condemns as ‘appalling' the abuse of vulnerable patients, uncovered by the bbc, at a hospital in county durhamd tributes tojudith kerr, the author who created one of the best—loved children's books of all time. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers jack blanchard, editor of politico's london playbook and the evening standard columnist ayesha hazarika. stay with us for that. good evening. theresa may is under pressure to announce a specific date for her departure. the prime minister is preparing to meet the leader of backbench conservative mps tomorrow, amid calls for a precise timetable for her resignation. their anger has deepened in recent days, following mrs may's proposed changes to the brexit withdrawal bill. polls have now closed across the uk in the european elections, a contest which was never meant to take place. the results will come on sunday night. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg reports from westminster. so long, theresa may has tried and tried to get her party together, she is tried and tried to get a version of brexit through parli

this is whorlton hall in county durham, a privately run hospital looking after about a dozen nhs—fundedes or autism. here, a bbc panorama investigation found some staff bullying, intimidating, and even boasting about hurting the very vulnerable people in their care. during shifts over two months, an undercover reporter witnessed a disturbing culture. one patient, a young woman with autism who lives on this corridor, should only be looked after by women. she's frightened of men, but when she gets upset, the female staff are deliberately sent away. the female carers are told to go for five minutes, leaving the men taunting the young woman. her screams can still be heard at the end of the corridor. it was total intimidation. that is what it was, intimidation to make her stop because they are two big grown men, just causing her to act out even more. it was massively distressing for the patient, massively distressing. this patient is a regular target for staff. professors glynis murphy and andrew mcdonald are leading experts on learning disabilities, autism and challenging behaviour. it is l

condemns as ‘appalling,’ the abuse of vulnerable patients, uncovered by the bbc at a hospital in county durhampporters 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

whorlton hall hospital in county durham, which looked after nearly a dozen people with learning disabilitiess empty. all of its patients moved to new places, after the panorama undercover investigation exposed a culture of bullying, taunting and intimidation. alex, who has profound autism, was a regular target for some staff. she should only be looked after by women, because men frighten her. but when she was upset, the men took over. alex screams. they called it "pushing the man button". shocked by what was happening to their daughter, alex's parents, tony and sarah, say others need to be warned. i'm devastated for anyone it's happening to, because a pound to a penny, it's happening to some other people. and it shouldn't be. you must show all those clips. you must show people. you must, you must show people. this comes eight years after panorama exposed abuse at the now closed winterbourne view, another hospital for people with learning disabilities and autism. then, the government promised all such institutions would close. it hasn't happened. today, the health secretary described the abus

she has spent ten months here at a private hospital in county durham, which looks after about a dozenunded patients with learning disabilities oi’ patients with learning disabilities or autism. she is one of the patient‘s panorama's undercover reporter saw being bullied and taunted. alex is scared of men and should only be looked after by women. but when she gets upset male ca re women. but when she gets upset male care staff take over. a joke that they are pushing the man bottom. —— button. it shocked alex's parents, tony and sarah. i feel so upset that alex has had to put up with that. we don't know anything about any of this. because she won't tell us. they are meant to be working to get alex better, to work out of that environment, and they are making it worse. so stephen budd carried out a 2015 review into the care of people with learning disabilities and autism. it makes me quite angry that iam now autism. it makes me quite angry that i am now told, well, you cannot close institutions because there are not community facilities. at heart it is actually an excuse and it will be tr

whorlton hall hospital in county durham, which looks after nearly a dozen people with learning disabilities stands empty. all of its patients, moved to new places after the panorama undercover investigation exposed a culture of bullying, taunting and intimidation. alex, who has profound autism, was a regular target for some staff. she should only be looked after by women, because men frighten her. but when she was upset, the men took over. alex screams. they called it pushing the man button. shocked by what was happening to their daughter, alex's parents, tony and sarah, say that others need to be warned. i'm devastating for anyone to happen to. pound to a penny, it's happening to some other people. it shouldn't be. you must show all those clips. you must show people. you must, you must show people. this comes eight years after panorama exposed abuse at the now closed winterbourne view, another hospital for people with learning disabilities and autism. then, the government promised all such institutions would close. it hasn't happened. today, the health secretary described the abuse seen in

she spent ten months here at whorlton hall in county durham, a private hospital looking after about apatients 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. screaming. but when she gets upset two male care staff soon arrive. if she carries on screening, what we do is me and matthew will sit here and you two can go. the female carers are told to go away for five minutes. screaming. 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 be shown. we're 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're meant to be working to get alex better to move out of that environment, and they're making it worse. and alex is a regular target. the staff joke they're pushing "the man button". professors glynis murphy and andrew mcdonnell are leading experts on learning disabilities, autism and cha

condemns as "appalling" the abuse of vulnerable patients uncovered by the bbc at a hospital in county durhamther word to describe it. i absolutely condemn any abuse of this kind, completely and utterly. indian prime minister narendra modi secures another five—year term — after winning a landslide general election victory. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — olly foster. it's a bit of a world cup feel to the spot

condemns as "appalling" the abuse of vulnerable patients uncovered by the bbc at a hospital in county durham. and judith kerr, the author who delighted millions of children with her bestseller the tiger who came to tea, has died. she was 95. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. the government has decided not to publish theresa may's revised brexit withdrawal bill tomorrow as planned, but instead in earlyjune. the delay comes as pressure on the prime minister to resign grows following changes to her plans for leaving the european union, which have angered many in her own party. the commons leader andrea leadsom stepped down yesterday over the new proposals. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. emergency? it may well be. an investigation on whitehall, while behind downing street's gates, the prime minister is hanging on. a senior mpjoking the bunker is locked from the inside. calls for her to quit, growing... morning. ..after one of her colleagues jumped first. i have no doubts that i made the right decision, and, of course, it's for the prime minister to decide what's right for he

finds vulnerable patients being mocked and taunted by abusive staff at a specialist hospital in county durham's the last day of campaigning before the european parliamentary elections, and we'll be gauging the mood of voters. and another win for lyon's ada hegerberg, voted the bbc‘s women's footballer of the year, but why won't she be playing in the world cup? it's 5pm, good afternoon. our top story is that the prime minister is under growing pressure following a furious backlash over her revised brexit plans. several cabinet ministers have told the bbc that theresa may cannot stay on in number 10, with one saying, "it's the end of the line." but downing street insists she must continue and present her proposals to the commons. mrs may also faces a fresh bid by backbenchers, with a meeting under way of the influential 1922 committee, to change conservative party rules to allow a leadership challenge. let's get the very latest from our political correspondent nick eardley. it is not proving an easy day in here. across westminster, a belief the pm's brexit offer is destined for the scrapheap an

condemns as ‘appalling' the abuse of vulnerable patients, uncovered by the bbc, at a hospital in county durham

this is whorlton hall in county durham, a privately run hospital looking after about a dozen nhs—fundedsome staff bullying, intimidating or even boasting about hurting the very vulnerable people in their care. during shifts over two months, an undercover reporter witnessed a disturbing culture. one patient, a young woman with autism who lives on this corridor, should only be looked after by women. she is frightened of men, but when she gets upset, the female staff are deliberately sent away. the female carers are told to go for five minutes, leaving the men taunting the young woman. her screams can still be heard at the end of the corridor. it was total intimidation. that is what it was, intimidation to make her stop because they are two big grown man, just causing her to act out even more. it was massively distressing for the patient, massively distressing. this patient is a regular target for staff. professors glynis murphy and andrew mcdonald are leading experts on learning disabilities, autism and challenging behaviour. it is like torture. i think it is like psychological torture be

she spent ten months here at whorlton hall hospital in county durham, a private hospital looking afterter 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 be 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 taunt

filming by the bbc‘s panorama programme which showed staff ill—treating patients at whorlton hall in county durhamt. a liberal democrat former health minister described what the investigation had uncovered. people with learning disabilities and autism mocked, intimidated, taunted, and provoked. care workers admitting to deliberately hurting patients. behaviour appropriately described as "psychological torture". individuals responsible must be held to account, but so must the provider that allowed this dreadful culture to persist. he said it was time for fundamental change. the system continues to sanction a model of care that is outdated and wrong. if people are contained at institutions a long way away from home, awful things will happen behind closed doors. will the secretary of state now take personal responsibility to close down institutions providing the wrong model of care? why does the cqc continue to register new institutions offering inappropriate institutional care? do they need new powers? and what lessons must be learned from the fact that the cqc rated this place as "good"? is this an

ten members of staff at a specialist hospital in county durham have been arrested following a bbc panoramad mistreatment of vulnerable people. police say they're investigating claims that patients with learning disabilities and autism were physically and psychologically abused at whorlton hall, a privately run unit, funded by the nhs. an anti—terrorist investigation has been launched in the french city of lyon, after a device exploded in a busy shopping street, injuring eight people. witnesses say the bomb contained nails. police are searching for a suspect in his thirties. president trump says the us is sending 1,500 more troops to the middle east in what he called a protective measure. they'lljoin an american aircraft carrier group already patrolling the arabian sea. it comes at a time of growing tension between america and iran. the number of homeless individuals and families in england living in bed and breakfast accommodation increased by more than 20% last year. official figures published today showed that almost 7,000 households were being accommodated in this way, a third of which

whorlton hall hospital in county durham now stands empty following the allegations in the panorama programmeh learning disabilities or autism. the current owners, who took over injanuary, have moved all patients elsewhere. the undercover reporter found a disturbing culture in this privately—run, nhs—funded hospital. when i looked at the notification, it raised a number of concerns... in 2015, barry stanley wilkinson raised an inspection of the hospitalfor the regulator, the care quality commission. he says it raised concerns about the culture then. in nearly a decade of working for the coc, he wrote scores of inspection reports. he says this was the only one which was not published. what was evident was a very poor culture, and that was firmly written within that august 2015 report, and i strongly believe that anybody that can understand organisational culture reading that report would agree that there was definitely warning bells there. what was your reaction when you saw the programme? i was extremely upset. because... this should have been listened to back in 2015. in a statement, the coc

ten members of staff at a specialist hospital in county durham have been arrested, following a bbc panorama people. police say they're investigating claims that patients with learning disabilities and autism were physically and psychologically abused at whorlton hall, a privately run unit, funded by the nhs. now, a look at the weather. over to chris faulkes. we have had quite dramatic skies overhead in north—west england in recent hours. most of us have seen sunshine, but it did turn cloudy through the afternoon. talking about cloud, in the mid—atlantic, we have some weather fronts developing at the moment. this lump of cloud goes on to be an area of low pressure that will ultimately push these fronts into the uk this holiday weekend, with the cold front bringing cooler air across the country during the second half of that we can. there are showers around at the moment, but for many areas, a dry night with some clear spells. for northern ireland, cloud will thicken later in the night, and the temperatures will be 6—12dc. saturday morning starts with damp weather in northern ireland, then ra

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ten members of staff at a specialist hospital in county durham have been arrested following a bbc panoramaalleged mistreatment of vulnerable people. police say they're investigating claims that patients with learning disabilities and autism were physically and psychologically abused at whorlton hall, a privately run unit funded by the nhs. an anti—terrorist investigation has been launched in the french city of lyon after a device exploded in a busy shopping street injuring eight people. eyewitnesses say the bomb contained nails. police are searching for a suspect in his 30s. president trump says the us is sending 1,500 more troops to the middle east in what he called "a protective measure". they'lljoin an american aircraft carrier group already patrolling the arabian sea. it comes at a time of growing tension between america and iran. the number of homeless individuals and families in england living in bed and breakfast accommodation increased by over 20% last year. official figures published today showed that almost 7,000 households were being accommodated in this, a third of which were f

we also have some wet snow falling in parts of the highlands and county durham. showers. you course of the day we are looking at some showers. you can see course of the day we are looking at some showers. you can see where we have got them on our charts, but not all of us will see one. that is the way with showers, but if you catch one it will be heavy and could be thundery as well. a lot of sunshine across the north of scotland stopped 6-8, across the north of scotland stopped 6—8, though. as we head further south, a lot of showers for northern england, northern ireland, coming into north wales, the midlands, into east anglia and m4 corridor, mostly dry. cloud building in the south—western heralding a bit of a change in our weather. a new area of low pressure coming our way with its attendant fronts. if you have been crying out for rain, it is coming, moving ina crying out for rain, it is coming, moving in a north—westerly direction across england, wales and parts of scotland. it will be accompanied by gusty winds. so through wednesday, there it goes. you can se

arrested over the alleged abuse of patients with learning difficulties at a specialist hospital in county durhamd restrained. seven men and three women have been arrested at addresses across the north east. durham police say the individuals will be released under investigation, pending further inquiries. a suspected parcel bomb has exploded in lyon. the area where the explosion occurred has been evacuated. the french president emmanuel macron confirmed the blast had been an attack. local media reports say that the improvised device had been filled with nails and screws. immigration to the uk from the european union has fallen to its lowest level in five years. 201,000 eu nationals moved here in 2018. but the figures from the office for national statistics show that the government remains a long way off its target to reduce overall net migration to fewer than 100,000.

ten members of staff at a specialist hospital in county durham have been arrested, following a bbc panorama with learning disabilities and autism were physically ad psychologically abused at whorlton hall, a privately run unit funded by the nhs. president trump has announced the united states is sending 1500 more troops to the middle east in what he called a protective measure. it comes at a time of growing tension between the us and iran. another aircraft carrier has already been sent to the gulf. president trump says he is responding to an increased threat from iran and its allies. the number of homeless households in england living in bed and breakfast accommodation increased by more than 20% last year. official figures from the ministry of housing, communities and and show that almost 7000 households are being accommodated in b&bs, a third offer were families with children. the chartered institute of housing has called the figures a national disgrace. let‘s get more on our top story now and theresa may stepping down as leader of the conservative party into weeks‘ time but she will remai

exposed shocking evidence of abuse at a specialist mental health hospital called whorlton hall in county durhamcompany cygnet. it comes eight years after a similar scandal also exposed by panorama at another hospital, winterbourne view, which prompted a government promise to close down such units and move patients into the community for care. this hasn't happened. just this week, the children's commissioner for england said too many children are still being admitted to mental health hospitals unnecessarily, while the health care watchdog released a damning report which said patients with mental health problems, autism and learning disabilities are being let down by a "broken" care system. this programme has been given exclusive access to one atu, in northampton, run by st andrews healthcare, which is a specialist mental healthcare charity treating patients with mental health conditions, learning disablities and autism. last month, we revealed that one patient held there for years had tried to take her own life by swallowing a toothbrush. the toothbrush remains inside her. we've also been shown

now three years later two families filed into the durham county courthouse. or a conviction, the other an acquittal. reporter john mccann covered the trial for "the durham herald-sun." >> the tone was definitely, you know, somber. shannon's family here. you got denita's people on the other side. tense is a good word for it. >> reporter: especially tense for denita's mother, sharon, who for the first time made eye contact with the woman accused of murdering her daughter. >> shannon would look at me with this little smirky look on her face. she's very cocky, like she knew she was going to get off. no remorse. she didn't feel she had done anything. >> they had only been engaged for two months. >> reporter: assistant d.a. david saacks, an experienced, savvy prosecutor, would now square off against a younger court-appointed defense attorney named scott holmes. >> it's important, i think, to try to see the world, try to see the world from the eyes of shannon on the days that led up to and the day that this happened. >> the whole trial was basically us saying that sh

the panorama investigation into whorlton hall hospital in county durham included allegations that someimidating patients with learning disabilities or autism. does she not like two men on herobs...? the undercover reporter soon found a disturbing culture. in 2015, barry stanley—wilkinson led an inspection of whorlton hall for the regulator, the care quality commission. he says he raised concerns about the hospital then, but his report wasn't published. what was evident was a very poor culture and that was verily written within that august 2015 report. and i strongly believe that anybody that can understand organisational culture, reading that report, would agree that there was definitely warning bells there. what was your reaction when you saw the panorama? i was extremely upset. because of this should have been listened to. in a statement, the cqc says that the draft report didn't raise any concerns about abusive practice. and after being reviewed by colleagues, it was clear the team had "not collected evidence that was robust enough" to substantiate a rating of requires improvement.

i have indeed, from one of our weather watchers in county durham. mainly across parts of western england, especially north—west england, into wales, southern scotland and edging towards the isle of man, continuing to push its way in towards northern ireland as we go through the rest the morning. then it will rain for a time before things written up and brighten up quite quickly into the afternoon across much of scotland, northern england, away from the east coast. some sunshine for a time in the midlands, but for much of england and wales it will be cloudy for much of the day. some showers at times, north—easterly breeze, and feeling much cooler than it has done. even though the breezes on the south coast, lighter than it has been. the isle of man, the north—west of england brightening up again. for northern ireland and much of scotla nd again. for northern ireland and much of scotland there will be blue skies overhead. through the second half of the day, warmest in western scotland where we will see temperatures peak at around 21 celsius. elsewhere

you can see across county durham to the edge of the north and newcastle as well. central tower will reopen to the public with its new repaired and renovated stonework. this morning, been a cloudy start but a few bright spells around the rest of the country. it is mild, we have some mild, humid air today and also through the course of the weekend. as we head through this weekend, many places will see those temperatures on the rise. a small heatwave across parts of england and wales but scotland and northern ireland are a little bit fresher. we have a weather front moving in from the atlantic and that is bringing the atlantic and that is bringing the cloud, breeze and rain to scotla nd the cloud, breeze and rain to scotland and northern ireland today, but further south, high pressure holds on. this morning we have had patchy rain across northern ireland, persistent rain for the west of scotla nd persistent rain for the west of scotland and that will continue on and off drifting slowly north and east woods. a few showers pushing into the north west of england. elsewh

on this beautiful blue sky in county durham, the scene across many parts of the uk.e of our weather. the air moving around in a clockwise direction is will be cooler. more of a southerly component to the wind. a lot of sunshine, a bit of cloud developing. at times, the sunshine may well be hazy. you can see across scotland, hardly a cloud in sight. we could hit 20 or 21. western parts of northern ireland could hit 20 today and as we move across england and wales, it's dry, breezy around the coastline of east anglia and also breezy across the english channel including the channel islands so as a result, you get exposed to that easterly breeze, it will feel cooler for you but move inland, we could hit 20 or 21 is our top temperatures. as we head on through the evening, a lot of blue sky to enjoy and as we head through the night, we will see a bit of missed forming but it's going to be chilly forming but it's going to be chilly for some, particularly central southern england, into east anglia in the south—east we could see a touch of frost. these are the temperatures at

afternoon, two organizers -- kyla hartsfied and serena sebring -- chained themselves to a gate at the durham countyail to protest cash bail policies. one of their supporters, grace nichols, spoke to local station wncn. >> folks are stuck in jail because they cannot afford to get out, not because they have been convicted of a crime. we would like to bring attention to this ran some and show folks it is unjust. amy: that was north carolina, the national bail out collective has helped post bail for more than 300 individuals across the country. since "black mama's bail out day" launched, there has been a growing national movement to eliminate cash b bail from the crimin justice s system. for more, we go to atlanta, georgia, where we're joined by mary hooks, the co-director of southerners on new ground, which is part of the national bail out collective and the movement for black lives. mary hooks, welcome to democracy now! talk about mother's day and what you are doing. >> so wewe are excited to kickcf our third annual black mother's day bailout to continue to highlight the crisis of what is happening g

ten workers have been arrested over the alleged abuse of vulnerable patients at a hospital in county durham let's get more now on the news that two boys — aged 13 and 14 — have died after what police have described as a "serious incident" in sheffield. six children were taken to hospital early this morning after officers were called to a property in the shiregreen area. four of them — aged between seven months and eleven — are still receiving treatment. a man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder. 0ur correspondent danny savage is in sheffield. bring us up—to—date with what the police are saying and what you have managed to find out. the house involved is just behind managed to find out. the house involved isjust behind me in the shiregreen area on the edge of sheffield. the house where the children were found this morning is a semidetached property over that hedge and that is where police have seened off and forensics officers are carrying out a close examination of the property. they were called at about 7.30 this morning. later, six children who were in the house, were ta

attorney general bill barr hired a so-called pit bull to investigate the investigators -- john durham out of countyas a history of investigating officials -- he is working with the nation's top national security leaders to get to the bottom of this whole russian investigation. now, let's get to mr. durham first. the u.s. attorney will review, mr. durham will review, and i quote, all intelligence collection activities. all intelligence collection activities related to the trump 2016 campaign including how the fbi got away with using opposition research bought and paid for by the dnc and the clinton campaign to secure a warrant to spy on an american citizen who works for the trump campaign. yes, about time, right? we pent two years listening to -- spent two years listening to the media and former intelligence officials tell us that donald trump was an agent of russia, and now we know there was no collusion, he was no agent of russia. so why would the fbi's top lawyer are, james baker, not question the use of the dossier? remember that dossier that they had, that they then turn over to the judge in or

increase in raids is a product of some of the policies that have been enacted within the state to durham, wake county, orange county. i think the uptick you've seen is a direct result of some of the dangerous policies of our county sheriff's have put into place. it forces my officers to go out on the street and conduct more operations in the community. at court houses, residences, during traffic stops. this is a direct correlation between the dangerous policies of the sheriff and the fact that we have to continue executing important law- enforcement missions. i was appalled to hear these arrests justified as the direct result of several counties lawfully ending their engagement in voluntary immigration enforcement agreements. you know that they are voluntary. multiple courts have ruled that these agreements are in fact voluntary to be entered or exited according to the best judgment, discretion of local authorities. that leads to my question. is it department policy to conduct more enforcement operations in localities that have recently ended 287g programs? and, is the department predicated grades as

counties in 2016. and beto o'rourke trying to make amends on "the view" today. so how did he do? we will debate it on "the daily briefing." [applause] >> harris: attorney general william barr has tapped john durhamk into the origins of the russia probe. this as the ig has enlisted the help of the cia. the president was asked about it a short time ago today. >> i didn't know it. but i think it's a great thing that he did it. i saw it last night. and they want to look at how that whole hoax got started. it was the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the people of this country. do you know what? i am so proud of our attorney general that he is looking into it. i think it's great. did i not know about it, no. >> harris: power panel now chris bedford the editor and chief of the daily caller news foundation. i haven't seen new a minute. it's great to have you back on the program. >> great to see you, harris. >> harris: judy miller. chris, i'm going to start with you. knowing the beginning of things that's what the president has asked about. he said he didn't direct this particular event but he is happy about it? >> i think it's a good move, too. a lot has been discussed about what's actually a threat to

condemns as "appalling" the abuse of vulnerable patients uncovered by the bbc at a hospital in county durhamactions revealed by this programme are quite simply appalling, there is no other word to describe it. i absolutely condemn any abuse of this kind, completely and utterly. indian prime minister narendra modi secures another five—year term — after winning a landslide general election victory. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — olly foster. it's a bit of a world cup feel to the spot today, with women's football, men's cricket, and netball filled battle. england have named their squad today. all the details coming up. thanks olly, and chris fawkes has all the weather. it is the all—important bank holiday forecast. we will also be looking at what is happening in portland where they have flooding which will be getting worse. —— appalling. thanks, chris. also coming up: trubutes to a woman whose books brought joy to milions of children — and their parents. judith kerr, author of the tiger who came to tea, has died at the age of 95. hello, everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm simon

she has spent ten months here at the private hospital whorlton hall in county durham, which looks aftertients with learning disabilities or autism. she is one of the patients panorama's undercover reporter saw being bullied and taunted. alex is scared of men and should only be looked after by women. but when she gets upset, male care staff take over. they joke that they're "pushing the man button." it shocked alex's parents, tony and sarah. i feel so upset that alex has had to put up with that. we don't know anything about any of this. because she won't tell us. they are meant to be working to get alex better, to work out of that environment, and they are making it worse. sir stephen bubb carried out a 2015 review into the care of people with learning disabilities and autism. it makes me quite angry that i am now told, well, you can't close institutions because there aren't community facilities. at heart it's actually an excuse and it will be trotted up all the time while these institutions continue to exist, and where people suffer what i regard as the most disgusting treatment. the co