good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: more than 500 arrests as police target the drugs gangs exploiting society's most vulnerable people. the chancellor, philip hammond, warns conservative leadership hopefuls — don't pursue a no—deal brexit. good morning. thousands ofjobs at risk as union officials meet ministers over reports that british steel is on the brink of collapse. the three—time formula 1 world champion nikki lauda has died at the age of 70 — nine months after undergoing a lung transplant. his family said he "passed

away peacefully". and carol will have the weather for us and carol will have the weather for us shortly. it's tuesday, 21st may. our top story: it's been revealed more than 500 suspected members of drugs gangs have been arrested over the past week in a crackdown on so called county lines networks across the uk. the groups, usually from cities, use children and vulnerable people to help them deal drugs in smaller towns or rural areas. ben ando reports. a police raid in sussex, one among many targeting so—called county lines crimes. gangs are sending drugs outside the usual territory in large cities to sell them elsewhere. from the images looks to be about 14, 15 from the images looks to be about 1a, 15 years old. from the images looks to be about 14, 15 years old. increasingly children are being coerced into selling drugs in deals lined up with cellphones. it is fast uncomfortably. the rates targeting cou nty uncomfortably. the rates targeting county lines were not limited to

sussex and surrey. in norfolk and suffolk drugs, cash, nice with these. in cheshire, drugs, cash, and a walking stick with a hidden blade we re a walking stick with a hidden blade were found. in bedford, cash, weapons, drugs, and in bucks four we re weapons, drugs, and in bucks four were arrested in a so—called cooker property, it is a home taken over by drugs gangs from an attic to a vulnerable person. in total there we re vulnerable person. in total there were more than 400 arrests. along with drugs and cash 46 weapons were seized, including knives, guns, and even a crossbow. this is one of the first big operations, the national crime agency's county lines. it involves cooperation and co—ordination with police forces up and down the country. and they are hoping that by raising awareness of the kind of suspicious behaviour associated with county lines crime, members of the public will know what to look out for and be able to call it in. ben ando, bbc news, central london.

the chancellor, philip hammond, will today warn conservative leadership hopefuls against a no—deal brexit. theresa may will address the cabinet later on what she's described as a ‘bold offer‘ regarding her brexit plan. this all comes just two days before the eu elections. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster has she got some convincing to do, do you think? i think she has. the problem she has at the moment is that her deal has been rejected three times by mps. now she has got to convince not just three times by mps. now she has got to convince notjust the whole of parliament tobacco deal, she has got to convince a cabinet as well. she is meeting with cabinet this morning. there will be some people in there, long—standing live campaigners, who will not be too keen on some of the compromises theresa may feels he has to make to try to reach out, specifically, to labour mps to try to get them on board to get enough numbers to get a brexit deal through parliament when mps brexit deal through parliament when m ps vote brexit deal through parliament when mps vote on it in the first week in june. so it will be a big day for her. and her time in downing street

is limited, which has been underlined by a speech that the chancellor, phillip hammond, is making tonight. briefly, he is talking to business leaders this evening and in a sense is on is looking beyond the theresa may era and is setting down some advice for any of her potential successors. he is selling them if they try to back no deal, for example, that would be to hijack the result of the referendum, as he sees it, and inflict economic damage on the country. in the run—up to the european elections, which are of course on thursday, unwanted european elections aspires the conservatives and many others are concerned are in the run—up to that you could say he was simply attacking the brexit party and others who advocate no deal. there is also a strong message for the forthcoming conservative leadership campaign as well from the chancellor. in terms of campaigning for those elections, you mentioned the brexit party. nigel farage is one of those on the campaign trail. police are now investigating a protest in newcastle. that is right. as far as we are protest in newcastle. that is right. as far as we are aware protest in newcastle. that is right. as far as we are aware nigel farage has said he will be pressing charges

on this incident. the northumbria police arrested a 32—year—old man yesterday following the incident in newcastle. and, as far as we are aware, as i said, charges will be pressed. i think from the point of view of nigel farage's supporters, they will be dismayed if this image is the abiding image of the campaign volume. because what they would want to point to is that he has been travelling around the country, newcastle today, another big rally, and he has been backing out all is up and he has been backing out all is up and down the country with his rather straightforward message about coming out of the european union if necessary with no deal at all —— packing out. the contrast they would like to see between him and other parties is the image of a modern stump on the campaign trail and there was a that is becoming more difficult to do if he is subject to the kind of incident we saw in newcastle yesterday. really good to talk to you. thank you very much. officials from the unite trade union will meet government ministers this morning, amid reports that british steel is

on the brink of collapse. ben's here to explain more. ben, more than 4,000 workers are based at the plant in scunthorpe? this is worrying years. the next 24 hours could be important. british steel said we could need some financial help because we're worried about the of brexit. they say sales have suffered. people putting off making big orders because of the concern of what might happen next. and that money has not been forthcoming. what we are led to believe and the report suggested a that unions will meet with ministers today to try to come up with a plan, plan to save the firm. if that money isn't forthcoming it could be placed into administration. as you say, a crucial day for the stuff that work there. it is still is the second largest steel producer in the country, employing nearly 25,000 people. that is both directly in british steel, but also in its supply chain. it supports thousands ofjobs supply chain. it supports thousands of jobs across the supply chain. it supports thousands ofjobs across the country from suppliers and other firms that work

with it. so there is real concern for what those workers will do in theirjobs and whether there will be any money from the government forthcoming to support those people. and what is so interesting here is that the unions are very angry. they say, look, the government has presided over british manufacturing collapsing around areas, just sitting on their hands, it is a stop warning from the unions this morning. it is worth bearing in mind that the british steel, as a supplier, the bigger supply to network rail. so you can see why and where in industry that steel is used in way to sir christopherjobs. absolutely. if you have any menus you will bring it to us —— why it is so you will bring it to us —— why it is so crucial for you will bring it to us —— why it is so crucialforjobs. the first major legal challenge to police use of automated facial recognition surveillance begins in cardiff later today. ed bridges, whose image was taken, argues the lack of regulation breaches human rights. he's being supported by the civil rights group liberty. the home office, the information commissioner and the surveillance camera commissioner are all involved

in the case which should give clear guidance on how the technology is used. the current system that cares for the most vulnerable people with learning disabilities or autism is not fit for purpose, according to a new report. the care quality commission says at least 62 adults and children in mental health hospitals in england are being segregated from others for long periods of time. one man spent nine and a half years in isolation. alison holt reports this damning report from the care regulator van people with learning disabilities, autism, and other issues were segregated from others for long period of time. some families describe the children living in bear rooms, even being fed through patches. the report says any of the people they saw well in mental health hospitals miles from theirfamilies stop mental health hospitals miles from their families stop they found 62 people living in segregation, but believe there are more. the average day was six months, but some stayed

much longer. and often staff lacked training on how to care for people with autism. there might be circumstances when caring for a person away from other patients on the ward might be in that person's interests. but we weren't convinced that was always the case. the fact that was always the case. the fact that on many of these was, or some of these wards, staff did not have the skills necessary to work with people with those complex problems, and a high proportion of staff and some of these hospitals aren't nullified workers really makes us think that people are not receiving the best possible care. this review shows some harrowing stories of the ca re shows some harrowing stories of the care given to some of the most vulnerable in society. i ordered the review in order to make sure that we know exactly what's happening. and i'm absolutely determined to get to the bottom of it. the government says the care of all piecemeal held in segregation in these hospitals will be reviewed —— patients. an expert panel look at different ways

of caring for them in the future. alison holt, bbc news. nurses are warning there needs to be a greater awareness of the dangers of inhaling nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. the royal college of nursing annual congress will hear that a change in the law has failed to restrict the number of people using the gas to get high. the home office says "new psychoactive substances have already cost far too many lives". scientists are warning that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to ice melting in greenland and antarctica at a faster rate than previously thought. until now, experts have suggested the world's seas could rise byjust under a metre by the end of the century. but a new study says the real level may be double that figure. this would potentially submerge much of bangladesh and endanger major cities including london and new york. chester zoo's latest arrival to its giraffe family, has stepped out for the first time. as you can see mojo galloped

into the fresh air. at 12 days old she already stands at just over six feet tall and weighs more than 80 kilograms. the rothchild's giraffe spent an hour running around and getting know her extended family after spending a week bonding indoors with mum, 0rla. that is absolutely adorable. that is absolutely adorablelj that is absolutely adorable. i love that pays right out of the blocks. they feel like we will see a lot of that this morning. it is 11 minutes past six. some sad news this morning. 0ne past six. some sad news this morning. one of the greats of motorsport stop and grab it is really sad news. niki lauda, who i am sure eve ryo ne everyone knows and remembers from a tremendous number of years racing, died yesterday at the age of 70. which is no agent somebody in his position who has been so influential in motorsport and who has lived an incredible life. but he had suffered huge physical damage in a car crash,

inafire huge physical damage in a car crash, in a fire back in the 1970s. be on the world championship three times, most notably a year after he was badly injured in an horrific crash at the german grand prix that left him with with serious burns. he underwent a lung transplant nine months ago. his family said he passed away peacefully. we will be paying tribute to him, properly, throughout the programme this morning. elsewhere in sport, steve clarke has been named as scotland's new head coach, replacing alex mcleish, who left the role in april. clarke guided kilmarnock to third in the scottish premiership this season. manchester city's men's and women's teams showed off the silver on a trophy parade across the city, greeted by huge crowds. the men won a domestic treble, while city's women won the fa cup, and the continental cup. great britain's ice hockey team are still in the top flight of the world championship, after a dramatic win over france. they came from 3—0 down to win 4—3, ben davies scoring the winner in overtime.

look at that! that is some proper celebration. that is some proper celebration. that is some proper celebration. that is what you call a pylon. are you going to say to look at the papers? first we will look at the weather. carol is at richmond park with a look at this morning's weather. it looks like a lovely sunrise and more beautiful gardens. good morning, everyone. right on all counts. you can see the fabulous flowers. we have been surrounded by fabulous flowers all week. many different varieties of flowers and roses. way back in 1625 charles i actually moved this courtier to avoid the plague in london. and here turned it into a deer park stop and we have seen some lovely dear this morning, just strolling around and munching on some grass like they haven't got a care in the world —— deer. the sun is beating down. the temperatures will rise. yesterday we

hitjust over 20 degrees. today in parts of the south—east we could hit 20-21, parts of the south—east we could hit 20—21, possibly 22. so the forecast for today is a largely dry one. there will be a fair bit of sunshine around. 0nce there will be a fair bit of sunshine around. once again, there will be shelves in the forecast. like yesterday, some will be heavy and thundery, slow—moving with some hail. most likely areas are across the north and east, particularly scotland. you can see a lot of dry weather first thing. some scotland. you can see a lot of dry weatherfirst thing. some patchy mist and fog around. luke cloud coming in from the north sea overnight. we have also got some quite heavy rain through the north—east of scotland. it has been raining overnight and will continue through the course of today. eventually it will move northwards. more cloud across the north—east coast of england. pretty much for the rest of england, wales, northern ireland, start, particularly in northern ireland, but a mostly dry one, when we lose any mist and fog patches that have formed there will

be some turnaround. through the afternoon will see further showers develop across scotland as the rain is northwards. because if you across northern england as well. the showers, many of us will mist them, but some of them will be torrential. something to watch out for. temperatures widely14—18, peaking at 22 as we slipped down into the south—east. through the evening and overnight many showers will fade. more cloud will come in from the north sea along the east coast as far south as east anglia. and we will have some of that rain across scotland. 0vernight it will start to move south. at the same time, by the end of the night, we will have to get cloud with patchy rain and drizzle coming in across north—west wales, northern england, and the west midlands. as a result, it won't bea west midlands. as a result, it won't be a particularly cold night. temperatures roughly 5—10. that leads us into tomorrow. tomorrow we still will have that rain. we will start to see the rainfall amounts going up across northern and eastern

scotland. away from that we are looking again at a lot of dry weather, a lot of low cloud, drizzly, murky conditions from the overnight period across parts of wales, the west midlands, and we could see the odd shower in the south—west. again, those are the exceptions rather than the rules. top temperatures tomorrow peaking at 21. if you like it that little bit warmer, good news for you in the next few days. let's take a look at today's papers. this photograph of nigel farage covered in milkshake appears on many of the front pages this morning including the metro. the paper says the politician was left "milkshaken" after the incident in newcastle—upon—tyne tyne when a man threw his drink over mr farage. the daily mail says prince charles is to host donald trump for tea

during his state visit next month. the paper says their meeting is a surprise as reports had suggested the prince of wales had previously refused to have anything to do with the us president. bit of downton on the front cover. the daily telegraph focuses on the race to succeed theresa may — reporting dominic raab's suggestion that the basic rate of income tax should be cut to 15p. the former brexit secretary set out his plan in a debate with four other conservative leadership candidates. the daily mirror is leading with a call from gps in england to be given a minimum of 15 minutes for appointments with patients. the paper says gp leaders say the current ten minute guideline is "unfit for purpose" as there is not enough time to properly diagnose people. what have you got here then? an update on the story that huawei was banned from accessing google software. they are talking about

huawei coming up with its own software and describing that as a technology cold war. it's a really interesting story because android dominating globally as far as operating systems are concerned. assuming it was. what happens here is that huawei, if it does set of its own software, it could spark a cold war. and particularly china, the biggest smartphone market and the biggest smartphone market and the word —— world. it does pit east and west against each other. the back of the guardian, they are, i'm not going to say speculating, but talking about who will be in that world cup squad. after a really very, very rapid rise to the england

rank, he qualified to play back in england in march. we are due to update you throughout the morning but i want to show you this. this is from a gentler age. this is a picture in the times today and that is cricket being played on the isle of wight where hampshire are going to decamp while the world cup is on which is really rather lovely. playing cricket, near the coast. crab sandwiches, fish and chips. i'd love to go and watch cricket there. sally, i know you are excited. there is downton in a movie. this is a picture of the cast, lots of the old cast in it but we have newcomers as well. imelda staunton is coming to play lady bagshaw. maggie smith in it. i love this photograph, so glamorous and classy. we don't know whether this is the dog from before.

i think the dog died. it's a new dog. it's a golden retriever, not a labrador. it's a different colour is all i'm saying. they had to bring in all i'm saying. they had to bring in a new dog. really good news for all you downton fans. released in the uk in september. what's it called, downton the movie? i'm sure it have it has a different name. downton two, the revenge. this picture in the paper this morning, it's the first supermarket to roll out plastic free fruit and veg aisles. they've got rid of all those plastic bags for your carrots and potatoes. no avocados wrapped in plastic and market stall type territory. we hope

other supermarkets do the same. good news. silk kami tops and skirts. marquees in. hi—tech gifts going. august no longer the most popular month. may is now the most popular month. may is now the most popular month for weddings. destinations like croatia or malta and no more meringue dresses. meringue dresses probably went out a few years ago. is it in probably went out a few years ago. is itina probably went out a few years ago. is it in a line skirt? i'm not going to give away any game of thrones

spoilers but there is a petition from superfa ns spoilers but there is a petition from superfans and it says a million people have signed this position to rewrite and remake the final series because lots of fans are disappointed. i mean, come on. imagine what a moneymaking wing it would be. the way that creatively taken it would be. the way that creatively ta ken it but would be. the way that creatively taken it but my old english teacher, the obligatory studying of shakespearean school. and then complain about it. he says if you're not happy about how it ends, go and write your own one. won't these books like dungeons & dragons, you ta ke books like dungeons & dragons, you take the left and go to page 42. some of them die, some of them live. is it going to be a movie like downton? there are three coming out. i think you watch this more than you let on. ijust get annoyed at people. it's not important.

many of us may be a little scared of heights, but for some its an overhwhelming phobia. it's known as acrophobia, and now virtual reality is to be used by the nhs, which gives sufferers the chance to face their fears from the comfort of "terra firma". richard westcott reports. so just sojust one step so just one step at a time is all about where you are comfortable with. forjulie, even a spiral staircase is a problem. with. forjulie, even a spiral staircase is a problemlj with. forjulie, even a spiral staircase is a problem. i feel it's getting narrow. in my brain, it's getting narrow. in my brain, it's getting a bit narrow. she has got acrophobia, and extreme fear of heights, and it's been holding her back for decades. we are high up now, you can't go near that engine. i can't go anything that goes fast or apply. just avoid, it's like an avoidance. i'm just rigid on the spot at the moment. after this therapy they say you should be able

to go over the edge. how do you feel? very nervous, very apprehensive. julie, i will give you the headset and let you pop on over your head. now she is one of the first nhs patients to have virtual reality treatment for the problem. wow, look at this apple tree. what i'd like you to do is pick eight apples. more if you'd like. computer—generated therapist sets you tasks, all on the edge of a shopping centre balcony. as the lift ta kes you shopping centre balcony. as the lift takes you higher, you walk over rope bridges and rescue kittens. great, well done. i want you to make a mental note of any anxious thoughts you have now. the levels have got higherand! you have now. the levels have got higherand i was you have now. the levels have got higher and i was nearer to the edge. can you see what i see? expect to

see more computer arabist in the future because they are cheaper and easier to get hold of them qualified humans. mental health charities broadly welcome the mood that sayyid must be part of a range of different therapies. the company behind the vr says it could be used to treat depression, obsessive—compulsive disorder and they're depression, obsessive—compulsive disorder and they‘ re about depression, obsessive—compulsive disorder and they're about to start a clinical trial treating schizophrenia. by taking them into a virtual worlds such as a gp waiting room, such as a bus, a street, a cafe, a bar, everyday things that most of us do that they find challenging, you can actually start to get them to accept their situation much more readily and be less anxious in those situations. back on the tower, julie is about halfway through the treatment and is testing the effects. that is a lot closer. i'm just checking the building, focusing on the building. does it feel different to this morning? 0bviously you've done a lot

better than this morning. i'm imagining when i was in the vr, i was going up to those levels, so doing what i was doing then to now. richard wescott, bbc news, cambridge. julie is slowly getting close to the edge. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. three men have been arrested after a burglary involving mopeds and knives at a jewellers in maida vale. police were called to the shop yesterday afternoon. one of the suspects was arrested after being detained by members of the public. armed police arrested two more a short time later. the duke of cambridge is launching a river safety campaign on the thames today. more than 30 people die on the river each year, with more than 700 incidents

in which lives are at risk. a new strategy has been put together by agencies including the port of london authority and the london ambulance service which aims to cut the numbers of people drowning. london's best new buildings 47 london buildings have been awarded it's been the setting for coronations and royal weddings, now westminster abbey has been named among our best buildings. a project to restore and open hidden galleries — not seen for hundreds of years — has earned it the royal institute of british architect's regional award. let's take a look at the travel situation now. turning to the roads and the m25 is closed clockwise atjunction 5 for the m26 — that's after a fuel tanker caught fire. all traffic is being sent on to the a21. so queues are building. in little venice: warwick avenue remains closed following a stabbing on sunday. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a lovely bright start out there this morning, just a little bit of ms dennis to contend with but that will live fairly

quickly to a largely dry day with plenty of sunshine. another wind remains like today, basically a little bit of fair weather cloud bubbling up through the afternoon. i say largely dry with the risk of a shower but to be honest, it looks like most places will avoid them. temperatures feeling warm and 22 celsius. 0vernight, conditions remain similarto celsius. 0vernight, conditions remain similar to last night. clear, dry, temperature is not especially cold either but we may see a little bit of mr developing again by dawn tomorrow. the minimum 10— seven celsius. a bright one, we will get a day of sunny spells. temperatures again, low 20s, around 20 celsius. as we head through to thursday, things turning progressively more u nsettled. things turning progressively more unsettled. we see more cloud arriving. temperatures remaining co nsta nt arriving. temperatures remaining constant through much of this week but more risk of a shower as we head through friday and into the weekend. tonight, bbc london has a special programme ahead of the eu elections. iam in

i am in amsterdam where from flowers to pharmaceuticals, they are getting ready for brexit. the city council predict that the local economy here could lose 1 predict that the local economy here could lose! billion euros a predict that the local economy here could lose 1 billion euros a year but there are some real opportunities opening up. so what impact will leaving the eu have on london's immigrant population? well, we wallowed carol here back to warsaw in poland where he is starting a new life with his family after 20 yea rs of starting a new life with his family after 20 years of living in london. and i'm with businesses in wembley looking forward to the benefits that brexit might ring. tune in to bbc london at 6:30 for that special programme. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it's back to lousie and dan. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this

morning: almost two years on from the grenfell tower fire, we'll hear claims that not enough has been done to prevent a similar disaster. the head of the fire brigade's union will tell us what he thinks the government needs to do. he was known as billy whizz, but when racing driver billy monger lost both of his legs in a crash it was thought he'd never race again. but he's back, and winning again on the track. we'll speak to him later. and... "great scott!" we're going back to the future, as the story of marty mcfly and dr emmett brown comes to the stage. that is actually a delorean and it is outside our studios. very exciting. are you going to dry it later? try to get it up to 88 mph -- dry it. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. more than 500 suspected members of drugs gangs have been arrested

over the past week in a co—ordinated police operation across the uk. officers were tackling so—called county lines drugs networks, which involves gangs from cities moving into smaller towns or rural areas and using children and vulnerable people to help them deal drugs. weapons were also recovered as well as more than 300,000 pounds in cash. union leaders will meet government ministers this morning, amid reports that british steel is on the brink of collapse. 4,000 people are employed at the firm's scunthorpe plant. the unite union is urging the compa ny‘s owner greybull to find a solution. a decision on an emergency loan is expected today. the chancellor, philip hammond, will today warn conservative leadership hopefuls against a no—deal brexit. theresa may will address the cabinet later on what she's described as a ‘bold offer‘ regarding her brexit plan. this all comes as mps have just 48 hours of campaigning left before the eu elections. firefighters have accused ministers of "utter complacency" over the risk of fires in tower blocks. almost two years after the grenfell tower disaster, the fire brigades' union

says its research shows safety plans across england and wales are mostly "inadequate" and there is a "postcode lottery of preparedness". however, the government says fire and rescue services have the resources they need. scientists are warning that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to ice melting in greenland and antarctica at a faster rate than previously thought. until now, experts have suggested the world's seas could rise byjust under a metre by the end of the century. but a new study says the real level may be double that figure. this would potentially submerge much of bangladesh and endanger major cities including london and new york. research on attitudes towards electric cars suggests that the majority of motorists in britain are not ready to buy one. more than half of those taking part in a trial by the "not for profit" transport research laboratory — said they wouldn't invest in one as their main vehicle within the next five years.

sir rod stewart has pledged £10,000 to help a group of model railway enthusiasts who had their trains destroyed by vandals. the sets were ransacked at a school in lincolnshire at the weekend. sir rod says it took him 23 years to build up his own model railway collection, so he feels their pain. an appeal which set out to raise £500 has so far had donations of more than £50,000. four youths have been arrested on suspicion of burglary and criminal damage. they have been overwhelmed by support. it isjust mindless, isn't it? absolutely. they are in the newspaper saying how delighted they are everyone has been in touch as well. thank you for being with us this morning. sally is on the other side of the sofa with reflections on what was an incredible life and an amazing career for niki what was an incredible life and an amazing careerfor niki lauda. what was an incredible life and an amazing career for niki lauda. niki

lauda, one of the most iconic figures in motorsport. we remember him now after that horrendous crash and the fire in his car. scarred by that terrible, terrible time, nearly a lwa ys that terrible, terrible time, nearly always with his baseball cap on. the news emerged overnight that he died yesterday at the age of actually just 70. his family said he passed away peacefully. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. niki lauda excelled and somehow survived in a desperately dangerous era. he defied his wealthy family's orders to be a racing driver. with ferrari, lauda dominated formula 1. already world champion in 1975, more glory seemed certain. this was his car at the 1976 german grand prix. other drivers had rescued him from the wreckage. this was lauda six weeks later, wounds barely healed, but ready to race again. he'd heard the doctors predict he'd die from lung damage. he'd implored himself to fight. when that feeling came you get a big fright, you know, you're really worried

and frightened that you're going to die. and then that means you start everything possible to keep you going and you can't start your body, because the body doesn't react. you only can start the brain. you hear voices, you ask, for example, names, why is he here and why is he not here? the thing is to keep the brain working. if the brain works the body starts to work sooner or later. in 1977, he was world champion again. the championship was lauda's. fourth place at watkins glen in the autumn was enough to regain the world title. a staggering feat, acknowledged when the bbc reviewed the sporting year. regaining the drivers' world championship only 14 months after his crash in germany, niki lauda wins the bbc trophy for the outstanding 0verseas personality of the year. applause. lauda was champion driver again

in 1984, a victory for mclaren to go with the two titles that he'd won for ferrari. later he held managerial roles in formula 1, notably at mercedes. niki lauda lived to inspire new generations in the sport which so nearly claimed his life decades before. as you would expect, tributes are being paid from across the sporting world. the former motogp world champion casey stoner said: and from one of his former teams... and another former world champion, jenson button, said simply:

elsewhere in sport, steve clarke is scotland's new head coach. his appointment comes after he guided kilmarnock to third in the scottish premiership. clarke was voted manager of the year by scotland's professional footballers' association — he replaces alex mcleish, who left the role in april, and he inherits a side sitting fifth in their euro 2020 qualifying group after two games. he's managed to get the most out of a group of players at kilmarnock who we re a group of players at kilmarnock who were not performing, not doing really well when he took over. he got them playing in such a way that all these players are looking very, very promising players. some of them have gone through to international level because of his management. manchester city showed off the silver and joined their fans for a trophy parade across the city. the treble winners won the fa cup on saturday, to add to their premier league title and league cup triumphs. the city women's team also took part, celebrating a domestic double after an equally successful season. and there was a message for the fans from departing men's captain vincent

kompany. these guys on my left, on my right, these have all your love. every day of the week, every day, every single year, they work hard. this is the way i want to leave. i want to say thank you. i love you hard, i love you all. i'm out. that is quite a mic drop. well done to vincent kompa ny that is quite a mic drop. well done to vincent kompany there for that. brighton and hove albion's new manager graham potter says the players will need to improve, as will he himself. potter has left championships club swansea for brighton, who narrowly avoided relegation from the premier league this season and sacked chris hughton last week. england will announce their squad for the cricket world cup this morning. they're the favourites, after rising to number one in the world rankings. and being tipped by daniel walker.

they're the hosts, too, of course — england's first match is against south africa at the 0val on thursday week. bowler chris woa kes appears all but certain of a place, but even he's not counting his chickens. you know, it's certainly driven everyone forward, you know, to try and improve, to try and make sure they're on top of their game, to try and make sure they tick everything off in practice. you know, whenever you get the opportunity to bowl in practice, or bat in practice, orfield, you constantly feel like you're not on — not on audition, but you kind of feel like it's an opportunity for you to showcase your skills, not just in games. great britain's ice hockey team are still in the top flight of the world championship, after a dramatic victory over france. having lost their first six matches in slovakia, this was a winner—takes—all match for survival — and britain came from 3—0 down to force overtime — and ben davies scored to make it 4—3. look at this. 0h look at this. oh my goodness, they are not happy. well done to them.

finally, a really like this. football and dancing, my two favourite things —— i'd really like this. it is they league. that has got to be really offputting. sydney fc's got to be really offputting. sydney fc‘s den sincuba andrew redmayne. it paid off as his side won they league grand final on penalties. and you are allowed to do that? yes. it is like the next level. thank you. we will see you later. police have been cracking down this week on gangs who prey on children and vulnerable people to help them deal drugs. known as county lines, it typically involves gangs from cities moving into smaller towns or rural areas. the national crime agency says it's causing misery across the uk. its director of investigations,

nikki holland, joins us now. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. we have talked about cou nty joining us. we have talked about county lines on breakfast before. people who don't know, what do you mean about the? county lines a drug gangs who peddle their drugs across the whole of the uk. they take them out from the main cities and they export them into rural areas and that's where the expression has come, because the phenomenon started in london and they went out to the home counties, ancely county lines. and they tend to use some children and vulnerable people to do that. how significant an operation hazard being, hundreds of arrests? -- has it been? we arrested 586 people. it wasjoint it been? we arrested 586 people. it was joint with the national crime agency, regional units, and the police. 86 of those are women and 500 men. you talk about vulnerable people and children. presumably you have seen some of them during this investigation, what happened to them? last week we have obviously

safeguarded over 800 vulnerable people. the county lines model is predicated on exploiting vulnerable people in terms of using them to run the drugs, but also taking over their premises to run the operations. they go in like it is a cook earnest and take over vulnerable people's properties so they can do their activity there. you talk about the scale of the arrests. is it disrupting the whole network? i think it has had a significant impact in terms of safeguarding, taking drugs and cash of the streets. but this is a problem we need to continue to deal with every day. we can't arrest a way out of this problem. it requires a whole system response with partners who can look at, you know, people looking at what county lines ‘s and then becoming involved. people looking at what county lines 's and then becoming involved. what kind of impact has it been having on communities? county lines, the gangs tend to have rival disputes in areas so people will see an increase in

serious violence, an increase in drug ‘s use an associated criminal activity with drugs use. it is not just the victims of criminal lines, it affects the communities are. in terms of that expectation, i know you say you hope you have broken those systems, but i'm sure there are still people out there involved in this, what should people be looking out for in terms of exploitation of those who might be sucked into the system? so we would appeal directly to professionals to trust the instinct if they see something, you know, teachers, nurses, doctors, if they see something that is a bit unusual to contact the police and tell them what they are seeing. but also to pa rents. what they are seeing. but also to parents. if the children start acting differently, turning up when new belongings, olderfriends, perhaps, going missing, unexplained injuries, trust your instincts and speak to somebody because they may be dragged into this activity. as you say, you have been doing all these raids, do you think it will be a growing problem?” these raids, do you think it will be a growing problem? i think that at the moment our understanding and law

enforcement is the best it has ever beenin enforcement is the best it has ever been in terms of the scale and age of the threat. drugs dealing will continue to be a problem for the uk and every country. but i think the problem here is the use of these multiple lines and those being agile enough to respond. as we enforce the law around this the criminals are agile and they will adapt their methods to carry on. is that way developed in this way? i suppose trying to expand the network and thought let us do it this way. is there a reason behind why the county lines system developed? it is obviously their business model in terms of social media, for example. they have learnt they can book market through social media, two offers on drugs. i suppose they are moving with the times in terms of adapting the model so they can reach the maximum audience. 0k, thank you for your time. thank you. very interesting. you're watching breakfast from bbc news.

the headlines: police have arrested more than 500 people in a crackdown on so—called county lines drugs gangs which exploit children and vulnerable people. three time formula 1 world champion niki lauda has died at the age of 70. we will continue talking about him throughout the programme. we will speak about —— speak with somebody used to drive against him in the 19805 used to drive against him in the 1980s and sally will have more. carol is out and about in chelsea yesterday but now she is in richmond park. it's a beautiful time of the yearfor park. it's a beautiful time of the year for gardens. park. it's a beautiful time of the yearfor gardens. it most park. it's a beautiful time of the year for gardens. it most certainly is. good morning, everyone. we are in the rose garden. richmond park is the largest of all the royal parks. there are eight you could fit all eight of them into richmond park. it's a spectacular 2500 acres big.

you can see all the love coming. the birds are tweeting away. it's a beautiful start of the day here. temperatures quite close to freezing. the sun is out in the forecast today is a sunny one. some of the showers are likely to be heavy and thundery. we could see some large room tonight. we also have some rain across the north of scotla nd have some rain across the north of scotland and that is how we are starting the day for you. still this rain around but through the day, it will start to move away. we do have some mist and fog touches on some low cloud which is lapping in from the north sea overnight across south—east scotland. for northern ireland, bright start. and as we pushed further south across the esther —— the rest of england and

wales, patchy mist and fog but that will lift me looking at a largely dry day with sunny spells. as we go through the day, you can see how the rain pushes, brightens behind. some of those heavy, thundery hail mixed in we could see a few showers across northern england is well above the rest of the uk, largely dry with lengthy sunny spells. temperatures widely about 18 degrees. locally we could see 20, 21 or even 22. temperatures higher than they were yesterday. as we head through the evening and overnight, the rain in scotla nd evening and overnight, the rain in scotland starts to come south again. we will see more low cloud coming from the north sea and by the end of the night, thicker cloud across parts of north wales, north—west england in the north—west midlands. in some rural areas, temperatures

falling between four and 10 degrees. tomorrow, we start off with all the rain across northern and eastern parts of scotland. again, rainfall amounts are starting to add up. slowly breaking. in the west, we also have the cloud producing patchy light rain and drizzle. we could also see the odd shower but across the rest of the uk, we could be looking at highs of 20, 21 degrees. as we head towards the bank holiday weekend, it looks like things are a bit more unsettled but not too much cooler if at all. it is very much giving me garden envy, to be honest. me too. they are lovely. one in nine mothers are forced out of theirjob when they return

to work after having a child. that's according to the human rights watchdog. ben has more. really important issue. this is a report from the equality and human rights commission — and found that one in nine mothers had been fired either whilst on maternity leave, or shortly after returning to work. some were treated so badly they felt forced out of theirjob. here's what happened to claire from leeds. i was due back at work two weeks prior on my maternity leave finishing and i just prior on my maternity leave finishing and ijust got a phone call saying i didn't have a job to go back to. i was absolutely devastated and hurt by it, i didn't understand why i had a job to go back to because i'd been there for so long. it was hard because you are co nsta ntly so long. it was hard because you are constantly worrying about money, paying the bills all the time, and worrying about this beautiful little bundle you've made, you don't expect something but this to happen to you, you just don't. it was hard. it was

really, really ha rd. clare armstrong is an employment lawyer at slater & gordon. good morning to you. what's interesting about this is i assumed that all of this was already covered by the law but it really seems like it's a grey area in some respects. just explain what the current law is. there are current protections in the law for women who are pregnant and on maternity leave. they are protected from discrimination and things like any discrimination relating to pregnancy —related absence or illnesses and there are also protections in place to protect women from redundancy whenever they are on maternity leave and can give them priority in terms of alternative employment that might be available if their role is redundant but there are limits to those protections. for example, there are redundancy protections which only protect women on maternity leave. there is a time limit which applies

to the claims civil claims have to be brought within three months of the discrimination and that can be difficult and even with these protections in place, unfortunately, we still see all the time women being treated badly who are pregnant or on maternity leave and i think there is still a lot of change that needs to take place to the attitudes of some employers, sadly. what is so interesting is when you give those examples, and it seems clear cut, but an employer has said, you've been away for nearly a year in the business has changed, i need to downsize, we need to make cuts. is that a viable opportunity for them to lay off staff who might be on maternity leave? employers can still restructure and they still can potentially make redundancies. but if you are a woman on maternity leave, the law is there to protect you and make sure you have a quality of opportunities with your employer and that's why if you are on maternity leave, you have the right to return either to yourjob or to a

suitable alternative if yourjob isn't available so it is still possible for employers to restructure and make opportunities but the law is there to try and protect women from being disadvantaged and taken advantage. you touched on an issue, that women have three months to bring a case. is that long enough? there is clearly a lot they are dealing with. i would say no, it is not long enough. there were women who are weeks away from giving birth. if they have a 3— month time limit, they have a 3— month time limit, they are dealing with a small child, are off work, they don't have as much pay they normally have. it's a very difficult time for them. and i am strongly of the view that three months is not long enough. it's a fascinating subject. months is not long enough. it's a fascinating subjectlj months is not long enough. it's a fascinating subject. i will be back after seven with more on reduced steel, that threat ofjobs in the

closure of british steel. last month at the age of 62, he was given the freedom of his home town of middlesborough. not bad for someone who started working on the docks. colleen patterson went to meet him. we've got a special guest this afternoon. this is mackenzie thorpe and his famous artist. back to school, mckenzie thorpe, a mile from where he grew up. his art cells all around the world. his inspiration, the town where he was born. i draw a heart under the bridge because i love middlesborough, that's what it's all

about. love, the theme that dominates so much of his art. this is the transporter bridge over the river tees in middlesborough and it means so much to me because i was born done the work —— born down the road. we would run and meet them on the cabin on the side. one of seven children, he left school with no qualifications. the trouble is, you'll never get a job because all you'll never get a job because all you do is draw. that's what i was told. starting out in the shipyards with his father... i became a man with his father... i became a man with my dad. 17, i went on a 300 ton bringing chemicals from the shallow end of the river to the mouth for the big boats to come and pick it up. it's quite a leap from that being exhibited in new york. that made me laugh because i never thought of it like that before. i guess, i draw on the boat. jk rowling has some of your work. the queen has a piece? she has two pieces of her own. and it's an honour. i met the queen and we talked and we laughed. i haven't changed one little ounce. if you picked me up and stuck me back on this river, i'd be exactly the same

bloke. and it is a crucial part of his appeal. his work will be there for generations and it will be a message to young people that they should never, ever let anybody tell them that they can't achieve their dreams because that's what he's done. i didn't think drawing was being an artist, ijust drew. but i'm dyslexic. reading and writing is really ha rd. as i'm dyslexic. reading and writing is really hard. as part of celebrations for his 30th anniversary as an artist is visiting the school that studies his paintings. work is hard and hard as you can, everything you wa nt to and hard as you can, everything you want to and you will get there. it's just an inspiration. as teachers, you can talk about different artists, look at different artwork but to actually have an artist in school the children will remember that for years. i wanted to get the right consistency with the pencils and switch them. sometimes i work upside down and get the clouds like stop its called waiting for my dad.

back at the transporter bridge, mckenzie's latest piece was inspired by his childhood memories, standing there waiting for his father to come home from work. i wanted to make a monument in middles or the workingman. kids are there, where is dad, where is dad. have you seen my dad? and now he believes the success of the next generation believes on adults changing their attitude. we're not listening and that's where i think governments and authorities and people in are going wrong. there isa and people in are going wrong. there is a space in the world that is gone forever and i want to keep that space full because all the beauty, all the innocence, all the wonder that this world can offer with humanity is in our children. colin patterson, bbc news, middlesborough. i believe —— a lot that he is inspiring a new generation of artists.

good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. three men have been arrested after a burglary involving mopeds, knives and a hammer at a jewellers in north—west london. police were called to the shop in maida vale yesterday afternoon. one of the suspects was arrested after being detained by members of the public. armed police arrested two more a short time later. the duke of cambridge is launching a river safety campaign on the thames today. more than 30 people die on the river each year, with more than 700 incidents in which lives are at risk. a new strategy has been put together by agencies including the port of london authority and the london ambulance service. parents are being encouraged to leave cars at home as part of walk to school week, a campaign to improve health and tackle pollution. research suggests around 70 % of children walked to school

on foot a generation ago, while around half do now in london. in hackney some schools close roads during drop off and pick up times which has seen a rise 12% rise injourneys made by foot. london bridge station has been named the capital's building of the year. the station — which is the 4th busiest in the uk — has undergone major improvement works which began back in 2012. it now has a brand new concourse. 0ther royal institute of british architect regional award winners include the television centre in white city and the battersea arts centre. let's take a look at the travel situation now. turning to the roads and the m25 is closed clockwise atjunction 5 for the m26 — that's after a fuel tanker caught fire. all traffic is being sent on to the a21. so queues are building. in little venice: warwick avenue remains closed following a stabbing on sunday. finally in mitcham: bishopsford road is closed for roadworks. now the weather with kate kinsella.

good morning. it's a lovely bright start out there this morning, just a little bit of mistiness to contend with but that will live fairly quickly to a largely dry day with plenty of sunshine. now, the wind remains light today, basically a little bit of fair weather cloud bubbling up through the afternoon. i say largely dry, we're at risk of a shower but to be honest, it looks like most places will avoid them. temperatures today feeling warm and 22 celsius. 0vernight, conditions remain very similar to last night. clear, dry, temperatures not especially cold either but we may just see a little bit of mist developing again by dawn tomorrow. minimum between 7 and 10 celsius. so a reasonably mild start tomorrow, another bright one, the mist will lift, we'll get a day of sunny spells. temperatures again low 20s, at around 20 celsius. as we head through to thursday, though, things turning progressively more unsettled. we'll see more cloud arriving. temperatures remain constant through much of this week but more risk of a shower as we head through friday and into the weekend.

now, tonight, bbc london has a special programme ahead of the eu elections on thurdsay. we'll have reports from amsterdam, warsaw and here in london. that's at 6:30 tonight on bbc one. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: more than 500 arrests as police forces across the uk target the drugs gangs exploiting society's most vulnerable people. the chancellor, philip hammond, warns conservative leadership hopefuls — don't pursue a no—deal brexit. good morning. 0n the brink of collapse. british steel confirms reports it's fighting for survival, putting thousands ofjobs at risk. i'll have the details.

the three—time formula one world champion nikki lauda has died at the age of 70, nine months after undergoing a lung transplant. his family said he "passed away peacefully". good morning from richmond park's rose garden. beautiful flowers. good morning from richmond park's rose garden. beautifulflowers. a beautiful started the day for most of the uk this morning. it is chilly. there is rain and showers in the forecast. they will tell you where in 15 minutes. good morning. it's tuesday, 21st may. our top story: it's been revealed more than 500 suspected members of drugs gangs have been arrested over the past week in a crackdown on so called county lines networks across the uk. the groups, usually from cities, use children and vulnerable people to help them deal drugs in smaller towns or rural areas. ben ando reports. a police raid in sussex, one among many targeting so—called county lines crimes.

gangs sending drugs outside the usual territory in large cities to sell them elsewhere. from the images he looks to be about 14, 15 years old. increasingly, children are being coerced into selling drugs in deals lined up with cellphones. it is fast and tough to police. the gangs tend to have rival disputes in areas so people will see an increase in serious violence, an increase in drugs use and associated criminal activity with drugs use. it is not just criminal activity with drugs use. it is notjust the victims of county lines this effects, defects communities. the raids targeting county lines were not limited to sussex and surrey. in norfolk and suffolk drugs, cash, knives were seized. in cheshire, drugs, cash, and a walking stick with a hidden blade were found. a raid in bedford yielded cash, weapons, drugs. and in abingdon, buckinghamshire, four were arrested in a so—called cuckooed property — that is a home taken over by drugs gangs from an addict or vulnerable person. in total, there were

more than 500 arrests. and along with drugs and cash 46 weapons were seized, including knives, guns, and even a crossbow. this is one of the first big operations, the national crime agency's county lines co—ordination centre, created last september. it involved cooperation and co—ordination with police forces up and down the country. and they're hoping that by raising awareness of the kind of suspicious behaviour associated with county lines crime, members of the public will know what to look out for and be able to call it in. ben ando, bbc news, central london. officials from the unite trade union will meet government ministers this morning, amid reports that british steel is on the brink of collapse. what is going on. what is the latest? we have been talking to them this morning. they own our —— they are ina this morning. they own our —— they are in a very precarious position. they have been asking the government

forfunding. they they have been asking the government for funding. they say they need £75 million to keep them afloat. during what they have described as a brexit induced downturn, they are worried about that uncertainty caused by brexit, which means people have put off big orders. the firm says he needs money to get it through. the government so far has not stepped up with that cash. the unions are very critical, they say that the government has simply sat on its hands while uk manufacturing colla pses hands while uk manufacturing collapses around its ears. this is a really important business, because, you will know, it has been through various different owners over the last three years. it employs around 4000 people directly, particularly in scunthorpe, 4000 people directly, particularly in scu nthorpe, and 4000 people directly, particularly in scunthorpe, and other plants in the north—east. there are 20,000 people who are employed in its supply chain. all the associated businesses. if the firm went under it has the potential to affect up to 25,000 staff. so clearly a lot of implications for those jobs and business across the country. the unions, as we said, will meet with

the government today to try to thrash out a deal. some real concerns over the future of the firm. the next 24 hours will be pretty critical indeed. thank you. the three—time formula one world champion niki lauda has died at the age of 70. his family said he passed away peacefully. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. niki lauda excelled and somehow survived in a desperately dangerous era. he defied his wealthy family's orders to be a racing driver. with ferrari, lauda dominated formula 1. already world champion in 1975, more glory seemed certain. this was his car at the 1976 german grand prix. other drivers had rescued him from the wreckage. this was lauda six weeks later, wounds barely healed, but ready to race again. he'd heard the doctors predict he'd die from lung damage. he'd implored himself to fight. when that feeling came you get a big fright, you know, you're really worried and frightened that you're going to die.

and then that means you start everything possible to keep you going and you can't start your body, because the body doesn't react. you only can start the brain. you hear voices, you ask, for example, names, why is he here and why is he not here? the thing is to keep the brain working. if the brain works the body starts to work sooner or later. in 1977, he was world champion again. the championship was lauda's. fourth place at watkins glen in the autumn was enough to regain the world title. a staggering feat, acknowledged when the bbc reviewed the sporting year. regaining the drivers' world championship only 14 months after his crash in germany, niki lauda wins the bbc trophy for the outstanding 0verseas personality of the year. applause. lauda was champion driver again in 1984, a victory for mclaren to go with the two titles that

he'd won for ferrari. later, he held managerial roles in formula 1, notably at mercedes. niki lauda lived to inspire new generations in the sport which so nearly claimed his life decades before. 0ne incredible life. an incredible career as well. we will pay tribute to him throughout the morning. the chancellor, philip hammond, will today warn conservative leadership hopefuls against a no—deal brexit. theresa may will address the cabinet later on what she's described as a ‘bold offer‘ regarding her brexit plan. this all comes just two days before the eu elections. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. interesting to hear what is going on in the cabinet today. that is right. it is an important test for theresa may. she has made it clear that her

time in downing street is limited and she wants to leave with a deal on brexit. she has to get parliament to approve that in a boat injune. first of all she has got to get some sceptical voices around the cabinet table, her top team, sceptical voices around the cabinet table, hertop team, to sceptical voices around the cabinet table, her top team, to agree with it as well —— vote. she is saying she has a new deal, which is an attempt to weigh support across the house of commons, reaching out to labour on issues such as workers' rights, environmental protection, trying to reassure some on their own side that she will do her best to avoid this controversial northern irish backstop, the measures to avoid a hard body in ireland, for example. the question is whether it will be bold or radical enough to ta ke will be bold or radical enough to take people with them. the more she reaches out to labour some long—standing leave members around a table might find it a compromise too far. she tries to compromise on a customs union, for example, usually controversial, that could be very difficult as well. i'm not sure that her new old brexit plan will remain

unscathed or unaltered after that cabinet meeting today —— old. she has something to work with. expect a speech from this week. the chancellor phillip hammond is already thinking about life beyond theresa may and her time in downing street, because he is issuing a warning to some of her successes saying that if they are advocating no deal then they would be knowingly inflicting damage on to the british economy. pretty strong stuff from the chancellor who will be speaking to business leaders later on today. the people he would have in mind, obviously, potential leadership candidates who say we could potentially live without a deal. borisjohnson, for potentially live without a deal. boris johnson, for example, also dominic raabe, and also esther mcvey. also on the campaign trail, nigel farage was targeted by a protester. there is a police investigation into what happened. that is right. nigel farage had a milkshake thrown at him in newcastle while he was campaigning there. from the point of view of his supporters

they see this as not only a serious incident, but they would be dismayed of that image was the abiding image of that image was the abiding image of the european election campaign, only a few days away from polling day on thursday. image they would like to see, the contrast with other parties, in fact, like to see, the contrast with other parties, infact, is like to see, the contrast with other parties, in fact, is images of him addressing packed halls around the country with his brexit message, and not this. northumbria police have said they have arrested a 32—year—old man on suspicion of common assault. as far as we are aware nigel farage is prepared to press charges. thank you very much for bringing us up—to—date. thank you. the first major legal challenge to police use of automated facial recognition surveillance begins in cardiff later today. ed bridges, whose image was taken, argues the lack of regulation breaches human rights. he's being supported by the civil rights group liberty. the home office, the information commissioner and the surveillance camera commissioner are all involved in the case which should give clear guidance on how the technology is used. the alleged gunman in

the christchurch mosque attack has been formally charged with a terrorism act. brenton tarrant is already accused of murdering 51 people in the shootings at two mosques in christchurch in march. in new zealand. now he will also face a charge of engaging in a terrorist act. scientists are warning that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to ice melting in greenland and antarctica at a faster rate than previously thought. until now, experts have suggested the world's seas could rise byjust under a metre by the end of the century. but a new study says the real level may be double that figure. this would potentially submerge much of bangladesh and endanger major cities including london and new york. these pictures are lovely. chester zoo's latest arrival to its giraffe family, has stepped out for the first time. as you can see, mojo galloped into the fresh air. at 12 days old, she already stands atjust over 6—feet tall and weighs more than 80 kilograms. the rothchild's giraffe spent

an hour running around and getting know her extended family after spending a week bonding indoors with mum, 0rla. lovely. beautiful animal. it looks like all those legs are moving in different directions. but it is very impressive. 12 minutes past seven. some of the most vulnerable people with learning disabilities or autism in england are being segregated in mental health hospitals according to a new report, including one man who spent nine and a half years in isolation. the care quality commission says the current system is not fit for purpose. with us is liz bincliffe, whose daughter stephanie died after spending years in seclusion. thank you so much for coming in and spending time with us this morning. and from our london newsroom dr paul lelliott, deputy chief inspector of hospitals for the care quality commission. thank you very much to the pair of you for being with us today. can we come to you first of all, tell us a little bit about your daughter

stephanie. what exactly happened to her? when stephanie just turned 18 in 2006 she was sectioned to a hospital in new york under the mental health act —— near york. she remained there for seven years and died in 2013, having been a basically secluded for virtually all of those seven years in a 12 foot padded room, with two portholes for light, no fresh air, very little exercise, and in that time she put ona exercise, and in that time she put on a lot of weight. and when she died she was nearly 2016. wow. there was an inquest into stephanie's death and that showed that there we re death and that showed that there were not plans in place, certain things that should have been done we re things that should have been done were not done and the postmortem determined that stephanie died of

heart failure and sleep apnoea. probably due to being so overweight. it must have been so difficult for her, also using what was going on, what was the impact of being in isolation on her particularly? what was the impact of being in isolation on her particularly7m was immense. stephanie struggled. she had pathological demand avoidance syndrome which is on the autism spectrum. she struggled with communication and people. but she didn't want to be in isolation. it just seemed that that was the easiest way to manage her. she had extremely challenging behaviour and self harmed. but the move to the hospital was so traumatic for her that she never really recovered from that she never really recovered from that move. i am so sorry you and the rest of the family had to go through that. let us put some of those concerns to paul who was with us this morning. tell us a little bit about... we have heard about liz and her daughter, what are some of the

key recommendations from the report. the first part of our review focused on people who were in stephanie's situation. that is people who are held in segregation, isolated from other patients on a ward, either on a ward for people with a learning disability or on a children's ward for young people with problems. this interim report focuses on that group of people. we found that there were between 60—80 people in this situation. and some of our concerns include the fact that many of the staff working on some of these wards didn't have the special skills that we needed to provide the care that people should be receiving in such a specialist setting. so our recommendations, in the short term, we have asked that everybody who is held in segregation, in a learning disability ward or on four young people, has an expert review not just of their care but the quality

of arrangements to allow the person to leave hospital. we have also asked for a body with the authority to ta ke asked for a body with the authority to take action to be set up that can consider the results of these reviews and do whatever is necessary to enable people to leave segregation and be discharged from hospital. unfortunately, we don't think that that will be enough. because even if all of the people in segregation are discharged or if every hospital in the country is providing the best possible care, the system that leads to people being admitted to hospital will still not be fit for purpose. and so someone like stephanie, services should have provided the help she needed early in life so that hospital admission was never needed in the first place. cani can i ask you about the 60—80 people in isolation, are they in the same position? i suspect some of those

people would have been taken out of segregation but many would be because as you said quite rightly, some of these people have been there for many months, if not years. on our visits, if we identified real concerns about the care, we escalated those concerns either to the body that was funding the care or if necessary to the local authorities so when we had concerns, we raise them immediately. liz, i know you've looked into this extensively and probably really interested in what this report, this review says. do you feel knowing what you know now that if somebody is in stephanie's position in 2019, the same things would happen or things would work out differently?” think the same things will happen. i welcome the report, however the provision isjust welcome the report, however the provision is just not in welcome the report, however the provision isjust not in place in the communities. i agree that

stephanie's behaviour, she had her behaviour all her life, she was challenging all her life in the services just weren't robust to maintain within the local authority. in fact, they pulled services because of costs and confusion over costs so yes, i think stephanie would be sectioned again today in the same situation. thank you for coming to talk to us. just a quick governments response, the health sector ‘s —— the health secretary saying they will accept all of the cqc health recommendations. carol is at richmond park with a look at this morning's weather. under the per goal. — underthe per goal. — —— under the per goal. — —— pergola. we are in the rose garden. if i were to ta ke are in the rose garden. if i were to take you to the west, the view would be over sorry and if i was to take it to the east, the view would be

across london and there is actually protected view across to st paul's cathedral. it's been in place since 1992, the year of my birth. it's a chilly start of the day to day. particularly so in northern ireland and the many of us, the forecast is and the many of us, the forecast is a dry one with sunny spells but there are some showers in the forecast. some of those today are likely to be heavy and sundry with some hail and slow—moving. there is hardly a breath of wind to move them along. this morning at nine o'clock, any mistand along. this morning at nine o'clock, any mist and fog we currently have will be lifting quite nicely and we've also had some cloud romping from the north sea, the eastern areas as we've gone through the course of the night in quite a bit of rain across northern scott. this morning, the rain in northern scotla nd morning, the rain in northern scotland will continue but it will start to move northwards. it will brighten up for you. a chilly start in northern ireland. temperatures close to freezing orjust below. but

the sun is out and across northern england, a lot of dried so you whether in the north—east seeing a wee bit of cloud. pushing further south into the midlands, east anglia through wales and southern counties, there are some areas of cloud but equally, got the sunshine and it is mostly dry. through the course of the day, you can see how the rain continues to move up in towards the northern isles. behind it for scotland, some heavy showers, slow—moving with hail and thunder and we will see a few showers getting into northern england which also has the potential seasoning to be heavy in bunbury. the rest of us it should be dry with highs up to 22 celsius temperature is higher than they were yesterday. through this evening and overnight, the rain which by now will be ensconced in northern scotland. to come south once again. we will also have more cloud coming again from the north sea and the cloud producing some patchy rain and drizzle across north

wales, north—west england in the north—west midlands. temperatures falling to between four and 10 degrees. tomorrow will have that rain coming across northern scotland. we still will have the cloud, the patchy light rain and drizzle across north—west england, north wales and the north—west midlands. 0ne north wales and the north—west midlands. one or two showers getting to the south—west. that aside, it should be dry with highs getting up to 20, 21. should be dry with highs getting up to 20,21. soif should be dry with highs getting up to 20,21. so if you're going to the chelsea flower show today or tomorrow, it should be dry, it should be sunny, it should be one, don't forget your suncream. suncream at the ready. as we've been hearing, formula one legend niki lauda has died at the age of 70. the austrian was world champion on three occassions. someone who raced against him is former f1 driver derek warwick and hejoins us now.

thank you so much for coming. tell us thank you so much for coming. tell usa thank you so much for coming. tell us a bit about niki lauda both on and off the track. niki was very driven. very intelligent. he didn't mess around with people he didn't like. he told them straight up. he had his own opinion on everything. he knew exactly what he wanted from the team. he was a loving father and he was one of the few characters left in formula 1. if he wanted a controversial answer that went on to something during the grand prix, nine times out of ten the television cameras would rush to niki because he would tell it like it was. he wasn't political, he told everyone what it was. he was a great man. anyone who could come back from that

horrific accident to still challenge james hunt injapan at the end of 86 isa james hunt injapan at the end of 86 is a true legend of our sport. he said he was driven and with reference to that crash, what is amazing about that is that he suffered third—degree burns to his head and face and was given last rites in hospital and 40 days later, he finished fourth in the italian grand prix. he missed two races. he had his last rites, they didn't think you'd get through the week but he did and like you say, he came back at monzo. they didn't think he would make it. blood coming from his ears, his face, his head. he put his helmet on and we can only imagine what that was like. a true, true, strong competitor and legend of our

sport. how do you think it will affect mercedes and the sport generally. he was a non—executive chairman of their formula 1 team. he was an advisor basically. he advised the team want to do and how to do it but he left it to them to do it. he knew that he only had so much influence on the team but the mercedes board wanted him there overlooking, seeing what was going on. they won't miss him technically but they will miss him as a friend and somebody that's guided them to these 56 world championships they have had. sure he is going to be missed but i think is going to be missed but i think is going to be missed by the love and warmth that he would always make sure he gave everybody. some lovely tributes coming through this morning. everyone talking about the fact that he would have a lovely conversation with you off the track but he was a

fearsome competitor on it.” with you off the track but he was a fearsome competitor on it. i knew that because i raised with him in the early 80s and came across a few times and he was fierce but he was fair. it wasn't dangerous, he wasn't one of the dangerous drivers but you knew if you gave him half a gap, he would be through there. he was fierce as a driver but he was calculated. he retired twice and won two more world championships, three times world champion and itjust goes to show, i think he was very inspirational for goes to show, i think he was very inspirationalfor me goes to show, i think he was very inspirational for me because when goes to show, i think he was very inspirationalfor me because when i was trying to make it in motor racing, i was watching james and nikki. i decided that i wanted to be niki. iwanted nikki. i decided that i wanted to be niki. i wanted to be that focused, ultra fit person that got what he wanted. and that's what i tried to do in my career. a lovely tribute. you mentioned james hunt. the film

that many people would have seen portrayed them as fierce rivals but they were quite good friends. behind they were quite good friends. behind the scenes, they were very good friends and if you believe that film, and! friends and if you believe that film, and i thought it was very interesting when one of the germans had a real go atjames. nikki floored him in the stairwell. even if it wasn't true, i want to hold onto that story because i think behind the scenes, all us drivers are friends, just not friends on the track. derek warwick there who raced against niki lauda back in the 19805, against niki lauda back in the 1980s, the world champion dying yesterday at the age of 70. you're watching breakfast. still to come this morning. great scott! we're going back to the future, as the story of marty mcfly, doc brown and their famous

delorean comes to the stage. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye. three men have been arrested after a burglary involving mopeds, knives and a hammer. police were called to the jewellers in maida vale yesterday afternoon. one of the suspects was arrested after being detained by members of the public. armed police arrested two more a short time later. the duke of cambridge is launching a river safety campaign on the thames today. more than 30 people die on the river each year, with more than 700 incidents in which lives are at risk. a new strategy has been put together by agencies including the port of london authority and the london ambulance service. london bridge station has been named the capital's building of the year. the station — which is the 4th busiest in the uk —

has undergone major improvement works since 2012 including a brand new concourse. 0ther royal institute of british architect regional award winners include the television centre in white city and the battersea arts centre. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on the waterloo and city line. turning to the roads and the m25 is closed clockwise atjunction 5 for the m26 — that's after a fuel tanker caught fire. all traffic is being sent on to the a21. so queues are building. in little venice: warwick avenue remains closed following a stabbing on sunday. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a lovely bright start out there this morning, just a little bit of mistiness to contend with but that will live fairly quickly to a largely dry day with plenty of sunshine. now, the wind remains light today, basically a little bit of fair weather cloud bubbling up through the afternoon.

i say largely dry, we're at risk of a shower but to be honest, it looks like most places will avoid them. temperatures today feeling warm and 22 celsius. 0vernight, conditions remain very similar to last night. clear, dry, temperatures not especially cold either but we may just see a little bit of mist developing again by dawn tomorrow. minimum between 7 and 10 celsius. so a reasonably mild start tomorrow, another bright one, the mist will lift, we'll get a day of sunny spells. temperatures again low 20s, at around 20 celsius. as we head through to thursday, though, things turning progressively more unsettled. we'll see more cloud arriving. temperatures remain constant through much of this week but more risk of a shower as we head through friday and into the weekend. tonight on bbc london there will be a special programme ahead of the eu elections. i'm in amsterdam where from flowers to pharmaceuticals, they're getting ready for brexit. the city council predict that the local economy

here could lose a billion euros a year but there are some real opportunities opening up. so what impact will leaving the eu have on london's immigrant population? well, we followed karol here back to warsaw in poland where he's starting a new life with his family after 20 years of living in london. and i'm with businesses in wembley, looking forward to the benefits that brexit might bring. you can watch that special programme tonight at 6:30 here on bbc one. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. sources at british steel have confirmed the company is on the brink of administration. the firm is in the final stages of talks with the government about securing a bailout. 4,000 people are employed at the firm's scunthorpe plant.

more than 500 suspected members of drugs gangs have been arrested over the past week in a co—ordinated police operation across the uk. officers were tackling so—called county lines drugs networks, which involves gangs from cities moving into smaller towns or rural areas and using children and vulnerable people to help them deal drugs. weapons were also recovered as well as more than £300,000 in cash. the chancellor, philip hammond, will today warn conservative leadership hopefuls against a no—deal brexit. theresa may will address the cabinet later on what she's described as a ‘bold offer‘ regarding her brexit plan. this all comes as mps have just 48 hours of campaigning left before the eu elections. the first major legal challenge to police use of automated facial recognition surveillance begins in cardiff later today. ed bridges, whose image was taken, argues the lack of regulation breaches human rights.

he's being supported by the civil rights group liberty. the home office, the information commissioner and the surveillance camera commissioner are all involved in the case which should give clear guidance on how the technology is used. firefighters have accused ministers of "utter complacency" over the risk of fires in tower blocks. almost two years after the grenfell tower disaster, the fire brigades' union says its research shows safety plans across england and wales are mostly "inadequate". however, the government says fire and rescue services have the resources they need. the alleged gunman in the christchurch mosque attack has been formally charged with terrorism. brenton tarrant is already accused of murdering 51 people in the shootings at two mosques in christchurch in march. now he will also face a charge of engaging in a terrorist act. scientists are warning that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to ice melting in greenland and antarctica

at a faster rate than previously thought. until now, experts have suggested the world's seas could rise byjust under a metre by the end of the century. but a new study says the real level may be double that figure. this would potentially submerge much of bangladesh and endanger major cities including london and new york. research on attitudes towards electric cars suggests that the majority of motorists in britain are not ready to buy one. more than half of those taking part in a trial by the "not for profit" transport research laboratory — said they wouldn't invest in one as their main vehicle within the next five years. sir rod stewart has pledged £10,000 to help a group of model railway enthusiasts who had their trains destroyed by vandals. the sets were ransacked at a school in lincolnshire at the weekend. sir rod says it took him 23 years to build up his own model railway collection, so he feels their pain. an appeal which set out to raise £500 has so far had donations of more than £50,000. four youths have been arrested on suspicion of burglary and criminal damage.

coming up on the programme: carol will have the weatherfrom richmond park. and, also, we have got the carfrom the back to the future films, the delorean. i've probably can't touch it. it is only a fakhar. to think they can sit in it? -- fakhar. you won't fit. that is not fair. we have been speaking to derek —— derek warwick. it is incredible when you think about what happened to him in the 1970s with a terrible crash. he could have died. very nearly did. to then get back in a car, six weeks later, to raise, and he did not want people to know how afraid he was and he talked about it after the

terrible fire and he said i was terrified but they did not want people to see how's ghetto was stop he said once he got over the fear he was fine and he carried on and had a glittering career in motorsports. lots and lots of tributes being paid this morning to nikki lauer. he won most notably in 1977, the year after he was badly injured in that horrific crash at the german grand prix that left him with serious burns. he underwent a lung transplant nine months ago. his family said he passed away peacefully. a little earlier we spoke to the former f1 driver derek warwick. niki was very driven. very intelligent. he didn't mess around with people he didn't like. he told them straight up. he had his own opinion on everything. he knew exactly what he wanted from the

team. he was a loving father. and he was one of the few characters left in formula one. as you would expect, tributes are being paid across the sport. former world champion of motogp casey stoner said this. this one was from mclaren. and anotherformer world and another former world champion, jenson button, simply said this. elsewhere in sport, steve clarke is scotland's new head coach. his appointment comes after he guided kilmarnock to third in the scottish premiership. clarke was voted manager of the year by scotland's professional footballers' association — he replaces alex mcleish, who left the role in april, and he inherits a side sitting fifth in their euro 2020 qualifying

group after two games. he's managed to get the most out of a group of players at kilmarnock who were not performing, not doing really well when he took over. he got them playing in such a way that all these players are looking very, very promising players. some of them have gone through to international level because of his management. manchester city showed off their silverware and joined thousands of fans for a trophy parade across the city. they won the fa cup on saturday, to complete a domestic treble — and the city women's team also took part, celebrating a domestic double after an equally successful season. and there was a message for the fans from departing men's captain vincent kompany. watch this to the very end. it is great. these guys on my left, on my right, deserve all your love. every day of the week, every day, every single year, they work hard.

this is the way i want to leave. i want to say thank you. i love you hard, i love you all. i'm out. the only thing is that they cut out the mic. you want to hear the boom. he did that really well. i think you might have practised. ——he might have practised. brighton and hove albion's new manager graham potter says the players will need to improve, as will he himself. potter has left championships club swansea for brighton, who narrowly avoided relegation from the premier league this season and sacked chris hughton last week. england will announce their squad for the cricket world cup this morning. they're the favourites, after rising to number one in the world rankings. they're the hosts, too, of course — england's first match is against south africa at the 0val on thursday week. bowler chris woa kes appears all but certain of a place but even he's not counting his chickens.

great britain's ice hockey team are still in the top flight of the world championship, after a dramatic victory over france. having lost their first six matches in slovakia, this was a winner—takes—all match for survival — and britain came from 3—0 down to force overtime — and ben davies scored to make it 4—3. what a game from top to bottom. i thought every man to battle the whole night. it was very mixed emotions throughout the game, going down 3—0. when you are getting opportunities. they scored three fast goals. we knew if we got one back there would be an opportunity. to go down like mad and ben davies with the amazing goal, he deserve that. i'm really proud of the boys does make to go down like that. in football, the rules state a goalkeeper can't come off their line when facing a penalty. but here's nothing in the book about trying to put off the kicker — a method employed to maximum effect by sydney fc‘s dancing keeper andrew redmayne. he did his utmost to distract the spot kick takers of perth glory.

it paid off, as his side won they league grand final on penalties. that actually was a decent penalty. i wonder if he just assumed it would be down the middle and stay there and caught it. it was very clever. it was very good. very good dancing, too. as we head towards next year's tokyo olympic games teams are trying to do all they can to get the best out of their female athletes. there's a focus on something which has been a bit of a taboo subject. periods, and whether or not you're at more risk of injury at that time of the month. as part of the bbc‘s change the game season, katie sha na han has been finding out more. great britain have won the olympic gold medal! olympic gold-medallist

in 2016. a moment that made history. and it all came down to small margins. something great britain we re margins. something great britain were prepared for all along. they tested every aspect of the players' health and fitness, including their periods. so how do periods affect performance in sport? amory ross is a physiologist with the english institute of sport, working with 0lympic institute of sport, working with olympic and paralympic mascots. i went to metre to understand the science behind it. -- athletes. we know the symptoms of the effects of those hormones will provide a challenge to you as an elite performer. and one of those times is when you're oestrogen is very high. that can actually affect the looseness of your joints. that can actually affect the looseness of yourjoints. and we know that things like acl injury is more common in females and when it occurs it occurs at a specific time of the cycle. and hockey isn't the only sport looking at this. this pa rt only sport looking at this. this part of life or an england

footballer, to. obviously you are at risk of injury as a female when you are on your period. 0bviously, week one, it is a high load week, 16—21 players. maybe that week needs to be changed, because the risk of putting 60 players to injury is not worth the risk. the english institute of sport is now educating coaches and athletes about all aspects of the female body in the run—up to the tokyo 0lympics next year. female body in the run—up to the tokyo olympics next year. the more we can do about it in the buildup to tokyo, absolutely, you know, if we can make those marginal gains and is 1% is, critical. but there is still work to do. katie shanahan, bbc news. it isa it is a really interesting subject. to talk more about this, we're nowjoined by sam quek, who won hockey gold with team gb at the rio 0lympics, and lisa fathers, who's an ambassador for youth sport. good morning to you both. sam, ifi could ask you first, obviously this is something you must have talked about with your team and your team

doctors, how closely monitored were you when you are playing?m doctors, how closely monitored were you when you are playing? it was a simple thing of every morning before we woke up we would have about 20 questions, your resting heart rate, the colour of your you're in, how fatigued you are, muscle soreness, and at the very end it said yes or no, was a day one of your period and you click yes or no. so the coaching staff, namely the legal stuff would have a clear indication if it was the first day of your period and a pa rt the first day of your period and a part of your cycle. what did they do differently if it was? if you had a gym session they would lower down the weights, you would do less turning of doing a speed agility session. just because there was a bit of research to say actually, you are more susceptible to getting ligament and soft tissue injuries in that part of your cycle. did you find that it would make a difference your levels? definitely. even the little things, just knowing that the staff knew. a few days before, you know, you get clumsy and forget things. it is not giving you an excuse, it is more of a broad understanding. and also you get emotional when you are in such a

high, competitive environment. it is important not only for the medical staff but also your teammates. here. lisa, do you find, there is anything supple girls, particularly of sport. it isa supple girls, particularly of sport. it is a sensitive debate, early teenagers, doesn't stop them doing sport was yellow think it is one many things. the youth sport trust research from particularly girls active suggest that body image is a huge factor. low self-confidence, heightened paranoia, and just being really under confident. and i think sport and pe increases confidence donein sport and pe increases confidence done in the right way. is that the right message from teachers and pa rents, right message from teachers and parents, the encouragement to do it and get confidence from them doing it? absolutely. for me it is not just about sport and pe, it is about that wider physical activity conversation. how do we build physical activity into our everyday lives? how do we move more? in

greater manchester we have been doing a lot of work under the umbrella of moving. just to make physical activity part of everything we do. think it is important in terms of parents as well. lisa, what a love reading about you is, considering yourjob now, you did not particularly loved him sport at school. i did not have a great experience in pe myself as a teenager. it was only posted 16 that i've found exercise that they really liked and that was through trying lots of different things. happen to you, what the difference was yellow the difference was a increase my confidence as they got older. and i was lucky enough to work again. they worked a fitness instructor while i was doing my degree. ideye was exposed to a whole range of exercise that i was not exposed to before —— andi that i was not exposed to before —— and i was. schools need to make the curriculum really relevant and give girls lots of opportunities to try different things so they can find something that suits them. sam, i was hosting the fa with awards last weekend, before they get ready to go off to the world cup this summer,

one thing the football association are talking about is the player pathway and making sure that if you wa nt to pathway and making sure that if you want to play sport professionally as a woman or just want to play sport professionally as a woman orjust enjoy then those opportunities are open —— women's awards. is that better, is it changing across the sports?” believe so. when i was coming up through the rain, i was a football player before a hockey player. i never even knew are could play hockey the olympics. it became a dream once over 16. i think with the opportunities and the more confidence girls have because they have more role models, i think having the man city girls grading yesterday was fantastic. to put them on par with men was exactly what women sport affable needs. we need more of that, more coverage. the netball world cup is coming up. it will make young girls i want to be pa rt will make young girls i want to be part of that team. not necessarily think or say they will represent england, because if you go and play sport it is a great thing.

got you are such a great role model for girls got you are such a great role model forgirls and got you are such a great role model for girls and young boys out there. what do they tell you is the barrier? 0ne what do they tell you is the barrier? one of the main things is the dropout rate for young girls and is the body confidence. one of the main messages i am quite a lot of my team—mates wanted to betray was you can go to the gym, you can play sport, you can have went in your eyes but you can get glands up and go to red events and award ceremonies and still look fabulous and that's so important.” ceremonies and still look fabulous and that's so important. i want to ask a question about kits. how important is it when a girl gets to 13, 14, because not everybody wants to wear little net ball or gym shorts. that is one of our own experiences. i think skills have done a lot of work in terms of making sure the girls involved in the conversation themselves about what they want to wear and making it really comfortable and i think it's

really comfortable and i think it's really important as well. of course, not everyone can afford pe kit so our schools have a big job to do to make sure they are supporting them. if you follow sam on social media, she is a massive football fan. are you worried about the final ten days? i'm quietly confident. i would have preferred ajax because it would have preferred ajax because it would have been an open game. it's going to bea have been an open game. it's going to be a good one. itjust shows how strong the premier league is. thank you so much. carol, we had somebody contact us and say why didn't we correct you? that's because we know you were born in 1992, surely. bless

you, dan, i will never hear a bad word said about you to gain. not that i have to date. we are in the rose garden and it is stunning. the perfume and here is so lovely. it's so sweet. richmond park is actually the largest of the eight while parkes, so much so that you could fit all the others inside it. this acreage is about 2500 acres. and it's acreage is about 2500 acres. and its home to 600 dear as well. we saw some of them having a little snack on the grass. this morning, it's a chilly start of the day. the forecast for us all as a largely dry one. some showers in the forecast, especially through the afternoon we have some rain. it's been raining all night across parts of northern scotla nd all night across parts of northern scotland and you will find that rain will start to push northwards,

brightening up behind but we will see some showers form. the other thing is, we had some low cloud coming in from the north sea along eastern coastal counties of both scotla nd eastern coastal counties of both scotland and england. a lot of that will wake up through the course of the day. nine o'clock this morning, you can see the rain across scotland. for northern england, coming from the north sea. east anglia, down towards the south coast, bits and pieces of cloud around. temperatures in the sunshine will pick up quite quickly. we will start to see some rainfall totals form. highs up to about 22 in

london. just a little bit warmer thanit london. just a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. through this evening and overnight, it starts to come south again across the north of scotland. 0nce come south again across the north of scotland. once again across eastern counties of england and scotland, we will see the cloud coming from the north sea and the north wales, north—west england in the north—west midlands, you will see thicker cloud producing patchy light rain and drizzle with overnight lows falling to between four and 11. we start with that scenario tomorrow. the rain continuing across northern and central scotland, we will start to see cloud coming in from the north sea break up a touch but we will still have the thicker cloud across north wales, north—west england and the north—west midlands, with the odd shower in south—west england. that aside, another dry day, another sunny one with highs of 21 as we had with the bank holiday weekend, i pressure is usurped by low pressure which means the forecast will turn a little bit more unsettled. not a

washout, just more unsettled. of course, because its bank holiday weekend. officials from the unite trade union will meet government ministers this morning, amid reports that british steel is on the brink of collapse. ben's here to explain more — ben more than 4,000 workers are based at the plant in scunthorpe? i've been trying to get more information on this and recurrent know, and this is can termed by british steel that they are on the brink of collapse. that is because they are warning that orders have taken a hit because of all the uncertainty around exit. that is the reason for it. there are huge implications because we know that you still was rescued from near collapse. it employs 4500 people within its steel plants, particularly in the north—east of england. but there are 20,000 staff who work in the supply chain. the

supply chain is made up of all sorts of businesses big and small. 0ne supply chain is made up of all sorts of businesses big and small. one of the biggest suppliers of steel to network rail, making all of our railway tracks. there is a real issue about the future for the firm whether it can continue as a viable business. the unions are saying they will meet with the government today. to try to determine whether it can pay any money to rescue it. it wants a bailout of about £75 million. we have a statement from the government and what is really difficult is the government is bound by its own rules, it can't provide too much money, or any money if it is on a commercial term and says there is a very clear and legal one. they can't just hand over cash because that amounts to state aid and that is illegal. their hands are tied in all of this. unions are very critical.

we have a statement from shadow front benches. he says just when the position had been stabilised, we hear this. british steel made it clear to him yesterday that the spectre of an ideal crush out of the eu is hurting them very badly. we we re eu is hurting them very badly. we were talking about what an ideal brexit could mean. this one, very clear example. potentially, up to 25,000 jobs are at risk. then, thank you very much.

coming up, we are going back to the future as the story of marty mcfly, doctor brown and his delorean hit the stage in a theatre adaptation.” need to look for the flux capacitor. went back to the come out? great movie? it is one of my all time is. i could bore you to tears with quotes. do you know what time it is now? you have to say in american accent, leave, biff. it's time to make like a tree and get out of here. let's leave, biff. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm tolu adeoye.

three men have been arrested after a burglary involving mopeds, knives and a hammer. police were called to the jewellers in maida vale yesterday afternoon. one of the suspects was arrested after being detained by members of the public. armed police arrested two more a short time later. the duke of cambridge is launching a river safety campaign on the thames today. more than 30 people die on the river each year, with more than 700 incidents in which lives are at risk. a new strategy has been put together by agencies including the port of london authority and the london ambulance service. parents are being encouraged to leave cars at home as part of walk to school week, a campaign to improve health and tackle pollution. research suggests around 70% of children walked to school on foot a generation ago, while around half do now in london. in hackney, some schools close roads during drop off and pick up times which has seen a rise rise in journeys made by foot of 12%. let's take a look at

the travel situation now. london bridge station has been named the capital's building of the year. the station — which is the 4th busiest in the uk — has undergone major improvement works since 2012 including a brand new concourse. 0ther royal institute of british architect regional award winners include the television centre in white city and the battersea arts centre. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there are minor delays on the waterloo and city line. turning to the roads and the m25 is closed clockwise atjunction 5 for the m26 — that's after a fuel tanker caught fire. all traffic is being sent on to the a21. so queues are building. in little venice: warwick avenue remains closed following a stabbing on sunday finally in mitcham: bishopsford road is closed for roadworks. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a lovely bright start out there this morning, just a little bit of mistiness to contend with but that will live

fairly quickly to a largely dry day with plenty of sunshine. now, the wind remains light today, basically a little bit of fair weather cloud bubbling up through the afternoon. i say largely dry, we're at risk of a shower but to be honest, it looks like most places will avoid them. temperatures today feeling warm and 22 celsius. 0vernight, conditions remain very similar to last night. clear, dry, temperatures not especially cold either but we may just see a little bit of mist developing again by dawn tomorrow. minimum between 7 and 10 celsius. so a reasonably mild start tomorrow, another bright one, the mist will lift, we'll get a day of sunny spells. temperatures again low 20s, at around 20 celsius. as we head through to thursday, though, things turning progressively more unsettled. we'll see more cloud arriving. temperatures remain constant through much of this week but more risk of a shower as we head through friday and into the weekend. now, tonight, bbc london has a special programme ahead of the eu elections on thurdsay. we'll have reports from amsterdam,

warsaw and here in london looking brexit issues. that's at 6.30 tonight on bbc one. i'm back with the latest from bbc london in half an hour. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today: british steel on the brink — the firm enters urgent government talks as it tries to avoid administration. 25,000 jobs are at risk at the steel giant and its suppliers. unions accuse the government of overseeing a collapse in uk manufacturing.

more than 500 arrests as police forces across the uk target the drugs gangs exploiting society's most vulnerable people. the three—time formula one world champion niki lauda has died at the age of 70, nine months after undergoing a lung transplant. his family said he passed away peacefully. we're going back to the future as the story of marty mcfly, doc brown and their delorean comes to the stage. good morning from the rose garden in richmond park in london. it is a beautiful start to the day, the temperatures are really climbing. it will be a dry day for most of us, a few others will see some showers, rain in the north of scotland. more from knee in 15 minutes. —— more from me.

it's tuesday 21st may. our top story. sources at british steel have confirmed the company is on the brink of administration. the firm is in the final stages of talks with the government about securing a bailout. ben's here to explain more. ben, more than 4000 workers are based at the plant in scunthorpe? but it is also wider than that? that is the issue, so many businesses rely on each other and the supply chain bumps up the numbers. what we know so far, we have been speaking to british steel and they tell me they are on the brink of collapse, they are on the brink of collapse, they have confirmed that, they were reports until this point. this is a real concern, it cannot continue if it does not get access to this funding it needs from the government. it asked for £70 million last week, the government said we are hamstrung by the rules on state aid and cannot provide this loan. it is 4500 people directly employed by british steel, primarily in scunthorpe but a number of other pla nts scunthorpe but a number of other plants around the north—east, they

would be directly affected. but there are more than 20,000 staff in there are more than 20,000 staff in the supply chain, the firms that supply parts and labour to those plants, that is where the real effect will be felt. the unions are raging the government to step in with action and money to help safeguard its future. british steel has been very clear, they say it is a brexit related downturn, that is what is concerning them. a quick statement from the government, it is related to the idea of state aid, there is a very clear legal and commercial process that the government has to follow in terms of providing loans to companies, and that is the real issue. but when we start getting into the politics of this, andy mcdonald, the labour mp for middlesbrough has tweeted and says it is because the spectre of a node you'll crash out of the eu is hurting these firms very badly. in no uncertain terms, british steel

and a labourmp no uncertain terms, british steel and a labour mp blaming brexit for this worrying development that could put up to 25,000 p at risk.” this worrying development that could put up to 25,000 p at risk. i know you will be following this for a few days, thank you. the chancellor philip hammond will today warn conservative leadership hopefuls against a no—deal brexit. theresa may will address the cabinet later on what she's described as a bold offer regarding her brexit plan. this all comes just two days before the eu elections. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster. he can add some context. good morning. let's deal with philip hammond, what is he saying? pretty strong stuff on the chancellor, he will be speaking to business leaders this evening. he denounces what he sees as right—wing populism in the current european debate a few days out from the european elections. you might think that was effectively firing a shot across the bows of nigel farage and the brexit party but he is saying his warning will be

directed at people looking to succeed theresa may in number ten. he is saying that to try to leave the european union with no deal would be to hijack the result of the 2016 referendum, and that it would knowingly inflict damage on the economy. that is a pretty strong morning to those mps who have suggested you could leave the european union without doing too much harm, for example former foreign secretary boris johnson, former brexit secretary dominic raab, the former work and pensions secretary esther mcvey who was launching her leadership bid yesterday. there will be a crowded field to succeed theresa may and the chancellor said he will continue to argue ina chancellor said he will continue to argue in a polarised atmosphere for argue in a polarised atmosphere for a negotiated deal with the eu, nailing those colours to the mast. theresa may's time is limited, she

is trying to get a brexit deal through parliament, she has to get it to the cabinet and has to find out if any of them are willing to accept some of the compromises she would make with some labour mps to get it over the line. you have mentioned the european elections, later this week. police are investigating an incident that took place surrounding nigel farage yesterday in newcastle? the leader of the brexit party had a milkshake thrown at him, i think the images we re thrown at him, i think the images were just about everywhere but his supporters were very keen that these are not the abiding images of this campaign and what they would like to see in contrast to some of the other parties are the images of nigel farage going up and down the country addressing rather big rallies, he is going to another one later and taking out his brexit message, but on that specific incident police have arrested a 32—year—old man on suspicion of common assault, as far as we are aware, nigel farage is

prepared to press charges. thank you, iain. the three—time formula one world champion niki lauda has died at the age of 70. his family said he passed away peacefully. sally has been looking at this, lovely tribute coming into the programme. here's our sports correspondentjoe wilson. niki lauda excelled and somehow survived in a desperately dangerous era. he defied his wealthy family's orders to be a racing driver. with ferrari, lauda dominated formula 1. already world champion in 1975, more glory seemed certain. this was his car at the 1976 german grand prix. other drivers had rescued him from the wreckage. this was lauda six weeks later, wounds barely healed, but ready to race again. he'd heard the doctors predict he'd die from lung damage. he'd implored himself to fight. when that feeling came you get a big fright, you know, you're really worried and frightened that you're going to die. and then that means you start everything possible to keep

you going and you can't start your body, because the body doesn't react. you only can start the brain. you hear voices, you ask, for example, names, why is he here and why is he not here? the thing is to keep the brain working. if the brain works the body starts to work sooner or later. in 1977, he was world champion again. the championship was lauda's. fourth place at watkins glen in the autumn was enough to regain the world title. a staggering feat, acknowledged when the bbc reviewed the sporting year. regaining the drivers' world championship only 14 months after his crash in germany, niki lauda wins the bbc trophy for the outstanding 0verseas personality of the year. applause. lauda was champion driver again in 1984, a victory for mclaren to go with the two titles that he'd

won for ferrari. later, he held managerial roles in formula 1, notably at mercedes. niki lauda lived to inspire new generations in the sport which so nearly claimed his life decades before. it's been revealed more than 500 suspected members of drugs gangs have been arrested over the past week in a crackdown on so—called county lines networks across the uk. the groups, usually from cities, use children and vulnerable people to help them deal drugs in smaller towns or rural areas. ben ando reports. a police raid in sussex, one among many targeting so—called county lines crimes. gangs sending drugs outside the usual territory in large cities to sell them elsewhere. from the images he looks to be about 14, 15 years old. increasingly, children are being coerced into selling drugs in deals lined up with cellphones. it is fast and tough to police.

the gangs tend to have rival disputes in areas, so people will see an increase in serious violence, an increase in drugs use and associated criminal activity with drugs use. it is notjust the victims of county lines this effects, but communities. the raids targeting county lines were not limited —— the raids targeting county lines were not limited to sussex and surrey. in norfolk and suffolk drugs, cash, knives were seized. in cheshire, drugs, cash, and a walking stick with a hidden blade were found. a raid in bedford yielded cash, weapons, and drugs. and in abingdon, 0xfordshire, four were arrested in a so—called cuckooed property — that is a home taken over by drugs gangs from an addict or vulnerable person. in total, there were more than 500 arrests. and along with drugs and cash, 46 weapons were seized, including knives, guns, and even a crossbow. this is one of the first big operations, the national crime agency's county lines co—ordination centre, created last september. it involved cooperation and co—ordination with police forces

up and down the country. and they're hoping that by raising awareness of the kind of suspicious behaviour associated with county lines crime, members of the public will know what to look out for and be able to call it in. ben ando, bbc news, central london. the first major legal challenge to police use of automated facial recognition surveillance begins in cardiff later today. ed bridges, whose image was taken, argues the lack of regulation breaches human rights. he's being supported by the civil rights group liberty. the home office, the information commissioner and the surveillance camera commissioner are all involved in the case which should give clear guidance on how the technology is used. nurses are warning there needs to be a greater awareness of the dangers of inhaling nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas. the royal college of nursing annual congress will hear that a change in the law has failed to restrict the number of people using the gas to get high. the home office says,

"new psychoactive substances have already cost far too many lives". scientists are warning that global sea levels could rise far more than predicted, due to ice melting in greenland and antarctica at a faster rate than previously thought. until now, experts have suggested the world's seas could rise byjust under a metre by the end of the century. but a new study says the real level may be double that figure. this would potentially submerge much of bangladesh and endanger major cities including london and new york. chester zoo's latest arrival to its giraffe family has stepped out for the first time. as you can see, mojo galloped into the fresh air. at 12 days old she already stands at just over six feet tall and weighs more than 80 kilogrammes. the rothchild's giraffe spent an hour running around and getting know her extended family after spending a week bonding indoors with mum 0rla.

g i raffes giraffes can properly shift, do you know they're top tilt? i think about 35 mph. which is fast. beautiful animal. it's 8:11. for the past seven weeks parents at anderton park primary school in birmingham have been protesting against the school's lessons on lgbt equality. as tensions continue to rise, the head teacher says she has received threatening emails and phone calls and a local mp has called for an exclusion zone to limit where people can demonstrate. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha reports. after seven weeks of protests, campaigners and parents have been calling on anderton park to suspend the teaching of lgbt relationships while they have talks. we are not against lgbt. we respect all the communities. we are living here, many different cultures, people. the head teacher says she won't change her stance on equality. i feel it's attacking a law that i'm really proud that we have in this country, which protects all of us

through whatever protected characteristics we belong to, and that was fought for by people over the decades and centuries. a protester and a birmingham mp had a feisty exchange after it was claimed hundreds of children weren't sent to the school in protest. and how come you have not supported the 300 parents that have been protesting here for the last four weeks? i don't agree with the protest. no, so... i don't agree that you get to pick and choose which equality you can and can't have i'm afraid our equality laws protect us all. you seem to want to push your own view forward even though dfe guidelines state... my view? ..a head teacher can teach as much or as little... my view is the equality act. ..depending on the requirements of the pupils and the students. there's no point talking to you, mate with neither side backing down, there's no end in sight, with continued disruption to the children's education. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham.

we saness phillips in that piece, she's the labour mp for birmingham yardley and joins us now. we can really get a sense of the tone of the disagreement here. you are calling for an exclusion zone around the school. why?” are calling for an exclusion zone around the school. why? ijust want the children to be able to go to and from school without having essentially a circus outside the front. there is quite a lot of intimidation, parents who feel they should not take their kids to school not because they are of a —— against what the school is doing, it is a happy and brilliant school, but because they feel pressured by the protest. i just want the kids to because they feel pressured by the protest. ijust want the kids to be able to go to school and we had to do something to stop this impasse. covers a pa rt do something to stop this impasse. covers apart from an exclusion zone, because in some ways that is not helping children who are not being

sent to school for particular reasons because they disagree with your point of view, for example? reasons because they disagree with your point of view, for example7m is not my point of view, it is the law of the country. covers their disagreement with what is going on at the school, they are not sending their children. i see what you are trying to do, you are talking on the streets, how do you get everybody back at school? the truth of the matter is there needs to be a lot more talking with the actual parents of the school. the man in your clip who was there, i am sorry, frothing up who was there, i am sorry, frothing upa who was there, i am sorry, frothing up a community, doesn't have any children at that school. what we are seeing at anderton park, like at park view, is parents being corralled by people with absolutely nothing to do with the situation. if we allow the ending of inclusive teaching... at anderton park it is not even a specific programme, it is just equality threaded through the entire curriculum. if we allow that to stop because of parental

pressure, you will see this protest in schools all across the country. we have to talk to the individual pa rents we have to talk to the individual parents at anderton park school, which the school has absolutely been doing, and find a way through this. we cannot just say, doing, and find a way through this. we cannotjust say, sorry, we will forget that some people had two months or two dads, some people have single parents. —— some people had two mums. the tone of these protests is disturbing for many people for many reasons, but went eu see an end to this? and do you see into the future that this will be a continued problem in other communities? —— but when you see an end to this? absolutely i can see it will be a continued problem in other communities. local council has to be very clear that they will support schools in enacting the law of the land, which is our equalities laws

and laws around sex and relationship education. i was one of the people whose name was on the bill passing this into law because of the years and working in domestic abuse services i wanted young people to have proper relationship education that taught them about respect and tolerance and caring about each other and not horrible power relationships that lead to and thousands of children and women every year being beaten and abused. —— lead to thousands and thousands of children and women. you can register you do not like this because you do not like the lgbt element and allow that pressure to come from parents who do not agree with the law —— you cannotjust say you do not like this because. this will protect society and preached tolerance and i personally feel we cannot back down on that. you are asking for support for schools, what kind of support do you mean? you

talked about an exclusion zone, what else? all schools, notjust anderton park, as we go into this compulsory sex and relationship education, the government needs to properly resource specialist providers working with schools before setting up working with schools before setting up any programmes potentially to make sure that the materials are com pletely make sure that the materials are completely age—appropriate, everything is completely fine and the proper consultation is done, but the proper consultation is done, but the government has not done enough in that area, not put enough resources into the new regime so the government needs to do that. but ultimately we are a liberal progressive society and have to stand firm on that. jess phillips, mpfor birmingham stand firm on that. jess phillips, mp for birmingham yardley, thank you for your time. carol is at richmond park with a look at this morning's weather. we saw a lovely sunrise earlier, it still looks beautiful. it is like

where's carol? where's wally?!” still looks beautiful. it is like where's carol? where's wally?! i and in the rose garden, it is gorgeous here. in 1625 charles i brought his courtier to escape the plague in london. later it became a deer park and there are over 600 red and fallow deer roaming freely. —— charles i brought his court here. carol, i will stop you. we can't hear you. we will try to go back to you and see if we can make it any better? 0h, better? oh, no! we will try to sort carol out. we have a slight audiovisual. we can see her, which is lovely, but one half of tv is being able to hear. hopefully we will speak to her after our next guest. he's known to his fans as billy whizz, but when racing driver billy monger lost both

of his legs in a crash two years ago, it was feared he'd never compete again. but he was back behind the wheel soon after, and now the 20—year—old is on top of the podium again, claiming his first victory since the accident at the pau grand prix on sunday. we can speak to him now. i know we have had g1 breakfast a few times, delighted to have your on—again. that had you on breakfast. congratulations on your win, how it feel? i really can't believe that what happens happens. the qualifying in the morning was really disappointing for me, i ended up 11 and made a mistake which cost me a top five grid position. i knew we had the pace, the heavens opened and we made the right choice with going on to wets, i carve my way through the grid from 14th at one point to win. anybody who follows motorsport will know that tyres make a lot of

difference depending on condition, you switched tyres and ploughed through the rest of the field? yes, exactly. the and my engineer were arguing with each other over the green flag lap, we wanted to make the right decision. the day before in the race on the saturday we made the wrong decision with the tyre choice and it cost us position, so we definitely did not want that again, but with me and my team we knew it would be the right call. from that point onwards it was a long race, it was about taking the time. it was a street race, overtaking is difficult anyway even with the pace advantage, so i had to be very methodical and pick people off one by one. many people have followed your story through your appearances on programmes like this, the documentary, we saw you

receiving sports personality of the year. given all that, what is your feeling as you took your place on the podium? for me, it was the greatest feeling i have had since my accident. it is everything and more i could have dreams it would have felt like. this is what me and my tea m felt like. this is what me and my team have worked so hard to achieve, to prove that my disability does not affect my performance and my dream of getting to formula 1 is not unrealistic. we have worked so hard, so many hours put in by me and the tea m so many hours put in by me and the team behind—the—scenes, just to get on the grid and have the car adapted and ready and now to go out and prove our credentials and win a race, especially the pau grand prix and its history, i can't believe it. those who have followed your story know your parents love you to bits whether you finish first or last, but i wonder what their reaction to the victory was? i think they were

just like me, a bit in shock. but i think really proud of what we have achieved. it has been a long two yea rs. achieved. it has been a long two years. in some aspects it has felt like it was only yesterday when i had my accident and i was learning to walk again, things have moved very fast and we have come a long way, but there is still a long way to go and hopefully more things for me to achieve. you spoke about your dream of racing in formula 1, we are reflecting on the death of niki lauda, who i suppose went to something similar to you. your accident was far more serious that he was that in horrible crash in 1976 and was raising 40 days later. i don't know if you ever met him but iam sure i don't know if you ever met him but i am sure you have looked up to him over the years? i am so sad to hear about his passing, my condolences to his family. luckily i had the

opportunity to meet niki at the british grand prix in 2017, only a three months after my crash. i chatted to him in the mercedes garage and he had so many kind things to say about me and i guess he could really relate to my situation and the determination to get back to motorsport after a serious accident. it is super sad, motorsport has lost a true legend. it is always a real pleasure to speak to you. your determination is incredible to watch, congratulations on your success and i wish you all the best for the future, thank you very much. he is such an impressive young man. the way he speaks is just brilliant. we had to speak carol because we could not hear her, hopefully we can now. good morning, iand good morning, land in the good morning, i and in the rose garden at richmond park, it was about 7 degrees when we arrived, now

it is closer to 13. it will be warmer than yesterday and the forecast is one of sunshine, dry weather but some showers forecast as well. currently we have rain across the north of scotland. it has been raining quite heavily in the north of scotla nd raining quite heavily in the north of scotland overnight, that will start to retreat northwards, eventually getting into the northern ireland, and behind it we will have sunshine and showers. for the east coast of the uk we have had cloud romping in from the north sea overnight, that is still with us, and away from where we have the cloud, especially in north—east england, it is a dry and sunny start. the mist and fog we started with tending to lift, it has been nature restart, temperatures rising in the warm sunshine. through the day the rain heads off to the northern ireland, for scotland and northern england you are looking at sunshine and showers, some heavy and thundery with hail and with the lack

of wind to move them, they will be slow—moving. if you are after the chelsea flower show today, it should stay dry and it will be warmer than yesterday with heights of up to 22 degrees. through the evening and overnight the rain in scotland in the north starts to sink south once again. we will see more cloud from the north sea across eastern and coastal counties, and thicker cloud by the end of the night coming across north wales, north—west england and the north west midlands, producing patchy light rain and drizzle. temperatures falling to between four and ten or 11. tomorrow we start with the rain across scotland, we will be seeing rainfall totals across northern scotland in particular writing quite nicely. some others need rain, others do not wanted. the cloud will be producing patchy light rain, there will be sunshine and temperatures not quite

as high as today, but nonetheless 20 or 21 degrees. into the weekend and the bank holiday, it is looking more u nsettled. the bank holiday, it is looking more unsettled. studio: iam the bank holiday, it is looking more unsettled. studio: i am so pleased we could catch up with you properly. definitely worth going back. news, travel and weather, a delorean coming up and loads more. news, travel and weather wherever you are. see you in a minute or two. hello, good morning. many of us started the week with fine and sunny weather, temperatures reaching 21 degrees in north yorkshire. today the temperatures could be a degree or so higher. for many of us it's a dry day with sunny spells but a few showers to come. this morning it's

pretty wet across the north—east of scotland, that rain edging to the northern isles. for many of us, it's dry and sunny and some fair weather cloud developing this afternoon. maximum temperatures typically between 14—18d, reaching 21, 20 2 degrees in the south—east. this afternoon showers popping up across scotla nd afternoon showers popping up across scotland and the far north—east of england, for the second half of this afternoon, though showers could be quite heavy and thundery. there could be quite intense storms for a time in the north—eastern areas but those were generally clear. the rain continuing in the far north of scotla nd continuing in the far north of scotland edging back southwards tonight, elsewhere with clear spells, a bit apache mist first thing on wednesday. also, some drizzle perhaps for north—west england and north wales. —— a bit of patchy mist. for most of us, dry and sunny day especially for england and wales, for scotland the cloud will thicken from the north and without

some outbreaks of rain affecting the far north of scotland. temperatures again in the mid to teens for some areas. the pressure chart taking us into thursday, a couple of weak weather fronts, one to the north—east, one to the south—west. in between, for much of the uk on thursday, it will be another dry day. lots of sunshine, perhaps a bit more cloud building up in the sky compared to recent days, rain affecting the far north—east of scotland, perhaps into the west and south of northern ireland, temperatures getting up again into the high teens and low 20s. goodbye.

this is business live from bbc news with sally bundock and maryam moshiri. huawei's ban on hold — the us issues a temporary licence to the firm — after google and other us companies were forced to stop trading with the chinese tech giant. live from london, that's our top story on tuesday the 21st of may. huawei's founder is defiant saying his company was prepared for a stand—off with america and that it will win in the battle for 5g business — we'll bring you the latest. also in the programme reusing to reduce waste. plastic is piling up —

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