it? how realistic is that? well, if

you have just had an it? how realistic is that? well, if you havejust had an injury, traumatic brain injury or a cardiac arrest and survived but had brain damage, of course you will get some recovery over the first few weeks, months, but after that, recovery over the first few weeks, months, but afterthat, recovery becomes less and less likely so that by 12 months after a traumatic brain injury, further recovery won't occui’. injury, further recovery won't occur. people with progressive disorder is, of course there is no chance of recovery. we have delivered there, i'm afraid but thank you very much your time to talking us here on bbc news this evening, are grateful. thank you very much. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:45 and 11:30 this evening, in the papers. our guestsjoining me tonight are james rampton, who's the features writer at the independent, and the political commentator, jo—anne nadler. rail services in the north of england that were scrapped in may during a timetable shake—up have started to run again. but angry commuters have still faced cancellations

and delays across manchester, merseyside, lancashire and yorkshire. our correspondent danny savage is at preston station and explains how the new timetable has gone down. it was back in may when they introduced that new timetable. it was followed by chaos, they cancelled dozens and dozens of services. they introduced an emergency timetable until today, when they tried to put 75% of those services back in. we spoke to commuters across the area about how they have found the last few weeks and today. just after seven this morning and lorna fitzpatrick is waiting in burnley for her daily northern service to leeds. it arrives on time, but lorna says the new timetable means more stops and more passengers. i have this dread every single morning because i know that the train is probably going to be late and i'm probably not going to get to work on time, as usual. train announcement: on behalf of northern, i'd just like to apologise for the... every single aspect of my life revolves around this train and i'm

just absolutely sick of it. i'm at the end of my tether. it's had such a massive impact on my life, my professional and my personal life. and i can't be the only one in this situation. northern says a more gradual reintroduction of its timetable will ensure a more stable and reliable service. but again today there were delays and cancellations. the mayor of greater manchester says enough is enough. today, i have called on the prime minister to intervene because passengers in the north can't keep running the daily lottery of turning up to the train station hoping they will be able to get to work on time. they deserve much better than this. and that was reflected at this company in manchester. who are having to build their working day around the delays of staff commuting on northern. there's usually lots of calls at 8:30am people saying they're going to be delayed, they are going to be late. there is a bit of chaos rearranging meetings, say if we've got a pitch where we are going to be trying to win new work, it is having a huge impact on us being actually able to win new business and grow.

northern blamed a shortage of drivers for the chaos back in may. they say training has now happened, the unions disagree. you are operating services on overtime, that says to me and to our members and i suspect to passengers that you haven't got enough staff in the first place. there were certainly fewer complaints on social media about the trains today, but the commuters we met believe the real test will be in september. that is because that is where they will introduce the other 25% of services they haven't put back into play shed. that'll happen in september, when the commuters will return en masse after the summer holidays. we have repeatedly asked northern railfor an holidays. we have repeatedly asked northern rail for an interview holidays. we have repeatedly asked northern railfor an interview on camera and they have declined to give one. the funeral has taken place of dawn sturgess who was poisoned by the nerve agent novichok in wiltshire three weeks ago. among those attending was her partner, charlie rowley, who was hospitalised in the same poisioning.

miss sturgess died after coming into contact with novichok which may have been discarded during the attack on the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter in march. jon kay reports. killed by novichok. today, dawn sturgess was remembered as an innocent victim and as a fun—loving mum of three. her private funeral service included james blunt‘s song beautiful dawn and the track from fame, i'm gonna live forever. it is a very emotional experience. the vicar who conducted the ceremony told me dawn's11—year—old daughter was among those to address the congregation. she just said how much she loved her mum and how much her mum had loved her. which resulted in a round of applause from everybody in the crematorium, just to say how marvellous she had done that and how courageous she had been.

the vicar said despite earlier advice about possible contamination risks, he was able to touch the coffin during the blessing and pallbearers carried it into the crematorium as normal. charlie rowley, who was poisoned with novichok at the same time as his partner, sat on the front row as family and friends paid tribute to the ali—year—old. i'd like people to think of dawn not in a sad sort of sense, in that she has passed, but in a happy sense in that she was a lovely person and very helpful to anyone who was in need of help. tonight, work continues here to establish where the couple came across the deadly poison. meanwhile, the hostel where dawn sturgess had a room is in the process of being reopened. at her funeral, prayers were said for this entire community, where so many are still in shock. a husband and wife from west yorkshire have been

sentenced to eight years in total for trying to force their daughter into marriage and threatening to kill her. leeds crown court heard the young woman had described her parents as "monsters." she was told she would be travelling to bangladesh for a holiday. once in a remote village, the victim was told she was to be married to her cousin, before being rescued by armed police. the headlines on bbc news: the supreme court rules legal permission will not be needed to end ca re permission will not be needed to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state. trying to get back on track after months of passenger misery, northern rail reinstates most of its cancelled trains. the polls have closed as millions voted in zimba bwe's first polls have closed as millions voted in zimbabwe's first presidential election since robert mugabe was overthrown last year. well, staying with that story...

in zimbabwe, the polls have closed in a general election that marks a new era for the country — the first since its former leader, robert mugabe, was forced to step down last year after almost a0 years in power. there were long queues at polling stations where the main opposition party is hoping to defeat the ruling zanu—pf party. our africa editor fergal keane reports from the capital harare. just a year ago, they believed democracy was a sham. a rigged exercise. designed to keep an ageing tyrant in power. but today felt like something very different. african laughter and the high hopes of long—suffering people. i would like if everyone was employed today, i would like some clinics to have medicine. i would like people to go to school. more schools, more clinics, morejobs, for everyone. this day, i'm very hopeful for a new zimbabwe.

i'm very happy that i'm able to make a change, my decision is being considered for zimbabwe. so i'm happy and hopeful. it was peaceful across zimbabwe. in the rural areas of matabeleland. and in midlands province, where the man who overthrew the old regime cast his vote. once an enforcer for robert mugabe, he's gambling voters will thank him for bringing change. i'm happy that the process of campaigning was peaceful and voting today is peaceful. i have no doubt that the end process of the entire electoral process will remain peaceful. in the capital harare, stronghold of the opposition movement for democratic change, its young leader nelson chamisa

arrived at a local school to vote. he's campaigned energetically for months. how's it going? is it going well? very good. very good, he said. nelson chamisa just after voting. it is chaotic, but it is democracy. as zimbabwe has never known it before. a few moments later, i caught up with him again. will you accept the result, even if you lose? i've told you that we are not losing in this election, we are winning this election. so i'm not interested in impossibilities. so you're confident? we will win this election. that is a free and fair election. particularly in the rural areas. it is a done deal. to try and ensure it is free and fair, hundreds of local and international observers have been deployed. as an observer, are you happy, broadly, with what you have seen? yes, so far, so good. and we trust that it will end like this.

the coming days will reveal the winner and may prove the ultimate test of zimba bwe's democracy. it remains one of the great mysteries of the modern age. four—and—a—half years ago, a boeing 777 took off from kuala lumpur airport and disappeared, with 239 people on board. today, investigators trying to determine what happened to malaysia airlines flight 370 have released a new report, but it sheds no fresh light on why the plane vanished. k.s. narendran's wife chandrika was on board the missing flight. he was in malaysia, where the report was presented today — and said it didn't tell the families anything new. if i can just summarise the reaction, it's been disappointment, a feeling of... a sense of feeling deflated and, you know, a sense of regurgitating

what we already knew all this while and at the end of the day, big questions remain and so there is no end in sight for the families, as i see it, because we still don't know what happened, why it happened, who or what was responsible and so we are exactly where we were on the 8th of march, which is that there was a plane that took off and turned back and disappeared. we can speak now to david gleave, an aviation safety investigator based at loughborough university. thank you so much for coming in to talk to us. you heard one of the families there, they don't think there is anything new in this report. they have expressed disappointment. is that right? there

is very little that is new in the report but it does document everything that has gone on so far, released to the public so we can see what they are saying they have done and the conclusions drawn from the data provided. so what do we know? we know that the aeroplane took off. as it got to the border between the air traffic control system of malaysian and across to vietnam, it disappeared off the radar screens and after that, it made a climbing turn and then proceeded west, as opposed to heading north—east and then took a strange series of manoeuvres and ended up in the southern indian ocean. the investigators, as i understand it, have said they can't rule out a third party being involved. in your opinion, how likely is that?” third party being involved. in your opinion, how likely is that? i am fairly convinced that all of the mechanical and electrical defects that could have gone on would not have led to that flight path. it would have been an extraordinary series of circumstances in order to get the plane to manoeuvre in that

particular way. therefore, it is likely to be human and the modelling that was done says it was likely there was a human on—board interfering with the planes controls towards the end of the flight, so i'm fairly convinced that somebody from the flight was manipulating the aeroplane. so does that leave due to the conclusion that it would have been the pilot or the co—pilot and what do we know about them? much more likely to be someone with significant aviation knowledge. recently, they said they had been through all the passengers on the crew and no psychological profile showed up. it's not free mentioned in the report about the passengers. the crew are given a good whitewash in terms of they say there is nothing wrong with them, no changes in domestic circumstances, bank account information has been looked at, no significant debt or knitting like that so these it open to interpretation but to carry out those particular manoeuvres, somebody would have to have at least a good degree of aviation training. three pieces of the plane have been

found. do they offer any clues? they confirm it is in the southern indian ocean, which is a good start, so the modelling was right. after that, the fla p modelling was right. after that, the flap that was on the big piece that was first found, the damage is consistent with what i would expect if somebody had hijacked the aeroplane, be it crew intention for murder—suicide or a political statement by someone else, and then crashed into the water. not ditched. i don't think the aeroplane would be ditched because it might float or survive, beacons would go off and so on so survive, beacons would go off and so onsoi survive, beacons would go off and so on so i think the aeroplane has to be crashed into the water so it sinks and the damage is consistent with what i would expect to see. very briefly, macro—due think we will ever know what happened? just time and money, and if we have the time and money, and if we have the time and money, finely aeroplane, solve the mystery. thank you for coming in. doctors are calling for women in england to be allowed to take medication at home to have an early abortion, instead of having to go to a licensed clinic or hospital and then travel home and risk the process happening during the journey.

the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists believes the change would avoid distress to women and bring england's policy in line with wales and scotland. our health correspondent jenny walrond has more. i know you've just come back from our scan, and that shows that... in england, women coming for an early abortion using medication must take all the drugs in clinic. the royal college of obstetricians and gynaecologists say they should be allowed to take the final medication at home, as now happens in scotland and wales. sarah, who we've renamed to protect her identity, is terminating her pregnancy after her contraception failed. she lives too far away from the hospital to be sure she'll be home before the abortion begins. luckily i have a family member who lives close to the hospital. it's distressing enough to come and do it anyway, let alone the fear of not making it home. somebody else who i know didn't make it home, it happened in the car.

she still struggles with that. it's not an uncommon story. women who live a long way from hospital or who have to use public transport sometimes experience severe bleeding and cramping on their way home. my friend had to help me walk from the car to his flat... it made me feel like every person who passed me knew what was happening... i remember feeling ashamed of myself and that maybe the pain and humiliation was necessary. . . under the 1967 abortion act, pregnancies can only be terminated on licensed premises. early medical abortions in the first nine weeks of pregnancy involve a combination of two drugs. the scottish and welsh governments now allow women to take the final dose at home. and there are calls for england to follow suit. we believe that this is significantly improving the well—being of women who are requesting termination of pregnancy in scotland. and they really value the opportunity to be able to take that second part of treatment at home. the change is supported by the royal college of gps

and the british pregnancy advisory service, which runs abortion clinics and sexual health centres. but the anti—abortion group spuc says women should have medical supervision throughout a termination and are concerned that they could be coerced into having abortions by abusive partners. they've launched a legal challenge in scotland. we believe the policy is outside the scope of the 1967 abortion act, so it's as simple as that. in terms of the ethics of it, we believe that abortion is never justified. in this case, however, it trivialises abortion, it makes it seem as if it's an easy step for women to do, but it also puts a woman's health at risk. the department of health and social care says that its priority is always to make sure that care is safe and of a high quality and that it will continue to monitor the evidence surrounding home use. more than 50,000 people have now fled their homes in california,

as 12,000 firefighters battle to contain a number of wildfires which have swept across parts of the state. eight people are now known to have died, including four firefighters. the blazes in california are among around 130 major fires currently burning across the us and canada. james cook sent this report from lakeport in northern california. the fire season is no more. california is now ablaze all year round. in the past six years, not one month has passed without a major wildfire here. just now, 17 are burning up and down the state, causing problems for battalion chief paul fleckenstein and his team. the fire that's coming up behind us is a little enthusiastic right now. it's reacting to the wind and the fuels. it's coming up from the bottom below us, mostly the thermal column

is carrying it up, it's catching the brush, you can hear it cook off the moisture, that's the crackling part. then it's picking up the embers and throwing them kind of where we are not looking for them to go right now. across north america, tens of thousands of firefighters are battling to save life and protect property, setting controlled burns like this one and hacking away at the undergrowth to try to deprive the wildfires of fuel. it is relentless and often dangerous work. quite how dangerous was underlined again with the death of brian hughes, the 33—year—old captain of the arrowhead hotshots. he was fighting this blaze near yosemite national park when he was struck by a falling tree, the fourth firefighter to die in california's current wildfires. this is the latest threat, fire advancing on the town of lakeport, adding to the evacuations. 50,000 people in the state have now fled their homes. but staying can be deadly. in the mountains of shasta county, where this village was reduced

to ashes, police say they found the body of someone who had refused to leave. these pictures of the fires sweeping in were filmed by a helicopter pilot. they show it jumping the sacramento river, leaving two young children and their great—grandmother among the dead, and the fear here is that this is what the future looks like. now it's time for a look at the weather, with matt taylor. hello. fewer but still quite heavy showers across parts of the uk today. still some around at the moment, across the east of scotland in particular, they'll become confined to shetland later on, a few other showers largely fading away but some will continue through the night particularly towards southern counties of england and wales, where it will be another mild night, not quite as muggy as last night. further north, temperatures down into single figures away from towns and cities. now, early risers across the south—east into east anglia, east midlands, can see a spell of heavy rain through the early part

of the morning commute. that'll clear away quite quickly and then sunshine comes out. a few isolated showers further west but for many, driest and sunniest in the morning. cloud increasing from the west into the afternoon producing a few lighter showers tomorrow across western scotland, northern ireland and north—west england especially. quite a breezy one in western scotland but lighter winds elsewhere and temperatures through eastern and southern areas low to mid 20s. as we go into tuesday night, most will be dry but showers will continue in the north—west of scotland but a much drier day for many on wednesday, with varying amounts of cloud. warming up and warming up further across the south into thursday. hello this is bbc news with rebecca jones. the headlines: families and doctors will no longer need to go to court, if they agree to end the life of a patient, in a persistent vegetiative state. critics say the decision by the supreme court should only be made by professionals, but some patients families welcome the change.

after misery for commuters, northern rails time—table shake—up has been scaled back, as services begin running again. but passengers yet again face further cancellations. the polls have closed as millions vote in zimbabwe's presidential election. it's the first time in a0 years that robert mugabe isn't on the ballet. eu onlookers described voting in some areas as ‘totally disorganised.‘ it's been over four years since the missing malaysian mh370 aeroplane dissapea red, today investigators release a report into what remains one of the greatest mysteries of the modern age. one of the largest luxury fashion brands opens its doors to us, as we take an exclusive look at max mara's archives. well let's get more now on the ruling by the supreme court today that when doctors

and relatives agree that unconscious patients should be allowed to die — they no longer need the permission of a court to withdraw food and water. the decision could make it easier to end the lives of thousands of patients, who are in a coma, or in a persistent vegetative state. we can speak now to doctor mackenzie graham from the uehiro. doctor graham joins us now live via webcam from oxford, and we are very grateful for your time. webcam from oxford, and we are very gratefulforyourtime. do webcam from oxford, and we are very grateful for your time. do you welcome this ruling first of all? yes, i do. welcome this ruling first of all? yes, ido. i welcome this ruling first of all? yes, i do. ithink welcome this ruling first of all? yes, i do. i think this means that patients are no longer being forced to live. obviously, we don't want patients dying, when the latter is not consistent with their best interest, but obviously we need to consider the fact that in some cases being kept in life isn't the best

interest. interesting that this ruling seems to put the patient at the centre of this, which perhaps was not the case in the past, was it? that is the way it should be. in all of the regulation, the act that imposes the structure and these decisions, the patient‘s‘ best interests are at the centre. when families are making decisions, and when the courts are making decisions, the idea is to put the patient‘s best interest first. in that, i think this change makes it happen. i think it is a good change. i suppose some people might ask how it can be in the best interest of the patient to redraw food and water from them and cause them pain? the patient to redraw food and water from them and cause them pain7m isn't true —— it is important to remember that we're talking about patient in vegetative states. they are incapable of suffering. can we

be certain of that, sorry to interrupt? ok, so we can't be com pletely interrupt? ok, so we can't be completely certain that anybody in a persistent vegetative state, but the other thing that i was going to say was, with drawing someone from the ventilator can potentially cause them suffering, —— withdrawing. that is why we said a... having nutrition and hydration withdrawal is not a painful way to die. slowly being dehydrated does not cause a lot of suffering. there are things we can do to ease the potential discomfort. evenif do to ease the potential discomfort. even if these patients are semiconscious or minimally conscious, it is quite a stretch to think that we would —— they would be experiencing that in the same without we would. i think that is where people's fears come from, what

ifi where people's fears come from, what if i was preventing food and water, thatis if i was preventing food and water, that is not what it is like that these patients. we have got to leave it there, but we are really grateful for you talking to us, tonight. thank you. and attack on a venerable woman in suffolk. a group of teenagers threw eggs and flour over a woman, as you sitting on a park bench. there has been an angry reaction online, prompting a warning by police about vigilantes action. five boys have been arrested. you can still see the flowers stuck to the park bench. the lyc e that after a altercation, a group of teenage boys did this to a local woman in her 40s. they threw eggs and flour ever have.”

local woman in her 40s. they threw eggs and flour ever have. i felt sick when i saw the photograph. the whole state is embarrassed. we are now national news, and not for things. the ill treating a member of the public, with slight problems in our estate, in our homes and neighbourhoods. it is just dreadful. the boys posed for a picture. as the woman coward. it is not something that i want in our community. they have come to our youth club a couple of times, they seem like good lad, getting mixed up in bad stuff,. we are not naming the woman, she is vulnerable and is known to have mental health issues. while she was not physically hurt, she was deeply distressed. police have arrested five boys who live locally, but away

from the papers, their names and faces a re from the papers, their names and faces are now across social media. there are fears that they could face reprisals. this went viral when lots of facebook followers shared online. following fears of vigilante attacks, suffolk police told us: that an isolated attack has sparked such worldwide interest shows the power and pitfall of social media. when the boys next appear before police in august, it is hoped that cooler heads will prevail. bbc news, bury st edmunds. millions of people across england are unable to book an appointment with a gp outside of working hours — despite targets to offer extended access to doctors by october. analysis of official figures by the bbc shows that more than five million people — or 10% of registered patients — had no access to gps outside

of normal working hours. but it's a postcode lottery — giles latcham has this report from herefordshire, where all patients are able to access extended opening hours but only if you're able to travel to a special hub. so just relax, and just tense those quads for me. gp needs patient, a cornerstone of the nhs, but in herefordshire, this is an appointment you might have on a weekend, or weekday evening, this doctor helped set up the company which provide out of hours access to gps that the government promised patients four years ago. partly because we were one of the initial pilots that was incentivised to set the scheme up, before everybody else, we have got a bit of a run into it, but we are at 100%. in this sparsely populated county, how do you provide 100% access

to gps out of hours. in herefordshire, they have three hubs. one in herefordshire itself, offering evening and weekend appointments, others in ross on wye in the south, and leominster in the north. but if you live 15 miles away from hereford, in ledbury, for example, accessing out of hours doesn't feel so easy. i guess when you live in a kind of smaller towns like ledbury, you kind of expect to need to go a little further. you can't really expected. do you mind travelling out 20 minutes or so to have had to do that? well, no, if it necessary, it's necessary. i do drive, but i am at an age where i didn't like going into big cities. the chairman of a patients pressure group says that without a car, many in the elderly population to an out of hours hub. the difficulty in herefordshire assist access to it. it is a very rural county, with very poor public transport, and if people don't have their own transport, they are reliant on lift from friends or neighbours, they certainly wouldn't get there by bus. it depends, doesn't it? where you live and what your circumstances are, to what extent you can

access gps out of hours? it is, striking that balance between getting really good access, and not having to duplicate services in every town and village across the counties. the primary—care landscape is changing, but old financial constraints still apply, and one size does not fit all. the foreign secretary jeremy hunt has made news today because he got the nationality of his own wife wrong. jeremy hunt was on an official visit to china and talking to a room full of people including his chinese opposite number when he made the mistake. also, my wife is japanese. my wife is chinese, sorry. terrible mistake to make. laughter we spoke in japanese at the estate banquet, but my wife is chinese. the foreign secretary has in the past couple of hours tweeted his explanation of what happened. for culture and media

and was the driving force behind the advent of local tv. he hoped they would become "the glue that holds a community together". but the regulator, ofcom, has today halted the awarding of further licences — as some of the licences have channels faced financial difficulties and struggled to attract audiences. there are 13 locations where licenses are not going to be re—advertised. and since the iniative launched in 2013 although more than 30 local tv stations have been awarded licenses by ofcom. let's talk to caspar stewart, a broadcast research analyst from enders analysis.

good of you to come in, thanks. why has ofcom made this decision? as you noted, there were 47 locations where local tv was originally intended to be rolled out, and this has occurred in 3a of them. in each of these locations, the distribution infrastructure needed to broadcast local tv channel needed to be built. originally, this task was awarded to a company owned by the local tv broadcasters, but primarily, funded by the bbc who spent some 25 million on the scheme. this bbc funding has now continental, which means that if there is any further expansion expansion of the local tv, it would need to be paid for by the broadcasters, themselves, and ofcom considered that this would be a financial burden, which is too unreasonable to ask them to have. so the bottom line is, the broadcasters can't set up channels, what, without

bbcfunding? can't set up channels, what, without bbc funding? in theory, they could, have the capital expenditure required to expand to a new area, could range from anywhere between 100,000, and 700,000, perhaps. with operational costs between 30 and 80 million, sorry, 30 and 80,000, every single year. this will probably be beyond most local tv broadcasters to afford. busy there is vast differences in terms of their revenue streams, but since it needs to be funded by a collective, it could prove a killing blow. you are giving me lots of numbers to get my head round, here, but looking more broadly at the experiment of local tv, how successful do you think it has been? because anecdotal evidence amongst people i know is that not necessarily many people are watching the stations. there is a lot of anecdotal evidence, and there is a lot of hearsay about whether people are watching, but the truth is that nobody really understands what's going on. there are not reliable

doing figures the most stations, and there is question over the wider public goals thatjeremy hunt set out. on the other hand, financials performance, the industry spends twice as much as it brings in every year, and even that income, about 2596 year, and even that income, about 25% of it comes from the bbc. so not great. local tv 25% of it comes from the bbc. so not great. localtv stations 25% of it comes from the bbc. so not great. local tv stations worked really well in america, did they? and i think they were the model really, whenjeremy and i think they were the model really, when jeremy hunt first and i think they were the model really, whenjeremy hunt first set this up, why does it not work here in the same way? lots of reasons, but one core reason is that news provision in the uk works very differently to how it is in the us. in uk, you have strong free broadcasters, such as the bbc, a lot of news will be on cable paid channels in the us. equally, the uk is very strong broadcasting standards that allow for the kind of sensationalised news that drives

hiring agement frequency viewing in the us. thank you very much. we have got to leave it there. twenty20. -- thank you very much. the uk is to lose its command of the eu naval task force set up to combat piracy off the coast of somalia. is the headquaters of eu navfor — which has been based at northwood in north london — will move to spain — with some elements of the operation also moving to brest in france. it follows a decision by the european council to move the headquarters, because of the uk's decision to leave the eu. shocking footage has emerged of a man hitting a woman in the face in central paris when she told him to stop harassing her. the victim — 22—year old marie laguerre — has shared this video of the the incident which has since gone viral on facebook. it happened last tuesday outside a cafe in the north east of the city. prosecutors in paris have responded to the attack on miss laguerre by opening an inquiry into sexual harassment, although the man has yet to be found. the headlines on bbc news:

the supreme court rules legal permission will not be needed to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state. trying to get back on track, after months of passenger misery, northern rail reinstates most of its cancelled trains. the polls have closed as millions vote in zimbabwes first presidential election since robert maugabe was overthrown last year. more than four million people in india's north—east state of assam stand to be stripped of their citizenship after they were omitted from a list of recognised voters. india's hindu—nationalist government says they are merely trying to root out illegal migrants. but human rights campaigners believe the government is actually trying to disenfranchise, or even deport, assam's muslim minority. joe miller reports. sumato bano, atab ali and shahida khatun

have always called india home. but now they and dozens of their fellow villagers expect to lose the citizenship they thought was theirs by birth. they fear their land, voting rights and freedom will be next. schoolteacher hasitun is now the sole provider for herfour children. her husband, suspected of being a foreigner, is already behind bars. a target, she says, of a witchhunt against her bengali muslim community. translation: this is our country. i grew up here, i studied here, i got married here, i have land here. how come we are not indians? authorities claim settlers from nearby bangladesh are enmeshed in assam's bengali population,

hiding in plain sight, often with forged papers. to help pinpoint them, all 32 million inhabitants of the state have been forced to produce documents proving that their assamese roots go back to before 1971. but record—keeping in remote areas is patchy, and human rights groups are crying foul. the government says that assam is in danger of being overrun with illegal bangladeshi migrants. but, strangely, no—one can tell us where they are, how many of them there are, or what fate awaits them. all they say is they come here to exploit this vast, fertile landscape. some say as many as 5 million have crossed the porous border into assam and are skewing local elections. but muslim activists say these numbers are deliberately exaggerated tojustify a hindu nationalist agenda, with chilling echoes of a crisis not too far away. translation: it is nothing but

a conspiracy to commit atrocities. they are openly threatening to get rid of muslims. what happened to the rohingyas in myanmar could happen to us here. such fears have been exacerbated by prime minister narendra modi, who pledged to deport bangladeshi "intruders" unless they were hindus. in assam, a fellow party member is clear about his intentions. everybody will be given the right to prove their citizenship, but if they fail to do so, well, the legal system will take its own course. you are saying these people will be expelled? yes. for now, bengali river communities are staying put, hoping hostility towards them subsides after next year's national elections. hasitun says they have always lived peacefully

alongside their hindu neighbours, but now she fears bad news is on its way. joe miller, bbc news, assam. landmarks across wales were lit up in yellow last night to celebrate cyclist geraint thomas' tour de france win. discussions about how to mark the double olympic gold medallist‘s achievement are underway in cardiff, but the champion says he doesn't expect all this to change him. from the welsh capital, sian lloyd reports. the city waiting for geraint thomas to come home. flags have gone up at cardiff castle, behind the scenes, plans are being made to give him a hero's welcome. i am not from wales, and moved here recently, but am really proud of him. it is great for wales, getting recognition at everything, but i haven't seen many things to celebrate it as much in cardiff in the cities so i would like to see

some more hyped up things read.|j think it is amazing that geraint thomas has won the tour de france. it inspires little kids to get onto their bikes. i was watching the tour de france, and want to know when is he coming back to cardiff, geraint thomas? we don't know, but when we do, we will let you know. ok, thank you. some lucky fans got to meet him immediately after his win in power. ervine this is something that... enjoys night and the next few weeks, and everybody getting back to wales and everybody getting back to wales and seeing everyone. so proud and so excited. i did think he recovers basiljazzjust done. he doesn't understand that he has got the whole of wales behind him. at home, they are talking about building a legacy on the back of geraint thomas's win. over the past four years, there has been an interest in greece in people

joining cycling clubs, but that has not translated into people using bikes more every day. there is a gold postboxes celebrate the olympic triumphs, but now there is more ambitious plans. we want to put in place high—quality cycling lanes and infrastructure, so that everybody has a chance of cycle in cardiff, not just the champions. that has a chance of cycle in cardiff, notjust the champions. that goal will take some time to achieve, but both this city and its cyclists want to welcome geraint thomas and the yellow jersey, home. to welcome geraint thomas and the yellowjersey, home. bbc news, cardiff. karl lagerfeld, giorgio armani and donna karan are among the most famous fashion designers in the world. but ian griffiths? the chances are you have never heard of him. yet the former punk rocker heads up max mara — one of the largest luxury fashion brands. the italian company also has one of the biggest fashion archives in europe. it's not open to the public, but our i've been along to have a look. chic, sleek and sophisticated, max mara is best known

for its classic camel coats. from the runway to royalty, it's worn by some of the most famous women in the world. max mara nel cuore. the company was founded in 1951 in reggio emilia, a place better known for its parmesan cheese. its factories are still based in the town. they produce a50 coats a day here, contributing to an annual turnover of £1.3 billion. meet ian griffiths. he is the creative brains behind the brand. an influential designer, he prefers life behind the scenes, but he's been at the company for more than three decades. this coat is quite a special one for me because it was my first coat for max mara. and he's taking me on a tour of the company's own secret wardrobe. this was bought in new york. it's from 1910 or 1920.

this is an original balenciaga coat and we've used it time and time again for inspiration for different collections. the archive is crammed with fashion magazines, sketches and boxes of fabric samples. this archive plunges you into the heart of fashion history. there are 30,000 individual items of clothing here, rails upon rails of them, and notjust by max mara but by other famous fashion designers as well. have a look at this coat by yves saint laurent which belonged to the actress audrey hepburn. this coat belonged to coco chanel and was worn by coco chanel. and here's an evening dress byjeanne lanvin from the 1930s, found in a fleamarket. fashion is a bit of an underdog. it tends to disregard itself a little. so much of what we do gets thrown

away but we believe in preserving that culture because in the future it becomes interesting or even valuable. ian griffiths first became interested in fashion living in manchester in the 1980s. he was a punk, partying in nightclubs and designing his own clothes. you're talking to the guy who used to walk around manchester wearing a wedding veil for normal day wear. 35 years ago there i was making clothing for myself and my mates to go clubbing out of lining material, and now here i am at max mara with 31 years behind me. and he's already working with his design team on the next collection, inspired by the archive, proving how the past helps fashion face the future. rebecca jones, bbc news, reggio emilia. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello, there. a dry day

comparatively weekend across the country, but these dark looming clouds not too far with some of you. some got quite a lively downpour, here and now. showers a little bit lighter, but still some around, low pressure still close by. still can't of cloud attended to push their way injuring the next few days. we have gotten heavy rain across eastern scotla nd gotten heavy rain across eastern scotland at the moment, that will become confined to shetland over the night. if you showers us by filling away, and then returning to southern counties, later on. single figures temperatures in the countryside, another mild one towards the south, and that early risers in southeast and that early risers in southeast and east anglia, you might see a brief spell of heavy rain, first thing. one or more isolated showers, best of sunshine will be in the morning for most of you. cloud increasing through the afternoon, and the breeze will pick up, not at the level is the weekend, but close gale force in some areas of scotland. one or two light showers

in the west tomorrow afternoon, particular cross central and western scotland, northern ireland will be fairly cloudy. temperatures in the teens, but some breaks in a cloud, north—east scotland could get up to 20 degrees. low—carbon brass northern england, same the sun western areas, but fair amount of sunshine across the wales, midlands, southern england, and averages into the mid—20s as high pressure starts to build a little bit. as we go through tuesday to wednesday, a fresher night against the many, but late in the day, whether france tried to push their way in. it will thicken the cloud up in northern ireland to produce some aspects of rainfor ireland to produce some aspects of rain for the day isn't really out. ferrying amounts of clouds, some good sunny spells, one or isolated showers, mostly dry on wednesday, and averages creeping up more widely into the 20s, maybe high 20s towards the corner. second half of the week, we are going to see atlantic air still influencing things was the north—west, some occasional rain,

and a bit of a continental field will be self. whilst the north and west sees more cloud, chance of more showers, dry and sunny the further south and east you are, to which is coming back to about 30 degrees by the end of the week, by the end of the end of the week, by the end of the week, we could see highs around 33 in the south, goodbye for now. this is bbc news. i'm rebecca jones. the headlines at 8pm. families and doctors will no longer need to go to court, if they agree to end the life of a patient, in a persistent vegetiative state. northern rail reinstated most of the services it suspended after a new timetable led to severe problems, but passengers still face more cancellations. votes are being counted in zimbabwe's first presidential and parliamentary elections since robert mugabe was ousted. it's been over four years since malaysian airlines flight mh370 dissapea red. today investigators released a report into what remains one of the greatest mysteries of the modern age. one of the largest luxury fashion brands opens its doors to us,

as we take an exclusive look at max mara's archives.