rings as intended. as he deliver the rings as intended. as he seemed to struggle to unhook the pouch, the outlook for somebody else to land. seconds later, the second best man received the owl. chairs when flying anti—colla pse best man received the owl. chairs when flying anti—collapse to the floor in surprise. —— and he collapsed to the floor. people fell about laughing, including the bride and groom, who both saw the funny side. i was chuckling that much in side. i was chuckling that much in side. trying to keep a straight face, because then the registrars tried to calm everybody down to finish the bowels, but everybody was hysterical. as the -- to finish the vowels. no harm was done, and the couple say that they had memories of their day they will never forget. let's ta ke

their day they will never forget. let's take a look at the weather. the weather is in a bit of a flap at the moment! this is the rain coming down in oxford. but we have seen some brighter weather working into western parts of england and wales just recently. the main rain band is pushing its way across the north and east, with a few showers moving along behind. the weather will try to brighten up for northern ireland, western and southern england and across wales, too. temperatures not doing too badly for most of us, 10—13 degrees fairly normal temperatures. all the while, it turns cloudy with a band of rain working into parts of southern england, maybe parts of

southern england, maybe parts of southern wales as well, but this area of rain is all tied in with an area of rain is all tied in with an area of rain is all tied in with an area of low pressure that continues to bring us one or two headaches. here it is at the moment, and it is just developing right now on the satellite picture, this area of cloud. the main uncertainty is how far north as band of rain is going to be pushing. we have to bear in mind we have some quite chilly air just to the north, so if it does start to move a little further northwards, it could start interacting with the colder air and turn to snow. for the time being, heavy rain, cold rain most likely, maybe a little snow mixed in, favourite area is probably the mendips on the chilterns. further northwards, a more straightforward picture, sunshine and a few showers around on wednesday, some wintry over the high ground of northern ireland and scotland, and wherever you are, it will feel cooler and fresher, temperatures in single figures, 7—9dc on wednesday. it is an settled on thursday, heavy

downpours working into wales and the south—west, no snow in these, but further north, a band of rain could bring a little hill snow across eastern parts of scotland, maybe the north, too, with dry in between. temperatures coming up a little bit but still cool for the time of year for most of us. looking ahead to easter, although things start off chilly, they will turn milder by the time we get easter monday. there will be rain at times, particularly in the south, but also some sunny spells, so it is not a complete wash—out for the easter break. thank goodness! thank you. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... firefighters who heard the manchester arena bomb go off were prevented from attending the scene for two hours, according to a review of the response to the attack// good afternoon. i'm will perry with

the latest from the bbc sports and. australia's cricket coach darren lehmann is waiting to find out what the future holds for him, with reports that he will hand in his resignation today. cameron bancroft admits tampering with the ball. cap and steve smith has been banned for one game and stood down as skipper of his indian premier league team. david warner, another member of the leadership group, is very much in the spotlight. they have left cape town today, making their way to johannesburg for the fourth test. former england captain michael vaughan has suggested australia could have cheated during the ashes. i've got to be honest, i can't think that cameron bancroft was told to go out there with a piece of tape for a reason that they've not tried it before. i can't think that that's come up with over lunch in cape

town, someone's gone, you know what, cam, get some tape to reverse swing it. i can't believe this hasn't happened by. white australia's prime minister michael turnbull has joined the debate, —— malcolm turnbull. he says cricket australia has to get to the bottom of it quickly. they now have to make sure that this great national game, this great international game, that is synonymous with fairplay, is once againa game synonymous with fairplay, is once again a game that is played by champions that everybody can look up to. i mean, this has been a shocking affront to australia. it is, you know, how many of us as children, how many of us as fathers and mothers have had children who have looked up to the australian team? on

to football, and england women's captain steph port elizabeth in the squad for the upcoming world cup will fire. she missed the she cup with an ankle injury, but returns to ta ke with an ankle injury, but returns to take on wales in southampton before an away game against the herzegovina in the tent. england's men play italy in a final tonight at wembley as they finalise their preparation for the world cup in russia. raheem sterling has called on fans to show the team a bit more love, saying there is sometimes too much negativity felt by the players. gareth southgate has until mid—may to name his provisional squad. he is expected to settle on his final 23 before the remaining friendlies in june. one of the biggest decisions will be who will stay in the goalkeeper‘s position and whether to keepjoe hart goalkeeper‘s position and whether to keep joe hart as first goalkeeper‘s position and whether to keepjoe hart as first choice. goalkeeper‘s position and whether to keep joe hart as first choice. we have the best defensive record in europe in qualifying. we continue to defend well. he's been a big part of that. this week, even though he knew

he was not going to be playing the game, he's been a fantastic influence on the rest of the players and the rest of the goalkeepers especially. alex mcleish is back in the hot seat as scotland head. he has said he select a more experienced side in hungary tonight. edition number one johanna konta experienced side in hungary tonight. edition number onejohanna konta is struggling with her again. she is out of the miami open, where she was the defending champion. she won the opening set against venus williams, but only managed to win three more games after that and needed treatment for a back spasm. that was in the fourth round in miami. that is all of the sport for now. you can find more of those stories on our website. we will have more in the next hour. see you then. studio: thanks very much, will. borisjohnson has apologised after being accused of using sexist language in parliament. the foreign secretary was reprimanded by the commons speaker, john bercow, after describing his labour shadow, emily

thornberry, as "lady nugee" — a reference to her husband, the high court judge sir christopher nugee. no, says the noble and learned lady the baroness, whatever it is... i can't remember whatever it is... lady nugee. i don't want to be discourteous to the foreign secretary, but i say in advice as the clerks as the clerks swivel round to me, two things. first of all, we don't name—call in this chamber. and secondly, secondly... i'm dealing with the matter, if the honourable gentleman will listen and benefit from listening. secondly, we do not address people by the titles of their spouses.

the shadow foreign secretary has a name. and it's not lady—something. we know what her name is. and it is inappropriate and frankly sexist to speak in those terms. and i'm not having it in this chamber. that is the end of the matter. no matter how senior a member, that parlance is not legitimate, it will not be allowed... in just a few days' time, on april the ist, the royal air force will celebrate its 100th anniversary. to mark the occasion, the raf is hosting a number of events up and down the country, and this summer will hold a service at westminster abbey followed by a fly—past over central london. air chief marshall sir stephen hillier has spoken to huw edwards about the events taking place to mark the air force's centenary and the challenges and changes ahead. sir stephen, to be chief of the air staff is a rare privilege at any stage. but to be in this position in the centenary year of the royal air force is really a very special privilege in deed. how does it strike you? well, exactly as you describe.

it's an enormous privilege. i'm really proud to be in command of the raf. but in this year in particular, our 100th anniversary year, i'm the 31st chief of the air staff, and i really feel that connection with our history and our heritage and our traditions. what are you trying to say to people this year about the significance of the air force, and about its place in modern british society? well, we've got three themes. we want to commemorate that rich history and our heritage and our traditions and all that sacrifice and courage that has gone on over the last 100 years. but we also want to celebrate what the royal air force is doing today. exceptionally busy in operations, defending the united kingdom, protecting our interests here and overseas. and we also want to inspire, as well. the air force has always been a young service, with youth and technology and aspiration at its heart. and we want to inspire the next generation towards the ideals of the royal air force, and indeed to realise their aspirations wherever they might lie.

how would you class your performance in terms of achieving targets, very important targets, for diversity across the board in the raf? we have government targets which are set upon us, but i want to do so much better than that. so, an example of that would be women in the royal air force. we have a government target of 50%. at the time that target was set, the raf had already surpassed that, and in the last year, 20% of the people we recruited into the royal air force are women. now, that's not perfect, we have further to go there, clearly, to make sure we are fully representative. but i think it shows we're doing pretty well. would you go so far as to agree with rear admiral sir alex burton, who said that we are in danger of losing our status as a credible military power unless spending is increased. is that something you recognise?

we are an immensely credible and capable air force. so, if you look at operations against daesh, we've been number two in the coalition alongside the united states. but number two in the coalition has meant that on occasions we've been providing up to 40% of the capability. at the same time, we have been defending the skies around the united kingdom and in support of our nato allies and the northern and southern flanks of nato, and we've engaged across the world. i mean, right now, the raf‘s engaged in 13 operations in 21 countries around the world. a tremendous effort. so, i don't worry about our credibility right now. but the world is changing. it is adapting very quickly. people have noticed where we are strong. they've noticed through recent conflicts our strength in the air, and they're working to deny us that strength in the future. so, in order to continue being a credible airforce, i need to expand my capabilities, i need to thicken them up and provide more resilience, and i need to stay at the front end of technology. the threats are increasing. it's a riskier and more

dangerous world out there. so, we need to up our game, technologically. i would like to see us properly resourced for the capabilities we need to deal with the threats that we face. i'm trying to decode what you're saying now. you're saying that basically you don't want to set a figure, but the current level of resourcing, in your view, does not clearly allow you to do all of the things that you think are necessary. if we had more resources, i would be able to better guarantee that the royal air force was adapted for the threats that we face in the third decade of the 21st century, and i would be able to ensure that we have greater resilience in the force to deal with that. so, what's the gap, then? in terms of, at our current level of aspiration, then yes, i think we do need more funding to ensure we can, you know, deliver against that aspiration. but what i'm saying is, i think our aspiration should be higher than that. because the world demands it. that, therefore, will demand a greater amount of money. we mention russia all the time, you've mentioned it yourself,

and the kind of varied level of threat that russia is seen to pose in various areas. how would you characterise the threat right now from russia? so, i feel that we are under greater pressure, that russia is aiming to take advantage wherever it can, and to exploit opportunities, and to do so in a way which disregards previous norms of international behaviour. then there's the cyber threat. and clearly we need to see how the events in salisbury play out. as the home secretary said, we need to complete the investigation. but that sense of pressure, that sense of advantage, that sense of disregard of normal rules of behaviour is how i feel it. sir stephen, at the end of this year, when your celebrations are complete, what do you hope they'll take away from this year of centenary celebrations? i look forward to 2118, and i often think, in 2118, i want them to look back to 2018, just as we are looking back to 1918,

and i want them to look back to 2018 and say, yes, they built on the solid foundations and they established an enduring legacy which took the royal air force through its second 100 years successfully. sir stephen, congratulations on the centenary and thank you for talking to us. thank you very much indeed. air chief marshal sir stuart peach you talking to huw edwards. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour. but first, the headlines on bbc news: a review of the reaction to the suicide bombing that killed 22 people, says there was poor communication between the emergency services. russia vows to hit back, as a growing number expel diplomats following the nerve agent attack in salisbury. employers warn they are fearful about the uk's immigration system after britain leaves the eu. good afternoon, i'm jimmy robertson.

in the business news... the battle for gkn goes on. it's the country's second biggest engineering company. melrose industries has offered to buy it for £8.1 billionn. now business secretary greg clark has said yes, butif it wins the bid it's got to agree to a series of "binding" commitments to protect the workforce, research and development and pension schemes. he's also raised concerns over national security — gkn supplies the uk armed forces everything from tank parts tojet engines. gsk, the pharmaceutical company — it used to be glaxo years ago — may be about to sell horlicks, the malt drink business. the reason — it wants to buy something else: full control of a joint venture with novartis. if novartis agrees and gsk pays £9 billion, it will get a consumer health business which sells things like sensodyne toothpaste and panadol headache tablets. mps have asked facebook‘s chief product officer, chris cox, to answer questions on its data breach after mark zuckerberg refused to appear in front of a parliamentary committee.

even though mr cox has agreed to give evidence, the committee said they did still want to talk to mr zuckerberg. the maker of irn bru has reported its sharpest annual rise in sales of the soft drink, up by 8%. ag barr issued its figures for the year to january, with strong results also for its rubicon fruit drink brand, up 5%, and funkin mixers, up 25%. over a quarter. the firm cited an increase in market share, and is moving most of its products out of the reach of the new sugar levy, which comes in next week. let's talk about this a bit more. what about the whole industry? joining us now is sara petersson, senior food and nutrition analyst at euromonitor international. first, i want to talk about the way... the sugar tax seems not to

work by putting up prices, say, by 5p. when i look at a can of fizzy drinki 5p. when i look at a can of fizzy drink i say, oh, that's too expensive, i will go and buy a salad instead! it works by companies changing what they are doing, doesn't it was a hello, yes, there are different ways in which companies can deal with this tax. one way of avoiding it, so to speak, 01’ one way of avoiding it, so to speak, or to some extent, is through reformulating the products. of course, the initial thought is they will put it onto the consumer. that, as you will have different effects depending on the pack size as was the sugar content of the product. however, the case is different. companies are actually reformulated and investing into multiple different brands. those fast—growing and creating their own new ones. those with functional benefits and flavours and so on. so, absolutely... flavours and so on. so, absolutely. . . what flavours and so on. so, absolutely... what about things like milky bars, they are doing something

quite similar at nestle? the important thing to mention in terms of the sugar tax on sugar reduction is that it is part of a more global picture. as you mentioned, milky bar has come out with a new reduced sugar version, 30% less sugar. it has been announced recently. that again is part of the bigger picture. similarly, as the soft drinks industry is doing. you are saying it is part of an international picture, this is happening all around the world. is it having an effect on people is eating habits?|j world. is it having an effect on people is eating habits? i think it's still early days. it is just too early to know how it affects people's consumption and how it will affect consumption here. we get the tax has not come into effect in the uk. we have seen some places where the tax has been effective. that is most dependent on how high it is. so, 20% is more or less the point at which it has an effect on people's

consumption and habits. however, any lower than that, not so much. so, we will see how this will affect consumers here. i think it will have more of a pronounced positive effect on uk consumers because companies are, like! on uk consumers because companies are, like i said, taking the approach of reformulating their brands as well as adding some more interesting low sugar options. it's unlikely that we are going to see all of sweetest drinks going up in price, or will they reformulate things? it is all up to the company, they can mark up the prices, they can also not do anything. however, thatis can also not do anything. however, that is a very costly approach. another way is to avoid some of the tax by reformulating. thank you. a couple of other stories. uber has been

forbidden from resuming self—driving tests in the us state of arizona. the car—hailing company had already halted its trial after one of its vehicles involved struck and killed a pedestrian a week ago. the state's governor wrote to the firm on monday saying there had been an "unquestionable failure" to make safety the top priority. amazon is taking a step into the french grocery market by teaming up with one of the country's biggest brands monoprix, starting with amazon prime customers in the paris area. other french retailers have been trying to improve their online offerings so they can compete better with amazon. mps have said employers should be legally bound to to prevent harassment or victimisation. a report from the equality and human rights commission said that the problem had become "normalised". energy firm iresa has been banned by the telecoms regulator ofcom from accepting new customers until it starts to clear a backlog of complaints — things like a ito—minute average wait for answering calls and concerns from vulnerable customers. when bbc news attempted to contact the company,

our call was said to be 38th in the queue. that speaks for itself! let's have a look at the markets. the ftse is very strong. it is coming from america, there are talks going on and have been going on for a little while now between china and the us about getting over these trade problems there. that's why we're seeing the market coming back so strongly. that's the glaxo smith kline story we would talking about earlier. this is the only loser on the ftse market, bad figures it had at the end of last week, 1% down. the euro against the pound, the pound looking quite strongly against the euro at 87 cents. that was the business use. we will have more later. ben with some news coming through in the last few moments about more

fallout from the collapse of bhs in 2016. details coming through from the insolvency service, which has been investigating the collapse of the chain. the insolvency service says it will ban dominic chappell and three other former directors of the stores from serving as a company director for the stores from serving as a company directorfor up to 15 the stores from serving as a company director for up to 15 years. dominic chappell, you may remember, is the man who bought the bhs chain from philip green forjust £1. it then collapsed mid—2016, ithink, with the loss of around 11,000 jobs, and then there were all the pension problems associated with that that you may well run as well. the insolvency service will and, nick chappel and three other directors of bhs serving as company directors for up bhs serving as company directors for up to 15 years. however, it says philip green himself is not going to have disqualification proceedings brought against him. that's just

come through in the last few moments. more reaction to that i'm sure in the coming minutes. a team of abseilers has been roped in to give england's largest ravine an "exteme spring clean". over six weeks, cheddar gorge in somerset is to be cleared of loose rocks by a team of 15 specialists. sarah—jane bungay reports. job description — must enjoy working at heights. the timescale? six weeks and counting. and it's all to preserve this ancient landscape and make it safer for everyone. these specialist fences at cheddar gorge are designed to catch any falling rubble and debris. in fact, they can hold up to a tonne of material at a time. but i'm going up even higher, onto the rock face to, find out how they're making things safer there. first, it's a bit of a climb, though. the gorge is 3.5 miles long. it's home to these chaps. they keep down some of the invasive greenery, but not all. the gorge itself is quite heavily wooded, so which brings with it

the trees, which can cause damage to the rock structures beneath it. but also, there's other invasive species, such as ivy and cotoneaster, and those particular species like to bed their roots down in between the cracks, which then start to swell and they can crack off pillars of rock. once at the top, it was time to see the gorge from a different angle. that's it. alright. well, i'm 25 metres up one of the rock faces now on cheddar gorge, and i thought i'd better come up to find out the kind of challenges this work presents to be rope technicians. it's a huge privilege for us to work in the gorge, and the majority is getting the kit in, it's a long walk in. yeah, carrying hundreds and hundreds of metres of rope is a big job. but when we're here, it's fantastic. it's dangerous, but the view makes it all worthwhile. johnny describes this work as descaling. it is a bit like putting the gorge in the dentist's chair, i suppose. we use hand tools to

remove large boulders. just nothing that's too heavy, because these cliffs have got a lot of history and we don't want to be too hard on them. we do have the local goat population that pop over and watch us work, yeah. i suppose it's a lonely job otherwise! it is, yeah, and sometimes the goats provide better company than some of the guys we work with! laughter. as for me... a rather inelegant scrabble back to the top, but with a true appreciation of what it takes to preserve and protect this natural wonder. sarah—jane bungay, bbc news, in cheddar gorge. i think i'd prefer the dentist, really! chris fawkes has the weather. weather today is different

yesterday, we had sunshine yesterday but today is a different story, cloud and rain moving eastwards. but that means we should get different weather coming in this afternoon from the west. nevertheless, this was the damp scene in oxford earlier on today. thanks to our weather watcher for sending that picture in. right spells in the west, they will continue to spread across much of england, wales, southern counties of england, wales, southern counties of england as we go on through the rest of the afternoon as our band of rain fades away. 20 of showers around. in. rain at times through the rest of the date —— plenty of showers around for scotland. it should become dry across wales and the south—west. temperature—wise, high speed we intend and 13 degrees. a little bit cooler across the east, where the cloud will linger that bit longer. overnight tonight, the cloud brea ks longer. overnight tonight, the cloud breaks will get a touch of frost in the countryside across northern and eastern parts of scotland, maybe north—east england, thickening cloud

for working across southern counties of england, maybe the south wales, an inc the rest of rain. the rain is down to an area of low pressure that is forming at the moment. it doesn't look too threatening right now on the satellite picture. at this area of low pressure will run eastwards, bringing wet weather across southern counties of england. with cold air to the north, if you were going further north than we were expecting, it could interact with the colder air a little bit more with the threat of some snow. most areas will see cold frame, maybe a few slates of sleet and snow mixed in. there is some uncertainty in that detail. further north, the forecast is more straightforward. across northern england, northern ireland and scotland, sunny spells with passing showers, wintry on higher ground. tomorrow it will feel a good deal cooler and fresher, single figure temperatures. 7—9d our highs. onto thursday's forecast, looking at heavy downpours in wales

and south—west england. no snow in the forecast, neither in northern ireland, heavy downpours working in through the afternoon. the band of rain could bring hilson on in the far north and east of scotland, where it remains cooler —— hill snow. on into the easter period, it looks like it's going to be quite a call looks like it's going to be quite a ca ll start looks like it's going to be quite a call start of things, turning milder by easter monday. not a complete wash—out. there will be some bright and funny moments. that's your weather. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm: the communications failures which meant that firefighters who heard the manchester arena bomb go off were sent away from the scene. a report finds "poor communication" after the bomb went off meant the first firefighters arrived two hours later. it is vital we learn the lessons of what went less well. this matters

for the people of greater manchester and beyond who were caught up in the terrible events of that night. and beyond who were caught up in the terrible events of that night. "we will not tolerate such impudence." angry russia vows to hit back — as more countries expel diplomats — following the salisbury nerve agent attack. labour mps are pressing jeremy corbyn for more action