the kings cross central deponent is home to both kings cross and saint pancras international stations as pointy of restaurants, shops, and cafes. the company behind the development has declined to say how long the facial recognition cameras have been in operation, what the legal basis is for the use or in fa ct the legal basis is for the use or in fact what systems it has in place for the data it protects. cliff ha rasses for the data it protects. cliff harasses the legal and policy... policy officer. he dressed her now. inevitable development, and our world or a concern? how should we be looking at this? i think it is concerning but not surprising concerning but not surprising concerning how we see police forces using this authoritarian technology for almost three years now. the fact there has been no political decision—making on this, politicians and mps have passed over dealing with this for that entire period. we have been calling on them to take serious action. we also call on the ico to take action on this over a year ago when we investigated the police's use of this technology.

greg mckenzie at king's cross station, thank you very much.a webcam by tim mcmanan—smith, editor of energyst, a market leading energy magazine. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. first off, what concerns you most about this event, the fact that eu stations draped all the management of the resulting outage? that two stations tripped. the latter, because this does happen, and it is only two, there are many, many power stations and, you know, if they had lost 5% of capacity, this should be manageable. it is not like half the capacity went and it is total disaster. it should be the sort of thing you are able to cope with, i think. so let's sort of thing you are able to cope with, ithink. so let's go sort of thing you are able to cope with, i think. so let's go back to the tripping part of yesterday, was there too much demand or too much capacity, do we know? there was too much capacity, i think, no, capacity, do we know? there was too much capacity, ithink, no, the capacity dropped, because it obviously tripped, but that was probably just obviou

especially here at king's cross. scenes of anger, really, frustration, just outside the station. there were hundreds if not thousands of people just wanting a nswe rs. thousands of people just wanting answers. the police even had to be called he had to control the crowds because many people were simply stranded out here. this morning some trains cancelled, as of now there is one train that is delayed, albeit up to bradford by about 15 minutes. so what we are starting to see now is a normal service resuming out of king's cross was up however, passengers have complained they have been waiting up to two or three hours to get to the capital. a couple to have just got in from lincolnshire. since last night at 5:30pm we were trying to get a train from lanesboro to get to london here at king's cross and we waited for hours. we kept getting at the last minute cancellations. until last night at 7:30pm no one could really tell us which train was going to be on time, how long the power outage was going to be. it was a little sc

greg mckenzie at king's cross station, thank you very much.to tim mcmanan—smith, editor of energyst, a market leading energy magazine, via webcam. i asked him what worried him most about yesterday's power failures. it is only two, there are many, many power stations and, you know, if they had lost 5% of capacity, this should be manageable. it is not like half the capacity went and it is total disaster. it should be the sort of thing you are able to cope with, i think. so let's go back to the tripping part of yesterday, was there too much demand or too much capacity, do we know? there was too much capacity, i think... no, the capacity dropped, because it obviously tripped, but that was probably just a technical issue, you cannot say there is too much wind, because rwe was a gas—fired power station. there was an enormous amount of wind in the system, which means you get a lot less thermal power, so gas and coal, because they have sat back because it is being taken care of by the wind, which means obviously they will not be sitting idling that th

michael at kings cross, thank you very much indeed.atement from national grid. a spokesman have said, we experienced issues with two power grids. the issue is not resolved and the system has returned to normal. anyone continuing to experience a local issue should contact their local distribution network operator for assistance. as far as we network operator for assistance. as faras we are network operator for assistance. as far as we are hearing, from the national grid, the problem, the issue, has now been resolved. it might take some time for the system to catch up, and we will of course be watching this and we will have more on this from 7pm. in the meantime, it is sportsday. hello there. i'm holly hamilton. we're live from anfield for the start of the new premier league season. welcome to sportsday. coming up on the programme: will manchester city's dominance continue? after last year's domestic treble, who — if anyone — can stop them? new season, new rules, including var — love it or hate it. the video assistant referee will be int

ben ando at king's cross and alex dunlop at ipswich hospital.w and many questions tonight about how on earth this could have happened. that is right, national grid's statement indicated that actually, cutting off power as it did limited the impact and the possible damage caused by the problems with those two generators, thus allowing power to be switched back on promptly. but there will inevitably be questions about how something on this scale, how disruption on this scale, could be caused. there will be questions for the national grid as to their resilience and how this could happen, and this evening, the energy regulator ofgem said it has asked foran regulator ofgem said it has asked for an urgent, detailed report from national grid so it can understand what went wrong and decide what further steps need to be taken. that could include enforcement action. thank you forjoining us. for the first time in six and half years, the uk economy has shrunk, falling in the three months tojune by 0.2%. the contraction in gdp, or the total value of goods an

for example, if you are at king's cross and you go for a run at lunch ora cross and you go for a runnd analysed on facial recognition technology, it could be sold to an employment company and affect your job sold to an employment company and affect yourjob prospects. these are things we need to know and have a discussion about. you raised some really interesting concerns. do you feel there is a positive, useful side to this technology, or do you see it predominately as threatening? no, i wouldn't say it is predominantly threatening but it has the potential to have significant human rights harm. so what we need to have is a discussion to identify those circumstances where it can be used appropriately and whether it can be beneficial to policing or intelligence, say, and a discussion about when we don't think it is acceptable. doctor darren murray, i do apologise, i got your name wrong when i introduced you, thank you for talking to us. the headlines on bbc news: turkey's military pension fun 0yak reaches a provisional agreement to take over british steel. a 52—year—old father is stabb

slight calm, although through those doors into king's cross station the concoui’ses doors into king'sn the concourses starting to get busier. already there is a number of cancellations this morning, a knock—on effect from yesterday, so the 832 edinburgh council, the 836 to leeds cancelled. many passengers have said theyjust want to leeds cancelled. many passengers have said they just want to to leeds cancelled. many passengers have said theyjust want to get to leeds cancelled. many passengers have said they just want to get to their destination. surely these power cuts were yesterday, what is happening today? ultimately this knock—on effect is having a problem with different train services because trains are stacked up and down the track, up and down the country, drivers stranded elsewhere are trying to get back to king's cross to then turn the trains back around. ultimately there will be some delays right through until the afternoon, and many passengers have said that is simply not good enough. the director of operations for the national grid has spoken to the bbc the last a0 minutes

our reporter is at king's cross station for us now.saying don't bother travelling, what does that mean to some of those traveller standing behind you? you may wonder why 70 people are standing behind me and that is because king's cross station is now officially closed. network rail have just tweeted at king's cross station is closed because of overcrowding, and i'm not surprised, when i went in earlier it was crammed with hundreds and hundreds of people, possibly well over 1000 people in there, staring up at those destination boards which all said delayed or cancelled. when you look online now, all trains from king's cross are delayed or cancelled until at least 9pm tonight. lner trains are telling people not to travel tonight. they will be able to use their tickets and services tomorrow, but this is one of london's busiest stations, with commuters, but it is not just them who stations, with commuters, but it is notjust them who are affected, it is the middle of the summer holidays, it is peak tourism here in london, and for many peopl

there is a new fleet of trains from kings cross where i am now.cut. they get stuffy and get hot and have not got windows that passages can open, conditions inside get quite difficult. and also, in certain circumstances, it is impossible, even when power was restored for the driver to restart the training to may have to involve an engineer or a fencer coming got to do that. and that i think it is certainly something about the department for transport who specified the trains and the train operating companies will want to look at. thank you, ben. well meanwhile — travellers have been hit by widespread disruption this afternoon — as rail operators across the country battled hazards caused by wet and windy conditions. these pictures are from the west coast mainline, which was temporarily closed in both directions after five trains became trapped in floodwaters on the tracks between lockerbie and carlisle. the southbound line has now reopened but with trains subject to severely restricted speed limits. brittany ferries says services between portsmouth

the paper also carries a story about facial recognition technology in kings cross' security cameras.pular station where there are loads of people working including the guardian's new headquarters there. it's a space where you can't really opt out of this facial recognition camera. and you can't decide not to go there. there is a huge public space. there is so much public space in london which we don't realise is privately owned. canary wharf is one of them as well. and city hall. even the streets that people walk across every day our own on private land —— are owned on private land, we can't t are owned on private land, we can't opt out of these things and people travelling to king's cross station, you know, it's very difficult to avoid moving into those areas. an that's what it's saying, a violation of privacy. having facial recognition, sometimes compared to cctv, but as a recognition can be used to track people much more closely. and that makes a difference. which is why a think it is being opposed quite a lot. difference. which is why a think it is being opposed quite a lotm diff

iamat i am at king's cross station, one of the worst affected by yesterday's power outage. today some traits are now starting to resume a normal service. —— some trains. michael gove says there'll be a bailout fund for businesses hit by brexit. real pay for millions of lower and middle income earners is lower than it was a decade ago, says the tuc. liverpool make an ideal start to the season as they thrash newly promoted norwich a—i at anfield. and the travel show heads to lebanon to find out how beirut is trying to regain its reputation as the entertainment capital of the middle east. the energy regulator is demanding answers from the national grid after a major blackout which struck large areas of england and wales yesterday evening. around a million people were affected by the power cut, which led to major disruption to rail passengers, caused traffic lights to fail and left thousands of homes without electricity. the national grid said the major power cut was a ‘rare and unusual event‘ caused by the ‘almost simultaneous' loss of power at a gas station and an offshore wi

the king's cross development in london has shops, offices and an art school, and this week the site'sology are scanning visitors. now, big brother watch says it has uncovered other examples of where the controversial technology is being used. the meadowhall shopping centre in sheffield has confirmed that it used it last year in two trials with south yorkshire police — one lasting two days, the other a month. and liverpool's world museum used facial recognition to scan visitors to an exhibition about china's terracotta warriors. the museum says it acted on advice from the police, and may use the technology again, in line with guidance from the information commissioner. big brother watch is calling for a ban on its use in public spaces. essentially, they are all over the place — shopping centres, even museums, conference centres, casinos, and king's cross, as was found last week, so lots of spaces that millions of people go through all the time who are having their photo taken, their identity checked, their data being taken. we don't know what's happening with that data. and this is all

one development at kings cross in london has caused such controversy that it's now being investigatedre's our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones. the king's cross development in london has shops, offices and an a nswer london has shops, offices and an answer school and this week the site's owner confirmed cameras using facial recognition top energy are scanning visitors. now big rather watch says it's uncovered other exa m ples of watch says it's uncovered other examples of where the controversial technology is being used. the meadowhall shopping centre in sheffield has confirmed it used it last year into trials with south yorkshire police, one lasting two days, the other a month. and liverpool's world museum used facial recognition to scan visitors to an exhibition about china's terracotta warriors. the museum said it acted on advice from the police and may use the technology again in line with guidance from the information i information commissioner. big rather watch is calling for a ban on its use in public spaces. the data watchdog has launched an investigation into the u

shopping centres, even museum, conference centres, casinos, and king's cross as was found last week,ntities checked, the data being taken, we don't know what is happening with it, and this is all happening with it, and this is all happening without us knowing about it. the use of facial recognition systems by south wales police is facing a legal challenge by campaigners who say the technology is unreliable. but researchers say it can prove valuable. mainly it can benefit the police it can seriously speed up investigation time and the time it takes for them to identify suspects, so for example people who are suspects, and people who are wanted on warrants that they can't locate otherwise. the information commissioner has now launched an investigation into the use of facial recognition at the king's cross development and says it is deeply concerned about the growing use of the technology. now david bowie was knowing for his cutting—edge musical style. he started his career in london's clubs and one bandstand in beckenham in kent is marking its special connection to the musician. # ther

kings cross station has been shut due to overcrowding.r trains are telling passengers not to travel our reporter michael cowan is at kings cross station for us now. it looks a little bit, behind you, what is going on? it is, behind me and that's because this station is officially closed. i just tried and that's because this station is officially closed. ijust tried to go in officially closed. ijust tried to goina officially closed. ijust tried to go in a few minutes ago actually in staff told me that they are only letting people out of the station so thatis letting people out of the station so that is the service that i managed to come in. and they don't expect any service is to go tonight. that is not an official statement that was a member of staff. they have all been cancelled, they have told passengers that they can use that ticket tomorrow. that power outage we are told in this area and it lasted 12 minutes. just 12 minutes of power outage has caused hours and hours of disruption here tonight. passengers here don't know where to go.

there is a new fleet of trains from king's cross where i am now.er is cut. they get stuffy and get hot and have not got windows that passengers can open, conditions inside get quite difficult. and also, in certain circumstances, it is impossible, even when power was restored for the driver to restart the train, it has to involve an engineer or a fitter coming got to do that. and that i think it is certainly something about the department for transport who specified the trains and the train operating companies will want to look at. thank you, ben. nigel harris, managing editor of rail magazine, told me our national power systems should not be so fragile. network rail has got standby generators in all of its big signal boxes and control centres so the signalling system stays alive. as soon signalling system stays alive. as soon as signalling system stays alive. as soon as a mains power goes off the generators kick ins of the signalling system stays clear. if we have a 100% diesel railway, and the railway will just continue have a 100% diesel railway,

certainly services in london and out of king's cross are severely disrupted tonight.ich hospital has been affected by this power outage and it says the back—up generator has failed to work. therefore that power outage is rather affecting their entire south and a spokesperson for the hospital said staff are working flat out to keep patients safe. we heard from british transport policejose there isa british transport policejose there is a huge disruption on the rail network and they have officers assisting at train stations after that widespread disruption. we believe at this stage that gatwick and heathrow are still operating as normal but we will try to keep across the latest updates as they arise. thank you. katie austin there. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good evening.

our correspondent greg mckenzie is at king's cross station for us this lunchtime.dly disrupted yesterday and closed at one point. presumably a lot of questions passengers would like answered 7 lot of questions passengers would like answered? many questions being asked today and the trains are running here at normal service from king's cross station and network rail have said that most services up and down the country are running as normal. some reported delays on inbound trains to london of 30 minutes to an hour and many passengers have been asking if they will be compensated and would that be by the railway companies ought national grid. there were no trains leaving you last night to everything is now back to normal but there are questions and 0fgem already asking the national grid for details into why and how this happened. the family of a 15—year—old british schoolgirl have made a new appeal for information after she disappeared whilst on holiday with her family in malaysia. a team of 200 rescuers are scouring the dense forest searching for nora quoirin, who has

the king's cross development in london has shops, offices and an arts school, and this week the site'sonfirmed that cameras using facial recognition technology are scanning visitors. now, big brother watch says it has uncovered other examples of where the controversial technology is being used. the meadowhall shopping centre in sheffield has confirmed it used it last year in two trials with south yorkshire police, one lasting two days, the other a month. and liverpool's world museum used facial recognition to scan visitors to an exhibition about china's terracotta warriors. the museum says it acted on advice from the police, and may use the technology again, in line with guidance from the information commissioner. big brother watch is calling for a ban on its use in public spaces. the data watchdog has now launched an investigation into the use of facial recognition at the king's cross development, and says it is deeply concerned about the growing use of the technology. rory cellan—jones, bbc news. north korea has fired two missiles into the sea, according to the south korean military.

newcastle to edinburgh, the 6:30am newcastle to king's cross, 7:06am king's cross to york.problems, especially on the lines north of here up to bedford, up to cambridge, up here up to bedford, up to cambridge, up to peterborough, and that is before we get any problems with the fierce weather, which could also mean delays, cancellations and speed restrictions. charlie. andy, thanks very much. keep us up dated through the morning. the mother of the missing teenager nora quoirin who's gone missing on holiday in malaysia almost a week ago, has thanked search teams and made a fresh plea for information. her mother gave this short but emotional speech to rescue workers earlier this morning. we want to say thank you to each and every one of you. we know you are searching night and day for nora. we see you are working so hard, and also praying with us, being with us. we know you have given up your time, especially ata have given up your time, especially at a special festival time. to be with us here. it means the world to us. we are so grateful for everything that you are doing for

there is a new fleet of trains from king's cross where i am now.nd get hot and have not got windows that passengers can open, conditions inside get quite difficult. and also, in certain circumstances, it is impossible, even when power was restored for the driver to restart the train, it has to involve an engineer or a fitter coming got to do that. and that i think it is certainly something about the department for transport who specified the trains and the train operating companies will want to look at. let's get more on this with nigel harris, who's managing editor of rail magazine. he joins us via webcam from lincolnshire. thank you for being with us this evening. just to pick up on some of what ben was saying there. a lot of people asking how does the failure of two power generators mean people getting stuck on trains? network rail has got standby generators and all of this big signal boxes and control centres, so the technically system stays lie. as soon as the main power goes off, the generators kick in so they technically system stays clear.

they say it is king's cross uncrossed. pounds to try and rationalise that network that it will cause a lot of problems at king's cross, into and out of that station. even on monday i think they are advising to check before you travel. some problems at euston. also quite a lot of railway engineering being carried out in the newark area. and if people are flying out, how will they fare? 0n the air network, first of all, the strike news. the ryanair strike is continuing for the second day today. but they managed to run most of their services perfectly well yesterday was that we have just had an update from ryanair saying all first way flights to and from the uk departed as scheduled this morning without any disruption. we expect this to continue for the rest of the day. the plan disruption at heathrow has been postponed. manchester airport is predicting it will have its busiest day in its 81 year history. it is expecting to have about 115,000 passengers there today. as far as we are aware, if you have problems with fog perhap

enter the casino or indeed corner artists and so there's that aspect to it now in the case of king's cross it's not so clear what what the benefit would have been but they say it was a public safety issue they say that the technology could trot individuals didn't see how many cameras were used and they did say that they had the systems were sophisticated enough not to. abuse the process of the public for them to prevent so they say that matthew moore thank you so much for. sports i will start with tennyson the cincinnati masters who had russians that neil medvedev beat david goffin in the final to save his 1st since $1000.00 title medvedev a blue lost in the final and lost 2 told once you've played it despite suffering the cramps nothing is going to stop her because she said bell to the moment when she's about to post medvedev i can tell the whim of an ace having saved 2 break points while serving for the match she took it in straight sets 766. 5 i am so exhausted to celebrate like if you would ask me before the tournament what would i do if i win the tournament i would say i would have a

our correspondence, ben ando, gave us this update from outside king's cross station.d thousands have been stuck on trains. at the moment, for all these passengers, the question is, do they try to find alternative routes home? tickets are being accepted on other routes out of london, for example from st pancras on east midlands trains. do they find a hotel or look at getting a bus or taxi or something? lots of people here are quite angry and i think questions are being asked about how robust our power network is. the bbc understands that two power stations failed, one in cambridgeshire, a conventional gas turbine station, and the other a wind turbine station in the north sea. emergency protocols kicked in to protect the system but that meant a power outage to a large part of the network, causing problems for houses, hospitals and of course, for the transport network. that was ben ando. for the first time in 6.5 years, the uk economy has shrunk, falling by 0.2%. the contraction in gdp of the total value of goods and services made and sold by all set as of the economy wa

because it came as a great shock during the week when this massive development around king's cross admittedopment. i think even the law—abiding find all of this time of thing very troubling. it's a situation where the internet of things, the gadgets in our homes, are constantly linked to the internet, we do not know where all that information is being used and i think it is probably a good moment to stop and think about this and the police have sensibly done so. if you are talking about anything other than brexit we would engage with this because it is very important and! engage with this because it is very important and i do neighbourhood watch in my area and a lot of people have cameras in their homes and there are people trying to burgle their houses at four o'clock in the morning and they have pictures of them. what do you do with those pictures? in fact, the police believe that in time, they can manage to get a fix on these people. but we need to have that debate first so we do not turn the public off at a very early stage when actually some of this is quite a good idea. some of it mig

at king's cross station, case in point, there isa £1.2 cross station, case in point, there is a £1.2f here to improve that in the rail passenger groups is that there are 7000 new carriages coming on stream, 6400 new services coming on stream in the early 2020s. richard lister, thank you very much. the us rapper asap rocky has been found guilty of assaulting a teenager in a brawl in stockholm injune. the case attracted international attention after donald trump called for his release from custody. maddy savage is in the swedish capital. this has happened while we have been on air, bring us up to speed. yes, during the last few minutes we have heard that asap rocky and two others who were on trial have been found guilty of assault following a fight here in stockholm at the end of june. the judgment ruled here in stockholm at the end of june. thejudgment ruled that here in stockholm at the end of june. the judgment ruled that it was not possible to say that they had acted in self defence but it did say that it was also not possible to prove whether or not bottles were used in a fight, t

andy's outside king's cross station, which saw some of the worst disruption for passengers yesterday.ack to normal there? it certainly is an improving picture this morning, though there are still some knock—on problems. last night there would have been hundreds of passengers here, trying to get home. todayit passengers here, trying to get home. today it is a lot calmer. the train companies operating out of king's cross and saint pancreas next door i warning there could be knock—on problems until about midday. that is because of what they call stock displacement, which means the trains in the wrong places, some of them we re in the wrong places, some of them were stuck on the lies until one of 2pm —— 2am. engineers were sent out to restart them. the trains are in the wrong places, the drivers were stuck on those trains with their passengers, until the early hours of the morning sometimes. they will not have slept properly and will not be ready for their shift this morning. i was ready for their shift this morning. iwas in ready for their shift this morning. i was in the station and out

this was the message for travellers stuck on a train that finally got into king's cross just before 2 morning. they tried to provide taxis but the wait was about a0 minutes. which meant i wouldn't have got home until even later, so i've had to pay out of pocket again for an uber, which cost me £40. national grid has given little details about what caused the power cuts, but industry experts say that at liz58pm the gas—fired plant at little ba rford near bedford failed. two minutes later, the hornsea offshore wind farm also disconnected from the grid. there were still problems on the trains hours after power was restored to the million or so homes that lost their electricity. it was about a 5% loss of power over about 90 minutes. that's what happened. so why that led to the heart of the national transport infrastructure being closed down is a big question that the grid have to address. the regulator, 0fgem, has asked for an urgent report about what went wrong, and enforcement action, including fines, could follow. andy is outside king's cross station, which saw some of the worst disrup

i am at kings cross station, one of the worst affected following yesterday's power outage.rains are now running a normal service outbound but it is the inbound trains where commuters have complained of delays of up to one hour to get to the capital. michael gove says there'll be a bail—out fund for businesses hit by brexit. real pay for millions of lower and middle income earners is lower than it was a decade ago, says the tuc. more than a million people are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. liverpool make an ideal start to the season as they thrash newly promoted norwich 4—1 at anfield. and click reports on internet shutdowns in kashmir and a new car scanner in israel. if the energy regulator is demanding answers from the national grid after a major blackout which struck large areas of england and wales yesterday evening. around a million people were affected by the power cut — which led to major disruption for rail passengers, caused traffic lights to fail and left thousands of homes without electricity. the national grid said the major power cu

the ft reports on the use of facial recognition technology in security cameras in the kings cross area the site claimed the cameras were for public security, but would not confirm how long facial recognition had been active. ministers in the uk are calling for a ban on all mobile phone use while driving, reports the i. it says mps will warn that hands—free kits create the same crash risks as holding a phone. and finally, the metro has this story on a university banning the sale of burgers on campus to help tackle global warming. goldsmiths, university of london, says it will remove all beef products from canteens and shops next month, thanks to pressure from students who want to make a difference. with me is independent analyst stephanie hare. great analyst stephanie hare. to have you with us today. let's great to have you with us today. let's start with this front—page story. we have already talked about it to story. we have already talked about ittoa story. we have already talked about it to a degree, a picture of boris johnson and carrie symonds hosting an event in downing street fo

a lot of work being done to rationalise the lines out of king's cross.g's cross uncrossed. a lot of work going on there. a lot of work going on at newark and some problems at euston, not as bad as king's cross but some restrictions to travel at london euston. in the air, how does that impact? manchester airport is protecting its busiest day and 81 years. 115,000 people going into and out of manchester today. no problems we are aware of at the moment. the strike at heathrow that was due to happen today was postponed some time ago. ryanair there is a second day of strike action but no major problems yesterday and the airline is saying they are operating as normal today. a daily pill, containing four medicines, can cut the number of heart attacks and strokes by a third in developing countries, new research suggests. the polypill contains blood—thinning aspirin, a cholesterol—lowering statin and two drugs to lower blood pressure, and it costs just pennies a day. a five—year study on the drug was carried out in villages in iran. coronary heart disease and str

this is an interesting story about this huge development at king's cross in central london, and they using it for quite some time. it is not clear why. yes, well, there are so many questions about this. we don't know how long they have been using it for, we don't know how many cameras they have, we don't know why they are using it. it is of questionable legality. just because something isn't forbidden doesn't mean it is legal. in fact, this country is in the midst of a real debate, a legal challenge at the moment as to whether or not even the police can use facial recognition technology, so for private companies to start rolling this out and basically policing everybody, tracking them in real time and comparing them against police watch list, is very chilling indeed. and they are saying they're doing it to keep people secure. it just basically like cctv, but the next step. the worry, though, about this technology is it makes mistakes, especially, some say, it is racist. i would say it is biased and it is inaccurate. right now, as it exists, this technology is extremely unreliable and

interesting story, we learnt during the week the massive developments around king's cross, beautifulgorgeous cityscapes being created there. but as you move around that area, facial technology is recording all your moves. not the police, this is private. yes, the shock and consternation that news has caused has led to the police starting to say look, let's stop and think as to whether we actually need more of this. if we are to have this kind of technology recording our every move with no certainty as to how that data can ever be used, to be sold, for example. the article spells out, the intentions behind this seem good. they were piloting a scheme with kent and west midlands police to trace missing and vulnerable people using this technology. but that could be the thin end of a wedge and we should have a public discussion about this and hear why the police want to halt it. i work with the police locally because i am a local neighbourhood watch person and it is very important we are able to track the same people who are trying to rob houses or steal cars. do you think there is a dang

the king's cross development in london has shops, offices and an art school, and this week the site'sing visitors. now, big brother watch says it has uncovered other examples of where the controversial technology is being used. the meadowhall shopping centre in sheffield has confirmed that it used it last year in two trials with south yorkshire police — one lasting two days, the other a month. and liverpool's world museum used facial recognition to scan visitors to an exhibition about china's terracotta warriors. the museum says it acted on advice from the police, and may use the technology again, in line with guidance from the information commissioner. big brother watch is calling for a ban on its use in public spaces. essentially, they are all over the place — shopping centres, even museums, conference centres, casinos, and king's cross, as was found last week, so lots of spaces that millions of people go through all the time who are having their photo taken, their identity checked, their data being taken. we don't know what's happening with that data. and this is all happening, rea

the use of facial recognition software at the kings cross rail development is to be investigated by themation commissioner. a—level results are out. the number of students getting the top grade drops to its lowest for more than a decade. and mission jurassic the biggest british led dinosaur hunt in decades. host to uncover new species in the wyoming desert. —— hopes to uncover new species. ina in a moment it will be time for sportsday. but the quick look at what else is coming up this evening and bbc news. beyond 100 days will have the latest from jerusalem following israel prospect announcement to block a planned visit by two us congress women after being urged to do so by president trump. that is coming up in half an hour. now with drugs deaths in england and wales reaching record levels at 8pm we will be asking a drugs aspirate whether government policies are to blame. that's a drugs aspirate. and at 8:30 p:m., we will find out why two runners were disqualified from the world triathlon the qualifying event. that is all coming up on bbc news but first, it is a sportsday. hello and wel

and public areas and we are hearing about the use of facial recognition technology and london's kings cross. this will be the next frontier, what are the implications for civil liberty, for police... 0ver intrusion into our lives and the old phrase who guards the guards? and an issue that a lot of this is not the state doing this but private corporations. and there is not enough regulation and this is something that can very easily go quickly under the radar and something you wake up and it is being wildly misused. brussels are looking very much at the ethical laws for all of the ai and much needed. we are at this point where you get on facebook and twitter and you get on facebook and twitter and you walk down the street and you have no idea what kind of data is being gathered on you and what adverts it's being used to target. when we talk about the irish border in this technological solutions this is the sort of solution or one of them, when we talk about how can we just have everything done by technology and no border checks in “ no technology and no border checks in —— no borders and thi

that we went into our secondary systems. that we went into our iam greg i am greg mckenzie at king's crosso a normal saturday afternoon service, but much of the lines were affected across england and wales yesterday following that power outage. michael gove says there'll be a bail—out fund for

i am at king's cross station, one of the worst affected by yesterday's power cut.gers have reported delays of up passengers have reported delays of up to three hours to reach the capital this morning. michael gove says there'll be a bail—out fund for businesses hit by brexit. real pay for millions of lower and middle income earners is lower

many people stranded, including myself is that i couldn't get back to leeds on friday night from king's crossional grid, where there is a way is going to be an investigation on the app on friday. the national grid saying these are independent events that didn't necessarily... an u nfortu nate that didn't necessarily... an unfortunate accident. yes, but i think people are perhaps going to wa nt to think people are perhaps going to want to probe a bit deeper into that. the national grid at the time said they blamed the power cut on an incredibly rare issue. two is stations failed within a couple of minutes. incredibly rare but having it happen several times undermines the argument. political argument because jeremy corbyn the argument. political argument becausejeremy corbyn is talking about renationalisation of the grid. ijust think how about renationalisation of the grid. i just think how would about renationalisation of the grid. ijust think how would that change it, necessarily? again, i'm sure it's something, if you can find a way, you can weapon eyes. absolutely, good way of putting it. w

london kings cross is one of the country's busiest railway stations.e delays and cancellations and have now been told services are unlikely to resume today. reports of a problem emerged shortly after 5pm. uk power networks tweeted it was aware of a power cut which it believed was due to a national grid network failure. it supplies london and the south—east and said 300,000 homes were affected in that region, but it didn't end there. half a million people lost power in the area western power distribution covers, south—west england, south wales and the midlands. 110,000 customers served by northern power grid in the north—east, 26,000 supplied by electricity north west in areas from penrith in cumbria to stockport in greater manchester, and 16,000 sse customers in central and southern england, and tens of thousands more were affected in cheshire and merseyside. national grid said the issue was caused by the loss of two generators that connect to the gb transmission system which led to a fall in the frequency of the electricity system and it had to discon

it is notjust out of king's cross, it is also out of london euston, the west coast mainline has delightthey will still be operating. the london to peterborough where it for the first time in 20 years will not run today. similarly, from peterborough today. similarly, from peterborough to cambridge there will be in a writ. the advice is to check before you travel. there are lots of events on this began to that people need to get to. you have got the edinburgh binge vessel, you have manchester pride, lots of events that people wa nt to pride, lots of events that people want to get to. they want to take to the roads, but there are major roadworks across the country, as above. so, check before you travel. 90% of the roads will be clear. —— 9796 90% of the roads will be clear. —— 97% of the roads will be clear. thank you very much. why are they making announcements on the station but nobody in it? borisjohnson‘s warning that migrants would be sent back if they crossed the english channel to the uk have been branded as "inflammatory" and "misleading" by campaigners. the prime minister's commen

kings cross a case in point, there is a £1.2 billion investment programme in place.oaches and additional weekly services by the end of the 20 20s. that money has to come from somewhere. the government says it is trying to help certain groups. it is producing a new railcard for 16—year—olds which will allow them to cut their rail fares by half. the rate that the increases calculated at remain is controversial, it is paid to the retail price index which raised by 2.8% last month but the more accepted pto measure is the consumer price index which only rose by 2.1%. it is consistently more. groups representing transport the that figure should be used. the treasury secretary says there needs to be more investment in railways and he shares the frustration of commuters and he promised he would sort out. back to you. thank you for that. hong kong airport has resumed operations after a night of chaos which saw protesters clash with riot police. after days of disruptions, the airport authority said it had obtained a temporary injunction banning protesters from entering certain

the use of facial recognition software at the king's cross rail development is to be investigated byd one of the biggest finds in decades. before that let's catch up with all the support and we are joined by sarah. good afternoon. thank you very much. let's start with the cricket. australia are well on top against england in the second ashes test at lords. they put the hosts into bat and have taken wickets steadily all day. the best resistance came from opener rory burns, who made a 50. jonny bairstow has also made some runs down the order. he hasjust made his half a century. no weather delays today, but play will be extended to make up for the loss of the first day's play through rain. england trail 1—0 in the five—match series. they are currently 240—8 and you can follow that on the bbc sport website and test match special. arsenal manager unai emery is 100% confident mesut ozil and sead kolasinac are "mentally ready" to play against burnley on saturday. he was talking at the club's press conference today, ahead of that match. the pair were victims of an attempted car—jacking injul

this was the message for travellers on a train that finally got into king's cross at two o'clock this game. the power cut off when i was sat in a carriage by myself. and the storm had started outside, so all the rain was coming onto the windows, and it was pitch black. and then we all started to sit together to try and piece together what was going on. because no—one could really understand and the announcements were failing because of the lack of power. and then we all had to walk to the very end of the carriage in the pitch black, going through a tunnel. one of the guards eventually came four and a half hours later to open the train door. and we just jumped out of the train onto the track and walked down the track back to kentish town station. and some services have continued to face problems with trains out of position. so what went wrong? a gas—fired power station at little barford in bedfordshire failed at liz54pm yesterday afternoon and blamed a technical issue. almost simultaneously the hornsea offshore wind farm in the north sea disconnected from the grid. the power loss was s

severe delays. 0nto trains, operators urge people not to travel on the east coast mainline because king's crossey also say there is disruption on the west coast mainline. as the weather, any of us expect glorious sunshine and the temperature in the south—east is expected to reach 32 celsius. the met office says if you are travelling in this heat, drink water regularly and if you are driving, ta ke regularly and if you are driving, take regular breaks. many thanks. artificial intelligence is transforming many sectors of the economy — and farming is one of them. it's hoped that precision farming will help to reduce waste and improve welfare — for example, using technology to track the mental health of livestock as well as their physical health and also helping to decide which crops are ready to harvest. 0n the concluding day of our focus on farming week, our environment correspondent, claire marshall, takes a closer look at farming's future. what are these pigs thinking? how do they feel? this scanner acts as an eye for a machine that is analysing their expressions. soon, it should allow us to un

the women will cross the bridge, the same bridge martin luther king crossed in the 1960s.de the rosa parks library and the freedom ride the same. >> i am hoping they gain the written is richness as african- americans and be able to see for themselves and come back and spread the word to come back and talk to their children and children's children and keep them excited about who we are as a people. it is a wonderful experience for all of these women from various background coming together and enjoying each other. >> most are seniors and for many this is the first trip to the south. >> of all of the years that we used to watch on tv with things happening in places happening and the people involved, this is an opportunity to be there in person and see it and feel it. >> it is a historical trip. i was so excited to be able to go and to experience some of the things that i grew up as a young girl that i saw on tv so i would be able to go to these places and to just really see it for myself. this is a six-day trip. the latest have previously visited new york city the hawaiian is

really interesting stories to talk about, including facial recognition technology being used at king's crosswegian man has appeared in court in oslo, accused of terrorism in connection with a gun attack on a mosque at the weekend. philip manshaus was also charged with attempted murder, as well as the murder of his stepsister. prosecutors have been granted permission to extend his custody for another four weeks. ramzan karmali reports. a bruised and battered philip manshaus, making his first appearance in court accused of a terrorist act in connection with a gun attack on a mosque in oslo. he has also been charged of attempted murder, as well as the murder of his chinese—born stepsister. when he was arrested, police found the suspect had been filming his actions. translation: during the incident, the defendant wore a helmet with a gopro camera attached to it. the camera was filming and has given us important evidence. we can't go into details of the video, but i can say that it has provided us with important evidence. witnesses at the al—noor mosque say the attacker was carrying numerous weap