the government delays publication of theresa may's revised brexit plans amid a growing backlash in her own cabinet. downing street says the prime minister is listening to the concerns of colleagues, and will be having further discussions. we'll have the very latest from westminster. also this lunchtime... a minister condemns as ‘appalling,’ the abuse of vulnerable patients, uncovered by the bbc at a hospital in county durham. supporters celebrate a crushing victory for the hindu nationalist bjp party in india's general election. the inquests into the london bridge attacks hears one survivor describe how a bullet missed him by centimetres, as armed officers opened fire on the suspect. and the authorjudith kerr, who delighted millions of children with her bestseller

the tiger who came to tea, has died at the age of 95. and coming up on bbc news... lewis hamilton was fastest in first practice in monaco. his mercedes team one of many playing tribute to formula one legend niki lauda, who passed away this week. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government has decided to delay publication of theresa may's revised brexit withdrawal bill, which was due tomorrow. it will now be made public in the first week ofjune. the news comes as a growing number of conservative mps openly call for mrs may to resign, after revealing changes to her brexit plans earlier this week. but the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has insisted mrs may will still be prime minister

when president trump arrives for his state visit onjune 3rd. from westminster, here's our political correspondent nick eardley, and a warning that his report contains flash photography. not everyone at westminster is panicking just yet. larry the cat doesn't seem to have a care in the world on his morning stroll, but inside it is farfrom business world on his morning stroll, but inside it is far from business as usual. there are big questions about the future of the brexit plan and how long theresa may will be living here. the chief whip has the task of getting a deal through parliament, but after an outpouring of criticism, publication of the brexit bill has been delayed and no date for a vote has been confirmed. we plan to publish the withdrawal bill in the week commencing the 3rd of june, we hope to hold second reading on friday 7th ofjune, at the moment we have not secured agreement of this in the usual channels but we will update the house when we return

from recess. labour thinks the plan is dead. the prime minister has yet again put her own political survival ahead of the national interest. it is clear she does not command a majority for her approach to brexit and has failed to accept this political reality. last night the leader of the house of commons quit unhappy at the new brexit plan. will you be resigning from your position? no. but others have concerns too. the foreign secretary spoke of his today. he insists she will be imposed in a fortnight, when mps were due to vote again on brexit and president trump is town. theresa may will be ready to welcome him and all of the discussions between foreign secretary and prime minister should remain confidential and i won't change that this morning. the pm will meet the backbencher tory

committee today. mps in revolt, cabinet ministers unhappy at government policy, it all paints a bleak picture for theresa may. she has clung on before but increasingly around westminster there are those who predict theresa may has days rather than weeks left. downing street says the pm is listening to concerns, but finding the answers that can keep her party happy and keep her in power may be proving increasingly elusive. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. what significance do you read into the delay of publication of this bill? i think it points to the first sign ofa bill? i think it points to the first sign of a wobble in downing street, the first indications of doubt creeping into team may over whether the prime minister can gary —— carry on. the mood music was pretty much the prime minister fights

on. the mood music was pretty much the prime ministerfights on, the deal will be published tomorrow and the vote will be in the first week ofjune. now we know that's not happening. what does that tell us? i think it says anxiety and knees ahead of what is shaping up to be a crucial 48 hours when we will learn whether there is going to be a cabinet mutiny, whether other ministers follow andrea leadsom's example. we know for example that jeremy hunt met the prime minister this morning, other ministers are likely to follow, but will it blow up likely to follow, but will it blow up into anything or willits, as has happened so many times before, fizzle out a damp sparkler? also we will learn whether tory backbenchers are going to press the big l button, the leadership button, because they may say to her, drop your bill or i will kick start the no—confidence vote. i think to my fellow political

hacks, bank holiday plans... get your excuses ready for your spouses. it's going to be kind of busy here. norman, thank you. norman smith at westminster. the government has condemned as appalling abuse of vulnerable patients uncovered by the bbc at a hospital in county durham. secret filming for panorama showed staff mocking and intimidating people with autism and learning difficulties at whorlton hall. the health minister, caroline dinenage, has apologised on behalf of the health and care system. this report from our social affairs correspondent alison holt contains some distressing detail. see that tiny, tiny car? alex is 20 years old and profoundly autistic. she spent ten months here at whorlton hall hospital in county durham, a private hospital looking after about a dozen nhs—funded patients with learning disabilities or autism. here, panorama's undercover reporter found a culture of bullying,

intimidation and taunting. alex is scared of men and should only be looked after by women. alex screams. but when she gets upset, two male care staff soon arrive. the female carers are told to go away for five minutes. alex's screams can still be heard as they reach the end of the corridor. alex's parents, tony and sarah, have agreed that her face can shown. i feel so upset that alex has had to put up with that. we don't know anything about any of this. because she wouldn't tell us. they are meant to be working to get alex better, to move out of that environment, and they are making it worse. and alex is a regular target. staff joke they are pushing the man button.

professors glynis murphy and andrea mcdonnell are leading experts on learning disabilities, autism and challenging behaviour. it's like torture. i think it is like psychological torture, because she's stuck there, she can't actually get away. it's a secure unit. they are deliberately taunting her and deliberately upsetting her. i'd agree with professor murphy. that's torture. that's adding something to a situation to visibly cause distress to another human being. the care regulator, which had rated the hospital as good, has apologised to patients and families. it says a review it's 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 has said patients living out of their local area will now be visited every six weeks if they are a child, or eight weeks if they're an adult, and in answer to an urgent question in the house of commons the care minister condemned the treatment seen at whorlton hall. we are adamant that no stone should remain unturned in identifying problems and identifying poor practice and care which falls short of quite frankly what we'd expect for our own family. but this comes eight years after panorama exposed abuse at the now—closed winterbourne view, another hospital for people with learning disabilities. colin groombridge, who was the original whistle—blower there, has heard this all before. we've had reviews, we've had promises, we've had sound bites from politicians. people with learning disabilities and their families were made promises. those promises have been broken, they've been lied to and let down. the company that recently took over whorlton hall says it's cooperating

with the police investigation and all patients have now been moved elsewhere. alison holt, bbc news. voting is under way across the uk for elections to the european parliament. the polls close at ten o'clock tonight, with final results not available until the rest of the eu votes by sunday evening. voters across the eu are deciding the make—up of its lawmaking body. there are 751 meps in all, with 73 coming from the uk. here, they represent 12 regions, with the numbes of meps depending with the number of meps depending on the size of the region's population and it's a system of proportional representation that decides which party or candidate wins. in scotland, wales and england, parties choose a list of candidates in each area, and voters choose a party or any independent candidate.

things are a little different in northern ireland, where voters list candidates in order of preference. the results will be announced once all eu nations have voted, with the voting process completed by late sunday. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has promised to build a strong and inclusive nation after his hindu nationalist party, the bjp, won decisively in the country's general election. more than 800 million people voted in the world's largest exercise in democracy. sanghita myska reports from delhi. dancing in the streets of india's commercial capital, mumbai. no waiting for official results here. sweets are eaten, the stock market rallies, the media have declared a landslide victory for the hindu nationalist bjp. their leader, incumbent prime minister narendra modi, has dominated this election.

this antiestablishment son of a tea seller is loved and loathed with equal passion. modi, modi, modi... mr modi's supporters afford him a cult—like status, saying he will enrich the nation, not himself, unlike the politicians of the past. he'll deliver development, they say, fulfilling india's fate as a regional superpower. but at what cost? violent attacks on people at the bottom of the hindu caste system and indian muslims have gone uncriticised from mr modi's government, but today, he tweeted a message of unity. together we grow, together we prosper, together we build a strong and inclusive india. but in a nation where the majority of the population is under 35, critics say debate over rising unemployment — now at a 45—year high — has been drowned out

by nationalist rhetoric. yet, despite the loud speakers and the road shows, india's only national party of opposition, congress, has struggled to be heard. rahul gandhi, whose family has yielded three generations of prime ministers, has been accused of being complacent, assuming victories rather than earning them. this election is about much more than who governs india over the next five years. enshrined in this country's constitution is the idea that india is built on socialist intervals and a secular society. is built on socialist principles and a secular society. mr modi's critics claim that he is inching india towards a country that is built on hindu principles, and where one citizen is more equal than another, based on caste and religion. this, they say, is a fight for india's soul. sanghita myska, bbc news, delhi. 0ur correspondent yogita limaye is in the northern

city of varanasi, in narendra modi's own constituency. hgppy happy where you are, five more years for their man? yes, look at what is going on behind me, these are the people celebrating his victory and this is something we have seen pretty much all over the city of varanasi, spontaneous street parties breaking out. at the counting centre where i was earlier, the formal result has not been announced yet but mrmodi is result has not been announced yet but mr modi is leading by hundreds of thousands of votes so it is almost certain he will be member of parliament in this constituency for the next five years, and also from the next five years, and also from the results we have seen across india, the prime minister of this country. they say in india that if you can get a majority in this state you can get a majority in this state you can get a majority in this state you can form the government in delhi and that's what seems to be happening this time as well and

that's why we have seen all parties putting their biggest faces here, just about 150 kilometres from varanasi a town where mr modi's main rival is fighting the election from. the news is mr gandhi is struggling to keep his hold. he comes from india's foremost political dynasty. 0k, thank you. the inquests in to the london bridge attacks two years ago has heard one man describe how a police bullet missed him by centimetres, as armed officers opened fire on the suspects carrying out the attack. simon edwards was leaving a pub when he saw the three attackers carrying what appeared at first to be red sticks. 0ur correspondent richard lister is at the old bailey. richard, what happened today? richard, what happened today7m richard, what happened today? it was really two very lucky escapes for mr edwards and he told the court about them in some detail today. he was

outside this pub watching the three attackers bearing down on him with what he took to be red sticks, they we re what he took to be red sticks, they were of course knives covered in blood. he said people were shouting behind him and needed to get back in but he stood rooted to the spot and it was his wife that dragged him back into the pub. somebody closed and locked the pub door and khuram butt started trying to kick his way in. eventually he said he took out a knife, khuram butt, and began smashing the panes of glass in the door to try to get in. mr edwards said people in the pub were screaming. he said eventually the pub was filled with blue lights, the arrival of the police armed response unit. ina arrival of the police armed response unit. in a matter of seconds there was a volley of shots and the attackers went down. mr edwards said he himself dropped to his knees and

the court was shown an image from a cctv ca m era the court was shown an image from a cctv camera inside the pub which showed a moment when a stray bullet missed mr edwards by a matter of centimetres and hit the man behind him, neil mcclelland, who suffered a severe head injury but did survive. in the aftermath of mr edwards talked about trying to get medical assistance for mr mcclelland and repeatedly opened the door of the pub, and he himself was aware the attackers had what looked like suicide vests on. he repeatedly tried to get the police to send medical assistance, eventually they did and it's only after they all got out of the pub that mr edwards realised he had also suffered injuries from the shrapnel. richard, thank you. our top story this lunchtime. the government delays publication of theresa may's revised brexit plans, amid a growing backlash in her own cabinet.

and still to come... the gymnast who scored a perfect ten tells the bbc how issues with body image affected her career. coming up on bbc news... tracey neville has announced her i2—player squad for the netball world cup this summer. serena guthrie is her captain in place of the injured ama agbeze. it's one of the uk's biggest and most expensive infrastructure challenges, but it's also highly controversial. the chief executive of the high speed rail project, hs2, says the country must "hold its nerve" and continue to support its construction. a house of lords committee has already called for a rethink, saying the £56 billion project didn't offer value for money. ben thompson has been to the construction site in birmingham, to find out more. welcome to birmingham, on what is the side of the new station for hs2. this will be curzon street station. where we are now is where the platforms will be, but the station, you might be able

to make out, will run all the way down there, to where the trees are, just adjacent to the west coast main line that currently brings passengers from the capital to birmingham. but already of course lots of concern about this project, whether it will be delivered on—time and on budget. already a massive cost associated with delivering this line, and the man whose job it is is mark thurston. he's the chief executive of hs2. mark, good morning. you've got a big job on your hands. how do you make sure you get this delivered on time and on budget, because we all know that in this country we're not very good at doing that, are we? well, i think that's a challenge for us, isn't it? we are in uncharted territory here. we've done some big projects in the uk in the last 20 or 30 years, but this thing is a national endeavour. we've not built a railway north of london for over 100 years, so it will require political commitment, it will require commitment of the organisation, i think central and local government have to work together, and it's going to test our uk supply chain because it's going to probably peak — we need about 30,000. today, we've announced 9000 people already working on high speed 2,

so it will become huge enterprise employing some of the best talent that our engineering and construction sector has. but it is an expensive project and many would say that money is better spent elsewhere. the house of lords saying, look, they don't think it's value for money. far from convinced it will be finished on budget, they say. i mean, as the boss, that must hurt? well, there's two things here. one is the benefits for hs2 and the business case are very strong. £92 billion worth of benefits for the investment, but it's long term. the investment of hs2 is over 25 years and of course in that time the government continues to invest in existing railways, continues to invest in the road system, but hs2 is a transformational project. it will change the way our country operates and i'm seeing that personally overseas, in other countries where they have high—speed city to city links. if you think that when we're complete we'll be able to get from here, birmingham, the heart of the country, south to london or north—east or north—west to leeds and manchester in about 45 or 50 minutes. that transformational. the decisions people can make about where they live and work, when you've got this railway

working, is really significant. on paper, all of that wonderful, improving capacity, improving speed, but a lot are saying look, if we spend too much on this first phase, the line from london to birmingham, there is a real danger that you don't even build the next bit — the bit up to manchester and leeds. what commitment have you got to do that? well, two things there. firstly we've only got legislation for the first phase and we are looking to deposit the legislation into the house next year for the second phase, so we are still working to that programme. 0ur expectation is we'll get royal assent in 2023, but again, the economics, the real prize for the country is to connect birmingham, leeds and manchester. you create effectively a metropolitan area of about ten million people and that will be transformational and certainly go a long way to rebalancing our economy. mark, good luck, a bigjob on your hands, really nice to see you, thanks very much, mark thurston there, the chief executive of hs2. clearly big questions about whether they can do just that — deliver it on time and on budget. a lot of work to do. the final trains on that last phase expected to be running by the year 2033.

ben thompson in birmingham. all this week, the bbc‘s "we are middlesbrough" series has been focusing on stories from the town, and bringing the concerns and interests of local people to a wider audience. today, we're examining why secondary school pupils there are more likely to face periods of exclusion than anywhere else in england. some in the community are trying to turn things around, by offering alternative learning and support, to help young mums and teenagers. 0ur education correspondent frankie mccamley has the story. enjoys education. johnny helps out at youth centres across middlesbrough. wearing the hair down. offering guidance and support through games. i hate school. he was bullied in school, which led to depression. around the time i turned i6, depression. around the time i turned 16, it's when it all hit me at once andi 16, it's when it all hit me at once and i got my hands on alcohol and i

shouldn't have. i attempted to drink myself to death. why were you in such a bad place? partly i think myself getting into that state of i give up, ijust want to be done with this now. studying for a degree, he now wa nts this now. studying for a degree, he now wants to help increasing numbers of people struggling in the town.“ you keep going with it you will get there. lewis was excluded from school. i meeting different people, even better, training to be a mechanic and hopefully an apprenticeship, get me somewhere in life. increasingly gets some of the most vulnerable children living in deprived areas in england who are most at risk of exclusion, but here in middlesbrough you don't have to go farto in middlesbrough you don't have to go far to see the other side of the story. there are more young people going to university and the number of those not in education or employment is lower than national average. part of the reason for that is the people in this community.

hundreds of women come to lisa's training salon every year. hundreds of women come to lisa's training salon every yearlj hundreds of women come to lisa's training salon every year. i found it easier to do that. the colours on this skin. 20-year-old alicia was excluded from one school and moved to another, which can have an impact on mental health. i wasn't around my friends. i felt i was all by myself, like ina friends. i felt i was all by myself, like in a tiny hole. i couldn't get out of it. many of the women here have also struggled with confidence. ijust believe in them, i give them hope and help them with the aspirations become a reality. had one of the people who used those opportunities is lisa's former student, alicia, who ended up in hospital with depression. she now opened her own shop. so this is it. yeah, ididn‘t opened her own shop. so this is it. yeah, i didn't used to talk my pa rents, yeah, i didn't used to talk my parents, i would staining in my room, parents, i would staining in my room , now parents, i would staining in my room, now i'm telling them my ideas

—— i would stay in my room. galicia's main idea, the sky is the limit. frankie mccamley, bbc news, middlesbrough. the children's author, judith kerr, best known for her book "the tiger who came to tea", has died at the age of 95. it's sold five million copies, and has never been out of print. her publisher has paid tribute, saying she was a "brilliantly talented storyteller". daniela relph looks back at her career. judith kerr was in her 40s when she wrote the tiger who came to tea. a former art teacher and script writer turned full—time mother of two small children. it got really very boring. you'd go for a walk and have tea and then that was it really. we wished somebody would come. so i thought, well, why not have a tiger come? so that is where the story came from, really. she drew the pictures to a story she had previously told her daughter. the tiger was friendly, not fierce.

his appearance mildly surprising, not downright surreal. the book was a runaway success. judith kerr had been drawing since childhood in pre—war berlin. her father was a prominent theatre critic and a critic of the nazis. the family was forced to flee when hitler came to power. she later wrote of her experiences in when hitler stole pink rabbit. a translation of the book became a set text in german schools. in london, she went to art school and worked as a designer before marrying and starting a family. when her son protested that the books he was learning to read from were too boring, she embarked on the mog series about a family cat using, she said, as few words as possible as well as possible. mog is dead. sorry to be brutal about it to those of you who were brought up on the mog the cat stories, but there is no getting away from the fact that after 30 years of mog books,

judith kerr, her creator, has killed her off. killing the central character was almost unprecedented in a children's book. but then the energetic kerr was an unusual children's writer who had confronted the possibility of death when herself a child. she always said she wrote for those many children in nazi—dominated europe, who, unlike her, did not survive to live full and happy lives. the authorjudith kerr, who's died at the age of 95. injanuary a video of the american gymnast katelyn 0hashi performing a "perfect 10" routine went viral, gaining her millions of new fans around the world. but her amazing performance in competition in california betrayed none of the struggles in her life dealing with crippling body image issues. katelyn has been speaking to our sports correspondent, jo currie.

it was the gymnastics routine that flipped the internet on its head. and injanuary, it turned us collegiate athlete katelyn 0hashi into a viral sensation. it was crazy, like the next day my phone kept going off, my twitter notifications. i looked and i had like 50,000 more followers than i had that morning. i had people screen shotting like celebrities posting the video, this was so crazy, i'm like i don't even know what's happening but it was so amazing. but behind that smile and bravado, 0hashi has had a difficultjourney to stardom, quitting the sport when she was younger after coaches told her she was too big, too fat to be a gymnast, despite being a rising star. i was told that i didn't look like a gymnast, i was told that i looked like i swallowed an elephant, or i looked like a pig, and as a 14—year—old that's impressionable, you start

believing those things. it hit me so hard. i felt so uncomfortable looking in the mirror, i felt uncomfortable walking back into the gym, because i felt like there were eyes just targeted at me and i do think it is a form of abuse. 0hashi had been tipped as the next big thing in us gymnastics, even beating simone biles in a senior international competition, but the constant mental strain around her body image, coupled with a serious back injury, led to her walking away from the sport. i came home and i wasjust bawling. my mum was like, aren't you happy? i was like, i'm miserable. i don't think the coaches were necessarily aware of the damage they were doing and so i scheduled an mri and that's when they told me that i might not even do gymnastics again, to never put on a leo again and be judged critically by anyone i felt was a relief. but after a year recuperation and recovery 0hashi did return to gymnastics, albeit not as a professional.

instead finding a home at college in california and it's here that she created that routine and found her voice. being comfortable with the only person that matters is yourself, because you're the only person that has your back and you are the person that's on your skin, 100% of the time. this routine catapulted 0hashi into the spotlight, but it's her body issues that will resonate with girls and women everywhere. jo currie, bbc news, los angeles. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. hello, a fine day for most of us, rather chaotic skies here in maidstone in kent. we've got various layers of thin cloud around but it's going to be quite warm in the hazy sunshine. very clear cut grade a in fraser brown in aberdeenshire and we've got rain too and there is a cool breeze continuing to push on cloud across northern parts of scotland, a bit of rain and drizzle

too. one or two showers in