our sports correspondent, david ornstein, is outside the stadium. we perhaps had expected this but it has been a long time coming. we perhaps had expected this but it has been a long time comingm we perhaps had expected this but it has been a long time coming. it is no great surprise, arsene wenger and arsenal agreed the deal in principle many months ago but it was not signed and as arsenal spiralled out of control during the season there was speculation over whether he would sign. protests were happening both inside stadiums and outside grounds like this emirates stadium, many fans wanted arsene wengerjulie but then they were the winners of the fa cup, his tenth trophy in 21 yea rs the fa cup, his tenth trophy in 21 years as arsenal manager. he then met the he will stay as manager for another two years and we will have a statement very shortly. thank you. let's catch up with the weather prospects right now. hello. it is

looking good. lots of sunshine. pretty warm for most of us. your is oui’ pretty warm for most of us. your is our first weather watcher picture there. lots of lush green there in there. lots of lush green there in the countryside. tomorrow is the first day of summer, meteorologically speaking. here is another one from the countryside with some very friends there enjoying the sunshine. a nice day for most of us today, by the odd shower. there may be one or two showers around here and there. it has been a little on the cloudy side across southern has been a little on the cloudy side across southern areas has been a little on the cloudy side across southern areas of the uk. damp across the valleys as well. but here, i think the weather will be brightening up as we go through the course of the afternoon. so this is what it looks like around apm. just one or two scattered showers, but on balance, a pleasant enough afternoon. cooler around the coast. temperatures getting enough to 21 celsius. gorgeous across yorkshire. lovely weather in northern ireland and a stunning day for scotland.

temperatures in the lowlands getting up temperatures in the lowlands getting up to around 18 celsius. a bit fresher in the northern isles, of course. and then tonight, not much changes. still one or two showers lingering but then we are in for a mostly dry night. low cloud, maybe some mist and fog around the coastal areas. 13 celsius. but you can't miss this weather front here. that is moving into the north—west. this is moving into the north—west. this is the low pressure we have been forecasting for quite a while. it is far out forecasting for quite a while. it is farout in forecasting for quite a while. it is far out in the atlantic but it is bringing pressure weather but also drawing up warmth from france. still two things happening. on the one hand, we have the cooler air which may get into northern ireland and western scotland but also warmer air coming up from france so temperatures in london up to 25 celsius. even in newcastle, temperatures should hit 21 celsius. tomorrow evening, that weather front is slow—moving saudi damp weather will stick around across the north—west. it is still a

slow—moving front. at a glacial pace as we go through the course of friday. the fresher atlantic air coming through here. warmer and the possibility of some rumbles of thunder across the south and the south—east. those storms will rumble across the new continent during the course of the weekend. they should stay towards the east. overall, summarising the weekend across the uk, it has been pretty fresh with brisk atlantic winds and showers almost everywhere but sunny spells as well. thank you very much indeed. just a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the breast surgeon ian paterson, who carried out numerous unnecessary operations, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. that is all from the bbc news at one, so it is goodbye from me and bbc one, wejoined the bbc‘s news teams were ever you me and bbc one, wejoined the bbc‘s news teams were ever you are. me and bbc one, wejoined the bbc‘s news teams were ever you are. enjoy your. goodbye. good afternoon from the bbc sports

centre. in the last few minutes, we have received a statement from arsenal, just hours after arsene wenger signed another two—year contract with the club which means his reign will extend to 22 years at arsenal. our correspondent has been looking at the statement. david, we knew that this was coming. anything of interest that we should know? no, it talks of a full and thorough review that has been conducted by the chief executive and manager arsene wenger. it also mentions that they spent £110 million last summer and invested heavily in their training ground and facilities, but then come the quotes and the club's owner says our ambition is to win the premier league and other major trophies in europe. it is what the fans, players, staff, managerand board expect and we will not rest

until that is achieved. arsene wenger is the future with optimism and excitement. we are looking at what we do well and how we can be stronger every word. this is a stronger every word. this is a strong group of players and with some additions we can be even more successful. we are committed to mounting a sustained challenge and that will be our focus this summer and next season. i am grateful to have the support of the board and sta n have the support of the board and stan is doing everything we can to win trophies. it is what we want and i know it is what our fans around the world want. so we have heard from arsene wenger and the owner of the club and there are also some quotes from the chief executive on the website and we should see interviews with all of them later today. arsene wenger has signed a new two—year contract. that will ta ke new two—year contract. that will take him into 2019, 22 years at the club, and it is my understanding

that they could even go beyond that if things go well and arsene wenger and arsenal want to continue that relationship. that deal was agreed quite a while ago, some months ago, but it was not signed until today. arsene wenger, despite all the speculation, many fans did not want him to stay as manager, but he is and he will be in charge next season and he will be in charge next season and for at least two more years. i am sure we will have more reaction throughout this afternoon. thank you very much for the moment. championship club wolves have appointed a new manager, replacing paul lambert, who left this week. the portuguese is the wolves fourth manager in the last ten months. the british and irish lions coach has admitted their schedule is both difficult and tough. they flew into auckland overnight, just three days before their first tour match against the new zealand barbarians. steve hansen said the lions should

have arrived a week before their first game. he says they can't afford to be negative. for people to start talking about the schedule now, it just seems start talking about the schedule now, itjust seems a little bit ironic because we have all been well aware of it and how tough it is and you have just got to... you aware of it and how tough it is and you havejust got to... you can't dwell on it. we can't change it. so if you let negativity in terms of thinking about those sorts of things worry you, it is going to influence the team. two-time wimbledon champion has been cut short. she has been knocked out of the french open by an american player. she had been out for five months after being stabbed in the hand. the czech lost in straight sets with her nine double faults. former grand slam champion has escalated the row over her comments on homosexuality by

accusing gay tennis players of influencing others. the 74—year—old earlier said she refused to fly with birdie—mac in protest at its stance on homosexuality and she said that she got tennis was full of lesbians and transgender she got tennis was full of lesbians and tra nsgender rhythm she got tennis was full of lesbians and transgender rhythm was the work of the devil. i will have more in the next hour. goodbye. let's return to our main story this afternoon. jeremy corbyn has said she will take pa rt jeremy corbyn has said she will take part ina jeremy corbyn has said she will take part in a live television debate with six other leaders today. he has challenged theresa may to take part. you were waiting forjeremy corbyn, but he is not coming out. yes, he was meant to be here doing some campaigning this lunchtime and that

is why there are hundreds of people here who had been hoping to see him in the flesh, speaking live, rallying the troops. in actual fact, it is angela rayner, the shadow education minister, who is here instead ofjeremy corbyn. that is all thatjeremy corbyn instead ofjeremy corbyn. that is all that jeremy corbyn can instead ofjeremy corbyn. that is all thatjeremy corbyn can get off to that debate in cambridge and prepare for the event this evening. i think the labour campaign is experiencing buoyant at the moment and that is why they have decided that the last minute thatjeremy corbyn should take part in this debate. they feel that his performances are getting better and better throughout the campaign and they feel that the more the public get to see jeremy corbyn they feel that the more the public get to seejeremy corbyn the more they are seeing things they like. so it isa they are seeing things they like. so it is a bit ofa they are seeing things they like. so it is a bit of a surprise that he is taking part and we have had confirmation from the conservatives that despitejeremy corbyn's last—minute decision, theresa may will not be changing her mind. she will not be changing her mind. she will be the only party leader not taking part in the bbc debate

tonight. and it does leave open to accusations of what she scared of, why is she not prepared to take on the other party leaders in the debate this evening. i have spoken to quite a few of the people who are waiting here forjeremy corbyn and they told me that they were disappointed they weren't going to be able to seejeremy corbyn here in swindon, but they thought he was making the right decision. they said it was the right thing to do, get him on national tv, get more people to see him and so they will be able to see him and so they will be able to see him and so they will be able to see what lots of the people here have already said they really like, so nojeremy corbyn here but he will be at the bbc debate in cambridge this evening. so many more questions, but you will not hear any of them so i will move on. we will go to vicky young, and don't pretend

ididn't go to vicky young, and don't pretend i didn't see you laughing when you sort the trouble but our previous correspondence was putting up with. in terms of perception for the prime minister, if there is sense that jeremy corbyn's decision to go to this debate tonight could wrong—foot heart? she made it very clear right from the beginning of this general election that she, like david cameron before her, was not going to ta ke cameron before her, was not going to take part in these kind of debates. she has agreed to do one on one interviews, taking questions from an audience in question time, which she will do later this week, but she said she was not prepared to go head—to—head with the other leaders. there are risks to that. now that jeremy corbyn has said that he will do so. it could make her look like she is afraid of a debate. that is certainly how he is framing it. he is saying, come on, let's have a debate. you say you want to talk to people. the conservatives are saying they are relaxed about this. they say there are no changes to the

plans of the prime minister. she is campaigning and engaging with voters about the issues that matter, not swapping sound bites with six other politicians. there is a clear choice in this election, they say. either the brexit negotiations are led by theresa may, or they will be put at risk byjeremy corbyn and his coalition of chaos. so they see that she is out meeting voters, rather than engaging in a political debate. she has come here to bath. there are some people who are not giving her a friendly reception but are protesting about tory cuts to education and cuts in health. earlier, she did go to a festival down in shepton mallet in somerset, where she did engage with voters as well, and here she is at a factory, we re well, and here she is at a factory, were she will take questions from some of the people who work at the factory. she is going to speak to them and i think we can hearfrom her now. most of you for 30 years. and you are all together here. i am

a bit overcome. but that is not what i was going to say. it is the prime minister, theresa may. thank you. thank you very much indeed, and can i say how pleased i am to be here with you all today? i am excited that i have spent the day in the south west. it is a day that i have spent talking to people about the ivys spent talking to people about the joys in this really important election —— choice. it is an important election because of our future prosperity, family security depends on the simple toys that is going to be made. you can vote conservatives to support me and to help me to deliver the best deal for brexit, and to deliver a britain that will be strong and independent and even more prosperous in the future. 0r and even more prosperous in the future. or you can vote for any other party and riskjeremy corbyn

becoming prime minister injust nine days' time. and a prime minister with a chaotic parliament. this morning, i started off at plymouth fisheries, talking to fishermen and others about the huge opportunities ahead for them in their industry. then i went to the royal show and i saw some of the fantastic food and drink produce that makes this part of england world— renowned. drink produce that makes this part of england world—renowned. and here lam now of england world—renowned. and here i am now across manufacturing, playing an important role in the aviation sector as well as the automotive sector and of course the aviation sector has been such a great success here in the great south west. and these are just snapshots of the huge assets and the huge potential there is here in the south west. and voters here in the south west. and voters here in the south west. and voters here in the south west are vitally important for this election injust eight days' time. in 2015, at the last election,

your votes gave my party 15 more seats. if i lose to six of those, thenl seats. if i lose to six of those, then i risk losing the majority and we riskjeremy corbyn becoming prime minister. and i think that there are three clear questions that there are four voters here in the southwest and elsewhere. as i say, voters in the south—west are of vital importance to this election. and b three issues are that there is a simple choice. who you trust to have the strong and stable leadership to get on with bad job of getting the best deal for britain for brexit? because brexit really matters. it matters for our future prosperity. it matters for a place in the world, prospects for our children, our standard of living, the future of our public services. and if we get it wrong, if we do not get brexit right, it makes everything else we wa nt right, it makes everything else we want to do much harder to achieve.

and i think there is a simple question, which is who has the will and crucially the plan to get on with the job of delivering brexit. and that is important because those negotiations for brexit will start just 11 days after the election next week, and there is not going to be any hanging around. there is no opportunity to put it off or stall. the europeans are ready and we have to be ready as well to enter into those negotiations. and then the third question is a question of a simple reality, which i have just referred to, which is that if i lose just six seats then my government loses its majority, jeremy corbyn could be in numberten, john mcdonnell in the treasury, diane abbott in the home office and nicola sturgeon pulling the strings. but every vote for me and my conservative candidate is able to help stop that happening and they go to strengthen my hand in those crucial brexit negotiations. and every vote is a vote for the strong

and stable leadership that i believe this country needs. and i believe you only get that strong and stable leadership with the conservatives. when i became prime minister immediately after the referendum, people were saying that and possibly predicting a major financial crash, they were predicting economic danger, but what we have actually seenis danger, but what we have actually seen is record numbers ofjobs and growth beyond expectations. and again, whenl growth beyond expectations. and again, when i became prime minister, i think what the country needed was a clear vision and strong government to get on with the job of delivering brexit and that is exactly what we did. so that is what a strong government can give you, the security a strong government can give you, and i think that is what leadership looks like and i believe we really can make a success of brexit, but my plan for a stronger britain is about more than that. it is about the future for this country beyond brexit as well. it is about

getting the right deal abroad and a better deal for ordinary working families at home. so we want to get the best deal on brexit as we take control of our money, our laws and our borders. i also want to see new trade agreements with new friends and old allies around the world as well. i want to back people who work hard, helping businesses to create more higher paying jobs, but also with new rights and protections for workers. i wanted to ensure that we see more people able to earn their own home by building more affordable homes. i want to help people with the cost of living. by stopping the rip off energy tariffs that we see and keeping taxes low. i want to ensure youngsters all get a really good start in life. that is about putting more funding into schools. it is also about insuring we have a really good technical education for young people for the first time in this country, putting more funding

into the nhs, some people have the confidence of knowing that they will have the security of the first—class nhs there to care for them and also caring and protecting our elderly. and of course, protecting our national security and defence by acting against terrorism, by defeating terrorism, and by acting against extremism. so that is my plan for a stronger britain in the future. and it is a plan which is about, asi future. and it is a plan which is about, as i say, a better deal here at home for ordinary working families. that is who i am in this farand families. that is who i am in this far and that is what i am aiming to achieve. and it is for all those who just want to get on in life, you just want to get on in life, you just want to do the best by their children and look to the government to give them that little bit of help and the government i lead is backing you. we are on your side. we will pull away from that. we will keep an eye if anything comes up during the rest of that appearance in bath we will bring it to you, but we are going to leave the election for a

moment. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first — the headlines on bbc news: a breast surgeon who carried out a series of needless operations is jailed for 15 years. ian paterson was found guilty of wounding with intent and three counts of unlawful wounding. jeremy corbyn announces that he will appear on tonight's tv debate on bbc one with the representatives of the six other major parties. the afghan president describes the carbonyl —— car bomb which killed 80 people as an inhuman act. in the business news: the price of paying a mortgage may have fallen to new lows, but mortgage approvals have also fallen to their lowest since september. there were almost 65,000 mortgage approvals for house purchases in april. that is a 2% fall on the previous month, despite the low rates on offer. where do you do your

grocery shopping? the chances are, you may have tried aldi and lidl, whose sales have grown as new stores have been opened. they have grown 20% compared to the same period last year. staying with supermarkets, as food prices are rising at their fastest rate for more than three yea rs, fastest rate for more than three years, according to the british retail consortium, at the same time the uk exported a record amount of food and drink. they rose by 8.2%. the largest first—quarter figure on record. that is down to better overseas promotion and the weaker pound. let's start with india because in the last hour figures have been released showing that the indian economy grew 6.1% year on year from jan to march — economists had predicted growth of 7.1%. over the year the economy grew 7.1% in line with predictions.

india is one of the fastest growing economies in the world. but remember at the end of last year a demonetisation programme saw the government remove around 86% of all banknotes from circulation in a bid to crackdown on corruption. it led to widespread disruption and queues outside banks and cashpoints. joined by sameer hasmi, india business correspondent. thanks very much forjoining us this afternoon. those growth figures show that it was slightly less than expected forjanuary to march. was that disappointing? well, it was disappointing, but not a surprise, not a huge surprise at least because last year the indian government in a sudden and surprise move band 86% of the in circulation. they did is to crack down on corruption, but what happened was that it had an impact on the economy. the businesses were hit, consumer demand was hit and the for that is because it took time to

inject new cash or new banknotes into the system, some people really didn't have any money to go to supermarkets or make any kind of purchases and it took three to four months for the situation to normalise, so in that sense, the number is not that disappointing because many economists and analysts earlier had expected that the number would be much lower, but india has been able to recover much faster. but going ahead, economists expect that the number will improve and it should be on track to keep growing fast. 7.1%. that is a pretty healthy rate of growth. do you think the indian economy can sustain that rate? that is the big challenge. can they sustain this? if you look at they sustain this? if you look at the fundamentals of the economy, which is if you look at manufacturing, agriculture, industrial production, these look pretty decent. but india is also

grappling with some major challenges. for example, even though the growth rate has been fast, it has not been creating enough jobs. the second biggest problem has been the banking sector. public banks which learned over 70% of the money in this country have been struggling due to bad loans. and that, many worry, could have an impact on the economy in the long term because the banks might not be in a situation to lend money to people to make purchases. and so is —— if these issues are not sorted out then it may be a challenge for india to sustain this, but if you look at the big and suggestions, they estimate that india should grow at a business rate if not higher at least for the next two or three years. 0k. thank you for your time. in other business news: shares in online retail giant amazon have risen above the $1,000 mark for the first time. back in 1997, the firm listed its shares forjust $18 each. the rise in share price now values amazon at $478bn, more than twice the value of of wal—mart. amazon is now the fourth—largest us company, behind apple,

google and microsoft. uber has fired the engineer accused of stealing secrets from google's parent company alphabet after he failed to assist with an investigation. anthony levandowski, previously worked on self—driving car technology at waymo, owned by alphabet. he is accused of downloading 111,000 confidential files before leaving the company in 2016. uber denies it is using stolen technology. and manchester united is the most valuable football club in europe, valued at $3.3 billion. according to figures from kpmg it puts it ahead of spanish giants real madrid and barcelona. the study looked at broadcasting rights, profitability, popularity, sporting potential and stadium ownership. in the study of 32 teams, english clubs dominate, filling six of the top 10 places. that's all the business news. let's ta ke let's take a quick look at the markets. we saw a poll suggesting

that the general election could potentially not lead to a huge majority for the conservatives and we saw the pound falling. it was down half a percent against the dollar. however, we saw another poll suggesting the opposite and the pound recovered. so it has been a bit of a flip—flop in the markets this morning. currently, it is up 0.7%. we will keep you updated throughout the afternoon. thank you very much. now we will have a look at the weather. thank you. and the sun will be beaming down on you later after your shift. lots of sunshine out there and many of us really enjoying a beautiful day, some warm, sunny spells. it is not sunny and completely dry everywhere but we were forecasting yesterday that there will be a bit more cloud around across southern areas and particularly in the last few hours it has been down across the valleys of wales, but the weather will be improving across this part of the world. the clouds are trying to break up so we will get more

sunshine. then the sun will come through. there are also some showers developing into the midlands and the south—east, but not of that, we have a stunning day. sunshine across yorkshire and northern ireland and scotland. a beautiful day for glasgow and edinburgh and into dundee as well. a little fresher to the north in lerwick and kirkwall. not much changes through this evening. a lovely sunset. bentonite, a lot of things happen. we have cloud increasing across the west. the weather getting into northern ireland and the west of scotland by the end of the night. elsewhere, it is dry and murky around some of the ghosts first thing in the morning. here the big weather map for thursday. you can see a big blow out in the atlantic, which is bringing the ring into the north west but also scooping up the warmth from france and bringing it in our direction. we have the fresher conditions and the weather going downhill in the north—west with rain for belfast and glasgow, but you have the sunshine and the warmth

coming in from the south across the south—east and all the way up into newcastle. 20 celsius expected there tomorrow. this will be a very slow—moving front. it really will dragged its heels. some rain on and off through the day in belfast and glasgow and elsewhere tomorrow. it should be dry. the weather front is still out west of northern areas on friday. just a little word of warning. we could see some thunderstorms breaking out across southern and south—eastern areas on friday with that weren't coming in from the south and those storms will continue to be quite vicious. but they should stay to the east of us, so on saturday and sunday, we have got these fresher atlantic winds being pushed in by that low—pressure. you can see those temperatures, 17 celsius to 21 celsius. so lots of sunny spells at the weekend but also some scattered showers, particularly across the northern and western part of the country and it is going to feeljust that little bit fresher. enjoy your

day. this is bbc news. the headlines at 2pm: breast surgeon ian paterson is sentenced to 15 years in prison for carrying out unnecessary operations after falsely telling patients they had breast cancer. he took everything from me and up until today this has been going on now since the 90s and only today i've gotjustice. he took away my youth. 80 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the afghan capital, kabul, after a massive car bomb near the german embassy. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says he will take part in a televised bbc debate this evening and challenges the prime minister, theresa may, to do the same. i'm annita mcveigh, also in the next hour, preparations are in full swing for the benefit concert in manchester on sunday. ariana grande will headline

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