eu leaders tell the prime minister that her chequers brexit plan will not work. theresa may went to salzburg hoping for support for her proposals. but the response was clear. the suggested framework for economic cooporation will not work, not least because it risks undermining the single market. if there are concerns from the european union let's hear what those concerns and let's sit down and look at those concerns. but what we need to ensure is that at the end of the day the deal that comes out of this is one that for the is one that delivers for the british people. no breakthrough, instead of breakdown, theresa may goes home, her attempts to sell her vital deal fall flat. we'll be assessing just how much trouble the prime minister is in both at home and abroad. also tonight. thousands of cancellations and chaos on the railways over the summer — an investigation concludes the problem was that nobody took charge. the westminster bridge attacker — khalid masood — his mother tells

the inquests into the deaths of his victims that she is ashamed of him. councils in england warn that the worst is yet to come for cuts to many services — including children's — unless the government intervenes. then and now — 100 years after stonehenge was donated to the nation, members of the public are invited to recreate their photos taken decades ago. and coming up on bbc news. we'll have the latest on arsenal as they open their european campaign in ukraine. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has failed to get eu leaders to back her so—called chequers plan for brexit.

at the end of a two—day summit in austria, theresa may was told a crucial part of it — the proposed new economic partnership with the eu — would not work. the head of the european council, donald tusk, said her plans risked undermining the eu's single market. but the prime minister said her proposals were the "only serious credible" way to avoid a hard border in the northern ireland. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports from salzburg. following her every move, every step matters. in this spectacle, neither side wants to budge. there is no progress, there is only position explained, stand—off still is in place. as long as there is no deal there is a risk of no deal. but i think we all want to work towards a deal. i still think it is

achievable. she'd hoped for more thanjokey small talk. achievable. she'd hoped for more than jokey small talk. the achievable. she'd hoped for more thanjokey small talk. the prime minister wanted at least a polite reception for her brexit compromise. the so—called checkers plan. but they just don't like her the so—called checkers plan. but theyjust don't like her idea to keep part of the economy close to the eu and to try to preserve the border between ireland and northern ireland as it is. don't doubt this is one against 27. translation: from the german chancellor, polite rebuff, substantial progress is needed. the french president said the proposals were not acceptable. and those who said britain could leave easily were liars. and then from the boss of the european leaders club, few words about a promising start or

interesting idea, the uk plan will not stand. everybody shared the view that while there are positive elements in the checkers proposal, the suggested framework for economic cooperation will not work. how could she walk back from that rejection? remember, many in her party at home hate her brexit plan too. theresa may could not pretend this afternoon that nothing had changed. instead, she was ci’oss nothing had changed. instead, she was cross and frustrated. our white paper remains the only serious and credible proposition on the table. so with the eu against your plan, with large chunks of your party at home against your plan, how can you credibly cling onto the deal you struck at chequers with your cabinet? look, i'm negotiating and negotiating hard in the interests of the british people. yes, concerns have been raised, i want to know what those concerns are. there is a

lot of hard work to be done but i believe there is a willingness to do a deal. but let nobody be in any doubt that as i've always said, we are preparing for no deal. have the chances for no dealjust gone up? we are continuing to work for a good deal. i think he will have heard both president donald tusk and a number of the eu leaders say they are looking and hoping and working to that good deal. but there is a lot of work to be done. it certainly is, prime minister. more heat from rival forces trying to force her to ditch her plan. it's looking very clear that it will be very, very difficult to deliver a checkers strategy that will meet their requirements, so it's time for a reset and time for a rethink. the prime minister can't and won't step away from her proposals yet. but the choreography of doing the deal today has gone badly wrong.

there is plenty of evidence they all wa nt to there is plenty of evidence they all want to do a deal but much less proof that they actually can. and it's not dramatic to say that howard theresa may can resolve her differences with the rest of her cou nterpa rts differences with the rest of her counterparts from the continent will have an effect on how we all live oui’ have an effect on how we all live our lives for years and years to come. the uk is on its way out of this club but theresa may is finding this club but theresa may is finding this a long and lonely way out. and remember this is the most important thing, policy, project, that theresa may is trying to achieve and it will have where it ends upa achieve and it will have where it ends up a huge impact on all of our lives. now, the rejection from eu leaders was not what no 10 was expecting and the really tricky thing is it is notjust the eu that doesn't like it, big chunks of her party at home don't like it, labour and the other opposition parties don't like it, so you have to ask

the question now, who is actually going to stand up for her proposals apart from theresa may who feels very lonely tonight? of course, in negotiations there is always an element of huffing and puffing but no leader wants to be running short of breath at such a vital time. laura kuenssberg, thank you. our europe editor katya adler. where do we go from here?! where do we go from here? . two major sticking points for the eu on the checkers deal, theresa may's economic proposals in her checkers brexit plan for a new trading relationship between the eu and uk after brexit and number two, how to avoid a hard border between northern ireland and the rest of ireland? this is not at all new, this has long been the case and much to downing street's disappointment eu leaders are downing street's disappointment eu leaders a re pretty downing street's disappointment eu leaders are pretty much united around that but, sophie, they are also united about another thing and

thatis also united about another thing and that is wanting a successful brexit deal this autumn. the alternative is costly for european businesses, not just in the uk. so leaders came to the summit in order to support theresa may with words for her checkers proposal about aspects they do like like security. we had that. they also talked about the needs for concessions on both sides in these negotiations. but theresa may came here with a hard uncompromising line on northern ireland and her checkers plan and the eu absolutely matched it giving a sense that this autumn will be very fraught in the negotiations. but if we take a step back and take a look at it from a slightly different, if perhaps cynical side, it also suits the uk and the eu for that to be the public perception, so if indeed there is a brexit deal later this autumn the impression will be backed it was hard—fought impression will be backed it was hard —fought and impression will be backed it was hard—fought and hard—won. impression will be backed it was hard-fought and hard-won. katya adler, in austria, thank you. an investigation into the weeks of chaos and thousands of cancellations across the rail network in may has concluded that nobody took charge. the report from the office of rail and road found there was a lack of clarity

about roles and responsibilities. but the transport secretary chris grayling has denied any responsibility. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. the big—money upgrade to our railway. passengers will benefit further down the line. but in may it was the cause of major disruption. the work in lancashire by publicly owned network rail got way behind schedule and messed up plans for new timetables. hundreds of trains cancelled on northern rail each day meant misery for passengers. it shattered their trust. liz peet has now altered her commute. since a couple of weeks ago i've had to change my route, so i now get the bus into stockport and get the train from stockport. i just can't rely on the service.

today, the rail regulator said the problems on northern and on govia thameslink demonstrated a complete lack of leadership. when things started to go wrong neither train companies nor network rail, nor the government took control. myjob is now to make sure we have a better way going forward. your critics call you failing grayling. given the record there is some truth in that. what we've done in the last couple of years is to proceed with an investment programme and in many parts of the country it is making a real difference. it didn't make a difference in the areas it was supposed to this summer. on the gtr network and northern we've got to make sure that doesn't happen again. today the government also launched a review of the entire rail system and those who speak for the rail operators say it needs to be bold. we know we've had a bad summer, we know we've got to improve, we know we've got to change. the industry's got a long—term plan to deal with that. plan to do with that. we're saying to government, "please work with us.

let's try and do this once—in—a—generation reform to make the system work for passengers and the economy." old infrastructure is being rooted out to modernise the network. the work on this line alone linking manchester and preston has taken years and has cost the taxpayer nearly £500 million. but for passengers it will mean that ancient diesel trains can be phased out and replaced by faster, more reliable electric models. but the work on the bolton corridor which was the root cause of problems in may shows the dilemma. britain's rail network needs improving but if upgrades cause too much disruption theyjeopardise the confidence of passengers. managing that balance is key. sophie, in the wake of all these problems there is an emerging consensus that the rail system we have today isn't fit for purpose. you only have to talk about dummett to people arriving at bedford tonight who know all too well how badly things can go wrong. industry

sources are basically saying the review from the government over the course of the next year needs to be far—reaching and bold and look at issues like more regional control of the railways, kroos relationship between the management of the track and trains and whether there needs to another body or person overseeing everything to ensure passengers get a decent service —— closer relationship between the management of the track and trains. tom burridge, thank you. the mother of the westminster bridge attacker has told an inquest that she is "utterly ashamed" by what he did. khalid masood killed four people when he drove a car at pedestrians on westminster bridge in march last year. he then stabbed a police officer to death outside parliament. our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports. in the days before the westminster bridge attack khalid masood was seen laughing and joking with a hotel receptionist. but today his family described a darker more violent man. his mother had worried he would kill someone in a drunken fight. he'd spent two periods in prison for knife offences, and during that time he'd converted to islam. then the violence stopped but an interest in extremism began. the court heard a recording

of him arguing with his wife criticising her for not supporting so—called islamic state. i never hear you say there's any good in the isis. i never hear you say that any of their people might be sincere and genuine muslims, sunnis. i never hear you say, "well, at least they're fighting against the shia, they're doing some good." today in court his wife spoke directly to relatives of the people he killed. "i'm sorry that i was not more vigilant," she said. "he made me to trust him and i have no reason to doubt him." his motherjanet ajao then recalled his last visit to her in rural wales five days before the attack and the last thing he said. "he just looked at me and said, "they'll say i'm a terrorist but i'm not."" "it sounds ridiculous now as i say this but at the time itjust seemed, "what is he talking about?"" on the day of the attack she saw the ten o'clock news and then she realised.

"as soon as i saw the body ijust knew and it made sense to me what he had said as he was leaving." janet ajao cried in court as she remembered an e—mail khalid masood had sent her in 2013 in which he'd complained about not feeling part of the family when he was growing up. "the upbringing lacked expressions of love or affection," he wrote to his mother. "to be honest, it seemed like a pretty cold and dull existence." in the minutes before khalid masood killed five people in westminster, he sent this picture to his wife and friends. it was him in mecca on a pilgrimage a few years earlier. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. the time is 6:15pm. our top story this evening: eu leaders tell the prime minister that her chequers brexit plan will not work — mrs may says if there isn't an agreement acceptable to the uk, there will be no deal. still to come: campaigners for clean sport react angrily after the world anti—doping agency lifts its ban on russia for state—sponsored cheating.

coming up on sportsday on bbc news: trying times for danny cipriani — in good form, but he can't find a place in the england rugby squad. libraries, youth clubs, transport, public health — unless the government intervenes, the worst is yet to come for such services as councils are forced to make more cuts. that's the warning from the county councils network, which represents 36 larger authorities in england. it says councils have already identified £1 billion worth of cuts which will have to be made by february 2020. they'll include spending less on highways and transport, public health services and children's services. the government insists the cuts will strike a balance between relieving pressure on local government and ensuring taxpayers don't face excessive bills.

our social affairs correspondent alison holt reports. choose which one we want. it's families like the finches who know all too well how difficult it is to get help from many local authorities when you face a crisis. aged eight, adam was diagnosed with brain and spinal cancer. that has such an impact on family life. it feels like a grenade has just been thrown into your family and just shattered it all over the place. they were really struggling, but their council, like many others, has reduced early family support. she worries about today's warning of more cuts. in the current climate that we're living in with such uncertainty, austerity, cuts to local governments, it's had a great impact on all services that are provided to support families. as a parent of a child who has been through a chronic illness and will still continue to need a great deal of support,

both physically and emotionally, to be quite frank with you, it's terrifying — going further on into the future. a charity now provides them with vital day—to—day help. how are things going with school? and it's had a 12% rise in families asking for support this year, with cuts to council services a key reason. i've spoken to families where they literally have nowhere else to go, nowhere else to turn to. and families such as those, we do not to see this families leading into a crisis situation and there's pressure on everyone, there's pressure on the whole system. part of the problem for councils is the unprecedented demand for services for the most vulnerable children. this year, the 36 largest authorities in england face a £264 million overspend on that support alone. and they predict there'll be a 10% overspend next year. lincolnshire is one of the county

councils warning that without extra money, there'll be unpalatable cuts to spending on roads, buses and children's centres like this one — if it's to meet its legal duty to protect children and adults with the highest needs. if the government doesn't actually give us additional resources, in a few years' time, i'm not confident as a council leader that we will be operating in a safe mannerfor the public of this county. the government says councils will be provided with more than £90 billion over the next two years, and that they make their own financial decisions. alison holt, bbc news. the chief executive of the prison and probation service, michael spurr, has been told to stand down amid a surge in violence, drug—taking and self—harm in jails across england and wales. michael spurr has been in charge for almost nine years. the ministry ofjustice has announced that he'll leave his role at the end of march 2019. the world anti—doping agency has lifted its suspension on russia,

imposed three years ago after accusations of widespread, state—sponsored drugs cheating in sport. it means russia will again be free to test its own athletes, and may pave the way for their return to international competition. let's speak to our sports editor, dan roan. this decision has provoked a lot of criticism. yes, it's been described asa criticism. yes, it's been described as a devastating blow to clean athletes by the head of the us anti—doping agency. this is one of the most controversial decisions reached by wada, defying an unprecedented outcry from athletes and figures in the anti—doping community. russia was published three years ago for a state—sponsored doping scandal and we re state—sponsored doping scandal and were found to have sabotaged events like the london 2012 games across 1000 athletes but this ruling means

it can test its own athletes, bid for events, its track and field team will be back to full strength soon under its national flag. will be back to full strength soon under its nationalflag. earlier this week the bbc revealed that one of wada's figures had offered a compromise deal with russia, that enraged many athletes but wada insists the deal still means if russia doesn't provide key samples from its moscow lab at the end of the year, it could be deemed noncompliant against that many now feel that wada's independence and integrity has been irreparably damaged. engineers in scotland have been struggling to restore power to some 5000 homes. their efforts have been hampered by a number of trees felled

by the wind. all this week we're looking at some of the questions being asked about brexit and what it will mean for the uk, withjust over six months to go before the uk leaves the european union. tonight, our economics editor, kamal ahmed, looks at how it will afffect the economy for all of us. will it definitely happen? how will trade work after brexit? what will brexit mean for the union? will we be richer or poorer? the economy is a complicated beast with many moving parts and our relationship with the rest of the european union and our trade with the rest of the world are just two of those moving parts. so the first point is — keep things in perspective. and the second point is — the size and health of the economy in the future depends on the size and health of the economy now, and our decision to leave the eu has certainly affected that. the question is why. first, uncertainty. firms tend to invest less, tend to look for fewer new opportunities if the future is unclear.

and then, the return of the income squeeze. after the referendum the value of the pound fell, which meant prices rose. that's because we just have to spend more money importing all the billions of pounds' worth of food and fuel that we need. if consumers are earning less, they tend to spend less in the shops and how much of our economy is driven by consumer spending? about two thirds. the effect on the economy of these two brakes is pretty clear. before the referendum the uk economy was growing at the fastest rate compared to our competitors like france and germany. now we are languishing somewhere behind them in the league tables and the economy is smaller than it was forecast to be before the referendum. in the short term the overwhelming majority of economists believe that whatever our deal with the european union, it will be negative in pounds and pence for britain.

trade with the eu, our biggest trading partner, will become more complicated, and no deal, economically, the forecasters say it will be the worst outcome of all. when the british people voted last june, they did not vote to become poorer 01’ less secure. brexit, richer or poorer — well, that might depend more on how good our schools are, how strong our entrepreneurs, how much politicians do to support working people. the longer term is a fickle beast. the famous economist john maynard keynes once said, in the long run, we're all dead. of course we can flourish outside the european union. whether we do will be up to us. kamal ahmed there. we'll carry on looking at other key brexit questions tomorrow, and you can watch the series

so far on the bbc iplayer. just click on the news category. they went to stonehenge decades ago, now they've returned to the world—famous monument years later to recreate photos that were taken. english heritage has asked members of the public to share their old pictures of stonehenge to celebrate a century since it was given to the nation. the neolithic site was donated by a local lawyer who'd bought it at an auction in 1915. duncan kennedy reports. he's taking one. she's getting hers. and she's not leaving without one. photographs, millions of them, taken on this extraordinary monument, and now this monument wants yours. bob heyhoe came as a teenager in 1960 and returned again this year to the exact same spot. sue lane was just four when she walked among the stones in 1966 and also came back to the same place. whilst jane vellender was a little girl in the late 19605

on a visit from bristol, and today she came back in person as well, to the very same stone, all tojoin in a new project sharing personal memories of stonehenge, 100 years after the site was gifted to the nation. i was about five and i vividly remember coming here and being wowed by how big the stones were and how old, even though i was only little. the project wants any photo from anyone from anywhere at stonehenge. stonehenge has about 1.5 million tourists a year and everybody takes a photograph. with this new project it doesn't matter how old the photograph is, or whether the picture's black and white or colour, the aim remains the same — to personalise this ancient monument. a digital photo album is a great

way to create almost a national photo album of stonehenge. archaeology meets photography in a unique digital album set in stone. duncan kennedy, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. another storm on the way? another storm on the way? a different day, a different storm could cause issues in the next few hours, some torrential rain around at the moment but the real cause for concern is that we could have squally, damaging winds, all tied into this area of low pressure which grinds to a halt through the night and it's on the southern flank we could see those winds picking up. let's get back to the rain, in the last few hours we had this pulse of wet weather through wales, not moving far as it sits to the north of england and we have already seen

over an inch of rain, another inch to come so pretty miserable on the roads in the next few hours, it will start to drift steadily eastwards overnight, but it will take its time and then we see us going —— a squeeze in the winds across the midlands, 50 or 60 mph cuts of winds first thing tomorrow along the channel coast. it will start tomorrow on a windy and wet note but the rain eases away, the winds will ease down but coming from the north west, you will notice a different feel in the weather, sunny spells and scattered showers for most of us into the afternoon, top temperatures of 11 into the afternoon, top temperatures of11— into the afternoon, top temperatures of 11 - 18, into the afternoon, top temperatures of 11 — 18, so into the afternoon, top temperatures of11—18,soa into the afternoon, top temperatures of 11 — 18, so a noticeable drop in the south—east. a chilly start to saturday due to this chilly start,

saturday due to this chilly start, saturday looks quite promising to begin with and there will be some dry weather, it will feel cool for many of us and eventually we will have some wet and windy weather in the south west. potentially another storm in the second half of the weekend. a reminder of our top story: eu leaders tell the prime minister her attackers brexit plan will not work but the prime minister says if there isn't an agreement acceptable to the uk, there will be no deal. that's all from the bbc news at six. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: in a blow to the prime minister, the head of the european council has told theresa may that her plans for brexit "won't work".

everybody shared the view that while there are positive elements in the chequers proposal, the suggested framework for economic cooperation will not work. but the prime minister inisits her plan is the only one to ensure the integrity of the uk and frictionless trade. there's a lot of work to be done, and we will be doing that, obviously, over the next few weeks. and what will continue to drive me will be delivering for the british people. thousands of cancellations and chaos on the railways over the summer — an investigation concludes the problem was that nobody took charge. three people are thought to have been killed, and at least two others wounded, after a gunman opened fire at an industrial unit in the us state of maryland.