this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 2pm: theresa may promises mps a bold new offer on brexit, to try to get her deal through parliament before she leaves office. the new national rail summer timetable comes into effect today. train companies say they've learned lessons from weeks of chaos on the network last summer. a bbc investigation finds a fall in the number of prosecutions for revenge porn — even though there are more reported incidents. #0h # all i know... triumph for the netherlands in this year's eurovision song contest — but despair for the uk, which finished last. kompany parts company with his club. the manchester city captain is off to anderlecht as player—manager. and, at 2:30pm, we take a look back at the last seven days at westminster, in

the week in parliament. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. welcome to bbc news. the prime minister is urging mps to look at what she calls her "new and improved" brexit offer "with fresh pairs of eyes" and to give it their support. writing in the sunday times, theresa may says the brexit withdrawal bill, the legislation needed to take britain out of the eu, will be a "bold offer". but the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says his party does not currently support the legislation as he has heard nothing which suggests it will be "fu nda mentally a ny different" to what was previously put forward. here's our political correspondent, jonathan blake. the ayes to the right, 286,

the noes to the left 344. three times her brexit deal has been rejected, but the prime minister is giving it one more go. the vote next month is her last chance to win parliament's backing. but how? writing in the sunday times, theresa may has promised a new, bold offer to mps across the house of commons, with an improved package of measures that she believes can win new support. i will not be simply asking mps to think again, she says. instead, i'll ask them to look at a new, improved deal with a fresh pair of eyes and to give it their support. a big promise, but no detail on what the offer will be, the one cabinet minister says there is still room to find agreement with labour. we do in many ways agree. none of us want to remain in the european union, none of us want a no—deal brexit, which means logically there has to be a deal, and if there is going to be a deal, the labour and conservatives are about half an inch apart. jeremy corbyn pulled the plug

on talks with the government, and now sounds sceptical about labour helping the deal through before october's deadline. we haven't seen whatever the new bill is going to be yet but nothing i've heard leads me to believe it's fundamentally any different to the previous bill so as of now we are not supporting it. labour is split on holding another public vote. that won't be part of theresa may's offer, although plenty in parliament will keep pushing for it, even if some say there may not now be time. at the beginning of these european election campaigns, we had time to provide for a people's vote on what happens on brexit. which would take at least five to six months. we now do longer have the time to do that by the 31st of october, when we are due to crash out. others fighting for remain votes in thursday's european elections say it is possible if the government allows. if the government is going to bring the withdrawal bill before parliament, then what we have said is that if they attach a confirmatory referendum to it,

we will support it. but polls suggest it's the brexit party arguing for an eu exit as soon as possible that is winning the support — another factor piling pressure on the prime minister to get an agreement for her deal, and quickly. jonathan blake, bbc news. our political correspondent, jonathan blake, is here with more. essentially whatjeremy corbyn seems to be saying is nothing has come out of the negotiations to change their view that they cannot support a government, we are in an election week, is it possible we will all be thinking our positions next weekend asa thinking our positions next weekend as a result of the outcome of the elections? possibly, if the polling proves elections? possibly, if the polling p roves a ccu rate elections? possibly, if the polling proves accurate than both main parties are braced for poor results

in those european elections, if the brexit party led by nigel faraj commands the most support then they will perhaps be worried that the prospect of a noble deal brexit which she has argued for becomes higher up the agenda because they would perhaps be a high level of support for it so both theresa may and jeremy corbyn are hedging their bets before there elections, theresa may not coming out with the details of whatever this bold offer turns out to be, jeremy corbyn not saying whether he will support it because the detail isn't there but the next few days will be interesting and the outcome of the election results will have an impact. we have people saying they will do something they haven't done before, but for a different party because of the european elections, michael heseltine said he would vote lib dems, andrew mckinlay said he would

do the same, as pro—europeans but none of that might change the arithmetic at westminster. now, these are european elections for seats in the european parliament under doubt the government has said it never wanted to take part in these, it gives the public a chance to tell the government what they think of what's going on and that will have an impact much more so than the number of meps from each party which may end up sitting in the european parliament, but the arithmetic at westminster stays as it is an theresa may cannot change that so she has to offer concessions to one side or the other or both, on theissue to one side or the other or both, on the issue of a customs union which the issue of a customs union which the labour party wants to see in future, conceding terms that will turn off as many conservative mps as it will turn on labour mps, if not

more, so there are no easy options for her, she has to beg, borrow and steal ideas and to pick off bits of support from labour unofficially. and she's clearly at the end of her premiership, these are the dying weeks of theresa may's prime ministership which affects her authority, there are signs of people positioning themselves for the battle for the leadership, we have rory stewart and amber rudd relaunching this one nation caucus, they call it, john major sank the centre of the party has been vacated. there is a discussion going on and there has for some time now, the leadership contest has unofficially been under way for a while and barely a week and goes by without a cabinet minister inviting journalists into their kitchen and talking about opinions that have nothing to do with their brief and

alongside this frantic high—stakes game that theresa may is involved in trying to get brexit through in the dying weeks and months of her premiership, there is this contest to appeal to the conservative party membership and the public from people who fancy their chances as leader, but what none of them want to do is pick up the pieces of this mess before it's finished. and next week, we will be before it's finished. and next week, we will be continuing our series of interviews with meps and leaders from the main parties standing in the european elections in a special ask this. you can send us your questions to put to them. on monday, we'll speak to conservative mep ashley fox and vince cable, the lib dem leader. then on tuesday we're interviewing gerard batten, the ukip leader, and on wednesday it will be the turn ofjohn healey from labour and adam price, the plaid cymru leader. details of how to get in touch are on the screen. the new national rail summer timetable comes into effect today, and train companies say they're

making every effort to avoid the chaos of last year's shake—up. but public transport campaigners have warned that train companies must have a "robust contingency plan" in case this latest timetable change leads to a repeat of last year's meltdown. our business correspondent, katy austin, has more. it's nearly summer, so some train times are changing again. new services are being added each year to provide for an increasing number of passengers and boost the economy. today's timetable shake—up makes space for 1000 additional services across the country, but these changes are on a far smaller scale than last may. then, a huge overhaul of timetables resulted in chaos for passengers on the northern and govia thames link networks in particular. rail operators will be monitoring this summer's timetable change carefully and they said they can respond quickly if there are any problems, adding that extra staff are on hand to support passengers. train companies and network rail have emphasised that they learned lessons from what happened last summer and have been working together to put those lessons into practice.

they have highlighted the winter changes introduced in december which were also deliberately scaled back as a successful example. but the group representing passengers says those paying to travel deserve this time round to go smoothly. we'll know really by the end of the morning commute on monday, that is the kind of acid test when this is really seeing if it works or not. sunday is a bit of a trial run. monday morning, d—day, really, for commuters. let's see what happens. we will be there watching on behalf of passengers to see what is happening and see how good the information is in particular. last summer's rail chaos led to apologies from the transport secretary and an official enquiry. the disruption is still fresh in the minds of commuters, who will be expecting a far less stressful experience when they return to the network in their millions on monday morning. katie austin, bbc news. now, the largest election the world has ever seen has taken place in india — where 900 million people were eligible to vote. voting ends today, after an acrimonious and at times violent campaign.

sangita myska is in delhi for us now. this is an enormous logistical operation, in part presumably why it ta kes pla ce operation, in part presumably why it takes place over such a long period, and it seems to have been a bad—tempered campaign. and it seems to have been a bad-tempered campaign. very much so, so let me recap with some figures to give a sense of scale, there was 900 million registered voters have voted across 29 states from the northernmost parts of india in the himalayas down to the southern tip of this country, it's taken six weeks over seven phases, today is the last day of polling and it has been an unbelievably fierce and bitter battle, very little debate nationally about policies, instead incredibly a slew of personal insults from the leaders of all the

major parties going at each other‘s throats in the last few weeks. white such an angry campaign? this is essentially a poll of the incumbent prime minister narendra modi, a hindu nationalist leader from the bj p hindu nationalist leader from the bjp party, his critics will tell you he has spent the last five years moving india away from its secular constitutional society into a country divided by caste and religion. his supporters who are equally passionate will say he is the only man who can deliver sustainable development over another five years and fight the corruption that has plagued this country. results day is on thursday and we should then have some idea who will govern the country over the next five years but there could be a twist. in 2014 narendra modi won the

election with a landslide majority, that hadn't happened for the previous 30 years, because india generally has been run on a system of alliances so peek at either end up of alliances so peek at either end up with the bjp forming an alliance or all the opposition parties could end up aligning themselves against the bjp to have a third party government so everything to play for. do you think the legacy of the selection, whoever wins, is damaging for the concept of democracy in india because not only has there been the name—calling but a huge wave of fake posts on the internet, much seems to be driven by the parties themselves, pictures of people supposedly gandhi and others, the leader of the opposition, having dinner with the leader of the opposition, having dinnerwith imran khan, the leader of the opposition, having dinner with imran khan, that was fate, pictures of his sister drunk,

that was fake, a pretty nasty legacy? lots of aspects to all of this, 2014 is when we saw the first rise of this whatsapp campaigning and a lot of fake images that were spread across the internet, people here say it was a very successful campaign by the bjp that really dented the image of the leader of the main opposition party, rahul gandhl the main opposition party, rahul gandhi, who leads the congress party and they say he was fatally wounded, there seems to have been a bit of a comeback from congress since december. facebook, who own whatsapp, have said they have tried to go about seeing that doesn't happen, they will be checking on some of those fake posts but that has been a bitter battle, huge amounts of criticism of the election commission, which should be entirely

impartial but going back to your reference to violence, in the state of west bengal there has been a fierce battle between the bjp and the state's ruling party, the tmc, a left—wing socialist party, the chief minister in west bengal and narendra modi have been going at each other in the last few weeks, there there has been widespread violence and the campaign was brought to an early close this week, the tmc and the congress party accused the election commission of being biased, they said they brought it forward to end campaigning a day early so that narendra modi could stage a huge selection relic and that would then stop any other parties campaigning on that final day so the legacy, i've heard lots of people here site that think they are most concerned

about is this identity politics, that india has increasingly begun to appear, certainly a private dinner parties and cafe is, about identity politics, which caste or religion you are from, this was not a common conversation in any meaningful way even ten yea rs conversation in any meaningful way even ten years ago, now people are saying that now that genie is out of the bottle, regardless of who comes to power over the next five years, how can you get that bottle back in? it will be fascinating when the results come out. and you can follow the coverage on the bbc in the next few days. the headlines on bbc news: theresa may promises mps a "bold" new offer on brexit, to try to get her deal through parliament before she leaves office. the new national rail summer timetable comes into effect today. train companies say they've learned lessons from weeks of chaos on the network last summer.

a bbc investigation finds a fall in the number of prosecutions for revenge porn — even though there are more reported incidents. let's date with that story. a bbc 5 live investigation has found that the number of prosecutions for "revenge porn" in england and wales has fallen, despite an increase in reported incidents. similar laws were introduced in northern ireland and scotland. antoinette raffaela huber is doing a phd at liverpooljohn moores university focusing on imaged based sexual abuse. shejoins me now. let me quote the figures to people so they can see what it is we are talking about today. let me find the figures, they found that there had been a rise in the number of cases investigated by police between 2015 and 2016, from 852 to 1853, the

number of charges dropped from 207 to 158. can you explain that? the rise in the number of recorded cases is that now we have a law and people are more aware of the fact this abusive behaviour is illegal under criminal justice system abusive behaviour is illegal under criminaljustice system have the means to deal with that, that explains why people are coming forward. in terms of the low level of prosecutions, at the moment the lot we have is not fit for purpose so it doesn't especially, there's too many loopholes in it and that it doesn't particularly help police forces and crown prosecution service to prosecute cases and it doesn't encourage victims to stay within the criminal justice encourage victims to stay within the criminaljustice process, so you will have victims who pull out the process. two interesting aspects, one is the requirement that the

prosecution has to prove intent to cause distress, so it's not enough that your ex—boyfriend or ex—girlfriend sticks naked pictures of you on the internet, they have to win you to feel distressed, how big a bar is that to prosecution? at the moment it's incredibly high, there area moment it's incredibly high, there are a lot of cases where somebody can say that for example they were intoxicated or they didn't realise the level of distress they would cause the victim, you also find insta nces cause the victim, you also find instances where people don't necessarily share them with the intent of the victim finding out their image had been shared, so gaining status with online peer groups, and if you cannot clearly demonstrate that intent, it undermines prosecution, so we need a

secondary bar that you should have known it would cause distress. what about anonymity? this isn't treated asa about anonymity? this isn't treated as a sex crime, it protects the victim from the point of the complaint, so victims are publicly identified. some people would make that choice but is that a disincentive? the issue that many victims fear is not having anonymity, it means they will be publicly identified for a second time, so not only have they been victimised in a public way but that will now be broadcast in the news, and that's problematic because victims fear what will happen is it will cause an incentive for people to try and find those images and

further share there images and this isa further share there images and this is a sexual offence so we should be granting these victims anonymity and if we don't, we are causing them more harm than good within the justice process. antoinette raffaela huber, thank you very much. a 16—year—old boy is said to be in a stable but serious condition after being shot in the leg in sheffield. emergency services were called just after midnight in the the spital hill area of the city. police investigating the shooting have appealed to people who heard or saw anything to come forward. austria is due to hold a snap election in september after vice—chancellor heinz—christian strache, resigned over a corruption scandal. the freedom party leader stepped down after secret video footage emerged which appeared to show him discussing government contracts with an alleged russian investor. earlier today, austria's chancellor sebastian kurz promised an independent inquiry into possible abuse of office and the origins of the video that caused

mr strache's resignation. translation: we will work together to create the necessary framework so a full and proper investigation think can take place and we will make sure this is independent and transparent. furthermore, the president and i both share the same goal, namely the maximum degree of stability. security sources in egypt say at least 12 people have been injured in a blast targeting a tourist bus. -- 17. the attack happened near the new egyptian museum close to the giza pyramids. the sources added that ten of the wounded are egyptians while seven are south africans. they have been taken to a nearby hospital, and they are all in a stable condition. this year's eurovision song contest had it all. russia had singing in the shower, australians were on bendy poles and there was a half—time

performance from madonna. what they didn't have, u nfortu nately, what they didn't have, unfortunately, was a success for the uk. the netherlands triumphed for the first time since 1975 — but it was despair for the uk's entry, which finished last. 0ur correspondent david sillito was there. from tel aviv, israel, this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest, 2019! it was from the beginning trademark eurovision... inside the auditorium. chanting: taking part in eurovision means you join a racist mission! but in amongst the throngs of fans, there are also protests, an argument that because of israel's actions in the occupied territories, it should not be hosting the eurovision song contest. i think the world should not allow israel to host events like this because having events like the eurovision here is masking away the reality of the occupation. and the heavy security, a reminder of the israel that wasn't on show. and in jerusalem, there were chaotic scenes.

a police charge against religious protesters. they were objecting to eurovision taking place on the jewish sabbath. but inside the event, there had been fears of protest but all passed off peacefully. and with some considerable spectacle, this swaying performance from australia. # when you call my name # it's like a little prayer # i'm down on my knees... the interval act, madonna, who had faced criticism for playing israel, but there were some doubts about whether this was a douze points performance. the thing that brings all of these people here tonight is music. so let's never underestimate the power of music to bring people together. meanwhile, the uk's michael rice performed with gusto but once again it wasn't to be the uk's night. # bigger than us...

instead, the winner, the netherlands. # all i know, all i know, loving you is a losing game # oh, oh, oh david sillitoe reporting and a disappointing night for michael rice although he certainly had lots of support from this country. the start of the second world war saw nearly three million children evacuated from britain's main cities to the safety of the countryside. in one case, an entire school was moved from london to wales. 0ur reporter, tomos morgan, has been to meet the last two surviving members of one class, as they reunited for the first time since the end of the war. and we haven't met since we left school. since we left school. no. but you haven't altered. no, nor you. laughter it has been 76 years since they last met. but the school time memories of powis castle are still as clear as ever.

do you remember miss gwyn? called her beaky! very tall and very thin and she taught english. oh, she was good though. during the second world war, thousands of schoolchildren from the cities were moved to safer rural locations. as governor of the welsh girls' school in ashford, just outside london, lord powis invited the pupils there to be taught in his family home in powis castle, mid—wales. i think we were quite unaware of the war going on. because we were never told what was happening. wendy duff and mabel gower are now the last two surviving members of their year group. and in addition to the lessons, the homework, and the recreational activities they had here, the girls spent hours making much—needed garments that were sent to our battling troops. every spare minute we were knitting. we used to knit socks.

we were made aware of the troops and what they wanted. and scarves, garters. what about the sea boot stockings for the navy? i hated doing those, because it was a thick wool and it was very oily. were you doing that as a hobby or were you asked? we were not allowed to waste any time at all. in the 80th year since the beginning of the second world war, this now national trust—run castle has been recreated for the public as the school it once was between 1939 and 1946. we think there were about between 40 and 50 girls. it was the home of the herbert family, the earl of powis and his family. it was a hunting lodge, really, for them at that time. and they invited the welsh girls' school that lord powis was governor for. and that's margaret gregory... before the war ended, wendy and mabel parted to study

at different colleges in london and the midlands. yet, after a lifetime apart, the memories of their time in powis live on. i feel as if we haven't really missed a time, you know. we both had completely different lives. it makes me very grateful that i've lived so long. exactly, exactly. that was the bbc‘s tomos morgan reporting. with some memories of wartime schooling in wales. a wartime bomb caught in fishing nets off the coast of the isle of wight yesterday has been safely detonated. yes! what a bit of free entertainment with a happier ending thanit entertainment with a happier ending than it might otherwise have had.

that was the moment the navy's bomb disposal team pressed the button. the seven—foot wartime german sea mine was picked up by a fishing boat off the needles. now with a rather less explosive forecast, here's darren babs. we have some sunshine and showers developing now we will see more in the next few hours, a lot of cloud in the south—east of east anglia, cloud for scotland and northern ireland but a warmer date for easter in scotland, heavy showers likely for north—east down through the midlands, there is hardly any wind around, though showers become lighter and fewer overnight, pretty grey and misty around north sea coast, cloud will move further inland, a bit of mist and fog, temperatures on the mild side, we start off great with that low cloud burning off and sunny spells developing and showers developing

widely across northern ireland and high ground in scotland and wales, down through north—east england in twos central parts, 20 degrees in the south—east, 16 through the central belt of scotland. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: theresa may promises mps a "bold" new offer on brexit, to try to get her deal through parliament before she leaves office. the new national rail summer timetable comes into effect today. train companies say they've learned lessons from weeks of chaos on the network last summer a bbc investigation finds a fall in the number of prosecutions for revenge porn, even though there are more reported incidents. triumph for the netherlands in this year's eurovision song contest, but despair for the uk, which finished last.