but that won't deal with the immediate concerns about anjem choudary and some of his followers.re released, they can have strict conditions, like not being allowed to meet associates or go to specified places, and they are supervised using the mapper system first designed for sex offenders. terrorist offenders have a lot more supervision than normal offenders. and that is because we recognise the risk and we seek to reduce it to as low as possible. choudary was effectively taken out of action when he went to prison, but it's not clear how the government will silence him when he is released next month. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the home office. our top story this lunchtime. theresa may prepares to make a live statement about the future of brexit talks, after the eu summit in salzburg. coming up... why is trade with ireland so important to the uk economy, and what would be the consequences of border checks on goods? our reality check team examine the issues. and coming up in sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... a blow for scotland — full—back stuart hogg is going to mis

are your thoughts on the release not just of what are your thoughts on the release notjust of anjem choudaryoldiers are operating today. daniel said it has gone quite quiet since he went inside. they are not doing the demonstrations that they used to but their soldiers are out there, online and off—line, going into local communities and disrepute into nonsense like this but also encouraging and recruiting young men and women as we speak. the damages that he has done, it is about repairing that that he has done, it is about re pairing that now. that he has done, it is about repairing that now. whether he comes out .com he is a hero to his people. we heard from daniel that 66 of 269 incidents linked to al—muhajiroun, how much has taking anjem choudary out of the picture while he has been in jail out of the picture while he has been injail had an impact on trying to diminish its power? i'm not sure what the answer is i'm afraid. i'm sure it's a good thing to have him detained and i shared the assessment of the damage he has done thus far and the risk of his release after such a short time. it s

but that won't deal with the immediate concerns about anjem choudary and some of his followers.t conditions, like not being allowed to meet associates or go to specified places, and they are supervised using the mapper system first designed for sex offenders. terrorist offenders have a lot more supervision than normal offenders. and that is because we recognise the risk and we seek to reduce it to as low as possible. choudary was effectively taken out of action when he went to prison, but it's not clear how the government will silence him when he is released next month. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the home office. two major drugs companies have lost a legal case to prevent nhs doctors from prescribing a cancer drug to treat a debilitating eye condition. the drug avastin is cheaper than two existing treatments for wet age—related macular degeneration and the decision could save the nhs as much as 500 million pounds a year. julie wood is chief executive of nhs clinical commissioners. what is your reaction to this decision? thank you, good afternoon. we are delighted by today's r

security concerns have been raised about the imminent release from prison of the radical preacher anjem choudaryst group. choudary was jailed for five and a half years in 2016 for his support of the so—called islamic state. a former member of al—muhajiroun has told the bbc choudary‘s release comes at the same time as the threat of far right extremism is growing which could create a potentially "disastrous cocktail." the metropolitan police has admitted for the first time that an undercover officer had a sexual relationship with an environmental activist with the knowledge of his bosses. 0fficer mark kennedy posed as mark stone and had a two year relationship with kate wilson. legal documents seen by the bbc show that his bosses knew about the relationship and allowed it to continue. scotland yard said it would be inappropriate to comment because of ongoing legal action. a third of drivers say they have become more dependent on their cars over the last year because of failing public transport. that's according to a survey by the rac. they found that attitudes to public transport and changing life

anjem choudary leaves prison next month, around a dozen of his supporters are also now free.group could be reactivated at a time of rising tension. the environment that we see now is quite troubling, with the release of these al—muhajiroun members and put that in a mix with the growing threat and the growing noise from the far right about anti—muslim bigotry and that is a really disastrous cocktail. young muslim minds can be easily manipulated and be used for the agenda of these extremist organisations. but released prisoners like anjem choudary will face heavy restrictions on their activities. terrorist offenders have activities. terrorist offenders have a lot more supervision than normal offenders and that is because we recognise the risk and we seek to reduce it to as low as possible. recognise the risk and we seek to reduce it to as low as possiblem is hoped this will be enough to stifle the extremist group once accused of being a recruiting sergeant for al-qaeda and islamic state. italy's competition watchdog, antitrust, has opened an inquiry into ryanair‘s decision to c