ben ando, bbc news. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel.s at 7:15 — bye for now. let head to peru now and the extraordinary story about generosity and hard work. the generosity came from the hello. you are watching the bbc news channel with me, maxine croxall. let's return now to our main story, that the health secretary, matt hancock is the latest cabinet minister to declare he will stand for the tory leadership. he follows four other current or former cabinet ministers in putting their names forward. theresa may has confirmed she will step down next month, meaning a new prime minister could be in place by the end ofjuly. the international development secretary and conservative leadership candidate, rory stewart, spoke about how he hoped to deliver brexit if he were to become prime minister. there is no magic solution to brexit. and if there were it would already have been done, it's not about changing a line here, there or everywhere. it's about what i, working as a diplomat, working in iraq and afghanistan, learnt day in, day out that ne

here's ben ando. scary, baby, ginger, and sporty, back onstage together after seven years.or this first show of the spice girls new world tour. # so tell me what you want, what you really, really want. # i wanna, i wanna, i wanna, i wanna, i wanna...#. the spice girls burst onto the scene in 1996. their message of girl power struck a chord and, apparently, it still does. # if you want to get with me, better make it fast... this night was unbelievable. it exceeded all my expectations. it was amazing. honestly, it wasjoyous. it was fantastic. out of ten i would give it 20. spice girls! the spice girls are, of course, all now women in their mid—40s. many of their fans have teenage daughters of their own. but the songs and the style are still selling. ben ando, bbc news. now a bank holiday weekend what does the weather have in store for us? nick miller has more. there is a weather system coming in and it is already reining in some parts of the uk. we see the cloud, some of the rain spreading further south and east but some of us are starting the weekend with some sunshine. most

here's ben ando. scary, baby, ginger, and sporty, back onstage together after seven years.rk for this first show of the spice girls new world tour. # so tell me what you want, what you really, really want. # i wanna, i wanna, i wanna, i wanna, i wanna...# the spice girls burst onto the scene in 1996. their message of girl power struck a chord and, apparently, it still does. # if you want to get with me, better make it fast... this night was unbelievable. it exceeded all my expectations. it was amazing. honestly, it wasjoyous. it was fantastic. out of ten i would give it 20. spice girls! the spice girls are, of course, all now women in their mid—a0s. many of their fans have teenage daughters of their own. but the songs and the style are still selling. ben ando, bbc news. suite let's introduce you now to a puppy named shuck who has become the newest recruit at a thatcher‘s firm in norfolk. hejoins his owner richard, on roofing jobs across east anglia, without showing any fear of heights. they've only been together for a few weeks, but have become inseparable. now it's time fo

ben ando, bbc news, central london.gh profile british companies are in crisis. jamie 0liver‘s restaurant chain collapses — the celebrity chef says he's deeply saddened. and british steel is still waiting to hear whether it will get a multi—million pound bail out. and coming up: paving the way for other black footballers — three of west bromwich albion‘s stars from the ‘70s are honoured. coming up in the sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news: clive coleman, bbc news. the current system that cares for the most vulnerable people with learning disabilities or autism is not fit for purpose, according to a new report. the care quality commission says at least 62 adults and children in mental health hospitals in england are being segregated from others for long periods of time. one man spent nine and a half years in isolation. alison holt reports. it's stories like bethany‘s that led to today's damning report from the care regulator. the teenager, who has autism and learning disabilities, was living in a bare room in a ment

ben ando, bbc news, central london.r, philip hammond, will today warn conservative leadership hopefuls against a no—deal brexit. theresa may will address the cabinet later on what she's described as a ‘bold offer‘ regarding her brexit plan. this all comes just two days before the eu elections. 0ur political correspondent iain watson is in westminster has she got some convincing to do, do you think? i think she has. the problem she has at the moment is that her deal has been rejected three times by mps. now she has got to convince not just three times by mps. now she has got to convince notjust the whole of parliament tobacco deal, she has got to convince a cabinet as well. she is meeting with cabinet this morning. there will be some people in there, long—standing live campaigners, who will not be too keen on some of the compromises theresa may feels he has to make to try to reach out, specifically, to labour mps to try to get them on board to get enough numbers to get a brexit deal through parliament when mps brexit dea

ben ando, bbc news.or no man or woman, no sooner had mrs may said she was off than a number of tory mps and ministers declared they were interested in becoming the next tenant of number ten. we'll speaking to one of those hoping to take the top job injust a moment, but first here's what people from across the country make of the prime minister's departure. she has been in a very difficult situation for a long period of time with the split country and herjob as being undoable. i'm happy. it's probably a good idea. i'm not particularly surprised. in today's climate quite a lot of people want to write. it has been going on for quite a bit so i think it is time for her to quite a bit so i think it is time for herto go, quite a bit so i think it is time for her to go, but the big question is, he will succeed her? boris johnson comes to mind. is, he will succeed her? boris johnson comes to mindlj is, he will succeed her? boris johnson comes to mind. i voted for remain, buti johnson comes to mind. i voted for r

ben ando, bbc news.r maidenhead since 1997 and according to reports she will not resign her seat when she departs downing street. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to her constituency to get the view of people there following her decision to quit as prime minister. as his local counsellor and then his mp, shari has known theresa may for 30 years. he saw this coming. it was expected. i think she was actually pushed to go and it was inevitable. as a pm she made a lot of mistakes. and, unfortunately, she was not a brexiteer, while trying to achieve a brexit. and it was doomed. theresa may's been mp for maidenhead since 1997. westminster‘s 30 miles along the thames, where as prime minister a goose may be cooked, but here there's a steady stream of goodwill. she came in when she had a really tough job to do and i think everyone should have knuckled together and sorted out a solution to the country rather than fighting against each other trying to get her out. she had a hard job, really. i don't think she was e

here's ben ando.sporty, back onstage together after seven yea rs. back onstage together after seven years. no past, but that seem no problem to the 80,000 fans who'd come to dublin's croke park for this first show of the spice girls new world to. #so world to. # so tell me what you want, what you really, really want... the spice girls burst onto the scene in 1986. the message of girl power struck a chord and, apparently, it still does -- 1996. "1996. #if "1996. # if you want to get with me, better make it fast... it is unbelievable. john my expectations. it was amazing. —— beyond. john my expectations. it was amazing. -- beyond. it was fantastic. out of ten i would give it 20. spice girls! the spice girls are, of course, now women in their mid— 40s. many of their fans at teenage daughters of their own. but the songs in the style are still selling. ben ando, bbc news. it was quite disconcerting when we arrived in the office this morning at 4am to hear people singing spice girls songs. that is a great w

ben ando, bbc news. that was a great night for them.t that much of it around for theresa may yesterday. she will remain as caretaker prime minister until the new leader of the conservatives is announced before the summer recess. in a moment, we'll speak to a once loyal backbench supporter of mrs may but first, let's remind ourselves of her tearful exit speech. i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold. the second female prime minister, but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. let's talk about mrs may exit in more detail now with the conservative backbencher, david morris who joins us now. we were just saying that you knew it was coming but maybe we did not expect it today. when you it was coming. in the 22 committee it was confusing about what this statement was going to be. my personal thought was going to be. my personal thought was that it was going to happen sometime next week... what day i

ben ando reports.y lines crimes. gangs sending drugs outside the usual territory in large cities to sell them elsewhere. from the images he looks to be about 14, 15 years old. increasingly, children are being coerced into selling drugs in deals lined up with cellphones. it is fast and tough to police. the gangs tend to have rival disputes in areas, so people will see an increase in serious violence, an increase in drugs use and associated criminal activity with drugs use. it is notjust the victims of county lines this effects, but communities. the raids targeting county lines were not limited to sussex and surrey. in norfolk and suffolk drugs, cash, knives were seized. in cheshire, drugs, cash, and a walking stick with a hidden blade were found. a raid in bedford yielded cash, weapons, and drugs. in total, there were more than 500 arrests. and along with drugs and cash, 46 weapons were seized, including knives, guns, and even a crossbow. this is one of the first big operations, the national crime agenc

ben ando, bbc news, central london.ho‘s bringing the case — claims his human rights were breached when his image was taken while christmas shopping in cardiff. south wales police says it uses the technology in a lawful and proportionate way. our legal correspondent, clive coleman, reports. this is a police demonstration of automatic facial recognition. cameras take a biometric map of the faces of everyone who passes the camera. these are uniquely identifiable to the individual, who is then checked against watch lists. the technology has been used by three police forces, most notably south wales. in 2017, ed bridges had his image captured. i popped out of the office to go and buy a sandwich, do a bit of christmas shopping, and on the main pedestrian shopping street in cardiff was a police van. and by the time i was close enough to see the words "automatic facial recognition technology" on the van, i‘d already had my data captured by it. and that struck me as quite a fundamental invasion of my privacy. considering the pow

ben ando reports.rugs outside their usual territory in large cities to sell them elsewhere. from the images he looks to be about 14, 15 years old. increasingly, children are being coerced into selling drugs in deals lined up with cellphones. it is fast and tough to police. the gangs tend to have rival disputes in areas, so people will see an increase in serious violence, an increase in drugs use and associated criminal activity with drugs use. it is notjust the victims of county lines this effects, but communities. the raids targeting county lines were not limited to sussex and surrey. in norfolk and suffolk, drugs, cash and knives were seized. in cheshire, drugs, cash, and a walking stick with a hidden blade were found. a raid in bedford yielded cash, weapons and drugs. and in abingdon, 0xfordshire, four were arrested in a so—called cuckooed property — that is a home taken over by drugs gangs from an addict or vulnerable person. in total, there were more than 500 arrests, and along with drugs and cash

ben ando, bbc news. suite let's introduce you now to a puppy named shuck who has become the newest recruitt a thatcher‘s firm in norfolk. hejoins his owner richard, on roofing jobs across east anglia, without showing any fear of heights. they've only been together for a few weeks, but have become inseparable. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. it's been a tale of two halves this weekend, with the best of the brighter weather across eastern england, clouding over north and west and west and a series of weather fronts sitting in the atla ntic weather fronts sitting in the atlantic will start to influence the weather over the next couple of days. we are seeing some rain for scotla nd days. we are seeing some rain for scotland and northern ireland, just brushing the north west of england and north wales. we will keep the sunshine, turning hazy only south—east with highs of 23 degrees. overnight tonight, the cloud and rain will intensify over scotland. into sunday, that will move its way into scotland and northern ireland, eventually pushing into northern england. weakeni

somewhere are at any time, i'm not exact this year where he is, right now is our correspondent ben andoindsor where it a bank holiday. it is a bank holiday monday in may and we would expect to be busy and there are to be lots of tears abound, this play is a popular tourist attraction. —— lots of tourists around. now, i'm joined attraction. —— lots of tourists around. now, i'mjoined by suzanne from essex and culbert from new jersey and united states. culbert, what brings you to? this is quite exciting. sing the whole country getting together like this in london in the uk isjust getting together like this in london in the uk is just fabulous. getting together like this in london in the uk isjust fabulous. you just do not have this in america and people getting all like this is one. it is very great. it is a powerful thing. to see the respect for the royal family, like this. and the new ba by‘s royal family, like this. and the new baby's mother royal family, like this. and the new ba by‘s mother is royal family, like this. and the new baby's mother is american as well?” am proud of that. w

ben ando reports.ugs, cash and knives were seized. in cheshire, drugs, cash, and a walking stick with a hidden blade were found. a raid in bedford yielded cash, weapons, and drugs. and in abingdon, 0xfordshire, four were arrested in a so—called cuckooed property — that is a home taken over by drugs gangs from an addict or vulnerable person. in total, there were more than 500 arrests, and along with drugs and cash, 46 weapons were seized, including knives, guns, and even a crossbow. this is one of the first big operations for the national crime agency‘s new county lines co—ordination centre, created last september. it involved cooperation and co—ordination with police forces up and down the country, and what they‘re hoping is that members of the public will learn about the kind of suspicious behaviour associated with county lines crime and tip them off about it. ben ando, bbc news, central london. there‘s a legal challenge today to the way police forces use automated facial recognition surveillance. ed