the smartsuit pro camera—free motion tracking system costs a fraction of the pro kit, but at $2,500 it could prove game changing for independent movie—makers and game designers. that's it for the short version of click this week. the full version is up on iplayer for you to watch right now. next week's show is going to be rather epic too, so do find time for that. follow us on twitter and facebook throughout the week, if you would be so kind. thanks for watching and see you soon! hello, this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. the nhs faces a weekend of disruption following a large—scale cyber attack which has caused hospitals to delay treatments and cancel appointments.

around a0 nhs trusts and some gp surgeries were hit but there's no sign that patient data has been compromised. iamat i am at saint barts, the largest nhs trust in the country. it runs five hospitals here in east london, and all of them will be closed today for routine outpatient appointments. organisations around the world have been affected by the malicious software known as "ransomware" with reports of infections in dozens of countries. good morning. it's saturday the 13th of may. also today, labour's deputy leader tom watson warns his party faces a "margaret thatcher style" landslide defeat if it doesn't improve its ratings in the polls. in sport, chelsea the champions. they can finally celebrate after a late win at west brom

secured the premier league title in antonio conte‘s first season in charge. and you cannot stop a brownlee. johnny refuses to give up in yokohama. after a nasty trashy picks up yokohama. after a nasty trashy picks up his bike and runs with it. —— a nasty crash he picks up. from horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. but will the uk feel the brexit backlash? we'll look ahead to tonight's event. and helen has the weather. good morning. despite low pressure gci’oss good morning. despite low pressure across the uk today there is lots of dry weather in the offing. i will have more on that in about 15 minutes. routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotland were disrupted by a global cyber attack. some doctors have been unable to access patient records, while a number of hospitals are asking patients not to attend unless it's urgent. there's no evidence that patient

data has been stolen. the first indication that something was wrong was mid—afternoon yesterday, when some hospital trusts and gp surgeries reported being locked out of their computers. vital information such as patient records and appointment schedules were inaccessible. it meant operations were cancelled, patients were sent home and ambulances were diverted. the bbc understands that by late yesterday around a0 trusts and some surgeries in england and scotland had been affected. the prime minister, theresa may, said the incident was not an attack on the nhs but part of a wider problem affecting up to 100 countries. work to restore nhs computer systems will continue throughout the weekend, as andy moore reports. this was the message that flashed up on countless computers across the nhs. the system was locked, it said, and no files could be accessed until a ransom was paid.

the cyber attack had an immediate effect on patient services. this man's heart operation in london was cancelled. i was all ready. i've been shaved down the front of my chest because they were going to open me up, my arms have been shaved. i was all ready to go. nothing in my mouth since this morning. at 1:30pm the surgeon turned up and said, unfortunately we've been hacked, and there's nothing we can do, we can't operate on you today. the nhs was just one of thousands of organisations dozens of countries. here at the national cyber security centre we are working around the clock with colleagues in policing, the health service, internationally, and with private—sector experts to lead our response to those cyber attacks as they affect the uk. in scotland, at least half the health boards have been affected in some way. wales and northern ireland have so far escaped any problems. disruption in the nhs is likely to last several days at least. the official advice is to use the health service wisely — but emergency admissions will not be affected. and we can get the very

latest now from andy, who's outside st bartholomew's hospital in east london. what are patients being told? well, there are large parts of the nhs that are not affected. northern ireland and wales have not been hit. but if you are in an area where systems have been affected, if you are an outpatient hopefully you should be told about it. you should check the hospital website if you are due to go to the hospital, or maybe they have contacted you. so it is very sporadic. so faults of people using the nhs this weekend they will not be affected at all. but for people like here, at the ba rts but for people like here, at the barts health nhs trust, they have been told that routine outpatient appointments have been cancelled. nobody knows what will happen

tomorrow or the day after that. nobody really at the moment has an a nswer nobody really at the moment has an answer as to how long it will take to fix this problem. do we know how it started in the first place? well, it started in the first place? well, it seems to be an indiscriminate global attack. lots of people are saying the nhs wasn't targeted, but it was hit, because its operating systems a re it was hit, because its operating systems are very old, something like 16 years old. maybe they should have been updated with a patch to fix this problem. maybe they were not. this might explain why some nhs trusts were hit and others were not. but it is notjust the nhs that has been affected. there are something like 57,000 incidents around the world, affecting 99 countries. fedex has been hit in america, as has the german railway system. lots of people in addition to the nhs have been hit by this particular cyber attack. andy, thank you. we'll be bringing you the latest information and more detail about what andy was talking about, as to

what andy was talking about, as to what you should do if you have appointments are expecting an operation this weekend in the areas that have been affected. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has urged voters to support their local labour mp to prevent the conservatives winning a "margaret thatcher—style landslide." speaking to the guardian, mr watson admitted that it would be very difficult to turn the poll numbers around, and that labour had a mountain to climb. 0ur political correspondent leila nathoojoins us now from our london newsroom. good morning. can you take us through some of what tom watson has said? well, i think the reality for labour is that the polls have been predicting that they are as much as 20 points behind the conservative party going into this election. of course, we all know by now that polls can be wrong. 0bviously course, we all know by now that polls can be wrong. obviously this is still a worry for labour. the deputy leader, tom watson, has warned today that if this sticks until the election, theresa may could be on course for having a majority of 100 plus mps in the house of commons. before the

election, the conservatives have a working majority of about 17 mps. that meant rebellious backbenchers could cause trouble. tom watson's argument is that if there is a conservative majority of 100 plus, that means a government under theresa may would we able to do pretty much what it liked. —— would be able. there are a couple of interpretations of this at this stage. we have less than four weeks until the election. 0ne stage. we have less than four weeks until the election. one is that this isa until the election. one is that this is a stark warning to labour supporters to say, look, you'd better turn up, you'd better go and vote, it is this is what might happen if you don't. another possible reading is that it could you admission that labour is not on course to form the next government and this is a plea to say, well, look, let's at least not give our party a driving —— drubbing, which some are predicting. 0f party a driving —— drubbing, which some are predicting. of course, jeremy corbyn says this election is not a foregone conclusion and he is fighting to win. our lead story

todayis fighting to win. our lead story today is about cyber problems with this hacking attack. the conservatives, we understand, will be making an announcement today in connection with some of your records that lie in social media and some other places, up to the age of 18. what is that about? charlie, this is a bit ofa what is that about? charlie, this is a bit of a coincidence, actually. this announcement was not timed in connection with what has happened with the cyber attack. but the conservatives are today promising to do more on internet security, and one of their main pledges is to say that social media users should have the right to demand from the social media companies that any records, any photos, perhaps, embarrassing comments or posts that they want to get rid of, before they were aged 18, they should be able to demand from social media companies that they can be deleted. there are other promises in there about digital signatures for businesses, and doing more, asking social media companies to do more to tackle abuse and protect children from harmful content. but the big question about

this is how they can possibly enforce it, because social media cza i’ enforce it, because social media czar of course not based in the uk. it isa czar of course not based in the uk. it is a global phenomenon. this is a broad intention, really, and labour is saying that these are just promises that cannot be delivered. interesting timing, that the conservatives chose to launch this today, given what has happened. thank you. 0fsted inspectors have revealed they were jostled and pelted with food by pupils during a two—day visit to a secondary school in the west midlands. the five—strong team rated the willenhall academy, near walsall, as "inadequate" for leadership, learning, and overall effectiveness. the 0fsted report also found that year 11 students failed to reach their potential over a three year period. us president donald trump has refused to confirm or deny whether the white house secretly records his telephone calls and meetings. yesterday the president appeared to warn the former fbi director, james comey, that his administration could produce tapes of their conversations if he spoke to the media. democrat leaders in congress have demanded an explanation. pope francis will canonise two portuguese children at a mass today

on the spot where they reported seeing the virgin mary exactly 100 years ago. the service, in fatima, is expected to attract a million worshippers. alison roberts has sent this report. francis is the fourth pope to visit the shrine. tonight it's the eurovision song contest and after failing to make it into the top 10 for the past seven years, could this be the year britain bounces back? 0ur moscow correspondent, not sure. it feels a bit unlikely, to tell you the truth. 0ur moscow correspondent, steve rosenberg, is in kiev, and has been to meet some of the contestants ahead of tonight's competition. singing. it's eurovision 2017, and it's all rather confusing. take azerbaijan's entry. a horse head on a ladder.

why? the audience is not understanding it. i am leaving the whole meaning to them. oh, well, that's clear, then. and what is going on with one of the favourites, italy, this year? why the monkey? why the ape? "the monkey," francesco gabbani tells me, "is a symbol that at the end of the day we are all naked apes." among the front—runners are bulgaria and portugal. but what about the united kingdom? you know, there was a time when the uk was always a contender in eurovision. we always seemed to be in with a shot at the top spot. more recently we have been propping up the table. but could this be the year that britain is back? at rehearsals, lucie jones has been impressing everybody with her power ballad, never give up on you.

i am hoping that i will go home with the respect of the nation that watched the show at home. if the uk wants success in eurovision, this could be our golden opportunity. much more on that later on today. it is 6:13am —— 7:13am. england and scotland are amongst more than seventy countries to be affected by a global cyber attack that targeted the nhs yesterday. the health service was amongst tens of thousands of organisations to have been caught out by a computer virus which locks systems until a ransom is paid. cyber attacks, often carried out by criminal organisations, have become more frequent in recent times. emily 0rton is a cyber security analyst. shejoins us now. good morning, emily. i would like to talk first

about the scale of this attack. 70 countries, and obviously huge parts of the nhs affect from yesterday. and as far as we know, still very severely affected today. how bad is it? it looks like this is probably the biggest case of ransomware that we have seen in the world. 0bviously we have seen in the world. 0bviously we don't know how many files have been affected, but the scale in the number of countries looks like this is one of the most significant cyber attacks that we have seen in the cyber community so far, and the fact that this is obviously affecting health patients makes it even worse. when we look at the threat, what happens, people have seen it by now, this page appears on a computer screen. this page appears on a computer screen. maybe we have it now, we can show it as we are talking. the page details what has happened to your computer, and the threat is there. in this case it is a time to that, isn't it? the material will be deleted if money is not paid within a certain time. does that fit into a

pattern of how ransomware works? that's right, it happens very quickly once it gets in. they can encrypt files quickly and you are faced with this ultimatum. there's a lot of fear and they say the files will be deleted if you don't pay the ransom. supposedly they will then unlock the files, but there's no guarantee. one thing that is not particularly clear, from early in incident, the nhs as patient data has not been stolen. it sounds to me, we don't understand is the level you do, but it seems quite clearly the data has been stolen, or is it just because it has been held to ransom? they are locking down and encrypting the files where they are and it could be that they are potentially deleting the original copies. so far it seems like the actual date in the files hasn't been accessed. —— data. we have no

evidence of the data coming out of those organisations. it has been locked down and if you want the key to unlock them, pay up. and in the past people have paid the ransom? that is the history of people paying the ransom, yes. so paying the ransom will presumably free it, we will talk more about this later, the principles around it, in the absence of that we are told experts are working around the clock. what are people trying to do? what's happening? a lot of activity behind the scenes. the first, which will be investigated, is how much backup these organisations have. your best case scenario is that you have a very healthy backup system and you have files... just explain it, that's in case you can't cure the problem, then you start thinking about whether the material they are threatening you with, whether you

have that elsewhere? exactly. that's if they execute the threat. i'm furious about the efforts that can be made to crack... very difficult. ——iam be made to crack... very difficult. —— i am curious about. if you don't have the key, it is locked down. i'm sure there's lots of work going on behind the scenes to see what is technically possible, but that's a very difficult challenge. more likely you will look at trying to this orfrom somewhere likely you will look at trying to this or from somewhere else if you can. there is a suggestion that maybe some of the systems weren't as up—to—date as they might have been. is that a problem? a huge problem. many organisations, not just is that a problem? a huge problem. many organisations, notjust the nhs, have had vulnerabilities. the reality is there are vulnerabilities all over the place. they should perhaps patch certain systems, but cyber security will always be an issue and there will always be holes that criminals and hackers are going to try to exploit. thank you very

much for your time this morning. we will be discussing this more little later and we will speak to the home secretary just after 8am, to find out the latest picture across the uk. here's helen with a look at this morning's weather. it is not looking quite so cheery out the window here! we have a lot of low cloud around at the women's and the low pressure is sitting over the country. that said, even though it is low pressure, there's quite a lot of dry weather today and through the weekend. this was ramsgate, in kent, about half an hour ago. further north it is rather grey and dreary. that's the case across many parts of the east coast of scotland, around the murray firth and the north—east of england. we've had all of this muggy air. there is the cloud sitting over the north—west of england at the moment. rain to go with it. that's the low

pressure. gradually it will pull its way northwards and westwards, allowing dry weather to come in. a scattering of showers. dry and brighter weather coming through quickly in the south. some warm sunshine as well, which is what you would expect. further north it is rather grey first thing. there are some outbreaks of rain. this afternoon, dry and for a time we have the rain in northern ireland. again, a dry interlude in the afternoon here. the warm weather in the north—west highlands of scotland will disappear in the afternoon, with heavy showers. not for all. it will still be warm in between the showers. that's because we have had all of this easily activity. south—westerly winds are coming in. it will start to feel more fresh. showers into the afternoon, away from the north and west, because of this next weather front, from the north and west, because of this next weatherfront, which from the north and west, because of this next weather front, which threw the evening and overnight will bring most gardens and little bit of rain. we should escape the showers for st

helens and the castleford tigers. it won't be a lot of rain but it will at least dampen the ground. that allows the south—westerly, fresh air in across the country, which means the southern and western coast will enjoy a lovely day tomorrow, plenty of sunshine and fewer showers generally tomorrow in the north—west highlands of scotland. still showery. sunshine and showery day elsewhere. some areas could have shower after shower in the south—west peninsula, parts of south wales and the midlands, and other areas will stay dry. it will feel warm as well, with temperatures getting up to about 16— 18 tomorrow. but the dry weather doesn't last. the wind and rain is coming in through sunday night and into the start of next week. thanks and talk to you soon! for patients who need palliative care in the final days of their lives, the option to be cared for, and die, at home isn't something that's always available.

a new survey suggests that one of the main barriers is a shortage of specialists, who can also offer the right training to family members. breakfast‘s graham satchell reports. my my husband, roger, i'd be married to for 47 years and he was raf aircrew. a brave man. 13 years ago he was diagnosed with cancer. when his condition was terminal, the only thing he wanted to do was to die in his own house, with his own things and me looking after him. ok, so we will practice with some water. we will practice with some water. we willjust draw out 1mm of water. she took part in a trial project, with the help of a district nurse she was trained to give controlled doses of pain relief to her husband at home.

how easy did you find this process? yes, it was easy for me. with adequate instruction. she didn't have to actually inject the pain relief into her husband costa arm, a thin cannula was already in place and the dosage was controlled. it allowed her to believe her husband's pain in the dying days, without relying on a nursery could be several hours away. this was such a godsend to me, to be able to do with that. it took away all of the hopeless feeling you have the see someone you have loved for so long in pain and it was wonderful.m someone you have loved for so long in pain and it was wonderful. it is so in pain and it was wonderful. it is so important for people to have the deaf they want, where they wanted to be. —— death. it has a lasting effect on the family they leave behind and! effect on the family they leave behind and i think that family can see they died peacefully and pain—free, at home, where they wanted to be, and that the overriding factor. and we just secured at... according to the national council for palliative care, as people would prefer to die

at home, but a survey today of three than 70 healthcare professionals suggest for many it's not happening. more than one third of nurses and gps who support dying people at home isa gps who support dying people at home is a staffing levels are not sufficient to meet a management needs. 20% said their caseload was not manageable and nearly one third said the availability of end of life ca re said the availability of end of life care training in their area was inadequate. our study shows that we are inadequate. our study shows that we a re really inadequate. our study shows that we are really failing people who want to spend theirfinal days are really failing people who want to spend their final days and weeks at home. we know that pain is people's greatest fear and if it is not controlled that will lead to emergency admissions to hospital and bad memories for the families who will live on. the department of health in england as everyone should be involved as much as they want in plans around their death. having family members administer pain relief won't be for everyone, but it is becoming one option in the final days of life. it certainly gave me such a feeling that i've been here to the end with roger and made his

last days completely pain free. and he died with me and both his sons here, holding his hand, just as he would have wanted. that was graham satchall reporting there, and to discuss this we're now joined by the director of policy and external affairs at the national council for palliative care, simon chapman. good morning and thank you for coming in. we saw zilla's story. she spoke so movingly about the help she was able to give to her husband in the final days. that's an unusual case, isn't it? that's not seem very much as yet? it is unusual at the moment, but we need to see more of it because actually most of us want to die at home. it is where we find familiarity, privacy, peace. actually, our relatives, friends and the want to look after us in relation to the —— to that and we will never have enough workforce in

professional health and care staff to help with that. of course having more specialists will be important but we have to look at what we are asking them to do in training and supporting carers so they can administer pain relief. sometimes people are waiting with the drugs in the house for three or four hours, for a nurse to come up and administer it, and they can do it themselves. in considerable distress. really distressing to see someone in pain when you can do something about it. yes, you imagine those scenarios and how agonising that would be for both parties, for eve ryo ne that would be for both parties, for everyone involved, but that's happening because people don't have the confidence, they haven't been given skills to give that treatment to their loved one. is that what has happened? to their loved one. is that what has happened ? it's about to their loved one. is that what has happened? it's about giving them the skills and as as a society giving people permission to do it. the mission, but that's not in a legal sense. “— mission, but that's not in a legal sense. —— permission. mission, but that's not in a legal sense. -- permission. if you like it's a moral permission in relation

to it. we tend to rely too much on a professional level, in terms of supporting people to die at home. actually what we need to do is to really support and empower communities, neighbours, family, friends and neighbours to provide the care they want, if they want to do it. that's an important point, if they want to do it. i can imagine for some people it would be difficult, because in the final days of someone's life, if you are administering pain medication, as much as you want them to be out of pain it can be dangerous because you could potentially hasten their death. not if you've been properly supported and monitored and trained. the difference in wired between the amount of medication to deaden pain and to kill someone is quite high in those circumstances because you build upa those circumstances because you build up a tolerant to morphine the longer you are on it. —— build up a tolerance. where do we look for a model of how to handle this incredibly sensitive subject that works? we are seeing this being tried in adult palliative care in

london and elsewhere. also in children's palliative care. parents are already administering medicines and providing lots of care and support to their terminally ill children and this is something we can accept and learn from. it is the situation in now, in places where this is not happening? how does it work? if you are looking after someone at home who is in distress, what do you do? how do you wrap it up what do you do? how do you wrap it up and say, this person needs extra work now? who do you call? sometimes this can be difficult and that default is that people will end up calling the ambulance service or ta ke calling the ambulance service or take people to hospital. which is adding stress to an already stressed system. this is about taking some of the stress off the nhs. it requires us the stress off the nhs. it requires us to think differently about how we ask healthcare staff to support, the coach, the look after carers in relation to this. there will be people watching this now you have a

family member, who may have been through it in the past, or it's an ongoing situation. what is the advice? who do they talk to? who do they turn to for advice? at moment, again, that will depend throughout the country. sometimes they might turn to a gb, sometimes a hospice, sometimes a care co—ordination service —— gp. but if you want to ca re service —— gp. but if you want to care for somebody at home, start by talking to whoever your healthcare tea m talking to whoever your healthcare team is, people in charge of the person ‘s care. say that this is something you might be interested in doing. thank you so much for talking to us. very interesting subject. and thank you as well to zilla, who was talking about her experience with her husband. thank you. the headlines are coming up. stay with us. hello, this is breakfast with charlie stayt and sally nugent. coming up before 8:00, helen will have the weather.

but first at 7:30, a summary of this morning's main news. routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotland were disrupted by a global cyber attack. earlier i spoke to our north america technology correspondent, dave lee, and asked him about the scale of the attack worldwide. well, i can certainly confirm that has you mentioned, it is an international cyber attack. almost 100 countries now have registered this problem. some of the worst hit include russia, many of their government systems were affected eye this, we have seen it in places like china. where i am, in the us, fedex has been turning away customers throughout today, it is still friday here. that has obviously been a big problem. it is worth saying in the us, their healthcare system has not suffered the same kind of blondes that the nhs has. —— problems that

the nhs has. but they are taking it very seriously, keeping an eye out and trying to manage the damage that this cyber attackers course. and the experts are now trying to unravel some of the problems. this has happened once or twice before. what pattern has been set, and how has this worked out in the past?m pattern has been set, and how has this worked out in the past? it is quite a troubling pattern, really. we had a case here recently in los angeles were a hospital was affected by ransomware. angeles were a hospital was affected by ra nsomwa re. this angeles were a hospital was affected by ransomware. this idea is that you get malicious software which encrypts your files and demands a fee to decrypt them. that happened toa fee to decrypt them. that happened to a hospital and they ended up paying $17,000 to have those files returned to them. i guess what many of these organisations affected might be thinking over the weekend is, do we pay the ransom and get our files? 0r is, do we pay the ransom and get our files? or could start in courage more of these things to happen in the future? —— could that encourage.

but potentially some of these organisations will end up paying lots of money to get access to the files they need. that was dave lee, our technology correspondent in san francisco. labour's deputy leader, tom watson, has warned of the conservatives winning a "margaret thatcher—style landslide" if they maintain their current lead in the opinion polls. mr watson told the guardian that it would be "very, very difficult" to turn the poll numbers around, and labour had a "mountain to climb." mrs thatcher won majorities of 144 in 1983 and 101 in 1987. the conservatives want to give people the power to demand that social media companies delete any embarrassing content they posted online before the age of 18. labour has questioned whether the legislation would be enforceable, given that most of the largest companies are based abroad. pope francis will canonise two portuguese children at a mass today on the spot where they reported seeing the virgin mary exactly 100 years ago. tens of thousands of pilgrims gathered in fatima to welcome the pontiff last night and today's mass is expected to attract

a million worshippers. francis is the fourth pope to visit the shrine. tonight it's the eurovision song contest and, after failing to make it into the top 10 for the past seven years, could this be the year britain bounces back? luciejones will be representing the uk in tonight's competition in kiev. she'll be singing her ballad, never give up on you. but will we see a brexit backlash? the uk hasn't won since 1997. a selection of padlocks, or so called "love locks" that something tells me that the title of that will come back to haunt us. europe's vest wine waiters have been going head—to—head. it is a contest to find the most accomplished sommelier. competitors at the european sommelier cutback championships in vienna had to face

challenges like pouring a0 glasses of champagne with exactly the same amount in each, and impressing the judges with their knowledge of different phone lines. —— fine wines. i know they do it for a reason. it is a properjob and it is important. but it takes the fun out of it, in a way. is there a championship for everything these days? there is. i think that is a very prestigious completion. days? there is. i think that is a very prestigious completionm days? there is. i think that is a very prestigious completion. it is, i'm not knocking it. the one that springs to mind is the tent erecting championships, which i once attended. you are making that up. it meant a lot to the people competing. and the caravan reversing championships. seriously!” and the caravan reversing championships. seriously! i love pictures like this. well, we should really recognise the achievement of the chelsea manager, antonio conte. and he took over a year ago chelsea when disarray after the jose mourinho era, they were tense. there isa mourinho era, they were tense. there is a brilliant article in the bbc sports website, which goes into how

much detail antonio conte put into the setup at chelsea. he replaced the setup at chelsea. he replaced the pre— match meal, scrambled eggs, chicken past, with dried fruits, and seeds, because it digests quicker. he attended all the christmas parties, he gave every member of staff at christmas a bottle of present go —— prosecco, which had the inscription "we shall either find a way or make a way". that is what hannibal told the elephants they crossed the alps. well, it worked. it officials, because are champions now. 0ur sports editor dan roan looks at antonio conte's remarkable achievement. glory was within their grasp. chelsea strolled to the title almost complete. west brom have also enjoyed their season, however, and victory here at the hawthorns would have to be earned. the visitors enjoying more chances, but failing to break down a stubborn defence in a cagey first half. added urgency after the restart,

victor moses denied by ben foster. chelsea's frustration beginning to show. then, in the final ten minutes and with the game seemingly headed for a draw, the pressure finally showed. michy batshuayi with the crucial touch. the substitute barely played this season. now he scored the goal that would seal the title. we started the season with a lot of problems. but i think in the problems, we found the right way to be stronger together. yeah, to fight in every game. and now i think that they deserved to win the league. from the moment he arrived in england last year, the italian has been a passionate and animated presence on the touch line. but his team's march towards the title has been

calm and assured. when chelsea play watford here at stamford ridge on monday evening, they and their fans will be able to celebrate a second premier league triumph in just three seasons — re—establishing this club as the dominant force in the english game. when you consider what went on here last season, it's an achievement that should not be underestimated. jose mourinho was sacked after a chaotic defence of the title, the club finishing 10th and failing to qualify for europe. chelsea hired conte but had to wait until the end of the euros before the italy manager was free to join them. there were one or two big signings, midfielder n'golo kante signed midyear, but the new coach has largely transformed an underperforming squad. i thought we deserved it. we worked very hard and i think we have been a very good team. there could yet be more success. conte has also guided chelsea to the fa cup final. other managers may have grabbed more headlines and created more controversy, but the italian has eclipsed them all. yes, congratulations to antonio

co nte yes, congratulations to antonio conte and to chelsea. there was one other game last night — everton beat watford, 1—0, thanks to ross barkley‘s goal. celtic are two matches away from completing an unbeaten season in the scottish premiership, after winning 3—1 at aberdeen. all the goals came in a frantic first 12 minutes. lee griffiths with celtic‘s third — and that took their league tally to 100 points. celtic will be going for the double in two weeks' time, when they take on aberdeen, again, in the scottish cup final. birmingham city ladies say they will not fear manchester city, in today's women's fa cup final at wembley. it's live on bbc 2 from 5pm. birmingham will have to overcome a side aiming to seal a domestic treble. it's exciting for us. this is the third year that the women's fa cup final has been at wembley. we want to put on a great performance. we're notjust going there to be another team that has been in the fa cup final. we want to do better, we want to win, we want to showcase what we're about.

we're a football team and we show grit and determination. we can't wait to go and play at wembley. you always dream of playing at wembley, and you always dream of capping your side. ever since i have joined this club it's about trying to win the fa cup and we're one step closer to doing that. definitely up there with the stuff i have achieved so far. what a dramatic day it's been forjonny brownlee, in the world triathlon series race in japan. in treacherous conditions in yokohama, he was caught up in a crash, on the last lap of the bike leg and was sent flying over the railings — but he refused to give up, carrying his damaged bike to the transition point, to get his running shoes on, before eventually finishing down in a2nd place — but what determination. you can see highlights tomorrow at 1:00 on bbc 2. he doesn't appear to be hurt, that is good. lewis hamilton said his mercedes team had done an amazing job with the upgrades to his car,

after going quickest in both practice sessions ahead of the spanish grand prix. he just edged out his team—mate valterry bottas. they were comfortably clear of the two ferraris. third practice starts at 10:00 with qualifying at 1:00. gloucester lost to stade francais in rugby union's challenge cup final at a rainy murrayfield, going down by 25—17. this interception from jonny may gave the english side a 10—0 lead. racing towards this trophy to a third time. but stade francais are fed up in runners—up. they scored three tries to finally lift this trophy. this is european cup rugby's second—tier competition, but try telling them that. look at them celebrating. today, it's the turn of saracens, who'll be hoping to retain their european champions cup title when they take on french side clermont auvergne. saracens are also on track to successfully defend their domestic title too, and they're on the verge of establishing themselves as one

of the game's all time great club sides. we have learned through experience, we have learned the hard way. we have gradually built up this european pedigree. i do not think it is something that happens overnight. it is a gradual improvement and the understanding of how to finish games. we are nowhere near the finished article. there is a long way to go. we are obviously pleased to know that we have players who pride ourselves on being able to stay in that fight the whole game. in rugby league, salford red devils were given a scare by hull kingston rovers, but they came from behind to make it into the quarter—finals of the challenge cup. they were losing at half time, but salford scored 18 unanswered points to win 2a—1a. this try from ben murdoch masila ensured salford advance to the last eight, along with last night's other winners wakefield and holders hull. rugby league is one of the most physical sports of all, but now there's a way of playing into your 70s or even 80s, and it's all down to your shorts.

ahead of the weekend's challenge cup matches on the bbc, i've been to castleford to see why masters rugby league is breaking down all age barriers. in warning, if you are eating your brea kfast, in warning, if you are eating your breakfast, there are some shots of me wearing shorts coming up. playing rugby league again at the age of 82. jimmy airnes is taking on players nearly 50 years younger, and it has been life changing. it is good fun. i get the ball, i get plenty of running. and i've got these great mates again. it's a great spirit, it's the comradeship after the game. absolutely fantastic. the best thing i've ever done. rugby league is one of the most brutal and physical contact sports of all. but in masters, there's a way of reducing impact on ageing limbs. and it's down to the shorts. well, masters begins at the age of 35, when you can wear the white shorts. i can only dream. it does mean full contact,

doesn't it, chris? yes! 0ver a0 and black shorts. i hope this will be slightly less contact. no, 0k. luckily, i'm over 50, so i get the red shorts. what does that mean? just contact. what a relief. then when you get to 60, look, you wear the gold shorts, with the tags. so, chris... that's all there is to it? look at that! if you tackle a player in green shorts you know they're over 70, so you treat them with even more respect as you remove their tags. and finally... is that all right? sorry! jimmy was the only player over 80, able to wear the special blue shorts. admittedly, even in the blue shorts, you do get some accidental contact. butjimmy got straight back onto his feet. and the older players in masters also get an advantage when it comes to tackling, as they only have to tag their opponents, rather than take them down.

lots of people have never played rugby before when they come to masters. it's just the camaraderie that gets them. if you retire from sport at 27, 28, 30, 35, you've got 50 years ahead of you. it has the same thrills and spills as the professional game, with scrums and bursts of speed. since coming to the uk from new zealand, the sport has boomed, with 50 clubs and 1,000 players now wearing the multicoloured shorts. i was so busy looking at the shorts, i forgot where the line was! whatever their physical condition they can come and play and have fun. that really impacts on the community clubs, the amateur clubs as we used call them, and the professional clubs as well, because people are getting more involved. it has kickstarted many sporting ambitions. eventually the deadlock was broken. nothing to do with me, but a turn of pace from a man in his a0s. in masters, age is no barrier.

for once, i was relieved to be slightly older so i could wear the red shorts and not get flattened again. but what a great idea. that was quite feisty at times! jimmy was 0k. was quite feisty at times! jimmy was ok. we filmed that at castleford, and castleford is live in the challenge cup six round on the bbc at 2:30pm today. bbc one. here's helen with a look at this morning's weather. i am hoping the rain across the north—west of england will clear away, but what about the speeds of some of those players! lovely pictures coming through at the moment. this is the picture from ramsgate. you can see the reflections of the water. further

north, it is in fine and dry elsewhere. this is aberdeen city area. grey and murky and likely in the north—east of scotland to stay grey and murky for much of the day. the eastern coast as well. we have the onshore breeze. we are freshening the air and getting the south—westerly wind in. it doesn't mean it will be dry altogether, but there is a lot of usable web. you can see the rain in northern ireland, moving into scotland. good sunshine this morning in northern scotland. cool and grey for the east coast, even foggy in north—east england. there's the rain in the north—west of england early on, but everything is moving northwards. the showers in england and wales are well scattered. it won't be com pletely well scattered. it won't be completely dry. there will be a lot of dry weather for many of us. the exception this morning will be parts of northern ireland, north—west england, south—west scotland. it will dry england, south—west scotland. it willdry up in england, south—west scotland. it will dry up in northern ireland for a time. the rain heads northwards, ra kes a time. the rain heads northwards, rakes up and becomes heavy in

north—west scotland. elsewhere, showers around. drier than in recent days. we saw the next weather fronts coming into northern ireland by teatime. that provides some rain for the gardens, but hopefully it will hold off at wembley, so the football should be fine. as for tomorrow, a cooler start, perhaps frost in the north and west. 0therwise cooler start, perhaps frost in the north and west. otherwise it looks like a decent day. almost april showers tomorrow. good spells of sunshine in between with highs of 17- 20, sunshine in between with highs of 17— 20, about average. a lot of usable and dry and fine weather. but look what's coming behind me. even i know what that means! thanks very much. the headlines are coming up. now it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmed. she won't take part

in a televised leaders debate. if she won't, then he won't. could the bbc have done more to make a head—to—head happen? and are the green party being given a fair share of airtime on the bbc‘s special election programmes? there's been a bit of a phoney war feel to the election campaign so far. before the parties began publishing their manifestos. many questions had been fobbed off with this answer, given to laura kuenssberg byjeremy corbyn on tuesday. well, you will have to wait for the manifesto for the details. you were expecting that answer. those manifestos will be officially unveiled next week, but on wednesday night we got a sneak preview of what labour's might contain. somehow, an earlier version had ended up in the hands of chris mason. i can't claim i've read it all, but here it is. stamped right through the middle of the document, about 20,000 words in total, draft, confidential.

in other words, they hadn't quite anticipated me waving it around on the telly. but i can do, because we've received this leaked draft. well, he could wave it around on the telly, but should he have done? tim grant was among several newswatch viewers who thought not, asking: and david gregory elaborated on that. this is, in effect, a stolen document, and therefore should have not been used in the way that it was. we didn't discover much about the conservative party's policy plans on tuesday night's one show, but we did get a few insights into the personalities and marriage of mr and mrs may. i get to decide when i take the bins out. not if i take the bins out.

there's boyjobs and girljobs, you see. eurovision. now, we're not leaving that as well, are we? no. i'm tempted to say in current circumstances i'm not sure how many votes we'll get. alison norcross found that a stomach churning interview, and said: and one twitter user wondered: ah, yes, the television debates. the format in which senior politicians appear in set piece election programmes only started in 2010, but has since become a battle ground with broadcasters. in 2015, david cameron refused to follow the example of his predecessor as prime minister, gordon brown, and take part in a head—to—head discussion on the bbc with other party leaders. five of whom appeared without him in a so—called challengers debate. theresa may has followed his example and jeremy corbyn has said he won't

take part in such a programme either, if she doesn't. so this time round we were told this week the bbc will be showing a debate featuring senior representatives from labour, the conservatives, the liberal democrats, the snp, plaid cymru, ukip and the green party. the press release also announced question time specials and election questions programmes featuring separately the leaders of six of those parties, but not the green party, to the annoyance of many viewers, including christopher corey. i understand that the bbc, in their forthcoming election specials, have invited ukip to take part and have excluded the green party. i think this is unfair and ludicrous, to be honest. i am not a green party supporter, and i am certainly not a ukip supporter, however, i do think that the green party should qualify far above ukip to have their voice

heard in these election specials. 0ther viewers were annoyed about the absence of a televised debate between the two main candidates to lead the next government. some comparing it to the long established tradition of american presidential hopefuls squaring up to each other, a debate in march between the two leading candidates to become prime minister of the netherlands, and the tv discussions before the recent presidential election in france. if those countries can do it, wondered terry pearson, why should our potential leaders avoid that sort of scrutiny? well, let's discuss some of those issues with the bbc‘s head of news

gathering, jonathan monroe. jonathan, let's start with whether the bbc should have done more to try to get theresa may to take part in a leaders debate by threatening to go ahead with her seat empty. well, we're really disappointed the prime minister's not doing the leaders debate, we would have liked to have done a leaders debate featuring the party leaders themselves. the day after the easter weekend the prime minister announced basically two things. number one, there would be a general election. and number two, she would not take part in television debates. and ourjudgment was that wasn't a negotiating position, she wasn't going to change her mind. so threatening to empty chair would have led to an empty chair. ultimately, the viewer doesn't learn anything from an empty chair. she has paid no price for refusing the leaders debate. in fact, there she is on the one show sofa, and viewers have said, whatever you say, they feel that's wrong, and maybe she would have given in. but she hasn't paid a price for saying no. we don't know that she's not paid a price.

some viewers may decide that they're going to change their vote as a result of the strategy of the leaders of the election. so that's not really ourjudgment. but it doesn't help anybody to say that because the prime minister isn't going to appear in one format she can't therefore appear in other programmes, whether it's question time or election questions or andrew neil interviews, or the one show orjeremy vine or any of the other programmes that are interviewing the prime minister. it's only since 2010 that we've actually had leader debates, and people thought we were going to get them every time. what has happened since then? why is it proving so difficult? it's a shame that we're not getting them. basically what happened in 2010 is that all the main party leaders at the time, by which i mean just three of them, we didn't include the seven in 2010, they all felt, for whatever reason, it was in their interest, it was the right moment to say yes to these invitations. that changed by 2015 with, as you say, david cameron not accepting a head—to—head. a very complicated negotiation then followed about exposure of parties relative to their size.

so we didn't have nick clegg in the tv debate either. and it's changed again this time round with the prime minister deciding she's not going to do it. let's hope we can get them back again in future elections. the bbc is going to run these special question time format programmes, with individual party leaders and studio audience. at the start of this week, the bbc said the greens wouldn't be part of this. a lot of viewers complained to newswatch. why? and they complained to us, too, and i've heard the comments your viewers have made about the greens. let me explain the formula we use, not in too much detail. we are obliged by our regulations to take into account the electoral support over two election cycles, that means two general elections, in other words back to 2010, and all the elections that happened in the meantime. so lots of local elections in that time, obviously, and some european elections. if you take all those figures, the ukip support over that period is significantly greater than the greens. the greens have been stable, but very low. ukip have been up and down and we saw, as you know,

a week or so ago, they didn't do so well in the local elections. but over the seven—year period we are obliged to count, there is a big, big difference. but when you apply that formula to the schedule, the programmes we are actually going to make, we do think in retrospect, actually, that the gap between what ukip is getting and what the greens are getting is too great, so we're going to make a change and we've invited the green party in the last 2a hours to take part in an extra programme on the election questions format in the last weekend of the campaign, onjune the ath. they've accepted that and we're really pleased to have that extra programme going into the bbc one schedule. so you've either caved in to pressure or you got it wrong. which is it? we've not caved in to pressure. we're not going to cave in to pressure from political parties. we looked at the schedule in retrospect, what we'd lined up, and the differences between the parties. there were two differences, effectively, that the greens were not included in. one was the question time election questions programmes, which go out on the last weekend. the other was the series of andrew neil interviews, which are

going out the week after next on bbc one. so what we've done is we've said to the green party, we think the gaps too great at the moment, but you can't have equivalents to the other parties because of that electoral support issue. so we've given them, we hope, a really good compromise and an offer that i'm really pleased to say they've accepted. jonathan monroe, thank you. away from the election, shock waves were created this week by president trump's sacking of the fbi director, james comey. the white house has said he was fired because he'd mishandled the investigation into hillary clinton's e—mail server. here'sjon sopel on wednesday night's news at ten. but if it really is all about the way the fbi conducted the hillary clinton investigation, why sack him now? why this intervention? why not do it when donald trump first came to office? and how do you reconcile it with the praise that was heaped upon james comey? roger witt from poole felt there was a lack of balance in the reporting of mr comey‘s sacking: finally, alexander blackman, known

as marine a, was freed two weeks ago after serving three years in prison for killing a wounded taliban insurgents in afghanistan. an incident recorded on a helmet camera. on tuesday, clinton rogers met the former royal marine sergeant and his wife. to be fair, you can put quite a few different spins on what's said. and, unless you were actually there, you don't know the full story. obviously, i told my version of events when i was at trial. hindsight is a wonderful thing and, given especially what's happened to us in our life, if you could go back, you would change things. 0ne viewer was watching that and recorded her response

for us on camera. i have absolutely no sympathy with the allegiances of his taliban victim, but allowing a man who breached the geneva convention and killed an injured prisoner of war to justify himself this way is disgusting. he was provided with a platform and allowed to minimise his actions and suggest there was justification not known to the general public. thanks for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us on: 0re—mail us: you can find us on twitter at: and do have a look at our website for previous discussions. bbc.co.uk/newswatch. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. hello this is breakfast, with charlie stayt and sally nugent. the nhs faces a weekend of disruption following a large—scale cyber attack which has caused

hospitals to delay treatments and cancel appointments. around a0 nhs trusts and some gp surgeries were hit, but there's no sign that patient data has been compromised.