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jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster.ealth chiefs didn't do more to find out why the take up for routine breast screening in england for 50 to 70—year—old women had fallen to its lowest in a decade. yesterday, the government announced up to 270 lives may have been shortened because of the error. the institute for public policy research said the data should have raised the alarm a lot earlier. will be talking about that in detail, that stories on the trunk pages of all the newspapers further. coming up at 6:00am: breakfast will have more of the day's sports and business news. that is coming up on the activist. —— breakfast. this is the briefing from bbc news. the latest headlines: the company at the heart of the facebook data scandal, cambridge analytica, says it can't stay in business anymore and is to close down. america's new top diplomat is sworn in. mike pompeo pledges to change the course of history on the korean peninsula" now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we

jonathan blake.re is mounting but actually, it is not a simple thing to do, to change the law in northern ireland because of the rather complicated political situation we're in. yes, it is a complicated political picture, as you say, but there is pressure on the government to act here, since the government to act here, since the result of the referendum in the republic of ireland. it has thrown into sharp relief the difference between the rest of the uk, when it comes to the law on abortion, and the law in northern ireland, and now the law in northern ireland, and now the difference between northern ireland and their neighbours to the south. but it is very difficult for the government to act. they could do in the absence of the northern ireland assembly and the executive which, as you say, has not been in place the nearly 18 months now. it is possible for the westminster government to legislate and impose that change in the law on northern ireland but it would be very difficult and a very controversi

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster. no meaningful benefit, a trial has found. could be used betterhood and often lasts for years. by the musicians union. are considering giving up. of newcomers taking unpaid work in the last year. 30. thank you. if you are getting in touch, you are very welcome. touch, you are very welcome. backlog as a result of the computer error. error. your family or close friend, get in touch —— your mum. sport now. liverpool into the champions league final. they certainly are. liverpool all the way at the stadio olimpico. so in the driving seat. they actually took the lead in rome. sadio mane capitilising on a mistake to give liverpool a great start. 6—2 overall. cannoned offjames milner‘s head. for getting a champions league logo off a face. wijnaldum's header made it 2—1, 7—3 on aggregate. the fans from liverpool kop to breathe a sigh of relief. breathe a sigh of relief. —— got to breathes a sigh of relief. edin dzeko making it 7—4 overall. before radja nainggolan added two late strikes. roma winning 11—2 on the night. crucially, liverpool winning 7—6 overa

jonathan blake reporting.hearing the scottish first minister nicola sturgeon has described the start on brexit as "an absurdity." speaking in london, she said she is still opposed to brexit but said that worst outcome would be for the uk to remain in the signal market and a customs union. she is speaking of debate in holyrood when mps are expected to support westminster‘s withdrawal bill. she said she hoped an agreement could be reached but time is running out, as she put it. she repeated that holyrood must not just be consulted about her is coming back after brexit, but that in certain areas the scottish parliament consent must be obtained. we will have more reaction to that, iam sure, we will have more reaction to that, i am sure, if and when we hearfrom borisjohnson, i am sure, if and when we hearfrom boris johnson, and we i am sure, if and when we hearfrom borisjohnson, and we may well do in the next 20 minutes. in other news, the private funeral of toddler alfie evans will take place later this afternoon

in the sniper son, for everyone, a long few hours ahead. jonathan blake, bbc news. —— ahead. jonathanll be no impunity for members of the basque separatist group, eta, even though it has dissolved itself and formally ended its violent campaign. mr rajoy rejected eta's request that its prisoners be moved to jails in the basque country, closer to their families. donald trump has admitted that he reimbursed his lawyer for buying the silence of a porn star over an alleged affair. mrtrump said the payment of $130,000, made before the 2016 election, was designed to stop stormy daniels making false accusations. president trump denies having an affair with her and also denies illegally using money from election campaign funds to pay her off. the disgraced television actor, bill cosby, and the film director roman polanski have been expelled from the us academy of motion picture arts and sciences — the organisation — which runs the oscars. mr cosby was convicted of sexual assault last month. mr polanski has previously admitted to having sex with a 13—year—old. twitter is asking to use its users

liberal democrats made gains but it was a night to forget for ukip. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake of the night. cheering 0ne cheering one side think they are winning, but so one side think they are winning, but so does the other. a long night in the london borough of wandsworth. 0nce the london borough of wandsworth. once a rock—solid tory council that labour thought it could win. they gained seats, but not enough, the conservatives held on. and through the night, across england, those who set and spend your council tax watched and waited for the voters‘ the verdict will stop cheering there was a celebration in swindon, another council labour wanted to win, but again the conservatives kept control. i'm absolutely delighted that we‘ve fended off a significant challenge from the labour party. they‘ve worked very ha rd labour party. they‘ve worked very hard in six of our seats, they‘ve brought in a lot of people, spent a lot of time and money and effort into trying to take fl " labour it in; the loving it in trafford, too. the % loving it in trafford, too. the mug lost control of what

supporters — and that the work is being undertaken "as a priority". 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blaket this is happening, jonathan, is this a sign that the cabinet is so divided on this issue that essentially theresa may has said sit down and see what ideas you can come up with?m may has said sit down and see what ideas you can come up with? it is further proof that the cabinet is struggling to come to a consensus on this big issue of the uk's customs arrangements with the eu after brexit. there are two options on the table and she has split the cabinet down the middle, three ministers on each side to go away and look at these options i come back and present their findings later. 0ne group of ministers is looking at the customs partnership option which the prime minister is thought to favour, thatis prime minister is thought to favour, that is where britain will collect customs tariffs on behalf of the european union on goods entering the uk and set tariffs at a lower rate for good stain in the uk and companies would have though is refunded with a difference refunded and on the other

jonathan blake, bbc news.lysis and a guide to the local elections. or you can download the bbc news app. public health england says more than 8000 women have contacted a helpline set up to with a failure in the programme to screen set up to with a failure in the programme to screen per set up to with a failure in the programme to screen per breast cancer. the mistake dating back nine yea rs m ea ns cancer. the mistake dating back nine years mea ns around cancer. the mistake dating back nine years means around 450,000 women could be affected, 270 may have had their lives shortened. the bbc learned that two any digest trusts raised concerns about it issues as early as march last year and were told the problems a local matter. the home office has announced that afg ha n interpreters the home office has announced that afghan interpreters who worked for the angst horses and have relocated to the uk will be able to apply for settle m e nt to the uk will be able to apply for settlement free of charge. sajid javid say

our political correspondent jonathan blake says the row could damage the party's image.t he made on social media and meeting a hindu nationalist figure in parliament. he has responded to that saying that he did not that meeting and also that the social media post we re and also that the social media post were made in errorand he and also that the social media post were made in error and he will continue working with all communities in his constituency and condemns islamic phobia, but the letter goes on to list half a dozen or so letter goes on to list half a dozen or so of cases of the comment made largely online by conservative party —— party members, aware that counties is more action should be taken, and it describes this as the tip of the iceberg, bleeding clearly there is a wider problem within the party. this problem, as the muslim council of britain sees it, an issue with islamophobia within the party does not seem to be widespread or serious as the accusations facing labour and its handling of anti—semitism within the party, but it does raise a lot of the same is

i spoke to our political correspondent, jonathan blake a little earlier — he gave me his take on theresawning street calls the right solution on how the uk and eu will do business in terms of customs after brexit. you have a mix of remain and leave supporting cabinet ministers on each group. one is looking at the customs partnership option. that is where the uk that is would collect import tariffs on goods coming into the uk on behalf of the eu, and then refund to businesses the tariffs. and the other group would look at the maximum facilitation option where technological solutions would in theory minimise the need for customs checks on goods coming into the uk and then going on into other european countries. there is a matter of the timing hair, because there is a priority for the government to sort this issue out. the partnership model is thought to be the prime minister's favourite, but it is clear no decision has been made on what the government's position will be, going into the next phase of negotiations with brussels, there is a meeting of the brexit subcommittee of the cabinet ne

thank you, jonathan blake, there.ingham, they had more rain in one hour than the average for the whole of may. on a bank holiday weekend in edgbaston, there was little residents or the emergency services could do other than watch and wait, as floodwaters reached up to five foot in depth. some of these houses have been flooded three times in recent years. the police urged people not to travel but stranded cars like this one were perhaps the most effective warning to other drivers. i don't think this is safe. some motorists did make it through. while birmingham bore the brunt of the deluge, flash floods also hit parts of buckinghamshire, berkshire and here in northampton. in many areas, the rainfall varied dramatically from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. the flooding extended as far west as welshpool in mid wales. and the storms also led to dramatic lightning displays. today, the heavy downpours may continue in some parts, though elsewhere, forecasters say it could be barbecue weather. some will enjoy the hottest day o

months of her life calling for more resources to tackle the condition. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blaketminster. this isjust one part of dame tessa'sjowell‘s legacy? that's right, she was somebody who commanded the affection, admiration and respect of not only people in her own party from all sides erect with mr where she was much loved and will be sorely missed, and we saw that reflected in the tributes paid to her yesterday. as you say the government is announcing this morning some measures which they hope will honour part of what she devoted her final weeks and hope will honour part of what she devoted herfinal weeks and months to campaigning and using all of her considerable political ability to call for better research and funding into cancer as they whole that specifically brain cancer which was of course something she was suffering from an something which was incredibly important to her, so there will be £a0 million worth of funding over five years, there will be £a0 million worth of funding overfive years, a key diagnostic test, the so—called gold standard by test will be rolled

our correspondent jonathan blake is in rainham in essex. where that event was held. the three still in parliament, but they will addition mac at this price factory in essex to come together to put forward what they believe is a strong case for maintaining close economic ties with the european union —— but they came together at this rice factory in essex. they talk about maintaining something of customs union with the eu and as david miliband the uk should stay with the safe harbour in terms of the european economic area, with others including switzerland. they were here to put forward that message directly to mps, to say they should vote in any possible opportunity to force the government to keep the united kingdom as close to keep the united kingdom as close to the eu as possible after brexit. i asked david miliband after the news co nfe re nce i asked david miliband after the news conference here a little earlier on why he had chosen to make this intervention now having been absent from british politics for some time. i feel a very strong sense of alarm at the fact

our political correspondent jonathan blake is in westminster what has sparked off this argument?nded saying they did not host any such meeting and that the social media posts were made by mistake and he will work with all communities in his constituency and condemns islamophobia. the letter continues to list half a dozen or so other cases and comments made largely online by conservative party members or candidates, where the muslim council of britain has said that more action should have been taken. it describes those as the tip of the iceberg, believing clearly that there is a wider problem within the party. if this problem, as the muslim council of britain please it to become an issue of islamophobia within the tory party, does not seem to be as widespread or serious as the accusations facing the labour party and its handling of anti—semitism within the party, but it does raise a lot of the same issues in terms of the image the party has and its ability to clamp down on this racist behaviour and appeal to people from ethnic minorities, which we know within many cases it struggl

taking stock of the night so far, here is our political correspondent, jonathan blake.they are winning, but so once i'd think they are winning, but so does the above. along night in the london borough of wandsworth, once rock—solid tory council labour thought they could win, and the conservatives held on. and through the night across england, those who set and spend your council tax watched and waited for the voters verdict. there were celebrations in swindon, and at council labour wa nted swindon, and at council labour wanted to win, but again, the conservatives kept control. plymouth was labour's big win of the night. they took it from the tories at 2:30 a:m.. if you are was later in the morning mist, jeremy corbyn said it was a sign labour was back in that pa rt was a sign labour was back in that part of britain. we got the result that we deserved. congratulations, well done, labour! not a win here, but the tories losing control was enough for labour to celebrate in trafford. the only conservative council in north west england. but in the london borough of barnet, ho

jonathan blake, bbc news, westminster.olice have started a new search for a british toddler 36 years after she disappeared. katrice lee vanished in germany during a trip to the supermarket with her mum. since then, detectives have failed to establish what happened to her and have started digging up a riverbank in the german town of paderborn, close to the british army base where she lived with her family. jenny hill reports. 0n the banks of a german river, a slow, painful search begins. underthe mud, clues, perhaps, to a case which has baffled detectives for decades. katrice lee disappeared during a supermarket trip with her mother. it was her second birthday. the family lived on the nearby british army base. despite the huge search, soldiers, police, volunteers, she was neverfound. in reality, what the family's got is a shadow, or a damocles sword, hanging over the family for five weeks. i am sat here talking to you, and i am hoping that they find nothing, but my belief does not change. i am 100% certain that katrice was