this is bbc news. the headlines at five: the australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the icc — over the ball tampering scandal. the australian prime minister says he's shocked and disappointed. it seemed completely beyond belief that the australian cricket team had been involved in cheating. after all, our cricketers are role models. catalonia's former president carles puigdemont is arrested in germany after crossing the borderfrom denmark. an extra 3,000 midwives are to be trained in england to ease staff shortages and improve care. in the next hour, france remembers the police officer and three other people killed in the terror attack on friday. a memorial service has been held in the tiny southern french town of trebes — led by the bishop of carcassonne. a new series of paintings and sculptures by damien hirst go

on show for the first time at houghton hall in norfolk. and in 45 minutes, mark kermode gives his take on the week's movie releases in the film review. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the australia cricket captain steve smith has been given a one match ban and fined 100% of his match fee after admitting he knew about a plan to tamper with a ball during a test match. batsman cameron bancroft has also been fined 75% of his match fee, after he admitted interfering with the ball during the third test against south africa. the international cricket council have released a statement,

saying: this report now from our correspondent in sydney, phil mercer. play has resumed in cape town with australia fighting to avoid defeat in the third test, but off the field some of its players are battling to save their careers. they've been caught cheating and back home, the nation is reeling with shock and embarrassment. just how cameron bancroft thought he could get away with tampering with the ball, using sticky tape and dirt, in front of dozens of tv cameras, is unclear. i saw an opportunity to potentially use some tape, get some granules from the rough patches on the wicket, and try to, i guess, change the ball condition. his captain, steve smith,

who was part of the conspiracy, has agreed to stand down for the remainder of the match along with his deputy david warner. i'm not proud of what's happened. you know, it's not within the spirit of the game. my integrity, the team's integrity... both men will continue to play under an interim skipper. there is, though, mounting pressure for smith to quit. cricket australia, the governing body, is sending two senior officials to south africa to investigate the scandal. the prime minister, malcolm turnbull, said he shared his country's disappointment. it seemed completely beyond belief that the australian cricket team had been involved in cheating. after all, our cricketers are role models, and cricket is synonymous with fair play. 0n social media, there was more

disbelief and anger. the former australian skipper michael clarke hoped it was alljust a bad dream, while other retired players said the game had taken a devastating blow. tampering with the ball using so—called foreign objects is strictly prohibited in cricket. there are legal ways to alter the condition of one side of the ball to help it swing or move unpredictably through the air. in this case, australia has crossed the line. cricket is australia's national sport, and many fans could well be asking themselves one simple yet searching question of steve smith and some of his team—mates — just what were they thinking? phil mercer, bbc news, sydney. well, amid the controversy, the third test between south africa and australia continues in cape town. aussie fans mixed

with home supporters at the iconic newlands ground. as both sides digested the significance of yesterday's events — this is what some fans had to say. disappointed with the whole thing. the captain standing down was the only thing he could do. there are a lot of young and aspiring cricketers watching the game and i think it's bad for the sport. and i personally think they did it because they felt the pressure. i'm one person who's not waving the flag today because of the unsportsmanlike behaviour carried out by our team yesterday. it's a bit of a personal protest. they never even really admitted that they cheated, they just said that they thought they saw an advantage. it's a bad example for kids and it's just a terrible thing to do. the government says it's creating more than 3,000 training places on midwifery courses in england over the next four years. it says it's the "largest ever"

increase in the number of nhs midwives and maternity staff. but there are concerns that this may not be enough to solve acute staffing problems — as our health correspondent, catherine burns reports. currently, women can see several different midwives during their pregnancy, but the department of health and social care wants to change that. it's pledging that by 2021, most women will have a named midwife throughout. that continuity is expected to be safer for mothers and babies. so the government is planning a 25% increase in training places, starting with 650 extra places next year. if we are going to have what we call the continuity of carer, the same team of midwives, we think that could potentially save 700 babies' lives every year and potentially prevent 500 babies being born with brain damage, but it needs more midwives. until last year, training midwives and nurses in england got a bursary. that was scrapped last summer, so they now have to pay tuition fees like other students.

if you try to deliver continuity of carer without sufficient midwives, all you get is burnt out midwives, so we do need these numbers, and that is why we welcome these extra 3,000. it will take a while for those numbers to come through. there already aren't enough nhs midwives in england. estimates put the shortfall ataround 3,500. over the last five years, the number of midwives leaving or retiring has outstripped the numbers of newly qualified joiners. the government has announced a new pay deal for nhs staff in england, with an increase of at least 6.5% over three years. that may go some way towards dealing with staffing issues but unless the nhs gets better at keeping staff, the extra training places may only have a limited impact. catherine burns, bbc news. a 14—year—old girl is in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital after a group of youths were run

down by a car on a pavement in glasgow. police say the silver vauxhall astra with two men in it was driven deliberately at the youngsters. the car failed to stop. detectives are treating the attack in castlemilk yesterday afternoon as attempted murder. two other girls and two boys were treated for minor injuries at the scene. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, has dismissed allegations of cheating by the leave campaign during the eu referendum as "utterly ludicrous". in interviews with channel 4 news and the observer, a volunteer for vote leave has accused the official brexit campaign of breaching electoral spending limits. vote leave has denied this. 0ur political correspondent susanna mendonca explained the nature of the allegations. vote leave, as the official leave campaign, got to spend up to £7 million. if you were one of the smaller campaign groups, you could spend up to £700,000. the allegation from this former vote leave volunteer, shahmir sanni,

is that vote leave spent more than it should have done, and it did so by using a smaller campaign group in order to spend more money. so vote leave gave £625,000 to a group called beleave, which was a youth campaign promoting brexit. that is legitimate. that wouldn't have been against the rules. but what this former volunteer is saying is that beleave was not an independent campaign group, that the money that was given to it was spent with a company that was used by vote leave in order to do digital advertising. if that were the case, that would be against the rules, but vote leave and beleave have both denied that. and borisjohnson was of course at the forefront of the leave campaign, and he has been talking about this. boris johnson tweeted in response and described this as completely ludicrous. he said vote leave won the referendum fair and square. we've also heard from others who have been critical

about this like tom watson from the labour party, who has said that theresa may, the prime minister, needs to make sure that the electoral commission has all of the resources it needs to fully investigate this issue. the police could potentially be called in if needs be. is that investigation going to happen? the electoral commission is investigating. it has investigated the leave campaign twice last year and found no evidence against them. they are now investigating a number of different allegations. and on this specific claim? the electoral commission would not tell us whether they were investigating this specific claim, but we know that mr sanni has given his evidence to the electoral commission and we understand that tomorrow at some point, he will be revealing his evidence. so far, we don't know what it is. and also news about the conservative mp dan poulter. people might remember that in the autumn, there were a number of conservative mps accused

of inappropriately touching women or behaving inappropriately towards women. dan poulter was one of those who was accused. he vehemently denied it, but he was accused by andrew bridgen, a fellow mp, that women had complained about being treated inappropriately by dan poulter. the conservative party have said that the investigation into this was thorough and impartial and chaired by an independent qc and that there was insufficient evidence to support the complaint, so he has been cleared of that by the conservative party. well, a reminder that this coming thursday marks one the uk leaves the eu and throughout the week, we will be putting your questions to a range of experts. the former catalan president,

carles puidgemont, has been arrested in germany. his lawyer says he was detained when he crossed the borderfrom denmark. mr puidgemont fled to belgium following a banned independence referendum in the catalan city of barcelona last october. a warrant was issued by the spanish authorities for his arrest across europe on friday. let's speak to our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness. firstly, just take us through the circumstances leading up to the arrest by the german authorities? he had been in finland for a conference, where he had been promoting catalan independence. then he was travelling back by car from finland back to belgium where, as you say, he has been in self—imposed exile since the catalan independence vote. 0n the way from denmark to

germany, he crossed the border into germany, he crossed the border into germany and was then detained by police, apparently following a tip—off from spanish intelligence services to german police. he is now being held in a police station in northern germany. the next step will be looking at whether german officials agree with the extradition request by spain. we have now had 13 different charges against 13 different charges against 13 different catalan leaders, as well as six different requests for extradition, international arrest wa rra nts extradition, international arrest warrants including a professor in st andrews university, interestingly, who was a former education minister in the catalan government. right now, the focus is on the former president, mr puigdemont, and it will be interesting to see whether the germans agree with that extradition request. so the next

step is for him to appear before a judge in germany. when will that happen? years due to appear tomorrow morning before a judge to confirm his identity. then the complicated legal process will begin of whether the germans agree with the extradition request. 0ne consideration could be whether similar charges of rebellion and sedition also exist in germany. that would make the extradition easier, but the whole process could take months. it will be interesting to see firstly if it takes a long time and also, if it does happen, we had and also, if it does happen, we had a similar request a few months ago. spanish officials already requested once for an international arrest order and for mr puigdemont to be extradited from belgium. they then withdrew that request with the idea that mr puigdemont would voluntarily returned to spain. that didn't happen, so now they have reissued this arrest request. now we have to wait and see if the german officials agree with that and whether they will send him back to spain for what

the spanish authorities say is a legitimate trial, but what mr puigdemont would say is an unfair trial. what would you say the public mood is in germany with regards to what is happening to mr puigdemont? 0n the one hand, the german government would traditionally a lwa ys government would traditionally always support the eu position and would stay out of matters of other countries, which has been the official brussels line as well. but german public opinion in some quarters is quite supportive of cata la n quarters is quite supportive of catalan independence. really, the overall mood will be a legalistic approach. it is now down to the lawyers to decide whether the exhibition should be carried out. presumably, they will come down with a clear definition of whether the international arrest warrant is valid. if it is, the german government will simply swing behind that german public opinion will probably follow. thank you. these

are the latest pictures coming to us from barcelona, where supporters of cata la n from barcelona, where supporters of catalan independence, many of them carrying catalan separatist flags, have been demonstrating to protest over the arrest of carles puigdemont by the authorities in germany. thousands of people taking part in this demonstration, gathering on the mailing boulevard, las ramblas, and heading to the offices of the european commission in barcelona. a big display of support for carles puigdemont by people protesting against his arrest by the german authorities. a memorial mass has been held in the french town of trebes to remember the four people killed by a jihadist gunman on friday. a police officer who swapped places with a hostage at the supermarket siege will also be honoured in a separate national memorial in the coming days. from paris, here's hugh schofield. palm sunday, the start of holy week

for catholics. in the medieval church of st etienne in trebes, mass todayis church of st etienne in trebes, mass today is laden with significance. they have come to remember the four people who were killed in the terrorist attack on friday, and in particular that actress of one man, lieutenant colonel arnaud beltrame —— the sacrifice of one man who lay down his life so that others might be saved. translation: in the midst of the terrible events of friday, one man coded himself for a victim and paid with his life. arnaud beltrame was himself a practising catholic. according to the bishop, he combined the devotion of a soldier with the faith of the christian preparing for holy week. contemplating the hugeness of his act of self—sacrifice, the french simply feel or. at the gendarmerie

where he was based in carcassonne and that others around the country, they have been leaving their tributes. translation: ithink sacrificing one's life to save a hostage is higher than anything. it is heroic. that poor boy, it's so sad. it's terrible, what happened. translation: yes, it's the very definition of a hero. i think it's simple. it is expressed here by his act. it's sad, but he's a hero. what arnaud beltrame did at the supermarket, giving himself up to the gunmen in return for hostages, was a decision taken in a split—second. for the general who commands france's gendarmerie, it an act of the man. translation: it was an act of heroism, and exceptional act taken in the heat of action. he performed his duty to the limit. we are all proud of that. we are proud of having had him in our ranks. his

example must inspire us in the future in the daily work we do protecting our fellow citizens. at the worst and most frightening moments on friday, a man carried out a deed of selfless honour. for many in france and notjust churchgoers, thatis in france and notjust churchgoers, that is a source of hope. a quick line for you about the cricket in south africa, the third test. australia have lost the third test, adding to their woes after the ball tampering scandal that has engulfed the team. a suicide car bomber has blown himself up near the somali parliament in mogadishu. police say the number of casualties is unclear, but at least one person has been killed. the militant group al shabaab carries out frequent attacks in the somali capital, and claimed responsibility for a bomb last week near a hotel

which killed 14 people. three more rebel—held towns are being evacuated in the syrian region of eastern ghouta. it leaves only one major settlement there in rebel hands. local rebel leaders have agreed a deal with president assad's government for the evacuees to be taken to opposition—held territory in idlib province. eastern ghouta has been subjected to one of the heaviest bombardments of the syrian war and only small pockets remain in the hands of rebels. buses carrying fighters, their families and others, left eastern ghouta late on saturday as the government tightened its grip on the enclave outside damascus. the coaches headed to the north—western province of idlib, which is still controlled by the opposition. in recent weeks, the syrian military has cut the territory into three separate pockets, forcing the opposition to negotiate withdrawals. thousands more people began the process of evacuation on sunday morning following a deal struck

between government forces and a local rebel group, faylaq al—rahman. the surrender of zamalka, arbin and ain terma leaves the city of douma as the last rebel—held stronghold. it is held by jaysh al—islam, and talks are under way to evacuate their fighters. damascus city lies immediately adjacent to the newly cleared rebel territory. here, residents have been rejoicing as they expect no longer be hit by opposition mortars. over 70% of eastern ghouta is now under control of government forces who have moved in. restoring rule here would be a major gain for president bashar al—assad, and represent a success for his strategy of battering towns to breaking point. as well as flattening whole districts, over 1,500 people have been killed by syrian government forces, supported by the russian military backed by iran, in an offensive which was launched on the rebel—held territory last month. firefighters are continuing

to tackle a major blaze in rochdale in greater manchester — more than 2a hours after arriving at the scene. it broke out at a derelict mill yesterday afternoon, as ian haslam reports. at its height, dozens of firefighters tackled the blaze at the derelict proofings mill in littleborough. when the crews arrived, it was a developing fire involving three floors. it spread quite rapidly, with some concern for neighbouring properties. so just for safety, we had to evacuate approximately 12 buildings. around a0 residents were allowed back into their homes within a few hours. part of the mill has now collapsed and firefighters are still working hard to extinguish remaining pockets of fire. they say they expect to be at the site for the next two to three days. fire in old mills and derelict mills always pose a hazard for us. we're finding it difficult to get

to those pockets of fire so we can fully extinguish it. if you're in the properties, keep your doors and windows closed just so there are no products of the smoke into your premises. the fire service says it's still too early to determine the cause of the blaze. the first scheduled non—stop flight between australia and europe landed this morning in london. the boeing dreamliner tookjust over 17 hours to complete its 14,500 kilometre journey from perth. the head of qantas described the service as a "game—changing route". and it's already on the way back to australia. a symbol of the industrial revolution, it forged the way for engineering, construction and architecture as well as being the forerunner to the mega bridges and skyscrapers we see today.

now, the world's first iron bridge, built almost 240 years ago in shropshire, is undergoing a multi—million pound conservation project. john maguire went along to take a look. what we are seeing here is really a symbol of how the industrial revolution helped to create the modern world. it shows innovation, it shows engineering technology, and it shows something which has really stood the test of time. but at the moment, the iron bridge thatjoined two to create the town that took its name is not on show itself. at the grand old age of 239, it is undergoing a major £3.6 million conservation project. iron is famously strong, but can crack if bent or twisted, and as the ground has moved, the bridge has been forced upwards by as much as four inches in places. now we are on top of the bridge. this gives you a good idea of what has happened here. they dug down through the road surface to expose these iron plates. each one would weigh several tonnes. just look here.

there is a huge crack in there. this piece could fall off at any time, so that is the type of problem that needs to be fixed. despite the current major works, it remains open to pedestrians. english heritage will soon open these walkways to allow visitors to see close—up what's going on below the deck. from repairing broken components, cleaning things down, painting, everything that happens to the bridge, as far as possible, we will make sure it is accessible to the public. we have been given special access inside. picking your way through the bones of what feels like the bridge's ribcage, you get a real sense of the task at hand. old paint and rust is being blasted off in conditions that bring to mind the black air that would have filled the gorge at the height of the industrial revolution. no modern protective clothing for them. this isn't restoration, it's conservation. we don't want to find ourselves thinking we have done a greatjob and then in 30 years' time

we make a huge problem for the people who come after us, who then spend their time trying to undo what we did. so we make sure that all our interventions are reversible. the bridge's builder, abraham derby iii, was a visionary, a revolutionary. nobody had used this wondrous material, iron, in this way before. two and a half centuries later, these wedges are being recreated in one of the country's few remaining iron foundries. we are absolutely in awe of the fact that they had none of the facilities we have now. they were pioneers of their day, having to create their whole infrastructure to support the melting of metal in a way that was totally, totally on the edge. how on earth did they manage it? standing here watching these masters at work using techniques similar to theirforebears, the centuries fall away. when the iron bridge is unveiled once again in the autumn,

it will have a new paintjob and a renewed understanding of how it was built. its place in history is irrefutable, and this major project will ensure its place in the future. john maguire, bbc news, shropshire. a new series of paintings by damien hirst is going on show at houghton hall in norfolk. it's the first time they will be shown to the public. the exhibition also includes hirst sculptures installed throughout the 18th—century house and gardens. alex dunlop reports. home of our first prime minister, 300—year—old houghton hall seems, at first glance, an unlikely backdrop for the shock of the new. but one of the country's most controversial artists reckons this hall and his work are a natural fit. i think they work really well. i mean, i love seeing things out of context, or in a different context. famous for making a massive

fortune, pickled sharks and a diamond—encrusted skull, damien hirst dominated the art scene in the 1990s. now he's taken over the spectacular state rooms of this norfolk country estate. gone are the old master paintings, replaced by 46 canvases of spots. we have a new series of paintings by damien hirst. the first spot paintings he made were very similar to this. they were painted freehand. how do you think they work in this room? well, it was a bit of a gamble, i admit it, but certainly both damien and i are very happy with the results. next door, a hairdryer keeps a ping—pong ball afloat. two more, like eyeballs, float above a skull, and these hirst sculptures could assault all the senses. it's all about chance. and of course, the lottery is entirely about chance. very noisy!

yes, very noisy. 0utside, some of damien hirst‘s best—known and most striking sculptures sit in the parkland, from the classical to the frankly surreal. it looks so great, doesn't it? when i got here, i wasjust going to do the paintings, but when we had a walk around the grounds, you just think it would be a shame not to have a little journey around the gardens with some sculptures as well. so the whole thing makes sense. it's not really a gamble, because the architecture's so amazing. put anything here, and it looks really good. i don't know how they got this massive sculpture here in one piece, but i'm told they did. it's called the virgin mother, an exposing, an unwrapping, if you like, of the human form. and love it or loathe it, well, you certainly can't ignore it. it's a beautiful site for paintings and sculpture. happy man? who, me or him? no, you! yeah, i am very happy, yeah. after just an hour, damien hirst, not your average

struggling artist, was gone. his paintings and sculptures will make their home in this corner of norfolk for the next four months. alex dunlop, bbc news. now the weather with lucy martin. hello there. many of us kicking off british summertime with some sunshine and in the sunshine, it has felt quite springlike. this photo was sent in earlier by a weather watcher in aberdeenshire, plenty of blue skies here and those blue skies gradually spread south—east through the day, where it started a bit more cloudy in the south and east before brightening up. this photo sent in by a weather watcher in kent, some cloud lingering through the day. showers in the north and west die out through this evening and we will see plenty of clear spells overnight, meaning we are in for a chilly night, temperatures falling away, a widespread frost developing for many of us and a few patches of mist and fog in the west. temperatures overnight in towns and cities — it will be colder in rural areas. starting the week, milder temperatures. when the sun comes up, we will see temperatures creeping into double figures, but it will turn colder through the week,

from the north, the area of low pressure moving in from the west and starting to drag in colder air initially into the north but it will gradually move across the british isles. so, a cold and bright start to the day on monday, any patches of mist and fog lifting, turning cloudier from the west gradually, with spells of rain moving into northern ireland, south—west scotland, wales and the south—west of england. brighter in the east, south—east scotland and parts of east anglia holding on to the brightness for the longest, temperatures at a maximum of 13 celsius. as we move into tuesday, overnight we will see a spell of rain, this area of low pressure works its way in from the west and then it grinds to a halt, starting to pivot slightly, so on tuesday there will be spells of rain and in scotland it could fall as snow over the high ground, any brightness i think for the south—west of england, temperatures at a maximum of 13 celsius, starting to turn colder in the north. the rain is still with us on wednesday, so continuing to see spells of rain on wednesday, could fall as snow on the hills

of scotland and northern england. still some showers across england and wales, some of which could be heavy with some hail mixed in. temperatures in the south sticking with double figures, but starting to turn colder, a maximum of a—iodc. as we move towards easter, we will start to lose that springlike feel and it will turn colder. there will be rain at times and it could fall as snow for the high ground in the north. some drier interludes as well. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body, the icc, over the ball—tampering scandal. the australian prime minister has said he's furious at the revelations. it seemed completely beyond belief

that the australian cricket team had been involved in cheating. after all, our cricketers are role models. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of barcelona following the arrest of carles puigdemont. the former catalonian president was detained in germany on a european warrant. he is wanted in spain for sedition. three thousand extra midwives are to be trained over the next four years in the largest—ever increase of maternity staff in england. the plans will also see expectant mothers treated by the same midwives throughout their pregnancy. cricket is where you are starting, australia's woes added to by the result of the third test. yes, we

will wait to see what happens with the australian captain steve smith over the coming days, his prime minister, malcolm turnbull, heard from him, saying, shocked and bitterly disappointed, the head of cricket australia has apologised for the ball tampering scandal that marred the third test against south africa. now steve smith has been suspended for one match, find is entire match fee after admitting he conspired with fellow player cameron ba ncroft to conspired with fellow player cameron bancroft to tamper with the ball. things got worse for australia today as they slumped to a crushing defeat in cape town, smith was booed onto the ground he came in to bat, with australia 59—4. lost his wicket for just seven as australia put in a really lacklustre showing, bowled out for just really lacklustre showing, bowled out forjust 107, losing really lacklustre showing, bowled out for just 107, losing the really lacklustre showing, bowled out forjust 107, losing the match bya out forjust 107, losing the match by a massive 322 runs. all the talk of course was about what one back page down under called smith's shame. australians that i had been speaking to and had contact with

today are the stated, feeling utterly let down by the way that theirteam utterly let down by the way that their team has behaved. they don't like cheats, their captain has come out to admit he has cheated. it is a really important thing now for cricket australia to rebuild trust. they will be a new captain, maybe some new players, but overall, cricket australia should look at the way their players and their team by the game of cricket. most people in the game of cricket. most people in the rest of the cricket world do not like it. i've no doubt in my mind that every past australian cricketer will be absolutely shocked by this. eighth test match for cameron bancroft, cannot believe the leadership group has made a decision to do this, they have gone and got the young kid, weighing his eighth test match, to do that as a leader, you cannot ask somebody to do something you are not willing to do yourself, number one. it is premeditated cheating, blatant cheating, disgraceful, not accepted by anyone. the weather improved on

the fourth day of the opening test between england and new zealand in auckland, after two virtually play free days, the hosts cemented their advantage, england captain joe free days, the hosts cemented their advantage, england captainjoe root went with the last ball of the day as his side were left trailing 237 i’u ns as his side were left trailing 237 runs in the second innings. away from the headlines, the world of cricket keeps on turning, england fa ns of cricket keeps on turning, england fans may delight in australia's turmoil but their team has its own problems to fix. 0nly turmoil but their team has its own problems to fix. only 58 runs on the first innings board, this was a free hit for new zealand to build a lead. england made some breakthroughs, notably through stuart broad, finishing but his team got eight. this will be the sixth straight test where they could not manage 20, the man to profit on day four, henry nicholls, because of the rain, he had been at the crease since day 1, the patient‘s route to a second test century. by the time and new zealand

declared, he had moved to 145, and a lead is not far off 400, the kind of target to test the mental resolve of a batsman but for alastair cook, a sense of deja vu. gone at 6—1 for the second time this week. same result from the same bowler, the same long walk. through mark stoneman, england's openers found some kind of recovery, heaved his way past 50, with the very next ball, set up his dismissal. with him gone, ball, set up his dismissal. with him gone, every balljoe root faced became more important, he got to the last one of the day, but then edged it. the thinnest nick off the glove puts victory in breach of new zealand, and seven wickets on day five will compoundcompound england's problems. studio: in contrast, england's women flying, danielle wyatt hitting a brilliant 52 ball century as they beat india in the third t20 match of their series,

reaching their target of 199 with eight balls to spare, topping the table with two wins from two after also beating australia. now, melbourne, the formula 1 season began with a blow for defending champion lewis hamilton, having taken a brilliant pole position, he ended up in second place after a spot of bad luck allowed the safety car to help four—hour re—sebastian vettel ta ke car to help four—hour re—sebastian vettel take the chequered flag. for the fifth year in a row, lewis hamilton started from pole position in melbourne, but he has only won twice at albert park, that statistic looked set to improve, as the mercedes driver opened up a three second lead over the two ferraris. early drama on hover —— unfolding behind him, max verstappen with an uncharacteristic mistake. romain g rosjea n forced uncharacteristic mistake. romain grosjean forced to retire, missing out on five finish. we thought we were safe, of easy

there is something wrong. overtaking was extremely difficult, sebastian vettel was able to claim a victory few expected. the german won the opening race here last year but lewis hamilton still won the title. britain will be hoping history repeats itself this season. studio: women's number one johanna konta repeats itself this season. studio: women's number onejohanna konta is the root of the fourth round of the miami open, in tennis, she is the defending champion at this event and made relatively light work of belgium's elise mertens, taking the first set, the blue, and then it got even better in the second, 6—2, 6—1, the briton number one makes awaits the briton number one makes awaits the last 16, with venus williams a possible opponent. leicester tigers have boosted play—off hopes in rugby union's premiership with a narrow

16-15 union's premiership with a narrow 16—15 victory over third placed wasps. very tense at welford road, watched by sunday afternoons in leicester don't get much better than this, packed welford road, leicester tigers team making their latest push for the play—offs. perfect start with an early try, the mood soon changed for the tigers, jonny may returning to the tigers, jonny may returning to the side, returning to the sidelines, alongside manu tuilagi, two in phalange shall players out early. yellow ca rd two in phalange shall players out early. yellow card for —— two influential players. wasps took full advantage of the yellow card, elliot daly scoring twice. match turned around. could have been worse for leicester, fantastic try saving tackle, wasps knew that they had let a chance go. could their opponents get back in, with the boot of george ford, they began to bridge the gap.

tha nkfully ford, they began to bridge the gap. thankfully for tigers, penalties one, two more added, the narrowest of wings, a perfect sunday. the race for the women's super league title has been thrown open in football, leaders chelsea dropped points in a 2-2 leaders chelsea dropped points in a 2—2 draw against reading, taking the lead from the penalty spot at kings meadow, then doubling their lead after half—time from my well—placed finish. the blues reacted well, scoring first through joanna anderson, and equalised when fran kirby found herself one—on—one. clearly, the pressure showed after the game. heated clashes between the benches. also three games in the women's fa cup quarterfinals today, courtney sweetman kirkpatrick

helping everton to a culpable 6—1 win away at durham, they will face arsenal in the semifinals after the 14 time winners beat charlton. two goals from jane ross helped manchester city to come from behind to beat sunderland. no men's top—flight football, plenty of international action to look forward to, well to take on uruguay tomorrow in the china cup, gareth bale says winning the tournament, his first trophy with wales, would rank alongside the three champions league titles he has won with real madrid. voiceover: titles he has won with real madrid. v0|ceover: there is no world cup for wales this summer, but they will have a chance of winning silverware tomorrow, here, achieving that would be special, according to its star player. to win any trophy is always good, with your country, it is that bit more special. you want to make your whole country proud. gareth bale hat—trick helped wales to a 6—0

victory over china, making him the top goal—scorerfor his victory over china, making him the top goal—scorer for his country. uruguay will be a tougher test, a goalless draw back in 1986 was their only other meeting with uruguay, ryan giggs has been in charge for only one game on the international stage, his uruguay counterpart has beenin stage, his uruguay counterpart has been in charge for 12 years and his experience in the side as well, edinson cavani of psg will win his 100th cap. —— and has experience. his partner in attack, luis suarez, former team—mate ofjoe allen at liverpool, he says wales defence will have to be at their best. scored some incredible goals for liverpool. moved on to barcelona. he has become so important in world football. we know defensively we will be asked questions. it may only bea will be asked questions. it may only be a friendly tournament but a win tomorrow would be a first competition for wales to win

outright since the british home championships in 1937. and so, from the stars of sport, to the stars on screen, now on bbc news, time for the film refute. hello and a warm welcome. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? what have you been watching? interesting week, we have a psychological thriller starring claire foy by steven soderbergh, unsane. wrinkle in time, the big budget adaptation of a much—loved book by ava duvernay. and pacific rim: uprising, john boyega stars in the robotic sequel. claire foy is a big—ticket? the new film by steven soderbergh, claire foy will be very much in the shadow of an old sam fuller film, called shock corridor, an interesting, trashy, exploitation film. claire foy is a businesswoman whose life has fallen apart because she has endured a stalker, and basically, as a result of this, she has had to move towns, keep her identity quiet, keep her phone number secret. she has lived a very difficult life as a result of this stalker‘s attentions and unsurprisingly she suffers from anxiety and depression. she goes to see her doctor, during the course of the conversation, she happens to mention in passing

that she has thought about suicide but she mentions it literally as an aside. the next thing, she is signing a piece of paper which she is told is completely standard and suddenly she finds herself incarcerated. against your will. she is completely sane, but she's now in prison, so here she is now in prison, so here's a clip. can i ask, do you think i could just make a phone call, to let my family know that i am 0k? you get a phone call... that is so nice. thank you. you're saying you want your phone call now? yes, yes, that is what i am saying, it's like you read my mind. yes, hello, my name is sawyer valentini, i am at highland creek behavioural facility. lam being held here against my will,

please send help, thank you. ..i'll be out of here in like 20 minutes. do you know how many calls the cops get like that every week? that is kind of the set—up, then she's trying to prove that she is completely sane, and the more she attempts to do that, the more insane they think she is. very odd, like side effects, which started like a serious drama and went off the rails, this begins in a fairly intense fashion, and then descends more and more into just complete craziness. and it does so very knowingly. the interesting thing, it is shot on an iphone 7. it does not look grungy, that gives it a very immediate look.

he said he found it liberating, steven soderbergh. we have seen other films shot on iphones before, for instance, tangerine. juno temple, great screen presence, she is an unruly force of nature, she has a small role. she's really captivating. the film itself, steven soderbergh is interesting, not above exploitation movies, he's not above enjoying a certain degree of cinematic hysteria. what makes this work is claire foy, because herjob is to keep a completely straight face while everything around her is descending. and the whole thing is, you have to believe in her. she starts to think that her stalker is working in the hospital. is he, isn't he, is she imagining it, is it true? none of this would work if you did not have a performance at the centre which had complete conviction, somebody where you think, i'm investing my sympathy and belief in this character. on one level, it's just like a big, overblown episode of the twilight zone. it has that sense of seriousness at the beginning. that goes out of the window very fast and it descends into entertaining histrionics, all over the place, makes no sense whatsoever, all over the place. there is a point where someone

clearly said, "this plot does not... actually, let's carry on(!)" laughter. claire foy carries it and it is a great tribute to her. terrible thing to say but i was so stressed just watching the trailer that i did not go to the screening because i thought, i am so stressed and angry over these two minutes, i cannot handle that for two hours. perfectly fine... is it stressful throughout? certainly, at the beginning, when she is saying, i'm not meant to be here. i do find that stuff... it is intense. a third of the way through, it goes, "never mind, let's go completely and enjoy ourselves." that is what happens. claire foy keeps it together. superb actress, she's terrific. a fantastic director, ava duvernay, what do you make of this?

this means you have read some of the reviews are not positive. this is her adaptation of the much—loved book a wrinkle in time by madeleine l'engle. storm reid goes searching for her missing scientist father, an adventure through time and space, led by three bizarrely attired astral guides. the film is really interesting in as much as it is a broad canvas, a film breaking the white male grip on the fantasy market, trying to do something adventurous, aimed very specifically at the seven to 14 age group. and as a 56—year—old man, i am demonstrably therefore not in the target audience! the thing that troubles me is this, because i'm excited by the idea of it, is why didn't i like it more? the thing it reminded me of was peterjackson?s adaptation of the lovely bones. a really difficult book, he did this fantastical adaptation which had loads of dreamy visuals. but it never got under the skin of the book, and i felt all the time that i was watching the film rather

than experiencing it. fantasy, you have to be engulfed, you have to be swept along. what i did like about it, a film with a young female central character who gets through on her wits rather than anything else. she is the emotional heart of the film. all the way through i could feel myself thinking, i want to be carried along by this but i am not. i am willing to accept that it may read differently if you are in the target market. it may be that i was just too detached from the film—making to be able to fully invest in the story, and i confess, i will go and see it again but i would be lying if i said the film worked for me. i wanted it to, but if you think of the best fantasy films, i'm thinking about et, for instance, no matter your age, you burst into tears. you weep buckets because it is et. this does not do that, my feeling is it is an honourable failure. nothing wrong with that, i would rather see a film—maker aim

high and trip up than play it safe, but i did feel that i wanted this to work and it did not. 0k, and your third choice, is this a blockbuster? let's wait and see! the first pacific rim, guillermo del toro took greatjoy in the spectacle of really big robots hitting really big creatures. ok, so made by somebody who loved all that stuff, and i think del toro is sorely missed on the sequel. this is set ten years after the battle at the end of that one. black marketeer jake pentecost, son of idris elba's character from the first, stacker pentecost, has to go to prison or go back and work as an instructor for more people to learn how to drive these massive robots, these jaegers, and of course, he agrees to be an instructor. how you doing, nate? this is a military base. you remember how that works. "ranger" pentecost. ranger, sir.

let's get you squared away. try not to steal anything while you are here. did that haircutjust call you pentecost? as in badass stacker pentecost? pilot of coyote tango, hero of basically the whole world? it's just a name. yeah, a really cool name! in its favour, it is a film about massive robots hitting each other, it has none of the leering nastiness of a michael bay movie, that is good. 0n the other hand, what it does not have is any of the magic and wonder and awe of a guillermo del toro film. nor does it have the fun of real steel, for instance, with huthackman and big fighting robots. very quickly, despite the fact we have some interesting actors, very quickly it becomes big robots hitting each other and smashing great big buildings and none of it having any impact whatsoever. really odd, you are left with the spectacle. empty spectacle. very few occasions in which empty spectacle alone

will get away with it. i think we have seen enough big robots hitting each other to no longer be impressed by that. what you need... i know this sounds old—fashioned, you need a story that you care about, characters that you like and you are rooting for. some kind of heart amidst all the real steel smashing. and real steel did have that and this did not. i get the feeling you did not like it much. what is good ? the best thing out, you were never really here, by lynne ramsay. she has made only four features. morvern callar, we need to talk about kevin, ratcatcher and this. she dances to the beat of her own drum. this is a really brilliant film, starring joaquin phoenix as a guy who is a hitman, specialises in retrieving lost teenagers. but the film is not interested in the nuts and bolts of the plot, it is more a psychological state, a brilliant score by jonny greenwood, you need to see it on a big screen because it is proper cinema. i think lynne ramsey is a genius. an absolute genius,

please go to see this film because it is wonderful, make it a hit. and, on dvd, professor ma rston and the wonder women. this is written and directed by angela robinson, great performances by rebecca hall, bella heathcote, believe me, i did not know this story before i saw the film, very eye opening, very entertaining, not enough people saw this in cinemas. origins of the wonder woman comic book. i would like more people to see this film on dvd. that is just about all we have time for this week. you can find all of the film news and from across the bbc on the website. all the previous programmes are on the iplayer, as ever. enjoy your cinema—going. see you next time. many of us kicking of british summer

time with some sunshine. it has felt springlike, this was sent in from aberdeenshire, blue skies here, gradually spreading south—east through the day. started a little more cloudy in the south and east, for brightening up. some cloud lingering through the day, showers in the north and west dying out through the evening, plenty of clear spells overnight, which means we are in for a chilly night, temperatures falling away, widespread frost developing, if you patches of mist and fog in the west. temperatures overnight, in towns and cities, will be a touch colder than that rural league. darting of the week with milder temperatures. —— ru rally. week with milder temperatures. —— rurally. temperatures week with milder temperatures. —— ru rally. temperatures leaping week with milder temperatures. —— rurally. temperatures leaping into the double figures, it will turn colder as removing. dragging in

colder as removing. dragging in colder air, initially in the north, gradually moving across the british files. —— british isles. cloudy from the west, spells of rain moving into northern ireland, south—west scotland, wales and the south—west england, bright in the east, south—east scotland and parts of east anglia holding onto the brightness for longest. temperatures ata brightness for longest. temperatures at a maximum of 13 celsius, as we move into tuesday, overnight we will see a spell of rain, area of low pressure works its way in from the west and grinds to a halt, starting to pivot slightly. 0n west and grinds to a halt, starting to pivot slightly. on tuesday, spells of rain, scotland could see snow on the high ground, any brightness for the south—west of england, temperatures at a maximum of 13 degrees. starting to turn colder in the north. that rain still with us as we move into wednesday, continuing to see spells of rain through wednesday, again, could fall as snow over the hills, still some

showers across england and wales, some of which could be heavy with hale mixed in. temperatures in the south sticking with double figures, starting to turn colder. maximum of four to 10 degrees. as we move towards easter, we will lose the springlike feel, it will turn colder, there will be rain at times, it could fall as snow. this is bbc news. the headlines at six: the australia cricket captain steve smith has been banned for one match by cricket's ruling body — the icc — over the ball tampering scandal. the australian prime minister says he's shocked and disappointed. it seemed beyond belief that the australian cricket team was involved in cheating. after all, our cricketers are role models. thousands take to the streets of barcelona after catalonia's

former president carles puigdemont is arrested in germany. an extra three thousand midwives are to be trained in england — to ease staff shortages and improve care.