read you think i want you? hands on the hilt, stupid. all these negative comments are terribly unfair, say his defenders. and the director. yeah, i love him. i think he's great on screen. i find him very talented, yeah, i love him. david beckham meanwhile says he has no plans to take up acting full—time. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. good afternoon. there's a change taking place across the south. there's a lot of fine, dry weather, particularly across the northern half of the country. this is from cou nty half of the country. this is from county antrim, a good example of how it's looking further north. to the south, the change i mentioned is taking place. there's more cloud around and a few showers, like the picture shows in west sussex. that's because we've got this area of low pressure, which is slowly moving up

from south. it's introducing thicker cloud and rain and tied in with it, more humid, muggy airfrom the near continent. it is making inroads across the country, particularly for england and wales. you will notice that for the next couple of days. lots of sunshine to the north. to the south, more cloud. when we get the south, more cloud. when we get the sunshine breaking through, temperatures lift, scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop. it's difficult to say where they will form, but the focus could be along the m4 corridor. there could be a torrential downpour and it will feel warm and muggy, maybe 23 celsius. quite a warm feeling day for the north—west of good. the further north—west of good. the further north you are, the dryer. for much of northern ireland and scotland are finite —— a fine afternoon. it will feel chilly because of the north sea breeze. the thunderstorms will rattle on across the south and we'll see another pulse of rain moving north this evening, some getting towards northern ireland. there could be maybe thundery bursts, because it will be a warm and muggy night for england and wales. double

figures. clear skies for scotland, one or two chilly spots. for friday, a cloudy day. the best of the sunshine across western scotland, may be towards north—west england. a cool feeling day for eastern scotland. further south, warm and muqqy scotland. further south, warm and muggy and further showers developing. some could be thundery, particularly through central areas of england and wales. around the low 20s, one of the warmest spot is closer than the high teens further north. for the weekend, fairly unsubtle. some sunny spells, scattered showers and we'll lose the humidity, particularly on sunday. it will feel fresher. this is the picture for saturday. the south—eastern quadrant of the country could get away with a dry day, sunshine and feeling quite warm. further north and west, breezy, some heavy showers and sunny spells. we'll see the weather front sweep across the country during saturday night. it will leave a fresh regime for sunday. a mixture of sunshine and showers. that's all from the bbc news at one.

it's goodbye from me. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. good afternoon. and now, a look at the day's sport. fhm and greg clarke has defended the right of football clu bs to has defended the right of football clubs to pay agents whatever they see fit. he is speaking in the light ofa see fit. he is speaking in the light of a fifa investigation into the tra nsfer of of a fifa investigation into the transfer of paul pogba to manchester united last summer. they have written to united for clarification on the deal after allegations that a macro to agent made £41 million in the deal, 22 million of which came from united. if manchester united want to pay an agent that much money, i don't know, the fa knows, but i have not looked into it. that is what they are going to pay, that is what they're going to pay, that is what they're going to pay. they are accountable to theirfans

to pay. they are accountable to their fans and their owners. if they think it is good value for money, how much they should give to players and agents the commercial transaction, if football wants to change that, we will have to sit down as a game, led by the professional game, the premier league, dfl, and the clubs, and talk about that. he was speaking to the bbc at a fifa conference in bahrain, where the body's president gianni infantino said he believes those who want to use football to get rich should get out of the sport. that is in contrast to clarke's view. he also spoke at the wave of criticism aimed at fifa over the past two years in the wake of various scandals engulfing the organisation. he admitted that much of it was deserved. fake news, alternative facts, these terms did not exist until some time ago. they have become en vogue in recent periods. and there are a lot of fake news and alternative facts about fifa—bas as

well circulating. fifa—bashing has become a national sport, especially in some countries. and i also understand why, and it was right, and it was right, but fifa has changed now. this is a new fifa. we have new people here. and we act with facts. manchester united are just 90 minutes away from their first appearance ina minutes away from their first appearance in a final of the europa league. they will defend a 1—0 lead from the first leg of their semifinal against tonight. jose mourinho won the competition with porto back in 2003. he has made it his priority in recent weeks, as winning a trophy would mean a place in next season's champions league. it was just a consequence of our situation, not a gamble. so we are

in this situation now. and we have to fight for it, so let's see if tomorrow, we can do it, and if we can go to the final. west brom manager tony pulis says he and his players have a responsibility to theirfans to players have a responsibility to their fans to do all they can to beat chelsea when the two sides meet in the premier league tomorrow. three points from tonio on to and his team would give them a second title in three years. but tony pulis claims they will not be pushovers. we're just looking forward to a game of football. there are three points riding on it for them and for us, and will be doing our damnedest to make it a competitive game and a good game, and i don't think antonio or anyone at chelsea expect to come here and have anything different. england's women will face denmark in their final warm england's women will face denmark in theirfinal warm up england's women will face denmark in their final warm up game england's women will face denmark in theirfinal warm up game before the european championship this summer. the match against the danes is in copenhagen on saturday the 1st of

july. denmark have also qualified for the euros. england will face scotland, spain and portugal in their group games scotland, spain and portugal in theirgroup games in scotland, spain and portugal in their group games in the tournament later that month. and that is all the sport for now. we will have more in the next hour. many thanks. we will see you then. senior labour figures are meeting to approve the party's general election manifesto after a draft version was leaked to the media. the document includes plans to renationalise the railways, royal mail and parts of the energy industry, the scrapping of university tuition fees in england, and a ban on "fracking". our chief political correspondent vicki young is outside the meeting in central london. how embarrassing is this for the party? well, i think initially the idea that this has been leaked, an entire ma nifesto, that this has been leaked, an entire manifesto, of course, that is embarrassing. they would have had a plan to butt out various different announcements over the next few days

and then have the big launch next week. that is all now thrown out of the window, but i think in the longer term, it probably doesn't matter too much to voters who don't follow these things as closely. labour people would say, we are now at least at the about policies. they say there have really been no policy ideas from the conservatives, but now they can get stuck in, talking about issues that matter to people, and there is no doubt that this is a radical programme. this is certainly jeremy corbyn's vision, which he wa nts to jeremy corbyn's vision, which he wants to put forward to the people. and of course, there will be millions of people who have never had the chance to vote on this kind of thing. if you are under 50, you would never have been offered a programme of this nature, and as you say, there are some big ideas in there, but of course, there will be a lot of questions about the casting. labour figures insist a lot of questions about the casting. labourfigures insist it will be carefully costed. they haven't given us those figures yet, but of course, the tories have seized on all of this, saying it will cost billions and billions of pounds. now, there are dozens of

people in that room today who have to sign off this draft manifesto, go through it, and see how many tweaks or changes they make. this is what some had to say as they arrived. what do you think of the manifesto? are you embarrassed by the league? —— the leak? are you embarrassed tee are you happy to stand on this left—wing ma nifesto ? is this a manifesto you will be proud? i won't be unhappy. the process that we go through will be arrived at by democratic decision, and i will support that. are you embarrassed by this leak? iam not are you embarrassed by this leak? i am not embarrassed by anything, andi i am not embarrassed by anything, and i have nothing to say, thank you very much. are you responsible for the league? 0h, are you responsible for the league? oh, don't be silly. margaret beckett, on her way in. so this meeting will go on for a couple of hours, and then we may see the final product at some point. we have

had a clue about how some of this will be funded — higher taxes for the top 5%, and others have suggested there might even be a wealth tax, but they do insist that it will be fully costed. i suppose the question is, as we heard there, some people will find this programme incredibly exciting. this, they say, is worth doing if you are in charge of the labour party, you arejeremy corbyn, there is no point watering down with you think. he has a vision for the future, and wants to be tipped forward to be bought. there is, however, a question of how many people it will appeal to across the country, and there are many labour mps who doubt that this kind of thing will win across people who, in the past, maybe have voted conservative, for example. this is what the mp ben bradshaw, the former mp ben bradshaw, the candidate in exeter, had to say today. he is someone who has been incredibly critical of mr corbyn of the last couple of years. what is your reaction to the labour ma nifesto, what is your reaction to the labour manifesto, ben? i have got my own exeter manifesto.

do you supported ? i support my exeter manifesto? del rey manifesto. what about the national manifesto? lets get real, the tories at 20 points out in the polls. it is their ma nifesto points out in the polls. it is their manifesto people need to be focusing on, seeing what they need to do in government. me and labour mps are trying to save as many good labour mps as possible so we have a semblance of the opposition after june eight. that is what matters to the west country. why will you support the labour ma nifesto why will you support the labour manifesto in public? why won't you support the policy? a lot of questions will be asked of labour mps around the country, such as whether they are putting the face and a picture ofjeremy corbyn elephants, whether they can sign up to this sort of programme. there will be things in it they do agree with, but as you heard there, many labourmps, as one with, but as you heard there, many labour mps, as one put it to me, are trying to create their own lifeboat to save them, because they say that

leadership is a huge issue on the doorstep, and they say that even though people might like the idea policies such as renationalising the railways, they say that the issue of jeremy corbyn and his leadership is a problem. well, that is their view. of course, those close tojeremy corbyn think that this is exactly the kind of programme that can win them the general election. i should say, the candidates' list, those going to stand across the uk, will close today. you will be able to find out the other candidates standing next to on our website. many thanks indeed. the scottish conservative leader ruth davidson has accused the scottish government is spending more time debating constitutional matters than other key policy areas combined. the snp leader nicola sturgeon hit back during first minister's questions, saying time had been spent and discussing the implications of what she called the brexit disaster, and the tories were leading the country into it. steven godden is outside holyrood for us. yes, this is the weekly chance for

the opposition leaders here in scotla nd the opposition leaders here in scotland to question the first minister, and while that general election campaign is going on, you wouldn't have known it by watching today's exchanges. by my reckoning, the general election wasn't mentioned once. instead, the focus was on devolved matters, and two particular areas the scottish parliament has responsibility for, health and education. as you said there in your introduction, ruth davidson focused very much on education. she took literacy statistics out this week showing that standards have fallen over the last ball yea rs that standards have fallen over the last ball years for scottish pupils and use that to question the snp‘s record in government and education. nicola sturgeon off with a pretty robust response. here is a flavour of the exchanges. since last year, this government has spent more time debating the constitution than debating

education, health, transport and justice combined. and we have had enough. after ten years, after ten yea rs, to enough. after ten years, after ten years, to the people of scotland deserve a government that will pull 1's focus on their priorities and not on hers? what she is trying to distract attention from those that that has been time, that has been time debating the implications of brexit. the brexit disaster. the brexit disaster that the tory party is leading this country into. well, willie rennie of the liberal democrats borrowed a tactic from jeremy corbyn, focusing on the concerns of one particular parent, the parent of a pupil who had been at school throughout the snp‘s term in government, and he said that that mother was concerned that their son was going to be part of a lost

generation. here is what he had to say. they delayed nursery education for two—year—olds, rejected a penny on income tax education, and that thousands of places from our colleges. when the first minister and her ministers have got it so wrong for years, why on earth should that mother and her 15—year—old son ever trust them again? well, nicola sturgeon picked up where she had left off with ruth davidson, saying she was determined to carry on making the improvements that were necessary in education. as for labour, kezia dugdale focused on health, nurses‘ pay, and vacancies within the sector, and of course, the use of private sector companies. here is a sense of what she had to say. ask the bulls don‘t have enough nurses. “— ask the bulls don‘t have enough nurses. —— our hospitals don‘t have enough nurses. they don‘t have enough nurses. they don‘t have enough money in their pocket. they don‘t have enough doctors, but there is enough money for private health

firms. is this what the nhs looks like when the government is more interested in running a referendum than the nhs? nicola sturgeon said that her government was doing more than any other across the uk, and that included the labour government in wales, on nurses‘ pay. how does this fit into the election contest? i guess you could say that what the opposition parties are really trying to do is test the competence of the snp government over that ten years to see whether that is an issue for voters as they go to the polls. whether or not it hits home with voters, we will find out and uniate. and you very much indeed, steve godden. ina moment,... i will tell you one other thing about the election campaign. the former labour prime minister gordon brown has been speaking. he has issued a rallying call for labour supporters not to abandon the labour party. he has said that politics

goesin party. he has said that politics goes in cycles. they actually did not mentionjeremy corbyn in his speech in coventry at all, but he said the test is what you do in the difficult times. it is that you do not lose the courage to fight for what you believe in, and you don‘t stand back and say, this is now not for me, it is too difficult, but you continue to fight and support and champion what really matters to the future of this country. so that is former labour prime minister gordon brown, telling people who support the labour party not to abandon the party, to fight for what they believe in, but he did not mentionjeremy corbyn at all in that speech in coventry. we‘ll get more through the afternoon. in a moment, a summary of the business uses our, but first, our latest headlines. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has pulled out of a planned campaign appearance after the party‘s draft general election manifesto was leaked. the bank of england sounds a note of caution about the economy — growth forecasts are downgraded, because the governor says household spending is slowing. there‘s been a record fine for the company that made

100 million cold calls — their automated messages encouraged people to make insurance claims. in the business news... there‘s been a warning from the bank of england about inflation. it says the impact of the fall in the pound after the brexit vote is already starting to force prices up here at home. it also said that growth in wages was weak. this came as it held interest rates steady yet again. we‘ll be getting a little more on that in just a moment. there‘s no fancy filter for snapchat‘s results. its shares fell 23% in after hours trading on its first they lost 2.21 billion dollars in the first three months of the year. that‘s much more than the losses this time last year. its shares fell 23% in after hours trading on its first set of financial results.

bt is to cut 4,000 jobs over the next two years as part of a major restructuring. the telecoms giant said the posts would go in back—office and managerial jobs. the boss is not escaping unscathed. he is losing his bonus after an accounting scandal at his italian business. moffat struck almost a half to hundred and £40 million in the last quarter. that not—for—profit strop. back now to that report from the bank of england. it‘s forecasting that prices could rise more quickly than expected. that‘s because of the impact of the falling pound in the wake of the brexit vote. here‘s what the governor mark carney had to say. the projected inflation entirely reflects the effects on prices of the fall in sterling since late 2013, a depreciation caused by market expectations of a material adjustment to the uk‘s medium term prospect as it leaves the european union. the contribution to inflation

of higher import prices is likely to fade gradually throughout the period. the extent to which domestic cost pressures pick up all the time and where cbi inflation settles towards the end of the forecast. mark carney. so what will this mean for our pockets? alix stewart from schroders joins us now. thanks forjoining us. what will this mean for the way we live our lives, our standard of living? well, it is hard to tell at the moment. at the moment, as mark carney said, inflation has been rising because the currency has been weak, affecting people as prices go up for imported goods. wages are not keeping up with it, and we are feeling the pinch right now. the big question going forward is actually what happens to wages. do they start to rise more quickly now that unemployment is still low? mark carney there seems to suggest that we would see wage price, all our wages, go up. now what would cause

that to happen? the fact that we have got a low unemployment rate and we‘re getting reports of some skill shortages certain areas should put u pwa rd restau ra nt wages, shortages certain areas should put upward restaurant wages, but it is a global phenomenon we have seen their wages are not rising as quickly as you might expect, given the level of unemployment versus previous cycles. you also seem to imply that when interest rates go up, they could go up interest rates go up, they could go up more aggressively than first thought. what do you think about that? that is all based on seeing wages rise as they hope they will, and quite frankly, quite an optimistic outcome of brexit. i think that they said it will be a smooth transition. that is what their forecast are based smooth transition. that is what theirforecast are based upon, and thatis theirforecast are based upon, and that is far from certain what it will look like at all. thank you very much. in other news... official figures show that industrial output shrank for the third month in a row in march — falling by 0.6 percent. meanwhile construction work is also slacking off. figures show it dropped 0.7% in march compared with the previous month. a lot of that is due to less repair and maintenance work going on.

plans by labour and the conservatives to increase the minimum wage could costjobs. that‘s according to the institute for fiscal studies. both parties plan to raise the wage if they are elected. but the thinktank says higher wages would hit employment. the biggest airline in the middle east — emirates — has reported its first fall in annual profits for five years. and it‘s quite a fall — 82%. it says concerns over terror attacks, changes to us immigration laws and the brexit vote have all hit demand. let‘s have a quick look at trade on the markets. mostly the markets. m ostly rea d , the markets. mostly read, as you can see, but that even flat trade. markets have been digesting the news that the bank of england expect inflation to grow more quickly than expected as well as forecasting that interest rates might eventually be going up

more quickly than previously thought. we‘ll is also affecting trading. opec has sharply raised its forecast for supply from nonmember countries, which could have an impact on prices. that is it from me. back to you. thank you very much indeed. see you later on. leaders of the eight nations with territory in the arctic are meeting in alaska amid confusion about the us government‘s policy on climate change. the arctic council summit which is held every two years will also discuss shipping, fisheries and tourism. but the main focus is on rising temperatures in the high north. our north america correspondent james cook reports from the meeting in fairbanks. the frozen north is melting. it is springtime in alaska, and the winter ice is beginning to break up. the villagers here on the bering sea say the floors are coming earlier. summers are longer, and the ice is thinner. here, climate change is not

a theory. the ice was thick when i was younger. it was up to eight feet thick. since the day he is born, this man has been gazing out of the ocean. now, he works with 20 local tribes, trying to maintain old traditions in a new world. we are witnessing the disappearance of the cryo sphere, ice. we are witnessing its disappearance in many parts where it occurs in all its forms. permafrost, river ice, ocean ice. the process appears to be accelerating. the more ice melts, the less sunlight is reflected, the quicker the world warms, and halfway across alaska, at a meeting of the arctic council mum multi book, climate change is the big issue. as delegates from around the arctic gather here in the pristine wilderness of alaska for the summit, their conversations are being dominated by one topic. what does president ronald reagan about climate change? what is america‘s

policy? —— what does president trump think? there might do with our indications that america might be about to withdraw from the landmark paris agreement to withdraw, admissions. if the us withdraws, that will set policy back in terms of climate change a decade or two. the warming we have seen in the last 200 years is more than any time in the last 2000 years. this human activity causing that climate change? yes, it is. it is a prime contributor, put it in those terms. so the clare here is filled with unease about the changing climate, it was while sceptics are on the fringes of science, they are now at the heart of the us government. let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at the weather here. how is it looking? not too bad, actually. a lovely day, and i

must emphasise the lovely weather for the northern half of the country. lots of sunshine around, near unbroken in places, but we see a change taking place in the south, with this area of low pressure influencing things, ringing low— pressure influencing things, ringing low—pressure our way, and adding energy to the atmosphere. where we get the sunshine out, we will see thunderstorms developing. clarke ross the far north of scotland, but you can see that slice of sunshine. more clout to the south, but some of these showers turn out to be quite heavy and the next few hours will seat and storms breaking out as temperatures across central and southern areas averaged 20 or 21 degrees already. they could be a little bit higher than that in the next hour so. you could see some thunderstorms, probably the focus of them along the m4 corridor, so there could be locally torrential downpours. watch out on the roads. the further north you are, the northern england, northern ireland and much of western scotland, the best of the sunshine away from the north, and the east will be cloudy with a nagging chile easterly breeze

and the east coast. it will feel quite cold, 9 degrees in aberdeen. thunderstorms will rattle on for a time this evening, and overnight, more pulses of rain moving north into northern ireland as well, with much of scotland staying dry. still quite a much of scotland staying dry. still quitea humid much of scotland staying dry. still quite a humid field to things, so some heavy pulses of rain could appearfurther some heavy pulses of rain could appear further south, but a some heavy pulses of rain could appearfurther south, but a cooler night to come across central and eastern scotland, and into friday, generally a cloudy day, the best of the sunshine across northern and western scotland, sunshine and showers. into england and is, heavy pulses of rain, perhaps thunderstorms, revealing humid again, witha thunderstorms, revealing humid again, with a top temperature around the low 20s, but cool again for north—east scotland. for the weekend, it looks pretty good. there will be plenty of sunshine around and a scattering of showers, and at the weekend wears on, we will lose the weekend wears on, we will lose the humidity in it turns a little bit fresher. that said, the south—east corner of the uk could be pretty fine and dry on saturday, with some sunshine. it will feel

quite warm. further north and west you will see most of the showers, with some of them quite heavy. sunshine in between. the weather front spads across the country during saturday night, introducing a pulse of rain, and then a fresher feeling day on sunday. lose that humidity, and in the sunshine, it feels quite warm. in the south, a scattering of showers, some heavy in places. so back the next few days. —— a mixed bag for the next few days. this is bbc news. i‘m ben brown. the headlines at 2pm. labour‘s draft manifesto is leaked — it contains plans to renationalise the railways and scrap university tuition fees. this is an extremely modern, progressive, progressive set of proposals and it‘s looking to the long term future and most people are extremely excited at what they‘ve seen. a note of caution about the economy — the bank of england governor says predicted growth is downgraded

and household spending is slowing. this is going to be a more challenging time for british households over the course of this year. wages won‘t keep up with prices for the goods and services they consume. waiting times for key nhs services in england were the worst in four