ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. with driverless cars moving closer to being the future of our travel, insurers are beginning to voice their concerns. they're warning that there's a risk of more road accidents during the transition to automated vehicles. the motor insurance research body, thatcham research, says more regulation is needed to make journeys safer, as our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones has been finding out. imagine you fell asleep in an automated car and the system brought it to a halt in the fast lane of the motorway. the insurers are warning that this kind of accident could become common unless there are new safety regulations. the government says driverless cars could be on uk roads as early as 2021. but the car insurers say at first they will be quite limited in what they can do and they want new rules for how they should operate. we are in a highly automated vehicle where the car does most of the driving. but for this to operate safely and legally on uk roads, we are going to need new

ben hunte, bbc news. and before we go, it's 18—carat solid gold, said to be worth more than $6 million and 0xfordshire police are on the hunt for it. it's a golden toilet. sarah campbell has the details. it's called america and went on display in new york's guggenheim museum. more than 100,000 people experienced this fully functioning artwork. relocated to one of britain's most famous stately homes, blenheim palace, visitors were to be allowed to spend three minutes alone with the toilet doing whatever came naturally. the exhibit itself was designed to be a reflection on the american dream and the idea of something ordinarily unattainable in fact potentially being there in a way that you could touch. the toilet was designed to make that physical. butjust two days after going on display, the toilet was stolen, causing significant flood damage to the palace. we believe they used at least two vehicles during the offence and they left the scene at around 4:50am. a 66—year—old man has been arrested in co

ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. belgian prosecutors say two people, including an agent, have been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected fraud in the transfer of football players. police and anti—corru ption officials carried out a series of raids in london, belgium and monaco. the arrests are linked to the transfer of serbian striker aleksandar mitrovic to newcastle united. hmrc and the metropolitan police are helping with the investigation. at the age of 72 the punk pioneer iggy pop has told the bbc that he has done his last stage dive — because he's "not daft". he's been a major influence on bands including the ramones and nirvana, and even though he's into his 8th decade, he says he has no plans to retire. but he does think his latest album is a little more reflective. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson, has been speaking to him. iggy pop, welcome! throughout your career, both on record and live, you've done many a yell! a scream. any chance you could give them...? he yells. all righ

so we sent ben hunte to new york to learn some attitude. this one should be good. voguing has impacted me in so many ways. before i started voguing i was a less confident person than i am now. it's helped me break out of my shell and be more expressive, not be afraid to be like, boom, this is me. voguing, a dance, a culture and for many, a lifeline. originally born out of the harlem renaissance in the 1920s, through time, voguing became a form of expression for a sometimes marginalised community. most voguers were lgbt people of colour and the surrogate houses and families at the centre of the subculture provided a vital support when the hiv pandemic hit in the late ‘80s. the dance poses were inspired by fashion runways and magazines, hence, the name vogue. and during balls, members of the different houses came together to compete against one another. today, lessons are popping up everywhere and i'm off to pick up some moves. hello! hey, man, how's it goin'? good, how are you doing? good, welcome. thank you. so i got our vogue essentials class today that we're go

so we sent ben hunte to new york to learn some attitude. this one should be good. voguing has impacted me in so many ways. before i started voguing i was a less confident person than i am now. it's helped me break out of my shell and be more expressive, not be afraid to be like, boom, this is me. voguing, a dance, a culture and for many, a lifeline. 0riginally born out of the harlem renaissance in the 19205, through time, voguing became a form of expression for a sometimes marginalised community. most voguers were lgbt people of colour and the surrogate houses and families at the centre of the subculture provided a vital support when the hiv pandemic hit in the late ‘80s. the dance poses were inspired by fashion runways and magazines, hence, the name vogue. and during balls, members of the different houses came together to compete against one another. today, lessons are popping up everywhere and i'm off to pick up some moves. hello! hey, man, how's it goin‘? good, how are you doing? good, welcome. thank you. so i got our vogue essentials class today that we're

ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. with me now is liam beattie who is an lgbt activist and blogger. tell us about your experiences with hate crime? i was walking to my local gym just after 6am in the morning and there was a chap trying to get my attention. i quickly turned round and he went into a tie rate of homophobic abuse. i don't know how he decided to use that type of language, maybe it was because of the way i was dressed and by mannerisms, but it left me really shocked. i am mannerisms, but it left me really shocked. iam not mannerisms, but it left me really shocked. i am not a person who would wa nt to shocked. i am not a person who would want to get involved in any confrontation so i quickly ran away to my local gym. it took me a few hours to process what happened. i was lucky that i put on social media what happened and i had an outpouring of support. it reiterated to me the fact we need to be more open and proud as to who we are. picking up on that point, does it make you change your behaviour, does it make you behave differently around your partner, for example?” am s

so we sent ben hunt to new york to learn some attitude. this one should be good. voguing has impacted me in so many ways. before i started, i was voguing has impacted me in so many ways. before i started, iwas a less confident person than i am now. it has helped me rake out of my shell and be more expressive, not be afraid to be like, boom, this is me. voguing, a culture and for many, a lifeline. initially born out of the harlem renaissance in the 1920s, through time, voguing became a form of expression. for sometimes marginalised community. most were lg bt marginalised community. most were lgbt and marginalised community. most were lg bt and people marginalised community. most were lgbt and people of colour. and houses and families at the centre of the subculture provided a centre of support when the h iv the subculture provided a centre of support when the hiv epidemic hit in the 80s. during balls, members of the different houses came together, to compete against one another. today, lessons are popping up everywhere and i am off to pick up some moves. hello. hey

hunte, has been along to find out more. there are wedding cakes. suits and dresses. flowers and drag queens. this is pride lux, one of the uk's first wedding shows specifically for lgbt couples ready to celebrate their big day. the organisers say over 1000 of them will be right here this weekend. this year, britain celebrated five years of marriage equality, with the first same—sex marriage taking place in march 2014. these ceremonies are now performed in england, scotland and wales, but not in northern ireland. wedding shows are big business. they happen across the country throughout the year. and they give couples the opportunity to meet the people who can make their wedding goals a reality. but with lots of other wedding shows already existing, why do lgbt couples need a separate event like this? i think there is an incorrect assumption that gay weddings are a spin on straight weddings, when actually they are their own entity. gay people are celebrating their relationships in their own way. so here is pride lux you can

ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. the headlines on bbc news. the government has published documents relating to operation yellowhammer, the contingency planning in case of a no—deal brexit. parliament had demanded the documents' release last week anti—brexit mps demand that parliament be recalled, after scotland's seniorjudges rule the prime minister's decision to suspend it for five weeks is unlawful. labour's deputy leader tom watson calls for the party to prioritise another eu referendum over a general election — contradicting jeremy corbyn. a baby boy rescued from a river in greater manchester this afternoon has died. at 22—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. is there life somewhere out there in the universe? the eternal question — but now could we now be closer to finding the answer? this planet is 650 million, million miles away and scientists believe it's a good candidate to support life because it's just been confirmed that it has water plus the right temperature. our science correspondent, pallab ghosh, e

hunte, has been along to find out more. there are wedding cakes. suits and dresses. flowers and drug screens. —— drag queens. this is pride lux, one of the uk's first wedding shows specifically for lgbt couples ready to celebrate their big day. the organisers say over 1000 of them will be right here this weekend. this year, britain celebrated five yea rs of this year, britain celebrated five years of marriage equality, with the first same—sex marriage taking place in march 201a. these ceremonies are now performed in england, scotland and wales, but not in northern ireland. wedding shows a big business. they happen across the country throughout the year. and they give couples the opportunity to meet the people who can make their winning goals a reality. but with lots of other wedding shows already existing, why do lgbt couples need a separate event like this?” existing, why do lgbt couples need a separate event like this? i think there is an incorrect assumption that gay weddings are a spin on straight weddings, when

ben hunte, bbc news, sheffield. let us pick up some of that. we're joined now by lee broadstock, from the national lgbt police network. let us talk about the increase of number of victims who are coming forward. why is that? we have done a lot of work about improving understanding what hate crime is a waste report, that we will take it seriously. —— say report. we have seen an increase in confidence from victims reported to us. think that is where the increase has come from. why do you think it is proving difficult to prosecute? one of the things has been we have improved confidence in people to report, but they are reporting some of the lower—level incidents, some the shouting in the streets, a lot of online hate... some things approving a lot more difficult for us to take forwards, especially online hate, with twitter in particular where we see a lot of hate stop it is difficult to get that user account from twitter because it is based in the us. so impressive that for us to prosecute. just talk to us about the impact it is having on th

our lgbt correspondent ben hunte reports. lily is 17 and already she's a victim of homophobic hate. how often do these kind of homophobic incidents happen to you? i would say its two or three times a week, out in public. she has reported abuse to south yorkshire police. i feel like the police are not doing as much as they can to prosecute the people. it's a hate crime, it is illegal. in reality, people are contacting the police every single day about the police every single day about the physical and verbal abuse the experience just because of their sexuality. a bbc investigation has found that crimes recorded by police have more than doubled in five yea rs. have more than doubled in five years. attacks have more than doubled in five yea rs. attacks have have more than doubled in five years. attacks have rocketed from 5800 in england, wales and northern ireland to more than 13 and a half thousand. five years ago, 20% of these hate crimes resulted in a prosecution. this has fallen to just 8%. in west yorkshire, crimes have risen fivefold in five years, with nearly 1000 recorded last

when you think hunting and fishing and outdoor, this is the real deal. when we first met, i told you that i did not want you to be a baseball-bat company only anymore. i rarely like to mix personal relationships and business, and johnny morris, the owner of bass pro, is a friend of mine. and so i don't want to put any pressure on you, but i cannot have you mess this up. -'cause this is a game changer. -scott: this is it. i think they're gonna like what we have to show them. lemonis: so, let's go inside. all right. i wish you guys luck. jackie: this is crazy. lemonis: i want to take them inside of the bass pro shops. i want them to understand the magnitude of not only this business, but the opportunity. isn't that awesome? you can go fishing. this account is important in forcing the development of new products, and it eliminates the risk of seasonality in our business. wendy: okay, good luck, guys. lemonis: today we're meeting with kelly, one of the buyers for bass pro shops, and jim, the store manager. jackie: thank you guys so much for making time to me

ben tracy has more on this. >> mr. president, do you care if you're impeached, sir? >> reporter: president trump did not answer questions as he returned to the white house. but at a closed door event in new york this morning, he had questions of his own. >> who is the person who gave the whistle-blower the information? because that's close to a spy. >> reporter: in audio obtained by "the l.a. times," the president suggested whoever spoke to the whistle-blower about his phone call with the president of ukraine might be a traitor, even though the whistle-blower claims they received the information through the course of official business. the president alluded to punishments such as imprisonment or execution. >> you know what we used to do in the old days when we were smart, right? the spies and treason, we used to handle it a little differently than we do now. >> reporter: so far the white house is treating the fallout from the whistle-blower complaint as a pr battle. sources say there is no war room or army of lawyers. >> it's another witch hunt. here we go again. >>

secretary ben carson, makes an hour long pit stop in san francisco's potrero hill community. one of 5 properties revamped with funds from the city's hope us half an initiative, combining hunt, vouchers with public and private dollars to redevelop rundown public housing complexes and increase affordable housing units that percent san francisco that came up with idea in spite of the federal government. so for them to take credit. that's actually been working against all all the great solutions and homeless. >>says it has awarded san francisco million since 2016 to address homelessness and affordable housing. mayor london breed says that's not enough. carson says he sees the federal government's role more as a facilitator and just throwing more money at the problem is not we have to be much more analytical than that and understand. >>whether the driving causes and what can we do about person believes local governments can do more to solve the homelessness crisis and create more affordable housing. >>by relaxing regulations take a look. >>it did density requirements their height

with with regard to senate republicans this case won't hinge on mitt romney, ben sasse, or susan collins, but if the chair of the intel committee regards the president's actions as troublesome, the president will immediately be vulnerable. question nourfour. how will the media cover the continued attacks on hunter biden where the president defends himself with former vice president biden and his son raises an interesting question for journalists, how much to dw delve into those. and question five, how is this playing in the heart land? the impeachment inquiry is a five-alarm fire in the nation's capital and along the acela corrid corridor, but it's too soon to know how impactful this is in middle america. one early indicator, an npr marist poll just released say 49% of americans approve, 46% disapprove of the house beginning an impeachment inquiry. house members, they represent districts drawn largely along partisan lines. their votes are predictable. the senate is where the battle will be won or lost and no doubt its members will pay close attention to the will of the people. go to my w

democrat senate foreign relations committee member, ben cardin. good to have you here. i want to address this first issue. the president has been tweeting about it that it is a witch hunt again and that the media really -- and by a greater extent the democrats are not really looking into the other side of this, the joe biden side. what do you think? >> well, neil, good morning, it is good to be with you. i was listening to the prior segment, and i can tell you that we just need to have the information. right now it appears that the president tried to influence the president of ukraine by threatening to cut off u.s. support. that's very serious allegation. so we have to find out the facts concerning that. we don't want to prejudge it, but we have to have transparency. the whistle-blower information needs to be made available to congress, needs to be made available so we can judge the credibility of these allegations, and certainly we would love to hear from the president. giuliani sort of underscores this by saying it is true. so we have information here that needs to be