. working in thing, nothing to do with meakes -- chris grayling.is coming before his eyes, we saw it with a £2 million bailout that he had to give the east coast mainline, to take it back into public ownership, it is fracturing before his eyes, and he should take the necessary steps now, to listen to what we are saying, bring it together in a publicly owned company, bring track and train together, so that we don't have this misery. it is going to be infinitely better if it is working for one organisation and this complete mess it is an balding right across the country. —— that is unfolding right across the country. i have asked him to resign on many occasions. it is not only with the crisis on our railings. # railway. we fear bus ridership numbers falling, and nothing done to address it. i have said it on a number of occasions, that's theresa may is likely to weak to sack him. in ordinary circumstances, i think the transport secretary, and will —— under his stewardship was such a com plete under his stewardship was such a complete disaster, simply

the then—justice secretary chris grayling came up with the privatisation plan. inst good advice, he should have listened to the experts. he refused to even recognise his own internal risk assessments. they said there was an 80 or 90% chance of failure. so he bears a lot of responsibility. and so four years and four justice secretaries later, a rethink about the community rehabilitation companies. i think the level of support needs to be better than is the case at the moment and i think, to be honest, it has been a bit of a mixed picture. there have been some places where crcs have been working more effectively than others and i think we need to make sure that we raise the standards across the board. so he's terminating the contract two years early, in 2020. private companies will still be involved in future, but they will be given tougher standards to ensure they get more criminals out of crime. tom symonds, bbc news, 0ldham. ina in a six—year—old boy has died after being shot at a pellet gun in east yorkshire. stanley metcalfe was visiting relatives at the time.

not engaging with them and not meeting them and not seen them stop right thenjustice secretary chris grayling advice, he refused to listen to the experts. he refused to even listen to his own internal risk assessments that said there was an 80%, 90% chance of failure, so he bears a lot of responsibility. and so for years and fourjustice secretary slater, a lot of rethinking about the rehabilitation companies. support needs to be better than it is at the moment and i think, to be honest, it has been a bit mixed. there are some areas where they are working much more effectively than others, and i think that we need to make sure that we raise standards across the board. so he is terminating the contract two yea rs early in he is terminating the contract two years early in 2020. private companies will still be involved in future but they will be given tougher standards to ensure they get more criminals out of crime. millions of people around the world are gazing starwood is the night to catch the longest lunar eclipse. —— gazing at the stars. passing through the shadow of our own planet. in the d

the then—justice secretary chris grayling came up with the privatisation plan. without advice, refused to centred experts, refused to listen to his own internal risk assessments, who said it was 90% of failing, he bears responsibility.” think the level of support needs to big data, that is the case at the moment. it has been a bit of a mix, there are some places where it is working more effectively than others andl working more effectively than others and i think we need to make sure that we raise the standards across the board. so he is terminating the contract is two years early, private companies will still be involved in future but will be given tougher standards to ensure that they get criminals out of crime. tom symonds, bbc news, 0ldham. after surviving the brutal war in syria, a group of child refugees and their classmates will take to the stage in london on sunday. they'll be performing a poem about the conflict, written for the bbc proms. caroline hawley went along to rehearsals. it's a long way from the rubble of war to this. welcome to royal albert h

chris grayling. well it's one of those quirky features of westminster life.its final day of term, mps stage a general debate, allowing them to raise any subject they like, national or local. this last day of term was notable for a couple of maiden speeches. when i was a young child and even a young adult, i never imagined i would become a local counsellor. certainly not an mp. it was quite possibly the furthest thing from my mind. and having grown up with a mum and her endless capacity for compassion and kindness, she gave us children a strong sense of social justice. and i was keenly aware from an early age of the impact of prejudice and discrimination on people around me. i was aware that many black, asian and ethnic people did challenge those who sought to suppress them. there were others who learned how to cope with discrimination rather than to complain. they learned how to suffer rather than to speak out. jared 0'mara defeated sir nick clegg at last year's general election but hadn't before spoken in the commons. i was elected a year ago. but due to the

the then justice secretary chris grayling came up with a privatisation plan.re have been positive sides to the changes that came into effect three years ago we think we can make further improvement. it is important that we have a probation system that helps people rehabilitate. the existing contracts are not working as well as they might do. but he said they were terminating the contract early. in the future the government still wa nts the future the government still wants private companies involved but it is considering setting tougher standards to ensure they get more criminals out of crime. tom symonds, bbc news, 0ldham. the extreme weather causes extreme problems for travellers as the uk's transport network struggles to cope with particular disruption on the railways. and i am live atjodrell bank 0bservatory and i am live atjodrell bank observatory in cheshire as hopefully this breeze blows away the clouds with the longest lunar eclipse of the century happening tonight. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: sebastian vettel is fastest in practice for the hun

chris grayling. my biggest client was a pharmaceutical firm in sweden.d of doing business continues. it is not about controlling free movement. we are clear when we leave the eu, free movement will end. the document which was agreed at cabinet, 120 pages long, so far three pages of it have been published with a broad outline of what is agreed. over the course of this weekend you can expect mps from all parties to pick through the detail to understand what this means and there are conversations ongoing between conservative backbenchers and other parties before they come up with their reaction. theresa may addresses mps on monday and i think we will see the real response to this proposal then, and that is before she has to negotiate it with brussels. it is still a long road for the prime minister, despite the fa ct for the prime minister, despite the fact number 10 will be pleased she has reached this point. we are nowjoined by alan wager, from the independent research group the uk in a changing europe. how does this proposal look compared to what the eu h

chris grayling destroyed a successful probation scheme. it was working very well.blic but for ideological reasons. he wanted to privatise it. what happened has been disastrous. what's changed then? he split it into two parts. we still have a remnant of the public sector running the very dangerous people who have committed crimes and then he divided the other part into 21 areas and gave them to private companies. they have been very lucrative to the private companies. they have been screaming about not making a lot of money on it but they have been making profits. what do they know about people in wales was magid has been a disaster. the national audit office has not good value for money. the justice national audit office has not good value for money. thejustice select committee had that is not working. inspectors have said it's not working. i have pleased that the government has recognised it as a disaster but the solutions are not going to get two grips with the real failures. the government says there is still a role for private companies and post—2020 it wants t

michael gove is about re—education and being supportive of inmates and chris grayling wanted their booksaken away and for them to feel the punishment. if you read through the article, it talks about how a prison governor hansard article, it talks about how a prison governor hansa rd well done article, it talks about how a prison governor hansard well done notes. i have read about reports of sweets to young offenders. the idea of rewarding good behaviour works. you might remember michael howard... michael howard famously when he was home secretary and then in charge of prisons said that prison works and that was the conservative mantra for a long time and it was a brave conservative and a rare one like ken clarke who would challenge that proposition. it has now become a much more nuanced debate in the conservative party, thank heavens, because i think that long period when the tories were afraid to move away and suggest that rehabilitation or trying to get prisoners back into society was part of the agenda was difficult for them. now they have had to recognise it. it is partly about money

the transport secretary chris grayling said it would unlock prosperity. airports will be full by the mid—2030s. heathrow is full today. what is actually happening, madam deputy speaker, is that we are seeing business leave the united kingdom and go to airports like frankfurt, amsterdam, paris, that have made additional capacity provision. this proposal for a third runway at heathrow was first published in 2002. hong kong published theirs in 2011, theirs will be built within five years. if we are to remain internationally competitive, does my right honourable friend not agree that we should get on and build it? i know it is not on the cards, but i would support a fourth and fifth runway, actually, at heathrow, and at gatwick. if you were asking me to come up with the most backward—looking, ill—thought—through, poorly bottomed out, badly articulated, on a wing and a prayer, bad value for money, most polluting airport plan i could find, this would be it. 4,000 homes will go, 8,000 to 10,000 people forcibly removed from their community, the biggest forcible m

she quoted previous comments by the transport secretary, chris grayling. companies, the train operating companies, will have to meet the cost of that. so untrue. it is network rail, mr speaker, will be funding the compensation. last year alone, they paid out a82 million through schedules four and eight. so, does he agree that while the operating companies write the cheques, it is the state that pays? we will review where responsibility lies and the rail industry will be responsible for undertaking appropriate compensation to make sure passengers have the right redress. the rail industry, as honorable members right honourable members will be aware, is partly and public control through network rail and partly run by private operators and each will pay their fair share. rachael maskell. astonishing — network rail paying compensation means that this is coming from taxpayers. the public. so in effect passengers will be funding their own compensation for delays and cancelled trains, for missing exams, but being sacked from theirjobs orfor lost business revenue.

the changes were the brainchild of then justice secretary chris grayling. are now described as ambitious. new contracts will have to be designed. but the government insists they should still be a role for companies in the community trying to steer offenders from committing more crime. tom symonds, bbc news. five people have been killed and several more are being treated in hospital, after a crash between a minibus and a car, near keith in moray. police scotland are appealing for witnesses to the accident, which happened shortly before midnight. james shaw is at the scene. this is the scene of the crash, is sweeping bend just south of the town of keith in moray. it looks very normal. the traffic has started to to flow regularly again few minutes ago. it is as if nothing happened here. but last night it was the scene of the most appalling crash. the wreckage at the sight of this morning suggested that this may have been a head on crash which happened at high speed. recovery teams spent several hours removing the remains of the vehicles, one a minibus, the oth

that is something incidentally that the transport secretary chris grayling has opposed, giving the mayoruter lines because he is concerned about the impact on those wide outside of london. sadiq khan clearly sees an opportunity for tfl to take over. people renting homes in england could be given more security under government proposals to introduce a minimum tenancy term of three years. eight out of ten tenants currently have contracts of six or 12 months. ministers say longer agreements would strengthen communities. the polls have opened in mexico, after an election campaign marred by some of the bloodiest political violence in the country for decades. security has been tightened with more than 130 candidates and political workers killed since september. voters are electing a president as well as members of congress, senators, governors and mayors. 0ur correspondent will grant is in mexico city. earlier he explained why today's election is such a turning point for the country. mexico has been through at least two administrations of the military—led drug war against the cartels in the co

cabinet, people like boris johnson, prominent members of her cabinet, people like borisjohnson, chris graylingment that was reached at chequers on friday. and are speculating that there could now bea are speculating that there could now be a leadership contest. she is due on monday to go to parliament to ta ke on monday to go to parliament to take those proposals reached on friday to other mp5, labour mps in the house of commons. that is something that happens on monday but two schools of thought. other people are saying well, she has survived quite a lot of high—profile exits from her government. 18 over the past few years. this could be another of those. we will see at again, more detail coming through of that resignation with david davis saying that the general direction of policy will leave us, at best, in a week negotiating position and possibly an inescapable one. that comes from reuters news agency reporting on what was said from david davis, the secretary —— brexit secretary in his letter of resignation to theresa may. to give very much for that. to the next hours, iam very much for th

chris grayling has been critical of operators but has said, there is only so much i can do and we willho wants to play the ball, not the man. i have nothing against chris grayling personally, but he has clearly and tangibly failed to tackle this problem. the particular plummet in the current quality of services in our part of the world started in february, and the first time chris grayling came to the house to talk about the issue specifically was in the middle of may. part of his solution was to allow northern to cancel 100% of the services on the lakes line. we ran our own independent service, which has never been done before, and that embarrassed northern and the government that we did so. the fact that he has taken so little action over the last few month, he and the prime minister must take responsibility. the buck stops with the government. they are the one who lets the contract, and if they won't hold northern to account, they must ta ke hold northern to account, they must take responsibility. thank you very much, tim farron. the headlines on bbc news... the supreme court rules

the changes were the brainchild of then justice secretary chris grayling.be designed. but the government insists there should still be a role for companies in the community trying to steer offenders from committing more crime. tom symonds, bbc news, 0ldham. it is 5:15pm, these are tonight's headlines. travel network under pressure in the extreme weather with long delays on the eurotunnel and lightning strikes cause trains to be cancelled on the east coast mainline. prince charles has expressed "deep personal regret" that he was decieved by the disgraced bishop, peter ball, who was later convicted of sex offences us economic growth has hit an annual rate of over 4%, the fastest since 2014. president trump claims it shows his "america first" policies are working. in an sport, just two stages to go, the tour de france but —— the welsh writer extend its —— extends his lead. sebastian vettel was fastest in second practise at the hungarian grand prix, lewis hamilton 17 points ahead in the driver's standing, finishing fifth. queens park rangers have been fined alm

the then—justice secretary chris grayling came up with the privatisation plan.fect three years ago, we think we can make further ones. it is important that we have a probation system that helps people rehabilitate. the existing contracts are not working as well as they might do. but he said they are terminating the contract early. in the future, the government still wants private companies involved, but it's considering setting tougher standards to ensure they get more criminals out of crime. tom symonds, bbc news, 0ldham. donald trump says america is the economic envy of the entire world after new figures show the economy has grown by more than 4%. the fastest rate since 2014. the figures cover the three months tojune and he insists they were sustainable and will be accelerated by his policies but many economists say that the numbers were boosted by temporary factors including exporters racing to beat new trade tariffs imposed by him. i spoke to our correspondent in new york and told us how much was fa ke new york and told us how much was fake news and how much

in the times, the most successful politician, you might be surprised, they give it to chris grayling reshuffled day injanuary. he never put a foot wrong in those 37 seconds. unlike the political sketch writer of the times, who says rather cruelly, unlike the otherjobs he has had. and an award for theresa may, you may have heard of her, she told mps when asked about her brexit plan, we've put forward proposals, we will produce further proposals, and the eu will want to consider our proposals carefully once we work out what they are. is annette sam alla rdyce what they are. is annette sam allardyce who is the most successful england football manager because he only had one match, 100% record. —— isn't sam allardyce. exactly. i can give you an exclusive on philip lee. the wednesday before last, in moscow, he sat next to me for an england semifinal in a somewhat elderly replica shirt. he was passionate. he was great company. he was very upset at the end of the game, asi was very upset at the end of the game, as i was. it would be nice to see more football shirt in the house of commons. i

the then justice secretary chris grayling came up with the privatisation plan.f positive changes that came into effect three years ago, we think we can make further ones. it is important that we have a probation system that helps people rehabilitate. the existing contracts are not working as well as they might do. but he said they are terminating the contract early. in the future, the government still wa nts the future, the government still wants private companies involved, but it's considering setting tougher standards to ensure they get more criminals out of crime. tom simons, bbc news, 0ldham. mike mcclelland is a director at the probation institute, hejoins us from devizes in wichester. and you support some of the companies that were given those contracts for probation officers and probation staff who are involved with that, but you are completely independent gazelle of we are indeed an independent body, we've been working with the community rehabilitation companies over the past three years since the contracts we re past three years since the contracts were

the changes were the brainchild of then justice secretary chris grayling. in the community trying to steer offenders from committing more crime. tom symonds, bbc news, 0ldham. north korea has returned what is believed to be the remains of about 50 american soldiers who died during the korean war. the repatriation of those killed in action was a promise made by kim jong—un to president trump during their meeting in singapore earlier this year. the move comes on the 65th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the korean war. laura bicker reports. after nearly 70 years, the fallen soldiers are welcomed home with an honour guard. one by one the small caskets, wrapped in the united nations flag, were carried back onto american soil, a us airbase in south korea. this is just the start of their final journey. next week they will be taken to hawaii to be examined, to check they are the remains of us soldiers. this appears to fulfil a key pledge made by kim jong—un to president trump during the singapore summit. and it comes in the same week as north

this time last year, chris grayling cancelled the upgrade of the track capacity in central manchesterd sat there without the power for doing anything. the government would not give them the power. so we sit there with a limited ability to do anything, as we see services going downhill. it is very frustrating. you have have the northern powerhouse partnership on saying that we need devolved control over the railways, and i would absolutely echo that. you say you have given up on the commute, you have given up on the commute, you have given up on the commute, you have learned to drive, how does that compare? at the moment, it is 0k. driving is cheaper, you get on time. but when the football and schools are back in, the traffic will get worse. i'm not the only one changing from rail. it's frustrating for me to hear that, because a lot of people have done what you have done, and the roads are increasingly congested, and people cannot get around. my point is that this had been going on for a long time. it was the south of england, i have to say, i think ministers would have been sorting th

it has not produced the results that chris grayling said it would and all conventional evidence and independent angry indeed. so when you hear david gauke, the justice secretary, saying, his words, insisting there is a role for the private sector in the probation service, and saying reoffending rates have fallen, what do you make of that? well, two percentage points a p pa re ntly of that? well, two percentage points apparently in the last four years hardly constitutes a raging success. we did a lot better in the publicly owned service many years ago when we we re owned service many years ago when we were in charge of the whole system. so there is no empirical evidence that privatisation has worked. in fa ct that privatisation has worked. in fact the evidence to the contrary is out there. without the unions saying it, so has thejustice select committee, her majesty's inspectorate of probation. people need to listen in higher circles of government. we are getting more of the same flawed ideology. when you say your members will be furious about what happened and what is going to happen next, wher

know that by looking at the cabinet, david davis, borisjohnson have walked away, liam fox and chris graylingagain. then there would be a real problem. that statement from leo varadkar, significant, the irish view is crucial in all of this, it has been made clear. there has been uneasy, from the uk government, saying that ireland and dublin should look at the eu, you need to help us. only so far that the uk can go. interesting there are, borisjohnson, chat around here about borisjohnson, is there a leadership bid in the offing, most people think that is not there now and that is certainly not there now and that is certainly not there now and that is certainly not the desire among the parliamentary party to force a leadership contest but others say, one cabinet minister said, boris is somewhere behind us but not ruling out further down the track if we get to the point where they are in a desperate state then they may call on him. eyebrows raised when michael gove had disappeared. it was that he could not go to whichever event it was, he was the face, did the morning programmes on sunday, sayin