today at five — a pay rise above inflation for hundreds of thousands of public sector workers. the armed forces, teachers and police officers are among those in line for higher pay — it's one of theresa may's last big decisions as prime minister. i think we are seeing at the end of austerity. spending beginning to rise. that said, this is not an extremely generous offer. the chancellor philip hammond refuses to rule out trying to bring down a borisjohnson government if it pushes for a no—deal brexit. the man who raped and murdered a 13—year—old girl

to stop her exposing him as an abuser has been jailed for life. 17 people injured after vehicles collide with spectators at a meeting of car enthusiasts. at the open, ireland's shane lowry is back in contention at the top of leaderboard. and disney's remake of the lion king hits cinemas this week — find out what mark kermode makes of it in the film review. he good evening it's 5 o'clock, i'm jane hill our main story: hill our main story: hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are set to get a pay rise above the rate of inflation.

the treasury is expected to confirm the details on monday, but reports suggest that those in line for an increase include the armed forces, police in england and wales, and teachers in england. the pay award represents one of theresa may's last big decisions as prime minister — though labour have dismissed the increases as insulting. our political correspondent iain watson reports. public sector unions have campaigned against pay caps and for higher wages during the years of austerity. now an apparent victory for some of those on the government payroll. the treasury was going to announce an inflation busting increase next week. the figures were leaked to the times newspaper today. teachers and school staff will get a 2.75% increase, armed forces will get a 2.5% rise across the board, although soldiers are expected to get a bit more and there is a 2.5% rise for the police, dentists and nhs consultants. with inflation running at around 2%,

this presents a real terms increase. but these pay increases come with a political sting in the tail. they have to be funded from existing departmental budgets, so is the chancellor phillip hammond trying to rein in the parade of theresa may's successor, giving him this challenge. is he prepared to cut elsewhere in the public services to fund the pay increases, or will he simply expand departmental budgets and with it government borrowing? today, the home secretary maintained that the cash for higher police pay wouldn't come at the expense of other priorities. i know police forces, they can fund it from their budgets because when we set budgets we do try, certainly in my case, try to take into account what might happen further down the line later in that financial year. but the unions say the increases should be fully funded by central government if cuts are not to be made elsewhere and the pay settlement isn't equally generous to everyone. they will be no above inflation

increase foot senior civil servants and some public sector workers are still waiting for announcements on their pay. when george osborne froze public sector pay he was creating a ticking time bomb for people whose pay was not keeping pace with inflation. i can report to the british people that their hard work is paying off and the era of austerity is finally coming to an end. george osborne's successor took a different approach. but some experts said not an overly generous one. i think we are seeing the end of austerity, spending beginning to rise. that said, this is not a terribly generous offer, this is the minimum one may have expected after eight years of really severe pay restraint in the public sector. is this really the end of austerity, chancellor? philip hammond is expected to leave number 11 downing st for the last time next week. but he will also be leaving some big challenges for whoever succeeds him. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. pauljohnson is the director

of the think tank the institute for fiscal studies: good evening to you. there are lots of headlines about pay rises above the rate of inflation, but it is pretty marginal, isn't it? they are a bit above inflation, inflation is running at about 2%, and most of these proposals are somewhat more than about 2%. it is worth saying that that is the minimum that you would expect at the moment. i think the chancellor is right, we are coming towards the end of austerity, there is a money available, and wages in the public sector are starting to finally rise. it is important to think about what is happening in the private sector, when we are talking about below inflation pay rises. it has been happening right across the economy, and as the private sector has started to have better pay rises, so you would expect the same to happen in the public sector. but the fundamental question is was, where

does the money come from? well, of course, to the extent that they supplies from next year, as well as later this year, we are expecting, or we are going to have to have a spending review, because departmental budgets are not set yet next year. there is space, assuming the economy goes as expected, for some rises in the departmental budgets, and that is inevitably in pa rt budgets, and that is inevitably in part to go to higher paid, to these teachers and other public servants who have not had much anyway of pay rises in the past. of course, the problem arises that the economy does worse, than expected, for example, if we have some kind of new deal brexit, and we have lower growth as the 0b brexit, and we have lower growth as the ob are predicted just yesterday, in that case, then that will have to come from a boring model which may begin to look a little bit less co mforta ble. begin to look a little bit less comfortable. at the moment, borrowing levels are looking pretty co mforta ble, borrowing levels are looking pretty comfortable, and there is some space to pay for this, and other priorities. weights and how do you

read this more broadly? is this a prime minister who is about to leave office? white man who is thinking about legacy? or is it an interesting —— about legacy? or is it an interesting -- is this a prime minister who is thinking about legacy? i don't think it is either of those things, i think it is very much what was expected on a business of usual basis. these are suggested pay rises are extremely similar to what happened last year. they are a little bit more generous, because inflation is lower than last year. this is certainly not sending any hand grenade at future prime ministers, it is not super generous, andi ministers, it is not super generous, and i don't think it is leaving a legacy, because it is, as i say, very much business as usual. i think we are seeing,... the first signs that we are finally moving away from that we are finally moving away from that austerity, the 0% and i%,

because the economy is going a bit,... pulljohnson because the economy is going a bit, . .. pull johnson there because the economy is going a bit,... pulljohnson there from the institute for fiscal studies. i apologise. we did losejust institute for fiscal studies. i apologise. we did lose just a fraction there of what paul was saying. but you probably picked up that there is perhaps really is the beginning of the end of austerity, there is pay rises, just above the rate of inflation in some cases. pauljohnson, the for the —— from the think tank, the institute for fiscal studies. the chancellor philip hammond has refused to rule out supporting a motion of no—confidence in any borisjohnson government, in order to block a no—deal brexit. speaking to two european newspapers just days before the new conservative leader is announced, mr hammond promised to do everything in his power to block no—deal. our political correspondentjessica parker is at westminster. our political correspondent jonathan blake is at westminster for us. very striking comments from philip

hammond to a german and strength to our french newspaper. yes, philip hammond spoke to that german and french at ag cheap —— at a g7 summit early this week. he was very clear that he would do anything in its power to stop a future prime ministers suspending parliament in order to facilitate a new deal brexit. that is something of course that boris johnson brexit. that is something of course that borisjohnson has refused to rule out, while his opponent in the conservative party leadership contest has said that it would be unacceptable contest has said that it would be u na cce pta ble to contest has said that it would be unacceptable to do. asked whether he would vote against a future conservative government, in a vote of no confidence, to ensure that parliament could not be suspended in order to for a new deal brexit to go through, he said he would not exclude anything, for the moment. he said that he would do anything in his power to ensure that that would not happen. —— no—deal brexit. these

are quite striking comments from philip hammond. he has never shied away from warning about what he sees as the risks of a nodal brexit in the past, but now, in his last days in the office, i think it is highly unlikely that he will continue as chancellor next week, when a new conservative prime minister walks into number ten downing st, he is making the most of his final days in numberii, making the most of his final days in number", to fire making the most of his final days in number 11, to fire warning shots. i think we can assume that it's boris johnson, the favourite, to take on the conservative prime minister, taking that drastic move to suspend —— back to try and prevent him from taking that move to suspend parliament to get a nodal brexit. taking that move to suspend parliament to get a nodal brexitm is going to be a busy week. the deadline for conservative party members to cast their votes, is this weekend, and the results can be announced on tuesday. on wednesday,

theresa may will make her final appearance at the dispatch box for her last prime minister's questions. after that, she will make a farewell address outside number ten downing st, and formally resign in front of the queen. her successor will go into the palace and be asked by the queen to form a government, they will then return to number ten, and addressed the media, and the country, there. buti addressed the media, and the country, there. but i think what philip hammond's comments on a no—deal brexit is that when there is a new prime minister and a new government, there may be even a new dynamic in parliament, and a new chance for whoever is in charge to deliver brexit. that division of the issueis deliver brexit. that division of the issue is still very much there within the conservative party. 17 people have been injured after a crash at a meeting of car enthusiasts in hertfordshire. two cars collided and hit spectators in stevenage. organisers say the meeting

is an annual event to raise money for charity — and is designed for people to look at customised vehicles, which are meant to be parked, not driven. our correspondent kathryn stanczyszyn sent this report from stevenage. a split second, and then disaster, as this car pulls out of a junction, sending another head long into bysta nders sending another head long into bystanders on a central reservation. out of control, the original car also careers people on the side of the road. 17 injured, three of them —— two of them seriously, many of them scrap to be young. just shocks, panic, everybody was obviously trying to help. i am not first aid trained, idid trying to help. i am not first aid trained, i did not want to touch anyone or get involved. you can see quite a lot of kids on the road, in distress, they had been run over and things like that, so it was pretty shocking, natural shot, you get there, you see it, and it is like,

what is going on? it was pretty horrific. hundreds were there for something called a cruise meet, where drivers gather to show off their vehicles. organisers say the event was supposed to be restricted toa event was supposed to be restricted to a nearby car park, but footage clearly shows vehicles travelling at speed along the carriageway. many have taken to social media to say that they have raised concerns to police about similar gatherings that happen regularly in this area. hertfordshire police say they were not aware in advance of anything specific happening last night, although they know they do take place. we weren't aware of this large scale gathering. what i would say is not to attend these type of events. i think what happened last night, shows what could happen when you have got such large numbers in the road, and cars perhaps committing offences. police are now appealing for anyone with any footage of what has happened to

contact them urgently. organisers say they are devastated, and there isa say they are devastated, and there is a charity event will not take place again. the anti—police there in hertfordshirejust the anti—police there in hertfordshire just issuing a few more details. essentially saying that they are still trying to work with people to fully understand the events of yesterday evening. they have identified the drivers of both ca rs involved have identified the drivers of both cars involved in the collision. they have been interviewed, and while they accept that these events do occur regularly, the meeting yesterday evening appeared far larger than previous events, and it is now understood that an organiser had publicised the meeting on social media as a charity event, and to echo catherine potts point in her report, again, stressing the police would want anybody to contact them with in particular any particular video or dash cam footage is

something they would welcome, as well. that is the latest from hertfordshire police. the headlines on bbc news: a pay rise above inflation for hundreds of thousands of public sector workers the chancellor philip hammond refuses to rule out trying to bring down a borisjohnson government if it pushes for a no—deal brexit. the man who raped and murdered a 13—year—old girl to stop her exposing him as an abuser has been jailed for life. and in sport: a blistering front nine restores shane lowry‘s lead at the open. the irishman is on 9 under par — one ahead of the field — with three englishman in touching distance at royal portrush. eoin morgan says he's not in a good state to make a decision about his international future after england's cricket world cup win. and julian alaphilipe extends his lead over geraint thomas at the tour de france with a surprise victory in the thirteenth stage time trial.

that's it. i will be back with more on the stories after half past. the home secretary sajid javid says public figures should moderate their language to help stop the rise of extremism. it comes at the end of a week in which president trump has faced accusations of racism after he said four democratic congresswomen, none of whom are white, should go back to where they came from. just yesterday, you may have heard yourself, there were a chance of send her back, this is going on in the us today. send her back, imagine, if people were saying today, in britain, sent him back. i know how i would feel, and i would like to think most of society would think that that is just completely unacceptable in a modern, liberal

democracy. a pro—brexit activist has pleaded guilty to causing alarm and distress by using threatening or abusive language to the mp anna soubry outside the houses of parliament. james goddard — seen here in the yellow vest — also admitted a racially aggrevated public order offence against a police officer. angus crawford sent this from westminster magistrates court. arguments within the house of commons about brexit have become extremely heated, but they had become even more heated outside the palace of westminster, where demonstrators have begun to gather on a regular basis. a group of those, the so—called yellow vests, where there in early january when anna soubry, came out of the house of commons and went to do interviews live on the bbc, and on sky, and it was seen

by millions of people around the country and were televised. two men, james goddard, brian phillips, and a group of others, were heard chanting very loudly during her interview, shouting that she was a nazi, that she was scum and a traitor. they also shouted that she was doing the work of adolf hitler. now, today, they both pleaded guilty to one charge of harassment, and using threatening words against the mp. and mr goddard also admitted racially abusing a police officer. now, pending reports, they will both be sentenced on monday afternoon. that was angus crawford reporting. following the news of james goddard's guilty plea, anna soubry has released a statement, thanking the police and the crown prosecution service and also said... i am particularly pleased justice has been done in relation to the police officer.

racist abuse is deplorable and should never be tolerated. the founder of the pro—brexit campaign group beleave has won his appeal against a £20,000 fine imposed by the elections regulator. darren grimes was fined by the electoral commission after being accused of breaching spending rules during the 2016 eu referendum. beleave was a youth focussed pro—brexit campaign group based at the headquarters of the offices of vote leave — the offical brexit campaign. the world's biggest aeroplane maker boeing is setting aside almost £5 billion to compensate airlines for the grounding of the 737 max. the aircraft was withdrawn from service worldwide in march, after two crashes, in indonesia and ethiopia, in the space of five months. 346 people were killed.

the dutch supreme court has ruled that the netherlands is partly to blame for some of the killings in srebrenica in 1995. more than 300 muslim men and boys were murdered in the bosnian town, after dutch soldiers at a undesignated safe zone handed them over to serbian troops. schools and colleges in england desperately need a multi—billion pound injection of cash according to a cross party group of mps. the education select committee says that in recent years, funding for schools has not kept up with an increase in costs and pupil numbers. the government says it accepts schools are facing challenges. here's frankie mccamley. earlier this month, protests in westminster over school funding. in may, families take to the streets in cities across the country, demanding action on what they call a national crisis in

special needs funding. two months before that, thousands of head teachers in england wrote to parents saying schools are facing a funding crisis following, their unprecedented march through westminster where hundreds gathered. today, another call for action following an inquiry by a group of mps. we are calling for a ten—year plan. our argument is very simple. if the nhs can have a ten—year plan and £20 billion extra long—term funding settlement, why should education be the poor relation in terms of public funding? the inquiry recommends that all schools and colleges get the multi—billion cash injection they desperately need, specifically calling for more funding for special needs pupils, increasing money for post—16 education, and extra funding for disadvantaged students up to the age of 19. but some head teachers say

they are already at breaking point. the dfe and government forgets to say that there is nearly 750,000 more children in our school since 2010. schools have got to provide all sorts of complex services. we want to deliver on those but we need to be funded properly. the government says, while it is accurate to say funding is at its highest level, it does recognise schools are facing budgeting challenges. frankie mccamley, bbc news. a man has admitted killing an edinburgh shopkeeper by frightening him to death during a drunken rampage. david de montfalcon died from a heart attack after alan rooney entered his shop in edinburgh's tollcross in august last year. david cowan brings us this report. prosecutors accepted that alan rooney did not intend to kill david de montfalcon, but his conduct had been so extreme it caused his death.

the 35—year—old had entered the shop in edinburgh's tollcross, and started shouting and swearing. cctv captured him smashing glass cabinets and damaging guitars. he looked drunk, and made threats against the owner. even though he appeared not to know who he was. witnesses said david de montfalcon had appeared shocked and scared during the incident. he tried to calm alan rooney down, but the whole thing only came to an end when two american tourists and another customer got rooney out of the shop. after the incident, david de montfalcon collapsed, he was taken to hospital, but did not survive. the incident left the shop strewn with glass. he had a history of heart problems, but the court heard that the attack caused the fatal attack.

rooney was remanded in custody, and will be sentenced in september. a strong earthquake has struck the greek capital, athens, knocking out power. people ran out into the streets, and tall buildings were evacuated. it took for about 15 seconds. it was a 5.1 magnitude, and the epicentre was about 1k miles north—west of athens. there are no reports of serious injuries, but several after—shocks have been felt. the bbc and itv have revealed more details about their plans for a joint video streaming service. britbox will launch later this year — a monthly subscription will cost £5.99. it's being seen as a uk rival to established services such as netflix, which this week saw its share price

fall after a slowdown in subscriber growth. here's our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba. gavin and stacey, helping the bbc and itv begin their new online life together. congratulations. tidy. come here. you just got married. that is disgusting. the intention is for britbox to be seen as the streaming home for quality british programming. leave it out! past shows like the office are expected to help convince viewers to subscribe to what is a significant and not entirely risk—free venture for britain's two biggest broadcasters. we are in potentially traumatic times, but they are exciting times, with the merger. a things move fast. have you got a fire extinguisher? there is, of course, a huge appetite for british programming, but even with hit shows

like happy valley on—board, the future isn't guaranteed to be 100% for britbox. nice glasses. you look nice. dol? it is going to be a challenge to compete with streaming giant netflix, which already has 11.5 million uk subscribers. it is popular with viewers because of its programming and it's easy—to—use interface. netflix has spent 5.5 billion on its user experience and that is why it is the best in the market and has the best compression algorithms and things download faster and it is why their suggestions work so well. whereas britbox will be on the itv hub stack, which works pretty well for a free service, but if you are paying £5.99 per month, you are going to be comparing it with netflix and the experience will not be as seamless. on top of that, the likes of disney will soon be launching their own service, with spin offs from their popular star wars and marvel universes,

and the likes of stephen spielberg and oprah winfrey are involved in apple's new service. so, soon, several platforms will be looking for subscribers, with few able to afford them all. the service launches at the end of the year, aiming to showcase the very best of british, from broad church to love island. i'm sorry, i really am. but like so many other landscapes, the media world too is ever—changing and highly competitive. so while the bbc and itv are coupled up for now, who knows whether they will be together forever? we'll bring you all the weather in a moment, first, just to let you know what's happening this evening on bbc news... we have a special programme about the liberal democrat leadership contest — the two candidates —

jo swinson and ed davey — will go head to head at 7 o'clock this evening. if you have any questions for the candidates you can tweet us using the hashtag #bbclibdemdebate. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello, chris. well, the rain has been pouring down for many of us through the day to day. we will take a look first at this weather watch picture that has been sent to us in the last few moments from the bristol area. you can see rain coming down quite heavily. itjust shows where it has been at its heaviest over the last few hours. we are not done with the rain yet. there will be further pulses working

m, there will be further pulses working in, and overnight, a tendency for that heavy rain to move further into eastern england. at the same time, it will tend to move away from western counties of northern ireland, but we'll put down push northwards into scotland. while scotla nd northwards into scotland. while scotland will see that wet weather. saturday, worked for many of us, at the start, without breaks of rain from time to time. tending to put eastwards. northern ireland will have a dry but rather cloudy day, and the weather will try to brighten up and the weather will try to brighten up over the afternoon, given... up over the afternoon, that and the weather will try to brighten up over the afternoon, that is your latest weather. this is bbc news. the headlines: a pay rise above inflation for hundreds of thousands of public sector workers. the chancellor philip hammond refuses to rule out trying to bring down a borisjohnson government

if it pushes for a no—deal brexit. the man who raped and murdered a 13—year—old girl to stop her reporting him as an abuser has been jailed for life. 17 people have been injured after vehicles collided with spectators at a meeting of car enthusiasts. at the open, ireland's shane lowry is back in contention at the top of leaderboard. much more coming up in this half hour, including the film review, but right now we'll catch up with the sports news. the only place to start is northern ireland, a critical point in the open ship engine. the cut will be made at the end of today's play, and some big, big names will miss out on the weekend. on the end of the scorecard, ireland's shane lowry has had a brilliant term and so far. adam wilde has been watching on. he

certainly is the mentor catch. much to the light of this huge sell—out crowd here. a usually popular character, great to have an irishman at the top of the leaderboard, even if it wasn't the one they might have perhaps expected. lowry leading the way, nine under par currently. went off like a way, nine under par currently. went off likea train way, nine under par currently. went off like a train this morning. he is five underfor off like a train this morning. he is five under for his off like a train this morning. he is five underfor his run. doing extremely well. he has a one—shot lead overjb holmes, the overnight leader. he is safely back in the clubhouse, out of the rain, a solid three under par round for him today. one of the big stories of the day, though, the englishman lee westwood in its ordinary performance, rolling back the years. —— in ordinary performance. he has never won a

major, perhaps one of the greatest players never to have one a major, so consistent over the years, and he is right at contingent at seven under par. —— right in contention. another englishman, justin rose, doing fairly well as well. he was extremely pleased with what he's done today. a great position to be in. exciting to be in contention. last year, i got into contention the right at the death. it basically took me 68 holes to find myself. the crowds have been great to be in front of. i'm enjoying this golf course. those are the top of the leaderboard the players down the bottom, a much less happy side. rory mcelroy doing far better than he did yesterday. the cut is expected to be around one over par, so he certainly

wa nts around one over par, so he certainly wants make it —— rory. spare a thought for darren clarke. absolutely heartbreaking for him. the man who has done so much to this open championship to northern ireland. he was even after the first round, even on the second to the 18th before he triple bogey on the 18th before he triple bogey on the 18th green, finish on three over par which means he almost certainly will miss the cut. he was absently heartbroken afterwards, look like he was leaving the arching -- 18th —— 18th green in tears. at that, he will know, very much as golf. thank you, adam. england's world cup cricket captain does not know if you will be the role in four years' time. hugh has been a key part of the team's transformation. —— he has

been. i don't thinki am in the team's transformation. —— he has been. i don't think i am in a good state to make a decision at the moment. just that i have a chance to get away from the madness and the craze of the world cup, i have not been able to get into a logical mindset and ask myself a couple of questions about, four years, a big time to commit to. the t20 world cup next or is it even more realistic target. once everything calms down in the next couple of months, i will hopefully come to a decision then. julian has taken the lead in the tour de france with a surprising win in the 13 states for some the stomach —— in the 13th stage.

geraint thomas was the leader. but he... increasing his lead to almost a minute and a half. ink that women are struggling on the second day of their must went ashes test match. they did take two wickets in the morning session, though. some sloppy fielding i england contributed to the century. australia getting 23 41-5 the century. australia getting 23 41—5 before rain stopped play at taunton —— getting the 341 — five. marsh holding rachel haynes. the test match is worth four points. tom daley has the chance to defend his ten metre platform world title tomorrow. he is due to the semifinal along with noah williams at the world champion ships, and that also means they secure two spots in the event at the tokyo olympics. that is

it for now. more for you and sportsday at 6:30pm. thanks very much, jane. you are watching bbc news. a man who... from winchester crown court, duncan kennedy sent this report. always full of smiles. but lucy was abused and murdered by amanda family had trusted. he was stephen nicholson, who made this video about moving on from the life of crime. he began grooming lucy when she was just 12 years old. last july, lucy was still going to meet nicholson, threatening to reveal his abuse of her. he was also to go into

that meeting, intending to stop her. when they met in these woods in southampton, nicholson ended up stabbing lucy 27 times. the judge described it as an execution. nicholson was filmed leaving the scene. later, lucy's body was found. herfather scene. later, lucy's body was found. her father says he scene. later, lucy's body was found. herfather says he remains devastated by the loss. no parent should be laying their child to rest. i should have been... they should have been laying me to rest, not laying her to rest. a day before her death, lucy's teachers allergic social services about her having an old boyfriend. they took no action. her school, which has rated this garden in her memory, say they are struggling to... they feel guilty. i have members of staff you feel

guilty. i feel guilty as well. i was her head teacher. with what i know now, there is more you want to do. southampton city council... now part ofa southampton city council... now part of a serious case review. the judge said nicholson must serve at least 33 years injail. but said nicholson must serve at least 33 years in jail. but lucy's friends and family have been questioning why this warm, confident 13—year—old died. duncan kennedy, bbc news, southampton. it's 100 years this month since the idea of council houses was first raised in britain — the minister of health at the time called them "homes fit for heroes", designed for those who'd fought and survived the great war. but today, there's a shortage. the national housing federation has calculated that for every new social home built in england, there are eight families who need it. our home editor mark easton spoke to two women in just such a situation.

the landlady of the property knocked on my door and was like, "you owe me £6,000 rent." my mouthjust dropped. the local housing authority deemed me intentionally homeless due to rent arrears, and that was it. case closed. two women — londoners, single mums with three kids. homeless. what was your first lesson today? levine sleeps on a sofa in her mum's one—bed councilflat in dagenham. her children share with grandma. i'm lost for words on what it is. five, six, seven, eight, nine. it's our lives, and this is how we live every single day. i think it started off with the fear of being homeless. i think that's where the mental health was starting to go down. unable to find any private rented home she could afford locally,

barking council told ashley and levine they should consider moving out of the borough — to yorkshire. i've never heard of yorkshire. it's too far. i can't do it. i heard of bedford. i hadn't heard of bradford. emmerdale is the image i have. my heart did not want to say yes, but i felt like ijust... i was forced, in a way, to say yes. having reluctantly agreed to move her whole family 200 miles north, matters moved very quickly. "have your things ready in 24 hours, transportation's coming to get you 11am in the morning." 24 hours? 24 hours. and this was at quarter to nine in the morning, whilst i'm walking my kids to school. after i got off the phone, i had to tell my two sons, "you're going to have to say goodbye to your friends today, because today's your last day at school." and they didn't take it too well. so you just had 24 hours to decide to go and move your whole life to yorkshire? yeah. i wiped my face, my tears away,

and, yeah, off we went. the government has said placing homeless families away from their local area should only be a last resort. but in 2018, it was, it seems, a last resort 23,150 times — as english councils shipped their homelessness problem somewhere else. ashley's council — barking and dagenham — say there's just not enough social housing in london to meet demand. so she and her three children made the journey to a town they'd never seen. they arrived at 7pm on a friday night. there wasjust one guy from the housing association. he gave me a food parcel and was about to go on his way, and i started breaking down crying as he was leaving. i was like, "what am i supposed to do? i don't have no money, i don't have no duvets, i don't know where the local shops

are," and ijust cried and i cried and i cried. you have to make more properties, or make them cheaper. it's pretty tormenting, especially when you walk to school and then you see new flats being built. as lovely as these designs are, but then i come back to here. just doesn't make sense. this is my meditation spot. so, every day, i will come here and i will say my prayers. it's now a year since ashley arrived in halifax. she can now afford her rent and is starting to put down roots. if you were offered a house in barking now, would you go back? ooh! that's a sticky one. if it was in the first six months when i moved here, i would have said yes without hesitation. but now, i see the benefits of being here. i'm still half— london,

half—yorkshire, but i'm starting to plant myself more in yorkshire. when she can, ashley does go back to east london. she started support group — mums on a mission — and has met levine. together, they want to fight back against a precarious housing market that leaves too many families without a home they can afford. mark easton, bbc news. tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of man landing on the moon. it's estimated 650 million people around the world watched the moon landings live on tv and heard neil armstrong utter the words "that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." it was a moment that those who witnessed it will never forget. our reporterjane mccubbin has been hearing people's memories of humankind's greatest endeavour.

marjorie and ken's love affair with the moon is also their love affair, because as apollo 11 hurtled through space, they were also getting married. everything was revolving around us. it just so happened that the americans were doing something... they were revolving around the moon! at our wedding reception, my father had quite a clever little quip at the end. "tomorrow, we may or may not have a man on the moon, but we most certainly will have a man on his honeymoon." cynthia was 24, and went to trafalgar square to join thousands watching the historic moment on a giant screen. and the whole place was just buzzing with people talking, and the atmosphere was terrific. it was a nervous feeling, because once they came out, i didn't know what to expect, and they didn't know what to expect. and i thought, what if they sink in the ground? you know, what if something unexpected happens, or if something

comes and knocks them over? what if it goes wrong? but it didn't. it all went perfectly. that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. back in a hotel lounge on the mull of kintyre, ken and marjorie watched on a tiny black—and—white tv. a big cheer went up, when we actually got the pictures through. it was absolutely mind—blowing to watch neil armstrong and buzz aldrin cavorting about on the moon. it was something that i thought, oh, i would have liked to have done as well. we had no idea there were a film crew there watching us. while cynthia watched the sky, a film crew was watching her