today at 5 — theresa may says mps will get a vote on whether to hold another referendum if they back her eu withdrawl agreement bill. in a major speech in the last few minutes, she said mps have one last chance to approve her brexit deal. the government will therefore include in the withdrawal agreement bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum. and this must take place before the withdrawal agreement can be ratified. we'll have the latest from westminster. the other main stories on bbc news at 5... british steel is on the verge of administration — according to reports — putting almost 5,000 jobs at risk. more than a thousand jobs are also under threat as jamie 0liver‘s restaurant chain collapses — the celebrity chef says he's deeply saddened.

the european parliament is to consider whether nigel farage, the leader of the brexit party, broke rules by accepting funding from the leave campaigner arron banks. and tributes to a formula 1 legend — niki lauda — who's died at the age of 70, after a hugely successful career, despite one of the worst crashes in the sport's history. it's five o'clock. our top story — in the last hour, the prime minister, theresa may, has set out details of her "new deal" on brexit. parliament will vote on whether there's to be a second referendum,

and also a temporary customs union. mrs may will make a statement to the commons tomorrow — but this was her last chance to get the backing of mps and allow her withdrawal agreement bill to go through the house of commons early next month. the prime minister promised mps a vote on a second referendum — if they pass her withdrawal agreement next month. she also unveiled plans for a temporary customs union and a new workers‘ rights bill — to ensure that uk workers enjoy rights that she said are "every bit as good as, or better than, those provided for by eu rules". let's here a bit more about what she has had to say. i have also listened carefully to those who have been arguing for a second referendum. i have made my own view on this clear many times. i do not believe this is a route we should take, because i think we should be implementing the result of the first referendum,

not asking the british people to vote in a second one. but i recognise the genuine and sincere strength of feeling across the house on this important issue. the government will therefore include in the withdrawal agreement bill at introduction a requirement to vote on whether to hold a second referendum. and this must take place before the withdrawal agreement can be ratified. and if the house of commons were to vote for a referendum, it would be requiring the government to make provisions for such a referendum, including legislation if it wanted to ratify the withdrawal agreement. so to those mps who want a second referendum to confirm the deal — you need a deal, and therefore a withdrawal agreement bill to make it happen. so let it have its second reading and then make your case to parliament. it will also place a legal duty on the government to seek as close to

frictionless trade with the eu in goods as possible, subject to being outside the single market and ending freedom of movement. in order to deliver this, the uk will maintain common rules with the eu for goods and other foods products that are releva nt to and other foods products that are relevant to checks at the border. this will be particularly important for our manufacturing firms and trade unions, protecting thousands ofjobs trade unions, protecting thousands of jobs that trade unions, protecting thousands ofjobs that depend on just—in—time supply chain. let's get the thoughts now of our political correspondent, jonathan blake, who is in central lobby in the houses of parliament. she had promised a bold new offer on her brexit deal, how surprised are you by what she's been saying? her brexit deal, how surprised are you by what she's been saying ?|j think the concessions the prime minister put forward, as you heard their common customs and a further referendum offering parliament to vote on both of those things, well, perhaps as far as she could have gone and i think suppressing to many here at westminster that the prime

minister is willing to offer a compromise that far. —— surprising. because we have seen since she made that speech there has been reaction from mps on her own benches which has not been entirely positive, to put it mildly. the conservative mp tweeted a few minutes after the prime minister was speaking, saying he supported the prime minister... and we can speak now to another conservative mp who has been supportive of theresa may's deal in parliament this far, andrew percy. what is your reaction? i'm frustrated. i voted for this deal because it is the only way we are going to get out, but i really am concerned about the proposed possibility of a second referendum. people were told in the referendum it was the final say on the matter for our generation, that has been out for our generation, that has been our consistent policy. i haven't

decided howl our consistent policy. i haven't decided how i will vote yet but i found this offer of a second referendum really worrying. there hasn't been a majority so far in the commons for a further referendum, why are you worried? not allow evil to vote and get the deal through? the clear policy is that there will not be a second referendum, that's what we've been saying consistently throughout. but we seem to be in a position where we are saying if there is a majority in favour, it will become government policy. that would be the policy of the conservative party and the conservative party and the conservative government. that could never be my policy because i believe in respecting the result of the first referendum. i am now on the fence as to whether i can support this. i think the prime minister is being dug it in this, but i'm not prepared to countenance a second referendum in any circumstances. —— i think the prime minister is being dogged. on the proposalfor i think the prime minister is being dogged. on the proposal for a customs union, a temporary customs

union, could you swallow that, could you live with that? i voted for a whole range of compromises, as we had these indicative outs, i was one of the few mps whose voting behaviour was all over the shop because i wanted to deliver the referendum. the customs union is one lam referendum. the customs union is one i am particularly concerned about, i need to look at that in more detail, so need to look at that in more detail, soi need to look at that in more detail, so i have come need to look at that in more detail, sd i have come some concerns need to look at that in more detail, so i have come some concerns about that. —— so i have some concerns. this idea that the second referendum could become the official policy of the conservative government of the house of commons voted on that, and that's the one that really i am struggling with. as much as i want to get this deal over the line and wa nt to get this deal over the line and want to support the prime minister. she has said it is the last chance for mps to deliver on the result of the random, if this bill doesn't go through the legal default is a no—deal exit at the end of october. would you be happy with that?” no—deal exit at the end of october. would you be happy with that? i have voted for a range of different ways for us to leave and there is no doubt some of my constituents would be happy with no—deal. but to leave

for the deal was an art manifesto, it is in our economic interests, so i don't want to see that, as to whether it is the last chance, we have been in the last chance saloon a few times on this issue. so you need her to put the clock back and negotiate a new strategy?” need her to put the clock back and negotiate a new strategy? i want to get this deal across the line, i think it's a relatively good deal, it lasts for 18 months, gives us breathing space to have a real debate about what a future relationship will look for, but a second referendum, i just relationship will look for, but a second referendum, ijust think would be completely unacceptable because we told people, we will have this referendum and implement it and we haven't done and that's an outrage, frankly. thank you very much for your thoughts. so it seems like the concession on a customs union with the eu and most importantly that of other vote on a further referendum is far from guaranteeing the support of enough of her own mps. jonathan, thank you

very much. in her speech mrs may also referred to the issue of the irish backstop — the mechanism to prevent a hard border between northern ireland and the irish republic. we have already heard from the brexit mp anne marie trevelyan that it still contains the dreaded backstop endangering our union and selling at the people of northern ireland. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, joins me now from belfast. what would you pick out from what the prime minister has said about her brexit deal in terms of the irish border? clearly, the opponents of the backstop, the main problem they have is that they say it would leave northern ireland more tied to brussels than it was to london, it would be moving northern ireland away from the uk in economic terms, that in particular has upset the dup, one of the strongest opponents of the backstop and therefore the withdrawal agreement. also the party

that theresa may relies on for support in westminster. the ten dup mps essentially keep the minority conservative government in power. theresa may said she had been listening to what she described as unionist concerned, she outlined some ideas to try and assuage those concerns, for example repeating the position the backstop couldn't be replaced but the government would come up with alternative arrangements by december of 2020 and that aim would be put down in law. she committed that if the backstop would be implemented that england, scotla nd would be implemented that england, scotland and wales would remain aligned with northern ireland in terms of regulation and movement of goods and northern ireland could not be split away from the uk, customs arrangements by any future government. also that the northern ireland assembly would have to give consent on a cross ireland assembly would have to give consent on a cross community basis, in other words majority of unionists and nationalists, if any new regulations were added to the backstop. 0ne regulations were added to the backstop. one obvious problem with thatis

backstop. one obvious problem with that is that the northern ireland assembly and executive isn't in place since it collapsed. as regards whether all that will be enough to get the dup back onside, the party has yet to issue an official response but i have been told by a source in the party that as far as they are concerned essentially theresa may ‘s speech doesn't outline new changes because it looks at what the government would potentially do in domestic law, what the dup want is for changes to the withdrawal agreement itself because they say the changes for them to be worthwhile have to be made at that level, at international treaty level, at international treaty level, if you like, because any deal between the uk and the eu at that level would in international law trump any arrangement which has just beenin trump any arrangement which has just been in uk domestic law. so anything thatis been in uk domestic law. so anything that is regarding just a british domestic law isn't going to cut it as far as the dup are concerned so it doesn't look like the government has won them over. chris, thank you very much. we will be getting more

reaction to the prime minister's speech in the rest of the programme a little later on. we are hoping to hear from the a little later on. we are hoping to hearfrom the leader of a little later on. we are hoping to hear from the leader of the 0pposition, jeremy corbyn, with his reaction. thousands ofjobs are at risk today as british steel, the country's second biggest steel maker, is waiting to hear whether if it will get a government bailout. —— whether it will get. almost 5,000 people's jobs are under threat there, as the company could enter administration within days if a rescue plan is not agreed. in addition to those, the future of another 20,000 jobs in the supply line are also in doubt. the company had asked the government for £75 million of emergency financial support to help it cope with what it called "brexit—related issues". but it's understood this amount has been reduced from to about £30 million. our business editor simon jack is here.

0bviously obviously a lot of workers there are trying anxiously to follow this to see if there is going to be a government bailout, how do you read it? i think it is tense and potentially quite bleak at the moment. sources close to the company said this morning that unless a £30 million loan from the government was forthcoming by close of business today, administrators could be instructed as soon as tomorrow, they are standing by to take the company into administration, and that would threaten a500 jobs at the steelworks and 20,000 in the supply line. the government has already given them £120 million to tide them over, a carbon credit scheme, the eu dishes out these carbon credits and they can use those to pay off last year's instalment, those have been not forthcoming because of brexit uncertainty, the government said they would give you the money because we would get it in the fullness of time, so it is a

bridging loan if you like. this extra money was 75 million, now it is 30 million, this is a loan which is 30 million, this is a loan which is for operating, to keep the lights on, pay the wages. the problem is, the death throes of this company have been so public that suppliers to the company are asking for cash upfront and i'm told foreign orders beyond 0ctober have completely dried up, which they have put down to brexit uncertainty. so you have a drying up of orders, cash drain in the short term, that's a very toxic mix, which means that if you are on the point of administration, a government reluctant to put the money of taxpayers at risk, it is a very challenged industry, if you look at the profile of the company, some say you put £30 million into the company, it is like putting it straight into the blast furnace. simon, thank you very much. the celebrity chef jamie 0liver‘s chain of restaurants has collapsed. mr 0liver‘s group, which employs more than a thousand people, includes the "jamie's italian" chain. 25 restaurants are affected

by the move, 22 of which are from the jamie's italian chain. in a statement on twitter, he said: 0ur our latest headlines on bbc news. theresa may says mps will get a vote on whether to hold another referendum if they back her eu withdrawal agreement. british steel is on the verge of administration according to reports this evening, putting almost 5000 jobs at risk. and more than 1000 jobs are also under threat as jamie 0liver‘s restau ra nt under threat as jamie 0liver‘s restaurant chain collapses. the celebrity chef says he is deeply saddened. henrikh mkhitaryan will miss the

final with chelsea next week, he will not travel over security concerns owing to an ongoing conflict between the armenian plasma country and hosts azerbaijan. new scotland manager steve clarke says he only wants players who are 100% committed. his predecessor had to deal with a number of withdrawals from the squad. david willian joe from the squad. david willianjoe henley other plays missed out of the england cricket squad. the world of sport is mourning the death of the legendary three—time formula 1 world champion niki lauda, who's died at the age of 70. the austrian made one of the greatest comebacks in the history of sport when he returned to racing in 1976, just a0 days after being horrifically burned in a crash. his rivalry with the british driver james hunt was legendary, and made into a film. katie gornall looks

back on his life. niki lauda was a fighter on and off the track. a man who succeeded and survived in his sport's most dangerous era. he won his first world championship in 1975 with ferrari and more titles looked certain until this terrifying crash at the 1976 german grand prix. other drivers had to rescue him from the wreckage. we got him away from the burning ferrari. i got him to lay down on the racetrack and i kneeled down and put his head on my lap. what we didn't appreciate at the time was that actually all the injury, he was going to suffer much worse from was the inhalation of toxic fumes from the burning fibreglass which got into his lungs and almost took his life at that stage. just a0 days later his wounds unhealed, he was back behind the wheel, he'd been read his last rites in hospital but refused to give up. when that feeling came, you get frightened,

you are worried and frightened that you are going to die and then you start everything possible to keep you going and you can't start your body because the body doesn't react, you can only start the brain. when the brain works, the body starts to work sooner or later. his determination to return later that season was fuelled by his rivalry with british driver james hunt. he would eventually lose his crown to his friend but came back the following year to become world champion for a second time, a feat recognised by the bbc in 1977. the bbc trophy for the outstanding overseas personality of the year. niki lauda would win the title again, this time with mclaren in 198a, and today his former team was one of many to pay tribute, saying... former world champion jenson button said simply and fellow austrian arnold schwarzenegger described niki lauda

as an icon, saying... later, he would return to austria to run his airline and would go on to hold managerial roles in f1, notably at mercedes but his influence extended beyond the track. today billy monger revealed how niki lauda helped him after his own horrific crash two years ago. he had so many kind things to say about me and he really, i guess, could relate to my situation and the determination to get back to motor sport after having a serious accident. yes, it's super sad, motorsport has lost one of the true legends of the sport. the three—time champion leaves a legacy in his sport like no other. lauda lived to inspire. niki lauda, who's died aged 70.

the president of the european parliament has asked the committee can “— parliament has asked the committee can —— to consider whether nigel farage broke parliamentary rules by accepting funding from arron banks. let's get the latest on this from oui’ let's get the latest on this from our deputy political editor. what more can you tell us? today nigel farage had been courting criticism and comments about his own personal financial support and donations to his party, all smears and collusion but we now see a new front open up, help worth hundreds and thousands of pounds from the millionaire leave campaigner arron banks, that is being looked out by a discipline and conduct committee of the european parliament. —— looked at. mr faraj says this was simply personal support but he wanted to leave politics to put it all behind after the referendum —— mr farage. if this committee advises the president of

the parliament there was a breach of the parliament there was a breach of the rules, sanctions could apply such as a reprimand at the lower end, rising to the removal of privileges and other sanctions. they will decide that probably at the beginning of next month. meanwhile the electoral commission have been into the brexit party headquarters, looking at the system for dealing with donations, not carrying out an investigation, but mr farage saying it's all part of a plot, essentially, a collusion between the commission and the brexit party's enemies. so is this a shadow over the brexit party's campaign or will it fuelled the perception that nigel farage is something of a victim, a target in all of this? because as you might expect that is the perception he is keen to today. thank you very much. almost 600 suspected members of "county lines" drugs gangs have been arrested over the past week in a coordinated police operation around the country. 0fficers seized cash, drugs and weapons.

the groups, usually from cities, use children and vulnerable people to help them deal drugs in smaller towns 01’ rural areas. ben ando reports. a police raid in sussex, one among many targeting so—called "county lines" crimes. gangs sending drugs outside their 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 to sussex and surrey. in norfolk and suffolk, drugs, cash and 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, a6 weapons were seized, including knives, guns, and even a crossbow. this is one of the first big operations for the national crime agency's new county lines co—ordination centre, created last september. it involved cooperation and co—ordination with police forces up and down the country, and what they're hoping is that members of the public will learn about the kind of suspicious behaviour associated with county lines crime and tip them off about it. ben ando, bbc news, central london. the current system that cares for 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 with mental health needs are being segregated for long periods of time. one man spent nine and a half years in isolation. alison holt reports. it is stories like that any‘s that led to the damning report from the care regulator. the teenager, who has autumn —— autism and disabilities, was living in a bare room segregated from others for nearly two years. her parents were only able to talk to her through a hatch. for legal reasons, jeremy can't discuss his daughter's case but looking at the report he says it shows how vulnerable people like her are being failed. organisations that are supposed to be capable of helping and treating people with these conditions do not have the skills or the facilities, and thatjust leads to being locked away. the report says many of the people they saw

we re says many of the people they saw were in mental health hospitals miles from family. they found 62 people living in segregation but believe there are many more. the average stay was six months, but some stayed much longer. and often staff lacked training in how to care for people with autism. there might be circumstances when caring for people away from other patients on the ward might be in the interests of that person, but we were not convinced that was always the case. the fact that on many of these words or some of them, staff did not have the skills necessary to work with people with such complex problems, but a high proportion of staff and some of these hospital are unqualified workers, really makes us think that people are not receiving the best possible care. the government says the care of all patients held in segregation in these hospitals will be reviewed and an expert panel will look at different ways of caring for them in the future. alison holt, bbc news.

an independent scotland would be welcomed with "open arms" by the european union, according to scotland's first minister. nicola sturgeon is urging voters to use thursday's elections to show that scotland is open for business — and she's warned of what she called the "catastrophic" impact of leaving the eu's single market. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicki young, is in edinburgh. these were the eu elections that not many people were expecting, because it is three years since that vote to leave the european union. but because of the problems that have been trying to get a deal through parliament, itjust been trying to get a deal through parliament, it just hasn't been trying to get a deal through parliament, itjust hasn't happened. so let's have a look at how scotland voted in the last european elections. well, the elections take place every five years. nations and regions have different numbers of meps, based on population. in 201a — the turnout in scotland was 33%. this voted in two snp

meps, two labour, one conservative and one ukip. brexit is of course a major issue. let's look at how scotland voted in the eu referendum in 2016. 38% voted to leave and 62% chose to remain, with a turnout of 67%. now, the first minister of scotland and the snp leader, nicola sturgeon, was out campaigning todayjust down the road and she was reacting before we heard from theresa may and i new, bold offer, as she calls it, on brexit. at nicola sturgeon even then was pretty certain that the snp mps would not be supporting it. the deal agreed by the cabinet would take scotland out of the european union, but also out of the single market, and the snp will not vote for the deal that does that, that takes us out of the eu and out of the single market, because the consequences of that for scottish jobs, living standards,

the prospects of future generations, would be disastrous. and frankly, i think the more important thing is for people who want to keep scotland at the heart of europe to take the opportunity on thursday to vote snp and send that message loudly and clearly to theresa may and her government. and having heard what theresa may had to say, nicola sturgeon has in the last hour confirmed in a tweet that the snp would not be supporting anything, as she put it, that took the uk out of the single market and took scotland out of the single market in the customs union. i'm joint now by the political editor of pa scotland. what do you make of the campaign so far? has it been very enthusiastic up here or has it been bit lacklustre? it hasn't been a terribly enthusiastic campaign, it has been a very short campaign, because we really for a long time

didn't think we would be taking part in the selection and it is only really in the last couple of weeks or so really in the last couple of weeks or so that parties have begun to realise, hang on, we finally have to do something care, we have brought out manifestos and now we are into campaign mode, but it is nothing like the kind of full on campaigning we've seen in holyrood or westminster elections. most people think the brexit party could do quite well here, ukip did win a seat at the last european elections. i think a lot of people might be surprised that you can get quite a lot of support here. there was a poll that indicated the pakse party could perhaps even win two seats in scotland, — — could perhaps even win two seats in scotland, —— the brexit party. which i think people would be surprised about but when you remember more thana about but when you remember more than a million scots voted to leave in 2016, there is nobody really in scotland who has a strong voice for brexit. the conservatives in scotland, ruth davidson, will toe the party line and say we should

respect the result of both referendums, but the only people who are really championing brexit strongly are the brexit party, so they are the natural home for leave voters. what about labour and all of this? they have been criticised for not being clear about their brexit policy, how they regarded here? david martin, one of the scottish meps elected five years ago and is standing again, he has been clear throughout this campaign that he is pro—eu and would want to see a second referendum but he is an individual has been making his voice clear and it has not been more widely backed up by the labour party. whether that bejeremy corbyn or david lammy and here in scotland. and are the snp feeling optimistic,

they have been in power here in the scottish parliament for a long time but are they getting any pushback now is the way party sometimes do if they have been in powerfor a long time? they have come in for criticism on the domestic agenda but the european election is not about that, it is about brexit and the snp a lwa ys that, it is about brexit and the snp always had a strong message on brexit and simply said that scotland does not want it and voted against it and therefore we do not want it. no surprise to seek nicola sturgeon today saying that the snp mps at westminster will not back the new deal put forward by theresa may. thank you very much. and for standing in the rain with us! well meanwhile, the green party have been campaigning in oxford this afternoon. the party's mp, caroline lucas, joined local party members in the city as they continued efforts ahead of thursday's european elections. she insisted the uk had to remain

in the european union to ‘tackle the global environmental crisis'. she said voting green would send a message of ‘hope and solidarity‘. a look at the sports news now with 0lly foster. good afternoon. arsenal will be without their forward henrik mikhitaryan for next week‘s europa legaue fina in baku becasue of safety concerns. an ongoing dispute between hosts azerbaijan and michitaryan‘s country of birth armenia, means he wont travel with the squad. uefa say they have a comprehensive security plan, but the player maintained reservations for his safety on the pitch, and has posted on social media that it hurts a lot to miss the game. 0pponents chelsea — who have been barred from signing new players for a year have given 0livier giroud a one year contract extension.

and he can expect to line up against his former club in that final in baku next week. as for the champions league final a week on saturday, roberto firmino looks on course to be fit to face tottenham in madrid. the liverpool striker returned to full training at the squad‘s marbella training camp. he missed liverpool‘s last three premier league matches due to a thigh injury. steve clarke says he only wants players who are 100 percent committed to scotland. his predecessor alex mcleish had to contend with several withdrawals and retirements during his time in charge. clarke faced the media for the first time today after being given the job yesterday. the door is open to everyone at this moment in time if players have retired they will have to retire themselves, i will not be chasing themselves, i will not be chasing them down. i respect their decision but if they want to get back into the fold they will have to get in

touch with myself or the scottish football association and say they wa nt to football association and say they want to make themselves available. the ones who had pulled out of the squad a bit too easily it is up to me to have that conversation and sell my vision of what we are going to do asa sell my vision of what we are going to do as a national team and how we approach this tournament. after impressing for manchester city nikita parris has joined women‘s champions league winners lyon. the england forward — seen here in action against wales — scored 19 goals in the women‘s super league for city who finished second in the table behind arsenal. parris said joining lyon who‘ve won the champions league four times in a row, having beaten barcelona in the final on saturday, is a team you can‘t turn down. england have named their 15—man sqaud for the cricket world cup that starts next week. the fast bowlerjofra archer has been included. he was born in barbados and only qualified to play for england in march, after eligibility rules were amended. he only has three caps but impressed with his pace in the series victory over pakistan.

david willey is the man to miss out — england captain eoin morgan says it‘s not been an easy process. it is one of the toughest decisions i have ever been a part of, when you are together as a group for so long and you have been on this journey, shared a lot of memories together, making tough decisions for the benefit of the squad i think is the way that you look at it. but certainly as sentimentally obviously leaving anyone out of the squad will be extremely tough. more on that story on the website, the full england squad that has been named today. we are back with sportsday at 6:30pm with more tributes for nicky

la ra 6:30pm with more tributes for nicky lara who died today. but now time for ask this. on thursday — voters here and across the european union will go to the polls in elections to the european parliament. originally, the uk wasn‘t due to take part — but the delay to brexit means they will definitely take place. in the run—up to the elections — we‘re talking to all the main uk parties on the bbc news channel — putting your questions to them. today it‘s the turn of ukip — richard braine is one of the party‘s candidates for thursday‘s vote, kindly standing in for his leader gerard batten who was originally due to be appearing in this slot — so thank you for being here. we are asking questions from our viewers and first of all tony thompson from stockport. he says if the last vote had been 51% to a9% to

remain you would have said just one more push or would you have said we will pack up and disband the party for 25 years and try again. in other words if the vote had been to remain would you not have kept fighting for another referendum and another referendum. the eu has spent something like 160 million euros in british institutions to promote remain, all the main parties supported remain, all the major institutions supported remain, universities, the cbi, the imf, everyone, even barack 0bama was flown over to tell us all to vote remain. so the amount of ordnance stacked up against us during that vote was absolutely enormous. so the 5296 vote was absolutely enormous. so the 52% when for leave, more than a million people in the margin there,

thatis million people in the margin there, that is a huge victory for leave because of the odds that were stacked against us and do not forget the campaign spent far more for remain then the vote leave campaign. the question with respect is the last referendum, if the result had been remain would you then have campaigned for another referendum to try to overturn that. i have never thought about that. there has never been a need to we did win and therefore leaving the eu needs to be delivered. that is the fact of the matter. a lot of viewers are asking what is the point of ukip because the brexit party led by a former leader nigel fromage doing what appears to be pretty well in the polls, i think about mid 30s percent, around ten times better than you are doing at about 3%. of course the actual result on polling day is another matter. polls have been notoriously unreliable now for quite a long time and frankly they

have become a tool for trying to protect elections it seems to me rather than something to set much store by. but ukip will continue, we have campaigned for 27 years now for brexit and we will continue to campaignfor it brexit and we will continue to campaign for it until it is delivered. and we have many other great policies besides brexit. we are worried about free speech and what is happening in this country with regards to that, we are concerned about excessive mass immigration, concerned about the growth of extremist islam in the uk and elsewhere in europe and we are concerned about a lot of everyday issues that ordinary people have to face. wage compression for instance, competition forjobs face. wage compression for instance, competition for jobs and face. wage compression for instance, competition forjobs and housing, schools, hospital places. we are concerned about the everyday politics that people in this country have to deal with. so those problems are not going to go away overnight just because the brexit party does

well, if it does well, on thursday. and of course there‘s a danger that on friday nigel fromage will resign as he did after the referendum and then have a three year unpaid holiday and start up a new party. i suspect i have been lining up names for what his next fight might be called. so if fake tory brexit number two arises he will need a new party because he will have sullied the reputation of what he has probably incorrectly called the brexit party. you mentioned your other policies and jobs and i went through your local elections ma nifesto through your local elections manifesto and clicked on employment and it said, sorry, there are no policies at this time, check back soon. that was on the website? i cannot speak for that our policies on employment are in the manifesto and they are very clear. not in that

one. we have a printed unitary ma nifesto one. we have a printed unitary manifesto so i do not know what link you clicked on. and in your ma nifesto for you clicked on. and in your manifesto for the european elections, it is not very long, is it? it does not need to be come up with a clear manifesto generally for our policies and anyone can go to the website and read them. so the ma nifesto the website and read them. so the manifesto specifically for this election which should not be occurring and really is an illegitimate election, of course it was called at short notice and we noted that other parties do not have a manifesto and our position is clear. it is the same strategy and plan with had for many years, that we must actually declared that we have left the european union by repealing the 1972 european communities act and then we will be ina communities act and then we will be in a position to say to the european union you wish to continue trading

on current terms or do you wish to switch to well trade organisation terms which worked well for us when we trade with the west of the world. pascal from exeter has written in to say what is the ukip plan for how to mitigate the harm to the economy and to living standards from a no—deal brexit? you support a no—deal brexit? you support a no—deal brexit? how would you mitigate the harm that were to see the economy.” regard this question has been based on speculation, we were told that a vote to leave by the uk would bring about this terrible recession and housing crash and we would need a punishment budget but in the last quarter we had a 5% growth in the uk economy is doing well. almost none of the things promised by the project fear have come true and i do not agree with this idea that brexit to brexit, leaving the eu is going to brexit, leaving the eu is going to be bringing about unfavourable

economic circumstances. i think we have a huge amount again when we out released from the european union like a champagne cork because the eu has been damaging many economies across europe and notjust britain, but greece, italy, spain, even france and ireland. it works ok for the germans because they have an artificially soft currency but for many other countries in europe it has frankly been a disaster. they have huge youth unemployment all across the south of europe and i think when we leave we will have a brexit boom. that is what i predict. i predicted we would do well after the leapt out and it has happened andi the leapt out and it has happened and i know many economists, and they exist to make astrologers look good! question about the irish border, if there‘s one thing that most mps agree on is that a hard brexit may

not be economically disastrous but it could to some of the country by breaking the good friday agreement. should we not get added benefit of legal opinion on this? for me some of the most distrusted politicians in the world have said this. i‘m not sure i would trust them to set the right weight on a toilet seat. so there are few on that matter i think is utterly discredited by the lies that they spouted. do you think they would be a problem with a return to hard irish border? no i do not forget both uk and irish government have said they would be need for a hard border. that is not what they themselves have said for that they did talk about problems with a hard border while they were trying to frighten people into switching to

remain after the referendum but in fa ct remain after the referendum but in fact more recently in the last six months they have come to terms with it and recognised there is no need for a hard border. that we already have a currency and vat border and so there‘s no reason to introduce large—scale infrastructure. you can have the paperwork border and that will work well and our economy is closely tied in with the republic of ireland and the effect, i‘m afraid there will hard border it will be there will hard border it will be the channel because our economy is so closely linked with the republic of ireland. another is saying is ukipafar of ireland. another is saying is ukip a far right party? absolutely not, this is a smear by the press to call us far right. this is a viewer who has e—mailed in. call us far right. this is a viewer who has e-mailed in. understand that but they may have read the press and recently far right has been used in a great deal by establishment figures in the press normally while talking about working—class people

and working class concerns. they're probably thinking about taking on controversial figures to the party as adviser like tommy robinson, former english defence league leader. i challenge whoever thinks that tommy robinson is far right to find a single right wing political opinion that he is ever uttered. if you want to go and look for a racist opinion that he has ever uttered, the press constantly call him far right and racist. left—wing agitators constantly call them that but basically he is a moderate, liberal minded person. they may also wonder why you have carl benjamin as a candidate to said he would not even rape the labour mpjess phillips, hugely controversial remarks as you know was that he made a badgejoke three remarks as you know was that he made a badge joke three years ago and flipped herself, during the cologne attacks when young women were attacked mostly by muslim immigrants, she said it was like

nite out in birmingham and she thought that was funny. but i think as many 1a00 victims of those attacks. when he said feminism is cancer, for example? i think it is a figure of speech and he is expressing negative attitudes to feminism. i think he is entitled to say that and i think he is entitled to express to is the site has become an extremist pursuit these days. dash feminism has become an extremist pursuit. do you endorse his views? i do not endorse them or not, he is free to say what he wants to say. but you are here as a spokesman for ukip. you must have a view on what one of your candidates is saying. that is not new to

policy. i'm asking if you endorse whether he said what he said or not? there are many examples i would say when feminist agitation has gone too far. i think many people feel that way now and equally obviously it was important to ensure that women had equal rights and got suffrage so i ama equal rights and got suffrage so i am afeminist equal rights and got suffrage so i am a feminist in that sense but not am a feminist in that sense but not a feminist am a feminist in that sense but not afeminist in am a feminist in that sense but not a feminist in the sense that i agree with some of the more extreme things being said and done these days in this country that i think a lot of people are getting fed up with. you could have said there will be a leadership contest after the european elections so how can voters trust the party that they are voting for if they do vote ukip if they do not even know who will be leader. all parties have leadership contests and it is remarkable that theresa may and jeremy corbyn have survived for so long as they‘re often despised by so many in own party but they have not found a way of

democratically removing their unpopular leaders. with ukip we did is likely that and we have a very democratic structure in the party for doing that. but gerard batten said he would stand as interim leaderfor a year, he has done so and done a fantasticjob, he is very popular in the party and our membership is growing fast. the funding is growing fast so the party is in good health now under his leadership. he did promised there would be a leadership election since he was interim leader and i sincerely hope he will stand in the election because he is an excellent leader and i would certainly back in fully and vote for him in that leadership contest which is democratic. thank you for coming in. we‘ve already spoken to the liberal democrats, the brexit party, the greens, the snp, change uk and the conservatives. tomorrow morning at 11.30 we‘ll be speaking to the labour party.

and at half past five we‘ll be speaking to plaid cymru. so if you have a question, send them in via text on 6112a, tweet using the hashtag bbc ask this, or email ask this at bbc.co.uk. let‘s get some reaction now to the prime minister‘s speech in which she set out her latest proposals on the withdrawal bill to be put in front of parliament at the beginning ofjune. she said that parliament will get a vote on whether there‘s to be a second referendum — if they back her withdrawal bill next month — and also on a temporary customs union. jonathan blake is in westminster. and reaction beginning to come in now? mps here were watching closely the prime minister this afternoon after her marathon meeting with cabinet this morning where she got the go—ahead from them at least for

her plan. it was always going to be a much tougher asked to win round enough mps and convince them that the prime minister had given them enough reason to vote for the withdrawal agreement bill when it comes before parliament in a couple of weeks. those big concessions from the prime minister as she would see it on offer in parliament the chance to vote on whether to hold a further referendum on the terms of the exit from the eu and also vote on a temporary customs arrangement with the eu after brexit. i can give you a flavour of some reaction from conservative mps, the ford saying the prime minister has given mps a reason to get this done, to a printer is describing it as an important speech and others met ministers and those on the government payroll you might expect to support the prime minister trying to support the prime minister trying to get behind her and convince mps that this is the last chance to deliver brexit. there has been some opposition as well, from her own mps and other parties in parliament for

the leader of the snp at westminster in blackford told me earlier he was not impressed with what the prime minister had said. if the prime minister had said. if the prime minister wants to bring forward a mechanism for people is vote than she should bring forward legislation for that for that. the scottish national party will not be voting for this bill because it takes scotland and the united kingdom out of the european union and we've always argued that scotland will not be taken always argued that scotland will not be ta ken out always argued that scotland will not be taken out of the european union against its will. this is trying to blackmail people into supporting this and this will go down to defeat and we will still be at square one. so far there has been no majority in the house of commons for a further referendum so if the prime minister was helping with this offer that she might be able to entice those campaigning for that opportunity to vote for the withdrawal agreement bill as a result that so far it looks like she may be disappointed. let‘s hear from the liberal democrats. they of course are campaigning to stop brexit and firstly with the opportunity of a

public vote here is their mp sir ed davey. i think she has confused people, the reality is she has given no cast—iron guarantee that people will have the final say on brexit and that is what liberal democrats have been campaigning for. we will be voting against this, what we want is for the people to be able to stop brexit through having a vote because clearly opinion has changed in the country. people want to stop brexit and they want the final say. the best way to do that is to vote liberal democrat on thursday in the european elections. theresa may said ina european elections. theresa may said in a speech this afternoon that she wa nted in a speech this afternoon that she wanted to find common ground in parliament and build a consensus. time is short for her to do that and if she has any hope of doing so she will have to hope that large numbers of labour mps is not the labour front bench are willing to support this legislation. the labour leader jeremy corbyn was asked a short time

ago if his party would now back the bill. we cannot support this bill because basically it is a rehash of what was discussed before and it does not make any fundamental moves on market alignment or the customs union or indeed protection of rights and particularly in relation to consumer rights and the quality of the food that we will eat in the future. there's also the question of the deliverability of it, the prime minister has already indicated she is going to leave office and many of her own mps have already said they cannot support the bill. i cannot see how it would get through parliament anyway so we will not be supporting it. the thoughts there of jeremy corbyn. nothing from the prime minister this afternoon to convince him to come to a consensus and vote for this legislation. the prime minister has two reach out because she does not command a majority in parliament without the support of the dup. we could hear now from one of her own mps with me

here. what did you make of what the prime minister had to say and would you now felt for the withdrawal agreement bill? i think what she said was inevitable. and she said every effort has been made, there has been no stone left unturned in an attempt to find some way forward and still even up until today listening to those reports there are people saying no, no, no. if that is the case then the price we will all pay for that could be very high. i have supported the deal, it is not perfect for a long way, i will continue to support it because if not i think we will lose brexit altogether and also from a conservative point of view we hand the management of the country to jeremy corbyn. 70.a the management of the country to jeremy corbyn. 70.4 million people did not vote in the referendum for either of those outcomes and that is why i shall support the proposal. but the prime minister said she would allow parliament to vote on whether to have a further

referendum, and vote on a temporary customs union, do you think it is a cce pta ble customs union, do you think it is acceptable but she has conceded those? again it is inevitable, these kind of things will be brought forward by backbenchers anyway and i have never been fearful of allowing democracy to take its natural route thatis democracy to take its natural route that is what the referendum was about. the idea mps should be entitled to express a view does not seem to me to be a particularly novel idea or one which we should frown upon. the fact is we cannot find consensus so we have to keep testing, keep throwing out ideas to see if any one gets a majority. thank you very much for your time. in the wake of the prime minister‘s speech npc are digesting matt and mulling it over and up for the first time doing a bit of soul—searching as to whether to vote for this legislation or not. tributes have been paid to the three—time formula one 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. let‘s speak now to the film director hannes schalle in salzburg, who worked with niki lauda on his documentary, lauda: the untold story, in 201a. thank you for coming in, what kind of man was he? he was very special, he was so unique and he was a mixture between ice cold and absolutely warm—hearted. you never knew how he really was because he could be very friendly and unfriendly at the same time but i a lwa ys unfriendly at the same time but i always had a good time meeting him and especially working with him. how did he come back from that incredible crash where he was so horrifically burned, it is one of the greatest comebacks in the history of any sport really?

absolutely and it made him one of the greatest legends in the history of the sport. he was almost dead, he was clinically dead to be honest. he was clinically dead to be honest. he was burned and poisoned but he had a very good friend who was not a medic but a healer and he helped him more than the doctors in hospitals and he helped him with his own creams and drinks that he made for him and then in about 33 days after the last rites he came back on the racetrack which isjust a miracle rites he came back on the racetrack which is just a miracle to rites he came back on the racetrack which isjust a miracle to be honest. you are the original script for the film about his rivalry with the british driver james for the film about his rivalry with the british driverjames hunt, rush. but you think it was really a friendship? it was a total friendship. they spent all that time together, they train together and

raced together and shared a room when they were travelling through the wild. and at the timejames came to stay with him every other weekend when he was in salzburg. and they used his motorcycle and they had a lot of fun. so in the film the rivalry had to be to make the drama otherwise the film would not have had the story. just a few seconds, how will he be remembered? he was a true champion and he was an icon i think these are words which arnold schwarzenegger posted to date and he is an austrian national hero and when you come to a racetrack, that

is what you would see first. i'm sorry, we‘re out of time with a six o‘clock news coming up right now. chance to deliver brexit. she promises them a vote on another referendum and a say on future customs arrangements if they pass her withdrawal bill. it is practical, it is responsible, it is deliverable, and right now it is slipping away from us. we risk losing a great opportunity. some mps she hoped to convince are saying they won‘t be supporting the legislation. also this evening: simple food, made with love. come in and see us at jamie‘s italian. but now — 22 jamie 0liver restaurants are to close, with the loss of 1,000 jobs. british steel workers wait to hear if a government rescue deal