this is bbc news i'm lukwesa burak the headlines at eight. andrea leadsom resigns from cabinet, saying in a letter to theresa may "i no longer believe that our approach will deliver on the referendum result". is it time to go prime. the resignation adds to the pressure theresa may faces from her party to step down. the feeling is very much there, we've come to the end of the road with this prime minster, we need to turn the page as quickly as possible. the time has come for a change of leader, the deadline of the 31st octover and we need a new leader and a new team to be able to deliver that. the prime minister is to meet with backbench representatives on the 1922 committee on friday to discuss what happens next.

british steel goes into receivership, putting 5,000 jobs at risk. the company says it needed millions of pounds of government support. undercover investigation by the bbc panorama programme finds vulnerable patients being mocked taunted and intimidated by abuse of the staff at a specialist hospital in northeast england. and in spite, another win for eons, but it bbc women's football or the year, but why she will not be playing in the world cup.

good evening, and welcome to downing street where tonight the chancellor philip hammond and the chief with julian smith i waiting for the prime minister to return from her meeting with the queen and they have an awful lot to discuss because in the last hour, the leader of the house andrea leadsom has tweeted a resignation letter she sent to the prime minister saying she no longer can support the government after the deal the prime minister put to the house of commons in her speech today, let me read you a little bit about the letter and what she says in it, she says i do not believe we will be a truly sovereign united kingdom... a number of senior ministers have been calling for a meeting with the

prime minister, among them the scottish secretary, and foreign secretary and the home secretary, but for the moment, the prime minister hasn't resisted those meetings and tonight it will be closeted with her most senior officials here to discuss the way forward we are told that tomorrow, she will be out and about campaigning for the european elections and will be meeting with graham brady the chair of the 19th 2010 meeting on friday. that's 1922 2010 meeting on friday. that's1922 committee. let's go to the house of commons and speak tojonathan blake has been covering meetings. mps are reacting to that announcement in the last half an hour or so here at westminster and mulling over not only what it means for teresa made a potentially the witch i'll agreement bell she helped to bring in a couple of days' time, will there be further resignation following and how much pressure with not add to the prime minister and

goodness knows that a lot already dead to begin with, support for her has been hard to find in the last airso has been hard to find in the last air so that when mps said that he would vote as daniel, who was with 110w would vote as daniel, who was with now in central lobby, felt a cabinet minister resigns huge pressure on the prime minister where do you stand on the leadership tonight?m the withdrawal agreement is getting worse and worse for us brexiteers because as long as the gridlock continues, more and more compromises are having to be made and we had seen with andrea leadsom, she resigned this evening because the prime minister is having to make too many compromises for stage remainders and the labour party even just talking about another boat on a secondary referendum on this issue, i left the european research group because i felt that this stage brexiteers were being too intransigent on this issue and as long as people are not going to compromise, this gridlock in crisis

will continue. you did say you would support the withdrawal agreement when it came before parliament that it's hard to see now surely it'll even get that far, getting legislation has a future? i'm in co nsta nt legislation has a future? i'm in constant dialogue with my own senior party members and my constituency and chairman and senior counsellors and chairman and senior counsellors and of course they are very concerned, they're asking me to go back to the lips and say this withdrawal agreement should not be put forward. because of the backlash at the prime minister faces from many conservative mps but i reiterate the point that i think most electors in this country are moderates and they realise the country is highly polarised and parliament as well, and expect some form of compromise and no—deal brexit is not going to get to the house of commons. the prime minister has tried her very best to come up with some sort of compromise to get to the house of commons, and i am a staunch brexiteers and am prepared to compromise is just ring that's

reg retta ble to compromise is just ring that's regrettable that my colleagues and the labour party and are prepared to discuss. if she cannot find a compromise then who can? you think that there is a new leader in the next few weeks, they would be able to deliver before that deadline i will uk be without a deal? that's the million—dollar question, we met recently with michael go then boris johnson and any other contenders for the leadership, and we have been to oui’ the leadership, and we have been to our constituencies, none of them can actually at this moment of time explain the two most critical things, how do you change the arithmetic in the house of commons when no political party has a majority, you can't. how do you go back to the european union and renegotiate something that the prime minister has been negotiating for two and a half years? can't answer that question at the moment. that's why i think the prime minister to a certain degree, is being treated by parliamentarians in a very unfair way. and you have been loyal to this

point, she has a meeting with graham brady on friday but you think she should say she will resign down and exactly when it? well i think the prime minister position, her power and her authority is inextricably being eroded because of her inability to get this across the finishing line, i would not put the blame on the prime minister, i would put the blame on the extremis in the conservative party and the extremists in the labour party. and not preparing to compromise in any shape orform, not preparing to compromise in any shape or form, the not preparing to compromise in any shape orform, the british and not preparing to compromise in any shape or form, the british and the chlorate expected us to compromise when there is an issue of this magnitude, with no party having a majority and i am prepared to do that and i hope that many of my collea g u es that and i hope that many of my colleagues in the conservative party and labour party are also prepared to compromise because if it does not go through with this prime minister, there has to be compromise at some stage further down the line for another prime minister. thank you very much for speaking to us.

0ne np not blaming holy at least teresa may and still hoping for compromise, that is what eluding the prime minister and the last two weeks and months as she sought to find agreement across the house of commons for the brexit deal, it's been all but impossible to do that and now we see the first or perhaps many resignations with andrea leadsom deciding if she has had to make one compromise or a you compromises too many. i was going to ask you because obviously now with her god we can't rule out other resignations, there is a lot of anger within the 1922 committee that the cabinet has not taken in their own hands and they are being forced to the committee to hold this but had no confidence, so will there be people like chris grayling and michael go there, but leadership and vision thinking tonight maybe have to move now to strengthen ambitions down the line. i'm sure they weigh

out their options this evening because it's the tipping point movement for the cabinet where andrea leadsom has made the first move, and put her head above that power packed and said i cannot put up power packed and said i cannot put up with this any longer and resigned from her position, and anyone follows, it would prevent and set in motion perhaps a sequence of events that would inevitably lead to the prime minister resignation by setting a date for her departure in that very, very near future. they may also be thinking, if they go now than perhaps they will be seen as the ones who wielded the knife or a snapback train and motion and that may not pay or play particularly well with the wider electorate and those in the conservative party who ultimately decide who i'm on leadership contenders will become theresa may's replacement and whenever this contest takes place. i think you are right, they will be modelling their options many think the chances of taking over from her and that leadership contest, and if

the brexiteers going to follow, then yes all eyes will be on michael go, and it will be adding to what is potentially a very crowded field among the brexiteers and the leadership race adding names like dominic rod potentially someone like penny morden as well, the new defence secretary and you had many people to choose from, more —— boris johnson as well as christ so all eyes on those around the cabinet table and we now had about the withdrawal agreement bill and current farm and sajid javid was one of those today who is requested to see the prime minister about it but was told she could not meet him. risk for all of them whatever they decide to do maybe not as recipe * if your the fourth to build the knife, we shall see if others follow the example. 0bviously downing street and briefing today that she's going to try and and and the calendar in a way that's held up because tomorrow i'll focus in the country will be on the european elections washing she's out campaigning, there is a risk on

friday at grace when she needs graham brady but then we are into recess, and the other side of that is the state visit of donald trump in the presentation of the bill, so she will be hoping she can see out the next few days. yes, and for a while now, seems theresa may has been surviving one week at a time or one data time and i lamented that with the downing street putting that in place tonight tomorrow and the european elections happen, notably a bath or politicians, begun cast their vote and have photos taken but we did not talk politics or report —— report on what's happening in a business having a pilot, and maybe a little bit different tomorrow, giving today's events and the evenings events, but that's probably a2li evenings events, but that's probably a 2k hour maybe 36 hour grace period for teresa mae taking her into friday, when she will meet graham brady the chair of the 1922 backbench committee so what will she say that what you get a date, but she resigned immediately? we shall have to wait and see me as president

goes into recess i think the mood among conservative mps now it to deep white they will not put up with another delay and measure and kicking the can down the road, they will want to know exactly when and how theresa may plans to leave number ten. jonathan for the moment thank you very much you will come back when we get more reaction over there in the lobby. we should say that the results of the election don't come until ten o'clock sunday evening, but that'll be the point of maximum danger for the prime minister because today, there is only one call that conservatives are infor only one call that conservatives are in for position with 7% of the boat trailing the greens which must be unprecedented for a governing party to be in such a position, so they could be very difficult monday morning for teresa and a. of course there are plenty of figures on the back benches who wanted the prime minister to go and wanted her to go earlier than this and one of them is of course the brexiteers steve baker, he's been talking to my colleague vicki young. i think at

this point the reality is certainly judging by the mood upstairs, and the centre of the conservative party that's relatively agnostic about the eu issue has moved now, i think the prime minister knows that. it's not just about brexit it's about her and now as a leader, i would have begin looking for it, like the people feel they are not listening to what she's saying stop it when they debated borisjohnson saying stop it when they debated boris johnson and i saying stop it when they debated borisjohnson and i resigned, it's clear about policy not present, it but now it's about both and there is no getting away from it but it's also about policy, the fundamental reason for the problem we had this policy, we are meeting a caretaker of the prime minister trying to push the same policy in writing at the same problems, it's all highly undesirable, but people should not be under any illusion, this is not personal it's about the future of the country and the deal we have rejected three times i will reject pa rt rejected three times i will reject part port and i cannot go on it's not in the national interest. filing

a new leader change that dynamic and i understand at different price and communicating a different message but the numbers in parliament would be the same. i am clear what needs to be done and why and how and who we bring in and if i can work it out i'm sure the leader of the conservative party can, but the crucial thing everyone needs to understand in parliament is every single member of parliament and the conservative party and the dup is going to matter and a historic way and perhaps no one ever appreciated before. because unless we reassemble a governing coalition willing to stand resident and firm to take a side of the eu, then the government in the end will fall and the conservative party will be obliterated i think and we can safely say is a governing force if we do not take this country of the eu. steve baker a backbencher clearly very impatient with the prime minister. let's speak to anne, who is contributing to the economist thank you forjoining and plenty to discuss i get a sense that andrea

leadsom has been started wrestling with this decision for 2h hours by all accounts, listening to laura yesterday she came out of the cabinet meeting and how to gather her thoughts and clearly very angry about what's being discussed, and today ultimately taking a decision today ultimately taking a decision to go. one of the things that perhaps the main factor here was that siding treatment at the trees made towards the confirmand to worry that the second referendum kind and if she can get the deal through and the way it was presented to cabinet i think like that it was an option, at back then hard and as far as an attempt to try and bring some waivers and those who support a second referendum a full one, to their position to get the bill through and andrea leadsom and other members i spoken to were very angry that they felt that the second referendum was happening by stealth, it would've of course only been on that teresa may be l versus who

knows what, but it's still very much annoyed them because they felt they could were not fully consulted, and it's a pity from away from getting no secondary vote, and that crystallized a lot of anger frustration and you heard there, the sense that it's about the president and not the policy, it was about the way teresa may was dealing with the crisis, and that seems to have been what pushed andrea leadsom over the age of. the senior cabinet figures had been there to look at the draft bill and just listening to the comments from the sajid javid team is frustration and think they agreed yesterday cabinet suddenly aware being shoehorned into the draft agreement, without green lighting it, things in there they did not expect. to put it from trees and a point of view, if you heard your last chance a final shot in the locker to get this bill through and

you have a cabinet which will not approve, and again collectively, you might be tempted to go away with their drafters and try and make the best of it, to take pros and cons and perhaps cut a corner here and there, i think partly that's what's caused this big storm and push back she suddenly getting from the right of the party. but it's also, what else could she do, she'll probably say if you really want us to establish the bill through, she is trying to do that. the problem is, she's running out of timeline and she's running out of timeline and she's writing out of a belief in the centre of cabinet, cabinet, if you ta ke centre of cabinet, cabinet, if you take the centre of cabinet, the hybrids to be like intended to be those who voted to remain but deliver brexit, they are crossed to it they tried to see her tonight, and in both cases were rebuffed and i think you like intended to be those who voted to remain but deliver brexit, they are crossed to they tried to see her tonight, and in both cases were rebuffed and i think in talk to the right of a

party and having difficulties with the middle of the party and of course you already had a left at the party which is pro—european, who are going off in voting for the liberal democrats tomorrow so feels that she has very few people to say we are prepared to take a compromise, and put up with some pain but i don't see it any more i don't see that around her any more. see it any more i don't see that around her any morelj see it any more i don't see that around her any more. i was thinking earlier, these are historic nights, the country in crisis on the eve of european elections, there is teresa may and her wednesday night meeting with the queen perhaps saying this is the last time we discussed maybe and then there behind the door translate cheap wet bar waiting for her, what are you thinking is going on behind the scenes?” her, what are you thinking is going on behind the scenes? i think if you're on her team, year and a bit ofa you're on her team, year and a bit of a bunker at the moment if you have gotte n of a bunker at the moment if you have gotten to a point where you cannot see the home secretary and foreign secretary that does not look good. i think what they're thinking of how you get anything out of

crisis, that doesn't work presently and her whole administration going down is a great value of prime minister. not because she's particularly the worst as a person is just the situation she was valid and hand she was dealt with difficult indeed so why let a good crisis go to waste, that may be thinking if you're one of her advisers, so what you're trying to do is spend out the accidental political depth of teresa may which is getting close to happening i think maybe today or the next few days, you want it to happen in some sort of way that decrees a better hand on the brexit deal. the difficulty is because they are now seeing her in cabinet beginning to splinter off and remember andrea leadsom, leader of the house, a very prominent figure in the comments and lives that mps day today, the fact that she has gone makes it look like we are now into the race to sissy

and her rather than to see to save her. -- succeed. white thank you for joining us in talking to us this evening will hearfrom joining us in talking to us this evening will hear from michael gove this morning who is not full senate pa rt this morning who is not full senate part of the prime minister a guarantee she'd be here next week are guaranteed this bill will be put before parliament in a couple least time either. to remind you if you are joining time either. to remind you if you arejoining us, andrea leadsom has it resigned tonight giving you the letter she tweeted saying with a heavy heart she's going i don't believe she said it's a truly sovereign united kingdom through the deal of the prime ministers proposing i have always maintained a second referendum would be dangerously devices studies clearly dive boat which is a nightmare, the tolerance to those in cabinet who abdicated policies contracted a government position she says has led to the complete —— breakdown of collective responsibility, if you click display the best dispute that last point, i think she's that last point, i think she's the 36 to

minister to teresa may's government. will bring you any news as they get here at the moment having you back. thank you very much. the time now is 20 minutes past eight your headlines. andrea leadsom has resigned from the cabinet and protest against the prime minister is new brexit plan. resignation adds to the pressure it she faces from her party to step down. we understand the prime minister is also to be with backbench representatives at the 1922 committee on friday. to discuss what happens next. sport now and we crossed to the bbc sport centre, and good evening to john. crossed to the bbc sport centre, and good evening tojohn. good evening, hagan —— be deceitful about one of the year for hagan —— be deceitful about one of the yearfor a hagan —— be deceitful about one of

the year for a second time think is helpful in resolving the dispute with a norwegian fac will play at the lemons well cut this year she won the first last year and kept a rep markable season with a hatchet living a fourth, champions a title at the cloud slightly odd but despite that success, ongoing disagreement with the growth of the women's game, meaning she has not play for the country since 2017. is not always about money, it's the whole attitude of respect, when we talk about young girls having the same opportunities, and as boys are given the same opportunity and dream, everything is about everything. if you change your attitude, then in the beginning of it, things will automatically change as well. i think. arsenal want urgent talks with uefa following the europa league final. managing director vinai venkatesham says the situation is "unacceptable" that their player henrikh mkhitaryan doesn't feel able to

travel to azerbaijan. he's the captain of armenia, and their are no diplomatic relations between the bordering countries. uefa say a "comprehensive security plan" was in place for mkhitaryan — and the azerebaijan football authorities say that the players decisison is unwarranted. arsenal and chelsea have not been able to sell their full allocation of tickets with travel to baku proving difficult and expensive. neither cloud are expected to take up their allocation of six thousand each. yellowknife everybody it's better to play with 30,000 chairs and finds. you do thisjob, for this match and so it's better for everybody that to have their fans with the team.

(pres)raheem sterling says social media boycotts and t—shirts raheem sterling has again called for points deductions in combatting racism. sterling's been a strong voice in the fight against racism in football since allegedly being abused by chelsea fans, whilst playing for manchester city in december. he told the wall streetjournal, social media boycotts and fines are not strong enough punishments. heather watson is through to the second round of qualifying at the french open after beating bibiane schoofs. the british number three won in three sets 6—2, 4—6, 6—4. watson is aiming to come through qualifying at roland garros for the fourth time in her career. meanwhile, katie swan was impressive in advancing as she beatjil teichmann. the brit won 6—4, 6—2 on her french open debut. teichmann — the second seed — is more than 100 places ahead of swan in the world rankings. tyson fury says a world heavyweight title rematch with deontay wilder is likely to happen next year. wilder retained his wbc belt with a thrilling draw against fury in los angeles in december,

and knocked out fellow american dominic breazeale on saturday. fury says wilder "can't run forever", and says the fight should happen in the spring of 2020. the former england cricket captain, andrew strauss, says they'll never have a better chance to win the world cup. it all starts at the oval when england play south africa a week from tomorrow. they've named their 15—man squad, and made some tough decisions, bringing in the exciting fast bowler joffra archer ahead of others with more experience. strauss says it's an exciting time for the side. will is exciting willis exciting for england to go into the well cap as favourites, the two i played in i don't know the opposite of favorability read that, so we go on our home soil with the advantage and hopefully guys can do it and if they do it's going to create such an incredible fella for the spread this country and create incredible sort of momentum and interest and i don't want to put

them under pressure, but we will never have a better chance. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. british steel has collapsed, after talks with the government about a financial bail out broke down. workers at the company's plants now face weeks of uncertainty — as efforts are made to rescue the business. 5,000 of them work directly for british steel — and another 20,000 people are employed in the supply chain. it was always going to be a challenge to keep the business going — because of brexit uncertainty, a weak pound, and massive competition from china. our business correspondent, coletta smith, reports. another day of uncertainty lives. we can't do anything we have to do our best to keep it

going. this place is a good fighting spirit and will carry on. after ten this morning came the news no one wa nted this morning came the news no one wanted to hear. they would be no rescue dealfor this wanted to hear. they would be no rescue deal for this side. mixed feelings we have been told 100 different things we don't know where we are what's going on. left in limbo don't know what happened. you're just living a life and hope it'll be all right. how does it feel to be here again fighting the same battle ? to be here again fighting the same battle? i wish we were here for a different circumstance it feels a bit like my deja vu. charlotte working a night of the 2016th bit like my deja vu. charlotte working a night of the 20 16th the crisis, she says the news today is a body blow, talks between government and the company broke down leading to liquidation. it's absolutely devastating, as you can imagine, collea g u es devastating, as you can imagine, colleagues and former colleagues had been texting me what happens next how i pay my mortgage, do they come to work tomorrow and sort of thing it's to work tomorrow and sort of thing its mass and certainty at the moment and it's devastating. they have been making steel here for the

last 150 years, it's nicknamed the four queens looming large, and british steel has blamed the financial problems on uncertainties around brexit, a slump in orders. it's three years since the plant was bought for £1 skating in from closure and rebranding as a british steel, years later their point profits at £47 million, but last item there were signs of trouble, 400 jobs are cut across europe. in april, british daily skin and £120 million line and the government to help pay the eu carbon emissions bill, and jeff lastly, it said it needed another £75 million and to keep it trading. but the business minister said this time, his hands are tied. you can only operate within the law, i cannot do things that are illegal because that £120

million was secured, i was able to do that. but because there is not a security available for any further injections of cash, it's not legally possible for me to do that. the owners of british steel said... when the steel works are in trouble, there is a ripple effect through the economy. there are 4000 employed and they will go away and their well—paid they will go away and their well— paid high—paying jobs for the uk and for this area so they would not be replaced. and it was perhaps a steward, a window cleaner from winter to and who summed up admitted at best best to not today. i'm here because i feel the steelworks is the right —— life of the town, basically from right in the town, and at the

heart stops beating, services, retail everything around it will be affected massively. and separating steelworks to have a lasting long—term future, a new buyer for this step —— site must be found. alistair there. so they wanted close shops and persuade nearly 200 landlords to accept a lower rent. they has 566 stories in the uk and employs around 18,000 workers. and the since then has more from our headquarters and central london and says sir philip green was once known as the picking of the high street. yellowknife he made his fortune from the famous brand you mention a few of them but there is this once part of them but there is this once part ofa of them but there is this once part of a retail empire that's in serious trouble. sales are filing and like many other retailers, it's up against rising costs a nd retailers, it's up against rising costs and changing shopping habits

that he needs to cut costs and do a deal with the landlords and wants to close 23 stories in the uk and ireland and wind down 11 stories in the us. if this deal does not get approved or administration is a real possibility, said this is a pivotal moment for sir philip, who's never been out of the headlines the last two years and that the pension deficit element to the story, he is offering to put in £100 million of his own money to make up for a planned reduction and pension contributions. the question as will this be enough to convince the pension protection fund who is also a creditor and i had to convince the pension protection fund who is also a creditor and i am just at a meeting for the let's catch up with the weather. hello there. we still have some warm sunshine to come of the next few days in most places are still going to be dry as well. this is what we have earlier on, few showers came from that cloud for a while, but most of the rain and i'll be in rather patchy has been affecting northern areas of scotland was to have been more of a breeze blowing

through this evening and overnight, that cloud having a bit further south as well. some cloud began to arrive in northern ireland and over the irish sea, but some clear skies for england and wales, typical temperature six or 7 degrees. not as cold as it was last night in southern scotland either. some sunshine to start the day for many of us, dry weather as well, we'll see cloud slowly encroaching from the west and into northern ireland to wales and eventually the southwest but not a great deal of cloud, probably going to stay dry as well, some rain but breezy in northern scotland where it's going to be cooler, otherwise he's been parts of the uk, that is what will get the best of the sunshine and the highest temperatures. we'll be turning a little bit cooler on friday as we start to see a bit more cloud.

hello this is bbc news. the headlines. in the past half hour andrea leadsom has resigned from cabinet, in protest against the prime minister's new brexit plan. it is time to go. the resignation adds to the pressure theresa may faces from her party to step down. the feeling is very much there that it is the end of the road for this prime minister. the time has come for a change of leader, we have months until the deadline and we need a new leader and a new team to deliver that.

the prime minister is to meet with backbench representatives on the 1922 committee on friday to discuss what happens next and tonight's other main story: british steel goes into receivership, putting 5 thousand jobs at risk. the company says it needed millions of pounds of government support. sir philip green's retail empire which owns topshop, burton and miss selfridge says it wants to close 23 shops and persuade nearly two hundred landlords to accept lower rents let's get more on our top story that the commons leader andrea leadsonm has resigned in protest against the prime minister's new brexit plan. let's go straight to christian fraser at downing street. we understand the prime minister but the meeting and the chancellor and also her chiefjulia, within the

1922 backbench committee. we've had a statement from number ten on the resignation of andrea and they say she has served with distinction in the great ability in the air grateful for all of the great ability in the air gratefulfor all of her the great ability in the air grateful for all of her work, they are disappointed that she has chosen to resign in the pm remains focused on delivering the brexit people voted for. 0bviously, on delivering the brexit people voted for. obviously, there is a hint in there that they want to present, though she is due to meet the chairman of the 1922 committee on friday after the european elections, quite separate to that is a lot of people commenting within the commons that andrea leadsom is ina quite the commons that andrea leadsom is in a quite a tricky circumstance, flurries over the last three or four months that she has handled quite

expertly and of course she has had a reputation for pushing issues on bullying and sexual harassment with the house as well and i think the congratulation she's had for the prime minister there on a job well done is quite genuine. so tonight, the prime minister hunkered in downing street train to work down what to do next. and intending to plug on, our political editor has been looking at the events of a very tumultuous day. theresa may normally does not arrive in the comments this way. but this is not an ordinary day. you're a sceptic ministers did not take the usual places to support theresa may, gathering instead privately, wondering how to persuade her to abandon her brexit plan. at lunch time, the prime minister had to explain her new brexit compromise

and when the one that so many mps slammed. there was not much support on her. begin bringing into the months and years of bitter arguments and division that have both polarised and paralysed our politics. we can move on, move forwards and get onto the jobs were sent here to do, will we got into politics to do. if you support this new deal. the bold new deal that the prime minister promised us a little more than a repackaged version of her three times rejected it deal. the rhetoric may have changed, but the deal has not. this government is too weak, too divided to get this country out of the nest that they have created. look at how empty the place was, it is almost as if no one is really listening any more. in proposing this, is she going to the motions or does she really believe

in it? this deal is dead. stop this charade and let's get on with putting the decision back to the people once and for all. the country has decided to leave the eu. it is as simple as that. i have been trying to leave the european union, iam trying to leave the european union, i am looking forward to voting a fourth time to leave the european union and the withdrawal agreement bill stop by this backing, probably in vain. that should give this proposition without any commitment right now, they should give this proposition its due consideration, the whole house needs to stop saying no to everything on the table just because it's not our favourite dish stop by with her plan shredded, theresa may's authority is shrinking to if not shrunk. it is simply not in the prime minister's nature to leave faster than planned i theresa

may need not be able to avoid the exit for long. they said i liked andrea letson, she was vital and i think she is wrong about the second referendum threatening the union and being divisive, but i do wish her well. lots of warm comments for andrea leadsom for the job that she has done. of course that's talk to a critic of the prime minister's planned but you have supported the deal in the past, were you intending to support the bill michelle yes, i am. as the bill comes, i will look for. it seems to me i am very sorry that andrea leadsom has resigned, she did really good work is leader of the house, but i think that my collea g u es of the house, but i think that my colleagues are living in a of fa ntasy. colleagues are living in a of fantasy. they simply cannot see or

refuse to accept that they can carry out brexit in the way they want. the reality is that the house is very divided, there has to be a process to resolve this, the public as we know from the latest opinion poll published today is that the majority is in favour of her mane, so implementing something to the majority of the public don't at all and the only solution is to have a referendum and put the choices to the public and then keep on saying that they will not do it, but then they continue doing this, eventually it will destroy this government. many brexiteers dispute these numbers, if you look at them, they're almost a 50%. the point i'm making is that the country is still deeply divided on that issue.|j accept that, and it could be that another referendum could see people going to leave with no deal and i would accept that. but to insist that the country has to be dragged

out, despite the clear evidence of division without any further reference to the public is simply a nonsta rter reference to the public is simply a nonstarter and i don't believe it is deliverable and if my colleagues continue to insist on delivering in this fashion, it is going to end in chaos and the prime minister had shown today with which he denounced that she understood that and was trying to suggest a way through it and to that extent, although many disagreed, it seems that she was in fa ct disagreed, it seems that she was in fact injecting some common sense into the proceedings. you must see, looking at those who have publicly came out against the bill, there are around 34 mps that oppose the deal on the third meaningful vote, she is going backwards, there is no prospect whatsoever of this deal going through now. would it not be better for her to pull the boat and give it to her successor to breeze a new life into it and ensure that she

does not limit the choices that that successor has. it is a perfectly valid argument bo however her successor is going to face the exact same problems. if i say so, part of this lies the opposition which is also being wholly unrealistic about the choices in front of it. hoping to gainfor the choices in front of it. hoping to gain for its own advantage, and i do not think it is serving the national interest. always grateful for your time, thank you very much indeed. we have been joined by conservative mp simon clarke, who supported the prime ministers deal in meaningful vote three but has changed his mind and vowed to vote the deal down when it comes back for a forth time.

i think the prime minister should go andi i think the prime minister should go and i see that with reluctance because this is a very serious thing to say and i do think we have reached a point where we are all compelled to speak out very frankly now that the situation of this government but also the country. we need to get brexit delivered, we need to get brexit delivered, we need to get brexit delivered, we need to get brexit delivered properly in a way that my constituents will recognise it is being done i think that does require new leadership at the first opportunity and we really do now need to have a very serious conversation among colleagues and ministers in particular and take a lead on this. we need to change things because this is not working. the character of the prime minister, the doggedness of the prime minister has been praised before but many other leaders would have gone under the pressure that she essays today. should she be credited for that she now showing arrogance that she believes she is the only one who can deliver the spell? have to say that

ido deliver the spell? have to say that i do not believe that stamina and itself is a virtue. my good friend has made that very powerfully before that there has to be a purpose to it and it is not clear to me now what is being served other than potentially derail brexit if this withdrawal legislation goes through because it will allow a remain parliament to railroad through a second referendum and i'm just totally unclear in my own mind but possible benefit she is bringing to the conservative party at this point because they are faced with a very dangerous hard left opposition and we are at the moment, and position to give the field to them. what would happen if she presents the bill in two weeks down and it is voted down, does that narrow down the options for the personnel follow her in the door behind me? you can only bring forward a bill once in each session of parliament, so nor

did give the speech in the legislation to be introduced again by her successor, that would mean renewing the confidence of the supply deal the du p, which is not in itself entirely straightforward but the point is this is not going to pass, i'm not going to vote for it and there a lot of conservatives who have tried their utmost to get this through in a way which is commensurate with what we were elected to do and i look very clearly now this legislation that's been brought forward and it is absolutely contrary to the promises i made to my voters and i am not going to dishonor those promises. whether my time in politics is longer short, i am very clear that this is not going to be but i am a memberfor. this is not going to be but i am a member for. obviously, those in the cabinet will be left with her thoughts today as to what they should do next, whether they should follow andrea leadsom's example, i know the frustration of not taking this into their own hands, do you think it is incumbent on the cabinet

to make the next move? it is, it has been for some time, there are many people in the cabinet who have simply failed to show any vestige of leadership whatsoever, it is been clear for a leadership whatsoever, it is been clearfor a long time leadership whatsoever, it is been clear for a long time that this was not working and clear for a long time the compromises that we have been asked to make a simply unacceptable. to millions of decent right—thinking british people and get that stood by and do nothing. most continue to sit by and do nothing. doesn't damage their leadership ambitions? massively. so the leader could be from the back benches. i believe that the requisite skills, the communications, but crucially the conviction to get this done in a way that will actually do what we said we would do in that would be to move on on the other issues in our society and for me, many and cabinet have completely removed themselves out of all contention by their failure to act. a flavour of the

frustration there is on the back benches and some very serious decisions to be made by five or six people within the cabinet. leadership ambitions, so many, andrea leadsom has said with a heavy heart she has had to resign from the government theresa may and return saying that she is sorry to see her go and grateful for the work she has done by the prime minister said she is plugging on giving every indication that she intends to deliver this bill. now, more on british steel, which has gone into liquidation, following the failure of rescue talks between the government and the company's owners. it means 5,000 jobs are at risk, and thousands more in the supply chain. here with me now

to discuss the future of british steel is vicky pryce, form the centre for economics and business research. . .. thank you for coming to speak with us, first off, if you could just explain the legal questions or the legal points as to why the talks broke down this rescue plan. british steel needed quite a lot of money, they had some help from the government in the form of it there, is because it had to pay the european union money that it had an relation to the omissions of production of steel that has with it, because normally you get credits, there is a whole scheme that exists in the eu that means that, if we were there normally and had not been a question about his leaving a particular time, it would've happened easily, so you pay something you get something back because there's absolutely no guarantee as to when that money will

be coming back, pretty steel needed some extra cash, so we got a certain amount of that and it looked at how was operating more generally and went back and said we need a little fa ct a went back and said we need a little fact a lot more in order to keep going over the short term and first of all, the price of steel has not been particularly high and very much in demand for the uk steel from europe, mainly because of brexit but also there has been an oversupply, overca pacity also there has been an oversupply, overcapacity in the world and the chinese have particularly been moving steel so they would've sold to the us with very heavy tariffs on to the us with very heavy tariffs on to the us with very heavy tariffs on to the eu and other markets that we might have gone to before. so this isa might have gone to before. so this is a serious problem in that company. they are stuck between a rock and a hard place, they are criticised for helping out but also jeremy corbyn has said that they are not doing enough and who is likely

to buy british steel? who was watching closely? it is difficult to see who would buy something that is quite unproductive and they were doing research in 2017 and 2018 because prices were high and a lot of world trade was going on and now thatis of world trade was going on and now that is slumped there's a serious with trade disputes and i think it is unlikely that there will be someone is unlikely that there will be someone out there wanting to pay a lot of money. remember, but we talking about was sold two or three private equity companies for £1 in 2016. so it's not as if they did not think he could do a huge amount, but in reality, i know a lot of what was into it is really disappeared because the companies are going to because the companies are going to be able to survive into the future. so who may come as a very good question. i would suspect nobody. thank you very much for that

analysis. an undercover investigation by the bbc‘s panorama programme — has found vulnerable patients being mocked, taunted and intimidated — by abusive staff at a private hospital in the north east of england. 16 permanent staff have been suspended at whorlton hall hospital in county durham, and a police investigation is underway. the hospital looks after patients with learning disabilities or autism. this investigation comes 8 years after panorama exposed the abuse of patients at another mental health hospital. it led to promises that such institutions would close. 0ur social affairs correspondent, alison holt, has the story. you may find some of her report upsetting. this is whorlton hall in county durham, a privately run hospital looking after about a dozen nhs—funded patients who have learning disabilities or autism.

here, a bbc panorama investigation found some staff bullying, intimidating or even boasting about hurting the very vulnerable people in their care. during shifts over two months, an undercover reporter witnessed a disturbing culture. one patient, a young woman with autism who lives on this corridor, should only be looked after by women. she is frightened of men, but when she gets upset, the female staff are deliberately sent away. the female carers are told to go for five minutes, leaving the men taunting the young woman. her screams can still be heard at the end of the corridor. it was total intimidation. that is what it was, intimidation to make her stop because they are two big grown man, just causing her to act out even more. it was massively distressing for the patient, massively distressing. this patient is a regular

target for staff. professors glynis murphy and andrew mcdonald are leading experts on learning disabilities, autism and challenging behaviour. it is like torture. i think it is like psychological torture because she is stuck there, she can't actually get away. so it's a secure unit and they are deliberately taunting her and deliberately upsetting her. iagree. that is torture, adding to a situation to visibly cause distress to another human being. the undercover footage also shows patients being provoked by staff then restrained. here, a patient with mental disabilities is pinned for nearly ten minutes, his distress largely ignored. staff also go to remove his personal possessions from his room.

wow, come on. just cruel, because it's clearly being used as a punishment. the company that took over the hospital says that safety and care of patients is of paramount importance. they are cooperating with the police and moving patients elsewhere. the care regulator which had rated the hospital as "good" has apologised to patients and families. a review it has carried out for the government has also underlined the failures of the wider system. these hospitals should shut because they are no longer needed, but that was said seven or eight years ago and it hasn't happened. so, it's delivering on that promise of providing alternative services, that's what has to happen. the government says it is working to ensure more people return home after treatment and investing in more community support.

and you can watch the full undercover report — in tonight's ‘panorama' program on bbc one — this evening at 9 o'clock. the queen has been introduced to self—service supermarket shopping during a trip to a pop—up exhibition in central london to mark the 150th anniversary of sainsbury‘s. while being given a demonstration of a self—service till, she asked if customers could ‘cheat‘ the system. 0ur royal correspondents sarah campbell has more. not a regular supermarket shopper. the queen was taken on a tour today of sainsbury‘s through the decades. quality milk, you get quality cheese. actors and fake food helped to tell the story from its humble beginnings, selling just butter, milk and eggs. and will show us her ration book.

in conversation with lord and lady sainsbury, reflecting on wartime deprivations. especially a lack of sugar. and few things have changed more than the way shoppers pay. so, contactless payment... the queen was given a quick tutorial on how to use a self—service tail. her concern, could unscrupulous shoppers leave without paying? her majesty was assured there are systems in place to prevent this. and so ended the glimpse into everyday life for a monarch who in her 93 years has only twice before publicly visited a supermarket. it was a dry day and there was not

much rain at all for the next few days, warm in the sunshine taking in staffordshire, the highest temperatures were in the southeast of england, 21 or 22 degrees, not as warm in northern scotland where we had much more cloud and maybe even some rain as well. though some shelter from the highlands where we see most of the rain here towards aberdeen, if few spots of rain and some central areas that are gone now, clear skies of an eye for england and wales, more cloud though and a bit of a breeze coming down across scotland at the rain in the far north again, so not as cold as yesterday and elsewhere, typical temperatures are going to be six or 7 degrees, heading into thursday then, travis and sunshine and warming upfairly then, travis and sunshine and warming up fairly quickly as well. we'll warming up fairly quickly as well. we' ll start warming up fairly quickly as well. we'll start to see more cloud coming down in fairly brisk wind down across scotland, ran the far north, not mine to a deal, cloud across island wells in southwest two today,

temperatures may be a bit higher today 23 across london and 18 in newcastle. should feel very pleasant. the central low is going to push her way toward scandinavia so it will not be quite as wet and noticed parts of scotland —— most parts of scotland. 0ur direct number and be quite cloudy in northern ireland with a few showers as well, this could extend over the irish sea and wales. lots of places still dry and wales. lots of places still dry and we have cloud, so temperatures dropping offjust a little bit. into the start of the weekend, bank holiday weekend, showers are going to be very fleeting on the whole a dry day on saturday, probably a fair bit of cloud to the day and maybe a few spots of rain from northern ireland in weston scotland later on in temperatures across the northern half of the uk around 15 or 16 degrees at best, so turning a bit cooler. spots of rain on that weather from there, low pressure building in from the atlantic as we

had the sunday and that whether from will be pushing its way eastwards as well. so as we head into the bank holiday weekend, or there may be some sunshine at times, some rain around on sunday, most of that in the northwest, it should be largely dry but also cooler as well.

hello, i'm ros atkins, live in paris, this is 0utside source. all week long within the around the eu ahead of the parliamentary elections, we are live in the centre of paris this evening. 0ur attention must turn to westminster because brexit continues to reach adequate british politics. andrea leadsom resigns from the british cabinet, saying in a letter to theresa may "i no longer believe that our approach will deliver on the referendum result". isa time is a time to go prime minister? the resignation adds to the pressure theresa may faces from her party to step down. the time has come for a change of

leader we only have a few months