the prime minister arrives in brussels at the start of a crucial summit on brexit. she'll address eu leaders tonight. as theresa may walked into the talks, she said a brexit deal was still achievable and now was the time to make it happen. by working intensively over the next days and weeks, i believe we can achieve a deal, a deal i believe everybody wants and a deal that is in the interests notjust of the uk but also of the european union. we're live in brussels as the summit gets underway. also tonight... chaos as trains in and out of paddington, one of the country's busiest stations, are halted after power cables are brought down while testing out new trains. celebrations in lancashire as three menjailed following an anti—fracking protest are released after a judge says the sentence was excessive. just eat is facing serious questions over the hygiene standards of some of the takeaways on its website. as far as the local council is concerned, this gets a zero hygiene rating. but onjust eat it gets four stars.

and the wembley sale is off after the owner of fulham football club withdraws his bid to buy the stadium from the fa. and coming up on bbc news, rain ruins play but england's latest odi is underway in soggy sri lanka. we'll have the latest. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. theresa may has arrived in brussels this evening at the start of crucial summit where she will meet eu leaders and try to persuade them to back her brexit strategy. as she walked into the talks, the prime minister said she believed a deal is achievable and that now is the time to make it happen. negotiations broke down

at the weekend over the main sticking point — the issue of the irish border. effectively anna jones policy to guarantee no return to border checks with the irish republic —— effectively a guarantee. she alone can't set the pace, the prime minister has to get brexit moving again but does she have anything tucked away that can take the talks off pause? not that she is ready to tell us. there is still the question of the northern irish backs. but i believe everybody wants a deal and by working intensively and closely we can achieve that deal. i believe it is achievable and now is the time to make it happen. the eu leaders are happy to press the flesh. what more can the prior minister tell you? by what they want are new answers from theresa may. another way round brexit‘s biggest

obstacle, how to manage the irish border after departure. brussels is farfrom border after departure. brussels is far from convinced the border after departure. brussels is farfrom convinced the uk's border after departure. brussels is far from convinced the uk's way of avoiding going back to the borders of the past can work. ireland outfront it is unresolved. but a weight around the problem be more time? a longer transition period after brexit? we are willing to hear any proposals that might help to bring about a solution and i think a lot of us feel that negotiating a new economic and security relationship between the eu and uk within two years would be a real challenge. the urgent task for the prime minister is to persuade them to start talking again. there was a hint from a powerful voice that the conversation is not over. angela merkel said there is no breakthrough but we have to keep talking. the chance of a deal is still there. questions do the prime

minister. at home there were plenty of helpful suggestions of what the prime minister could say. 1820 brexit questions from all sides. prime minister, go to brussels and act in the interests of all citizens across the uk. could i ask my right honourable friend to impress upon oui’ honourable friend to impress upon our european friends first that the eu may not break apart the union of the united kingdom and second that after we have left the eu, they may not direct how we regulate our economy and govern ourselves. next time shroud waving eu negotiators claim a hard border is necessary on the island of ireland, will she kindly ask them who would actually construct it? she can continue to but the tory party's interests first or she can listen to unions, businesses, and put the interests of the people of britain first. which

is it to be? labour can play politics, the conservatives delivered that the people of this country. it is in this slightly psychedelic room that theresa may has the chance to get this vital process back on track. tonight she can look her fellow leaders in the eye and appeal to them and not to crash this crucial process before it has had a chance to come to an end. and with the talks stalled, getting the negotiations back up and running is the goal but if the prime minister cannot get this room on the side, what chance of a final deal? her counterparts are not quite with her, not quite against her, but theresa may might well wonder if, right now, anybody is truly on her side. so as the summit gets underway, let's just take stock of where we are right now. the uk is due to leave the eu on march 29th next year. but, in order to avoid leaving

without a deal, britain first needs to secure a withdrawal agreement that covers, amongst other things, the rights of citizens, how much the uk owes the eu, and, crucially, the issue of the irish border. and this is where the so—called irish border backstop comes in. it's an insurance policy to make sure that, whatever happens, there will be no border checks in future. but so far the uk and brussels have been unable to agree on the precise terms. and because of that, the withdrawal agreement won't be approved. and that is just the start of it. because there's the whole future relationship between the uk and the eu that still needs to be agreed. let's speak to our europe editor, katya adler. a big moment and a big summit and the prime minister sounded fairly upbeat as she arrived but does she have reason to be? she is certainly hoping so and in a few moments she

will be turning that hard, positive brexit cell on the 27 eu leaders here at this summit. you another chance to talk to them about brexit. she will be asked to leave the room while they discussed the state of play amongst themselves. two things to remember, firstly, this october eu leaders summit until not long ago had been supposed to be the summit where the leaders signed off a finalised brexit deal but clearly we are nowhere near that at the moment and the timeline seems continuously to be slipping, possibly until the end of the year. you mentioned there we re end of the year. you mentioned there were still a few obstacles to overcome, particularly over the irish border. the other thing to bearin irish border. the other thing to bear in mind is that the prime minister and all those other 27 national leaders want a deal because if the uk leaves the ute euro without one, it would be costly and chaotic for both sides. —— leaves the eu. the will is there but the

politics, particularly in the uk, is a lot more, but they did and it is that which makes the future that much harder to predict. thank you. if you're unsure about the various terms surrounding brexit, then you can go to the bbc news website and look for the brexit jargon—buster — your guide to all the key terms. tens of thousands of rail passengers across large parts of england and wales have had their journies cancelled or severely delayed today after a section of power cables was badly damaged last night as tests were carried out on a new type of train. services into and out of london paddington — one of the country's busiest stations — were brought to a complete halt, causing chaos and major disruption, as our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. a wall of passengers inching towards the few trains that ran. then an early—morning squeeze from reading into london. it still felt like a rush—hour here mid—morning.

a bit of a nightmare. i think i started at half seven this morning from molesey. got to london, then found out they were cancelled. had to change at waterloo and now i've come on but the train i came in on was delayed a lot as well, i think because of the lines. it'sjust been hell and i'm just thinking, why on earth don't we renationalise the trains? that's what i'm thinking. passengers perplexed... frustrated... seeking answers. rejigging journeys took time. this man is currently five minutes late for a job interview in cardiff. i've been standing here for just under an hour, with three different times and then... oh, it's now come up as cancelled, after being delayed for the last half an hour. would it make you think about getting the train again? it will, yes. this is why i often don't travel by train and drive.

when a section of the line goes down, there's obviously major disruption between two cities like bristol and london, but the knock—on effect on the rest of the network is vast. 0ther trains have to be rescheduled, cancelled and, of course, delayed. disruption began last night. getting home to cardiff became an ordeal. i tried to get out of reading last night at half past eight. ended up having to stay in reading in a hotel, four miles outside. 134 quid later... so yeah... i'm going home! the problem started when a train similar to these hitachi models was being tested. an investigation must now work out how the high—speed train collided with and wrecked half a kilometre of overhead electric cabling. paddington at times almost a ghost station today. that line is a massively important piece of railway for everybody on great western but also heathrow

express and tfl as as freight trains soa express and tfl as as freight trains so a huge operation to get it resolved. where are you heading to? bristol, i'm a bit late. back in reading, more services moving as the day went on. but the rail network across west england and south wales is by no means back on track. first great western has managed to run in reduced timetable in the latter half of today but network well, which runs and manages the track, says that tonight significant repairs are still needed on that long stretch of electric cabling outside london so the disruption, widespread and the beer widespread and severe all—day, will continue to and severe all—day, will continue to a less extent tomorrow. thank you. almost 200,000 people on sickness benefits will be receive backpayments of around £5,000 after the government admitted miscalculating how much they were due. the error, involving people who receive employment and support allowance,

will cost more than £1.5 billion. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan is here. that's quite a miscalculation. it isa it is a massive ms cartlidge and it occurred when people were moved onto the main allowance —— miscalculation. effectively what happened is officials miscalculated how much these people were due to date we found out the cost of it. 180,000 people were underpaid and they will get an average back payment of £5,000 which will bring the compensation total to just under £1 billion. because they have now been properly assessed for benefit, officials can collated they will have an extra £700 million in ongoing benefit costs over the next six years which brings the total compensation cost to £1.67 billion

and that is the ball you add in the cost of 800 civil servants working on making this error go away. ministers say everybody will be compensated but fair to say it is a shambles. thank you. at least 19 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a shooting at a college in russian—annexed crimea. according to russian investigators, an 18—year—old student ran through the technical college in kerch firing at fellow pupils before killing himself. officials and witnesses have also spoken of at least one blast caused by an unidentified explosive device. three men who were sent to jail after an anti—fracking protest in lancashire last summer have been freed by the court of appeal. the judge said their 15 and 16—month sentences were excessive. simon blevins, richard roberts and rich loizou became the first environmental protesters to be sent to prison for decades after they climbed on lorries at the fracking site in lancashire. the controversial process was started there on monday. 0ur correspondent claire marshall was in court. 0ut after 21 days in preston prison

ama 0ut after 21 days in preston prison am a rich loizou, simon blevins and richard roberts. according to the lord chiefjustice, richard roberts. according to the lord chief justice, they richard roberts. according to the lord chiefjustice, they should never have been jailed. today's decision affirms that when people peacefully break the law out of a moral obligation to prevent the expansion of fossil fuel industries they should not be sent to prison. in london to hear the appeal verdict, more family and friends. what are you going to tell them to do in the future? to carry on doing what he believes in. he's right. this is where it started. what's the police officer was when she is not looking, simon blevins seizes the opportunity. richard roberts was already on top of another truck. all in all, seven heavy goods vehicles heading for the cuadrilla site were

stopped by the men and they stayed up stopped by the men and they stayed up there for three days. they were found guilty of causing a public nuisance and sentenced to 15 and 16 months in prison. today the court of appeal said this was wrong. in our judgment, the appropriate sentence which should have been imposed on the 26th of september was a community order with a significant requirement of unpaid work. this was not a case about fracking and that was said in court but in effect a case about the right to protest for that if you disagree with the government or a law or a company, how far can you go? political protest ta kes ma ny how far can you go? political protest takes many forms. without suffragettes, women would not have the vote. twyford down delayed the extension of the m3. in court the judge referred to the need to take into account the motives of those protesting. this is thejudge into account the motives of those protesting. this is the judge that originally sent the men to prison. questions have been raised about his close family links to the offshore oil and gas industry and his

sister's vocal support for fracking. there is a real concern with this that those connections should have been disclosed in this case and that there might be a possible appeal so we are considering looking at the conviction. the court said it couldn't look at it further because it was too late. meanwhile, fracking started in lancashire this week and the protests go on. our top story this evening... the prime minister arrives in brussels at the start of a crucial summit on brexit — she'll address eu leaders tonight. and we hearfrom director mike leigh on his new film, peterloo, which has its premiere in manchester tonight. coming up on sportsday on bbc news, the importance of being yourself. we speak to transgender racing driver charlie martin about the best decision of her life and how it's affected her driving. just eat — it's a company that

allows you to order takeaway food from thousands of outlets all over the uk. and it's become a huge global business valued at more than £4 billion. butjust eat is facing questions tonight over hygiene standards at some of the takeaways you can choose from on its website. an investigation by bbc news has found that some have been given the lowest possible rating from the food standards agency. just eat insists it takes food safety very seriously and works with providers to improve standards. angus crawford reports. they arrive without warning. i'm here to do your food hygiene inspection. environmental health officers. the rice — when did you take that out of the fridge? absolutely filthy. i would again suggest throwing that away. food for the table ends up in the bin. there are rat and mouse droppings too. and that's notjust a worry for people eating in. customers can also get a takeaway through the websitejust eat.

the smell in the kitchen was really unpleasant and in the backroom, the storage room, it was almost overpowering at times. as far as the local council is concerned, this gets a zero hygiene rating, but onjust eat, it gets four stars. that food, potentially, had it been served to a consumer, could have caused them harm. so, yeah, i mean, it's not great. would you eat in there? no. absolutely not. and it happens a lot. zero—rated takeaways the food standards agency says are in urgent need of improvement, on just eat but with great customer reviews. our research found 20 out of the 31 zero—rated takeaways in birmingham are onjust eat. nine of the 13 takeaways with a zero rating in liverpool are listed there. and in manchester, bristol and london, half of the takeaways with a zero rating

are on the platform. places like this in east london, closed for three weeks in april when inspectors found a mouse infestation. the owners say it has been completely refurbished and is now pest free. or this one in york, shut down injune because of cockroaches. it is back up and now under new management. they told us the kitchen has been thoroughly cleaned and inspected, the infestation has gone. and this in swindon, fined £5,000. the judge said the food here could have killed someone. all on just eat when the inspectors called. there's one there, the second one there, three, four... but what is the customer to make of it? consumer rights campaigner chris believes the business has got to change. there is a duty of all businesses to safeguard their customers and it's no good saying you're just an agent.

the reality is thatjust eat is making huge amounts of money. they receive the money, they supply the goods. if that was a standard, traditional business — a supermarket or a travel agent — they would be hauled over the coals considerably for a failure for that sort of lack of due diligence. just eat, now a ftse 100 company worth billions, said it takes food safety extremely seriously but no one was available for interview. instead, the company told us... "we actively work to raise standards and now offer free accredited food hygiene training to any restaurant that signs up to our platform and, in case of food safety issues, our restaurant compliance team will review, investigate and liaise with the relevant local authority." it's easy to fix and it's not there. campaigners wantjust eat to display the actual hygiene rating for each takeaway on the app. the company says it will trial that soon in northern ireland.

this pub in west london says it is trying hard to fix the problems highlighted by environmental health. but for customers ofjust eat, a simple question — how clean is the kitchen your takeaway comes from ? angus crawford, bbc news. cheaper food prices helped the rate of inflation fall further than economists had predicted last month. the office for national statistics said the consumer prices index dropped from 2.7% to 2.4%. it's expected to reduce the likelihood of a rise in interest rates in the coming months. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity is here. why has inflation slowed down — it's notjsut food prices? it's notjust food prices? well, some prices have been dropping like some clothes, shoes, even, if you can believe it, food and soft drinks. that's meant the cost of living has been rising more slowly — up byjust 2.4%. and it's getting more affordable

to the average worker, who saw their pay rise by 3.1% in the year to august, faster than prices. that's crucial because it's only when pay rises faster than prices that you're getting better off. here's how inflation has looked in the past few years. and this line is pay rises. we were getting better off here. then after the brexit referendum, the pound dropped and inflation rose. and pay wasn't keeping up. but just recently that reversed and this gap at the end here is crucial, we're now getting better off again. but will inflation stay down? well, inflation at least is not trending up. we were a bit worried about the 2.7% reading last month but it tells us it is probably a one—off and if anything, inflation is probably tracking downwards towards the bank of england's 2% target perhaps by the end of the year. so, good news if you're working and don't draw benefits. but what about if you do?

for state pensions, if september's inflation number's below 2.5%, you disregard it, so pensions should go up with earnings in the year tojuly, a rise of 2.6%. by contrast, the government has frozen working age benefits so they won't rise at all. for benefit recipients, that's not so great — in real terms, they're losing on average £150 a year. the owner of fulham football club has withdrawn his bid to buy wembley stadium. shahid khan had offered the football association £600 million for wembley. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks is at wembley for us. natalie — why has he done this? well, the fa says it is because the offer was more divisive than anticipated. the fa board had made it very clear that they were keen, the 127 man fa council, not so much. it is understood the fa were looking for a two thirds majority in any vote that took place and when it became clear they were not going to

get anywhere near that, shahid khan pulled his offer. he said wembley was a national trevor that he would have cared for and respect it. he added, he could come back to the table if the fa family is unified. there will be many people happy that the fa are not selling off their prized asset but the sports minister has told the bbc she is very disappointed, that £600 million deal was worth potentially double that and was earmarked for much—needed facilities in grassroots football. there will be many tonight thinking that perhaps sentimentality has taken over sense. nearly 200 years ago, tens of thousands of men, women and children gathered in manchester to demand political reform. they came peacefully but they were attacked by the army. 15 people were killed and hundreds more were injured. now the director mike leigh has made a film?about what came to be known as the peterloo nassacre. he's been speaking to our arts editor, will gompertz. it's the 16th of august, 1819,

people are coming from miles around to congregate in st peter's fields for a rally on the right to vote. it was meant to be a peaceful gathering. we must read the riot act and we must do so immediately! but the authorities had other ideas. here we are in the middle of manchester, where you grow up, the peterloo massacre happened around as. as a young boy study in —— studying in that library, you knew nothing of it? the primary school i went to, a good school, they could have got us down here on the bus and backin have got us down here on the bus and back in time for lunch and walked us around here and so, this happened here. why didn't they? now is the time to say, well, it could happen here, right here, and on that august day in 1819, there came a point when this was a bloodbath, and that's what we've made a film about.

hundreds of protesters were injured, at least 15 died as government forces charged the peaceful gathering in what became known as the peterloo massacre. the crowds coming in from all over the place, right here, in view of the magistrates, were the hustings, the speakers. order will come crashing down! this you can see was the edge of st peter's fields, people were crammed up against this wall, some of them were crushed into the ground, some of them were raised up, but this is actually the same original wall. what good is a parliament if it does not represent its people? there was no vote, only 296 its people? there was no vote, only 2% of the population had the vote. what you see in the film and indeed what happened was a motivated

working—class, hungry for education. for me, what's tragic is that here we are, where in fact everybody has the vote — and they don't vote. and its tragic. that was mike leigh talking to will gompertz. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. and it almost looks like a beautiful summer's day in this photograph, down in hastings. a little bit of nuisance cloud moving into the south—east corner as we speak, from a weakening weather front but behind it we have had some decent breaks in the cloud and for many it has been quite quiet day. it looks as though we keep that cloud down to the south—east through the night tonight, that's going to prevent temperatures from falling too far. elsewhere the clear skies will allow

temperatures to fall away, scotland and northern ireland, northern england, low single figures first thing tomorrow morning, a touch of frost not out of the question. whereas patchy mist and fog but it should not cause too many issues. and generally speaking quite quiet story yet again, there will be more beautiful photographs emma more cloud into the western isles, 12—16 degrees. high pressure very much in control of the story at the moment, keeping this quiet story with us. the high will drift a little bit further east into the near continent and allow these weather fronts to start to come in from the atlantic. but they are back weak so we could start off with some heavy rain in western scotland but it will weaken off. more cloud drifting through the borders into northern ireland, further south it stays dry and settled and politically sunny. fog could be a problem first thing into the weekend, that may well linger

into saturday morning, but the weekend is still looking pretty good for many of us, after the fog lifts, it will be dry and settled and largely sunny. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may is in brussels for an eu summit with fellow leaders. she says a brexit deal is still achieveable, and now was the time to make it happen. by working intensively over the next days and weeks, i believe we can achieve a deal that i believe everyone wants, and a deal which is in the interest of notjust the uk, but for the european union. thank you. tens of thousands of people on sickness benefits will receive backdated payments of thousands of pounds, after a government error.