you're watching bbc news at nine, with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: the government announces another vote on brexit in earlyjune, but there's no sign of a breakthrough in cross—party talks. pressure mounts on itv to cancel thejeremy kyle show, following the death of a man who appeared on the programme. a bbc investigation finds four children have been killed by a parent with a history of violence in the last five years after being granted access by a family court. i was completely naive about the family courts, i assumed that they'd see to enable a violent man to have a relationship with his children, contact needed to be supervised.

the behaviour of payday loan companies is criticised by the industry watchdog after complaints more than doubled in the last year. bafta calls on tv shows to have more storylines and references about climate change to help raise awareness of the issue. and brilliance from jonny bairstow in bristol — as a century from the england batsman helps them to victory in the third one—day international against pakistan. good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. mps are to be asked to vote in earlyjune on the bill that would pave the way for brexit, despite a lack of progress in talks between labour and the government.

downing street made the announcement after a meeting between theresa may and jeremy corbyn, saying cross—party talks couldn't be open—ended. let's now take a closer at the withdrawal agreement bill. the uk needs to pass a law to implement the withdrawal agreement, the part of the pm's brexit deal which will take the country out of the eu in uk law. this is a requirement under the terms of previous brexit legislation passed last year. the legislation would make the citizen's rights part of the agreement directly enforceable in uk courts, and set their relationship with the eu's court ofjustice. it will also allow ministers to make "divorce payments" to the eu foreseen under the current deal and give effect to the so—called backstop plan for the irish border. mps will be able to vote on amendments to the bill, and this could allow ministers to make good on any compromise they reach with labour

in the cross—party talks. our assistant political editor, norman smith, is in wesminster. saul, norman, will this vote be make or break for theresa may? the short a nswer or break for theresa may? the short answer is yes, is it, this is myfinal throw of the dice for her brexit dale and, almost certainly, for her premiership. it is the last chance to get her deal through, and falcon number ten telling me this morning there will be no fifth attempt. —— folk in number ten. the hope is that they can still reach some sort of agreement with labour which would enable them to get this legislation through in the first week in june. if legislation through in the first week injune. if they can't, they say they will still go for it, they will still try to push this agreement through, even though all the signs are that there has been no change in the parliamentary

arithmetic, if anything opinion has been hardening on the tory benches against mrs may. what number ten seem to be hoping is that when mps actually have to stare down the barrel of the gun, which is if they don't vote days to come out we are heading towards no—deal or scrapping brexit, because they say the eu won't offer another extension, mps will blink and i think we had better go for mrs my‘s deal, it is all that is left. —— for mrs may's deal. the other hope is that the european elections might make them think that they have to deliver on brexit, we have got to get something true, and that might force them to back mrs may's deal. i have to say the order —— the odds still seem stacked against her.

sadly, we will vote against it again, because the dup have said it does not change the nature of the withdrawal agreement, we will have laws imposed on us by 27 different countries, where we are not involved in drafting the law, if we don't apply the law to the satisfaction of the commission and the ec], we are up the commission and the ec], we are up for unlimited fines, and very importantly for the dup and us, it potentially breaks up the united kingdom by creating a new entity called ukni, and that could end up with scotland wanting to follow. so we are reaching not just the wanting to follow. so we are reaching notjust the endgame for mrs may's brexit deal but the endgame for mrs may's premiership, because if the bill goes through, the expectation is that mrs may will wait to get it through parliament, probably towards the end ofjuly, then we'll go, paving the way for a tory leadership contest. if she

doesn't, and it crashes in flames, probably on june the doesn't, and it crashes in flames, probably onjune the 4th doesn't, and it crashes in flames, probably onjune the lithjune the 5th, i think she will almost certainly go immediately. she will not hang around, there is not going to be another attempt, and she will wa nt to to be another attempt, and she will want to avoid the vote ten days after that of grassroots tory chairmen and women who are poised to pass a vote of no confidence in mrs may. at all costs, she will want to avoid that, so we are reaching the final phase of mrs may's brexit strategy and her premiership. and in the meantime, the cross—party talks are continuing, although mrs may himself says they can't be open—ended. what is your sense of where we're at with those talks, norman? are they going through the motions, or will norman? are they going through the motions, orwill something norman? are they going through the motions, or will something emerge them? i have been predicting that them? i have been predicting that the talks are dead as a parrot, but number ten insist that the parrot

may have life in it, because, one, they say the talks are still going on, they say they are constructive, there is goodwill on both sides. i think their hope is that it is not just there you might get a battering in the european elections. labour might get the most awful kicking, and in the wake of that, jeremy corbyn might conclude, if he is to keep his voters in leave seeds in the north and midlands on board, he has got to deliver on brexit, and the only way to do that would be, if not to vote for mrs may's deal, to at least abstain. i am still pretty sceptical about that, because last night we heard from jeremy corbyn saying there would be no significant progress, labour were terrified of someone progress, labour were terrified of someone like boris johnson progress, labour were terrified of someone like borisjohnson ripping up someone like borisjohnson ripping up any agreement that is reached, john mcdonnell saying pretty much the same thing, emily thornberry singh the chances of a deal are minimal. —— saying. unless those

people are engaged in some sort of gargantuan game of double bluff, it is really ha rd gargantuan game of double bluff, it is really hard to see how you broker a deal in three weeks before it comes to a vote. 0k, norman, thank you very much for that. pressure is growing on itv to axe thejeremy kyle show after the death of a man who appeared on the programme. downing street called the death of steve dymond, who was 63, deeply concerning, and the commons media committee will meet today to discuss whether to order an inquiry into the running of reality television. our media editor, amol rajan, reports. all right, sweetheart? nice to see you. for 14 years, thejeremy kyle show has turned the innermost anguish of its guests into a public spectacle. one hardy perennial of the show is the lie—detector test. lying, cheating, horrible person! 63—year—old steve dymond underwent one of these in an episode filmed the week before last. its broadcast was cancelled in the wake of his death. dymond's former fiancee told the sun they went on the show to do the test

to see if he was unfaithful. i knew he was going to fail it, because i held his hand and there was just nothing there. everyone felt the mood change. babette lucas—marriott, a student in manchester, was in the audience for the show that got pulled. he was crying from the very beginning, you know, and he was so convinced he would pass this test and that everything would be fine. and then, you know, they introduced themselves. "tell us about what's happened." and thenjeremy brings out the lie—detector test. and he asked the audience, "who thinks he's going to pass?" and 99% of the audience put their hand up, including myself, and then he said he'd failed. and you just saw him collapse to the ground. absolutelyjust couldn't believe what he'd heard. and, you know, he was begging his fiancee for forgiveness. having taken the show off air and removed archive from its catch—up service, itv reiterated that staff were "shocked and saddened at the news of the death

of a participant in the show." in a competitive environment, jeremy kyle's show is a rating success. the question is, at what price? amol rajan, bbc news. the victoria derbyshire programme has found that at least four children in england have been killed in the past five years by an abusive parent after court ordered access. and dozens of parents have revealed their abusive ex—partners were granted unsupervised contact with their child. more than 120 mps have signed an open letter calling for an urgent inquiry. emma ailes reports. when parents separate and they can't agree arrangements for their children, they can end up in the family court. a judge then decides what contact each parent should have. there is a fundamental presumption in law that a child should have contact with both parents, but dozens have told the victoria derbyshire programme the courts have ordered unsupervised contact with a violent ex—partner,

and we've learned that at least four children have been killed by a parent in the last five years during access allowed by the court. mary's ex—partner was physically abusive and has numerous convictions for violent and drug offences. i was completely naive about the family courts. i assumed that they'd see to enable a violent man to have a relationship with his children, that contact needed to be supervised. i'd already seen him being physically aggressive to our child when he was a toddler. the court granted mary's ex unsupervised overnight access. she says the children have since been coming home with unexplained injuries. there's this, i think, perception that mothers are preventing contact with fathers, and they're doing that unilaterally, without good reason. and there's this idea that even though there's been domestic violence, she just needs to get over it. i've heardjudges say, "oh,

it's just a little bit of dv." now mps from all parties are calling for an independent inquiry into the family courts. the ministry ofjustice says that where there is evidence of domestic abuse, the courts are bound by law to consider the potential harm to the child and that this should override any presumption of contact. emma ailes, bbc news. politicians in the us state of alabama have passed a bill for a near total ban on abortion across the state, even in cases of rape and incest. the legislation, which now needs to be signed off by the governor, could become the strictest anti—abortion law in the us. aleem maqbool reports. my my body, my choice! it was a last—ditch attempt to stop the passing of the most restrictive abortion law anywhere in the us. passing of the most restrictive abortion law anywhere in the use

the question for me, for us, is when isa the question for me, for us, is when is a person a person? alabama republicans argued that abortion should be banned at all stages of pregnancy, even in cases of rape or incest. you can't deny any longer the assaults on women's bodily autonomy. jenna had an abortion in alabama at the age of 17. she is alarmed that the new bill itself likens abortion to the holocaust. this is nothing like the holocaust. the thing that i want voters to understand, and that i want our legislators to understand, is that you cannot give rights to a foetus that doesn't have viability outside of the womb without stripping the rights of the woman. but the architects of the bill have ambitions far beyond alabama's state boundaries. we hope the bill will go through decodes and be reviewed by

us supreme court to test the basis of the roe versus wade decision that unborn children are not persons within the meaning of the us constitution. so it would be banned across the united states? that is correct, abortion would be banned. but first, the bill had to pass in the statehouse. we heard details of how the new law would mean a doctor who carried out an abortion would face a jail term of up to 99 years, and in the vote happened. 25 ayes happened, how spell 314 passes. well, the debate went late into the night but the predicted result happened, that the most restrictive ban on abortion in any state was passed, but the question is, could add now really kick—start moves aimed at making abortion illegal right across this country? aleem

maqbool, bbc news, montgomery, alabama. the headlines on bbc news: the government announces another vote on brexit in earlyjune, but there's no sign of a breakthrough in cross—party talks. pressure mounts on itv to cancel thejeremy kyle show, following the death of a man who appeared on the programme. a bbc investigation finds four children have been killed by a parent with a history of violence in the last five years after being granted access by a family court. jonny bairstrow impressed as england continued their build up to the cricket world cup by thrashing pakistan by six wickets in the third one—day international in bristol last night. jed steer was aston villa's hero as he saved two west brom spot kicks in a 4—3 penalty shoot—out victory in the second leg of of the championship play—off semifinal at the hawthorns. and rory mcilroy has confirmed his intention to play for ireland at next year's olympics in tokyo, while tiger woods

has also suggested he could alsp represent his country at the games for the first time. back with all those stories that 9:30am. the body representing lawyers around the world has published a report saying one in three women in the profession has been sexually harrassed. the international bar association, which surveyed 7000 people working in law, found that three out of four cases were not reported, often because victims feared the repercussions. half of the women and a third of the men questioned by the association said they had experienced bullying at work. let's speak to international bar association legal advisor and the report's author, kieran pender. thank you very much forjoining us this morning, this report shows that the law is far from this morning, this report shows that the law is farfrom immune this morning, this report shows that the law is far from immune from the kinds of behaviours that we have

heard about in other walks of life, i know you had heard about this anecdotally, but did the data coming in shock you nonetheless? eight date. it has long been suspected by many in the profession that this was a problem, but to have the empirical evidence for that is really stunning. we hope this report serves asa stunning. we hope this report serves as a wake—up call. the profession, like all professions, has these challenges that must be phased. the legal profession has a particular responsibility to address bullying and sexual harassment because of the ethical standards that are expected of lawyers and because lawyers are those who are addressing the issues in other sectors, as advisers do other professions, so we need to get our own house in order. yes, as you say, certain ethical standards are expected of lawyers, that is probably why these findings are all the more shocking, and also that makes it surprising that three out of four cases weren't actually reported. why are people in this

profession so afraid to come forward and report if they have been harassed or bullied ?|j and report if they have been harassed or bullied? i think there area number of harassed or bullied? i think there are a number of factors. firstly, this is a profession that is very dependent on the support of senior members of the profession for career advancement, so there is real concern if the person perpetrating the bullying or sexual harassment is a senior member of the profession, a supervisor, line manager, that is a barrier to career advancement, so people are concerned about their futures, the immediate repercussions, and that ultimately the legal industry is a fairly small world in some ways, and they are concerned about being identified as a troublemaker and struggling to come out you know, get a job in the future. there was all barriers to reporting that the profession needs to collectively address. it is interesting that you talk about building on the momentum of me too with the #ustoo, and it draws attention to the fact that, as

lawyers, people may not expect these problems are rife in the profession. exactly, and i thinkjulia gillard, the former australian prime minister, herself a lawyer, she put it best when she said that lawyers have a privileged position in helping society across the globe address the me too movement and move forward and achieve positive change, but we can't do that if we have theseissues but we can't do that if we have these issues internally. so we need to address them so that we are in a position to assist society in eradicating bullying and sexual harassment from all workplaces across the globe. let's talk about what you are going to do, you make ten recommendations, tell us about the main recommendations. sure, so ten recommendations, just in the profession as a whole, beginning with individual workplaces, bar associations, law societies, legal regulators, and for each recommendation the international bar association has put forward things it will do to support the recommendation. we want to walk the

walk on this, notjust talk the talk. some of the recommendations include more policies and training, there are not enough of those and they are not being used effectively. we should explore flexible reporting models, as i mentioned, people don't report, we need to find out in more detail why not and how we can create models to empower people to reveal incidents. and we also need to consider this the bigger picture of diversity, inclusion, mental health, workplace satisfaction. they will play a role in the prevalence of bullying and sexual harassment, and they are major barriers to a more diverse and inclusive profession, so if we work on this collectively in each of those areas coming together, hopefully we will be able to achieve a profession with better workplaces. do you fundamentally believe, though, that the will is there to make this change, to call these behaviours out, to root them out?” am confident, and we have been fortu nate am confident, and we have been fortunate during this search over the past 15 months to draw on

support from our law society, bar association and loafer members from all around the world, and the interest and passion has been helpful. a change is not inevitable, and illegal industry, like others, has had me too moments before, and the report begins in the 1980s, talking about some high—profile incidents in the us, and in the 19905 incidents in the us, and in the 1990s there was a story of a london female lawyer being told to go to a strip club with clients. each of those generated uproar and controversy, but here we are decades later. we believe change is possible, but it is not inevitable, and we have to work together as a profession to achieve change. 0k, kieran pender, the author of that report, thank you very much. thanks very much. british troops and veterans will be given stronger legal protections against prosecution under new laws being put forward by the defence secretary. penny morduant wants the legislation to protect personnel from investigation over actions on the battlefield abroad

after ten years, except in "exceptional circumstances." ms mordaunt said it would prevent " repeated or unfair investigations. " the protections, which will be put to a public consultation, would not apply to alleged offences in northern ireland. complaints about payday lenders have more than doubled in the space of a year with up to nearly 40,000 cases brought last year, according to the financial 0mbudsman service. an annual review found that dissatisfaction with all financial services has reached its highest level for five years. here's our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. with a loan from wonga.com... wonga collapsed partly because of the weight of compensation claims. if it hadn't failed, there might have been even more gripes from borrowers, saying no—one checked if they could afford a loan or they weren't given the right information. the financial 0mbudsman service said it had 40,000 complaints about payday loans in the year to march, up 130%.

it's also concerned about fraud and scams, up 40% to 12,000 complaints, including a sharp rise in people tricked into transferring money out of their bank accounts. meanwhile, the most complained about financial product ever, payment protection insurance, or ppi, saw a slight fall to 180,000. for a lot of people, it's about them being lent money that's unaffordable, and that's unsustainable over time. it's actually unusual to see people who had only one or two payday loans, most people coming to us have ten or 20 and we've even seen instances of people with 100 loans that they've taken out, so that's obviously really concerning. sometimes your payjust won't stretch far enough... the company behind quickquid topped the league of the most complained about payday lenders, with the owner of lending stream next and wonga after that. the firms blame claims management companies for bringing what they say is a flood of unjustified complaints. but at the ombudsman service, where many of the complaints end up,

they describe the figures as startling and say too many people have been left struggling with debt. simon gompertz, bbc news. age uk is warning that care deserts are beginning to emerge in england, as the system for looking after frail older people begins to fail. analysis commissioned by the charity shows large parts of the country now have no care home beds at all. the situation is even worse for nursing homes — needed for the most frail — with more than 60% having no places at all. the care system ensures older people get help with daily tasks such as washing and dressing, either through support in their own

home or in a residential care or nursing home. it's well known in the system is under pressure, and now age uk is concerned what it's calling care deserts are emerging, places where the vulnerable cannot get any help. research it commissioned has found that 30% of areas have no residential care beds, while more than 60% have no nursing home beds, with the south west, north east, and east of england the most badly hit. we know of a lot of families who are just at their wit‘s end, because they're terribly worried about a parent, or maybe it's a partner, and theyjust can't find the help they know they desperately need. some people are able to stop work, some people want to stop work in order to look after a loved one, but it's an awful lot to expect people to do that on their own without the back—up support they need, it really should be there for us if and when we need it. the government acknowledged the system is under strain and said plans to reform the way it is funded will be published soon. nick triggle, bbc news. san francisco is set to become the first city in the united states to ban facial recognition technology, following a vote by its board of supervisors. public agencies, such as the police force and transport authority, will not be allowed to use the emerging technology. opponents of the measure warn it could compromise safety.

dave lee reports from san francisco. this is a promotional video from amazon, heralding the capabilities of its facial recognition software. but in san francisco, the use of innovations has now been outlawed thanks to new rules passed overwhelmingly by city supervisors. 0rdnance is passed on first reading. the landmark ruling will make it illegal for any public agency, including law enforcement, to use facial recognition software and any purchase of surveillance equipment of any kind, such as a camera, must be approved by city administrators. the ban will not apply to san francisco's air or sea ports, as they're operated by federal agencies rather than local. the move was enthusiastically backed by local civil liberties groups.

this is a system that is too dangerous to deploy, because it allows the government to track who we are, where we go and even who we associate with. there are also concerns that the technology is unreliable, particularly when accurately recognising women or people of colour. those against the measure said they recognise these flaws but said... it's of course highly symbolic that this decision was made in the heart of the us technology industry, but this is a city that increasingly sees itself as the starting point for some incredibly important conversations about the future of invasive technology. dave lee, bbc news, in san francisco. australia will take part in the final of the eurovision song contest for the fifth year running, after making it through this year's first semifinal. the competition is taking place in tel aviv in israel, with the second semifinal tomorrow

and the grand final on saturday. the united kingdom are big outsiders, according to the bookies, they've got our song at 150—1 to win. let's see! now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. a rather chilly start again, but without sun already up, it will warm up without sun already up, it will warm up pretty quickly for many of us, another sunny and warm high pressure in charge, moving further northward across scandinavia, and we have got an easterly wind, a bit breezy at times across the southern coast, where it will always feel fresher in costal parts of the south and east. for many of us, lots of sunshine, a little bit of cloud, barely noticeable across northern england and southern scotland, a warmer day compared to yesterday, temperatures potentially up to 25 degrees in the north of scotland. tonight, bits of

cloud, mist moving into the north—east of scotland, the northern isles, for many of us looking clear tonight, temperatures down to about 5-7d tonight, temperatures down to about 5—7d celsius, so a bit of a chill first thing. after a sunny start, a beth mcleod developing across eastern areas into the afternoon, and it will be a tad cooler. bye— bye.

hello, this is bbc news with annita mcveigh. the headlines: the government announces another parliamentary vote on brexit in earlyjune, but there's no sign of a breakthrough in cross—party talks. pressure is growing on itv to cancel thejeremy kyle show following the death of a man who appeared on the programme. a bbc investigation finds four children have been killed by a parent with a history of violence in the last five years after being granted access

by a family court. the behaviour of payday loan companies is criticised by the industry watchdog after complaints more than doubled in the last year. bafta calls on tv shows to have more storylines and references about climate change to help raise awareness of the issue. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. bafta is calling for tv shows to have more plot lines and references to climate change, to help raise awareness of the issue. the academy analysed 40 uk channels and found that it was mentioned about the same number of times as rhubarb and zombies. laura foster reports. it was scenes like this from blue planet ii that changed the way we think about plastic.

and soap operas are often praised for raising awareness of difficult social and health issues. and now bafta says it's time to put the spotlight on climate change. we live on this planet and if we ignore that then we're not being authentic with our audiences. also, there's so muchjeopardy in climate change, it's right to tear apart in comedy and drama. charlie brooker is one writer who hasn't been afraid to use climate change for stories as part of his show black mirror. you tend to get things like game of thrones, where the whole, the dead at the wall, and winter is coming, was kind of playing out like a metaphor for climate change with everybody warring and getting caught up in their own political squabbles while facing sort of annihilation. there is a very, very tough nut to crack. this isn't a call to make more documentaries about climate change and our planet, it's about taking our planet and putting it into every single piece of output on television,

into the soaps, into the comedies, into the dramas. these writers say it's about showing more sustainable ways of living on screen. we're beginning to see the real—world effects of climate change on people who have no choice but to bear the brunt of it. and i think if drama and television are not reflecting that we're not doing ourjob properly. the aim is for the future of our planet to become a natural topic of conversation, while at the same time keeping audiences entertained. laura foster, bbc news. aaron matthews from bafta joins me now to explain more. you were tracking data from 40 channels which amounted to nearly 130,000 programmes, so what did you find out about mentions of the environment and climate change? thanks for having me on. we did find them we did find there from comedy to drama but at a

lower level tha n there from comedy to drama but at a lower level than we expected, 3000 mentions in a given period for non—use, but the fact that it's on the same level as zombies, no zombie apocalypse on the horizon, so that's apocalypse on the horizon, so that's a bit surprising given the climate reality we find ourselves in. not as many mentions as cats and picnics. that's why we have the cats versus climate hashtag. you did mention it briefly, but we're not talking about news programmes or nature documentaries, we are talking about tv programmes and the industry does have a good track record in bringing into the wider conversation. drama has a proud history of these issues head on so we hope that these findings will be a message to all creatives in comedy and drama and in factual as well, with people talking about improving homes or moving to a

different part of the world that we need to consider what it will look like in 20 or 30 years' time and what the future needs to be as well. the research was done to tie in with the launch of planet placement. it's a guide for creatives to say here are the key planetary issues we face and how you can integrate them into your storylines and bring them as pa rt your storylines and bring them as part of the cultural conversation. your storylines and bring them as part of the cultural conversationlj part of the cultural conversation.” notice that words associated with energy were only mentioned 6% of the time, even though energy use represents the biggest part of the average person's carbon footprint so it could be as simple as a soap storyline where a family are trying to cut down by switching off their lights. eastenders did fantastic work with smart metres i'm talking about insulation. it's already done but we think it's time to explode it across the rest of content to make it available to a wider audience. to what extent our production companies and screenwriters going to pick up and screenwriters going to pick up and run with this? that is to be

seen but all we can do is present the data and hope that is what comes up the data and hope that is what comes up next, but there are fantastic people doing this all the way from children's programmes like thomas and friends and introducing sustainable development goals, and eastenders did it as well. there's a huge number of programmes asking how they can bring in climate change into their programming into a realistic way, so we will see. it's a fantastic plan and good luck with it. thanks very much. boots, superdrug and holland & barrett have broken their own policies by selling diet pills to a 17—year—old without checking for id. the bbc watchdog sent a teenage actress to several high street pharmacies and the teenager was able to buy diet pills in 17 out of 18 stores visited. a single branch of boots was the only store to deny the undercover actress the sale because she didn't have id. when presented with the findings all the retailers promised to take action. presenter of watchdog live, nikki fox, told bbc breakfast about the investigation.

we sent a 17—year—old actress into stores of superdrug, boots and holland and barrett and she went into the stores to buy diet pills. when i first came to the investigation i thought naively that they would be behind some kind of locked cabinet. but that is not what we found at all. so what are the rules around the selling of diet pills? it is not illegalto rules around the selling of diet pills? it is not illegal to sell diet pills to a teenager but all three companies say they have procedures and policies in place and superdrug said that when the products are sold a prompt should come up at the checkout to say to check for id. that was not the case in any of the superdrug that the undercover actors went into. holland and barrett say they will now take up and barrett say they will now take up the procedure and have that prompt and boots have told us that

it follows the relevant guidance to the sale of the product in question and on their website and boxes it states the recommended age guidance. what did you find in the investigation? of the 18 stores our undercover actors went into, she was sold diet pills in 17, sojust one store checked. the world that we live in, the instagram world, it is all body beautiful and it's kind of all body beautiful and it's kind of a bit terrifying if you are a younger person. as part of the investigation we spoke to somebody who is a teenager who was able to buy these bills. i spoke to katie, who is now 21 and has a healthy relationship with food but she was telling the aged 14 she was regularly going into stores in her school uniform and was able to buy diet pills every time. she did look visibly underweight. no one stopped her, literally. no one ever, ever in

the whole time stopped you and said, hang ona the whole time stopped you and said, hang on a minute, you are in a school uniform? no one asked for my ideal gave me any advice. lots of things to discuss. what have the shop said? they say they take the responsibility seriously and holland and barrett and superdrug said they would take action to strengthen processes and the trade and customer information. superdrug processes and the trade and customer information. superd rug says processes and the trade and customer information. superdrug says it wants to put showed signs where diet products are sold to make customers aware of the age restriction policy, while holland and barrett is tightening up the age verification process and boots said it would look at how staff communicate with customers to best meet their needs when they buy diet pills. a man has broken his own record for the most ascents of mount everest, the tourism department of nepal has confirmed. sherpa kami rita, who is 49 years old, reached the summit of the world's highest peak for the 23rd time a couple of hours ago. he first scaled everest at 24, and has also climbed neighbouring mountains including k2.

what an amazing achievement. let's have a quick look at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app. popping in at number two is phone users getting end of contract alerts, so broadband, pay—tv, mobile phone and landline customers must be told when their contracts are about told when their contracts are about to end and to be informed of their provider's best alternative deals under new rules coming in. the uk communication watchdog 0fcom says it wa nts communication watchdog 0fcom says it wants users to avoid overpaying and it currently says more than 20 million people have stuck with subscriptions beyond their locking often without realising and not moving to a less expensive package. that story is at number two, if it interests you and a quick look at the most watched, let's look at number seven, a very the most watched, let's look at number seven, a very cute pitch invasion, it has to be said. an australian rules football game in melbourne and if we just watch and

in the red top, or dress, this little girl, two years old, pippa wanders onto the pitch in the middle of the action but, we will see it again, that footballer swoops in, picks up seamlessly and delivers her to the side of the pitch where she was reunited with her dad. and no harm done. that is it for today's morning briefing. here's victoria derbyshire with what is coming up in her programme at ten. why are family courts allowing unsupervised contact for pa rents courts allowing unsupervised contact for parents with a known history of violence. we can reveal at least four children have been killed in the last five years by a parent with a known history of domestic abuse after a family court ordered that they had access to their child. mary's x has numerous criminal convictions for violence and drug offences yet her children are

getting unsupervised contact with him. my children have come home with bruising and other injuries and have had to be taken to a&e, but it's not enough for them to tell me. they have do say my daddy did this to an independent party before anybody will listen. we can also reveal today that over 100 mps from all parties are calling for an urgent, independent enquiry into the family court system. join us for our special programme at 10am on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. england showed why they're favourites to win their home cricket world cup this summer after a commanding victory over pakistan in bristol. they were set a challenging target of 359 in bristol but then the jonny bairstow show started. he smashed it around the ground scoring 128 runs.

england won it with six wickets and over five overs to spare and they're two up in the five—match series with two to play. it's great to do it when you're chasing 360, that's a huge thing for me to do that in a high—scoring game when you've got to get off to a good start and continue to try and win the game. to knock 360 off the overs left was pleasing for us as a group. it can hardly have been more tense at the hawthorns last night. a midlands derby with a place in the championship playoff final on the line and it all came down to penalties. west brom levelled the tie in normal time, but it was aston villa keeper jed steer who was the hero, saving the first two baggies spot kicks. that left tammy abaraham to send villa through to the play—off final where they'll play derby or leeds.

manchester city have insisted that their players did not mock liverpool supporter sean cox and the hillsborough disaster in a song during their premier league title celebrations. the club has been criticised over a video circulating online that appears to show players and staffjoining in a song that celebrates liverpool fans being "battered in the street". well, that story involving the city players has featured in most of the back pages this morning, including the mail — who say liverpool supporters have reacted with fury to that video which has been circulating on social media. jonny bairstow also features after his performance for england yesterday. he's on the back of the express too. they also have more speculation around a potential sha keup at manchester united, claiming the club could be forced to pay alexis sanchez 12 million not to play. then at the bottom of the page, a report on bolton wanderers opening

up their own food bank to help staff who haven't been paid since march while the club is in administration. and in the times this morning, the fa cup will be entirely free to air, they say, with itv close to joining the bbc as rights holders — instead of bt sport. chris coleman has been sacked as manager of chinese club hebei china fortune. the former wales manager chris coleman was in charge for less than a year. earlier his wife tweeted this. "our time in china has come to an end. we hoped to leave before the season had started but we are not allowed to, after losing players and not being allowed to sign any replacements. things weren't as they should be but we had a great experience." wolves are to become the first premier league team to replace existing seats in their stadium with safe standing rail seats.

scottish premier league champions celtic currently have the largest section of rail seats in the uk. new guidance allows clubs to install seats with barriers if strict conditions are met. wolves would become the first premier league side to have them. i don't believe that the evidence supports, and again this is my opinion, that the evidence supports that standing a football grounds is inherently dangerous. but i am pleased that this revision to the guidelines allows us to do something that permits the fans to be in the stadium and, should they wish to stand, that they are doing so in a safer environment. but whether that law changes overall in future we will have to wait and see. double olympic gold medallist jadejones will look to complete her set of major titles at the world taekwondo championships in manchester this week. she's part of a 15—strong gb team for the event — the first time it has taken place in the uk. jones, who has european, youth olympic and grand prix golds, has taken silver and bronze

at previous world championships. for me, like, the olympics has always been the pinnacle. so i can't help butjust switch on the extra bit more for the olympic games. but before i retire i want to have won all three. so, you know, i need to get this one, otherwise i can't retire. the competition starts today in manchester — and you watch live on the bbc red button, connected tv, bbc sport website and mobile app. rory mcilroy says he's ready to represent ireland at the 2020 olympic games in japan despite previously being critical of golf‘s place at the olympics. mcilroy opted to represent ireland at rio in 2016 but later pulled out because of concerns about the zika virus. but yesterday he said it was "more likely than not" he would play

injapan next year and it would "be a great experience". masters champion, tiger woods, also said he would like to represent his country for the first time in tokyo. iam i am excited to be going to the 0lympics i am excited to be going to the olympics and to play for ireland and i make cited that our national coach when i was an amateur when i was going to lead the team, i don't know who might be going on the team as well, whether it is shane or seamus or whoever, but i'm excited for it. it will be a great experience. that's just about it but don't forget sportsday on the news channel on the news channel tonight. azi farni's in the chair to round up all today's sports news and talking points — that's at half past six. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc

sport centre at 1115. the european elections take place later this month — and it seems a new alliance of far—right parties is rallying to challenge the status quo and shake up the eu. the bbc‘sjean mackenzie is travelling across the continent, meeting the people behind nationalist movements. this week she's in estonia — where in a surprising election result, a far—right party has landed a place in the government coalition. trapped under soviet rule for decades, this tiny country is now flourishing. its economy booming, its liberal values well—established. yet in a surprising election, the far—right party ekre has triumph. we head out to one of the most rural parts of the country, where ekre picked up the most votes. it's so quiet, it couldn't feel more different to booming tallinn. we're here to meet a fisherman who voted for them.

ekre campaigned to end same—sex marriage and state—funded abortions. they've attacked doctors, immigrants, judges and journalists. their election success has just earned them a place in the country's new coalition government, and as their leaders are sworn into power, they give the white nationalist salute. like other populist parties, they now want to take power from the eu. are you concerned about the direction they will take estonia in within the european union? yes, i'm concerned. we are a small country and with that geographic position we have with a neighbour like this, it is vital we have good allies outside. estonians have always been wary of their neighbour russia, but ekre has turned

on the large russian community here, calling them untrustworthy, parasites, pushing for russian schools to be closed. we've come to the city of narva, where nearly everyone is ethnically russian. so russia is just right there. you can see why attempts to attack this community, isolate this community, feel to some like a dangerous game.

on a sunny sunday, estonians hold a concert to protest against the far—right, desperate to heal some of the divisions created recently. do you worry that some of the extreme language, the more extreme policies, could be divisive and dangerous for estonia ? this doesn't feel like a country where extreme views are now widespread. in many cases, this was a protest by those who felt they had nowhere else to turn. jean mackenzie, bbc news. during the campaign for the european parliament elections we're going to be interviewing politicians from all the main uk parties here on the bbc news channel. at half past five today, ian blackford from the snp will be taking your questions. you can email us at askthis@bbc.co.uk or text us on 61124 or use social media

with the hashtag #bbcaskthis. this week on bbc news, we've been talking about the menopause. today we're focusing on how attitudes are changing in workplaces, including the police. all 43 forces in england and wales are about to receive new guidance on how to support female staff and officers as they go through the change. 0ur reporterjayne mccubbin has spent time with one officer who's used her own difficult experience to help change her police force for good. 26, 27 years service. i was responsible for international police development. very positive about life. and then suddenly i started going to work and my decision—making was shocking. i was quickly ineffective at work and i could not understand why.

this is a proper adventure. just the two of us. at 46, helen had it all. happily married, holidays abroad, a successful son. this is in the middle east. and a brilliant career, here advising the prime minister of qatar on world cup policing. you were confident and successful and then bam! and then life started to change. i have never suffered any kind of anxiety and then suddenly i began going into work and i would leave tasks half done and do another six tasks and go back to the other. there were constantly a thousand thoughts in my mind adding to this build—up, really, ofanxiety. helen went from advising heads of state to being overwhelmed at the supermarket. and there was a fear that if she told her work how she felt she would be seen as weak. you almost took the decision to quit. oh, yeah.

it was that bad. the thing that stopped me looking after myself so long, the thing that, like, ground me into the ground was me worrying about other people's perceptions. helen did not quit. she did take time off and she got a diagnosis. it was extreme but treatable perimenopause and today she is back. new role, new station, new team. new you. definitely. my decision—making is back. being organised and problem—solving is back. sometime my words come out in the wrong order but that is just my character now. this was not a weakness, just the change. and helen has gone on to help change the force for others. she is now a menopause ambassador

here at greater manchester police where there is mandatory training and a menopause policy. we can now go off sick with menopause illness. just as you can with pregnancy, you can go off with menopause symptoms. stress, confuse, depression, what you cause it? to be able to call it for what it is? menopause—related illness. it is huge. and 43 forces across england and wales are about to receive brand new menopause guidance. i am not weak. i had a tough time. i took time out to rebalance and it was the best thing i have ever done. a tree frog from costa rica has been found in a box of bananas at a nottingham supermarket. the creature was discovered in a branch of lidl, more than five thousand miles away from its rainforest home. he's been named lloyd by staff. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon.

hi, plenty of sunshine out there at the moment and we have blue skies and it was chilly first thing this morning but with the sun strong, thatis morning but with the sun strong, that is warming things up. that is the scene in dover this morning and this is in derbyshire, just a bit of contrail in the cloud and this is the satellite image this morning with a bit of cloud in the west but for much of the uk they are underneath clear skies and we will continue with that picture into the afternoon. a bit of cloud bubbling up afternoon. a bit of cloud bubbling up across northern england, through southern scotland in the afternoon but with the sunshine which is still strong it's likely to burn quite quickly as the uv levels are high and temperatures will be higher than yesterday. 25 celsius in the far north of scotland, a bit chillier on the coast of the south east of england, around 16 celsius at best here. through the evening a bit of

cloud moving into the north—east of scotland, some missed first thing in the morning into the northern isles and elsewhere clear skies, temperatures generally down to about five or 7 degrees. during thursday, it's a case of more blue skies and sunshine to start off the day and we could see showers in the west of scotla nd could see showers in the west of scotland and a bit more cloud moves into east anglia, drifting further west and you will notice the temperature is not as high as today, so they will be down by a few degrees, 14 to 19 celsius. the rest of the week we see the cloud coming in from the east and all of us or more of us are in the easterly wind soa more of us are in the easterly wind so a bit more unsettled on friday and there will be showers, particularly in the morning across western areas and some showery rain moving through eastern and central areas into the afternoon. the best of the sunshine will be across scotla nd of the sunshine will be across scotland and northern parts of england and temperatures down by a degree or so and around 13 degrees

for england and wales, may be 17 degrees in edinburgh and into the weekend we keep the caller feel initially at least, quite a bit of cloud and some showers but as we go into sunday things pick up in temperature and it will be about 20 celsius in the south—east. goodbye.

hello, it's wednesday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. an exclusive investigation for this programme has found that four children have been killed in the last five years by a parent with a known history of violence after a family court granted them access. and dozens of parents have told us their abusive ex—partners have been granted unsupervised contact with their child by the family courts. he's got numerous convictions — assault and battery, possession, jailed for drink driving. everyone thinks no court's going to send a child to spend time with a criminal drug addict. but yes, they do.

itjust defies all logic.