you're watching bbc news at nine with me, annita mcveigh. the headlines: one of the best known figures in motor racing, niki lauda, has died at the age of 70 — his family said the three—time formula 1 world champion passed away peacefully. tributes have poured in from around the world — british former formula 1 champion jenson button called lauda a "legend," while the mclaren team said he would be "enshrined in our history". theresa may will give cabinet ministers the details of what she's called her "new bold offer" today, in a final push to get her brexit deal passed. british steel — which employs thousands of people in scunthorpe — is due to hear whether it will receive an emergency government bailout, as the firm teeters on the brink of administration.

almost 600 suspected members of so—called county lines drugs gangs have been arrested in a coordinated police operation across the uk. also coming up — research suggests that the majority of british motorists are not ready to buy an electric car. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. tributes have been paid to the three—time formula 1 world champion, niki lauda, who has died at the age of 70. the austrian driver, who had a lung transplant last year, famously made a remarkable return to racing just a0 days after he was badly burned in a crash in 1976.

in a statement, his family said he was a "benchmark for all of us." joe wilson looks back on his life. 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 1a 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. the motorsports world has been paying tribute to niki lauda on social media. the former moto gp motorcycle champion casey stoner has tweeted, "rip niki lauda, a true icon and motorsport legend. thoughts are with his family and loved ones at this time." mclaren motorsport said: and the former f1 champion jenson button has simply tweeted:

we hope to talk soon tojohn watson, former racing driver and former mclaren team—mate of niki lauda. theresa may's cabinet are meeting this morning to review what she's described as her "new, bold" brexit plan, which will be put before parliament next month. ministers are also expected to discuss whether to restart planning for a no—deal brexit. in a speech to business leaders tonight, the chancellor, philip hammond, will urge tory ministers hoping to succeed mrs may not to abandon the search for an agreement. 0ur political correspondent iain watsonjoins us now from westminster. good morning, iain. whatare good morning, iain. what are your thoughts on how this new bold plan put by theresa may might emerge from the cabinet meeting this morning?” suppose she has no is never

knowingly undersold, but i suppose it might be a bit too bold for some in —— i suppose she is never knowingly undersold. she needs to resolve the tricky customs relationship when britain moves out of the eu after brexit. if she moves too far towards the labour position, a permanent customs union, she would alienate to have those around the table and it would make it difficult for her to get her plan through. as far as for her to get her plan through. as farasi for her to get her plan through. as far as i unaware that could be different options and customs per two mps, but if that is seen as a compromise by some long—standing leave campaigners, she could be in trouble. the other question is whether there will be a nod and a wink about putting the deal towards a confirmatory ballot, something which many labour mps say would be particularly bold from the prime minister. it may also be a very brave move, as they say in whitehall, meaning it would be doomed to disaster among

conservative mps. she is somewhat boxed in in her options. we will see an appeal to labour in some areas, on workers‘ rights, environmental standards and so on, and she will try to build enough support to get this through a vote in parliament in the first week injune, but it will be very challenging for her. the cabinet is discussing no deal preparations, and andrea leadsom, one of those sitting around the cabinet table, a long—standing leave campaigner, native peer she would contemplate leaving the eu without a deal. —— made it clear she would.” support the prime minister to get withdrawal agreement bill through, it is leaving the eu, and so long as it is leaving the eu, and so long as it continues to be leaving the eu i continue to support it. i think that for any negotiation to succeed you have to be prepared to walk away, and in addition the legal default position is that on the 315t of

october the uk leaves the european union without a deal. i would like us union without a deal. i would like us to have a deal, i think it is very important, but in the event we get to the end of october and a deal is not possible, i think leaving the eu is most important, delivering on the will of the people. as a democrat, that is what we have to do. strong words from andrea leadsom, who might be part of a very crowded field of candidates seeking to replace theresa may, we know her time in downing street is limited and plenty of manoeuvrings already among conservative mps who would like to take over the job. but there was a warning shot fired at some of them by chancellor philip hammond, we had seen extract of a speech he is making to business leaders tonight in which he will suggest that any leader or potential leader who advocates leaving the eu without a deal will be hijacking the result of the 2016 referendum, and in

addition knowingly inflicting damage on the economy. so some pretty strong words from him aims notjust at andrea leadsom but potentially at borisjohnson, who says he can live with no deal, dominic raab, the former brexit secretary, esther mcvey, the former work and pensions secretary who effectively launched a leadership campaign yesterday and said she was prepared to leave without a deal as well. pretty strong words, the question is whether theresa may can get a deal over the line before the leadership contest takes place. i said it would be challenging getting agreement amongst her own cabinet, it will be challenging trying to win over opposition mps because the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry was sending the respect —— sceptical that theresa may would attract votes from her side of the house. we have made it perfectly clear over a period of years that we want to be any customs union, we want to close alignment of rules and regulations oi'i alignment of rules and regulations on the single market and we have a

numberof on the single market and we have a number of things we have consistently said needs to be part ofan consistently said needs to be part of an agreement. as a result of the referendum we have been trying to leave the eu in such a way as looks afterjobs in the economy, but our problem is twofold. one, she won't listen and won't give us what we want, and two we have got to the stage where because we are in the dying days of this particular premiership, asjohn dying days of this particular premiership, as john mcdonnell dying days of this particular premiership, asjohn mcdonnell has said it is trying to negotiate with the company going out of business. even for these things were to be agreed, how can we be sure they would be delivered on by the new leadership? emily thornberry says the company is going out of business, but sometimes there are very attractive offers when they discount the remaining stock. if she gets something to cabinet, perhaps not the entire bill deal she wants to see but whatever she manages to merge with today, she will be putting that to the wider probe ——

public as well as to parliament. she knows it will be the last throw of the dice and she is hoping to get just enough support to be able to leave ten downing street and at the time tight —— same time say that she has delivered brexit. thank you, iain watson. let‘s return to the death of the three—time formula 1 champion niki lauda. joining me now its former racing driverjohn watson, niki lauda‘s mclaren team—mate. thank you forjoining us as the motorsport world pays tribute to niki lauda. first of all, let‘s take you back to that horrific crash in the neighbour greg in 1976, you were one of the drivers who pulled niki lauda out of his car. —— the horrific crash at the nuburgring. we got niki away from the burning ferrari, got him to lie down on the

racetrack. we were able to communicate and he said, what does my face look like? i tried to reassure him he was fine, we did not appreciate at the time that all the injury he would suffer much worse from was the inhalation of toxic fumes from the burning fibreglass and the gels in the bodywork which got into his lungs and almost took his life. i guess at that point no one would have put bets on him returning to motor racing, becoming welch and again two more times and perhaps even more remarkable that his achievements in the racing cars we re his achievements in the racing cars were his achievements away from the track and overcoming that adversity? niki wasa track and overcoming that adversity? niki was a very focused, determined, pragmatic person not just niki was a very focused, determined, pragmatic person notjust as a racing driver that every aspect of his life. he cut through all the garbage and went straight to the heart of any issue, be it within 18

01’ heart of any issue, be it within 18 or his airline, and he had to suffer the appalling tragedy of losing an aircraft until the crew and passengers on return flight from thailand and he had to deal with that, and had to establish the cause of that accident, which he did successfully. you had said of his return to racing it was the most courageous act of any sportsman i have ever seen in my life. john, i hope you can still hear me, i was just quoting you saying it was the most courageous activity sportsman i have ever seen in my life, niki lauda‘s return to the track a0 days after that horrific accident. what was it about him, what drove him to do that? i think he wanted to prove to everybody that he would still potentially win the world championship in 1976. once the lung problems are overcome by the medics, the burns to his face were in his

mind superficial, in fact he chose never to have plastic surgery following two changes looks. instead, iron niki lauda, the same person regardless of what i look like. —— he said, iam niki lauda. he was focused, determined, ambitious, new what he was capable of and would not allow that horrible accident to stop those further ambitions which he held, and he went on to hold the world championship in 1977. ferrari had brought somebody else into the team because they were not sure if niki would be capable of being a challenger, let alone a world champion. he won the championship, blew that the driver out of the water and left ferrari before the season ended and took the number one to the brabham team, where hejoin me in 1978. number one to the brabham team, where he join me in 1978. it is the monaco grand prix this coming weekend, perhaps one of the

best—known of the one season. do you think the teams will be marking niki lauda‘s passing in some way? think the teams will be marking niki lauda's passing in some way?” think the teams will be marking niki lauda's passing in some way? i have no doubt it will cast a shadow over the weekend. monaco is the jewel of the weekend. monaco is the jewel of the crowd of the formula 1 candidate in many respects, but many people in the pit lane and ran motor racing generally will remember niki, they will have been part of that era in the 70s and the mid—80s when niki was winning those three world championships. another legend of the sport will no longer be able to join us sport will no longer be able to join us in future grants macro in the public, i have lost somebody i called a friend and like light —— likewise he would have called me his friend. our condolences to you and his friends and family, thank you for sharing your memories of niki lauda, john watson. the headlines on bbc news...

that is our main story. one of the best known figures in motor racing, niki lauda, has died at the age of 70 — his family said the three time formula 1 world champion "passed away peacefully." theresa may will give cabinet ministers the details of what she‘s called her "new bold offer" today, in a final push to get her brexit deal passed. british steel — which employs thousands of people in scunthorpe — is due to hear whether it will receive an emergency government bailout, as the firm teeters on the brink of administration. more on that interesting moment. as you have heard, a legend has left us, those are the words ofjenson button after the death of niki lauda, just one of many tributes to the three—time world champion. england are about to announce their squad for the cricket world cup and it is expected that fast bowler jofra archer will be on the list. great britain‘s ice hockey team are still in the top flight of the world championship after a dramatic win over france, coming from 3—0 down to win a—3 in overtime. they were quite

pleased. more on those stories at 9:a0am. british steel is on the brink of administration. the firm — which employs thousands of people at its operations in scunthorpe — is due to hear today whether it will receive an emergency government bailout. if the company fails to get the cash it needs, it would put a000 jobs directly at risk, and jeopardise a further 20,000 in the wider supply chain. let‘s get more on this with our business presenter dominik o‘connell. a huge amount at stake, just explain where we‘re at in this process ? just explain where we‘re at in this process? the company as the government for a £70 million loan, the government is already announced a £125 million loan to get it to make upfora a £125 million loan to get it to make up for a european nations trading scheme the company was losing out on, it was brexit related. they have asked for another £70 million loan, i understand the

talks of around £30 million. it is not clear if the company will get it, the government may step in and ta ke it, the government may step in and take control of the company until it finds a buyer. when we talk about british steel we are not talking about the whole of the british steel industry, this is a plant in scunthorpe industry, this is a plant in scu nthorpe and north industry, this is a plant in scunthorpe and north lincolnshire which makes railway tracks, beams for the construction industry, what are called long projects, employs around a000 people. its current owners bought it about three years ago after tata steel, the previous owners, said we will have to close it, does anybody want to buy edge? a nominal sum was paid, perhaps £1, we do not know. many people have been pretty iffy about its future. its current owners had lots of it is brexit related, export companies do not know what the trade relation would be. other people said the company would be. other people said the com pa ny faces

would be. other people said the company faces a lot of head wounds, britain is a difficult and expensive place to make steel here. it will be very anxious in scunthorpe, it is not entirely coincidental that the european elections on thursday. not entirely coincidental that the european elections on thursdaym the government thinking it is too big to be allowed to fail? the timing is not great for the government and ministers are pretty annoyed. the request came ten days before the elections. perhaps too big to fail, but the government does not want to set a precedent where it bails out every company that cries brexit related trading difficulties, that would be a horrible precedent to set. so the government is very wa ry to set. so the government is very wary of that and it might be looking for another way forward, this idea about the government somehow taking control through the official receiver and then trying to find a buyer, taking it off grateful

capital. thank you, dominic. almost 600 suspected members of so—called ‘county lines‘ drugs gangs have been arrested over the past week, in a coordinated police operation across the uk. officers seized more than £300,000 in cash — as well as drugs with a street value of £230,000. four firearms were recovered — along with swords, machetes, knives and a crossbow. 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 1a, 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 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, oxfordshire, 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, a6 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 begins today to the use of unregulated automated facial recognition surveillance by police forces. ed bridges — who‘s bringing the case — claims his human rights were breached when his image

was taken while christmas shopping in cardiff. south wales police says it uses the technology in a lawful and proportionate way. our legal correspondent, clive coleman, reports. this is a police demonstration of automatic facial recognition. cameras take a biometric map of the faces of everyone who passes the camera. these are uniquely identifiable to the individual, who is then checked against watch lists. the technology has been used by three police forces, most notably south wales. in 2017, ed bridges had his image captured. i popped out of the office to go and buy a sandwich, do a bit of christmas shopping, and on the main pedestrian shopping street in cardiff was a police van. and by the time i was close enough to see the words "automatic facial recognition technology" on the van, i‘d already had my data captured by it. and that struck me as quite a fundamental invasion of my privacy.

considering the power of automated facial recognition to capture the biometric data of vast numbers of us without our consent as we go about our everyday business in public places, it‘s remarkable that currently there is no regulation in place to govern the way that the police use it. the legal challenge seeks a declaration that automated facial recognition breaches privacy, data protection and equality laws. last year south wales police said its use was lawful and proportionate. the case now involves the home office and information commissioner and could provide critical guidance on if and when it‘s lawful to use the technology. clive coleman, bbc news. joining me now is silkie carlo who is director of the privacy group, big brother watch. you are very welcome this morning,

big brother watch is involved in a similar but separate legal challenge involving the met? it is astonishing we see this decision is put in police hands, the metropolitan police is deciding on its future use of facial recognition, so the ability to identify and track people in real time ability to identify and track people in realtime in ability to identify and track people in real time in public spaces, we have already begun legal proceedings against them because it has been such a political vacuum, and if they go ahead with this orwellian surveillance move then we will see them in court. a number of people have talked about a legal vacuum, a lack of regulation, widely you think that exists and what has given rise to that? there have been distractions in parliament over the next couple of years and there seems to be an emerging culture in which police can pick up technologies and run with an in this vacuum, which given the pace of technology and

change is really concerning, because now we have seen things like live facial recognition on the streets, the gangs matrix, mobile fingerprinting and we risk taking small steps towards a different kind of police forceful. this is china style surveillance. basically you are saying you do not trust police forces to use this technology proportionately? it is inherently disproportionate. we are not talking about identifying one individual, we are talking about everybody on the street having their identity checked, the modern equivalent of show me your papers. it is very un—british and very undemocratic. are the majority of law—abiding citizens bothered by that? we have had £10,000 coming into big brother watch, crowd funded for this legal challenge. ordinary members of the public have been affected, people are being asked to lower scarves,

ta ke are being asked to lower scarves, take off their hoods so that the facial recognition cameras can see them, we have seen people misidentified, i have witnessed a child being misidentified and swooped by plainclothes police officers and asked to prove he is not a wanted criminal, so it really inverts the relationship... what about the cases where that technology builds up a biometric picture that people can compare, what if that prevents something from happening, that it assist society by avoiding, for example, a terrorist outrage, say they were looking for somebody who might be involved in a plan to put an attack together. surely that is so impart —— important? i think everybody one silver bullet solutions, rarely do they exist. this is not a case where it will help police in those high risk scenarios. do you hope that

some greater regulation, because it is not there at the moment, do you hope for greater regulation of this technology where you might be satisfied that it is being used in a regulated and more proportionate way? i hope there is more proportionality, in wales we have seen law—abiding protesters and campaigners put on watch lists. we wa nt to campaigners put on watch lists. we want to see a moratorium on this, a ban on police using live facial recognition, it has no place in the uk. no halfway house between the privacy you are concerned about and allowing police to look for would—be offenders? we already have facial recognition used on borders, but in terms of on the streets used as a public surveillance tool, it is very dangerous, we should follow in the footsteps of san francisco which passed a ban last week, which is very significant and is leading the way. thank you very much, silkie

carlo from big brother watch. research on attitudes towards electric cars suggests the majority of motorists in britain are not ready to buy one. more than half of those taking part in a trial by the transport research laboratory said they wouldn‘t invest in one within the next five years. our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. dad—of—two john cook with his relatively new petrol suv. for now at least, he decided an electric car was not right for long family trips to cornwall and they have no off—street parking. there is definitely an increased cost in buying electric and also just where you go to charge the cars, you know, we live on a street so it would be quite difficult to have a charge on our street. john is typical of uk consumers. new research suggests most of us are simply not ready to buy electric. the non—profit transport research laboratory gave 200 mainstream consumers full use of an electric

car for four days. the experiment was repeated for similar petrol and hybrid models. afterwards, more than half said they would probably not buy an electric car as their first vehicle within the next five years. sales of the cars rose by 1a% in britain last year, the smallest increase in any european country bar switzerland. the government denies that reducing its subsidy for electric cars has had a detrimental effect. we‘re getting lots of new electric cars coming onto the market and there‘s more competition and obviously that‘s starting to bring prices down as that happens. it becomes better to spread the money over a wider group and to encourage take—up that way, and that‘s what we‘ve done. tom burridge, bbc news. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon. the fine weather will continue for

many today, lots of sunshine this morning, but into the afternoon there will be showers developing, particularly across the north—east of scotla nd particularly across the north—east of scotland and the north—east of england. it has been quite wet in the north—east of scotland, the rain is edging into northern ireland. as you can see, plenty of sunshine, fair weather cloud developing this afternoon but temperatures typically in the mid to high teens, perhaps up to 21 or 22 celsius. showers could be quite intense across scotland for the later part of the afternoon, particularly its to the borders into northumberland and durham, some thunderstorms mixed in. elsewhere, the fine weather will continue until the fine weather will continue until the sun sets. into tomorrow, more sunshine on the way, temperatures getting up to about 18 to 21 celsius.

hello. this is bbc news with anitta mcveigh. the headlines... one of the best known figures in motor racing, niki lauda, has died at the age of 70 — his family said the three time formula 1 world champion "passed away peacefully". tributes have poured in from around the world — british former formula 1 champion jenson button called lauda a "legend", while the mclaren team said he would be "enshrined in our history". theresa may will give cabinet ministers the details of what she‘s called her "new bold offer" today, in a final push to get her brexit deal passed. british steel — which employs thousands of people in scunthorpe — is due to hear whether it will receive an emergency government bailout, as the firm teeters on the brink of administration. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. nearly 600 suspected members

of county lines drugs gangs have been arrested across the uk in the past week. the national crime agency estimates there are about 2,000 city—based gangs exploiting young people to sell drugs in smaller towns. its director of investigations, nikki holland, spoke to bbc breakfast. cou nty county lines are drugs gangs who peddle their drugs across the whole of the uk. they take them out from the main cities on they export them into rural areas and that‘s where the expression has come, the phenomenon started in london and they went out to the home counties, hence the county lines. they tend to use children and vulnerable people to do that. how significant an operation has it been, hundreds of arrests ? operation has it been, hundreds of arrests? last week we arrested 586 people, it‘s been in operation jointly with the national crime agency, regional units on the police. 86 of those are men —— women

and 500 men. you talk about vulnerable people and children, presumably you‘ve seen some of them during this investigation. what's happening to them? last week we safeguarded over 800 vulnerable people. the county lines model is predicated on exploiting vulnerable people in terms of using them to run drugs but also taking over their premises to run the operations. you hear us refer to it as cocoa, they go in hear us refer to it as cocoa, they goina hear us refer to it as cocoa, they go in a cocoa nest and properties, and vulnerable people so they can do illegal activity there. you talk about the scale of the arrest, is it enough, has disrupted the entire network, do you think?” enough, has disrupted the entire network, do you think? i think it's had a significant impact in terms of safeguarding, taking cash and drugs from the streets but this is a problem or need to continue to deal with every day. we cannot arrest her way out of this problem it requires a whole system response with partners who can look at telling people county alliances preventing them becoming involved. what kind of

impact has it been communities? cou nty impact has it been communities? county lines gangs tend to have rival disputes in areas so people will see an increase in serious violence, increase in drugs used and associated criminal activity was drugs use. it isn‘tjust the victims of cou nty drugs use. it isn‘tjust the victims of county lines this effects, it affects the communities. in terms of that expectation, i know you say you hopefully have broken up a lot of those systems but i‘m sure there‘s people out there involved in this. what should maybe people be looking out for in terms of exportation of those who might be sucked into the system ? those who might be sucked into the system? we would appeal directly to professionals to trust their instincts if they see something, teachers, nurses, doctors, if they see something that‘s a bit unusual. to co nta ct see something that‘s a bit unusual. to contact the police and tell them what they are saying but also to pa rents, what they are saying but also to parents, if children start acting differently, turning up with new belongings, olderfriends differently, turning up with new belongings, older friends perhaps going missing, unexplained injuries, trust your instincts, they may have

been dragged into this activity. 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. the care quality commission says the current system is not fit for purpose. bbc breakfast spoke to liz bincliffe, whose daughter stephanie died after spending years in seclusion, and dr paul lelliott, deputy chief inspector of hospitals for the care quality commission. when stephaniejust when stephanie just turned 18 in september of 2006, she was sectioned toa september of 2006, she was sectioned to a hospital near york under the mental health act. stephanie remained there for almost seven yea rs remained there for almost seven years and died on the 17th of august 2013. having been basically secluded for virtually all those seven years ina12 for virtually all those seven years in a 12 foot padded room with two

portals for light, non—fresh air, very little exercise and in that time, she put on a lot of weight and when she died, she was nearly 26 stone. there was an inquest into stephanie‘s death. and that did find plans weren‘t in place, certain things that should have been done weren‘t done. and the postmortem determined that stephanie died of heart failure and sleep apnoea. probably due to being so overweight. and it must have been very difficult for her particularly, also for you, seeing what was going on. what was the impact on her of being in isolation, particularly? it was immense. stephanie had pathological demand avoidance syndrome which is on the autistic spectrum and she struggled with communication and people that she didn‘t want to be in isolation, just seemed that was the

easiest way to manage her. she had extreme challenging behaviour and self—harm. 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'm so sorry you and the rest of the family had to go through that. let‘s put some of those concerns to pull his with us this morning. tell us a little bit about, we‘ve heard an awful story of liz and her daughter, what are some of these key recommendations from the report? the first part of the review focused on people who were in stephanie's situation, that's people who are held in segregation, that is isolated from other patients on a ward, eitherona isolated from other patients on a ward, either on a word for people with a learning disability on a children's ward, for young people with mental health problems and so this interim report focuses on the group of people. we found there were between 60 or 80 people in this situation. and some of our concerns

included the fact that many of the staff working on some of these wards didn't have the specialist skills that were needed to provide the care that were needed to provide the care that people should be receiving in such a specialist setting. so are recommendations in the short term, we have asked that everybody who is held in segregation in a learning disability ward or a word for young people with mental health problems because an independent and expert review, not just of their care because an independent and expert review, notjust of their care but of the quality of the arrangements to enable the person to leave hospital. we've also asked for a body with the authority to take action to be set up to 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 will be enough. because even if all of the people in segregation are discharged or if every hospital in the country provides 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 to help that she needed early in life so help that she needed early in life so that hospital admission was never neededin so that hospital admission was never needed in the first place. now to a story regarding automatic facial recognition. the first major legal challenge begins today to the use of unregulated automated facial recognition surveillance by police forces. ed bridges — who‘s bringing the case — claims his human rights were breached when his image was taken while christmas shopping in cardiff. south wales police says it uses the technology in a lawful and proportionate way. he joins us now from outside the court

the first time i became aware of the technology had popped out from work, to do some christmas shopping and there was a police van in front of me, there wasn‘t any officers, no signage, no one giving information so by the time i got close enough to see the words facial recognition technology written on it i had already had my biometric data scanned by the cameras in that fan andi scanned by the cameras in that fan and i thought that was an invasion of my privacy as a law—abiding citizen. some people might say if you are law—abiding what have you got to fearfrom you are law—abiding what have you got to fear from this? well, i mean, that line about if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear comes up a to hide you have nothing to fear comes up a lot but that‘s not how we do policing in this country. we aren‘t in an authoritarian regime, we live in a democracy and one of the reasons for bringing this challenge is because you know, this is an emerging technology, the law hasn‘t caught up with it and facial recognition technology exists in this regulatory vacuum so actually

bringing a legal challenge, finding out what sort of regulation should apply to this new technology is not only in the interest of the public but in the police interest as well so the public can have confidence in the way police are operating. we know there have been cases for there has been misidentification of people through the use of this technology, no technology is perfect but you know, do you accept that the police say they are trying to use this in a proportionate way, when they get this biometric data they are comparing that to faces on watch lists and that it may be of use to them in preventing crime? no one is disputing the police have a very difficultjob to do in a time of dwindling resources but as you say, there‘s concerns about whether this technology is at the moment and it‘s particularly identical —— bad at identifying females, there is a shooter and potential discrimination and comes back to what i said

before. the public need to have confidence that technology is up to thejob but also if confidence that technology is up to the job but also if there confidence that technology is up to thejob but also if there biometric data is being captured, that it‘s being handled and used in a proper way. one of the differences with this technology to a traditional cctv is that you have rights over how cctv is handled, it‘s covered by data protection legislation but facial recognition technology is a new technology, the law has not yet caught up with that and so bringing this challenge to date will hopefully challenge it to help make sure the law catches up. in a line, what are you hoping from this, are you hoping for an outright ban on the use of this technology in the sort of scenario in which your image was captured over a greater regulation? some places such as san francisco have already gone for a com plete francisco have already gone for a complete ban but at the very least, making sure that facial recognition technology is put on a par with other sorts of use of peoples personal images would be a very good start. ed burgess, thank you for

joining us. oxford university has announced plans for a significant increase in the number of places for disadvantaged students. the university is aiming for a quarter of students to come from under—represented backgrounds within four years. we can speak now to louise richardson, vice chancellor of oxford university, who‘s in our central london studio. good morning and thanks for your time today. the sutton trust, the social mobility charity recently said oxford and cambridge universities take more students from eight mostly private schools than almost 3000 other state schools put together. it‘s definitely time for a change as far as you are concerned and as everyone at the university behind this move? yes, everybody at the university is behind this move. we‘ve been trialling these initiatives for a couple of years. we have a sense of which ones are effective and we are all coming together, very excited about putting them into effect and having quite a

significant acceleration of the pace at which we recruit students from deprived backgrounds. how do you define disadvantaged students from underrepresented groups and how are you going to get more of those stu d e nts you going to get more of those students into the university? there‘s a whole range, some government statistics, the government statistics, the government uses a postcode, we do not, we use a whole range of identifiers of deprivation. out we are going to do it is by encouraging more students to apply, working with their teachers to encourage them to apply but the reality is, every year we get applications, strong applications, from kids from deprived schools, deprived areas, who meet or exceed our entrance requirements so this is not about compromising our very high standards, it‘s about giving those kids an edge and bringing them in, while maintaining a very high standards. you talk about standards. what is it about the process at the moment therejust isn‘t what is it about the process at the moment there just isn‘t getting those really bright students from

state schools into universities like oxford? well, it's a hugely competitive process, we have over 21,000 applications for a little over 3000 places so we end up turning away many wonderful kids that we would love to take. take the private schools prepare those kids better for the selection process?” think there is no doubt that they do. we are going to through the unique summer school which is another initiative, we give 1375 kids every summer a chance to come to oxford for a week to do trial ru ns to oxford for a week to do trial runs of the interview process to expose them to what it‘s like at oxford so we have a whole range of initiatives, because, as i say, the entire community, all the colleges and departments are united behind this desire to accelerate the pace of change. louise richardson, vice chancellor of oxford university, thank you. that‘s it for today‘s

morning briefing. and now, sallyjoins us for an update from the bbc sport centre. and we are hearing about the death of niki lauda. good morning. as you‘ve been hearing, the three—time formula one world champion niki lauda has died at the age of 70. the most notable of those titles was in 1977, the 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. here‘s the former f1 driver derek warwick. he was very driven, very intelligent, he didn‘t mess around with people he didn‘t lie, 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 one of the few characters left in

formula one. he was a great man. anybody that came back from that horrific accident in 76 at the nurnberg ring, to still challenge james hunt injapan at the end of 86, a true legend of our sport. 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 f1 teams: "all at mclaren are deeply saddened to learn that our friend, colleague and 198a formula 1 world champion, niki lauda, has passed away. and another former world champion jenson button said simply: as predicted, fast bowler jofra archer has been included in the england squad for the cricket world cup,

which starts a week on thursday. archer was born in barbados but qualified to play for england in march, after residency rules were amended and he played two matches in england‘s series victory over pakistan. he wasn‘t named in the preliminary squad but he‘s made the final 15, with david willey missing out. here‘s the squad in full — there are three changes from that preliminary squad — as well as archer, the hampshire pair liam dawson and james vince are included. joe denly also misses out. england‘s first game is against south africa at the oval. and that victory parade is on most of this morning‘s back pages but there‘s a spread of other stories too. the express shows vincent kompa ny on the manchester city bus, and also quotes the manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer, who‘s apparently warned his players about their poor fitness levels — not fit t0 wear the shirt

is the headline there the times shows pep guardiola in a natty hat and reports that andy murray is "increasingly confident" of making a full return to competitive tennis and the guardian focus on the england cricket squad announcement, correctly predicting that joffra archer would make the cut for the world cup. 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 a—3. what i came from top to bottom. i thought that every man battled the whole night, it was very mixed

emotions, going down 3—0 but we knew we we re emotions, going down 3—0 but we knew we were getting opportunities, we had to stick with it. we knew if we got one back, there was an opportunity but to finish like that, ben davies with the amazing goal, he deserved that, really proud of the boys and looking forward to watching them next year in the world championships. next year‘s olympic games in tokyo will see medal parity between male and female athletes for the first time — and as part of the build—up, there‘s an increased focus on maximising the performance of female competitors — which includes monitoring their periods. there still seems to be a taboo around the subject, despite there being a potential link with serious injuries. great britain‘s olympic hockey gold medallist sam quek spoke to us about it, as part of the bbc‘s change the game season. i remember being a teenager and when i first started my period i was mortified, i was so embarrassed. if i couldn‘t take part in pa, i couldn‘t let anyone know, i‘d have

to go and whisper to the pe teacher and deepen them to even tell the teacher was a massive issue. but i think it‘sjust a teacher was a massive issue. but i think it‘s just a case of culture now, i think the more high—profile figures, sportswomen, actors, actresses, whoever it may be, openly talking about periods, i think it would help youngsters to think it‘s a normal thing that happens to women, it‘s a normal thing that we have, something that occurs and why can‘t we just talk about it in an open forum? there‘s live sport on radio 5 live sports extra today, with commentary from the county championship game between lancashire and warwickshire and this evening on 5 live, kelly cates has reaction to the world cup squad announcement. and don‘t forget sportsday on bbc news at 6.30 — that‘s all from me for now. more sport coming up throughout the day on bbc news. scientists have warned that global sea levels could rise far higher than predicted —

because of an acceleration in the rate that the icesheets in greenland and antarctica are melting. they fear that 700—thousand square miles of land could be lost by the end of the century — potentially leading to 180 million people being displaced. caroline rigby reports. these vast icy landscapes are some of the most remote on our planet, but they play a crucial role in shaping the future of life on earth. global warming is causing ice sheets in antarctica and greenland to melt, but some scientists believe climate models have underestimated the likely level of melting this century and, in turn, the extent of sea level rise. now a new study, drawing on evidence from 22 leading researchers, has warned the situation could be far worse than generally accepted. in 2013, the un‘s intergovernmental panel on climate change predicted that by the end of the century global sea levels would rise by around one metre. but researchers now suggest seas could rise by twice that amount,

that‘s if unchecked carbon emissions cause the world too warm by 5 degrees celsius, other than the 2 degrees scenario consistent with the paris agreement. the consequences of this on coastal communities and ecosystems would be catastrophic, with the poorest countries set to be the hardest hit. almost 1.8 million square kilometres of land could be lost and up to 187 million people displaced. bangladesh and the nile delta would be particularly badly effected. while major global cities, including london, new york, and shanghai, would come under threat. it‘s not like all of a sudden it‘s going to submerge entire cities, it will just sort of start cutting away at significant parts of them. for instance, lower manhattan, unless they build defences, a good chunk of that would be underwater. yes, a good chunk of bangladesh.

the dutch, who are very good at protecting themselves, would have to get scurrying and build fast. this is a situation we have to avoid. the authors of this report with the likelihood of this level of global warming and associated sea level rise atjust 5%. in essence, a worst—case scenario. but with such profound potential consequences for humanity, they are urging politicians to reduce carbon emissions urgently. caroline rigby, bbc news. a man has been charged with common assault after a milkshake was thrown over nigel farage yesterday. the brexit party leader was doused with the drink while on a walkabout in newcastle city centre. police say 32—year—old paul crowther from throckley in newcastle upon tyne has also been charged with criminal damage relating to a microphone the politician was wearing at the time.

health officials in the united states say the country is experiencing the biggest outbreak of measles for twenty five years. forty one cases were recorded across the us last week, bringing the total to nearly nine hundred this year across 2a states. coming up in a few minutes, it‘s time for the victoria derbyshire programme. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. simon king is with us, simon, a beautiful morning today. good morning. most places had a fine start to the day. this was the scene this morning in paddington. skies ahead, there will bea paddington. skies ahead, there will be a bit of fair weather client developing but any change to dry and sunny weather will be across

north—eastern scotland, some outbreaks of rain there this morning, the rain edging northwards into the northern isles through the afternoon, even here some some time developing. for most of us, dry and sunny, temperature is just developing. for most of us, dry and sunny, temperature isjust a little higher than yesterday, about 16—19d, reaching 20—22d in the south—east. in scotland this afternoon there could be quite heavy showers, thunderstorms across eastern areas towards northumberland and durham this afternoon. that in mind for the evening rush hour. they will eventually clear as we go through this evening. overnight at night, rain across the far north of scotla nd rain across the far north of scotland working its way south but again, forms, a dry night, some patchy mist developing. temperatures getting down to 7—10d. wednesday, we start with mist but that will clear quickly, cloud fort northwest, northern england, some spots of drizzle here, that will clear away and you notice cloud increasing across scotland, rain edging its way

southwards, otherwise another try and fight day, lots of sunshine around, temperatures fairly similar to today, 21—22d in the south—east. firstly, we have a weak weather system in the south—west, another of towards the north—east, in between, it‘s going to be fairly dry again. this is thursday, not a great deal going on, a bit of cloud and rain affecting the far north—east of scotland, bits of rain perhaps moving through the republic of ireland into the west and south of northern ireland. otherwise, try it with sunny spells and temperatures again getting up into the high teens, perhaps low 20s. intake the bank holiday weekend, low pressure towards the north—east, high pressure dry to stick around but we start to see the atlantic influence our weather, these weather system starting to move their way through it meaning over the weekend, there will be quite a bit of cloud, becoming progressively more u nsettled, becoming progressively more unsettled, some ring around as well

but not a wash—out. plenty of dry, even bright weather over the bank holiday weekend, those temperatures are staying around the mid to high teens, we get some sunshine, still feeling quite one. goodbye.

hello, it‘s tuesday, it‘s ten o‘clock, i‘m victoria derbyshire. good morning. this morning — the impact of rape. in a searing exclusive interview with this programme, a woman raped by a former worcestershire county cricketer who was taking part in a "game" to see how many women he could have sex with, describes the ptsd, recurrent nightmares, partial paralysis of her face, and panic attacks she‘s suffered as a result. hepburn has no idea, i believe, the extent of what his stupid actions that night caused. there are no winners here, in terms of his competition, in terms of both of our futures. there are no winners here. he has no idea the...