and when we looked into it further it turned out that this was the first pinny and headscarf and curlers she had used in the show that she had taken with her when she started in coronation street. and they belonged to my grandmother. jean's mother. there has already been online interest from italy and the us, but many have turned up to bid in person. everybody loved hilda ogden, didn't they? you know, everyone had an aunty or a nan or somebody like that. and shejust reminded you of a typical northern lady. i always put my own curlers in myself, so that to me just would be brilliant to get that. but anything, anything that she has touched, that was hers. i would just be made up with. we had an estimate on it of 1000 to 2000 to begin with and then somebody walked in about ten minutes ago and said they thought it might make 5000. i really don't know. 0ne item not for sale today, her famous flying ducks. they were owned by coronation street, but this is an auction absolutely packed with hilda history. time for a look at the weather.

here's jay wynne. yesterday was interesting as it was the warmest day of the year so far, with the top temperature of 26 degrees. also the warmest day in scotla nd degrees. also the warmest day in scotland at 22 degrees. this morning we had muddy conditions in the south—east. and we have all this cloud, a dividing line between the warm and muggy air and something good deal of pressure towards south and mass —— and west. that fresh air is going to win out over the next few days, moving that rain out of the way. the rain has been across much of england and wales this morning, making it pretty unpleasant. much brighter further north. some lovely sunshine. and 15

or16 north. some lovely sunshine. and 15 or 16 degrees. the far north of england doing quite well and cornwall should be drying up but all this rain is really quite heavy underneath that central sway. and quite chilly underneath that. but still quite warm and muggy in the south—east. as the rain moves through this evening it could turn quite heavy with some thunder. but it is on the way out. and that process continues into the small hours of the morning. it leaves behind afairamount hours of the morning. it leaves behind a fair amount of cloud in the south—east. and else where some places into single figures. so quite a fresh start first thing and then a lot of sunshine out there. but cloud amount increasing and some showers developing, some of those could be heavy. but also some good spells of sunshine. temperature is coming down

a little bit but still pleasant enough. 0n a little bit but still pleasant enough. on friday we have low pressure to the north—west and the south—east. any rain should not last for too long. some rain in the far north and west but in between perhaps the odd shower but a lot of bright weather. then heading into the weekend, some spells in sunshine and also some showers which could again be heavy. and the coming few nights could be a bit chilly. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. more pressure on donald trump — as he's accused of asking the head of the fbi to drop an inquiry into his security chief's links with russia. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. of of good afternoon. temporal look at

the sports news. the woman's tennis association has criticised the decision not to hand rear sharapova a wild card for the french open. wta boss steve simon says they had no grounds to penalise her. simon added that sharapova has already complied with the sanction which was 15 month drug ban. so sharapova has already —— already secured a qualifying spot at wimbledon but could still be given a wild card to appear in the main draw. they will decide onjune 20 whether she will get a wild card to compete in the main draw. as it stands she has enough to compete in qualifying. qualifying doesn't take place at wimbledon but actually they the bank of england sports ground in roehampton which is a smaller venue. there is safety of the competitors and also the safety of spectators.

but for now it was a non—ticketed event. they will have some control this year over the visitors but you can imagine that maria sharapova, the presence there will be a star attraction. well sharapova has taken to social media today. in a tweet she said. andy murray continues to have a tough time on his return from injury. he's now lost his italian 0pen injury. he's now lost his italian open title, after being beaten in the second round. it was a straight sets defeat to italy's fabio fognini, made all the more worrying because the french open is at the end of the month. and that is likely to be murray's next competitive match. this was his fifth loss in the last ten matches, and murray's coach ivan lendl flies the last ten matches, and murray's coach ivan lendlflies to europe this weekend tojoin coach ivan lendlflies to europe this weekend to join the team. a lot

of people will think i have no chance of doing anything at the french after the last couple of weeks, but i do think i can. it is certainly not going to be easy. i am going to have to work hard in the next ten days and really prepare very well and make the most of every single day and really work my way into the tournament. it is going to be tough but i think i can still do well. the ecb are looking to return ‘some live international cricket‘ to terrestrial free to air television in 2020. live international cricket has not been broadcast on terrestrial tv in this country since england‘s famous 2005 ashes victory. since then sky has held all rights, including most recently a 75 million pound —a—year deal which is about to be superseded. a first—ever report into gender diversity in horse racing has found that women are under—represented in the most prominent areas of the sport. a

growing number of women are entering horse racing from colleges — outnumbering men by a ratio of nearly 70:30. but the report — commisioned by women in racing — says there‘s a problem with ‘career stagnation‘ when women try to make progress. young women are coming into the sport, but then what we are seeing and what came out in the report is that those women are not necessarily making it through to the middle and top ranks, so taking it through the korea, if you look at who is on the senior boards and organisation in racing, the average is 16% and there are several boards in the sports that don‘t have any women at the top level are told, so we are seeing a stagnation in career progression and we certainly recognise that in other repressions, and we have known about it in racing but this is the first time we are talking about it and hopefully can act on it. that is all the sport for 110w. act on it. that is all the sport for now. more on the website, as always.

more for you in the next hour. let‘s get more now on the liberal democrat manifesto launch, which the party says has a referendum on brexit at its heart. they‘re also pledging to increase spending on hospitals and schools. 0ur chief political correspondent, vicky young, has been speaking to the party‘s leader, tim farron. at the heart of our manifesto is an offer to all of the people in our country that no other party is making, and that is that we don‘t just have to accept whatever deal we get back from the brexit negotiations, but the british people, you, should have the final say. and if you don‘t like what theresa may goes back with you should have the right to vote to remain. everything that the —— three quarters of all young people in this country quarters of all young people in this cou ntry voted quarters of all young people in this country voted to remain. they are a reminder of why there is so much dismay at what theresa may is planning to do, that most extreme portion of brexit thatjeremy corbyn

and ukip back as well, the liberal democrats are the only people offering to hope that britain‘s future can be better and better.“ people voted no at that point, is it not then that we are not having a deal to? not then that we are not having a dealto? our not then that we are not having a deal to? our policy is that theresa may would have the motivation would to get the best deal for britain so she could win the argument. 0ur to get the best deal for britain so she could win the argument. our view is if the british people reject the deal, then they should have the right to remain in the european union. it is a simple choice, accept the deal and leave the european union to vote to reject the deal and remained european union. isn't the problem for you that when this election was called the of liberal democrats i to that dealt the remain voters would swing behind your partner is an extreme numbers, that hasn‘t happened, as it? partner is an extreme numbers, that hasn't happened, as it? membership hasn't happened, as it? membership has increased dramatically as a result of the election, a fortnight ago the liberal democrats were the only opposition to go forward with 7% increase a price increase of the conservatives. many people in this country lack of. they think the only

thing on the table is theresa may barzagli provision of us leaving the european union with a hard—pressed —— hard brexit, and they are crying out for somebody who gives them hope ofa out for somebody who gives them hope of a different direction. what the liberal democrats are saying is that we must invest in the hospitals and schools. we must give the british people, particularly younger people, the hope of a better future that we can reject the extreme version of brexit that theresa may, jeremy corbyn and ukip have backed and vote for a better future. there are also many people who voted remained that now except that result, something you are unwilling to do and they feel you have got to get on with it 110w feel you have got to get on with it now and many of them think theresa may is the person to do that. what is that there are many people who feel they have given up the fight. what i am saying to people is i haven‘t. if you believe that britain‘s future is better alongside oui’ britain‘s future is better alongside our neighbours in europe, if you believe that you however you voted in the referendum should have the final say on the deal, then you

should not be forced to live with a deal that will damage perhaps your jobs, affect the prices of things you jobs, affect the prices of things y°u pay jobs, affect the prices of things you pay for every week, how money —— how much money we have got to spend in health and education, you should not accept a stitch up between muscles and london, you should have the final say. moving onto your ma nifesto, the final say. moving onto your manifesto, housing, you say you want to help first—time buyers in particular. i would does promise that you have made to people that they can use their rent to buy there is work? people over a 30 year period being able to rent and owner the end of that 30 year period, those young people having the upper agility to own their own home. but it is not the only way of tackling the housing crisis. the heart of our ma nifesto the housing crisis. the heart of our manifesto is a designed to give the people of our country, particularly the young people, hope to build a better future that we can build the council houses and affordable homes for everybody that we need and we need 3 million over the next ten yea rs. we

need 3 million over the next ten years. we need councils building council houses again. developers will build the lib dems are unique in saying that we would direct the commission new homes and build them on brown field sites. but it goes along with the other things we think are so along with the other things we think are so important. the fact that our education system, here we are in a school that has been really well, but two in three schools are going to lay off at least one teacher in the last six or eight weeks. there are £3 billion theresa may has taken out of our schools over this next three years. a positive endorsement of theresa may is a positive endorsement of those policies. of the cuts to schools, the lack of a solution to our housing crisis and to carry on with the health and social care board is that we have. the liberal democrats are offering a bright and different future because britain needs some hope. the other thing young people say they want is the abolition of tuition fees. that is not in your manifesto. do you accept tuition fees for the right thing to do and they are working?|j

voted thing to do and they are working?” voted against the rising tuition fees. i think it is important people keep their word and that is why my advice to others is don't make promises you cannot keep. but would you reverse it? we have said a significant addition in money to returning grants to students who it is affordable. particularly working—class backgrounds who might otherwise not choose to go into higher education. is there any evidence that tuition fees have put off people from poorer backgrounds? my off people from poorer backgrounds? my sense is you need to make promises you can keep. what we have laid out in our manifesto, fully costed on the basis of the government‘s and figures with us at the moment heading out of the european union is a plan that will boost education and further education and schools by £7 billion. but a member at the moment the government is planning to squirrel away by the £3 billion a year from 2019-20 in away by the £3 billion a year from 2019—20 in savings, perhaps making sure that we put it away for a rainy

day and get your average head teacher will tell you it is raining 110w. teacher will tell you it is raining now. laying off teachers when there are thousands and thousands of teaching posts about to go in the next year because of bobby cuts the conservatives are planning, our schools need is hopefully future and the liberal democrats fully costed programme to £7 billion back into schools and further education gives us schools and further education gives us hope. that was tim farron speaking to micky young. —— vicki young. the idea that people can be fat — but medically fit — is a myth, according to a study of the records of more than three million people. researchers from birmingham university say being obese increases the risk of suffering heart disease, stroke and heart failure. joining me from birmingham to discuss these findings is drjames brown, lecturer in biology and biomedical science at aston university. thank you forjoining us, doctor brown. tell me, do you agree with this particular headline?”

brown. tell me, do you agree with this particular headline? i do, yes. this is a question that has rumbled on for years. is it possible to be obese and otherwise metabolically healthy? i personally don‘t like the term of and that. there have been pretty large studies, even a couple of months ago in sweden a study came out that suggests it is possible to be fat and fed, but this is the largest study of its type and adopted a population of 3.5 million people over ten years. it found that individuals who were obese but did not have any overt metabolic disease, who were otherwise healthy, they had a 50% higher risk of heart disease and 7% higher risk of stroke. i think that suggests is that although there will be some individuals who can be obese but otherwise metabolically healthy, a little bit like some people can smoke and not get lung cancer, with the broader population of people with obesity it really is unhealthy. should we draw greater distinction

between people who are merely fat and people who are obese? this is the difficult thing i suppose. when we talk about the terminology of fa ct we talk about the terminology of fact but fit, you could include people who are overweight. this looks specifically at obese people, people whose body mass index was higher than 30. this is a slight drawback of the study because body mad this —— body mass index isn‘t the best measure of that but for the time period this was studied this was the most appropriate measure. people at the higher end of body fat rather than those who are slightly overweight. explain that about body mass index and why you‘re sceptical about as a measure. i will give you about as a measure. i will give you a good example. lawrence dallaglio when he was captain of the england by when he was captain of the england rugby team would have been classed as obese according to body mass index. anybody who can remember lawrence dallaglio, he was

practically 100% muscle. body mass indexjust practically 100% muscle. body mass index just takes your height and weight and uses a mathematical equation to calculate a figure. it doesn‘t take into account how much of your weight is fact and how much of your weight is fact and how much of your weight is fact and how much of your weight is muscle. there are now much better measures, such as if you take eight ratio of your waist to your height of waste to your hip measurements and they‘d tell you more about whether you are staying excess body fat or whether it is excess body fat or whether it is excess muscle and fat. what is your advice to people with this study?” think the most important thing is to not lose sight of the fact that what we should be doing is supporting all obese people to lose weight. having a proper healthy diet and getting regular exercise. doctorjames brown from aston university, many thanks for your time. thank you. in a moment a summary of the business news but first the headlines. the liberal democrats are promising a referendum on the final brexit deal

and housing help for young people in their election manifesto. president trump faces allegations that he asked former fbi chiefjames comey to drop an enquiry to links between his former national security adviser and russia. the former us soldier chelsea manning has thousands of confidential documents to wikilea ks has been freed from prison. good afternoon. the business news... uk‘s unemployment rate has fallen to a a2—year low with a record number of people in work. but earnings remain below the rate of inflation. wages were up 2.1%, excluding bonuses, in the year to march, just 0.1% higher compared to the month before and below the latest inflation rate of 2.7%. lloyds is back in private hands after the uk government sold its final stake in the bank. at the height of the financial crisis, the government ploughed

£20.3bn into lloyds and owned a 43% share. the boss of lloyds told the bbc the bank is now "one of the strongest in the world". it‘s in sharp contrast to rbs which is still 73% owned by the taxpayer. it too was bailed out during the financial crisis. a pair of diamond earrings has been sold for a record price at an auction in switzerland. the flawless pear—shaped diamonds — one pink, the other blue — fetched a combined price of $57.4 million. the gems, nicknamed apollo and artemis, are almost 16 carats each. the buyer has chosen to stay anonymous. the government has sold its remaining shares in lloyds banking group, eight years after putting £20 billion into the bank. at the height of the financial crisis, in 2008, taxpayers owned 43% of the bank — earlier today it said the government will see a return of £21.2bn on its investment.

its return to the private sector is in stark contrast with the other bailed—out bank — royal bank of scotland — that is still 73% owned by taxpayers. our business editor simonjack has been talking to the boss of lloyds. it isa it is a moment of huge pride for all the colleagues at lloyds bank for our customers. we gave tax payers money back and around £900 million more, which is i think a big moment of pride. what changes for the bank asa of pride. what changes for the bank as a result of today? what they do differently now the government is not involved? it is a big moment of pride but then we go back to purpose, which is to help the country prosper. six years ago we designed a strategy which i thought was the right one, that was to this bank back to the united kingdom, but the real economies, families and small and medium—sized companies, focus all of resources which very

scarce at a time in helping britain to recover. 50,000 people have lost theirjobs in lloyds over the last few years since the merger of the two ba n ks few years since the merger of the two banks and yet some of the top have made enormous sums of money. do you understand why people think there is still a sense of unfairness baked into our corporate culture?m course i understand and they understand why the discussion is on. in terms of the pike insisted the thousand people we have less 50,000 people than we had when the two banks merged, it is one of the most difficult decisions that the bank has had to do, but when you merge two ba n ks has had to do, but when you merge two banks you have immediately and overla p two banks you have immediately and overlap of central functions. although stupidity areas have to be turned into a single area. no bank is risk—free. what do you see as the risks both to the bank and the economy in the years to come? milbank is risk—free because no business is risk—free but banks have a special responsibility, to be saved, strong and very prudent lending in the interests of their

customers. i think the uk economy is progressing well. it has two important tailwinds that are propelling it. one of it is the fact it is going to percent less, that produces some short—term gdp but thenit produces some short—term gdp but then it has to be paid back. also house prices across the country have recovered to precrisis levels. that has significantly increased the equity in the pockets of our customers. 0n the other hand we have uncertainty relating to the brexit and what negotiation the government will have, but it will go in terms of leaving europe and obviously inflation, it is rising as we saw yesterday, driven by the pound devaluation. 0n the other hand exports have also been propelled by the devaluation of the pound. in my view, and this is lloyds view from the first 12 months, weise think the economy will continue to grow. in other news... european and american officials are meeting to discuss a potential extension of the laptop ban on planes. in march, the trump administration imposed new restrictions that stops

passengers travelling to the us from eight mainly muslim countries from carrying electronic devices larger than a mobile phone in their hand luggage. the original restrictions affected many of the gulf carriers including emirates, etihad and qatar airways — but now there are reports suggesting that the ban could be extended to include some countries within the eu. twitter co—founder biz stone says he will rejoin the social media company in the next few weeks after fellow co—founder jack dorsey was brought back as chief executive in 2015. mr dorsey has been trying to revive twitter, which says it has more than 300 million monthly users, but still struggles to make a profit. nestle has lost its appeal to trademark the shape of the four—fingered kitkat bar in the uk. the firm had been appealing against a previous verdict that said other companies could use the design in their products. nestle says it is disappointed by the court of appealjudgment and is considering next steps.

stock markets across europe are trading lower this afternoon — even the ftse 100 in london which was holding close to record highs this morning has dipped into the red. even the boost to lloyds bank share price wasn‘t enough to keep it in positive territory. investors around the world are holding back from riskier stocks — because of worries about the political turmoil in the us potentially delaying president trump‘s economic reform plans. so that‘s sent investors instead towards safe—haven assets like gold and the japanese yen which have risen in value while the dollar has fallen. that‘s all the business for now. backin that‘s all the business for now. back in about an hour. morejobs could be done by robots in future — and it‘s a worry for workers and politicians. to what degree will they replace human labour altogether? rory cellan—jones is at one exhibition in paris where the world‘s leading robot firms are showing off their latest creations. from around the world the robots

have come to paris to show off their new skills. this one responds to the colour green and seems to be distracted by the cameraman. more and more robots are appearing in customer service roles. this is essentially the kind of automatic ticket machine you see in a lot of cinemas already. but with a robot interface. i can interact with it. i can pay for my tickets as you would normally but i can also leave a video review and it reaction in certain ways. they claim it is 30 times more interactive than a standard ordinary ticket machine. do we really want to interact when we are buying a ticket at the cinema? i am not so sure. the big fear is they will take jobs. this autonomous tractor is farmworker of the future. this delivery robot could replace van drivers. the industry claims the robots will improve our working lives. it only takes the part that is really repetitive, tedious or dangerous

or not interesting. where we have no humanity value, the humans have more time. these autonomous fish shouldn‘t take anybody‘s jobs and they don‘t need feeding. we are going to have to get used to robots in all sorts of unexpected places. time for a lot of the weather. it‘s joinedj win for the forecast. thank you. pretty miserable day of their four large swathes of uk. a quick look at yesterday because it was the warmest day of the year so far. 26 celsius in gravesend. quite humid across the south—east. also the warmest day of the year in scotland, 22. this morning really warm and monty in the south—east but budge pressure further north. in between the two lies all this. this weather is bringing a miserable day to many with an awful lot of rain but also a dividing line between the warm and

muqqy dividing line between the warm and muggy airand dividing line between the warm and muggy air and something fresher. the fresh air in the north—west will win in the next few days and push eastwards and push the rain out of the way. it is pretty miserable as there this afternoon for a large swathes of england and wales. heavy bursts of rain maybe not grouped —— great on roads and pavements. buying and driver central and eastern areas with plenty of sunshine. showers in the west. scattered showers in northern ireland. 15 celsius in glasgow and belfast. the rain slowly creeping further east. a bit brighter in the western side of wales towards cornwall. it should dry up here but that rain moving ever eastwards. pretty cold beneath that rain. 0nly ten or 11. quite warm and humid across the south—east. is that rain turns quite heavy and thundery they‘d run this evening if bush is eastwards and as it does so it will push the warm air

out of the way. some places dipping into single figures overnight. the south—eastern corner will hang on to double figures but much fresher to things. but the cloudy start first things. but the cloudy start first thing in the south—east but the cloud was out of the way. should see some sunshine from any but cloud will increase. a scattering of showers developing from west to east. maybe the odd rumble of thunder and hail mixed in. temperatures between 15 and 19, the humidity soa temperatures between 15 and 19, the humidity so a fresh appeal. towards the end of the week low pressure to the end of the week low pressure to the south—east and the north—west. rain in the south—east in the morning shouldn‘t last too long. that will tend to clear away. drying up that will tend to clear away. drying up here but we will see some fairly frequent showers in the north—west. in between it is dry, bright, maybe a shower or two but a lot of dry weather. 1a in glasgow and 16 or 17 in london. for the weekend there will be spells of sunshine but also some showers around. some could be heavy with hail and thunder. also

the knights will be quite chilly and maybe even cool enough for a touch of frost in the south—east. the this is bbc news. the the headlines at two. the liberal democrats put the united kingdom‘s place in europe at the heart of their manifesto, promising a referendum on any brexit deal. notes the hurt of our manifesto, we don‘tjust notes the hurt of our manifesto, we don‘t just have notes the hurt of our manifesto, we don‘tjust have to accept any deal we get back from the brexit negotiations. but you should have the final say. more pressure on donald trump — as he‘s accused of asking the head of the fbi to drop an inquiry into his former security chief‘s links with russia. ina week

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