gizza job. tributes are being paid to the actor bernard hill, who has died at the age of 79. good morning. after 110 attempts, lando norris is a formula one race winner. the british driver takes the chequered flag at a dramatic miami grand prix on a day to remember for maclaren. and good morning. we will see some spells of warm sunshine around today, but also spells of heavy downpours and some thunderstorms too. all the details of the bank holiday weather later in the programme. it's bank holiday monday, the 6th of may. our main story... john swinney is expected to be confirmed as the next leader of the scottish national party after his last potential competitor pulled out. this means mr swinney is also the most likely candidate to replace humza yousaf as scotland's first minister.

our reporter ben philip has the latest. as you can tell, i'm sad that my time as first minister is ending, but i'm so grateful and so blessed for having the opportunity afforded to so few, to lead my country. a week is a long time in politics. last monday an emotional humza yousaf resigned, leaving the snp looking for a new leader and scotland a new first minister. focus quickly turned to who would replace him in the frame. john swinney and kate forbes. i want to unite the snp and unite scotland for independence. shortly after mr swinney entered the contest, ms forbes said she wouldn't stand. technically, the deadline for nominations is at midday, and that's the only current contender and with the clock running down, it was widely expected that john swinney would become the next

snp party leader and country's seventh first minister unopposed. that was until a last—minute twist over the weekend. snp activist graeme mccormick was hoping to launch a challenge for the leadership position. it's thought he collected signatures at a pro—independence march in glasgow at the weekend. but no sooner had the bid launched, it was over. in a statement late last night, mr mccormick said he'd met the nominations thresholds to enter the contest, adding that after a lengthy and fruitful conversation withjohn swinney, they had agreed on the challenges which the snp, scottish government and people face. he described it as a fresh start to deliver scottish independence. he said i have therefore concluded that i shall not proceed with my nomination for party leader, throwing his support behind john swinney. over the weekend, mr swinney insisted he was the right man for the job. i feel physically and mentally ready to become the leader of the snp and the first minister of scotland,

and i will give it absolutely everything i have in me to make sure that my party succeeds and my country succeeds. events could move quickly again this week. with the path now clear, it's all but certain that john swinney will be in the top job in the coming days. ben philip, bbc news. we shall see. jon has a round—up of the day's other news. career? thank you, nina. more on the impact of the local elections. the prime minister has said it was "bitterly disappointing" to have lost andy street as the mayor of the west midlands, along with almost 500 conservative councillors. rishi sunak told the times he's determined that his party would come together, and show people they were delivering. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. in the calm after the elections, there's a lot for the prime minister to think about. rishi sunak appears safe from a challenge from his own mps, despite a very bad set of election results for the conservatives. mr sunak told the times he was determined that his party

would come together and show people they were delivering. a view echoed by his party chairman. i think it's sort of self—indulgent for us to be talking to ourselves and talking about ourselves at the moment. whenever i go on the doorstep, i'd agree with some others who've spoken and said what they want to see is us putting forward a clear vision for the country. you know, i think we've seen a lot of that from the prime minister over the last few days. i just want to say thank you. among the losses, andy street, now no longer the mayor of the west midlands, along with nearly 500 councillors. mr sunak has said those losses were bitterly disappointing. yesterday the former home secretary suella braverman said the prime minister had to own the results and change course. i think he needs to show people that he really cares _ about some of the things that he's talked about. _ he needs to actually lower taxes i in a way that people will feel, i not tweaking around the edges.

if he's serious about migration, he needs to put a cap _ on legal migration. he needs to take us out of the - european convention on human rights. that's how you actually send i the message that he's serious about stopping the boats. and while some are urging mr sunak to change position, others in the conservative party are clear that their best chance is to stay firmly in the centre ground. so while any imminent threat to eject mr sunak from here seems to have gone away, the long—term pressure on him to change conservative fortunes has not. for labour, this week holds a very different picture. they won the blackpool south by—election, along with a number of councils and police and crime commissioners. the man in charge of their campaigns said the challenge they had was not to get complacent. there is a sense of belief there, but that sense of belief should never be confused with any sense that the job is done. here's to four more years. rishi sunak was out on friday celebrating the one bright spot for the tories — ben houchen keeping hisjob as mayor of tees valley.

the prime minister is expected to be back out from today showing he's getting on with the job, knowing some of his mps think that might not be enough. helen catt, bbc news. israel has closed one of the main crossings used to deliver aid to gaza, after hamas fired rockets from the strip. the israeli army said the attack at the kerem shalom crossing killed three of its soldiers and injured many others. palestinian officials reported that hours later, israeli air strikes killed at least 16 people in southern gaza. china's president has arrived in paris to begin his first visit to europe in five years. president xi jinping is expected to meet with france's president, emmanuel macron, to discuss a range of issues, including trade between china and the eu. rescue efforts are continuing in brazil, where floods and landslides have left almost 80 people dead and over

100,000 displaced. among the worst hit areas is the state capital, porto alegre, where residents have been forced onto rooftops and whole neighbourhoods submerged by the floodwaters. here, rail passengers are facing widespread disruption this week as train divers in the aslef union begin a fresh round of industrial action. members of the aslef union start a six—day overtime ban today, which is expected to cause widespread disruption. a series of one—day strikes are also being staged at 16 rail companies throughout the week as part of a long—running dispute over pay. our business correspondent, marc ashdown explains. it's going to be another frustrating week for rail passengers. drivers say working overtime is crucial to keep the network moving, so a six—day ban is likely to cause widespread delays and cancellations. on top of that, they're staging a series of one—day walk—outs from tomorrow. services on lines mainly in and around london in the south east will be the first

to be affected. then on wednesday, six lines which serve the midlands, west of england and wales will be impacted. and on thursday, drivers in the north of england and on some services running into scotland will walk out. this dispute over pay has been rumbling on sincejuly 2022, and the last formal talks were held more than a year ago. the rail delivery group, which represents the 16 train companies involved, tabled an offer of a 4% pay rise for two consecutive years, but said ways of working also needed to change. aslef dismissed the offer as risible. last week, the rdg reached out to the union to try to find what it called common ground in order to get back round the negotiating table. aslef leaders said they were open to the possibility of fresh talks. so there is a glimmer of hope for a resolution, but another week of travel misery looms for passengers. marc ashdown, bbc news. tributes have been paid to the actor bernard hill, who has died aged 79.

he was best known for his performances in the films titanic and the lord of the rings, and the 1980s tv series boys from the black stuff. noor nanji reports. gizza job. go on, giz it. bernard hill came to fame as yasser hughes in the bbc tv drama boys from the black stuff. go on, gizza job. the iconic character for many captured the struggle to cope with unemployment in liverpool in the 1980s. you're graeme souness, aren't you? yeah. i'm yosser hughes. it was his breakthrough role that led to many others, including in two oscar—winning films. the show�*s writer was one of the first to pay tribute. there had to be an extraordinary character in there who would be mesmeric and dangerous, and also not without wit. and i could only think of one person. so it was always, always bernard who was going to play yosser

in the original film, and everything he did, his whole procedure for working, the manner in which he worked and the performance, was everything that you could ever wish for. 0n the big screen, he played captain edward smith in titanic, who went down with the doomed ship. he also won over fans of the lord of the rings with his portrayal of king theoden. the role brought him a whole new global audience to add to those that had grown up with him in the �*80s. smile away. his work spanned generations, with another memorable performance in the 2015 drama series wolf hall. and in the second series of the responder, which was on screens last night, he plays tom, an absent father, in what would have been one of his last acting roles. it took bernard hill back to where it all started for him — in liverpool.

bernard hill, who has died at the age of 79. eurovision week has officially begun. tomorrow is the first semifinal and, in sweden, final preparations are well underway— with the opening ceremony kicking off proceedings. 0ur reporter poppyjeffery has the details. in eurovision, you don't get a red carpet. you get a turquoise one. # 0oh, see that girl # watch that scene # digging the dancing queen... this year's contest has been officially opened in the swedish city of malmo, ahead of what is a very busy week for the 37 representatives taking part. from the refined to the quirky... hello! my name is windows 95! # she's unforgettable... tomorrow is the first semifinal, with half of the acts performing this in the hopes of making it to the grand final on saturday. the uk is part of the big five,

the countries that contribute the most to the ebu, and they automatically get a place in the final. but for the first time they will perform live in the semis. and it's fair to say that 0lly alexander isn't doing things by halves. # take me back to the beginning... but this year's contest has an undertone of tension, with calls for some acts, including the uk, to boycott the event over the israel—gaza war. i think it's really important that people are able to to protest and people voice their opinions. also myself, i think it's it's really important to... to not stay silent. # every day i'm losing my mind... israel is competing. eden golan's song hurricane is a rewritten version of her first entry, 0ctober rain, which was thought to reference the hamas attacks of october the 7th. the tension means security

is a real focus, but police in malmo say they are ready. we have high security around the israeli delegation, but we also have a high security for the other delegations from that country. so i think it's important for us that all of them feel safe when they are coming to malmo. so even if they are not from israel, we try to keep them in a good mood and feel safe no matter what country they're from. and they are definitely in a good mood. chicken noises. the permanent slogan of eurovision is "united by music", something that's not lost on those taking part. it boils down to those three minutes of music, really. that's a completely non—intellectual experience. and when you don't think any more, you just experience, you don'tjudge, you don't divide. that stuff goes away. and we need to foster those moments

where we experience that together. and with that, the eurovision song contest 2024 is good to go. peppyjeffrey, bbc news. i knew you would be excited by that! i knew you would be excited by that! i was in malmo nine years ago for eurovision. i can't be there this year. you can be there, you can watch it on the telly! it is on bbc one tomorrow night from eight o'clock, and then there is another one on thursday. and i'm so pleased at the semifinals are going on bbc one now. we never do enough stuff on eurovision, it is good that we are properly committing to it this time. do i sense a tone of sarcasm? yes. it is quarter past six. no respect! you might be getting ready to tuck into your morning toast, but how does a 46i—foot—long

baguette sound for breakfast? well, french bakers have set a new guinness world record for making a massive baguette in the suburbs of paris, which beat the previous 435—foot—long record. none of the massive french stick went to waste — part of the baguette was shared with the public and the rest was given to homeless people. i was thinking yesterday, how did it work? we previewed this yesterday. but it sort of goes through a long strip through an oven, a bit like in all—inclusive holidays when you have that rotating... it's like that. but really, really long. 16 minutes past six. it is a bank holiday for the uk today. what is the weather going to do? if you're planning on going outside, sarah can tell us. good morning. good morning. it is a mixed picture as we head through the bank holiday. it wouldn't be a bank holiday

without a little bit of rain in the forecast. this is the west midlands first thing, some pink colours in the sky with the sunrise, but it wasn't only the sunrise bringing those colours. last night you might have glimpsed the aurora borealis, this was the picture in norfolk, even gloucestershire got a glimpse. through your bank holiday monday, we will have some spells of warm sunshine around, but heavy downpours for many, so really hit and miss. many of us will need to take an umbrella. low pressure still in charge, and you can see this frontal system sitting towards the south—east, bringing a little bit more rain. a bit of a wet start for the day across kent, sussex, the london region, and we still have heavy downpours across southern and eastern scotland where we have some heavy showers yesterday. in between these two zones, it will be a picture of sunny spells and scattered showers through the day. the middle of the afternoon, still quite cloudy and damp across the south—east, the odd rumble of thunder with some of these showers

as well. more sunshine for the south—west, wales and northern england, but if you do catch a shower, it could be heavy and bringing the odd bit of lightning as well. northern ireland i think mostly dry, as are parts of western scotland as well. this evening and tonight, most of the showers ease away, the more persistent rain slowly clearing from the south—east but we will have quite a lot of mist and murk to start your tuesday morning. through the rest of the week, it does look like high pressure are set to build in, so a few showers for the next couple of days, particularly towards the north and the west of the middle of the week, but some drier and warmer weather and we could see highs up to 23 degrees or so into the middle of the week. look at that. full sunshine in london by friday. thank you, sarah. it is 18 minutes past six. recently on breakfast we've been focusing on the issue of knife crime, how it causes untold misery in communities and what's

being done to tackle it. in our reports we've spoken with the mother of mikey roynon, who was just 16 when he was stabbed to death in somerset last year. on friday, the boys who killed mikey at a house party were sentenced. 0ur correspondent danjohnson has been following the case and sent this report. the 10th ofjune last summer, and teenagers are heading to a birthday party in bath that's been advertised on snapchat. this is mikey travelling from the edge of bristol with some friends. he was about to come across this group of teenagers from wiltshire heading to the same party. this is the ambulance service. is the patient breathing? he's been stabbed at a house party. police. there was a violent confrontation, and mikey was stabbed in the neck. it was shane cunningham who stabbed mikey, he claimed in self—defence, but he was convicted of murder. cartel bushnell and leo knight were given nine years for manslaughter for encouraging and supporting the attack.

was it you that stabbed him in the neck? shane cunningham didn't give any answers in custody or in court, so we may never know what sparked the confrontation. thejudge passed a life sentence and said he must serve at least 16 years. bristol and its surrounding areas are in the middle of a plague of knife crime. the plague has continued since this trial finished. the lives of young boys who carry knives continue to be taken at the hands of other boys who carry knives. this family's campaigning now to highlight knife crime and how many children are armed and prepared to take lives. danjohnson, bbc news, at bristol crown court. ministers say they're toughening knife crime sentences and giving police extra powers to seize weapons

in an effort to tackle the issue. mikey we'll be speaking more about this with danjohnson, who made that report, alongside mikey�*s mum hayley on the sofa at around ten past eight. 110w now lets ta ke now lets take a look at the papers. the time says the uk is heading for a hung parliament, saying that rishi sunak has seized on a projection from one expert who says that if local election results are replicated at a general election, they would leave labour short of an overall majority. the guardian this morning says labour are setting their sights on blue wall seats. the paper reported that the party is planning to target the south of england very heavily at the next general election. meanwhile the mirror is focusing on community tributes after a vigil for daniel anjorin who was stabbed while making his way to school in hainault last

tuesday. the financial times carries news that the world's second largest brewer, heineken, is set to reopen more than 60 british pubs which had previously closed. the paper says it is the latest sign that pub groups are regaining confidence in the market, which is quite a change. you have done stories yourself over the last few years about how pubs are in danger, communities losing them. there is a sign that some of them at least might come back. and there is a story inside the times this morning about how pubs are adapting to survive, so it is notjust precious on the cost of living but also the fact that a lot of young people don't drink in the way they used to, so for example kitchens being turned into karaoke hotspots. britain's pubs face many challenges, but the greatest existential threat is that young people don't drink, so what you do when they are more interested in taylor swift than tequila? introduce karaoke. can you guess three of the top ten karaoke songs? go on, one.

we could be here all day. you've lost that loving feeling. would that be your go to? know, but it's a classic. mr brightside by the killers, and numberfive, american boy. do you know it? yes. backstreet boys, you could do that withjohn watson. and man, i feel like a woman. it's karaoke particularly big among the youth? imagine doing it sober! i tell you what they don't do, they don't answer their phones. the times of got a story this morning on the front page saying that a quarter of young people aged between 18 and 3a say they have never answered a phone call. when i saw that headline, i was wondering

who were the three quarters who are answering, because i generallyjust blank them and go for the text message, unless it is a phone call. if you want to phone a young person, you need to arrange it beforehand and tell them it is going to happen and tell them it is going to happen and when, they do not pick up. one person quoted here saying of the phone rings they think it is a mistake, a pocket call or it is going to be bad news, because the only reason someone would call you would be bad news. are you not horrified when you see your phone flash up on somebody is calling just for a chat? i am. that explains a lot. we don't do spontaneous calls any more, i prefer a voice note. never! voice notes are barred on my phone! it is 2a minutes past six. explosives experts are working to hear it hundreds of thousands of old bombs and shells from the beach in east yorkshire. these devices which were left decades ago near hornsey

were left decades ago near hornsey were exposed by coastal erosion earlier this year. amanda white has been investigating. another 38 bombs destroyed in an area littered. the clay cliffs are loaded with bullets and bombs, tumbling onto this beach. irate loaded with bullets and bombs, tumbling onto this beach. we have lost a lot this _ tumbling onto this beach. we have lost a lot this year, _ tumbling onto this beach. we have lost a lot this year, we _ tumbling onto this beach. we have lost a lot this year, we have - tumbling onto this beach. we have lost a lot this year, we have lost i tumbling onto this beach. we have lost a lot this year, we have lost a | lost a lot this year, we have lost a section of 25 metres in the last three months. there must be well over a million items. there must be well over a million items of ordnance on this beach — from world war i, world war ii, shells, mortars. i have been told this is safe. this is one of the bombs dropped by the american air force. and this is what they're worried about. can you see here where the explosive charge was? now, of the three quarters of a million of these on this beach, at least 20% are still live. why is it so dangerous? the problem we've got is we just cannot tell whether these bombs

are live or not. there is no difference. so we have to treat them all as live. and you have to blow them up to check. we're looking to split the bdu open, which will then give us access to the cartridge and we can see if we've got a live or it has functioned when dropped. roger that. firing in five. firing now. explosion. we got a pretty good result here. and what we've got here straightaway — one, two, three. three out of five there, which are still live. so these cartridges are in the middle and they're the live cartridges. and what we can do now is we take these away and burn them. a0 years of british and american target practice will take a long

time to clear up. there's a simple request in the meantime. people — shouldn't take these home. they shouldn't touch them. they shouldn't move them. by all means, come down and enjoy the wild beach but leave the ordnance alone and let us deal with it. amanda white, bbc news. if you're heading to the beach this bank holiday, be careful! keep your eyes peeled. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. it was a big night for bromley football club yesterday, as the club secured a promotion to the english football league for the first time in its 132—year history. they beat solihull moors 11—3 on penalties

at wembley stadium after a tightly—fought 2—2 match. the promotion means bromley will play in efl�*s league two next season. the families of two women, who were killed near victoria station, have called for change following another woman being in a life—threatening condition after being hit by a bus there on friday. relatives of catherine finnegan and melissa burr said the area should be closed and "made safe for pedestrians". transport for london said work to improve safety was carried out last year. it said it would work with police "to see if additional safety improvements are needed". an innovative training programme is getting rough sleepers off the streets and into hospitalityjobs. the course involves a mix of classroom based learning and work experience with guaranteed job interviews at the end. it comes as latest data shows that rough sleeping in london was up by a third compared to this time last year. taking marginalised individuals, who typically would have been overlooked

for a career in the hospitality industry, and giving them all the skills and experience they need to move into the world of work. so we're training in emotional intelligence, leadership, communication skills and then matching them with some brilliant hotels to getjobs after the programme. passengers are being urged to check before they travel, as rail members of the train drivers union aslef strike this week. the action will take place from tomorrow to thursday, impacting different rail operators each day, including thameslink, southeastern, southern and south western railway. separately, engineers working on croydon tramlink have begun a five—day strike today in a dispute over pay. staying with travel. and on the tubes... there are lots of issues this morning. the circle, district line and the dlr are part closed. the northern line has severe delays. the waterloo and city line has a planned closure. now onto the weather with kate. good morning. there are a few mist and fog

patches around first thing this bank holiday monday. it is going to be quite an unsettled day. we've got some heavy showers, more persistent rain coming up from the south and locally you mightjust hear a rumble or two of thunder. temperatures today are feeling chillier than the weekend — 15 celsius, the maximum. now, overnight tonight, still a few showers to start with, but they will slip away southwards. the cloud following in its wake, so some clearer spells developing. the minimum temperature dropping to 7 celsius. from tuesday onwards, high pressure starts to build and it stays with us. so all in all, the weather is starting to settle down. some sunshine around as we head through tuesday. little bit of a northerlyjust bringing the chance of one or two showers. not as heavy as today's. you're unlikely to hear any rumbles of thunder and the temperature warmer — 20 celsius through tuesday. and as we head through this week, plenty of dry weather in the forecast, some sunshine and you'll notice the temperature getting steadily warmer towards the end of the week. i'll be back with another update in half an hour. now, it's back to nina and jon. have a very good morning.

hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. thank you forjoining us. some great news this morning. lando norris has won a formula 1 race. how often do we say max verstappen and red bull had dominated? want to moment for him. he has nailed his colours to the mast, been with mclaren for five years. almost regarded as the nearly man. his dad was not there in miami. there is a lesson! he is one of the most popular guys on the circuit, really important to say that. lovely

to see all those dries drivers coming to congratulate him. —— those drivers. he is known for being a nice guy. generally a likeable bunch within the circuit. they are putting their lives on the line, aren't they? very hard to compare it with other sports. they had their lives on the line. they were all behind him winning that in the end. he was helped a little bit fair to say by the safety car. there he is, lando norris, finally a race winner. the safety car coming out midway through. he put on the pace. that to crowd surfing with the mclaren team. they are delighted back at base in woking as well. he has been on the

podium 15 times before but finally on the top step. i love you all. thank you so much. we did it, will. we did it. i guess that's how it's done. finally. i'm so happy! i knew it. i knew it when i came into this morning. i said, today is a day full of opportunity and i nailed it. you know, thank you so much. thanks, mum. thanks, dad. this one's for my grandma. thank you very much. dedicating matt to his grandma who has been unwell lately. savouring every moment of that win.

tottenham's hopes of playing champions league football next season continue to fade after their fourth defeat in a row. they let in four at anfield, as harvey elliot scored the pick of liverpool's goals. spurs fought back but it was too little too late — 11—2 the final score. the result leaves tottenham seven points behind aston villa in fourth with a game in hand. liverpool most likely finishing in third. four games left forjurgen klopp before his farewell. it's a roller coaster. no, but it's fine. it was fantastic atmosphere. i loved it. the weather was great. you don't have that that often. and so a really nice afternoon in the end. who cares? we are safe now, third. we deserved better before the game already but i saw the boys. you have to find the reason, you have to find a spark why you go the extra mile today and the boys found it. and i like that a lot because actually we are third anyway pretty much and the boys wanted the points and i loved it. played some really good stuff under

pressure to get out and get into the front third. butjust whenever we got to the front third, just nothing came of it. and when that happens, you know, the opposition get comfortable and, you know, if we were able to evenjust, you know, create a couple of goalscoring opportunities for ourselves, it would have, you know, maybe set liverpool back a little bit. but... so i thought still in general, but obviously the guys coming on added some creativity and ritchie some presence up front. so that helped us. villa are still in need of one more win to guarantee champions league football, after losing late on at brighton. joao pedro with the winner, eventually, from the penalty spot. chelsea boosted their chances of securing european football next season with a 5—0 win over west ham. nicolas jackson scoring two second half goals to round off the win. rangers are back within three points of the scottish premiership leaders celtic. tom lawrence scoring the best of the rangers goals in their 4—1 win over kilmarnock at ibrox. up next is the old firm derby against celtic on saturday.

thousands of leicester fans turned out to celebrate the club's promotion to the premier league — lining the streets for an open—top bus parade. the club said it wanted to thank supporters by staging an "unforgettable" occasion. they secured top spot in the championship with an away win at preston a week ago. they'll return to the top flight alongside ipswich, with the play—offs deciding who'lljoin them. bromley are into the football league for the first time in their 132—year history. they won the national league playoff final on penalties after a 2—2 draw with solihull moors. captain byron webster scored the winning penalty at wembley. next, to another twist in the women's super league title race — after the leaders manchester city were dramatically beaten at home to arsenal. city were 1—0 up with a minute of normal time remaining but two late arsenal goals — the winnerfrom stina blackstenius — turned the game on its head.

and that brings chelsea right back into it — they went on to thrash bristol city 8—0 which means if they win their game in hand they would be level on points with manchester city going into the final day of the season with a superior goal difference. kyren wilson is in the driving seat at the midway point of the world snooker championship final in sheffield. he leads jakjones by 11 frames to 6. wilson, runner—up to ronnie o'sullivan in the final in 2020 cruised into a 7—1 lead in the first session butjones, the welshman, fought back and won 5 frames in the next before wilson clinched a potentially pivotal 17th frame. so 11—6 his lead as i say. first to 18 wins. play resumes at1 o'clock this afternoon on bbc two. scored pretty well. you know, it's obviously an attribute to my game. but, you know, i'm just loving every minute out there. i think the atmosphere is fantastic. you know, as i said to you previously, rob, i'm sort of very blessed

and grateful that i've been able to experience this again in front of a packed house. you know, obviously, withh being robbed of that through covic. —— you know, obviously, with being robbed of that through covid. i'm just loving it. it's great to have everyone there and they're all having a good time. despite a second—half fightback, harlequins were beaten by toulouse as the french club booked their place in a first champions cup final for three years. the home side, five—time winners, cruised into a healthy lead after five tries in the opening a0 minutes. and despite quins rallying after the break, they ended up losing 38—26. toulouse will face four—time winners leinster in the final at tottenham hotspur stadium on saturday the 25th of may. joe root is leading calls to reduce the amount of domestic cricket and review a schedule that is "not fit—for—purpose". the former england test captain is speaking out after the professional cricketers' association revealed a large number of players have concerns about the physical toll of the fixture list while many are worried about unsafe travel between matches. information from players

was gathered in pre—season meetings with all 18 first—class counties, leading to this collective call for action. tadej pogacar has moved into the overall lead of the giro d'italia after winning stage two, despite suffering a puncture and a crash at the bottom of the final climb. the slovenian clawed his way back to the front of the field before making his move with two and a half miles to go to take his first stage win in his maiden giro. britain's geraint thomas was third across the line to move up to second overall, 45 seconds behind pogacar. he is very much, it's safe to say, the man to beat. thank you very much indeed. front line ukrainian soldiers have told the bbc the army needs to re—think how it conscripts men to fight. they say a failure to train

and mobilise enough recruits means some have been fighting without a break since russia's full—scale invasion more than two years ago. ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse has the story. under the green canopy of a ukrainian spring, an artillery unit waits for their next order. some of these men have been fighting for months, if not years. translation: my men know each vehicle, says their commander. i it's like a woman with her own characteristics. as russian forces inch closer, they're hunkering down and waiting for billions of dollars�* worth of long delayed american ammunition to finally be delivered. this time last year, ukraine was preparing for a counter—offensive, but this time it's different — they're preparing for what might be coming. this ammunition will help but ukraine is also grappling with trying to mobilise enough men to replace these ones. kyiv is widening the call—up age but radio operator oleksander,

who works and lives in this bunker, thinks it's more thanjust a numbers game. translation: if we all go home, inexperienced soldiers might be able to hold the line, but a lot of them will die. in the nearby city of kramatorsk, ilya, a frontline medic, tells me officials are not honest with recruits, who are thrown into the front line indefinitely with little training. he thinks there should be a limit on the toughest deployments. it would be more truth and effective if military recruitment officers would say, "right, you will have super hard job — infantry —— if military recruitment office would say, "right, you will have super hard job — infantry but for, for example, for half a year. then, you'll go to next level training and you'll got

more specific tasks to do." ministers are trying to restore trust in the way the army recruits, whilst turning up the pressure for men to sign up. inna sovsun is a kyiv mp, whose partner is fighting, and she thinks there are enough men to swap in and out from the front line. there are more people, who are not serving than those who are serving. and the numbers is not even one to one, it's a much bigger ratio. just how much by the fact, you know, the fact your husband, your partner is serving, how much has that shaped your view? of course, my understanding is shaped by who i am, by the fact that i, you know, spend countless nights worrying about where my partner is, if he is ok and so on and so forth. it's an anxiety shared by millions of ukrainians. tired soldiers are torn between needing to defend their country and wanting to go home. james waterhouse, bbc news, the donetsk region.

returning to politics now. and the prime minister has dismissed calls to change course after what he called disappointing local election results in england. so what happened at the polling booths last week? the conservatives lost 474 councillors — just under half the seats it was defending — and the party also lost control of ten councils. labour picked up 186 new council seats to take control of eight councils. the liberal democrats also made gains — they added 104 new councillors and won control of two councils. the green party saw another 74 new councillors elected. in the mayoral elections, there was consolation for the conservatives in tees valley, with ben houchen bucking the trend to secure another term. labour won all other mayoral races —

including in the west midlands, where richard parker defeated the tory incumbent andy street by a very small margin. and kathryn stanczyszyn is in birmingham for us now. morning to you. andy street was synonymous with west midlands mayor. that is who he was. a big change now. , ., ., ., that is who he was. a big change now. , ., ~ ., ., now. yes, good morning. what a dramatic race _ now. yes, good morning. what a dramatic race it _ now. yes, good morning. what a dramatic race it was _ now. yes, good morning. what a dramatic race it was here - now. yes, good morning. what a dramatic race it was here in - now. yes, good morning. what a dramatic race it was here in the l dramatic race it was here in the west midlands with labour's richard parker snatching it away from andy street. a big figure in this region for a long time. by the narrowest of margins as well. just 1500 votes in it, over 600,000 votes cast across the west midlands combined authority, seminarians, coventry, birmingham, solihull, wolverhampton, dudley. a population of 3 million

people in total. the turnout of around 30%, slightly down on last time, by1.6% orso. and around 30%, slightly down on last time, by 1.6% or so. and yet andy street has been mayor for the last seven years. he has been a very significant figure, he has done a lot around transport policy, spearheaded bringing in funding for the commonwealth games and seemingly had a very strong personal reputation here in the west midlands he was trying to make the messed up. a lot has been talked about him distancing himself in the campaign from being conservative, things like the colour of his literature and that kind of thing. this is what he had to say after the result. the result here is surprising for us, actually. and so the the whole point about a moderate conservative party that is inclusive, is tolerant and of course gets on and delivers on the ground. that's perhaps the lesson

from the west midlands. many in the labour party were surprised that this victory as well. it did not look like it was necessarily going that way. one to watch for the labour party, quite an extraordinary result from the independent candidate in this race. he was standing on a pro—palestine platform and took a lot to the labour vote, particularly in certain areas of birmingham. but it is a great duel at the end of a fantastic weekend for the labour party. now it is on with the job, says richard parker. we'll start the process of franchising, working with civil servants at the command authority. we'll also be looking at how we can most effectively, most quickly use the mayor's unspent housing resources to pump funding into housing development and work of housing associations so we can deliver that programme of social housing. the west midlands will be a key

battleground for the general election with labour having to make sure it tries to build back some of that crumbled red bull, particularly in parts of the black country. at the moment it is celebrating. things like redditch and tamworth going back to labour. places like walsall and tadley, some of the conservative election vote held up rather well. —— dudley. the mayoral election did go red. i am joined —— dudley. the mayoral election did go red. iamjoined by —— dudley. the mayoral election did go red. i am joined byjessica marie from the guardian. andy street, as a figure, a personality, lots of people thought he was quite popular and that would swing it, really. hat and that would swing it, really. not uuite and that would swing it, really. not quite popular enough. he was pretty frank in _ quite popular enough. he was pretty frank in interviews that he was deliberately focusing on brand. as you said. — deliberately focusing on brand. as you said, very little reference to the conservative party in any of his election_ the conservative party in any of his election material on his social media — election material on his social media pages. that paid off in places

like tees_ media pages. that paid off in places like tees valley. then how much and had a _ like tees valley. then how much and had a similar— like tees valley. then how much and had a similar strategy and he was elected _ had a similar strategy and he was elected for a third term. —— ben houchen — elected for a third term. -- ben houchen-— elected for a third term. -- ben houchen. ., , ., houchen. labour is looking at some of those results, _ houchen. labour is looking at some of those results, particularly - of those results, particularly birmingham, thinking that could be losses of seats in the general election. maybe notjust about palestine in those areas. the stance b labour palestine in those areas. the stance by labour on — palestine in those areas. the stance by labour on gaza _ palestine in those areas. the stance by labour on gaza had _ palestine in those areas. the stance by labour on gaza had a _ palestine in those areas. the stance by labour on gaza had a big - palestine in those areas. the stance by labour on gaza had a big impact. j by labour on gaza had a big impact. you should — by labour on gaza had a big impact. you should not forget the financial crisis _ you should not forget the financial crisis has — you should not forget the financial crisis has angered a lot of people, people _ crisis has angered a lot of people, people just got their council tax bills last — people just got their council tax bills last month, up 10%. a lot of residents— bills last month, up 10%. a lot of residents will be unhappy with that. why should i vote for a labour mayor? — why should i vote for a labour ma or? ., ~' ,, why should i vote for a labour ma or? ., ,, i. , why should i vote for a labour ma or? ., , . why should i vote for a labour maor? ., , . mayor? thank you very much. maybe richard parker _ mayor? thank you very much. maybe richard parker might _ mayor? thank you very much. maybe richard parker might have _ mayor? thank you very much. maybe richard parker might have had - mayor? thank you very much. maybe richard parker might have had a - richard parker might have had a small rest, taking lots of congratulations as well. housing is a priority, spending that money on

housing, also bus franchising. i am sure his inbox is growing by the second. b. sure his inbox is growing by the second. �* , , sure his inbox is growing by the second. �* , _ ., , ., second. a busy few months for you as well. looks like quite a good start to the morning. looks like quite a good start to the mornin:. ,., ., looks like quite a good start to the mornin. _ ,., ., ., looks like quite a good start to the mornin:. ,., ., ., ., ., morning. good morning. i have found you a bit of— morning. good morning. i have found you a bit of sunshine _ morning. good morning. i have found you a bit of sunshine to _ morning. good morning. i have found you a bit of sunshine to start - morning. good morning. i have found you a bit of sunshine to start their - you a bit of sunshine to start their day. a glorious morning for taking the dog and an early morning walk. this is nottinghamshire. not the same picture everywhere. outbreaks of rain already this morning. a mixed picture through bank holiday monday. some spells of sunshine. it will feel warm in the sunshine. many of us will see heavy downpours through the course of the day. this frontal system is producing more persistent rain. also some heavy rain across parts of eastern scotland. yesterday there was harper month's worth of rain in the east of

scotland injust month's worth of rain in the east of scotland in just a few hours. —— half a month. london, the home counties, fairly cloudy and damp. elsewhere, a picture of sunshine and showers. more sunshine coming through devon, cornwall, wales, the midlands, parts of norfolk. to the south of that, very cloudy. showers bubbling up through the afternoon and there could be the odd rumble of thunder and a bit of lightning. much of northern ireland, northern and western scotland, predominantly dry. central and south—eastern scotland stays showery during the day. the rain clears away from the south—east overnight. a lot are low cloud, mist and fog left as we start tuesday morning. temperatures for most seven to 10 degrees in towns and cities. what about tomorrow? another day of

sunny spells and scattered showers. fewer showers tomorrow than today. more sunshine across the south—east and the london region. there will be lingering low cloud, mist and fog. it will feel cool around the north sea coast. 13 for aberdeen and newcastle. in the london region, warmer than today, up to 20 degrees. the middle of the week sees a paramount of dry weather. a bit more cloud for parts of scotland and northern ireland. some when pushing into the north—west later on in a day. 10 degrees in lerwick on wednesday. widely up to 20, 21 across parts of central england and wales. sunshine sticking around. in the south people tend to see whether france trying to topple over the northern edge of the high pressure. a fair amount northern edge of the high pressure. afairamount of northern edge of the high pressure. a fair amount of dry weather. to keep further south in the strong

sunshine. we are likely to see temperatures, cardiff and london, up to 22, 20 three degrees. a bit unsettled. some sunshine for some of us. things look drier and warmer through the rest of the week. timer;r through the rest of the week. they do, don't through the rest of the week. they do. don't they? — through the rest of the week. they do, don't they? two _ through the rest of the week. they do, don't they? two days of sunshine and then... let's not mention anything else. he's one of the best—known faces in british tv, and despite standing down from his comic relief presenting duties, sir lenny henry has never been busier. he's a regular on screen, a playwright and author, and next week he'll return to the stage to talk about his life and career. a 500 words judge as well. miranda shunker reports. # lenny henry show. #2,3...# when it comes to comedy and showbiz, sir lenny henry has pretty much done it all. his customary warmth and wit embraced by audiences, including those he famously mimicked.

it's going to be a long time before it's clear. much of his career is detailed in his recent memoir called rising to the surface, covering his early years of stand up, to appearing in many tv and stage productions. i hope it's a journey that takes people through, you know, post—tiswas, three of a kind, lenny henry show. you know, i went to america to make a disastrous movie. i came back, iformed a production company, adopted my daughter, and then proceeded from there. so lovely to see everybody and to see you here and to see those people. the 65—year—old from dudley also co—founded comic relief 39 years ago, hosting his final show in march. an emotional — but proud — moment for what it's fundraising has achieved. —— its fundraising has achieved. and although we've raised

over £1.5 billion with the help of the brilliant british public, it's somebody else's turn to come up with new ideas, new comedy, new characters, and new initiatives that will make comic relief even bigger and better in the future. life is far from slowing down, though. as a published author, sir lenny has always taken a big interest in the literary world and will soon be guiding audiences through his life and work in conversation with bbc newsreader clive myrie. yeah, clive's great. ilove him. he gave an interview for my college magazine the other day and he's so frank and forthright and honest that it's going to be a joy to speak to him. and it's an honour to have clive myrie interviewing me at the tunbridge wells literary festival. i can't wait. it's going to be brilliant. the festival will start on may the 9th. rapping like like a superstar in my technicolor dream jamas —— rapping like a superstar

in my technicolor dream jamas jamas on the brand—new... you may well recognise this? it is — of course — the dr who theme. the woman who arranged the music back in the early 60s — delia derbyshire — is being celebrated in her home city of coventry, ahead of the new series this month. we'll be talking about that later in the programme — and we want to know which tv themes are your favourite. we had a bit of a chat about ones wee lad yesterday. this is my one. have a listen? —— we lad yesterday.

do you recognise it? the words are up do you recognise it? the words are up as well. just challenging me a little bit more. that was the music. if i heard it and little bit more. that was the music. if i heard itand i little bit more. that was the music. if i heard it and i think it was on a wednesday and friday, i was giddy. let's get to rumble. this is my favourite. it takes me back to the 70s. favourite. it takes me back to the 705. i favourite. it takes me back to the 70s. i also absolutely loved that. it is like a comfort blanket. my dad listen to it the decades. my son listens to it every week. part of national life, isn't it? saturday night, the 70s. i want to stay up but i am not allowed. does the wife still not that you stay up? i am in bed way before then! if you have a

theme tune you love and might like us to play this morning, get in touch in the usual way. contact details are on the screen. let us know what it is about that tune from the television that takes you to a certain moment in your life. often it is a period, that time of life when you get in from school, sit down and watch that bit of tv. do get in touch. you know what to do. get the theme tunes coming in on this bank holiday monday morning. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello. good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. it was a big night for bromley football club yesterday as it secured a promotion to the english football league for the first time in its 132—year history. they beat solihull moors 4—3

on penalties at wembley stadium after a tightly—fought 2—2 match. the promotion means bromley will play in efl�*s league two next season. a person has died in a fire in a garden office in cheam in south london. police say the cause of yesterday's blaze in church hill road is being investigated but is not thought to be suspicious. officers are in contact with family members. an innovative training programme is getting rough sleepers off the streets and into hospitalityjobs. the courses involve a mix of classroom based learning and work experience with guaranteed job interviews at the end. it comes as latest data shows that rough sleeping in london was up by a third compared to this time last year. taking marginalised individuals, who typically would have been overlooked for a career in the hospitality industry, and giving them all the skills and experience they need to move into the world of work. so we're training in emotional intelligence, leadership, communication skills and then matching them with some

brilliant hotels to getjobs after the programme. i want to get a job not just for the sake _ i want to get a job not just for the sake of— i want to get a job not just for the sake of the — i want to get a job not just for the sake of the money, i want to develop that and _ sake of the money, i want to develop that and progress through. passengers are being urged to check before they travel as rail members of the train drivers union aslef strike this week. the action will take place from tomorrow to thursday, impacting different rail operators each day including great anglia, c2c, thameslink, southeastern, southern and south western railway. separately engineers working on croydon tramlink have begun a five—day strike today in a dispute over pay. staying with travel, and on the tubes... a few issues there. the circle, district line and the dlr are part closed. the waterloo & city line is closed. let's have a look at the weather with kate. good morning. there are a few mist and fog patches around first thing this bank holiday monday. it is going to be quite an unsettled day.

we've got some heavy showers, more persistent rain coming up from the south and locally you might just hear a rumble or two of thunder. temperatures today are feeling chillier than the weekend — 15 celsius, the maximum. now, overnight tonight, still a few showers to start with, but they will slip away southwards. the cloud following in its wake, so some clearer spells developing. the minimum temperature dropping to 7 celsius. from tuesday onwards, high pressure starts to build and it stays with us. so all in all, the weather is starting to settle down. some sunshine around as we head through tuesday. little bit of a northerly just bringing the chance of one or two showers. not as heavy as today's. you're unlikely to hear any rumbles of thunder and the temperature warmer — 20 celsius through tuesday. and as we head through this week, plenty of dry weather in the forecast, some sunshine and you'll notice the temperature getting steadily warmer towards the end of the week. i'll be back with another update in half an hour. plenty more on our website. have a very good morning.

good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. our headlines today... john swinney�*s expected to be confirmed as the new leader of the scottish national party later, after a potential challenger pulled out of the race. prime minister rishi sunak admits last week's local elections were "bitterly disappointing" for the conservatives, but the party can still come together and make progress. 70 years ago today, hugely significant sporting event took place, the first sub—a—minute mile was run by sir roger bannister, and today hundreds will be taking part in the banister community mile through the streets of oxford. we will be talking to some of them a little later. good morning.

after 110 attempts, lando norris is a formula one race winner. the british driver takes the chequered flag at a dramatic miami grand prix — on a day to remember for maclaren. and good morning. it is going to be a bank holiday monday of sunny spells and scattered downpours, with some more persistent rain for the south—east of england and scotland. all your weather details coming up. it's bank holiday monday — the 6th of may. our main story. john swinney is expected to be confirmed as the next leader of the scottish national party after his last potential competitor pulled out. it means mr swinney is also the most likely candidate to replace humza yousaf as scotland's first minister. our reporter ben philip has the latest. as you can tell, i'm sad that my time as first minister is ending, but i'm so grateful and so blessed for having the opportunity afforded to so few, to lead my country.

a week is a long time in politics. last monday an emotional humza yousaf resigned, leaving the snp looking for a new leader and scotland a new first minister. focus quickly turned to who would replace him in the frame. john swinney and kate forbes. i want to unite the snp and unite scotland for independence. shortly after mr swinney entered the contest, ms forbes said she wouldn't stand. technically, the deadline for nominations is at midday, and as the only current contender and with the clock running down, it was widely expected that john swinney would become the next snp party leader and country's seventh first minister unopposed.

that was until a last—minute twist over the weekend. snp activist graeme mccormick was hoping to launch a challenge for the leadership position. it's thought he collected signatures at a pro—independence march in glasgow at the weekend. but no sooner had the bid launched, it was over. in a statement late last night, mr mccormick said he'd met the nominations thresholds to enter the contest, adding that after a lengthy and fruitful conversation withjohn swinney, they had agreed on the challenges which the snp, scottish government and people face. he described it as a fresh start to deliver scottish independence. he said, "i have therefore concluded that i shall not proceed with my nomination for party leader", throwing his support behind john swinney. over the weekend, mr swinney insisted he was the right man for the job. i feel physically and mentally ready to become the leader of the snp and the first minister of scotland, and i will give it absolutely everything i have in me to make sure that my party succeeds and my country succeeds. events could move quickly again this week. with the path now clear, it's all but certain that john swinney will be in the top job in the coming days. ben philip, bbc news.

0h, oh, keeping an eye on developments north of the border, but plenty to look over of the past few days after the local elections. jon has a round—up. thank you, nina. the prime minister has said it was "bitterly disappointing" to have lost andy street as the mayor of the west midlands, along with almost 500 conservative councillors across england. rishi sunak has told the times today that he's determined his party will come together, and show people they are delivering. our political correspondent, helen catt, reports. in the calm after the elections, there's a lot for the prime minister to think about. rishi sunak appears safe from a challenge from his own mps, despite a very bad set of election results for the conservatives. mr sunak told the times he was determined that his party would come together and show people they were delivering. a view echoed by his party chairman. i think it's sort of self—indulgent for us to be talking to ourselves

and talking about ourselves at the moment. whenever i go on the doorstep, i'd agree with some others who've spoken and said what they want to see is us putting forward a clear vision for the country. you know, i think we've seen a lot of that from the prime minister over the last few days. i just want to say thank you. among the losses, andy street, now no longer the mayor of the west midlands, along with nearly 500 councillors. mr sunak has said those losses were bitterly disappointing. yesterday the former home secretary suella braverman said the prime minister had to own the results and change course. i think he needs to show people that he really cares _ about some of the things that he's talked about. _ he needs to actually lower taxes i in a way that people will feel, i not tweaking around the edges. if he's serious about migration, he needs to put a cap _ on legal migration. he needs to take us out of the - european convention on human rights. that's how you actually send i the message that he's serious about stopping the boats. and while some are urging mr sunak to change position,

others in the conservative party are clear that their best chance is to stay firmly in the centre ground. so while any imminent threat to eject mr sunak from here seems to have gone away, the long—term pressure on him to change conservative fortunes has not. for labour, this week holds a very different picture. they won the blackpool south by—election, along with a number of councils and police and crime commissioners. the man in charge of their campaigns said the challenge they had was not to get complacent. there is a sense of belief there, but that sense of belief should never be confused with any sense that the job is done. here's to four more years. rishi sunak was out on friday celebrating the one bright spot for the tories — ben houchen keeping hisjob as mayor of tees valley. the prime minister is expected to be back out from today showing he's getting on with the job, knowing some of his mps think that might not be enough. helen catt, bbc news.

we're joined now by our political correspondent, harry farley. the prime minister has written a letter in the times this morning, what sort of tone is he taking? i what sort of tone is he taking? i think he is really trying to encourage his mps, john. when i speak to mps, i'm struck by how despondent, resigned, flat many of them feel as result of these local elections. i think rishi sunak�*s tone in the times today is trying to encourage them. the way he does that is by arguing that local election results show that we are on for a hung parliament in the general election. i think it is worth pointing out that there are some problems with that analysis. he has basedit problems with that analysis. he has based it on analysis by the local elections expert michael thrasher, and he has extrapolated from a set of wards, the share or percentage of the vote that the main parties get, and said, this is what would happen

if it was replicated across the country. the problem with mapping out onto a general election is that the evidence shows that people tend to vote differently in local elections to general elections, people tend to vote more for smaller parties or independent candidates in a local election than they do for a general, and the other problem is it doesn't take into account scotland, because of course scotland didn't vote in these local elections and so the assumption is that it is the same as in 2019 where in fact polls suggest that labour will probably do better in scotland and they did in 2019. so i think we have to treat that analysis that the local elections results show that we are on for a hung parliament with a degree of caution, rishi sunak trying to encourage and energise his mps. ., , ., trying to encourage and energise his mps. . , ., ., ., ,, , mps. harry, for now, thank you very much indeed- _ much indeed. developing news for you now. israel's military says it has begun evacuating civilians from rafah in southern gaza, where over a million palestinians have sought refuge after being displaced

from other areas. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. i think details are still coming in, bore what have you managed to gather from developments that? we have just had an we havejust had an initial we have just had an initial briefing from the israeli military that says it is using flyers, social media, text messages, ordering something like 100,000 palestinians in rafah to leave areas on the edge ahead of a planned israeli operation there, stressing that it is doing this in a gradual way, and that the operation in planning and will be limited in scope. but of course this is something that does raise alarm, particularly among the people, about a million of them, who are crammed into the city next to the egypt border. palestinians who have mostly fled from fighting in other parts of the gaza strip. and there have been these warnings from western powers,

from the us in particular, from un agencies, that there could be a real humanitarian crisis caused by having a wider ground offensive in rafah, thatis a wider ground offensive in rafah, that is something that israel has been insisting on, saying that it needs to have victory over hamas by defeating the thousands of gunmen who were believed to be in that area. it is said that the threat posed by a hamas presence in rafah was shown just yesterday when rockets were fired towards the kerem shalom crossing, with the hamas military wing saying it was targeting an israeli army base nearby, three soldiers were killed in a main crossing for aid that has now been closed by israel. it says that in the coming days, it will ensure that there is an increase in aid supplies going through other crossing so that aid continues to get through, and it is telling about 100,000 people in rafah to move to these humanitarian areas that have been expanded, these city is created

as a humanitarian zone and another area close to khan younis. irate as a humanitarian zone and another area close to khan younis.- area close to khan younis. we will come back — area close to khan younis. we will come back to _ area close to khan younis. we will come back to you _ area close to khan younis. we will come back to you later _ area close to khan younis. we will come back to you later in - area close to khan younis. we will come back to you later in the - come back to you later in the programme when we get more news. thank you for now. china's president has arrived in paris to begin his first visit to europe in five years. president xi jinping is expected to meet with france's president, emmanuel macron, later today, to discuss a range of issues, including trade between china and the eu. rescue efforts are continuing in brazil, where floods and landslides have left almost 80 people dead and over 100,000 displaced. among the worst—hit areas is the state capital, porto alegre, where residents have been forced onto rooftops and whole neighbourhoods are submerged. here, rail passengers are facing widespread disruption as train drivers in the aslef union begin a six—day overtime ban. one—day strikes are also being staged at 16 rail companies this week as part of a long—running dispute about pay.

our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has more. it's going to be another frustrating week for rail passengers. drivers say working overtime is crucial to keep the network moving, so a six—day ban is likely to cause widespread delays and cancellations. on top of that, they're staging a series of one—day walk—outs from tomorrow. services on lines mainly in and around london and the south east will be the first to be affected. then on wednesday, six lines which serve the midlands, west of england and wales will be impacted. and on thursday, drivers in the north of england and on some services running into scotland will walk out. this dispute over pay has been rumbling on sincejuly 2022, and the last formal talks were held more than a year ago. the rail delivery group,

which represents the 16 train companies involved, tabled an offer of a 4% pay rise for two consecutive years, but said ways of working also needed to change. aslef dismissed the offer as risible. last week, the rdg reached out to the union to try to find what it called common ground in order to get back round the negotiating table. aslef leaders said they were open to the possibility of fresh talks. so there is a glimmer of hope for a resolution, but another week of travel misery looms for passengers. marc ashdown, bbc news. eurovision week has officially begun. tomorrow it's the first semi—final and, in sweden, final preparations are well under way, with the opening ceremony kicking off proceedings. our reporter poppyjeffery has the details. in eurovision, you don't

get a red carpet. you get a turquoise one. # ooh, see that girl # watch that scene # digging the dancing queen... this year's contest has been officially opened in the swedish city of malmo, ahead of what is a very busy week for the 37 representatives taking part. from the refined to the quirky... hello! my name is windows 95! # she's unforgettable... tomorrow is the first semifinal, with half of the acts performing in the hopes of making it to the grand final on saturday. the uk is part of the big five, the countries that contribute the most to the ebu, and they automatically get a place in the final. but for the first time they will perform live in the semis. and it's fair to say that olly alexander isn't doing things by halves. # take me back to the beginning # again... but this year's contest has an undertone of tension, with calls for some acts, including the uk, to boycott the event over the israel—gaza war.

i think it's really important that people are able to to protest and people voice their opinions. also myself, i think it's it's really important to... to not stay silent. # every day i'm losing my mind... israel is competing. eden golan's song hurricane is a rewritten version of her first entry, october rain, which was thought to reference the hamas attacks of october the 7th. the tension means security is a real focus, but police in malmo say they are ready. we have high security around the israeli delegation, but we also have a high security for the other delegations from the other countries. so i think it's important for us that all of them feel safe when they are coming to malmo. so even if they are not from israel, we try to keep them in a good mood and feel safe no matter what country they're from. and they are definitely

in a good mood. chicken noises. the permanent slogan of eurovision is "united by music", something that's not lost on those taking part. it boils down to those three minutes of music, really. that's a completely non—intellectual experience. and when you don't think any more, you just experience, you don'tjudge, you don't divide. that stuff goes away. and we need to foster those moments where we experience that together. and with that, the eurovision song contest 2024 is good to go. peppyjeffrey, bbc news. week of your year, is it? the best week of the year! and my baby hasn't

seen it yet. she excited? she is. and you can watch the first semifinal on bbc one tomorrow night from eight o'clock. the final is on saturday night. and thenit the final is on saturday night. and then it is another year to wait. but then it is another year to wait. but the build—up starts around christmas. the highlights, the archive... sara, are you looking forward to eurovision? can't wait. once more with feeling! yes, i am! once more with feeling! yes, iam! we once more with feeling! yes, i am! we all need a bit of eurovision in our lives, don't worry, just to bring a bit of sparkle. in terms of the weather, some sparkle to start things off. we have got some spells of sunshine. this is the picture in newquay in common at the picture in newquay in common at the moment. there is some cloud starting to bubble up and that will bring outbreaks of rain through the day. but if you had the clear skies

last night, you might have been lucky enough to catch a glimpse of the northern lights. even as far south as norfolk, gloucestershire too, we had a beautiful aurora borealis last night. through the course of your bank holiday monday, some of us would keep those clear spells, some warm sunshine but heavy downpours quite frequent for many of us, because low pressure is still driving our weather at the moment, particularly down towards the south—east where you have this weather system. south—east where you have this weathersystem. for south—east where you have this weather system. for parts of southern and eastern scotland, there were flooding problems yesterday, heavy rain ongoing. elsewhere there will be a bit of sunshine breaking through, so if we take a look around the country at four o'clock this afternoon, they will be brightness breaking through for devon and cornwall, through wales into the midlands as well but to the south of that it will stay cloudy with patchy outbreaks of rain. temperatures in the warmest spot is up to about 19 degrees, but some of these showers interrupting the sunshine could be heavy and sundry as well, probably some dry weather for much of

northern ireland and also northern and western scotland too, but we keep the cloud and patchy rain for central and southern scotland which will ease away this evening. overnight we lose that wet weather from the south—east eventually but we keep this legacy, —ist and fog to start your tuesday morning but it will be frost free. as we head for the next few days, high pressure is set to build, so some drier weather particularly towards the south, england and wales, temperatures up to the mid—20s, a little bit of rain further north at times but generally some dry and warm weather over the next week. back to you, jon. thank you, sparkling indeed. it is 20 past seven. today marks 30 years since the opening of the channel tunnel — it was a mammoth engineering project which connected england with france and remains the world's longest undersea tunnel. so what did it take to complete?

let's have a look at the numbers. around 13,000 engineers, technicians and other workers from both the uk and other workers from both the uk and france helped build the tunnel over five years. the earth that was dug out of the tunnel during construction could fill wembley stadium seven times. that's for your pub quiz this week! more than 380 million tonnes of freight have been transported through it — on board truck shuttles and freight trains. and since the year 2000, a total of two million cats and dogs have travelled through the tunnel. our transport correspondent katy austin has been looking at impact of the project on all of us. a moment in history. 30 years ago today, queen elizabeth and french president mitterrand officially opened the new connection between their two countries, which made an idea dreamed up centuries earlier a reality. since the queen made herjourney through the channel tunnel, 480 million passengers have

done the same. these days, 400 trains speed through it each day. we're now going at about 120 kilometers per hour, which is roughly 75 miles per hour. and we're coming up to the middle of what is still the world's longest undersea tunnel. driver martin has been here since the beginning. people have this concept that it's just straight through to france, and it's totally not. the tunnel itself is up, down, round the corners and everything. it's no straight lines at all. so you sort of know this tunnel like the back of your hand? absolutely, yeah. it's like a second home, really? building it was an exceptional feat of engineering. there are actually three tunnels. the one i'm standing in right now with my high—vis and my hard hat isn't for trains. it's used for ventilation, access for maintenance and evacuating people in an emergency. we're now on the france side, and the uk is 32 miles that way. the tunnel carries a quarter of trade between the uk and the eu,

plus plenty of holiday—makers, whether on the eurostar to paris and beyond, or using the car shuttle to reach somewhere like le touquet, an hour's drive from eurotunnel�*s calais terminal. drove down to folkestone, jumped on the tunnel, half an hour, calais, 40 minutes down the coast. perfect. nice and easy. no problems at all. have you done that before? yep. we've been to le touquet sort of three times, so we've always come through the tunnel. tunnel tourists help keep the wheels moving for small businesses, including this one. translation: i drive the little train. - lots of english people come at the weekend in cars, in the shuttle. it's very good. plenty of brits swing by the town's golf course. every year we've got 45,000 visitors. - and basically 20,000 of those visitors are english people. . charles thinks the shorter journey compared to ferries means a longer holiday.

which is an extra round of golf. so that's more fun for them and more business for us. l the tunnel�*s financial journey hasn't always been smooth. it opened £2 billion over budget. at one point, the company which runs it nearly went bust. predicted passenger numbers were never reached, but eurotunnel became profitable. more recently, new challenges — the pandemic and brexit meant putting millions into new systems to deal with additional customs rules. what's next? well, the boss here wants more trains running. that could include for the first time rivals to eurostar running passenger services. three new companies have said that they want to launch new services within the five next years in the tunnel. we are very confident that within the ten next years there will be a doubling of the direct connection between london and europe. before then, change is on the way

for people crossing the channel. eurotunnel is building an area to cope with the eu's new border system, starting this october. we were the first to film the machine that passengers will use at calais and folkestone to register fingerprints and a photo instead of having their passport stamped. the crossing time will be extended by five to maximum seven minutes for each customer, and as we have extended the number of lanes, there will be no delay on the highway. nothing. the cost of all this? £70 million. the tunnel�*s 30—year history has already proved eventful, and it's far from the end of the story. katy austin, bbc news. iama big i am a big fan of the tunnel. my kids used to think that they could

look out of the window and see the fish swimming around. you have to not think about the fact that you are under the channel, just enjoy the ride. let's speak now to the independent�*s travel correspondent now who's in frankfurt... this was going to connect us in a meaningful way, this was going to connect us in a meaningfulway, has this was going to connect us in a meaningful way, has it happened? it was a fantastic piece of engineering, but as katy austin's excellent report said, it has not reached its potential. can you believe that as part of the planning and unbelievably i am old enough to remember when it opened, we were going to see direct trains from glasgow, edinburgh, manchester, leeds, cardiff, plymouth, going through to paris. none of that has happened, and furthermore, the number of destinations you can get to from london st pancras, the only uk station, has actually fallen. you can no longer get to marseille, to

lyon, and their stations in kent have been mothballed. 50 lyon, and their stations in kent have been mothballed.- lyon, and their stations in kent have been mothballed. so any chance that thin . s have been mothballed. so any chance that things might _ have been mothballed. so any chance that things might develop _ have been mothballed. so any chance that things might develop in - have been mothballed. so any chance that things might develop in the - that things might develop in the years ahead, simon, according to the original dream?— original dream? well, yes. the reason none — original dream? well, yes. the reason none of _ original dream? well, yes. the reason none of those _ original dream? well, yes. the reason none of those links - original dream? well, yes. the| reason none of those links ever original dream? well, yes. the - reason none of those links ever came to fruition was because at the same time that the channel tunnel opened, the low—cost airlines were getting under way, and for example, i've been on a fantastic underway, and for example, i've been on a fantastic trans— under way, and for example, i've been on a fantastic trans— european railjaunt, but it began not with a eurostar train, that would have been far too expensive, i paid £15 to get from manchester to vienna. every single passenger on eurostar pays £17 to eurotunneljust for that half—hour, going through the tunnel. you've got to cut that. you've got to open the market up for effectively the ryanair and easyjet of rail operators. german railways

have long promised trains from frankfurt to london. they certainly haven't happened. there are more than 50 flights today between frankfurt and london alone, and of course many more to other parts of the uk, so they reallyjust need to do what the airlines dead and just say, good luck, everybody come off you go, cut your costs and we will all be on board those trains. i5 all be on board those trains. is there an awareness issue? we regularly drive through the tunnel at folkestone, and it is much cheaper than the ferry. we can do it for £100 sometimes if you book it at the right price, and it is brilliant but lots of people don't seem to know about that option. actually if ou look know about that option. actually if you look at — know about that option. actually if you look at the _ know about that option. actually if you look at the numbers _ know about that option. actually if you look at the numbers of - know about that option. actually if| you look at the numbers of people, 480 million, nearly half a billion, over the past 30 years. aviation, you would get that in a couple of years. so it is simply a bit of a niche thing. and of course in terms of the ferries, everybody thought

they would sail off into the sunset, but in fact you have got really good competition between dover and calais and dunkirk, which is great news because you can get there for £100. meanwhile, simon, here on bank holiday monday, the railways are facing more disruption over the next few days, with strikes. theo;r few days, with strikes. they certainly — few days, with strikes. they certainly are. _ few days, with strikes. they certainly are. remember. few days, with strikes. iie: certainly are. remembertoday few days, with strikes. iier certainly are. remember today is few days, with strikes. t“ie certainly are. remember today is the last day of the bank holiday weekend, so there are lots of network rail engineering projects still under way, network rail engineering projects still underway, causing network rail engineering projects still under way, causing disruption particularly in the cambridge area and various places on west coast main line linking scotland, the north west and the west midlands to london. and we are now into the third summer of disruption by the aslef union, we have already seen a dozen cancellations at least on lner and the east coast main line due to crew shortage, and some curtailment

as well. wherever you are, there are likely to be some cancellations. not i stress on transport for wales or scotrail, they are not involved. but tomorrow we get into the rolling strikes. the target on tuesday and the london commuter services, then on wednesday we get most of the long—distance intercity operators, avanti west long—distance intercity operators, ava nti west coast, long—distance intercity operators, avanti west coast, east midlands railway, cross—country, great western and also chilton and west midlands railway. most of those companies are cancelling almost all of their trains. and then on thursday, you are going to find that the north of england gets targeted. no trains at all on northern or transpennine express, lner will be running a skeleton service from edinburgh via newcastle and york to london. eventually the overtime ban ends on saturday, things should be back to normal by sunday. good luck,

everybody. back to normal by sunday. good luck, eve bod . ., ., , back to normal by sunday. good luck, eve bod. ., ., , .,, back to normal by sunday. good luck, eve bod. ., ., , ., , ,, ., everybody. famous last words, simon. and finall , everybody. famous last words, simon. and finally. you — everybody. famous last words, simon. and finally, you were _ everybody. famous last words, simon. and finally, you were in _ everybody. famous last words, simon. and finally, you were in vienna - everybody. famous last words, simon. and finally, you were in vienna on - and finally, you were in vienna on saturday, now frankfurt, where is next on your grand tour? i’m saturday, now frankfurt, where is next on your grand tour? i'm heading for paris. next on your grand tour? i'm heading for paris- that — next on your grand tour? i'm heading for paris. that is _ next on your grand tour? i'm heading for paris. that is the _ next on your grand tour? i'm heading for paris. that is the idea, _ next on your grand tour? i'm heading for paris. that is the idea, but - next on your grand tour? i'm heading for paris. that is the idea, but i - for paris. that is the idea, but i had such a horrible time yesterday with german railways, crikey. you think asunder in britain is bad, you should try it here, so i'm keeping my fingers crossed.— my fingers crossed. good luck on our next my fingers crossed. good luck on your next leg- — my fingers crossed. good luck on your next leg. no _ my fingers crossed. good luck on your next leg. no doubt - my fingers crossed. good luck on your next leg. no doubt we - my fingers crossed. good luck on your next leg. no doubt we will l my fingers crossed. good luck on | your next leg. no doubt we will be speaking to you very soon. simon calder in frankfurt this morning reflecting on 30 years of the tunnel. it isjust reflecting on 30 years of the tunnel. it is just after half past seven. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london, i'm tolu adeoye. it was a big night for bromley football club yesterday, as it secured a promotion to the english football league for the first time in its 132—year history.

they beat solihull moors 4—3 on penalties at wembley stadium after a tightly fought 2—2 match. the promotion means bromley will play in efl�*s league two next season. the families of two women, who were killed near victoria station have called for change after another woman was hit by a bus and left in a life—threatening condition there on friday. relatives of catherine finnegan and melissa burr said the area should be closed and "made safe for pedestrians". transport for london said work to improve safety was carried out last year and it would work with police "to see if additional safety improvements are needed". an innovative training programme is getting rough sleepers off the streets and into hospitalityjobs. the courses involve a mix of classroom based learning and work experience with guaranteed job interviews at the end. it comes as latest data shows that rough sleeping in london was up by a third compared to this time last year. taking marginalised individuals, who typically would have been overlooked for a career in the hospitality industry, and giving them all the skills and experience they need to move into the world of work. so we're training in emotional

intelligence, leadership, communication skills and then matching them with some brilliant hotels to getjobs after the programme. i feel like it's a job i actually want to get into, not just a job for the sake of the money. it's a job i feel like i'll develop at and progress through. passengers are being urged to check before they travel as rail members of the train drivers union aslef strike this week. the action will take place from tomorrow to thursday impacting different rail operators each day including great anglia, thameslink, southeastern, and south western railway. separately engineers working on croydon tramlink have begun a five—day strike today in a dispute over pay. staying with travel, and on the tubes... there are lots of issues this morning. the circle, district line and the dlr are part closed. the northern line has severe delays. the waterloo and city line is closed. weather with kate. good morning. there are a few mist and fog patches around first thing this bank holiday monday. it is going to be quite an unsettled day. we've got some heavy showers,

more persistent rain coming up from the south and locally you mightjust hear a rumble or two of thunder. temperatures today are feeling chillier than the weekend — 15 celsius, the maximum. now, overnight tonight, still a few showers to start with, but they will slip away southwards. the cloud following in its wake, so some clearer spells developing. the minimum temperature dropping to 7 celsius. from tuesday onwards, high pressure starts to build and it stays with us. so all in all, the weather is starting to settle down. some sunshine around as we head through tuesday. little bit of a northerlyjust bringing the chance of one or two showers. not as heavy as today's. you're unlikely to hear any rumbles of thunder and the temperature warmer — 20 celsius through tuesday. and as we head through this week, plenty of dry weather in the forecast, some sunshine and you'll notice the temperature getting steadily warmer towards the end of the week. i'll be back with another update in half an hour. have a very good morning.

hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. thank you forjoining us. british runner roger bannister was warned by doctors not to even attempt running a mile in underfour minutes because they thought it would kill him. what did they know? well, today marks 70 years since he proved them wrong. our reporter tim muffett is in oxford, where the record was set all those years ago. yes, good morning. outside christ church college in oxford. roger bannister did something many people thought was impossible, he ran a mile underfour minutes. to mark the event today, hundreds of people will be taking part in the banister community mild. the race is due to happen about nine o'clock this morning. it was such a big deal what

roger bannister achieved. many people thought it impossible. in a minute, we will speak to some of the organisers of the event today. my colleague has been looking at the significance of what sir roger bannister did. archive: 25-year-old roger bannister, third from the left, gets away at the iffley ground, oxford, for the race of his life. and so began three minutes, 59.4 seconds of british sporting history. archive: chris brasher. setting the pace in front. there was certainly a feeling of it being a national event and something of a landmark for the country. but it had to be me attempting it, so it was entangled with my own effort. bannister, training to be a doctor, was trying to prove something, perhaps to himself, having slipped to fourth at the olympics two years earlier. but he was also engaged in an experiment. at the time, some scientists believed you would kill yourself trying to run a mile in four minutes. bannister disagreed. his friend chris brasher was tasked with setting

the correct pace and tempering bannister�*s enthusiasm. we seem to be going so slowly. impatiently, ishouted, "faster." but brasher kept his head and didn't change the pace. bannister was an amateur, running was secondary to his studies, and he'd regard his medical career as the greater achievement of his life. but when the second pacemaker, chris chataway, started to tire, his moment arrived. when my mind took over. it raced well ahead of my body and drew me compellingly forward. i felt that the moment of a lifetime had come. i collapsed as i crossed the tape, but then i recovered sufficiently to hear him announcing in a time which, subject to ratification, will be a new world record. three... and after that, the noise of the crowd obliterated the remainder of his announcement. archive: roger bannister

had achieved a new peaki in the history of sport. it was a great surprise to me to be able to do it today, and i think i was very lucky. as you can tell, bannister wasn't one to oversell it, but others have compared his achievement to the conquest of everest or the first transatlantic flight. he was simply happy to have proved his point. i was able to retire from running with a fairly happy ending. having, ithink, shown what i had always believed — that the four—minute mile was merely a psychological barrier, not a physical barrier. and of course, subsequent events have amply proved that bannister�*s —— and of course, subsequent events have amply proved that. bannister�*s record was beaten just 46 days later, and seb coe was one of many to set new mile frontiers. but they've all run in his slipstream. sir roger bannister believed that the mind should not constrain

what the body can do. in that sense, he is the creator of the modern record—breaker. patrick gearey, bbc news. i love watching an old archive. delighted to be joined i love watching an old archive. delighted to bejoined by i love watching an old archive. delighted to be joined by organisers of the event. iii} delighted to be “oined by organisers of the event— delighted to be “oined by organisers of the event.— delighted to be “oined by organisers of the vnt.— of the event. 70 years since sir roter of the event. 70 years since sir roger bannister _ of the event. 70 years since sir roger bannister set _ of the event. 70 years since sir roger bannister set that - of the event. 70 years since sir- roger bannister set that incredible achievement. we have organised events— achievement. we have organised events to — achievement. we have organised events to remember that incredible achievement. we have a community mild in _ achievement. we have a community mild in up _ achievement. we have a community mild in up the mile record holder is taking _ mild in up the mile record holder is taking part — mild in up the mile record holder is taking part in the race. including steve _ taking part in the race. including steve cram. alongside about 1000 people _ steve cram. alongside about 1000 people from our community. a people from our community. fantastic line—up. what an amazing inspirational person he was. he broke the record and then shortly retired, dedicating his life to medicine. an inspiration for you? shes

medicine. an inspiration for you? as student athletes, we have our studies — student athletes, we have our studies and we are keen runners. the fact that _ studies and we are keen runners. the fact that roger bannister was able to excel— fact that roger bannister was able to excel to such ultimate levels in two separate dimensions in medicine and running — two separate dimensions in medicine and running is something that i think— and running is something that i think anyone can find incredibly inspirational. for think anyone can find incredibly inspirational.— inspirational. for those taking art, inspirational. for those taking part. they _ inspirational. for those taking part. they have _ inspirational. for those taking part, they have already - inspirational. for those taking - part, they have already registered. people are welcome to come on and watch and joining celebrations today. to watch and “oining celebrations toda . ., watch and “oining celebrations toda. ., ., watch and “oining celebrations toda . ., ., ., watch and “oining celebrations toda. ., ., ., , , today. to come out of the houses cheerint today. to come out of the houses cheering on _ today. to come out of the houses cheering on people, _ today. to come out of the houses cheering on people, it _ today. to come out of the houses cheering on people, it would - today. to come out of the houses cheering on people, it would be l cheering on people, it would be great _ cheering on people, it would be great 25— cheering on people, it would be great. 25 track races on the same track _ great. 25 track races on the same track. people can come to watch that _ track. people can come to watch that we — track. people can come to watch that. we have food and drink stands. it that. we have food and drink stands. it should _ that. we have food and drink stands. it should be — that. we have food and drink stands. it should be a really good afternoon. | it should be a really good afternoon.— it should be a really good afternoon. . ., ., ., afternoon. i ask how long would it take for you _ afternoon. i ask how long would it take for you to — afternoon. i ask how long would it take for you to run _ afternoon. i ask how long would it take for you to run a _ afternoon. i ask how long would it take for you to run a mile? - afternoon. i ask how long would it take for you to run a mile? you i afternoon. i ask how long would it. take for you to run a mile? you had pretty impressive times. irate take for you to run a mile? you had pretty impressive times.— take for you to run a mile? you had pretty impressive times. we can run 4.15 for a mile. _

pretty impressive times. we can run 4.15 for a mile. not _ pretty impressive times. we can run 4.15 for a mile. not today. - pretty impressive times. we can run 4.15 for a mile. not today. i - pretty impressive times. we can run 4.15 for a mile. not today. i guess, l 4.15 for a mile. not today. i guess, do ou 4.15 for a mile. not today. i guess, do you think _ 4.15 for a mile. not today. i guess, do you think tobacco _ 4.15 for a mile. not today. i guess, do you think tobacco when - 4.15 for a mile. not today. i guess, do you think tobacco when people | do you think tobacco when people turn up today, you are not expecting them to break the four minutes? how regularly does it happen? t0 them to break the four minutes? how regularly does it happen? to be them to break the four minutes? how regularly does it happen?— regularly does it happen? to be a really good _ regularly does it happen? to be a really good middle _ regularly does it happen? to be a really good middle distance - regularly does it happen? to be a l really good middle distance runner, everyone _ really good middle distance runner, everyone is— really good middle distance runner, everyone is going to ask, have you run a _ everyone is going to ask, have you run a sub—a—minute mile? it is recognised _ run a sub—a—minute mile? it is recognised as a benchmark but if you like. recognised as a benchmark but if you like there _ recognised as a benchmark but if you like. there will be men's and women's _ like. there will be men's and women's races going on this afternoon and we hope to have a few people _ afternoon and we hope to have a few people dipping under four minutes at 6pm _ people dipping under four minutes at 6-m. �* .. ., people dipping under four minutes at 6 m, “ ., ., 4' people dipping under four minutes at 6m. �* . ., ~ people dipping under four minutes at 6pm. amazing to think it has become commonplace — 6pm. amazing to think it has become commonplace now. _ 6pm. amazing to think it has become commonplace now. this _ 6pm. amazing to think it has become commonplace now. this distance - 6pm. amazing to think it has become commonplace now. this distance is l commonplace now. this distance is not run in the olympics because it is an imperial measurement. irate not run in the olympics because it is an imperial measurement. we have tried to bring — is an imperial measurement. we have tried to bring this _ is an imperial measurement. we have tried to bring this back. _ is an imperial measurement. we have tried to bring this back. the _ is an imperial measurement. we have tried to bring this back. the mile - tried to bring this back. the mile holds _ tried to bring this back. the mile holds this— tried to bring this back. the mile holds this bizarre significance, when — holds this bizarre significance, when we — holds this bizarre significance, when we have had the record holder to the _ when we have had the record holder to the last _ when we have had the record holder to the last few days incredible how strongly— to the last few days incredible how strongly they feel about the mile and roger bannister and to be part of that— and roger bannister and to be part of that club over the mile. we are incredibly— of that club over the mile. we are incredibly proud to be hosting that

today _ incredibly proud to be hosting that toda . �* . incredibly proud to be hosting that toda . �* , ., incredibly proud to be hosting that toda.�* , ., today. best of luck with the event. the race just _ today. best of luck with the event. the race just before _ today. best of luck with the event. the race just before nine _ today. best of luck with the event. the race just before nine o'clock. l the race just before nine o'clock. we will also speak to the son of roger bannister and steve cram as well. his record in 1985 was the world record and it is still the uk record for the mile all those years later. it'll be great to to chat to him. you will never come in underfour minutes wearing your genes. is the to get change later?— to get change later? yes, 'ust warmint to get change later? yes, 'ust warming up. i to get change later? yes, 'ust warming up. not! i we are also celebrating another british sporting hero this morning. check town! i british sporting hero this morning. check town!— british sporting hero this morning. check town! . , ., �* , check town! i am here, your british s-tortin check town! i am here, your british sporting hero- _ check town! i am here, your british sporting hero. this _ check town! i am here, your british sporting hero. this guy _ check town! i am here, your british sporting hero. this guy has - check town! i am here, your british sporting hero. this guy has finally i sporting hero. this guy has finally done it. lando norris has won a race. how many times have we talked about max verstappen's domination? i

know the guys back at woking will be delighted at what has happened. mclaren have been criticised, they were well off the pace. they had a fantastic driver in norris. he stuck with them and signed a new contract at the back end of last year. all week is it paying off? ferrari and mclaren doing that, a seismic moment for him at the miami grand prix nonetheless. he was inundated with congratulations afterwards, as you can imagine. he has driven with them since he was 19, now 24. finally a race winner. got a better luck with the timing of the safety car. he was able to pull away from max verstappen. celebrations continuing. the crowd surfing mean so much to the mclaren team. 15 podium finishes and finally the top step. nice now

fourth in the drivers championship after realising his dream. i love you all. thank you so much. we did it, will. we did it. i guess that's how it's done. finally. i'm so happy! i knew it. i knew it when i came into this morning. i said, today is a day full of opportunity and i nailed it. you know, thank you so much. —— you nailed it, thank you so much. thanks, mum. thanks, dad. this one's for my grandma. thank you very much. he said afterwards his grandma has been unwell, dedicating that winter her. —— that win to her.

tottenham's hopes of playing champions league football next season continue to fade after their fourth defeat in a row. they let in four at anfield, as harvey elliot scored the pick of liverpool's goals. spurs fought back but it was too little too late — 4—2 the final score. the result leaves tottenham seven points behind aston villa in fourth with a game in hand. for liverpool, most likely finishing in third, there are just two more games left before jurgen klopp's farewell. it's a roller coaster. no, but it's fine. it was fantastic atmosphere. i loved it. the weather was great. you don't have that that often. and so a really nice afternoon in the end. who cares? we are safe now, third. we deserved better before the game already but i saw the boys. you have to find the reason, you have to find a spark why you go the extra mile today and the boys found it. and i like that a lot because actually we are third anyway pretty much and the boys wanted the points and i loved it. played some really good stuff under pressure to get out and get into the front third. butjust whenever we got to the front third, just nothing came of it. and when that happens, you know,

the opposition get comfortable and, you know, if we were able to evenjust, you know, create a couple of goalscoring opportunities for ourselves, it would have, you know, maybe set liverpool back a little bit. but... so i thought still in general, but obviously the guys coming on added some creativity and ritchie some presence up front. so that helped us. villa are still in need of one more win to guarantee champions league football, after losing late on at brighton. joao pedro with the winner. eventually. from the penalty spot. chelsea boosted their chances of securing european football next season with a 5—0 win over west ham. nicolas jackson scoring two second half goals to round off the win. rangers are back within three points of the scottish premiership leaders celtic. tom lawrence scoring the best of the rangers goals in their 4—1 win over kilmarnock at ibrox. up next is the old firm derby against celtic on saturday. bromley are in to the football league for the first time in their 132—year history. they won the national league playoff final on penalties

after a 2—2 draw with solihull moors. captain byron webster scored the winning penalty at wembley. next, to another twist in the women's super league title race — after the leaders manchester city were dramatically beaten at home to arsenal. city were 1—0 up with a minute of normal time remaining — but two late arsenal goals — the winnerfrom stina blackstenius — turned the game on its head. and that brings chelsea right back into it — they went on to thrash bristol city 8—0 which means if they win their game in hand they would be level on points with manchester city going into the final day of the season with a superior goal difference. kyren wilson is in the driving seat at the midway point of the world snooker championship final in sheffield. he leads jakjones by 11 frames to 6. wilson, runner—up to ronnie o'sullivan in the final in 2020, cruised into a 7—1 lead in the first session. butjones, the welshman, fought back and won five frames

in the next before wilson clinched a potentially pivotal 17th frame. so 11—6 his lead as i say. first to 18 wins. play resumes at1 o'clock this afternoon on bbc two. scored pretty well. you know, it's obviously an attribute to my game. but, you know, i'm just loving every minute out there. i think the atmosphere is fantastic. you know, as i said to you previously, rob, i'm sort of very blessed and grateful that i've been able to experience this again in front of a packed house. you know, obviously, with being robbed of that through covid. i'm just loving it. it's great to have everyone there and they're all having a good time. despite a second—half fightback harlequins were beaten by toulouse as the french club booked their place in a first champions cup final for three years. the home side, five—time winners, cruised into a healthy lead after five tries in the opening 40 minutes. and despite quins rallying after the break they ended up losing 38—26. toulouse will face four—time winners

leinster in the final at tottenham hotspur stadium on saturday the 25th of may. joe root is leading calls to reduce the amount of domestic cricket and review a schedule that he calls "not fit for purpose". the former england test captain is speaking out after the professional cricketers' association revealed a large number of players have concerns about the physical toll of the fixture list while many are worried about unsafe travel between matches. information from players was gathered in pre—season meetings with all 18 first—class counties, leading to this collective call for action. tadej pogacar has moved into the overall lead of the giro d'italia after winning stage two. despite suffering a puncture and a crash at the bottom of the final climb, the slovenian clawed his way back to the front of the field before making his move with two and a half miles to go to take his first stage win in his maiden giro. britain's geraint thomas was third across the line to move up to second overall, 45 seconds behind pogacar. and 16—year—old english amateur

golfer kris kim closed with a round of 73 on his pga tour debut at the cj cup byron nelson in texas. we have been following his story. he finished with a two over total on the final day — six under overall — well behind the winner taylor pendrith but a great few days for kris, the youngest player to make a pga tour cut in a decade. he said afterwards he is looking forward most to going home and trying to get his drivers license. gcse year, isn't it? he is amazing. thank you. here's sarah with the weather. good morning. good morning. bank holidays have a bit of a reputation for attracting areas of low pressure and outbreaks of rain. today is no

exception. a bit of rain in the forecast but a bit desk my blue sky and sunshine. this is the picture close to cardiff this morning. things will warm up and spark off a few heavy downpours. for some of us, the rain will be more persistent, particularly in south—east england with low—pressure nearby. in the south—east of scotland there are the leading issues. yesterday, half a month of rain full bowling in a few hours. the rain is quite slow moving. it will ease away gradually through the course of the day. for most of us, sunny spells and a scattering of showers. cloudier with more persistent when lurking for the likes of london and essex, hampshire as well. the odd rumble of thunder in the rain. more sunshine in the east and south—east. the thunderstorm as well. northern ireland and northern and western scotland predominantly dry during

the day. variable amounts of cloud was sunshine breaking through. for most of us the temperatures are in the mid to high teens. eventually the mid to high teens. eventually the showers will ease away. the more persistent when clearing away from the south—east. it can linger into the south—east. it can linger into the early hours of tuesday. quite a bit of missed by low cloud and fogginess. most of us frost free. we could see temperatures down to three, a could see temperatures down to three, 4 degrees in places. that is how we start tuesday. we had the mist, fog, low cloud across parts of scotland and north—east england. more sunshine compared with today. a few showers but they will not be as frequent or heavy as the show as we have today. it will be warmer in the sunshine, 19, 20. if you are stuck under the cloud further north, about 13, 14. into under the cloud further north, about 13, 1a. into the under the cloud further north, about 13,14. into the middle of under the cloud further north, about 13, 1a. into the middle of the week, high pressure keeps things mostly dry. more sunshine, light wins for

england and wales. more wind in northern ireland and scotland. ahead of that, in the sunshine, we are waiting looking at temperatures of 19, 20. it waiting looking at temperatures of 19,20. it will waiting looking at temperatures of 19, 20. it will feel waiting looking at temperatures of 19,20. it will feel quite waiting looking at temperatures of 19, 20. it will feel quite pleasant. the dry weather continues towards the end of the week. high pressure will stay with us. that will allow some of the weather fronts to me across parts of scotland and perhaps northern ireland. if you showers in the forecast. further south, we should keep the implements of that high pressure. plenty of dry, sunny weatherfor high pressure. plenty of dry, sunny weather for the week ahead. really warming up as we head into the weekend. it is very hit and miss. sunny spells and scattered showers and for bank holiday monday. sunglasses one minute and brollies and the next. iikia sunglasses one minute and brollies and the next-— sunglasses one minute and brollies and the next. ., . ., ., ,, and the next. no change there. thank ou. with a new series of doctor who starting later this month, one of the key figures in the programme's success

is being celebrated in her home city of coventry. back in 1963, delia derbyshire arranged the show�*s theme tune, which has excited — and possibly terrified — generations of fans ever since. our reporter kevin reed has more. theme from doctor who. it's probably the most familiar british tv theme ever, and it was coventry woman delia derbyshire, who created the unusual and enduring sound while she worked at the bbc�*s experimental studios known as the radiophonic workshop. these particular pictures, we can record on this machine here. and now, more than half a century on, she's finally getting the recognition many believe she deserves with the delia derbyshire building. coventry university has equipped it with the latest in production technology with industry standard

studios. now that you've got all this digital technology at your disposal, it's nice to be able to go look what you can do with a turntable, with a reel—to—reel machine and literally a loop of tape and just a sense of adventure. broadcaster stuart macken has made documentaries and written about the and he's been brought in to host the launch. the rediscovery and celebration of her work over the last decade or so is fantastic. it shows we've come on a lot. there's a lot of work still to be done. but she'd be delighted and really proud, i think as a proud coventry — a cov kid, you know — to be to be honoured —— coventry — a cov kid, you know — to be honoured in this way by her hometown. it's fitting, too, that the new building is a stone's throw from some of her childhood inspirations. she heard the sound of the blitz and inspired her love of sound. i mean, i know it's a weird thing

to say, but she says there was air raid sirens that she heard and the noises woke her up to a world of extreme sonic effects. and so coventry is in our dna. delia is often cited as a major influence on electronic music, and her legacy is not being forgotten, at least here in coventry. we've got an amazing building with amazing facilities for our students, with studios for immersive ar vr practice. 360 motion capture, 360 sound. film studio. photography studio. you know, delia was a pioneer in herfield. she used innovation and creative technologies creatively to push the boundaries of what music could be. it's exactly what we want our students to be able to do. just fascinating she had those sounds from the blitz as a child and influenced her to use them later on. lots of you have been getting in touch about your favourite tv theme tunes. colette says, this was her fave.

grange hill. do you remember the sausage that comes then? here it comes. now we go! well remembered. what about this one? i would go! well remembered. what about this one? iwould not go! well remembered. what about this one? i would not have been able to recollect this one independently. there we go! high energy, electric guitar. eve's pick is noel�*s house party. she says it is lovely to have something fun and entertaining to watch. and deborah says herfavourite is the adventures of black beauty.

when you can recognise it by a couple of beats. the first couple of bars. the number is on the screen. keep your requests and favourites coming. tell us who you are, where you are calling from and we might play a few later. and why you love that song, what it reminds you of? time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. the hello. good morning from bbc london. i'm tolu adeoye. it was a big night for bromley football club yesterday as it secured a promotion to the english football league for the first time in its 132—year history. they beat solihull moors 4—3 on penalties at wembley stadium after a tightly fought 2—2 match. the promotion means bromley will play in efl�*s league two next season. a person has died in a fire in a garden office in cheam in south london. police say the cause of yesterday's blaze in church hill road is being investigated but is not

thought to be suspicious. officers are in contact with family members. passengers are being urged to check before they travel as rail members of the train drivers union aslef strike this week. the action will take place from tomorrow to thursday impacting different rail operators each day including great anglia, thameslink, southeastern, and south western railway. separately engineers working on croydon tramlink have begun a five—day strike today in a dispute over pay. staying with travel and on the tubes... the circle, district line and the dlr are part closed. the waterloo & city line is closed. now onto the weather. largely cloudy this morning with spells of heavy and persistent rain moving in. these will persist through the afternoon. maximum temperature, 15 degrees celsius. i'll be back with another update in around 30 minutes. have a good day. bye for now.

good morning. welcome to breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst. our headlines today... israel says it's begun the process evacuating palestinian civilians from parts of rafah in southern gaza, ahead of a planned operation against hamas john swinney�*s expected to be confirmed as the new leader

of the scottish national party later, after a potential challenger pulled out of the race. mikey roynon was stabbed to death at the age of 16. now that three teenagers have been jailed over his killing, his mum hayley willjoin us on the sofa to call for tougher laws on knife crime. good morning. after 110 attempts, lando norris is a formula one race winner. the british driver takes the chequered flag at a dramatic miami grand prix on a day to remember for maclaren. and there will be some spells of warm sunshine for your bank holiday monday, but some heavy downpours too, particularly for south—east england, south—east scotland as well. more details coming up. good morning, all. it's bank holiday monday, the 6th of may.

our main story. israel says it has begun evacuating civilians from rafah in southern gaza — where over a million palestinians have sought refuge after being displaced. around 100,000 people are being urged to move to expanded humanitarian zones in other areas. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem — yolande, what more do we know? well, already we are seeing footage of people getting into their cars, cramming them with their possessions, getting onto donkey carts and fleeing this area where the israeli military says it has been using flyers, sending text messages and recorded phone messages, using social media, ordering people to get out of the way. they say that what they are planning a something limited in scope, that it will be carried out in a gradual way. but of course there have been so many fears about what could be involved from an israeli ground offensive in rafah,

because you have more than a million people who are mostly displaced from fighting in other parts of the gaza strip. we have had the us and other western powers, the un, warning that a wide scale offensive in this southernmost city could cause a humanitarian catastrophe, could result in high numbers of civilian casualties. now we are hearing from the israeli defence minister in a statement that he had told the us of his plans to carry out this limited operation overnight, and said that this was necessary because of the lack of progress that had been going on to bring about a ceasefire. it was said that they could be progress towards a deal reached by mediators in cairo, and although we haven't had the complete collapse of those talks, certainly that breakthrough

has not manifested itself, and that became increasingly clear to people in rafah. alarm has started to spread in the last few days that there could be some operations there, and we had hamas launching rockets from the vicinity of rafah towards the kerem shalom crossing, which is the main crossing for aid going into gaza just yesterday. that killed three israeli soldiers and wounded many more close to that crossing, and israel has now closed the crossing for aid, but it is also saying this morning that it will ensure that aid does reach gaza through other crossing points and stays at the same quantity that it has been recently in orderfor stays at the same quantity that it has been recently in order for its operations in the south of the gaza strip to take place.— strip to take place. yolande knell, thank you- — strip to take place. yolande knell, thank you- jon _ strip to take place. yolande knell, thank you. jon has _ strip to take place. yolande knell, thank you. jon has a _ strip to take place. yolande knell, thank you. jon has a round-up - strip to take place. yolande knell, thank you. jon has a round-up of. strip to take place. yolande knell, i thank you. jon has a round-up of the thank you. jon has a round—up of the date because my other news now, and we begin with the snp leadership contest. or is it a contest? it is, or it isn't now, there have been developments overnight.

john swinney is expected to be confirmed as the next leader of the scottish national party after his last potential competitor pulled out. this means mr swinney is also the most likely candidate to replace humza yousaf as scotland's first minister. our reporter ben philip has the latest. as you can tell, i'm sad that my time as first minister is ending, but i'm so grateful, i'm so blessed for having the opportunity afforded to so few — to lead my country. a week is a long time in politics. last monday an emotional humza yousaf resigned, leaving the snp looking for a new leader and scotland a new first minister. focus quickly turned to who would replace him. in the frame, john swinney and kate forbes. i want to unite the snp and unite scotland for independence. shortly after mr swinney entered the contest, ms forbes said she wouldn't stand. technically, the deadline

for nominations is at midday, and as the only current contender and with the clock running down, it was widely expected that john swinney would become the next snp party leader and country's seventh first minister unopposed. that was until a last—minute twist over the weekend. snp activist graeme mccormick was hoping to launch a challenge for the leadership position. it's thought he collected signatures at a pro—independence march in glasgow at the weekend. but no sooner had the bid launched, it was over. in a statement late last night, mr mccormick said he'd met the nominations thresholds to enter the contest, adding that after a lengthy and fruitful conversation withjohn swinney, they had agreed on the challenges which the snp, scottish government and people face. he described it as a fresh start to deliver scottish independence. he said, "i have therefore concluded that i shall not proceed with my nomination for party leader", throwing his support behind john swinney.

over the weekend, mr swinney insisted he was the right man for the job. i feel physically and mentally ready to become the leader of the snp and the first minister of scotland, and i will give it absolutely everything i have in me to make sure that my party succeeds and my country succeeds. events could move quickly again this week. with the path now clear, it's all but certain that john swinney will be in the top job in the coming days. ben philip, bbc news. the prime minister has said it was bitterly disappointing to have lost andy street as the mayor of the west midlands, along with almost 500 conservative councillors across england. we're joined now by our political correspondent, harry farley. harry, what has rishi sunak been saying? rishi sunak has also been talking about the possibility of a hung parliament after the general election. this article by the prime minister in the times today is

interesting, isn't it? what you make of it? ., g ., ,, of it? good morning, jon. i think he ist int of it? good morning, jon. i think he is trying to — of it? good morning, jon. i think he is trying to offer— of it? good morning, jon. i think he is trying to offer some _ of it? good morning, jon. i think he is trying to offer some hope - of it? good morning, jon. i think he is trying to offer some hope and - is trying to offer some hope and trying to reenergise his own mps. i'm struck when i speak to many conservative mps how despondent many of them are, how flat and lacking in energy many of them are, and i think rishi sunak�*s argument that the local election results, as dire as they were for the conservatives, indicating his words that they are just going to be a hung parliament at the general election is trying to suppose whip up a bit of enthusiasm and a bit of energy from his conservative mps to go into the we do have to be a little bit careful about that analysis that the local election results indicate a hung parliament. he is basic that off analysis by an expert who looks at a selection of local council wards and then extrapolates out from that, to give an indication of what each of the main parties would get as a share or as a percentage of the

national vote if everyone had voted in those local elections. the problem, though, with mapping that onto what happens as a general election is the evidence shows that people at local elections vote very differently to how they do at generals, they tend to vote for more smaller parties, more independent candidates than they do it a general election, and the other problem of course is that scotland didn't vote in this local elections, and the so the assumption is that the vote will just be the same as in 2019, and the polls indicate that labour is likely to do rather better than they did in 2019, so there are a number of caveats that i think we have to make to rishi sunak�*s analysis and argument that the local election results indicate we are on for a hung parliament. ithink results indicate we are on for a hung parliament. i think we have to be quite cautious about that. but i think we have to re—energise. for think we have to re-energise. for now, think we have to re-energise. for now. thank— think we have to re—energise. for now, thank you very much indeed.

china's president has arrived in paris to begin his first visit to europe in five years. president xijinping is expected to meet with france's president, emmanuel macron, later today, to discuss a range of issues, including trade between china and the eu. rail passengers are facing widespread disruption as train drivers in the aslef union begin a six—day overtime ban. one—day strikes are also being staged at 16 rail companies this week as part of a long—running dispute about pay. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, has more. it's going to be another frustrating week for rail passengers. drivers say working overtime is crucial to keep the network moving, so a six—day ban is likely to cause widespread delays and cancellations. on top of that, they're staging a series of one—day walk—outs from tomorrow.

services on lines mainly in and around london and the south east will be the first to be affected. then on wednesday, six lines which serve the midlands, west of england and wales will be impacted. and on thursday, drivers in the north of england and on some services running into scotland will walk out. this dispute over pay has been rumbling on sincejuly 2022, and the last formal talks were held more than a year ago. the rail delivery group, which represents the 16 train companies involved, tabled an offer of a 4% pay rise for two consecutive years, but said ways of working also needed to change. aslef dismissed the offer as risible. last week, the rdg reached out to the union to try to find what it called common ground in order to get back round the negotiating table. aslef leaders said they were open to the possibility of fresh talks. so there is a glimmer of hope for a resolution, but another week of travel misery looms for passengers. marc ashdown, bbc news.

it is, as you will well know, eurovision week. it has officially begun. tomorrow it's the first semi—final and we'll finally get to watch our entrant olly alexander perform his song dizzy live on the big stage in sweden for the first time. it used to be just one week, but now it is a month. final preparations in malmo are well underway, with the opening ceremony kicking off proceedings. our reporter poppyjeffery has the details. in eurovision, you don't get a red carpet. you get a turquoise one. # ooh, see that girl # watch that scene # digging the dancing queen...

this year's contest has been officially opened in the swedish city of malmo, ahead of what is a very busy week for the 37 representatives taking part. from the refined to the quirky... hello! my name is windows 95! # she's unforgettable... tomorrow is the first semifinal, with half of the acts performing in the hopes of making it to the grand final on saturday. the uk is part of the big five, the countries that contribute the most to the ebu, and they automatically get a place in the final. but for the first time they will perform live in the semis. and it's fair to say that olly alexander isn't doing things by halves. # take me back to the beginning # again... but this year's contest has an undertone of tension, with calls for some acts, including the uk, to boycott the event over the israel—gaza war. i think it's really important that people are able to to protest and people voice their opinions. also myself, i think it's it's really important to... to not stay silent. # every day i'm losing my mind... israel is competing.

eden golan's song hurricane is a rewritten version of her first entry, october rain, which was thought to reference the hamas attacks of october the 7th. the tension means security is a real focus, but police in malmo say they are ready. we have high security around the israeli delegation, but we also have a high security for the other delegations from the other countries. so i think it's important for us that all of them feel safe when they are coming to malmo. so even if they are not from israel, we try to keep them in a good mood and feel safe no matter what country they're from. and they are definitely in a good mood. chicken noises. the permanent slogan of eurovision is "united by music", something that's not lost on those taking part. it boils down to those three minutes of music, really. that's a completely

non—intellectual experience. and when you don't think any more, you just experience, you don'tjudge, you don't divide. that stuff goes away. and we need to foster those moments where we experience that together. this and with that, the eurovision song contest 2024 is good to go. peppyjeffrey, bbc news. absolute joy. and it absolutejoy. and it doesn't absolute joy. and it doesn't even matter what happens in rehearsals or semifinals, it is how you perform on the night that gets the votes. upon the nights, plural. it is the big final, that is when it matters. i'm delighted to be here with you, jon. i can feel it. it is quarter past eight. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. what is it going to be like? a little bit of everything thrown into

the forecast for your bank holiday monday. some of us have got conditions like this first thing, blue skies, sunshine around, this is the picture in cromer in norfolk at the picture in cromer in norfolk at the moment. but as the day heats up, the moment. but as the day heats up, the sunshine gets going and that will start to bubble up some cloud and spark off a few showers. the rate will be more persistent, particularly so for the south—east of england, and the south—east of scotland as well. but sunny spells, heavy downpours, and low pressure not far away. to the south we have got this frontal system and that is bringing that more persistent rain to the likes of kent, sussex, essex, london as well. we have also got this area of rain still quite heavy across the south—east of scotland, we have half a month of rain for yesterday in just three hours. already some flooding problems. the rain in the north tending to peter out, and further south they will be more sunshine breaking through for the likes of cornwall, devon, through wales, the midlands as well, but with some of those showers they could be one or two thunderstorms

around as well. they will be hit and miss, so sunshine, peppering of showers, southern and eastern scotland keeping with the cloudy and doubt whether. temperatures up into the high teens for some of us. into the high teens for some of us. into the evening hours and overnight, most of the rain eases away, slowly clearing away from the south—east of england, and we will see some mist and fog, particularly for parts of scotland where we have that wet ground, the east of england as well, but temperature 7—10 for towns and cities, a little cooler in rural spots. as we look further ahead through the week, high pressure will be building in from the south, so a lot of dry weather, a lot of sunshine, temperatures on the roast with a week but we willjust see a few spells of showery rain across parts of scotland and northern ireland. for most of us it will be turning drier and warmer through the next few days. back to you, nina and jon. plenty of reasons to be optimistic,

lots of sunshine there. 17 minutes past eight. recently on breakfast we've been focusing on the issue of knife crime, how it causes untold misery in communities — and what's being done to tackle it. in our reports we've spoken with the mother of mikey roynon, who was just 16 when he was stabbed to death in somerset last year. on friday, the boys who killed mikey at a house party were sentenced. our correspondent danjohnson has been following the case and sent this report. the 10th ofjune last summer, and teenagers are heading to a birthday party in bath that's been advertised on snapchat. this is mikey travelling from the edge of bristol with some friends. he was about to come across this group of teenagers from wiltshire heading to the same party. this is the ambulance service. is the patient breathing? he's been stabbed at a house party. police. there was a violent confrontation,

and mikey was stabbed in the neck. it was shane cunningham who stabbed mikey, he claimed in self—defence, but he was convicted of murder. cartel bushnell and leo knight were given nine years for manslaughter for encouraging and supporting the attack. was it you that stabbed him in the neck? shane cunningham didn't give any answers in custody or in court, so we may never know what sparked the confrontation. thejudge passed a life sentence and said he must serve at least 16 years. bristol and its surrounding areas are in the middle of a plague of knife crime. the plague has continued since this trial finished. the lives of young boys who carry knives continue to be taken at the hands of other boys who carry knives.

this family's campaigning now to highlight knife crime and how many children are armed and prepared to take lives. that was danjohnson, reporting for us there. he joins us now along with mikey�*s mum hayley ryall. good morning to you. thank you for coming in. hayley, we will take this at your pace, because i know it is still raw after the hearing just on friday you were in court. how are you and the family doing? ok. it has been a bit of a whirlwind, we haven't had time to process it properly yet. but we are ok. because it is so raw what you have all been through, it was june it is so raw what you have all been through, it wasjune last it is so raw what you have all been through, it was june last year that you lost mikey? tell us about your son. he you lost mikey? tell us about your son. .. . you lost mikey? tell us about your son, ., , ., you lost mikey? tell us about your son. . , ., ., , , son. he was fun and fearless. he woke u- son. he was fun and fearless. he woke up in _ son. he was fun and fearless. he woke up in the — son. he was fun and fearless. he woke up in the morning - son. he was fun and fearless. he woke up in the morning is - son. he was fun and fearless. he woke up in the morning is really| woke up in the morning is really excited no use to say, what he so excited no use to say, what he so excited about. sojust excited no use to say, what he so excited about. so just a happy boy, he had a lovely smile. {line excited about. so just a happy boy, he had a lovely smile.— excited about. so just a happy boy, he had a lovely smile. one of those kids who just _ he had a lovely smile. one of those kids who just love _ he had a lovely smile. one of those kids who just love life, _ he had a lovely smile. one of those kids who just love life, loved - kids who just love life, loved getting up in the morning. and i

suppose no parent expects themselves to be at the centre of something like this, but the more you scratch the surface, the more you realise how much this is happening, how much it is out there. has that been a shock to you, the fact that so many young people are out there carrying weapons? young people are out there carrying wea tons? . .. young people are out there carrying wea-ons? , ., ., ., . weapons? yes, a lot more than i ever thoutht. i weapons? yes, a lot more than i ever thought- i was — weapons? yes, a lot more than i ever thought. i was aware _ weapons? yes, a lot more than i ever thought. i was aware of _ weapons? yes, a lot more than i ever thought. i was aware of it, _ weapons? yes, a lot more than i ever thought. i was aware of it, but - weapons? yes, a lot more than i ever thought. i was aware of it, but not. thought. i was aware of it, but not how much. it is really scary for people to be bringing up teenage boys especially, i think. it is a lot more than what i ever thought. and they were just at a party? a house party? we have all been to house party? we have all been to house parties has kids. yes. house party? we have all been to house parties has kids.— house party? we have all been to house parties has kids. yes. but why would ou house parties has kids. yes. but why would you take _ house parties has kids. yes. but why would you take a _ house parties has kids. yes. but why would you take a weapon _ house parties has kids. yes. but why would you take a weapon to - house parties has kids. yes. but why would you take a weapon to a - house parties has kids. yes. but why would you take a weapon to a house| would you take a weapon to a house party? it is crazy. thud would you take a weapon to a house party? it is crazy-— party? it is crazy. and the 'udge made the decision �* party? it is crazy. and the 'udge made the decision to h party? it is crazy. and the judge made the decision to waive - party? it is crazy. and the judge made the decision to waive the | made the decision to waive the anonymity of the perpetrators, and it must be so hard for you to look at them. t

it must be so hard for you to look at them. .. . it must be so hard for you to look at them. .,, ., at them. i was worried when i went into court because _ at them. i was worried when i went into court because i _ at them. i was worried when i went into court because i knew- at them. i was worried when i went into court because i knew i - at them. i was worried when i went into court because i knew i was - into court because i knew i was going to have to see them, but i don't feel anything for them, and i'm really glad that the judge did that, that really meant the world to me, even more so than the sentencing, because i feel like mikey had been all over the press, my whole world has been put everywhere, but now to have their names put out there, that meant a lot. ~ , ., , ., names put out there, that meant a lot. ~ , .,, ., ., names put out there, that meant a lot. ~ , ., , ., ., names put out there, that meant a lot. . , ., , . . . lot. why does that matter so much? wh does lot. why does that matter so much? why does it — lot. why does that matter so much? why does it matter— lot. why does that matter so much? why does it matter for _ lot. why does that matter so much? why does it matter for their - lot. why does that matter so much? why does it matter for their stories | why does it matter for their stories to be told? �* ... . why does it matter for their stories to betold?�* . ~q why does it matter for their stories to betold?�* , ~~_ to be told? because mikey is the victim, to be told? because mikey is the victim. and _ to be told? because mikey is the victim, and his _ to be told? because mikey is the victim, and his was _ to be told? because mikey is the victim, and his was everywhere, | to be told? because mikey is the - victim, and his was everywhere, and ifelt like victim, and his was everywhere, and i felt like he is victim, and his was everywhere, and ifelt like he is not here to victim, and his was everywhere, and i felt like he is not here to defend himself, whereas they are. they are still here. so why should itjust feet mikey put everywhere. that should happen, i really felt that that should happen, because that gave me a bit of comfort, i suppose. it is notjust all on mikey, the focus now. it is notjust all on mikey, the focus now— it is notjust all on mikey, the focus now. �* , , ., .,

focus now. and it is unusual for the 'udte focus now. and it is unusual for the 'ud t e to focus now. and it is unusual for the judge to make _ focus now. and it is unusual for the judge to make a — focus now. and it is unusual for the judge to make a decision _ focus now. and it is unusual for the judge to make a decision like - focus now. and it is unusual for the judge to make a decision like that, | judge to make a decision like that, and you think part of the rationale behind it is bringing this story to prominence, to the fore, to make parents think this is what can happen, notjust as a victim, your child could be the one carrying the knife and ultimately ending up in prison. knife and ultimately ending up in trison. .. . , knife and ultimately ending up in trison. . , , knife and ultimately ending up in trison. ., , , ., prison. that is definitely part of the message. _ prison. that is definitely part of the message, the _ prison. that is definitely part of the message, the judge - prison. that is definitely part of the message, the judge was . prison. that is definitely part of - the message, the judge was strong in his sentencing remarks about the plague _ his sentencing remarks about the plague of— his sentencing remarks about the plague of knife crimes affecting bristol— plague of knife crimes affecting bristol and the areas around it. he talked _ bristol and the areas around it. he talked about how many young boys had died at _ talked about how many young boys had died at the _ talked about how many young boys had died at the hands of the young boys carrying _ died at the hands of the young boys carrying a _ died at the hands of the young boys carrying a knife, so the message is that everybody needs to take note _ message is that everybody needs to take note about how widespread and deep the _ take note about how widespread and deep the impacts of this are, not 'ust deep the impacts of this are, not just on— deep the impacts of this are, not just on hayley and her family but other— just on hayley and her family but other people who have been touched by this. _ other people who have been touched by this. not— other people who have been touched by this, notjust mikey, but people who had _ by this, notjust mikey, but people who had to — by this, notjust mikey, but people who had to try to save his life, had to respond — who had to try to save his life, had to respond to this, the community who had _ to respond to this, the community who had never had this happen before —

who had never had this happen before. they feel tainted by this and they— before. they feel tainted by this and they still live with the impacts today, _ and they still live with the impacts today, so — and they still live with the impacts today, so so many ways in which it has a _ today, so so many ways in which it has a rippling effect. to today, so so many ways in which it has a rippling effect.— has a rippling effect. to so many children witnessing _ has a rippling effect. to so many children witnessing something i has a rippling effect. to so many i children witnessing something that traumatic. and the list we have got from even in somerset, maxx williams, eddie king, darian williams, eddie king, darian williams, so many of them. something need to change- _ williams, so many of them. something need to change. it _ williams, so many of them. something need to change. it can't _ williams, so many of them. something need to change. it can't keep _ need to change. it can't keep happening. need to change. it can't keep happening-— need to change. it can't keep hattenin. ~ .. . . ., need to change. it can't keep hattenin.~ .. . . ., happening. what change would you like to see? — happening. what change would you like to see? the _ happening. what change would you like to see? the government - happening. what change would you like to see? the government to - happening. what change would you | like to see? the government to help the tolice, like to see? the government to help the police, because _ like to see? the government to help the police, because the _ like to see? the government to help the police, because the police - the police, because the police haven't got enough power, i don't know about laws and legislations, but i know that they are trying to get, the police really want the legislation change, the violence reduction order, so that needs to have the powers of stop and search, they are trialling it at the moment, but there are four police department

is trialling it and they have seen a reduction in knife crime from it, so why is it taking so long? therer reduction in knife crime from it, so why is it taking so long?— why is it taking so long? they do the trial and _ why is it taking so long? they do the trial and then _ why is it taking so long? they do the trial and then they _ why is it taking so long? they do the trial and then they do - why is it taking so long? they do the trial and then they do the - the trial and then they do the review and then they change the policy, it is a long process. tiara policy, it is a long process. two ears policy, it is a long process. two years ago _ policy, it is a long process. two years ago they _ policy, it is a long process. timrr years ago they started and it is onlyjust years ago they started and it is only just starting to years ago they started and it is onlyjust starting to be trialled now. the government need to help the police to put this order in place quicker. kids are killing kids. they need help. the quicker. kids are killing kids. they need helt. ., ., need help. the government have said that they are — need help. the government have said that they are acting, _ need help. the government have said that they are acting, we _ need help. the government have said that they are acting, we have - need help. the government have said that they are acting, we have some i that they are acting, we have some of the toughest knife crime laws in the world. hospital admissions for young people are down by a quarter. but they recognise that some needs to be done. is it about the pace of change? it to be done. is it about the pace of chante? .. . to be done. is it about the pace of chante? .,, ., ., , ., . to be done. is it about the pace of chante? ., ., , ., . ., change? it has got to be. police are really battling _ change? it has got to be. police are really battling this, _ change? it has got to be. police are really battling this, and _ change? it has got to be. police are really battling this, and i _ change? it has got to be. police are really battling this, and i have - really battling this, and i have spent — really battling this, and i have spent time with officers, they have a particular— spent time with officers, they have a particular spike at the moment in that area _ a particular spike at the moment in that area but this is no doubt a national— that area but this is no doubt a national issue that is affecting teenagers up and down the country. and the _ teenagers up and down the country. and the police really are crying out for help _ and the police really are crying out for help with this. they will tell you very— for help with this. they will tell you very openly that cannot police

their way— you very openly that cannot police their way out of this, they cannot stop and — their way out of this, they cannot stop and search their way out of this. _ stop and search their way out of this. it — stop and search their way out of this. it has _ stop and search their way out of this, it has got to be about other agencies — this, it has got to be about other agencies and families taking responsibility here as well, all working — responsibility here as well, all working together to try to solve this _ working together to try to solve this so — working together to try to solve this. ,, ., , working together to try to solve this. , ,.. ., this. so they get the scale of the troblem this. so they get the scale of the problem but _ this. so they get the scale of the problem but they _ this. so they get the scale of the problem but they are _ this. so they get the scale of the problem but they are looking - this. so they get the scale of the problem but they are looking to | this. so they get the scale of the - problem but they are looking to say, what can we do?— problem but they are looking to say, what can we do? they are really good at investigating _ what can we do? they are really good at investigating the _ what can we do? they are really good at investigating the murders, - what can we do? they are really good at investigating the murders, sadly. l at investigating the murders, sadly. the amount— at investigating the murders, sadly. the amount of effort that has had to id the amount of effort that has had to go into— the amount of effort that has had to go into solving this case and bring it through — go into solving this case and bring it through court is impressive. where — it through court is impressive. where the _ it through court is impressive. where the police are struggling is with the _ where the police are struggling is with the prevention, trying to work out who— with the prevention, trying to work out who is— with the prevention, trying to work out who is carrying the knives and why. _ out who is carrying the knives and why. how — out who is carrying the knives and why, how do you stop them? it is a real challenge. 50 why, how do you stop them? it is a real challenge.— real challenge. so what would you sa to real challenge. so what would you say to mums _ real challenge. so what would you say to mums and _ real challenge. so what would you say to mums and dads _ real challenge. so what would you say to mums and dads watching? | real challenge. so what would you - say to mums and dads watching? check the kids, because _ say to mums and dads watching? check the kids, because you _ say to mums and dads watching? check the kids, because you just _ say to mums and dads watching? (iec the kids, because you just don't know. ifeel like the kids, because you just don't know. i feel like children are carrying weapons, these big weapons, because they are frightened, so they feel that everybody is carrying a weapon, and they feel that they have to, so be open with them. don't think this isn't going to happen to you, because the reality is i thought it wasn't going to happen to me, ever. i neverthoughti

thought it wasn't going to happen to me, ever. i never thought i would lose him. sojust be aware.- lose him. so 'ust be aware. there was some — lose him. sojust be aware. there was some suggestion _ lose him. sojust be aware. there was some suggestion during - lose him. sojust be aware. there was some suggestion during the i lose him. sojust be aware. there was some suggestion during the case that mikey may or may not have been carrying a weapon himself that night. what are your thoughts on that? ., , ., , , ., that? there was a suggestion. the detective investigating, _ that? there was a suggestion. the detective investigating, he - that? there was a suggestion. the detective investigating, he said - that? there was a suggestion. the detective investigating, he said in| detective investigating, he said in his statement the other day there was no proof, they couldn't find a weapon that mikey might have had. so there was a 60% chance, witness said he saw somebody with a weapon with a balaclava. i don't know how true that is. what the judge did say is if you are carrying a weapon, you are more likely to get killed or seriously injured, so that is something that does need to go out to kids. ,, , ,.,, ,., something that does need to go out to kids. ,, , ., to kids. suppose the point is that it won'tjust _ to kids. suppose the point is that it won't just have _ to kids. suppose the point is that it won't just have been _ to kids. suppose the point is that it won'tjust have been him, - to kids. suppose the point is that it won'tjust have been him, if. it won'tjust have been him, if indeed it was. it is so many lines. dan, you have been reporting on

crime for a long time. have you been shocked at how widespread this is? i think so, because it is a serious problem — think so, because it is a serious problem in _ think so, because it is a serious problem in that area at this moment, and there _ problem in that area at this moment, and there are so many teenage lives have been— and there are so many teenage lives have been affected by it in so many bereaved _ have been affected by it in so many bereaved people. the thing that shocked — bereaved people. the thing that shocked me were the depth of the impact _ shocked me were the depth of the impact of— shocked me were the depth of the impact of people in the emergency services. _ impact of people in the emergency services. i— impact of people in the emergency services, i spoke to the police services, ispoke to the police officer— services, i spoke to the police officer who was first on scene who is really _ officer who was first on scene who is really traumatised by what he saw that night. _ is really traumatised by what he saw that night, he has had to have time off work _ that night, he has had to have time off work. there are others, people in the _ off work. there are others, people in the community still dealing with the trauma, having counselling. so -et the trauma, having counselling. so get the _ the trauma, having counselling. so get the sense of how widespread these _ get the sense of how widespread these ripples are and what a challenge it is. they talk about what _ challenge it is. they talk about what sparked this incident, which is something — what sparked this incident, which is something hayley and her family are lloii'i something hayley and her family are going to _ something hayley and her family are going to have to deal with, but then there _ going to have to deal with, but then there is— going to have to deal with, but then there is the — going to have to deal with, but then there is the bigger question of how do we _ there is the bigger question of how do we get — there is the bigger question of how do we get to the bottom of what is going _ do we get to the bottom of what is going on— do we get to the bottom of what is going on here, why so many young boys _ going on here, why so many young boys in _ going on here, why so many young boys in particular are doing this, putting — boys in particular are doing this, putting themselves at risk in being prepared _ putting themselves at risk in being prepared to carry something so dangerous, so awful, and then prepared — dangerous, so awful, and then prepared to use it. maybe not meaning _ prepared to use it. maybe not meaning to, finding himself suddenly in that—

meaning to, finding himself suddenly in that situation where things get out of— in that situation where things get out of hand and then something tragic— out of hand and then something tragic happens. and out of hand and then something tragic happens-— out of hand and then something tragic happens. and there you are, stillt int tragic happens. and there you are, still trying to _ tragic happens. and there you are, still trying to come _ tragic happens. and there you are, still trying to come to _ tragic happens. and there you are, still trying to come to terms - tragic happens. and there you are, still trying to come to terms with l still trying to come to terms with what happened last year, losing mikey. and you see the headlines on the news almost every day about somewhere in the country in the fatal attack. when you hear those reports of another family... i just reports of another family. .. i 'ust feel sick. reports of another family. .. i 'ust feet sick. i — reports of another family. .. i 'ust feel sick. ijust i reports of another family. .. i 'ust feel sick. ijust think, i reports of another family. .. i 'ust feel sick. ijust think, not i reports of another family. .. i just feel sick. ijust think, not again. | feel sick. ijust think, not again. when is it going to stop? it is awful. and it is a lot more than what we know. we were looking the facebook page for example last night and they put on every knife crime all over the uk, and and they put on every knife crime all overthe uk, and i and they put on every knife crime all over the uk, and i think in an hour there were four different stories on their in the uk. it is happening under our noses. how determined are you to use your voice that you have now got?— that you have now got? really determined. _ that you have now got? really determined. we _ that you have now got? really determined. we set _ that you have now got? really determined. we set up - that you have now got? really determined. we set up a - that you have now got? really i determined. we set up a charity that you have now got? really - determined. we set up a charity and we just determined. we set up a charity and wejust got determined. we set up a charity and

we just got charity status, and that means the world to me because it is keeping my key�*s name alive but i don't want to other families to go through this. somebody has got to speak up, so that is why i'm doing all this. ., , speak up, so that is why i'm doing all this. , ., ,, i. speak up, so that is why i'm doing all this. , ., ~ ., all this. hayley, dan, thank you for comint in all this. hayley, dan, thank you for coming in and _ all this. hayley, dan, thank you for coming in and talking _ all this. hayley, dan, thank you for coming in and talking to _ all this. hayley, dan, thank you for coming in and talking to us. - for more information about mikey�*s case and knife crime, there is a documentary called the house party murder available to watch now on bbc iplayer. dan has made that. there is also a long read on the bbc news website as well this morning, which tells the story from all the different perspectives of the people affected by mikey�*s los. just being here this morning i hope is encouraging lots of conversations in households today. it is half past eight. morning live follows breakfast on bbc one this morning. let's find out what they have in store with gethin and rav. good morning. coming up, may is skin cancer awareness month. with some scientists warning that using a sunbed just once can increase your chance of cancer,

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have called for change after another woman was hit by a bus and left in a life—threatening condition there on friday. relatives of catherine finnegan and melissa burr said the area should be closed and "made safe for pedestrians". transport for london said work to improve safety was carried out last year and it would work with police "to see if additional safety improvements are needed". an innovative training programme is getting rough sleepers off the streets and into hospitalityjobs. the courses involve a mix of classroom based learning and work experience with guaranteed job interviews at the end. it comes as latest data shows that rough sleeping in london was up by a third compared to this time last year. taking marginalised individuals, who typically would have been overlooked for a career in the hospitality industry, and giving them all the skills and experience they need to move into the world of work. so we're training in emotional intelligence, leadership, communication skills and then matching them with some brilliant hotels to getjobs after the programme. i feel like it's a job i actually want to get into,

not just a job for the sake of the money. it's a job i feel like i'll develop at and progress through. passengers are being urged to check before they travel as rail members of the train drivers union aslef strike this week. the action will take place from tomorrow to thursday impacting different rail operators each day including great anglia, thameslink, southeastern, and south western railway. separately engineers working on croydon tramlink have begun a five—day strike today in a dispute over pay. staying with travel and on the tubes... there are lots of issues this morning. the circle, district line and the dlr are part closed. the waterloo and city line is closed. the weather with kate. good morning. there are a few mist and fog patches around first thing this bank holiday monday. it is going to be quite an unsettled day. we've got some heavy showers, more persistent rain coming up from the south and locally you mightjust hear a rumble

or two of thunder. temperatures today are feeling chillier than the weekend — 15 celsius, the maximum. now, overnight tonight, still a few showers to start with, but they will slip away southwards. the cloud following in its wake, so some clearer spells developing. the minimum temperature dropping to 7 celsius. from tuesday onwards, high pressure starts to build and it stays with us. so all in all, the weather is starting to settle down. some sunshine around as we head through tuesday. little bit of a northerlyjust bringing the chance of one or two showers. not as heavy as today's. you're unlikely to hear any rumbles of thunder and the temperature warmer — 20 celsius through tuesday. and as we head through this week, plenty of dry weather in the forecast, some sunshine and you'll notice the temperature getting steadily warmer towards the end of the week. i'll be back at around 9.15am with a final update for the morning. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and nina warhurst.

returning to politics now, and the prime minister has dismissed calls to change course after what he called disappointing local election results in england. so what happened at the polling booths last week? the conservatives lost 474 councillors — just under half the seats it was defending — and the party also lost control of 10 councils. labour picked up 186 new council seats to take control of eight councils. the liberal democrats also made gains — they added 104 new councillors and won control of two councils. and a good result for the green party which saw another 74 new councillors elected. in the mayoral elections, there was consolation for the conservatives in tees valley — with ben houchen bucking the trend to secure another term. labour won all other mayoral races — including in the west midlands, where richard parker defeated

the tory incumbent andy street by a very small margin. and kathryn stanczyszyn is in birmingham for us now. hello is in birmingham for us now. to you. andy street, really hello to you. andy street, have really made his mark as inaugural mayor of the region. a big change ahead. . mayor of the region. a big change ahead. , ., , , mayor of the region. a big change ahead. , , �* ahead. yes, absolutely. it couldn't have been — ahead. yes, absolutely. it couldn't have been much _ ahead. yes, absolutely. it couldn't have been much tighter. _ ahead. yes, absolutely. it couldn't have been much tighter. a - ahead. yes, absolutely. it couldn't have been much tighter. a very . have been much tighter. a very dramatic finish to the west midlands mayoral race. in the end labour's richard parker snapped it away from conservative andy street. there were 1500 votes in it. turnout was around 30%, just slightly down on the last mayoral election potential of around 3 million votes across the seven metropolitan boroughs of the west midlands. that is where andy street has been in charge for the last seven years. he has been a

significant figure, a fairly popular figure as well with a good reputation at cross—party full some of the tenure as well. much being made he actually distanced himself somewhat from the conservative party in terms of his literature as he was campaigning againfor in terms of his literature as he was campaigning again for this election. here is what he had to say after the result. it here is what he had to say after the result. .. . here is what he had to say after the result. . , , , , here is what he had to say after the result-— the i result. it was quite surprising. the labour result. it was quite surprising. the labour party _ result. it was quite surprising. the labour party wasn't _ result. it was quite surprising. the labour party wasn't expecting - result. it was quite surprising. the labour party wasn't expecting this | labour party wasn't expecting this win either. they had what they said was a strong candidate in richard parker. he has said this is going to be the most importantjob that he will ever do. he is keen to get on with it. we'll start the process of franchising, working with civil servants at the command authority. we'll also be looking at how we can most effectively, most quickly use the mayor's unspent housing

resources to pump funding into housing development and work of housing associations so we can deliver that programme of social housing. the new man same housing as a top priority. let's speak to jessica marie. the idea of andy street having incumbent�*s advantage, having a popularity that clearly held up in places because it was so close and not in others. almost more devastating to lose like that. was it asurprise?— it asurprise? lots of janus were rewritint it asurprise? lots of janus were rewriting stories _ it asurprise? lots of janus were rewriting stories at _ it asurprise? lots of janus were rewriting stories at the - it asurprise? lots of janus were rewriting stories at the counter| it asurprise? lots of janus were i rewriting stories at the counter as the results — rewriting stories at the counter as the results swung backwards and forwards — the results swung backwards and forwards. —— lots ofjournalists. andy— forwards. —— lots ofjournalists. andy street— forwards. —— lots ofjournalists. andy street focusing on his brand, largely— andy street focusing on his brand, largely removing references to the conservative party on social media

and leaflets. lots of people thought his personality would pull him through— his personality would pull him through despite the decline in support— through despite the decline in support for the tories nationally. it support for the tories nationally. it was _ support for the tories nationally. it was not — support for the tories nationally. it was not to be. we had housing is a priority in getting bus franchising back into control. he said he started out already. he was out and about supporting runners in birmingham yesterday. i am sure the list is growing. i am sure you will let us know when that changes. thank you for the latest in birmingham. look at the sunshine! that is good for a bank holiday monday. lots of it about this bank holiday monday. now the sport. there you are. we are here to pay homage men to pay tribute to lando norris where he has made history, finally winning his first formula 1 grand prix. it has been a long wait!

after 110 races, 15 podiums — lando norris is a formula one race winner after victory at the miami grand prix. 24 now, from somerset, one of the most popular guys on the circuit. he used to make tea for two time world champion fernando alonso. all the drivers congratulated him afterwards — and he got to crowd surf with his mclaren team too. they're on the up as they look to close the gap on the dominant force that is red bull. with norris no longer the nearly man. win upgrades to the car — and a bit of luck with the timing of a safety car — norris, who started in fifth, was able to remain in front of the three—time world champion max versptappen and put on the pace. pulling away to victory. he signed a new deal with maclaren in the winter — and his faith in the team is paying off. delight here and no doubt for the rest of the team in woking. after lots of praise and previous podiums — he's made it on to the top step. ahead of verstappen in second and leclerc in third. he's fourth in the standings now after a victory that he's called a dream come true. i love you all.

thank you so much. we did it, will. we did it. i guess that's how it's done. finally. i'm so happy! i knew it. i knew it when i came into this morning. i said, today is a day full of opportunity and i nailed it. you know, thank you so much. thanks, mum. thanks, dad. this one's for my grandma. thank you very much. norris dedicating that win to his grandma, who's been unwell. tottenham's hopes of playing champions league football next season continue to fade after their fourth defeat in a row. they let in four at anfield, as harvey elliot scored the pick of liverpool's goals. spurs fought back but it was too little too late — 4—2 the final score. the result leaves tottenham seven points behind aston villa in fourth

with a game in hand. for liverpool, most likely finishing in third, there are just two more games left before jurgen klopp's farewell. it's a roller coaster. no, but it's fine. it was fantastic atmosphere. i loved it. the weather was great. you don't have that that often. and so a really nice afternoon in the end. who cares? we are safe now, third. we deserved better before the game already but i saw the boys. you have to find the reason, you have to find a spark why you go the extra mile today and the boys found it. and i like that a lot because actually we are third anyway pretty much and the boys wanted the points and i loved it. aston villa are still in need of one more win to guarantee champions league football, after losing late on at brighton. joao pedro with the winner, eventuall, from the penalty spot. chelsea boosted their chances of securing european football next season with a 5—0 win over west ham.

nicolas jackson scoring two second half goals to round off the win. rangers are back within three points of the scottish premiership leaders celtic. tom lawrence scoring the best of the rangers goals in their 4—1 win over kilmarnock at ibrox. up next is the old firm derby against celtic on saturday. bromley are in to the football league for the first time in their 132—year history. their captain byron webster scored the winning penalty at wembley. and as he took it he already had an english football league armband on. thankfully for him his confidence paid off as his side won the national league playoff final on spot kicks following a 2—2 draw with solihull moors. next, to another twist in the women's super league title race, after the leaders manchester city were dramatically beaten at home to arsenal. city were 1—0 up with a minute of normal time remaining — but two late arsenal goals, the winnerfrom stina blackstenius,

turned the game on its head. and that brings chelsea right back into it. they went on to thrash bristol city 8—0, which means if they win their game in hand they would be level on points with manchester city going into the final day of the season with a superior goal difference. kyren wilson is in the driving seat at the midway point of the world snooker championship final in sheffield. he leads jakjones by 11 frames to 6. wilson, runner—up to ronnie o'sullivan in the final in 2020, cruised into a 7—1 lead in the first session. butjones, the welshman, fought back and won five frames in the next before wilson clinched a potentially pivotal 17th frame. so 11—6 his lead, as i say. first to 18 wins. play resumes at1 o'clock this afternoon on bbc two. despite a second—half fightback, harlequins were beaten by toulouse as the french club booked their place in a first champions cup final for three years. the home side, five—time winners, cruised into a healthy lead after five tries in the opening 40 minutes.

and despite quins rallying after the break they ended up losing 38—26. toulouse will face four—time winners leinster in the final at tottenham hotspur stadium on saturday the 25th of may. and 16—year—old english amateur golfer kris kim closed with a round of 73 on his pga tour debut at the cj cup byron nelson in texas. he finished with a two over total on the final day — six under overall — well behind the winner taylor pendrith but a great few days for kris, the youngest player to make a pga tour cut in a decade. and he will now return home and get back to his revising for his upcoming gcses. quite right! hard to concentrate now. thank you. just after quarter to nine. if you

are heading out to hopefully enjoy some sunshine for the bank holiday, sarah can tell us where that son might be. sarah can tell us where that son mitht be. . sarah can tell us where that son mitht be. , ,., sarah can tell us where that son mithtbe. , , might be. there is some sun, particularly — might be. there is some sun, particularly first _ might be. there is some sun, particularly first thing. - might be. there is some sun, particularly first thing. more i particularly first thing. more shower power bubbling up through the day. you might want to pack a brolly. many other start the day with some blue skies, patchy cloud around. this is the picture in wigan bursting. some warm sunshine but some of the downpours will be heavy and persistent if you are across parts of the south—east of england, close to this area of low pressure. some parts of scotland seeing wet weather as well. in between, a story of sunny spells and scattered showers. the more persistent rain across parts of pant and sussex, across parts of pant and sussex, across hampshire well. this wet weather around fife and the borders. elsewhere the sunshine should break through. there will be brighter

skies in part of formal coming into wales and the midlands. he sunny spells and a peppering of showers. they will be hit and miss. you can see heavy ones with the odd rumble of thunder. 18 or 19 the temperature. in northern and western scotland, it should be mostly dry. a bit more cloud working in from the north across the northern isles and parts of scotland as well. this evening and overnight most of the shows will ease away. slow to clear from south—east england. elsewhere, low cloud, mist and fog. a slightly murky start to tuesday. looks like a reasonably promising day tomorrow. the fog and cloud will linger for a time across parts of scotland and perhaps south—east england as well. there will be showers babbling out. they will be hit and miss across

parts of england and wales. we are losing their risk of thunderstorms by tomorrow. 19, 20 in the sunny spells. into the middle of the week, into wednesday, high pressure is squeezing away most of their showers. a lot of dry weather. light winds and sunshine. more cloud working in full scotland and northern ireland. later in a day when more working from the west. temperatures 19, 20, 21 in central parts of england and wales. here is the high pressure. at the time a cfu weather fronts around the northern side of the high pressure. more cloud and showery spells of rain at times towards the end of the week. further south across england and wales commit lots of sunshine in the outlook. you will be pleased to hear that things will be warming up. temperatures could be close to their

mid—20s by the end of the week. latte mid-20s by the end of the week. we will be mid—205 by the end of the week. we will be pleased to hear it. british runner roger bannister was warned by doctors not to even attempt running a mile in underfour minutes because they thought it would kill him. well, today marks 70 years since he proved them wrong. our reporter tim muffett is in oxford — where the record was set all those years ago. archive: 25-year-old roger bannister, third from the left, gets away at the iffley ground, oxford, for the race of his life. and so began three minutes, 59.4 seconds of british sporting history. archive: chris brasheri setting the pace in front. there was certainly a feeling of it being a national event and something of a landmark for the country. but it had to be me attempting it, so it was entangled with my own effort. bannister, training to be a doctor, was trying to prove something, perhaps to himself, having slipped to fourth at the olympics

two years earlier. but he was also engaged in an experiment. at the time, some scientists believed you would kill yourself trying to run a mile in four minutes. bannister disagreed. his friend chris brasher was tasked with setting the correct pace and tempering bannister�*s enthusiasm. we seem to be going so slowly. impatiently, ishouted, "faster." but brasher kept his head and didn't change the pace. bannister was an amateur, running was secondary to his studies, and he'd regard his medical career as the greater achievement of his life. but when the second pacemaker, chris chataway, started to tire, his moment arrived. when my mind took over. it raced well ahead of my body and drew me compellingly forward. i felt that the moment of a lifetime had come. i collapsed as i crossed the tape, but then i recovered sufficiently to hear him announcing in a time which, subject to ratification, will be a new world record.

three... and after that, the noise of the crowd obliterated the remainder of his announcement. archive: roger bannister had achieved a new peaki in the history of sport. it was a great surprise to me to be able to do it today, and i think i was very lucky. as you can tell, bannister wasn't one to oversell it, but others have compared his achievement to the conquest of everest or the first transatlantic flight. he was simply happy to have proved his point. i was able to retire from running with a fairly happy ending. having, ithink, shown what i had always believed — that the four—minute mile was merely a psychological barrier, not a physical barrier. and of course, subsequent events have amply proved that. bannister�*s record was beaten just 46 days later, and seb coe was one of many to set new mile frontiers. archive: and he comes home with a new world record. - but they've all run in his slipstream. sir roger bannister believed

that the mind should not constrain what the body can do. in that sense, he is the creator of the modern record—breaker. patrick gearey, bbc news. although she is on in oxford today. the community mile. former record—breaker breakers are members of the public will be doing that, not necessarily under four minutes but raising a lot of money for charity. actor bernard hill, best known for his roles in titanic and lord of the rings, has died aged 79. his career spanned more than 40 years after a breakout performance in the 1980s tv drama, boys from the blackstuff. noor nanji has this report.

gizza job. go on, giz it. bernard hill came to fame as yosser hughes in the bbc tv drama boys from the black stuff. go on, gizza job. the iconic character for many captured the struggle to cope with unemployment in liverpool in the 1980s. you're graeme souness, aren't you? yeah. i'm yosser hughes. it was his breakthrough role that led to many others, including in two oscar—winning films. the show�*s writer was one of the first to pay tribute. there had to be an extraordinary character in there who would be mesmeric and dangerous, and also not without wit. and i could only think of one person. so it was always, always bernard hill who was going to play yosser in the original film, and everything he did, his whole procedure for working, the manner in which he worked and the performance, was everything that you could ever wish for. on the big screen, he played captain edward smith in titanic, who went down with the doomed ship. he also won over fans of the lord of the rings

with his portrayal of king theoden. the role brought him a whole new global audience to add to those that had grown up with him in the '80s. smile away. his work spanned generations, with another memorable performance in the 2015 drama series wolf hall. and in the second series of the responder, which was on screens last night, he plays tom, an absent father, in what would have been one of his last acting roles. it took bernard hill back to where it all started for him — in liverpool. we were talking yesterday about reformer. happy memories of bernard

hill. tributes to bernard hill have been pouring in from fellow actors and fans. actor elijah wood worked alongside hill in the lord of the rings films. wood posted on social media — "so long to our friend, our king, bernard hill. we will never forget you. and kept his oaths — and he rose out of the shadows to a last fair morning." folk musician barbara dickson said: presenter and actor les dennis wrote on x:

explosives experts are working to clear hundreds of thousands of old bombs and shells from a beach in east yorkshire. the devices, which were left decades ago at a former military weapons range near hornsea, were exposed by coastal erosion earlier this year. amanda white reports. another 38 bombs destroyed in an area littered with them. ferocious winter storms have brought the clay cliffs, loaded with bullets and bombs, tumbling onto this beach. we've actually lost quite a lot this year. we've lost a section of 25m in the last three months. there must be well over a million items of ordnance on this beach — from world war i, world war ii, shells, mortars. i have been told this is safe. this is one of the bombs dropped

by the american air force. and this is what they're worried about. can you see here where the explosive charge was? now, of the three quarters of a million of these on this beach, at least 20% are still live. why is it so dangerous? the problem we've got is we just cannot tell whether these bombs are live or not. there is no difference. so we have to treat them all as live. and you have to blow them up to check. we're looking to split the bdu open, which will then give us access to the cartridge and we can see if we've got a live or it has functioned when dropped. roger that. firing in five. firing now. explosion. we got a pretty good result here.

and what we've got here straightaway — one, two, three. three out of five there, which are still live. so these cartridges are in the middle and they're the live cartridges. and what we can do now is we take these away and burn them. 40 years of british and american target practice will take a long time to clear up. there's a simple request in the meantime. reopte — shouldn't take these home. they shouldn't touch them. they shouldn't move them. by all means, come down and enjoy the wild beach but leave the ordnance alone and let us deal with it. amanda white, bbc news. good advice. leave it to the experts. stay with us, headlines coming up.

live from london, this is bbc news. israel's military begins what it calls a "limited and temporary" evacuation of civilians from rafah in southern gaza. this is the scene live in al—mawasi where the displaced have been told to move to. chinese president xi jinping arrives in france, on the first leg of his european tour — his first visit to the continent in five years. argentina's new president, javier milei — talks to the bbc — and denies claims of burdening his citizens with austerity measures.

and the wait is nearly over for the world's largest live music contest — eurovision week kicks off in style in sweden. hello, i'm lauren taylor. we begin this hour in the middle east. israel's military has said it's begun ordering palestinian civilians to leave parts of eastern rafah ahead of a planned operation in the southern gaza city. in this video by the israeli defense forces, they are urging those in eastern rafah, closer to the border with israel, to move to what they call a 'humanitarian zone' in the al mawasi and khan younis areas. the idf have said this is a limited operation and should affect about 100,000 people. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu continues to insist that a military operation in rafah is necessary to seek out remaining hamas fighters — despite widespread humanitarian concern for those sheltering there. western and arab leaders have repeatedly warned against such

a wide ground operation, because of the prospect of high numbers of civilian casualties.