this is bbc news. great ormond street hospital contacts the police after staff receive death threats and online abuse in relation to the charlie gard case. owners of drones will have as trump commissions a new warship, his family prepare to face a grilling from the investigation into possible collusion with the russians during his election campaign. owners of drones will have to register and take safety awareness courses — due to growing concerns about the risk to aircraft. boots says it's "truly sorry" for its response to calls to cut the cost of one of its morning—after pills. also in the next hour: a grandfatherfrom east yorkshire wins £2 million in the world's most prestigious poker tournament. chris froome is on the verge of winning his fourth tour de france title after increasing his lead in today's time trial.

good evening and welcome to bbc news. the hospital treating the terminally ill baby charlie gard says its staff have been subjected to intimidation, abuse and even death threats as a court battle rages over whether to stop his life support treatment. the hospital's chairman mary macleod said that charlie's case is a heartbreaking one, and she understands that emotions are running high. but she said that their can be no excuse for such behaviour. the fact they are in touch with the

police shows how serious it is. the extent of the hostility is serious. the chair of great ormond street hospital third to the many thousands of messages, the hostility, the abuse. that is messages in person, people have been verbally attacked in the street as well as online. we know that charlie gard is 11 months old, he is terminally ill. he has a rare genetic condition and has brain damage. he is currently the subject ofan damage. he is currently the subject of an intense legal battle between his parents and the medics over how exactly he should be treated. the hospital does say of course they know this is heartbreaking, but they recognise the sympathy people feel for him and his parents, but in recent weeks the level of abuse directed at the doctors and nurses at the hospital is just not something they can tolerate any longer. they have referred to it being disgraceful, and the fact it has had an impact on the parents of other seriously unwell children who are being treated at great ormond

street hospital. they say they recognise emotions are running high but there can be no excuse for patients and families to have their privacy and their piece disturbed in this way. they have also revert to the fact they are in contact with metropolitan police and will hold to account anybody who behaves in one they behave a deplorable way. interestingly this does echo the words of mrjustice francis who yesterday at the high court at the procedural hearing urged any campaigners and protesters who are outside the hospital to respect the needs and wishes of those children being treated, and their parents. needs and wishes of those children being treated, and their parentsm has been a very intense legal case but also a very high profile and public one, and therefore people will take a view that, won't they? some clearly have gone way beyond where they should have. people have been very vocal about their views outside the hospital, but this has gone to a different level online and on the streets. doctors and nurses being directly targeted. it has been

referred to that have been thousands of incidents of that nature now. as of incidents of that nature now. as of yet the family of charlie gard have not commented at this stage? they have not commented at this stage full stop. president trump has taken part in the commission ceremony for a new aircraft carrier, as he prepares for a battle this week that will be very close to home. both his eldest son and his son—in—law are due to appear before congress next week as part of the special investigation into allegations of his campaign's links to russia. and as part of a series of recent tweets, he reminded the world that the president has complete power to pardon — causing concern in some democrat quarters. laura bicker reports. donald trump is gearing up for what could be one of his biggest battles. he's clearing the decks to try to fight off claims the kremlin helped him win the white house.

his core message has become engulfed by the many investigations as he launched a new aircraft carrier in virginia, he gave the kind of sales pitch he'd prefer americans to hear. american steel and american hands have constructed a 100,000 tonne message to the world. american might is second to none. donald trump is reshaping his team just as the scope of the investigation into russian meddling in the us election widens to include his finances, and that has infuriated the president. the focus of the enquiry is also no longer outside the white house gates, it is focusing on his inner circle, his own family. he'll give evidence to congress later this week. his son—in—lanared kushner is one of his closest advisers. seen so often at his side, but rarely heard. he has done some talking to russians during the campaign, though.

he'll be asked about that in congress on monday. donald trumer is also in discussions about testifying after it was revealed he met with a russian lawyer who offered incriminating information about hillary clinton during the campaign. white house spokesman sean spicer often struggled to convey the president's message amid a barrage of questions about russia. if the president puts russian salad dressing on his salad tonight, somehow that is a russian connection. he is saying farewell, making way for a new face, the slick wall street financier anthony scaramucci. i figured was in the best interest of our publications department and press organisation to not have too many cooks in the kitchen. donald trump relishes a good fight. he's described the enquiries into his campaign links with russia as a witchhunt, a hoax. he is getting combat readyjust in case investigators do not agree with him. let's speak to anneke green,

a columnist for the website real clear politics and formerly a speechwriter for president george w bush. good evening. good evening. what do you make of the resignation of sean spicer? i'm not surprised he resign, i'm surprised it took this long. ultimately it came down to his ability to work the way he needed to. i've heard that with anthony scaramucci coming on board the plan was he would not report to sean spicer, he would be his own shop and going on tv, and so sean spicer would be left with the responsibilities of the communications director job as responsibilities of the communications directorjob as well as press secretary. how do you rate the way sean spicer has done the job? well, he was very good in some areas and increasing puzzlement but some people who knew him when in the

first day on the job he can the press. the day after the inauguration, he said these were the greatest sized crowds. i run the world. if you're counting on the world, that is indefensible, but he said impersonators record—breaking inauguration crowds, and everybody who was there, which included me, we said, no, it isjust not true. that set him up to the already broken credibility with the press that he came into the job with, and was really not able to come back from that. there are always going to be tensions between the white house principles best spokesman and the media asking questions you would rather not answer. there will be that back and forth, but it doesn't have to be hostile. it's interesting to look at the very different styles of press secretaries over the years. there was a lot of respect, even though that wasn't always the same politics, was summerlike ari fleischer early in the bush administration. there was not as

much for scott mcclellan who came next and he turned out not to be great and then turned on president george w bush. but the last press secretary had committed snow, was a lovely man. he had the same deft george w bush out of getting along with people, even people absolutely opposed to this policy is would like with him in person and want to work with him in person and want to work with him. what does anthony scaramucci bring to the role? he certainly brings the president's trust, and the trust of ivanka trump and jared kushner who reached out to him to assure him about getting the comedic asian is a rector role despite the fact that chief of staff writes previous and steve bannon we re writes previous and steve bannon were not in favour, because he does not have this traditional public relations experience. reportedly he was supposed to have a job with the trump administration much earlier cos of his early support. he headed a part of the transition committee and help with the inauguration festivities. but he had been

blocked, and apparently, this is anonymously sourced, but i have read that the chief of staff offered scaramucci thejob that the chief of staff offered scaramucci the job he approach previously blocked him from to keep them from the communications director job, them from the communications directorjob, was not successful, and now sean spicer has resigned. and finally on the street from the president which the washington post has gone beyond, and some democrats are troubled by, this idea that he has complete power to pardon. is too much being made about?” has complete power to pardon. is too much being made about? i do think too much is being made of that. donald trump is a showman, he likes to keep people on their toes. clearly it was leaked he had been asking about the range of presidential powers, which isn't something that is commonly known. his aides tops to the press about that and then he goes ahead and tweets. this is more of his personality saying, everyone knows that presidents have the power to parking, because he knows it gives

the press something to talk about, which is him. anneka green, thanks. that's turned laura baker. a president who likes to generate a bit of press coverage from time to time. what do we make of this tweet relating to the pardon powers?” think that anneka is spot on. when it comes to him talking about it, allegedly during the week the rural reports that the president had been asking about his powers, but they we re asking about his powers, but they were careful to nuance it, saying he was not asking about partnering himself, just asking what powers did he have. seeing that in the paper, he have. seeing that in the paper, he couldn't resist. he is a showman. it is one of the reasons why he tweets in the way that he does. he is trying to direct the media, and they are going for it in many different ways. this was a twitter storm this morning. when you phone

goes beep at that time in the morning on saturday, it can only mean one thing, and that is donald trump is tweeting. you phone must bleed constantly. a word about sean spicer and anthony scaramucci. what change and we anticipate?m spicer and anthony scaramucci. what change and we anticipate? if you compare their two first briefings, it could not have been more different. that initial briefing when sean spicer came out after the inauguration, angry and the racing reporters for reporting the size of the inauguration crowd in his view wrongly, the way that he conducted the briefing room. you put up your hands like good boys and girls, stop shouting. and yet, scaramucci stood up shouting. and yet, scaramucci stood up there, slicked back hair, sharp suit, started batting away questions left, right and centre. and when it comes to that slick and polished style, we' re comes to that slick and polished style, we're hearing certainly from one to newspaper sources saying that donald trump loved it. when it comes

to the 2—d could not be more different. that is perhaps what we will see, more polish, if that is what we're in scaramucci over the last ready for hours, we might see more in the briefing room. boots — the pharmacy chain — has apologised for dismissing calls to cut the cost of its contraceptive morning—after pills. it had initially refused to drop the price of the medicines because it claimed that doing so would "incentivise inappropriate use". andy moore reports. the british pregnancy advisory service launched its campaign mocking the high prices charged in the uk for the morning after pill. they said it would be cheaper to fly to france and buy there for around £5. that's £30. 30 actual pounds? tesco and superd rug reduced their prices, but boots refused to back down,

saying: there was a vigorous calling for a boycott. yesterday it was said that boots was taking a moral position on what should be a personal choice for women. and then came a late—night change of heart. in a statement, boots said it was truly sorry for its choice of words. it also said that emergency contraceptive services were freely available on the nhs in many of its stores. campaigners said boots had misjudged public opinion. our only disappointment is that it has taken this long, and the threat of a boycott by customers, for boots to reach this position.

this was a position reached by superdrug and tesco far earlier. but not everyone agrees. their original position was fine. they said they didn't want to encourage irresponsible use. and you have to remember the morning after pill is a large dose of synthetic hormones. it is not something that needs to be taken like sweeties or like a paracetamol. one of the mps who signed the letter said on social media overnight that it was welcome news but a shame that boots responded the morning after. a british man has won more than $2.5 million after making it to the final table of poker‘s most prestigious tournament. john hesp has come fourth in the world series of poker‘s main event in las vegas. the grandfather of seven has little experience and usually plays a £10 tournament at his local casino in hull. let's beat legendary poker player

also took part in that tournament alongside mr hesp. welcome. tell us aboutjohn hesp's achievement, how do you rate it? i rated very highly. i played in the tournament myself, and i'm just i played in the tournament myself, and i'mjusta i played in the tournament myself, and i'm just a little older than him, andi and i'm just a little older than him, and i got through to the third day and was feeling quite tired. to make the final table he had to play seven days of ten or ii make the final table he had to play seven days of ten or 11 hours plus, around 13 hours when you take toilet brea ks around 13 hours when you take toilet breaks and dinners into account. and my son actually finished about 160, and he said he was really tired as well and he was in his 30s. it's a great achievement. there's quite a lot of concentrating to do, clearly. yes, it's the most skilful tournament because the only increase

the blind and the empty every two hours, whereas a lot of tournaments, the small local tournaments, the increase them every 20 minutes so it isa increase them every 20 minutes so it is a bit ofa increase them every 20 minutes so it is a bit of a lottery. it is a very skilful tournament. with so little experience it is just amazing to come forth. just fantastic. that's what i was keen to get at. here is an amateur who normally plays for very little money, here he is in las vegas winning what to him must be a fortune. how likely is it that somebody from an amateur background commit that sort of impact? i'm pretty amazed. about ten years ago jamie gold was a complete novice and one the main event, but he did a lot of trash talking to people. he confused everybody with all his talk, and talk them out of it, but i don't thinkjohn was doing anything like that. i didn't see him play, i he was wearing colourful outfits, so

maybe he dazzled everybody with his outfits. he seems to be a really fun quy- outfits. he seems to be a really fun guy. we just flashed up a photograph of him wearing something that you would certainly notice, anyway. well, why not? tell me something but the skill level is required. some people say there is an element of luck as well as clearly skill. whether the percentages lie, do you think? it's very difficult to tell. ina think? it's very difficult to tell. in a one—day turn it luck can play a huge part, but over a period of nine days, the skill has to come through, and obviously he's just got a very good sense of situations and reading his opponents. he may not have much experience, but he is obviously very skilful at reading his opponents. and also knowing when to back off in certain parts, because over that period of time, you're going to walk into situations where you're going to lose a hand them and try to lose

as little as possible, and then when you have a good hand, to try to maximise. he has one big money, you have in the past, what is your advice to him now that he is wealthy? well, i think not to really get involved in playing cash games, to stick to the germans were you can only lose a finite amount of money, and obviously if he has seven grandchildren i think he can dish out a few bob to them. they will be happy, ifigured out a few bob to them. they will be happy, i figured there to assume. thank you very much indeed for coming on. pleasure. the headlines on bbc news: great ormond street hospital contact the police as staff received death threats in relation to the case of charlie gard. president trump takes pa rt charlie gard. president trump takes part ina charlie gard. president trump takes part in a ceremony for a new aircraft carrier as members of his family prepared to be questioned by

congress over alleged links to russians during his election campaign. boots the chemist says it is truly sorry brits response to calls to cut the cost of morning after pills. here, the government plans to introduce a registration system for drones because of growing concern about the risk they pose to aircraft. drone owners will have to complete a safety awareness course. dozens of near misses have been reported in the past year, asjoe lynam reports. gatwick airport has confirmed that some flights have been disrupted this evening by a drone in the area. it wasn't the first time a drone had flown close to a runway but enough to close down gatwick airport for a short while three weeks ago. pilots have long complained that unmanned vehicles could fly into their engines, causing accidents. drones are being used to fly drugs and mobile phones into prisons. now the government wants

to act by forcing all drone users to register. the new rules mean that any drone weighing more than 250 grams would be registered and the owners have to complete a safety awareness test when they buy them. and new technology to prevent drones flying near airports or prisons will be expanded. they can be a danger to aircraft and individual users, it is about a registration scheme, this is about geolocations and geofencing to stop them being flown near sensitive areas. it is about getting the balance right between the needs of the users and the dangers on the other part. the government wants all drones of more than 250 grams to be registered. but that is not much heavier than a mobile phone. but military experts say that drones as light as 400 grams can damage a helicopter window. and drones of two kilograms can critically damage a plane. but drones enthusiasts say that the rules may penalise the responsible users.

the problem is other people who have no knowledge, they don't know how to fly, theyjust go and buy the drone and go up in the sky maybe, 1,000 feet high. this is the problem. not us the problem. and the new rules might be hard to police. criminals are unlikely to sign up to a public register. but it may prevent unwanted accidents. afghan officials say 16 police officers are now known to have been killed in a us air strike in helmand province. two commanders were among those who died when warplanes accidentally attacked the group in the district of gereshk. police had just recaptured the area from the taliban when they were bombed. the nato mission in afghanistan said the incident would be investigated. almost 1000 children are being forced into temporary

accommodation every month, because more families are becoming homeless, according to councils in england. the local government association says the number has increased by a third in three years. it wants more powers to build what are described as "genuinely affordable homes". 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. councils say more than 900 children, what they describe as the equivalent of a secondary school, are becoming homeless each month. in total, they say more than 120,000 children and their families are being supported in temporary accommodation, an increase of more than a third since 2014. councils in the south—east and major cities are dealing with the largest numbers. though cornwall and the isle of wight, for instance, also have significant problems. the councils say they need to build more affordable homes. they want rules on borrowing relaxed so they can invest in housing developments. councils need the power to intervene more in the homes market. we need more affordable housing built in the right

place to provide people with decent affordable housing. we also need to be able to intervene earlier as well. rather than waiting for people to become homeless, we need to stop them becoming homeless in the first place. ministers say they are spending £550 million to tackle homelessness, and that a new bill passed earlier this year will prevent families from losing homes in the first place. michael buchanan, bbc news. train firms could be forced to reduce first—class seats on busy commuter lines to ease overcrowding. the transport secretary, chris grayling, says travellers will see less first class in the future with busy suburban trains having one class instead. the minister also suggested operators may be forced to scrap first—class areas when franchises are awarded in the future. an official photograph has been unveiled to mark prince george's fourth birthday. it was taken at kensington palace by royal photographer chris jackson, who described the young prince

as a "happy little boy". the prince has just returned to the uk from an official visit to poland and germany with the duke and duchess of cambridge and his sister princess charlotte. mo farah may be one of our most decorated 0lympians but now a graphic designerfrom swindon claims to have broken one of his world records. sir mo set the record for the 100—metre sack race in 2014 with a time of 39—point—91 seconds. but yesterday, dad of two stephen wildish took on the challenge and hopped over the line in just over 28 seconds — smashing mo's attempt. he's now waiting for his time to be officially verified in order to claim his new world record. now let's get the weather. i wonder

ifa now let's get the weather. i wonder if a following wind will be taken into account there. lots of showers around, you don't need me to tell you that have been hefty downpours. this area of rain spread north through parts of england, these midlands and yorkshire. the heaviest of the showers will fade, some of us will have evening sunshine, arts of northern england did quite well this afternoon. as the night goes on we hold onto some wet weather, mostly affecting parts of north scotland and easter gun. in other parts will drier and cooler. 10—14 the overnight temperature. some fog patches around that shouldn't last too long. low—pressure still very close by tomorrow. there may be a fine start to the day for many with some sunshine, give the umbrella handy because the showers will get going again. at nine o'clock across england and wales, very few showers,

just the odd one. most places getting a fine start. fog patches gradually clear. the odd shower in northern ireland but most places will stay dry. sunny spells as well. western scotland does well to begin but an area of cloud and rain affects north—east scotland, and let cool breeze will sink further south during the day and in the evening going intojenny during the day and in the evening going into jenny gunn during the day and in the evening going intojenny gunn where northwest scotland stays mostly dry. the showers get going in england and wales, some places will avoid them and stay dry. some could be heavy with the rumble of thunder. the heaviest will be across parts of northern and eastern england. temperatures into the low 20s for some of us. some warmth in the sunshine, the showers should not be too many at the golf. some sunny spells here. but there will be a stronger north—westerly breeze compared with today. the picture through sunday evening, the heaviest showers slowly fade, an area of rain

moving away from scotland into north—east england. from monday that sinks further south. a cool breeze for some of us along the easton cowboys. further west the drier and warmer. by the time we get to choose to leave the gap between weather systems doesn't last too long and will be unsettled again. from the west and other unsettled system comes in on wednesday. if you order forecast from where you are, just go online or use the app. but this is bbc news. the headlines at half past 7:. great ormond street hospital contacts the police after staff received death threats and online abuse in relation to the charlie gard case, as trump commissions a new warship, his family prepare to face a grilling from the investigation into possible collusion with the russians during his election campaign. boots has said it is "truly sorry" for its response to calls to cut the cost of one its morning after pills. the company faced criticism after saying it wanted to avoid "incentivising inappropriate use"

of the pills.