this is bbc news. the headlines at six. survivors of the school shooting in florida arejoined by hundreds of thousands of people across america at rallies calling for tighter gun controls. we will continue to fight for those things that are right. we will continue to fight for common—sense and for our lives. we will continue to fight for our dead friends. this is the scene in washington at the ‘march for our lives‘ event — where victims of gun crime are making emotional pleas for action. he fell as a hero — tributes to the french policeman who died after saving the lives of hostages. owen smith says he'll continue to argue against brexit, despite being sacked from the labour front bench. and cambridge take the 2018 men's boat race and once more, the

splashing and smiling celebrations begin on this stretch of the terms. and victory on the thames for cambridge as both the men and the women win this year's boat races. good evening and welcome to bbc news. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have gathered in cities across the united states, demanding tighter gun control. the ‘march for our lives‘ movement is being spearheaded by survivors of the parkland school shooting in which 17 people were killed. there have been more than 800 protests across the us and abroad — with an estimated half a million people gathering at the main rally in washington. parkland shooting survivor delaney tarr addressed the crowd,

and warned that the protests would not fade away. this is more thanjust this is more than just a this is more thanjust a march, this is more than just one day, one event and moving on. this is not a mere publicity stunt, this is a movement. this is a movement relying on the persistence and passion of its people. cheering and applause. we cannot move on. if we move on, the nra and those against us will win. they want us those against us will win. they want us to forget and to silence our voices and they want us to retreat into the shadows. they want to be back on top and unquestioned in their corruption. we will not let that happen. cheering and applause. today and every day, we will continue to fight for those things that are right. we

will fight for common—sense, we will fight for our lives. we will continue to fight for our dead friends. there will be no faltering, no pauses in our cars. every moment will be dedicated to those pieces of legislation, every march, every meeting, every moment. all for that assault weapons ban, to keep these weapons out of the hands of civilians who do not need them. for that prohibition of high capacity magazines. all for the reinforcement of background checks and closing of liberals because there must be more requirement for someone to have a gun bana requirement for someone to have a gun ban a wad of cash. let us go live to washington, it is the main rally with many of the survivors of the parkland shooting. they are

speaking there. this is ariana grande singing now. of course, it was at the end of her concert at the manchester arena that a suicide bomber devastated the lives of so many. she visited survivors of that attack in hospital and now here she is supporting the students of parkland, all the students who have gathered to call for tighter gun controls. what we will do is we will try and dip back in when perhaps the next speaker comes onto the stage, but let us bring you a clip bowl of other survivors of the parkland shooting speaking at the protest in florida itself. my classmates and i laid on the floor hearing rapid

gunfire. as i am aware that the tape playing in my head will not be rewind, iam playing in my head will not be rewind, i am aware that the need for change is overdue. change was due before 17 lives were brutally taken from such innocent souls. i acknowledge that change comes with time, but when time is so precious, it is hard to wait. it is time for an immediate change. alex's death could have been prevented. 17 beautiful angels lives, and loss could have been prevented. alex was mortally wounded by gunshots that came through his classroom door. while he was working on an english paper with three of his friends. that monster never entered alex's classroom. if the doors had just been bullet— proof classroom. if the doors had just been bullet—proof and the windows, alex and many others would still be alive today. our

correspondent. we have been hearing speeches on the stage behind make. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue is at the march in washington and spoke to one of the performers. they say never again. they believe their time has come, their generation has come to affect some real change. let the introduce you to the lady who opened the show, andra day, welcome to bbc news. what made you want to sing here today? andra day, welcome to bbc news. what made you want to sing here today7|j made you want to sing here today?” think gun reform, for me getting rid of guns is something i have been lobbying for for a long time. to see this generation of young people standing up and saying we will not standing up and saying we will not stand for it any more. we will not stand for it any more. we will not stand for it any more. we will not stand for those politics, it is our lives on the line and i have been

directly affected by gun violence, friends and family members. for me, i had to be here for the people that i have lost. i had to be here for these kids and everyone who has been affected by this. it is a sickness. the white house has said that school safety is our top priority.” the white house has said that school safety is our top priority. i would say that school safety is my top priority. i think we have different ideas about how to go about it. if thatis ideas about how to go about it. if that is really their top priority, they need to listen to the citizens and the people who are on the ground. arming our teachers is not an option, or access to guns is not an option, or access to guns is not an option, or access to guns is not an option and it does not work. i feel like if that is what they want to do, baby to listen to the people. we are telling them what works and what does not. why are all these thousands of kids here? what has changed? i think, thousands of kids here? what has changed? ithink, gun thousands of kids here? what has changed? i think, gun violence thousands of kids here? what has changed? ithink, gun violence is thousands of kids here? what has changed? i think, gun violence is a sickness. it has affected

communities like mine for such a long time and it is spreading and beginning to affect so many communities and it has for a long time. ithink communities and it has for a long time. i think this generation, we live in a generation that is driven by social media and everything is transparent and bad is the way they wa nt transparent and bad is the way they want things to be. they will not deal with the bs politics, they do not want the lies, they do not want people trying to get money, hidden in the guise of our rights. we want our rights, but we want to live. this generation is fed up. they are tired of it and they are echoing what people like me and generations before me have been saying for years. we are honoured to be here. in washington, martin luther king junior‘s nine year old grand—daughter addressed the crowd. my my grandfather had a dream that his grandchildren would not be judged

my grandfather had a dream that his grandchildren would not bejudged by the colour of their skin, but by their character. i have a dream that enough is enough. and that this should be a gun free world. period. cheering and applause. will you please repeat these words after me. spread the word! all across the nation! way. are going to be. a great generation. and let us go live to the rally in washington. the speaker is alex king, he has been talking about some statistics on gun violence. that was a huge turning point in my life. i started doing a lot of bad things, hanging around a bad crowd. i started to really give up. but, there is this principle

about dr king, that the love of community is defining work for the future. and what that means is, how our community is now is how we will be affected in the future if we do not make a change. if we are acting like a not make a change. if we are acting likeafamily not make a change. if we are acting like a family now, we will not act like a family now, we will not act like family in the future. if pain is in our community now, it will forever be there in the future if we do not change. cheering and applause. our community has been affected by gun violence for so long and will continue to be affected by it. if we do not do something. through my friends and colleagues, i found help something. through my friends and colleagues, ifound help to something. through my friends and colleagues, i found help to come up out of a dark place. everyone does not have the same resources and support system as i was lucky to have. myself and a few other people we re have. myself and a few other people were able to take a trip to visit the students of parkland and share are traumas. we left not only

knowing that we would support one another but also realising that without the proper resources, this issue of violence will not be solved and we will not stop until we are properly resourced in our communities. cheering and applause. so, family, let us continue to fight for what is right and since we are family now.” would like to pass on one of the traditions that me and my family does. as i do this, i would ask that you follow me and repeat after me. there is this african clap that we do that shows unity. unity is strength. look at the numbers here today. do you see this? so, here is how it goes... first i will say one, a simple clap. it is like this. one. 0ne. a simple clap. it is like this. one. one. one. 0k? now, nexti

a simple clap. it is like this. one. one. one. 0k? now, next i will say four and how that works is two sets of two. four. four. and now here is the tricky part. now, we are going to do then. which is two sets of three and two sets of two. when i say then, it goes like this... do you think we can do this as a family? that is what i like to hear. 0ne. family? that is what i like to hear. one. one. one. four. four. ten. ten.

i love you all. cheering and applause. unity, solidarity at march four our lives in washington. feelings that are being replicated at the march for our lives across the united states and hundreds of people have also attended... well — hundreds of people have attended demonstrations here in the uk — in solidarity with the protests in the united states. campaigners gathered at the new us embassy in south london this morning — to back calls for tougher gun controls. a demonstration was also held outside the us consulate in edinburgh — where speakers included the family of a victim of the dunblane school massacre, in 1996. in other news — theresa may has joined those paying tribute to a policeman who died after switching places with a hostage — during an attack on a supermarket in southern france on friday. lieutena nt—colonel arnaud beltrame was shot by the gunman in the small town of trebes, from where gavin lee reports. tributes of remembrance and gratitude for lieutenant

colonel arnaud beltrame, the heroic officer that secured the release of hostages by taking their place, and ultimately, losing his life. he was one of the first at the scene of the super u supermarket in the southern french town of trebes where dozens of french shoppers were held by an islamist extremist gunman. during the siege, two people were shot dead, 16 were injured. 0thers told reporters how they escaped. translation: i went in the freezer with a dozen other people. then we opened a door at the back, there was a small room. an anti—panic room. we pushed it and we were out. translation: he ran after me. why he didn't shoot, i don't know. maybe he ran out of bullets, i don't know. after two hours, the gunman agreed to exchange the remaining hostages with arnaud, who switched from outside negotiator to hostage and left his phone open once inside, which allowed special forces act. when they heard shots,

they moved in to kill the gunman. this morning, the french interior minister gerarad collomb confirmed arnaud beltrame had died overnight, adding that france would never forget his bravery and sacrifice. forensic teams are working here inside the supermarket. and as the investigation begins into yet another terrorist attack on french soil, we're starting to learn more details about the attacker, 25—year—old redouane lakdim, a moroccan national living locally who had been in the sights of french intelligence services. but ultimately, they didn't consider him a terrorist threat. the immediate focus will be on determining whether redouane lakdim acted alone or had been to syria and had links to so—called islamic state. three other victims of the attack are expected to be named later today. gavin lee, bbc news in the south of france. social media has been flooded

with tributes to the french police officer, arnauld beltrame. including from the french president, emmanuel macron. on twitter, mr macron says he's sending his sincere condolences to the police officer's family and calls on everyone in france to honour his memory. here, the prime minister theresa may says she is saddened to learn that the officer has died. she adds ‘his sacrifice and courage will never be forgotten.‘ there have also been a number of tributes from those involved in british policing. stirling police have tweeted a picture of the gendarme, with the caption ‘in memory of arnauld beltrame‘, hashtag homage. lincolnshire‘s police and crime commissioner markjones says ‘so sorry to hear the exceptionally brave french police officer arnaud beltrame has died after swapping himself with a hostage taken by a terrorist yesterdsay. by a terrorist yesterday. this time, france, next time, who knows. our police run towards danger we run from, and we should never forget that and we should never forget that.

the former shadow northern ireland secretary, owen smith, has said he will continue to oppose labour‘s stance on brexit after he was sacked for calling for a second referendum on the terms of the final leave deal. of the final leave deal. mr smith said he believed jeremy corbyn wanted to adopt a more euro sceptic approach — which he believed would damage the country‘s economy. he said he was speaking up for the majority of labour party members on the issue of brexit. labour members have been speaking strongly. we passed a resolution last year that was frankly exactly the same as what i said. members across the country have been contacting me before and after my sacking to say that this is what they believe. the vast majority of members seek —— backers seeking a much better deal on brexit. earlier labour mpjohn mann — who backed brexit — said owen smith had a responsibility to publicly support labour policy.

owen smith needs to or needed to stick to collective responsibility. it isa stick to collective responsibility. it is a team if you are in the shadow cabinet. that has been the case ever since the labour party was formed. it was under clement attlee, harold wilson, tony blair and it is right and proper. he is entitled to his view but not to express views that are not the views of the labour party when he is in the shadow cabinet. actually, he should have resigned and saved mr corbyn the problem of sacking him. didn't labour conference say final settle m e nt labour conference say final settlement should be subject to approval in parliament and possibly through a general election or referendum? it said that in 2016 but in 2017 we had a general election and in that election, the labour manifesto that we all stood on, i

did, owen smith dead, said that labour accepts the result of the referendum. that was the opening statement. there was no ambiguity. he is entitled to have his own review but that is the manifesto he stood on, we all stood on it, he is not entitled to be in the shadow cabinet and take a view at variance with where the party is going and at variance with that manifesto. labour is not in favour of a second referendum. is he at variance with a significant proportion of the labour party? many would argue that he is not. he clearly isn't in his constituency because they voted a majority to leave, as did wales and large numbers of labour voters across the country. he may be in tune with labour members but not in tune with labour members but not in

tune with labour voters, particularly in places like is in south wales, like in the midlands and the north of england, he is totally at variance with most labour vote rs totally at variance with most labour voters and we need to remember, those labour voters, there are boats will be needed for as ever to be in power. it does expose, doesn't it, labour divisions and how problematic you think that will be for mr corbyn for attempts to get back into government. there are divisions in all parties. we have in the conservative party people like anna soubry, nicky morgan and kenneth clarke, arch remainers voting repeatedly against the government. in the labour party there are different views, it has always been that case when it comes to the european union. in this referendum it was and in the 11975 when we first went in. different views on europe and the eu in particular are not unusual. he is entitled to express and campaign for his views

but what he is not entitled to do is acce pt but what he is not entitled to do is accept a job at the top of the labour party and then go and do his own thing as opposed to stick with the team view. if you take a position, you have collective responsibility, that has always been the case and it is rightly so that it is the case. do you think now go on the backbenches, he could cause more difficulty for mr corbyn than if mr corbyn had kept him in the shadow cabinet? no. ithink if mr corbyn had kept him in the shadow cabinet? no. i think what is important is that mr corbyn, that the labour party keeps listening to the labour party keeps listening to the country. the country has not changed its mind on the referendum. that was fairly close vote, but the country has not changed its mind. what i am hearing repeatedly from people who voted leave and people who voted remain, let us get on with it and what labour is saying, is

let's get the best deal on brexit and that means the best deal for jobs, for british workers, and the best deal for british industry. that is what i hope he will concentrate his efforts on, i certainly am, and i think that is what the public wants us to be doing. well a reminder this coming thursday marks 1 year to go before the uk leaves the eu. and throughout the week we will be putting your questions to a range of experts. you can tweet us your questions using the hashtag bbc ask this; by texting 61124 or emailing... public health england have issued fresh precautionary advice to anyone in salisbury who may have come into contact with the nerve agent used to attack sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. the advice is relevant to as many as 500 people who may have visited the pub and pizza restaurant between the time of the poisoning and before they were closed the following night. our correspondent kathryn stanczyszynis in salisbury. and it is a busy saturday here in

salisbury. busier than the last couple of weekends, partly down to the free parking that the council announced to try and get people back into salisbury. they said that businesses and shops have been suffering because people have been staying away. there is still a police cordon in place at the park we re police cordon in place at the park were sergei skripal and yulia were found unconscious on sunday the 11th of march. one week later public health england issued advice to anyone who had been in the zizzi restau ra nt anyone who had been in the zizzi restaurant or at the the mill pub from the sunday afternoon until the monday evening at closing time, say that anyone who had been in those locations needed to wash their clothes as a precaution

because prolonged or repeated exposure to any of the nerve agent used could be dangerous to health. they said it was precautionary but they were advising people to wash their possessions and clothes unless they were dry clean only or something that could not be washed, they were saying bag them up, put them in plastic twice and keep them safe. the latest advice yesterday from public health england was talking about possessions but said if you have got those dry clean only or other things you cannot wash, contact wiltshire council who will arrange to come and pick those possessions up to be destroyed. they have not confirmed that but that is very likely to be what they mean because they are talking about compensation, that you will be paid for those items. people in salisbury have told me they are concerned that

this advice came out after that initial ad vice because if that was the case, why not tell people then? generally most people going about their business as normal today and saying they are just trying to carry on life here. has there been any more reaction from russia to the investigation here? we are hearing reports from moscow in the last hour via reuters that russia, moscow has said that europe is being unpredictable and aggressive. it is following the backing that eu leaders gave to theresa may in the week saying that they agree it is highly likely that russia was behind this poisoning and that it represents a threat to shared european values. that is why the eu recalled its ambassador from european values. that is why the eu recalled its ambassadorfrom russia and that is why it is thinking about next apps. these reports say that moscow says it is uncomfortable about that european stance over the poisoning and it is unpredictable and aggressive behaviour, but this is the reality we have to live with, thatis is the reality we have to live with, that is according to the kremlin spokesperson. a rescue operation to try

and save a large group of whales, who became stranded on a beach in western australia, has come to an end. all but five of the 150 short—finned pilot whales have died, despite the efforts of conservation officers at hamelin bay. it came nine years — to the day — after the last mass stranding at the same spot. phil mercer in sydney has the story four hours, dozens of volunteers supported by vets and wildlife officials tried to save survivors from a stranded pod of short finned pilot whales. about 150 were found at hamelin bay in western australia. most were dead by the time help arrived. but rescuers using heavy machinery did manage to return six animals into the water. for us, the biggest concern is them being out of the water and sunburnt, so we‘ve got them covered, and we‘re trying to keep them as moist as we can. one didn‘t survive, and there is a risk the others could return to dry land. it‘s not the first time there‘s been

a mass beaching in this part of the western australian coast. but scientists don‘t know why some whales appear to be drawn as if by a magnet to the shore. researchers have called hamelin bay a whale trap. they believe the shallow waters and coastline can interfere with the bio acoustic sonar these graceful mammals use to navigate safely. there is a theory that intense wind and waves generated by cyclone marcus that‘s been battering parts of northern australia could have disrupted the whales‘ sensitive guidance system. the dna samples are being taken from the dead mammals to try to understand why so many ended up on the beach. work to remove their bodies is continuing. a shark alert has also been issued by fisheries authorities in western australia, because of fears the whale carcasses may attract ocean predators. phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. the bbc and in

the the bbc bbc news is coming up with clive myrie, but first the weather with lucy martin. feeling fairly springlike this weekend with tomorrow seen the lion‘s share of the sunshine, good spells of sunshine and just the risk of one or two showers, particularly for the north and west. a lot of dry weather around and brightness. today there has been a north—south split. that is thanks to that low pressure. the storm has been named hugo. stormy conditions for spain but across the uk, more in the way of cloud in the south. we have seen scenes like this today in the southern part of the uk. further north, increasingly so, and for scotla nd north, increasingly so, and for scotland as well, good spells of sunshine. there have been a few showers in the north and west. a

little bit wintry over the hills in scotland. clear skies moving south—east, the cloud lingering for the south and east of an and where we have back, there could be drizzle and some missed, but the temperatures will not fall as far. a cold night to come in the clear skies and a touch of frost forming. a reminder that the clocks go forward tonight and tomorrow will start off with a mild start, cloudy here, it will lift and break, more brightness developing. away from that, good spells of sunshine, one or two showers. northern ireland, northern england as well but with light winds it will not feel bad. a maximum of 12 degrees. the milder conditions will not last as we start next week, we will see a turn to something colder. the risk of snow on tuesday and wednesday, but some uncertainty. stay tuned to the forecast. a fairly chilly start on monday but a bright one, plenty of

sunshine, turning cloudy with spells of rain pushing them from the west. temperature is largely staying in double figures for many of us, and maximum of 12 degrees. through tuesday and wednesday we picked up an easterly north—easterly wind, it will turn colder, we will see milder air replaced with something colder from the east. the chance of seeing snow through tuesday and wednesday. some uncertainty and stay tuned to the forecast. a quick reminder that the clocks going forward, so do not forget to reset your clocks tomorrow.