but some showers could turn showers, but some showers could turn out to be quite heavy, particularly gci’oss out to be quite heavy, particularly across northern parts of the country. and that is your latest weather. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3pm. the parents of a seriously ill baby say they are devastated after a high courtjudge rules doctors can withdraw life support. the foreign secretary insists russia still has to think hard about its support for president assad as g7 foreign ministers fail to reach agreement on targeted sanctions. they have a choice now because he has been exposed as a user of gas and chemical weapons. they have a choice of sticking with him like glue or deciding to work with the rest of the world towards a new political solution. 0h political solution. oh my god, look what you did to him. united airlines says employees followed "established procedures" as footage of one of its passengers being forcibly dragged off a flight sparks outrage. new figures show 900 adult social care workers left theirjob every day in england last year.

the uk care association says the system is close to collapse. in the next hour, a revolutionary new treatment for stroke patients in england. plans to roll out a procedure that could help save thousands from lifelong disability were approved by nhs bosses. the queen and the duke of edinburgh offer bananas to donna the elephant while touring a new home for nine asian elephants at whipsnade zoo. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. doctors can withdraw life support from a sick baby with a rare genetic condition against his parents' wishes, a high court judge has ruled. specialists at great ormond street hospital said eight—month—old

charlie gard has irreversible brain damage and should be moved to palliative care. his parents connie yates and chris gard have responded saying they are "devastated by the decision. they had wanted to take their son to the us for a treatment trial. let's go straight to the high court and our correspondent helena lee. a very distressing case and very distressing scenes when judgment was passed? they're, simon. as you would expect, emotional scenes in the family section of the high court here as thejudge family section of the high court here as the judge read out his ruling in the case of charlie gard as you said he is an eight—month—old little boy. he started developing symptoms when he was just six weeks old. his parents noticed he was getting weaker. they took him to a local hospital where they did tests and he was transferred to great or monday street hospital in october of

last year where they diagnosed him with an extremely rare condition called mitochondrial depletion syndrome. what that essentially means is that his muscles are wasting away. it is progressive. there is no cure for it. and he has beenin there is no cure for it. and he has been in intensive care 2a hours a day at great or monday street hospital, receiving care he had to have a ventilator in order to be able to breathe. here at the high court, thejudge in the last able to breathe. here at the high court, the judge in the last hour able to breathe. here at the high court, thejudge in the last hour or so, ruled in favour of great or monday street who said they thought it was fairfor monday street who said they thought it was fair for charlie's life support to be withdrawn and that he would be moved to a palliative care treatment so that charlie can die with dignity. now, even before the judge gave his ruling in the court, charlie's parents, who have been extremely dignified throughout this case, were visibly very upset. his father had his hands in his face and he was shaking and trying not to let

eve ryo ne he was shaking and trying not to let everyone else hear him cry in court. he also had a teddy bear belonging to charlie in the pocket of his suit jacket. as thejudge read out the statement, he shouted, "no." both of them burst into tears in the courtroom and we have heard through their solicitor, who who is expected to give a statement shortly saying they are struggling to understand why thejudge they are struggling to understand why the judge didn't give charlie one last chance. it is not yet clear if they will appeal this decision, his parents and what his parents had wa nted his parents and what his parents had wanted to do was take charlie to america to give him experimental treatment there, but the yunlg said, it wasn't fair on charlie, the treatment hadn't been tried on anyone else before and he should be allowed to die with dignity. the judge said, "it is with the heaviest of hearts, but with complete conviction for charlie's best interests that all treatment apart

from palliative care to permit charlie to die with dignity." an extremely difficult, to say the least, situation for charlie's pa rents least, situation for charlie's parents this afternoon. time is an issue here, you say we don't yet know if the parents plan to appeal. without continuing life support treatment, how long does charlie have? i don't think it is very long. it is perhaps a number of hours. he is on a ventilator at the moment. his condition is so bad he has the court heard, severe brain damage as well as that very rare condition that he has which affects his muscles. so he can't move and great or monday street hospital got expert advice, not only from its own specialists, doctors, but they sought advice from specialists in different countries who are used to dealing with this kind of situation. even though it is extremely rare.

charlie is thought to be only one of 16 people in the world to have this type of syndrome. the complexity of this case, there hasn't been any research in terms of this therapy that he has been offered in america. so it is unknown territory and that's why the judge said he shouldn't be going to america and great ormond street can withdraw life support treatment from charlie and move him on to palliative care to die with dignity. i was been talking tojohn harris and he is a former editor of the journal of medical ethics. he has been telling me about the issues involved here. normally there is a presumption that the parents have the best interests of their child. when there is reason to doubt that, thenit when there is reason to doubt that, then it is the court's job to protect the best interests of the child and they must have thought in

this case that his interests would not be served by an experimental procedure which i understand was not expected to be therapeutic, but simply to prolong life and that in all the circumstances, i assume they thought that withdrawing treatment was the best option for the child. as pa rt of was the best option for the child. as part of the process of reaching that decision, the court presumably hears from a wide range of medical experts and i use the word, i'm trying to use the word advisedly because we have heard how this particular condition is so extraordinarily rare. i assume that presents an added layer of problems? the alternative the parents wanted was an experimental, not a procedure previously tried this human beings. soa previously tried this human beings. so a problematic procedure, i would imagine, but they also would have wa nted imagine, but they also would have wanted to take into account whether

the continued and charlie's continued existence was painful or distressing to him and whether on balance it was better that he not be subjected to a continued existence with an unknown outcome at end of it. so his condition, his well—being, such as it is at the moment is a key factor in this, is it? the fact that he will never get better, he will only get worse with this particular condition. i suppose i'm just thinking that some people watching might think well, ultimately, they are the parents, if they have the desire, the will it ta ke they have the desire, the will it take him to the us, they have the finances to do so, why can't they? why can't they get on i plane and why can't they get on a plane and pursue that course of action? well, i'm sure they took that into account and the only reason why they can't must have been that the court took the view that it was not in the child's interest for that to happen. it is possible for a mere existence

to bea it is possible for a mere existence to be a burden rather than a benefit to be a burden rather than a benefit to an individual. we're familiar with that. throughout medicine and i think that must be the judgment that's made here. at least i can't see another legitimate basis for the courts deciding as they have. do you have any sense of how many cases similarto have any sense of how many cases similar to this have any sense of how many cases similarto this in have any sense of how many cases similar to this in a year a court will hear? this is a very specific example because it is a rare disease, but there are medical ethics being debated all the tile? the medical ethics are debated all the tile, i imagine it is a unique case, i can't think of another case like this that i have heard of in the last few years. it is the well—being of the child, that's at the centre of this? the view is the pa rents the centre of this? the view is the parents aren't necessarily the best judges of that, you know, for understandable reasons. g7 foreign ministers have failed to reach agreement on targeted sanctions against russia and syria, at a meeting in italy. the foreign secretary,

boris johnson had pushed for sanctions on senior russian and syrian figures — following syria's suspected chemical weapons attack which killed more than 70 people. ministers were trying to agree a common position on the syrian conflict. the us secretary of state flies to russia to try to persuade it to abandon its allegiance to bashar al—assad. our diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports from lucca. the g7 foreign ministers meeting ended without any agreement, to a public endorsement of possible future targeted sanctions aimed at seniorfigures in russia's and syria's armed forces. borisjohnson had hoped for some form of explicit support, but the final communique doesn't mention sanctions, although the g—7 governments, key allies of the united states, do describe president trump's retaliatory use of cruise missiles on a syrian air base as a carefully calibrated response to what they call a war crime —

last week's use of chemical weapons. when i spoke to the foreign secretary, he rejected any suggestion of a defeat over sanctions. what we've agreed is that we are going to put forward a resolution in the un security council on the chemical weapons attack. we also want to see now the results of the investigation by the opcw, the organisation for the prevention of chemical weapons, whose job it is to establish exactly what happened. there was a very wide measure of agreement last night that not just the syrian generals, but if we could show complicity by those russian officers who are helping the syrian military operation, then they should also be sanctioned as well. the syrians will never allow a proper investigation on what they regard as their sovereign territory? the bigger picture is that we are moving now into an environment where the russians have to make a choice. they basically changed the game in syria a couple of years ago, when they came in and saved assad. it turns out the guy that they have saved is a man who has absolutely no compunction about poisoning and murdering his own people

with weapons that should have been banned 100 years ago. they have a choice of sticking with him like glue, or deciding to work with the rest of the world towards a new political solution. this is further evidence of western failure in syria and the triumph of russian might, isn't it? on the contrary. what you have had in the last week, everybody... i think the saudi foreign minister adel al—jubeir said, and he spoke for many people around the table, he said america is back. and thank goodness we have got american leadership again. and what he meant by that was that the united states had finally shown, after five years of doing nothing, after the tragedy when we ignored what happened at ghouta, the united states responded to the use of chemical weapons, with force. let's go to moscow now and our correspondent,

barbara plett—usher is there for us. rex tillerson is there in moscow. who will he be talking to and what will the mood be like there? he will be meeting with the foreign minister tomorrow, wednesday. there is a question about whether he's going to be meeting vladimir putin earlier in the week, the kremlin said there we re the week, the kremlin said there were no plans for the two of them to meetment now the spokesman is saying he can't confirm either way. there are reports in the press that in fa ct a are reports in the press that in fact a meeting will go ahead so we have to wait and see whether mr putin does meet him, but ahadded of his arrival the president did put out a and continued out to put out a defiant stance. he said that he would tolerate criticism from the west, but he hoped at some point it would become more positive. it would become softer and he also said he

believed that the americans would have another missile strike in syria this time, he said even on the intu bs of damascus this time, he said even on the intubs of damascus and they would plant evidence to then accuse the syrian government of a chemical weapons attack. so making those kinds of allegations just before mr tillerson arrives to show that he is not backing down and indeed, so far he hasn't. he has shown greater solidarity for president assad. he called the american action an act of aggression. he said it violates international law. mr tillerson will have quite a task in front of him. does he come with any carrots or sticks in either regard? he has got eve ryo ne sticks in either regard? he has got everyone else, all the other nations behind him saying, "you have got to tell vladimir putin, assuming the two men meet, that this siding with president assad cannot continue? well, i think it really depends on how far the americans want to go. yes, he does have the support of the

western allies and of the sunni arab allies who have been reinvigorated by the american action, the willingness to use military force in this one particular instance hoping that this means now the americans are going to take a more aggressive stance. so, that is the same as before in terms of the west and the arabs. the new thing is the americans and what they might do, yes, he is coming from a unified message, but the russians want to know what is the syria policy of the united states? does this military strike mean it gives them leverage that they could strike again if chemical weapons are used again or if president assad targets civilians in some other way and putting russia into a difficult position. we don't know what mr tillerson is going to say with regards to the stick, what he is going to say is that the russians should think about backing away from assad, from realigning themselves away from him and joining

with the united states and others to have a peace process that will reach a political solution that ultimately doesn't have president assad at the helm and the russians have been clear that they're not going to drop mr assad. barbara, thank you. our political correspondent norman smith is at westminster for us. borisjohnson, boris johnson, cancelled borisjohnson, cancelled his trip to moscow and wanted to persuade other g7 lead tors back him. that's not happened. this hasn't been a good week for him? no, i think it is something of a reverse for him actually because he was pretty clear that he thought sanctions had to be pa rt that he thought sanctions had to be part of giving mr tillerson the sort of muscle to prise president putin away from president assad. he has clearly not managed to convince his g7 colleagues to go down that road. although his aides are pointing to the fact that sanctions have not been taken the fact that sanctions have not been ta ken completely the fact that sanctions have not been taken completely off the table. there is the possibility of this investigation into the chemical

weapons attack establishes russian complicity then perhaps they can look at sanctions againment but in the real world that's unlikely to happen because the investigation may simply be blocked by president assad. it is hard to see him saying to the weapons inspectors, "come on in and look around and point the finger at me and carry on." he's not going to do that. these were limited sanctions. it wasn't a big ask that mrjohnson was making. what he was suggesting was that the sanctions should be targeted on specific individuals in russian and syrian military. even the limited sanctions it wasn't possible to get agreement on and you're left with a conclusion that mrjohnson‘s approach is at variance with other g7 countries who ta ke variance with other g7 countries who take the view that you can't afford to push president putin into a corner. that's something vladimir putin picked up on. he said the whole thing reminds him of the wmd

issue before the iraq war. that criticism goes to the heart of a lot of people's thoughts? yes, it probably underlines the fact that mr putin is not someone to be pushed around very easily which kind of leaves open the question how then has anything that has been achieved at the g7 fundamentally change anything in the wake of the chemical weapons attack? are we still in the same sort of ball game of moral ex—or tation, same sort of ball game of moral ex—ortation, condemnation, same sort of ball game of moral ex—or tation, condemnation, but really not much further forward in terms of trying to ensure president putin ends his support for president assad. it maybe that at the end of the day it simply comes town down to american muscle and america to threaten further military action should president putin continue to support president assad and he continue to engage in chemical weapons attacks. norman smith, thank you very much. president trump has been tweeting

about a conversation he had with china's president about north coronary. he said: —— north korea. the headlines on bbc news: the parents of a seriously ill eight—month—old baby says they are devastated after a high court rules that doctors can withdraw life support. g7 leaders reject a british plan for sanctions against russia and syria. the us secretary of state has landed in moscow. united airlines says employees followed procedures as footage of a passenger being dragged off a flight sparks outrage. ian wright says arsene

wenger has lost the dressing room and another former player thinks the time has come for the frenchman to stand down. they lost to crystal palace and are seven points adrift of the champions league places. it is the first of the champions league quarterfinals tonight. barcelona are in italy for the first leg of their tie againstjuventus. leicester face atletico madrid tomorrow evening. one of the favourites for the lions captaincy, sam warburton has been ruled out due a knee injury. he should be fit for the tour opener in new zealand on 3rd june. i will have a full update for you in 15 minutes. united airlines has begun an investigation, after footage emerged of a passenger being forcibly removed from one of its planes. the airline had asked for passengers who were prepared to leave the over—booked flight in exchange for payment, but not enough people had volunteered. the video shows a man being pulled from his seat and dragged down the plane's aisle.

our transport correspondent richard westcott reports. the world's leading airline. flyer friendly. screaming. you couldn't have a bigger contrast if you tried. the flyer—friendly airline dragging a man, dazed, down the aisle. seemingly with a cut face. busted his lip. oh my god! look what he did to him. his fellow passengers clearly angry. good work guys, good work! all because he wouldn't volunteer to get off the overbooked plane to make room for a united staff member. minutes later, he manages to run, pleading, down the aisle. i have to go home. there was another officer who came on, and then another man that you saw in the video, the one with the hat and the jeans. he had a badge. but it is probably helpful to say who you are as an authority figure

before you start yanking people out of seats. he didn't do that. high flying outrage, global backlash growing over this video. risking more bad headlines around the world, the airline boss seems to be blaming the passenger. in an e—mail, oscar munoz says he regrets the situation but added they had followed established procedures. he also called the passenger disruptive and belligerent. it is common to overbook planes to allow for passengers that don't turn up. volunteers are then offered money to catch the next flight. it sounds really brutal, the way that this guy was treated, and of course the whole idea of overbooking might sound brutal to some people. but ultimately, an airline ticket is only a vague promise to get you from a to b at the time of the airline's choosing. if they want your seat back, they will take it. bad news spreads fast

on social media. just look at these posts piling into united. today, when everybody has got a smartphone, anything that a brand does which is in the public view, even if it's only a couple of people, can actually explode into a twitter incident that will go around the world. so they have to be very cautious about what they are doing in terms of perceptions. this man was not a security threat. he says he was a doctor trying to get home to treat patients. the airline says it is trying to contact him. at dunkirk in northern france. a huge fire has destroyed a camp housing about 1,500 migrants at dunkirk in northern france. according to an official, the fire started during a dispute between afghans and kurds. at least ten people were hurt. our correspondent gavin lee sent us an update from the camp earlier. we will show you around, see some of the damage, but it was two clock in the morning,

i spoke to some of the migrants who were here, it's now empty, but the last ones to leave said fighting broke out between some of the afghan men here and some of the iraqi kurdistan men over a game of football. it was trivial, but there was such pressure because of overcrowding here, that it spilled over the violence, and there were numerous parts of the camp that were set alight. if you just took, these were some of the shacks up to nine people, ten people were staying in according to aid agencies, right the way further down here, where the sign saying "follow your dreams" and beyond. we think, according to the police, about 50% of the site has been destroyed. this section here was the afghan section. i spoke to the last three people as they left a short while ago, they were ushered away by the police, they said their belongings, their documents have been burned, to say where they're from. it will make any asylum claims difficult. but it's the other side of me, of why they were here, because you can see on the roadside the lorries people tried to stow away to get to the uk. 1,500 people were here, the french authorities have said they had been trying to close it

as soon as possible. aid agencies said it was a matter of time before this place closed because of the overcrowding, sixth months ago calais closed. people were coming here, about 1,000 people six months ago. 1,500 now. in the distance there is a kitchen where 500 afghan men had taken to sleeping in, because there wasn't the space. so aid agencies and the migrants say this was a huge problem, and now for the short—term many have been taken away, they have got to emergency sports halls, about 900 people. but i have spoken to a few of maybe 600 people who have just disappeared, gone to the surrounding areas. some said they will set up makeshift shelters, they will keep trying to get the uk, they are not moving from here. gavin lee there in dunkirk. more than 900 adult social care workers left theirjob every day in england last year, according to new figures. care providers say that growing staff shortages mean vulnerable people are receiving poorer levels of care, and the uk care association claims the system is close to collapse. the government says an extra

£2 billion is being invested in social care. carla fowler reports. the start of the morning shift at st cecilia's nursing home in scarborough. it's a mid—sized 42 bed home and it is full. call bells ring constantly. residents conditions range from dementia to stroke survivors and those needing end of life care. it's a constant battle for health care assistants to meet everyone's needs quickly. there should also be two nurses on shift today, but sue gregory is on her own. what's the matter, winnie? what's the matter? 0h, ifeeldry. i think the hardest thing is keeping the consistency, because it does have a knock—on effect if you are having a great turnover of staff. it doesn't make for a happy home. 1.3 million people work in adult

social care in england. but last year more than 900 a day left theirjobs. of those, 60% left social care completely. i'm falling. you're not falling, you're all right. i'm falling. it is high pressure, demanding and stressful work. most care workers are paid just above the minimum wage. you can't always get to everyone on time. it's upsetting and disheartening when you find out that people get more stacking shelves when you are looking after people for 24—hours a day. overnight only two carers are on shift overnight. tonight, an agency nurse has had to be drafted in. are you lost? is this the cupboard for medications? she is the clinical lead for the night in a home she has never set foot in before. on the 12 hour night shift, the bedridden need moving at least once every two hours. vanda is from portugal. we still have all this washing,

laundry, washing, drying, and start putting people in bed. so if we get late now, we finish really late to put them in bed. it's not good for them as well. vanda has worked here for a year. there are concerns eu carers like her will become increasingly scarce as brexit progresses. every resident here is somebody‘s mother, father, loved one. but often those closest to them are the workers who care. carla fowler, bbc news. thousands of stroke patients in england could benefit from a new programme to train more doctors in a complex procedure which can save lives and help reduce disability. it involves doctors catching and removing a clot which is causing the stroke — to help restore the flow of blood to the brain. our health correspondent, jane dreaper, explains. back on herfeet, margaret had a stroke just three weeks

ago at the age of 50 — but she's benefited from a revolutionary treatment. i was very, very lucky, because i probably should have come out more severe. you know, i could have been paralysed and taken months and months of therapy and everything else, rehab. but i was very lucky. margret‘s doctors at this london hospital have led the way in trying the new procedure. it's called thrombectomy and has a much higher success rate than conventional treatments using clot—busting drugs. patients can be completely weak down one side and not have any speech, and as soon as you take the clot out, they can start talking to you and sometimes moving immediately. other times, it takes several hours or by the end of the evening or the next day, they can have recovered a lot of function. so, it can have a massive impact. with thrombectomy, doctors use this incredibly delicate piece of wire to fish the clot out of a patient‘s brain. they sometimes use another

piece of wire, like this one, to suck it out. 8,000 patients across england will benefit from this treatment every year once the program is rolled out. not all patients will have the treatment, as some strokes are caused by a bleed rather than a clot, and it will take time to train the doctors and nurses needed to expand services, but nhs england says it's making this investment because patients recover their health so quickly. jane dreaper, bbc news. that, there hasn't been any research, it has not been tried out ona human research, it has not been tried out on a human before, and so this therapy that was being suggested by this doctor, that has been rejected by great ormond street hospital doctors and also the judge here this afternoon. thank you very much. more to come but we will catch up with the weather. this is reasonable outside for most of us. we will keep the sunshine in england and wales in particular, there is high cloud in the sky, captured by a wonderful weather watcher picture, showing the sunshine in twickenham. it is not sunny everywhere. in the northern half, we have thicker cloud here, if

we dive under the cloud, we have a weather front in west scotland that has been bringing rain to the western isles and for most of the day the northern isles, although the weather has cheered up in shetland. this weather front is are luck and the to move southwards. it will get a wriggle on, move into northern ireland, bringing damp weather into cumbria and lancashire. another cold one with clear spells. could be some pockets of prost. we pick up on the front drifting southwards, weakening as it does so. there will be hardly any rain by the time it reaches the midlands. quite a cool breeze again for the north—west of the uk and that breeze will bring in again, one 01’ that breeze will bring in again, one or two showers but there will be spells of sunshine as well. that is your latest weather. bye for now. hello. good afternoon. this is bbc

news with simon mccoy and jane hill. our main stories. a court says doctors can withdraw life—support treatment from charlie gard, a desperately ill eight—month old baby. the child's parents wanted their son to travel abroad for treatment but doctors said he should be moved to palliative care. us secretary of state rex tillerson arrives in moscow to discuss syria, after g7 leaders reject a uk plan for sanctions. british foreign secretary boris johnson renewed calls for russia to change its stance on syria. they have a choice now, because he's been expose odd as a user of gas and chemical weapons. they have a choice of sticking with him, like glue, or deciding to work with the rest of the world, towards a new political solution. towards a new political solution. united airlines apologies after footage emerges of a passenger being forcibly removed from a flight. chief executive oscar munoz, also describes the passenger as "disruptive and belligerent".

more than 900 adult social care workers a day quit theirjob in england last year, new figures reveal. care providers warn that growing staff shortages mean vulnerable people are receiving poorer levels of care. sports time. we go to olly at the bbc sports centre. arsene wenger said it would be "inconvenient but everyone else seems to be after their biggest league defeat of the season. they went down 3—0 at crystal palace and still lie seven points off the top four. the gunners have never failed to finish outside the champions league places under wenger in 20 seasons. former arsenal striker ian wright criticised the players last night on social media, questioning their commitment and also claiming that wenger had lost the dressing room. another former player says that the frenchman's time is up.

i worked under arsene wenger and i've always sort of been in the camp of you know, arsene wenger‘s great, yes, he has done fantastic, another champions league qualification and the money he brings in to the club, but i just the money he brings in to the club, but ijust think now, i think it's time for him to go. i really do. it hurts me to say that, because i like arsene wenger, and whenever sigh him we have conversations and i played under him and i think last night you would call that performance an inept performance. an inept performance. it's a champions league week, leicester are off to madrid for the first leg of their quarterfinal tomorrow against atletico. tonight borussia dortmund face manchester city's victors monaco and barcelona are in italy to facejuventus. they had a wobble in la liga over the weekend losing at malaga but their strikeforce of messi, neymar and suarez trained

at thejuventus stadium last night and they will surely test one of the the meanest defences in club football, the bbc of barzagli, bonucci and chiellini. juve boast higuain and dybala as their attacking threat. liverpool ladies have signed a couple of players, the england internationals laura coombs and jess clarke. coombs has made her loan deal from chelsea permanent and clarke joins them from notts county ladies to bolster their attacking options ahead of the upcoming women's spring series that starts later this month. the prospective lions captain sam warburton has been ruled out for six weeks with a knee injury. the flanker won't play again for cardiff blues before the lions depart for new zealand, but he should be fit by the tour opener on the 3rd ofjune. he is expected to be named in the lions squad next week. the first

test against the all blacks not untiljune 24th. britain's heather watson has been knocked out in the first round of the biel open in switzerland. watson, now ranked 110 in the world, needed to call on the trainer during the second set and was beaten 7—6, 6—2 by the estonion anett kontaveit. naomi broady has also suffered an early exit — losing in straight sets to germany's julia goerges. meanwhile, johanna konta could face maria sharpova next month. the british number one has signed up for the inaugral women's tie—break—tens event in madrid. the tournament begins with a round—robin stage and all matches comprise a single tie—break to ten points. it will be sharapova's second tournament back after a doping ban. british cycling has given an update on the work it's doing to improve the culture within the organisation. in response to an independent investigation into bullying and discrimination it is developing a new code of conduct as well as changing management structures. it has been going on for a year now,

and british cycling released an action plan in how to move forward and make improvement, in relation to athlete welfare, staff welfare. all the points look good to me. it is good for an organisation to look to improve their proceed yours, i think we can draw a line under it. improve their proceed yours, i think we can draw a line under it. seven more russian athletes — including two reigning world champions — have been cleared to compete as neutrals in the worlds in london this summer. russia remains banned from international athletics after claims of state—sponsored doping. highjumper maria kuchina and sprint hurdler sergey shubenkov won russia's only two gold medals in beijing and in 2015 will be allowed to compete after being individually vetted. that is my lot, you will be pleased to hear. hugh is in the seat for the

next hour an beyond. not at all olly. see you very soon. let us discuss something we haven't had a chance to talk about because an appeal is being made for more adults to become volunteers in the scouts. the number of youngsters wanting tojoin is the highest in the history of scouting — with 51 thousand currently waiting. but the scout association says waiting lists can't fail unless there are more adults to volunteer as leaders to help out. with me are alex peace—gadsby, chief commissioner for england and a local scout leader and katie ainscough, an explorer scout. welcome to both of you. i am getting a crash course in the terminology. you are an exploring scout, i means

you are at the top age bracket of scouting. yes, there is a network above but one of the top ones. you is have been involved for about four year, why do you love it? because there is so many opportunities being offered, there is great experiences andi offered, there is great experiences and i have so many skills from being and i have so many skills from being a scout as well. what sort, what is fun for you? a scout as well. what sort, what is fun for you ? what a scout as well. what sort, what is fun for you? what do you enjoy about it? for me, all the activities like abseiling and rock climbing, and all these different activities that are open, archery to us, it isjust great. which you think you wouldn't have access to anywhere else, you can't just have access to anywhere else, you can'tjust do that kind of thing at school. it is easily offered to us because of the volunteers helping us, we have all of these great opportunities. that is people like you. how did you get involved? opportunities. that is people like you. how did you get involvemm is. right place, right time or wrong place wrong time! i was going along to support my nephews and they said look we need more leaders so, i got

involved, and it is so amazing to see young people growing into, you know these amazing young adults and it gets in the blood. you find 13 years later you are still doing it. but in reality, in practical terms what do you do? you and those and those you work with? and for anyone who might be thinking about volunteer, how much time does it ta ke volunteer, how much time does it take up? in terms of time it takes up, we completely flexibly volunteer so up, we completely flexibly volunteer so there are people who volunteer on a routine basis week in, week out and others that give time according to their availability, so once a month, once a fortnight, so we can completely best fit the individual. in terms of skills and thing, i have learned a lot actually because we give people training, and it st to each individual skill. sol give people training, and it st to each individual skill. so i am the world's worst abseiler but i am better with more of the administrative side of things sol get involved more in that kind of

capacity and i teach young people those kind of skills as well. that because i was thinking, i would be beyond useless, at any of this, any of my friends will tell you, i couldn't survive for ten minutes on a desert island, no practical skills at all, but i am very good at organisation, so perhaps i am sounding like, maybe there is something that someone like me, who thinks they wouldn't be any use to the scouts at all, could bring to it. so you are looking for all comers. very much so. this is about teaching young people skills for life and that includes confidence, team leadership as well as more practical skill, so everybody has something they can offer. and, is everyone, almost everyone involved in the organisation, a volunteer, because i know you are a leader in your local area, where you live, but your local area, where you live, but you are also the chief commissioner for england. i assumed that would be a paid position, but even that is not. very much so. it's a completely

volu nta ry not. very much so. it's a completely voluntary role. so there are a raft of volunteers that volunteer nationally as well as locally. and what is it that, i mean you have outlined some of the great experiences you have gained from this. how much of this is just different, the sort of things that katie enjoys doing, what can't kids just learn that at school or learn that with their friends on a weekend? no disrespect to the education system, but of course it is all focussed round academics and there are so many softer skills we don't necessarily learn in a classroom and there is that real opportunity that scouting provides that no other organisation does. opportunity that scouting provides that no other organisation doeslj meani that no other organisation doeslj mean i guess you would echo that katie. have you mate lots of friends, those things?|j katie. have you mate lots of friends, those things? i have made half of my friends through scouting that are lifelong friends and have learneded so many skills i will use in my life. i am a young leader so i have teaching, cpr to young kids and thatis have teaching, cpr to young kids and that is a really important

opportunity to learn that, so i can use it on in my later life. and do you have thoughts about when you're much older you will be a volleyballer too yourself? —— volunteer yourself? i think it is a good opportunity to add into your community and feel like you are adding something and helping your community so i would like to help out when i'm older. fantastic, lovely to meet both of you. thank you very much. all the very best with your continuing endeavours. have you watched a tv drama recently but given up, because you couldn't hear all the dialogue? there have been complaints from viewers about poor sound and mumbling in a number of programmes, including jamaica inn and the recent drama ss—gb. our media correspondent david sillito has been to take part in an experiment at the science media museum in bradford, which assesses what viewers can and can't hear. we ducted an ex ferment two actor,

one scene and different styles. modern and naturalistic, and something a bit more old school. being unpaid work. i wasn't expecting to see you here, are you still at college. i took a break. what happens if you change the sound effect, the level of noise around us and how about music? can you still hear what i'm saying? really? and the results well, no—one could agree. hearing, it seems is very subjective. did you get any of it? no. odd bits of it. the clearest diction in there was the lift. it is either too

quickly spoken or they don't speak clear enough. i could hear it. i think there were only about three words that weren't quite clear and i am 85 in may. been washing out my lug holes. even among our group been washing out my lug holes. even among ourgroup of been washing out my lug holes. even among our group of teenager, half struggled. some got every word. we tried different television, most didn't hear much difference at all but ina didn't hear much difference at all but in a choice between modern flat screen and old style tv, it was the £15 second—hand telly that was the winner. that one. definitely that one. but the biggest impact wasn't the background sound, it was when our actors went from this. doing unpaid work. to this? a bit of unpaid work. to this? a bit of unpaid work. to this? a bit of unpaid work. the music is higher thanl unpaid work. the music is higher than i would like it. watching these results was a professional sound

recordist. i would say, yes, there is too much mumbling, i come across ita is too much mumbling, i come across it a lot, on sets all i can do is i go it a lot, on sets all i can do is i 9° up it a lot, on sets all i can do is i go up to my director and i say look, governor, i'm not really sure what that person said and i am reading it from a script at the same time as recording it. but it is complex, what sounds modern and natural to some, is to others indecipherable. can they mumble. all the business news coming up. but the headlines first. the parents of a seriously ill eight month old boy say they are devastated after a high courtjudge ruled that doctors can withdraw life—support. the us secretary of state arrives in moscow for crunch talks on syria, after g7 foreign ministers fail

to reach agreement on targeted sanctions. united airlines says employees followed "established procedures" as footage of one of its passengers being forcibly dragged off a flight sparks outrage. in the business news this afternoon. troubled japanese tech firm toshiba has reported a massive loss of £3.8bn. the firm missed two deadlines to publish their results — after seeing a massive slump in its nuclear business. it now faces being broken up and sold off in parts. in a statement, toshiba has warned that its future is now in doubt. uk inflation remained at 2.3% in march, the same as the month before — matching its highest level since september 2013. the measure of the cost of living shows that prices are still rising above the bank of england's target of 2%. jd sports has reported a 55% rise in pre—tax profits, its biggest increase in eight years.

like—for—like sales were up 10%. the firm says the results come despite rising inflation. it also warned of "uncertainties ahead" as britain prepares to leave the eu. have you had your car insurance renewal quote yet? if not, you might be a in for a bit of a shock. in for a bit of a shock. according to the comparison site confused.com, drivers saw their premiums jump by over £100 in the last year to an average policy price of £781. that's for comprehensive cover. the increases are being put down to two main reasons. a prang on the bumper can now involve the cost of replacing expensive electronic parking sensors. and insurers have also raised prices in response to a new formula for calculating compensation payments. let's get more on that with anthony wright, from the association of british insurers. antony, thank you forjoining us this afternoon. now, i know that at

the abi you have done your own price calculation, you haven't come up with the same figure, yours is just under £500 but you say that prices are going up, why? well, prices are going up for range of reasons and to explain the difference, our comparison looks at prices paid. the confused comparison is is a quote. so that shows if you shop round you can geta so that shows if you shop round you can get a better deal. that is the advice we give people. the reason prices are going up is pressure is on costs of paying insurance claims are going up. whether it is the complex cars that people are driving, a third of increase of a third in the price of repairing a car over the last three years, you have increase in soft tissue injury claim, an increase in insurance premium tax, another rise coming in injune and you have the recent change, discount rate which cut the cost of the discount, cut the discount massively which is going to

increase costs of insurance. can you explain it to us, that ogden rate, the way the government altered the rate for calculating lump sum payment for people who have life altering injuries. they have cut the rate which increases the amount of compensation payments, that are paid out. that leads to hiring insurance costs a nd out. that leads to hiring insurance costs and this this is going to come in waves. we have already seen the first wave, we can see expect to see further increases, over the course of the year, as insurers renew their reinsurance, so the end is not in sight on that front. that is why we wa nt sight on that front. that is why we want the government to press ahead and bring in changes to the law, and do that quickly, so we can at least tackle this issue. what advice would you give to consumers who are struggling when it comes to paying their renewal, fib their quotes are going up, what can they do to bring the price down? very simply, you can

shopping around is the best way of making sure you get the best price, so, very simple to now, go on a comparison website or ring around various insurer, there is veryious ways to do it. there are other things to do, for younger drives, consider things like telematics which is having a black box in your car which tells your insurer how well you are driving, the safer you drive, the lower your insurance will be, that is another way that people can cut their insurance. thank you for your time this afternoon. the japanese company, toshiba, has posted financial results and they make pretty grim reading. the company lost 3.8 billion. we've been waiting for these numbers — they've been postponed twice. the firm has lost huge amounts of money from its business interests in the us. over the years, japan has produced some of the world's best known brands, but some of the country's corporate giants have found themselves in troubled waters in recent years. so what went wrong? the bbc‘s rupert—wingfield hayes has been to investigate.

these were the greatest brands in consumer goods for decades. toshiba, panasonic, sony, hitachi. so how did they end up here? first of all, the chinese and koreans came along and they could make these things just as well, but much cheaper. perhaps more importantly, these japanese companies lost their mojo. they forgot how to innovate. the country that invented the walkman did not go on to invent the smartphone. inside a vast exhibition hall, more than 3,000 new recruits are being inducted into one of japan's big corporations. a lot of these young people can expect to spend the whole of their career in this one company. it will become their second home and they expect

to work hard, long hours and wait their turn for promotion. it is a model that has worked well forjapan in the past, but it has real problems. in this rigid corporate hierarchy, promotion is based on age, not talent. it is a culture that is resistant to change and bad at producing new ideas. toshiba is not alone. other famous japanese names have been through deep crisis. last year, sharp was sold to a taiwanese company. now toshiba will be broken up, its best bits sold off to the highest bidder. in other business news. the charity, citizens advice, says broadband customers are paying a penalty for their loyalty, with providers putting up prices as soon as the initial cheap deals end. they've looked at the deals

from five of the largest suppliers and found that bills went up by more than 40% on average at the end of the fixed contract period. average house prices in the uk increased by 5.8% in the year to february, according to official figures from the office for national statistics . for national statistics. london continues to be the region with the highest average house price at £105,000. the lowest average price continues to be in the north east. heathrow airport has reported the biggest monthly growth in cargo trade in more than five years. and passenger numbers are up too. up 5% in march with a record 6.16 million people travelling through through the airport — the growth in passengers is from asia, latin america and the middle east. before we go let us see how the marks are been getting on. the ftse up marks are been getting on. the ftse up ever marks are been getting on. the ftse up ever so marks are been getting on. the ftse up ever so slightly. the cac down half a percent. there is not a lot of trade happening. everything is slowing down ahead of the long easter weekend when a lot of the

markets are closed. jd sports, their shire price up, it is upjust over 8%. that is it from me. the queen has been feeding some elephants. that is not the queen feeding an elephant. that is gavin lee. let us ta ke elephant. that is gavin lee. let us take you to whipsnade zoo later. that is called a tease! they have been there, we are having trouble proving that pictorially. perhaps we will talk about that a little bit more after 11.00. as tensions mount over syria, we'll have liberal democrat leader tim farron's assessment of borisjohnson diplomatic skills. also on the programme, as united airlines deals

with the consequences of dragging one passenger off an overcrowded flight, we'll be speaking to the association of british travel agents about your rights as an airline passenger. fla is all coming up after four. let us catch up with the weather. matt has the let us catch up with the weather. matt has the latest. let us catch up with the weather. matt has the latest. thank let us catch up with the weather. matt has the latest. thank you. let us catch up with the weather. matt has the latest. thank you. good afternoon, it is going to be a case ofa afternoon, it is going to be a case of a lot of dry weather through the week but there will be a few more splashes of rain than we have seen so far, none of that at the moment in the south. looks like summer this afternoon in parts of essex. it feels chillier than it looks. you can see the clear skies in the south. a bit more cloud further north. to the west of scotland, skies distinctly grey and it is raining as well. that rain will continue on and off through the rest of today. mainly the north—west high lands, is it brightening up. but the rain you notice sits there much of the night. a breeze across the

country which strengthened further south into southern parts of england and wales so not as cold a night only do as it was last night. but by the end of the night we sea rain spreading into the south—west, and northern ireland, not to mutual rain to the east of scot as we go into the start of wednesday. if you are up the start of wednesday. if you are up early, there will be a chance of a shower in parts of cornwall, isles of silly but much of england and wales will start dry. spells of sunshine here and there, a bit for cloud than the last couple of mornings, cloudy conditions into northern england. a damp start across lancashire and cumbria, heavy rain here, the early morn rain starting to ease off in northern ireland and scotland. brighter but cooler start to the north of scotland, we will see a few showers dotted round and a case of sunshine and blustery showers throughout the day. breezier day in england and wales but it brightened up for northern ireland. the rain clears north—west england in the afternoon. patchy rain for wales, into the

midlands. southern areas stay dry. temperatures will be in the teens but cooler prospects further north. we keep that cool flow of air into thursday, coming from the north—west. a chilly start to thursday, a touch of frost round but most will start dry with sunshine around, bit more cloud across western parts of england, wales and western parts of england, wales and western scotland, northern ireland, a few showers to come, particularly in the afternoon but temperatures round where they should be for the time of year. as we head into good friday, the start of the easter break. friday we will see cloud in northern, western england. outbreaks of rain. there will be brightness, east of scot and the south of england as for the rest of the weekend, saturday will be a cool one with sunshine and shower, there will bea with sunshine and shower, there will be a spell of rain spreading from west to east late on easter day and into the easter night but easter monday, a ridge of high pressure, so many will see some sunshine, so a mixed weekend on the way but there will be sunshine at times and when the sun is out it will feel warm

too. that is how it is looking. updates for the rest of the afternoon. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at apm: the parents of a seriously ill baby say they are devastated after a judge rules doctors can withdraw life support. the us secretary of state arrives in moscow for talks as the rift between the two sides deepens over how to deal with president assad of syria. 0h oh my god. look at what you did to him. united airlines says employees followed "established procedures" as footage of one of its passengers being forcibly dragged off a flight sparks outrage. new figures show 900 adult social care workers left theirjob every day in england last year. the uk care association says the system is close to collapse. i'mjane i'm jane hill. in the next hour, a revolutionary new treatment for stroke patients in england. plans to roll out a procedure that could help save thousands