hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: we're entering a golden era with china. the prime minister's message as she talks trade with president xijinping. meanwhile, she's talking tough with the eu — saying she'll fight proposals to give residency rights to european citizens who arrive in britain during the brexit transition period. stroke patients are getting younger. the average age at which people have a first stroke has fallen — it's now 68 for men and 73 for women. west ham united suspend recruitment boss, tony henry, after he allegedly said that african players "can have a bad attitude" and "cause mayhem". coming up on afternoon live, all the sport... 28 russian athletes have had their doping bans overturned today by the court of arbitration for sport. they claim this could have a serious impact on the future fight against doping. more on this later. thank you. and the weather from

chris fawkes. lovely weather, not sure about your tie! we will be talking about all the different types of means you may have been looking at yesterday. as well as that, we have some heavy rainfor well as that, we have some heavy rain for new zealand. we will look at what is going on down under as well. thanks, chris. also coming up... next stop norway — the duke and duchess of cambridge continue their tour scandinavia: and get a right royal welcome at the airport. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. "we're enjoing a golden era in the relationship between britain and china" — that's the confident message from the prime minister after meeting the chinese president xijinping in beijing. it's the second day of her trip to try to boost trade between the two countries. with the sniping over brexit continuing back home, the international trade secretary has urged theresa may's critics

to "focus on the big picture". liam fox suggested that britain needed to get over its obsession with europe. there is some flash photography in this report from robin brant in shanghai. day two of her trip, it was time to see the sights. with her husband, philip, at her side, the prime minister toured the forbidden city, but there was no stopping talk of brexit following her. in beijing, with one eye on brussels, the prime minister signalled she will fight proposals to give uk residency rights to eu citizens who come during the post—brexit transitionary period. there's a pushback, too, aimed at critics on her own side. a tory mp has accused mrs may of governing like a tortoise when what is needed is a lion. the cabinet minister on this trip with her says her doubters need to see things more like her hosts do. they are looking at performance, they are looking to see what the uk is doing, and they look at the prime minister

in a different way than some of, let's say, the internal tearoom discussions in the uk do. the problem for dr fox is that sometimes the discussions in the tearooms of westminster are similar to what's being talked by the leaders in the teahouses of china. in both cases they see a prime minister on the road beating the drum for trade, but they also see a leader weakened by that general election result, with a cloud of uncertainty from brexit hanging over her. sowing the seeds for the uk—china relationship after brexit is part of the focus of this trip. that includes science collaboration as china tries to rely less on importing food. then there is britain's cultural exports. we know that dr who and downton abbey are great successes here in china. i've just been meeting the company responsible for something that i have to confess i haven't seen. i have seen downton abbey and dr who. i have not watched octonauts,

which is a uk children's cartoon which is apparently being enjoyed by millions of children here in china. away from entertainment and back to business, this was the most important meeting of the day with china's president, xijinping. the prime minister wants to deepen what she called their "global strategic partnership". it was almost certainly one conversation over tea that didn't touch on her leadership problems. we drink lapsang. robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. as we heard there, theresa may has signalled that she'll fight a demand by the european union that eu citizens who move to the uk during the transition period, after march 2019, will be given full residency rights. but the eu's brexit co—ordinator guy verhofstadt has tweeted: we will not accept there are two

types of citizens. for the transition to work, it must mean a continuation of the existing acquis — or agreements — with no exceptions‘ theresa may has another fight on her hands.0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. all smiles... in december, the eu gave the green light for talks on trade and on a transition period of about two years after brexit, but now there's a snag. the government thought it was agreed that full eu citizens‘ rights to work here would end after brexit in march 2019. now the eu says those rights should be extended until the end of any transition. in their view, december 2020. to many brexiteers, that's unacceptable. this is an issue that we can't compromise on. we do need to make it absolutely sure that any eu citizens who come here during the transitional period, will not be given the permanent right to reside in this country. we'll have left the european union and the eu can't expect the same provisions to prevail after we've gone. under the pressure from those

pro—brexit backbenchers, theresa may told reporters on her trip to china that, in essence, brexit means brexit. people coming to britain after march 2019 in the full knowledge that we've left the eu should be treated differently. a point repeated by her ministers in the commons. the citizens‘ rights agreement reached in december, set out in the joint report, does give certainty about the rights of eu citizens already here going forward, but this agreement does not cover those arriving after we leave the eu. so what would this mean in practice? well, the only change that eu citizens would see if they come here during a transition period is that they‘d have to register. but if they wanted to stay on beyond that transition period, the government says new rules could be applied. depending on the negotiations, that might mean the need for a work permit or visa. government sources say eu citizens wouldn‘t be thrown out, but pro—eu campaigners are more worried that they might not

come in the first place. we already have a huge staff problem in the national health service, 19-20,000 in the national health service, 19—20,000 vacancies within the nhs. we have very few polish nurses or others coming in this country. if we make it harder for them others coming in this country. if we make it harderfor them during the transition period, it will be harder for all of us and i think we should ta ke for all of us and i think we should take if we are transitioning, on the same conditions, it should apply in all aspects. speculation about theresa may‘s future continues at westminster and she‘s been offered apparently helpful advice by the man she sacked as chancellor. the conservative party, which i have worked very hard over my lifetime to put back in a position where it could be the government, must offer to the country a big plan for the future, big ideas, big vision, a plan to engage with the rest of the world, like china, or indeed a form of brexit which is not

as economically damaging as some of the forms being proposed. the prime minister begins there is light at the end of the tunnel, though it is becoming increasingly apparent she doesn‘t simply have to negotiate with brussels but with members of her own party, too. iain watson, bbc news, westminster. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young westminster for us. theresa may may be enjoying that she‘s thousands of miles away but this battle is raging? yes, that's the background to the comments today about eu migrants. she has had those on the brexit side of the argument erupted now have been incredibly supportive of the stances they she has taken. they are worried now she is backsliding and compromising too much, giving too much away when it comes to the european union, so today she talks about maybe digging her heels in a bit over this issue of eu migrants. the british

government making the case they think there has to be a difference between the rights that eu migrants who have come here up till now, that they get, and those that come after they get, and those that come after the date we leave the eu. the argument is those coming after march next year, they know we are leaving and will have left the eu so why would they expect to have the same rights? but that is not how brussels seesit rights? but that is not how brussels sees it at all. they think they have to have the right to remain, the right to stay here. but i do wonder whether actually there is going to be much tougher arguments about other things. this implementation of transition period, both sides have said they hope to get that sorted by march this year. that is not very far away, but there will be big battles about whether britain has any say over new rules that come over that time, just under two yea rs, over that time, just under two years, but also about whether we are allowed to negotiate and signed trade deals with other countries. so a lot of battles to come. i think it is always worth stating that brussels has set out what they want

from all of this. this is the british government starting to say what they want from the implementation period, and as the prime minister‘s spokesman said today, it‘s not surprising that at the beginning of those talks will be some disagreement. on newspaper said a senior conservative might be ready to come out and take on? it's difficult of these things when you haven‘t got the name and they say senior conservative, there is there isn‘t —— is a cabinet minister. talking to conservative mps, you have a conversation with one that says no, no, she is absolutely safe, she is going to be staying there at least the next two and half or three yea rs. least the next two and half or three years. you go round the corridor and speak to someone else and they say, is about to happen, she‘s about to 90, is about to happen, she‘s about to go, there will be a no—confidence vote. depending on whom speak to, they don‘t know and that means that we don‘t know but i think what it does tell you if people are talking about her future the situation is volatile, and so she knows that yes,

while she is away there will be people here discussing herfuture. whether there is any concerted campaign to get rid of her or if they have a candidate in mind, i‘m not so sure that is the case. frankie bromance, vicki in westminster. 0ur brussels reporter adam fleming told us more about how the prime minister‘s comments were being received there. he said the european parliament‘s brexit coordinator had been very clear in his response. guy verhofstadt, who coordinates the parliament‘s brexit work, is off sick today but he tweeted from his sick today but he tweeted from his sick bed, saying that these rights are absolutely non—negotiable from an eu perspective said the eu will not accept a situation where european citizens who moved to the uk before brexit date have one set of rights, but eu citizens who move to the uk after brexit date have a different set of rights during the transition period. he is not very happy and that is what he feels about it when he‘s under the weather. as for the european

commission, that runs the brexit talk day—to—day, their vice president said he didn‘t want to comment on comments made by the british prime minister while she was on the other side of the world. he said he would rather wait to see the official british position put forward in the negotiations. by com plete forward in the negotiations. by complete coincidence, the campaign groups that run the of those affected a re groups that run the of those affected are in brussels for an event today. they are pretty dismayed about what they have been hearing about all of this, although to be fair they are pretty dismayed brexit is happening at all. we will only know for sure what happens when those talks finally get under way about the transition period, and there are no dates for them in the diary as yet. adam fleming reporting there. the average age of people who have a stroke for the first time in england, has fallen in the past decade. figures from public health england show that while the majority of strokes occur in people over the age of 70, more than a third of first time strokes hit adults between a0 and 69. here‘s our health correspondent, catherine burns. i had a stroke.

adrian jones was just 53 when he happened to him. he says his stroke has changed his life, that he used to walk 50 miles a week, now he struggles over short distances. i didn‘t feel too great straight away and when i twisted and tried to stand up, i immediately fell over and i couldn‘t feel, i had no sensation on my left side at all. so, i didn‘t know what had happened, obviously panicking. the older you are, the greater your chance of having a stroke, but the average age for men having a first stroke has fallen from 71 to 68. for women, it‘s gone from 75 to 73. figures from public health england show almost 60% of first—time stroke patients were 70 or over. but there‘s been an increase in middle—aged people being affected. in 2007, about 15% of people having a first stroke were aged between a0 and 59. by 2016, it had gone up to 20%.

i think the first thing is awareness that stroke can happen. awareness how awful stroke can be, and therefore it really is worth making an effort right from the beginning of your life, or as soon as you become an adult, to be thinking about the longer term, not to think that stroke is just a disease for older people. if someone is having a stroke it‘s vital to get help quickly. so a campaign‘s been launched to help people recognise the symptoms. if people can get a hospital quickly, get the life—saving treatment that they need within three hours, it means that not only is their life going to be saved, but also they're likely to live a life with reduced disability and burden associated with stroke, so please do act fast. face — has it fallen on one side? arms, can they raise them? speech, is it slurred? it‘s worth saying too, a0 to 7a—year—olds in england

are eligible for health checks to help spot the early signs of various conditions including strokes. catherine burns, bbc news. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines: theresa may says the uk and china are enjoying a "golden era" of their relationship, as she meets the country‘s president. the prime minister says she will fight eu plans to give citizens who come to the uk in the transitionary period. and stroke patients are getting younger — the average age at which people have a first stroke has fallen — it‘s now 68 for men and 73 for women. the duke and duchess of cambridge continue their tour scandinavia — and drop in for a visit to the norweigan royalfamily, they even had time to pose for a picture or two! the international olympic committee says the court of arbitration for

sport‘s decision to overturn the 0lympic live bands of 28 russian athletes may have a serious impact on the future fight against doping. the ioc are considering an appeal. uk sport has announced millions of pounds of fresh investment for new sports and athletes with strong potential to win medals at tokyo in 2020. jacob stockdale and james ryan we re 2020. jacob stockdale and james ryan were made their six nations debuts when ireland face france on saturday. rory best captain the side containing 11 british and irish lions. more on those stories just after two 30p. —— just after 2:30pm. west ham have suspended their director of player recruitment tony henry, following claims that he said the club wouldn‘t sign any more african players. in a statement, the club said they won‘t tolerate any type of discrimination. 0n twitter there has been a lot of reaction. cheick tiote says proud to be

african. also some reaction in african. also some reaction in africa itself, in ghana, the website of the hammers followers... you can see it there... huge reaction to what is going on at the club, is how they refer to that. our sports news correspondent richard conway is with me. first, what is he alleged to have said chris, this started with an e—mail that tony henry is alleged to have sent to a senior west ham official and a football agent. in that e—mail talking about a player from cameroon. he said the club didn‘t want to sign any further players from africa and the player in question wasn‘t good enough. the daily mail obtained this e—mail and

confronted tony henry about this, asked him if that was the case, that the club didn‘t want to sign any further african players. he admitted that was the case, that they didn‘t wa nt to that was the case, that they didn‘t want to sign any further africans and said it was because they had a bad attitude and they caused mayhem when they are not in the team. those are the quotes attributed to tony henry. in addition to that, he suggested, according to these quotes, it was club policy that senior management supported this view. west ham have been very quick today to respond to this story. they have said, they have suspended tony henry in the first instance but also said there is a full investigation going on, they do not tolerate discrimination and they say they are an inclusive club, regardless of gender, race, nationality orsexual orientation. they say they want to be inclusive. that is how this has got to this position and tony henry 110w got to this position and tony henry now suspended by the club. he is director of player recruitment. these views should just never have

gone public, is that where we are at? here's the transfer baru, the man who decides who comes and goes from the club, in essence, working in partnership with the senior management team and the player manager, and head coach as well. so these are views he has allegedly said in this e—mail. pfa have said that they are going to take an interest in this, they are investigating it. the interesting thing is there is precedent from the fa, in terms of views expressed in private e—mails. they haven‘t pursued disciplinary processes in the past for things that have been said in private e—mails. interesting to see where that investigation goes. only the other day we were remembering a great black player, cyril regis, you look at astra like this on to how far we have come. that point made by many people today. some of the players themselves, west ham‘s six players

of african heritage responding, and theirfans of african heritage responding, and their fans making it of african heritage responding, and theirfans making it clear this is simply unacceptable, these views, if these quotes are correct. the players union saying they are shocked at the reported comments, they strongly condemn any views. they say there is no place for this in football. a united position across football but these views coming forward, we will have to see how the club and govern governing body react in due course. thank you. the chief inspector of schools in england has warned that religious extremists are using schools to narrow children‘s horizons and pervert their education. speaking at a school in east london, amanda spielman called on head teachers to tackle people who undermine fundamental british values; critics say the educational authorities need to engage more with muslim communities. frankie mccamley reports. how far have you got through it? since being appointed a year ago, the head of 0fsted, amanda spielman, has made tackling extremism in schools one of her main objectives, and today she used her speech at the church of england conference to directly address that issue. one of those british values is tolerance and respect for all faiths and none and we are looking...

one of the things we have to look for is signs that that value is breaking down and that by being tolerant you can end up importing intolerance, and we have to make sure that we help schools find that balance, or rather that we report where we find that balance is at risk. the 0fsted chief also threw her weight behind the headteacher of this east london school, which is one of the top performing schools in the country. neena lall tried to ban girls under the age of eight from wearing the hijab to school and stopped youngsters from fasting during ramadan. however, following a big campaign from parents and community leaders, her rules were reversed. but some don‘t believe schools should be setting rules like these. ...dress should be for young girls to decide, and it‘s for women alone to decide what that is, and to have the state intervening and sort of saying, "this is what‘s acceptable and what‘s not acceptable",

this is who defines choice. the government leaves it up to individual schools to set their own clothing policy and states... but this is clearly an issue which many schools across the country will be considering in order to strike the right balance. frankie mccamley, bbc news. the economic gap between the north and south of england will continue to grow, unless the government prioritises education and skills — that‘s the warning from the northern powerhouse partnership, a body set up to try to re—balance the uk economy. it says pupils in the north are on average one gcse grade behind those in the south and that the region is being held back by a lack of investment in education. nina warhurst reports. if your child is born in the north—east, their chances of going to an underperforming

school are three times higher than if they were born in london. today‘s report asks for £300 million of new money for the north for early years and asks every northern business to play its part by mentoring the young. we‘ve got to put education at the heart of the northern powerhouse and this is a call to arms to say it doesn‘t have to be the case that schools in the north underperform schools in the south, so we‘ve got a big plan working across the parties with businesses to bring reform, investment and business involvement into our schools. how are you finding the communications time on a wednesday? george osborne wants businesses to follow barclays‘ lead. they have more than 500 apprentices across the north. they say they want northern talent to stay here. i think it was an opportunity that i was quite surprised to find that i didn't have to move away for. because i think my kind of preconception was, you would probably have to move to have a really good career. but now, you know, my view's completely changed on that now that i've found the degree programme because you can do it from anywhere. the authors of the report focused

on northern employers who consistently pointed to poor skills and inadequate training. they also said they worry about the brain drain of northern talent disappearing south, and all of that feeds into a gap in productivity that‘s getting wider. the government says it is stepping up after being accused of neglecting the north from the day george osborne left downing street. one of the real unsung bits about our northern powerhouse is the £70 million we‘ve put into our northern powerhouse school strategy, which goes all the way from early years provision and making sure that is as good as it can be to the maths and english hubs that we have set up. we're going to do some more division. it‘s a complicated equation, more government money plus more business investment could equal 850,000 newjobs in the north by 2050. but can the maths add up? nina warhurst, bbc news in darlington. facebook has reported a big jump in profits,

despite users spending significantly less time on the site. it comes after the social network announced changes designed to prioritise posts from friends, at the expense of content from businesses and media companies. our business correspondent theo leggett has been explaining why facebook made these changes to their site. the change is designed to encourage more interactions with your friends and family. so, for example, a photo of their cats or a selfie or whatever, so you‘ll see more of that kind of stuff and less material published by news organisations and so on. so less news, fewer videos, and the idea, facebook says, is to encourage more meaningful social interaction, because that‘s what it says makes people happy, and encourage less of the sort of sensational polarising news stuff we all see in our feeds every day. the duke and duchess of cambridge are in norway as part of a four day tour of scandanavia. william and kate are visiting the norwegian royal family, and meeting local entrepreneurs.

0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell is in oslo. the cambridge is scandinavian trip continues. travelling from stockholm to 0slo. they were greeted at 0slo airport by the crown prince and princess. they have come on now to the royal palace, here in the centre of oslo, where they have met king harold and i having lunch with him. quite a family occasion. distantly related, close ties between the norwegian and british royal families. what will they be talking about? as royals, they don‘t do politics but there is a strong political context to do with anything concerning britain and europe. we shouldn‘t forget all these visits are commissioned by the british foreign office. a lot of it seeing the royal family to different countries. a lot to emphasise the breadth and depth of the narration should be britain, william talking about that in stockholm last night. norway, interesting, not part of the

eu but part of the single market. a very rich country, one of the richest per capita in europe, indeed in the world, so a country with which the united kingdom will want to have even stronger links within the future. let‘s have a look at the weather. we‘re looking at an image from last night is guess. yes, this is the moon. i have been educated about moons. they are supposed to be cooler red but that is neither. yes, a super moon, a little closer to the earth‘s or better. laughter that‘s not actually what happened, you have just fiddled with your picture! laughter it is the magic of division, simon, don‘t give it away! the moon is a little closer to the earth and that‘s what makes it appeara earth and that‘s what makes it appear a little bit bigger and brighter. that is a super moon but we‘ll is a super moon but wields a

headache blue moon. this is teaching... blue moon is the second full moon in a month but it is not blue, so it is called the blue moon. are you following this? blood moon. totally lunar eclipse. what‘s this? this is your test? yes? a red blue moon. no! yes, it is, but super, you missed the super bit. the reason it is red is nothing to do... this is not a blood moon. i remember why i hated school now! laughter this is a super blue moon because it is close to the earth‘s orbit, blue because the second full moon in a month and red not because it‘s in the earth‘s shadow but because the moon is rising. the light rays from the moon get bent through the atmosphere and that is what makes it so big. so when the moon got higher in the sky, the

super moon got smaller and smaller because it is that lensing effect that makes it look bigger. iam losing that makes it look bigger. i am losing the will to live! we will get through this, one more. chris sends us this from redcar. is that enough moon for you? that‘s good... it was going to come. 0ne that‘s good... it was going to come. one thing we have been looking at in the last few days is this, new zealand. a tropical cyclone near new caledonia and it‘s been working its way towards new zealand. it is moved across the south island is a powerful area of low pressure. this has brought some strong blast of wind, up to 160 kilometres an hour. how many miles? about 100 miles an hour. very powerful winds. the american west london‘s says there are trees down throughout, and the rain has been torrential, causing problems in dunedin. 80 millimetres of rain

falling in an hour. the rain has been tremendous. you spoke about this the other day because they have a mad rain for months. this summer in new zealand has been one of the war ones. 0n this summer in new zealand has been one of the war ones. on monday they had temperatures up to 38 celsius. the ground is hard baked. we have had this cloud and rain moving and it has caused a few problems. we have done space and new zealand, people would quite like to know what is happening here! i suppose i better get on with that, then. as far as the weather is concerned here, cold winds feeding m, concerned here, cold winds feeding in, bringing plenty of showers, an area of rain snaking down the east coast at the moment from lancashire to east anglia. it will get quite close to london to get to this evening. it feels cold. 0vernight tonight, though strong winds will continue to feed showers in an northern and eastern areas. the risk of them icy patches and treated and bridges * tie-sires. ~ m