this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11.003m: two shootings in london leave a 17—year—old girl dead and a 16 year old boy critically ill. lam i am horrified and shocked to come out this morning and find out that one of my residence has deceased. jeremy corbyn is under fire for meeting with a jewish fringe group as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies. "one—stop shops" aimed at speeding up cancer diagnoses are to be rolled out across england. also this hour, transport chaos in france as a wave of strikes begin. dubbed ‘black tuesday', workers are striking against president emmanuel macron‘s labour reforms against president emmanuel macron‘s labour reforms.

"one of the toughest bans on ivory sales in the world" — the words of environment secretary michael gove, as he outlines plans for a british ivory ban. new zealand secure a dramatic draw against england in the second test in christchurch and claim a 1—0 series victory. good morning. it's tuesday 3rd april. welcome to bbc newsroom live. two shootings in london in the space of an hour have left a 17—year—old girl dead and a 16—year—old boy critically ill. the teenage girl was found shot in tottenham north london last night and was pronounced dead at the scene. the boy is in a critical condition in hospital in east london after he was shot in walthamstow earlier in the evening.

the shootings come amid concerns over rising violent crime in the capital. so far this year, there have been 47 murders in the city — that's a rate of more than three a week. of those murders, 31 were the result of fatal stabbings. our correspondent alison freeman is in tottenham, at the scene of the shooting. tell us what is known at this stage, alison? well, we understand that officers were called here at about 9:30pm last night to report of a shooting. an eyewitness has described how a 17—year—old girl was outside with her friends when a car drew up and apparently shocked at her indiscriminately. that has come from an eyewitness, and we have not had that confirmed by police. paramedics came to the scene, they tried to save her, but were unable to. you can see where police have

been focusing their investigations throughout the day. this is the second of two incidents to happen last night. about half an hour later, three miles away in waltha mstow, later, three miles away in walthamstow, a 16—year—old boy was shot. he is in a critical condition in hospital. at that same incident, a 15—year—old was stabbed again. there is no clear link between the two at the moment, as well. the police have not said that there was a link between them. this was the 47th murder investigation to be launched by the metropolitan police this year. there were eight in january, 15 were lodged in debris, 22 murders in march, and two in april. thank you, alison. we can cross now to our central london studios and speak to leroy logan who's a former officer with the metropolitan police. good morning to you. good morning. two more, three more tragic cases in

north and east london in the last 24—hour is. why is this happening on this scale, do you think?” 24—hour is. why is this happening on this scale, do you think? i think it has been going for a number of yea rs. has been going for a number of years. it is quite clear that young people are being groomed on the streets, to use knives and guns, and asa streets, to use knives and guns, and as a result, that they are fooling themselves to think they are more secure hate having a weapon with them, and knowing that they are more likely to have a weapon used against them, as well as they can use the weapon. it is quite clear that young people are not being engaged with statutory services, and are notjust talking about belize, i'm talking about youth services, social services, because all of these public organisations have been stripped and decimated, and as a result of this, instead of those

young people being offset from the grooming, by legitimate orc and organised initiatives, the street groomers are getting them to do all sorts of mad things, and of course we start to see indiscriminate violence, and unfortunately, young people are being numbed to the sorts of things, because then they themselves are traumatised, they internalise a lot of their inhibitions or any form of feelings for other people, and unfortunately, a lot of them don't value their own life, so they don't value other people's lives. going back to that point you made about street groomers. you say it is quite clear that this is happening. if it is clear, why can't it be tackled? what it relies on is community engagement, and in particular working with young people. not alienating them. you need to make sure that they know that they are at the centre of a strategy, so that they feel reassured, and they will feel that the police are there for

them. and so, they did for themselves to getting groomed into street justice, instead themselves to getting groomed into streetjustice, instead of the justice system, and as i result of that you get more intelligence. we start to get more information, so that your agencies, particularly the police would be a lot more active. it's not just about arresting your way out of this problem, it is working holistically with young people, and not putting them in fear, because unfortunately, a lot of young people that i have worked with in my anti—gang strategy up until last year in east london, and also, the charity that i chair, they a lwa ys also, the charity that i chair, they always speak about feeling under protected, and as a result of that, they do not trust the police and they do not trust the police and they don't work with them as they should to give them the information of where these things will happen. lastly, i will say that the metropolitan police is 700 detectors less tha n metropolitan police is 700 detectors less than they were a few years ago,

so officers are overwhelmed with high caseload, they are feeling tomorrow lysed, they are feeling devalued, and so, the productivity that they normally have to deal with these things isn't there, and they arejust these things isn't there, and they are just reacting to one crisis or another. just briefly on that, those police number points that you may, those police numbers have been coming down over a few years, so why now, suddenly do we appear to see more of this kind of crime. now, suddenly do we appear to see more of this kind of crimelj now, suddenly do we appear to see more of this kind of crime. i think it is just the perfect storm of police numbers have come to rock bottom, and officers are not in any way preventing or point rob solving with young people, and the street rumours and there are such large numbers and the virus of violence is spreading endemically, and there is no enforcement programme and that is going to engage in it. it has got to bea going to engage in it. it has got to be a public health approach, a holistic partnership approach working with the community and particularly, young people. good to

have a thought, thank you so much. jeremy corbyn has been criticised for attending an event organised by a left—wing jewish group critical of mainstream jewish organisations. it comes hours after mr corbyn promised "watertight" investigations into claims of anti—semitism within his party. photographs on the guido fawkes website appear to show the labour leader meeting members of the group, called jewdas, to mark part of the passover festival. a labour spokeswoman said mr corbyn was invited byjewish members of his local community and that he is urgently seeking meetings to discuss tackling antisemitism. our assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. i think the row of anti—semitism rumbles on, and in particular, mr corbyn's dire relations with the british board of japanese cheese, the jewish british board of japanese cheese,

thejewish leadership british board of japanese cheese, the jewish leadership council, british board of japanese cheese, thejewish leadership council, the two main bodies representing hurricane marias in britain, they make... because this organisation have been loudly critical of the allegation of anti—semitism, said their argument is that by going to this event, the first sort ofjewish event is gone through tarmac to census whole row blew up, he is almost siding with that viewpoint, and they argue that that is dismissive of the allegations, suggests that he doesn't take them seriously, and at the very least insensitive, or albeit one of his key allies this morning, the founder of momentum, sought to play down the significance of mr corbyn attending

this event. i don't see what is not wise about attending a meal with constituents of yours, particularly when they are celebrating the passover. jeremy also has meetings with other sections of the community, and has been wanting to have a meeting with the representatives of the board of deputies and the jewish leadership council. it doesn't take away from that. i already think this is not a problem, and i think some of the labour mps who are suggesting that it is our really doing this to undermine jeremy. at the same time, mr lansman, whose views matter within the labour party, also acknowledged there was a problem of unconscious bias when it came to anti—semitism, and that there should be training courses and educational programme, rather like people might

be sent on courses to capture sexism or homophobia, and that there should be similar courses. and urged perpetrators to desist from trying to deselect labour mps who in tarmac attended that rabelais if you eat to go to protest about anti—semitism in the labour party. he said that they should not be deselected for that. they had every right to attend that rally. i'm joined now by ian saville, a committee member ofjewish voice for labour, which has been speaking out in support ofjeremy corbyn amid the anti—semitism row. good morning. people are talking about this as either a error of judgment at best, or provocative at worst. i don't see this as a error ofjudgment. the

worst. i don't see this as a error of judgment. the members worst. i don't see this as a error ofjudgment. the members ofjewdas have a variety of opinions on different subjects. some of the people there, i understand, were religious dues, but i find is actually anti—semitic, to say that somebody cannot attend a liberation festival which is part of thejewish calendar, an important part of the jewish calendar. the festival, which is concerned is a very important festival. can i just is concerned is a very important festival. can ijust say is concerned is a very important festival. can i just say that this is the festival, but some of the gospels say thatjesus attended on his last supper. are we to say that jesus, because he attended with young radicaljews,

jesus, because he attended with young radical jews, that jesus, because he attended with young radicaljews, that he was being anti—semitic? young radicaljews, that he was being anti-semitic? a number of labour mps attended that demonstration, and the criticism from jewdas was that that was some sort of right—wing conspiracy, and thatis sort of right—wing conspiracy, and that is why this has aroused difficulties with mr corbyn. when one hears that this particular thing is the first thing on the bbc news as an attack onjeremy corbyn, it does feed the possibility that they are out to get him, people do feel that. the labour mps that i have seen that have been criticising jeromy about this are sadly uninformed. and sadly ignorant about ourjewish customs, and i do find it offensive that non—jewish mps, or any non—word—mac, should be

censoring something from the guido fawkes, which itself is full of real hate rhetoric. let me put to you what the mainstream jewish organisations have said. they have been critical of this as well. it is not just that small group of been critical of this as well. it is notjust that small group of mps. there is concern. thejewish community is a diverse community, thatis community is a diverse community, that is very many different opinions. that is very much part of the jewish opinions. that is very much part of thejewish tradition. the opinions. that is very much part of the jewish tradition. the jewish tradition is about having different viewpoints and putting them one against the other. what about momentum's point that the party has failed on anti—semitism. momentum's point that the party has failed on anti—semitismlj momentum's point that the party has failed on anti-semitism. i think that in some individual cases, there have been mistakes, but some of these things predatejeremy corbyn.

i think that there may be some truth to some of these anti—semitic tropes that have appeared, but we, as jewish voice for labour, who are friends with the jewdas jewish voice for labour, who are friends with thejewdas and the young jewdas people, we would see this as something that we would oppose any anti—semitism ourselves. peggy so much for coming on. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: two shootings in london leave a 17—year—old girl dead and a 16 year old boy critically ill. jeremy corbyn is under fire for meeting with a jewish fringe group as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies. "one—stop shops" aimed at speeding up cancer diagnoses are to be rolled out across england. now, time for the sports news.

england's cricketers have finished their long winter tours and don't have even one test victory to celebrate. after losing the ashes 4—0 in australia. they'll leave new zealand with a 1—0 series defeat... after a frustraing final day in christchurch. england started the day needing to take all ten wickets for victory. and they started brilliantly with stuart broad taking two wickets with the first two balls of the day and with plenty of overs left, england just needed three more wickets. but they were then held up by some determined new zealand batting,

ish sodhi scoring a crucial unbeaten half century... and the tourists dropping five catches... as the home side held on to claim only their fourth series victory over england. alistair brownlee has been named as england's flag bearer for the commonwealth games opening ceremony in australia tomorrow... the triathlete defends two titles in gold coast after winning both the individual and mixed relay races four years ago. brownlee is also a two time olympic champion... and he'll lead the 390 strong team out at the carrarra stadium. it isa it is a great to be like berra. i never thought in a million years that it would be a trap elite, and to get the opportunity to do it is a very special one, and it is something that i am really proud of. wales have also announced that one of their defending commonwealth champions will carry their flag at the ceremony. swimmer jazz carlin will compete in four events in the gold coast. including the 800 metres freetsyle which she won in glasgow. meanwhile, the indian boxing team doctor has been warned after syringes were found in the athlete's village. in australia at the

weekend, a federation hearing this morning decided to take no red additional actor against the doctor, saying that he administered vitamin be by injection. that contravenes the games's no needles policy. that's all the sport now, thank you very much. train services in france are likely to be severely disrupted today as railway workers begin what they say will be three months of rolling strikes. with just 12% of high—speed trains are expected to run, it's being seen as the biggest challenge yet to labour reforms proposed by president emmanuel macron. unions strongly oppose mr macron's plans to open up the state—owned train company. hugh schofield's in paris for us. how much disruption are people facing, hugh? a lot. this is one of those strikes which is a big strike. we have plenty of strikes here in france, as you know, plenty of rail strikes, but a lot of them passed

pretty much an notice, without causing too much disruption. this is one of the big strikes. we are looking at weeks of trouble ahead. it isa looking at weeks of trouble ahead. it is a nervous period which we are entering into an france, a tense period for the government, and a period for the government, and a period in which nerves are going to fray. the public‘s nerves, the union's knauss, and the government's nerves. 0ne feel that this has two —— this is the test, which people predicted would come to macron, and the weeks ahead, if you can get through it, then more reforms will flow quite easily. if he can't and has to give way on this, then that will encourage the opposition. any side of the either side of the way at this bit. no, no, that isn't much -- it is at this bit. no, no, that isn't much —— it is right at the beginning. two days every week until the end of june. so, everybody knows that we

just at the beginning of this. everybody is staking out their position, and at this early stage, we will just position, and at this early stage, we willjust have to see how things pan out. if you would ask me how public opinion is, and what are the odds of it going one way or the other, i would say that on balance, i fill that the government is in a stronger position, because as opposed to the last time there is a big, big strike by rail workers 20 yea rs big, big strike by rail workers 20 years ago, which was run by —— won bybee rail unions, things have changed. possibilities of doing home—working and other forms of coupling and so on mean that the strike would necessarily buy it at the economy as it did before. these are things that work in the government's favour, but it is a central thing always in france, that there is deep in the heart of every tradesman and woman that a sense that the public sector is on the gnat needs to be defended, and opinion can shift very quickly behind the strikers. hugh, phangiso

much. hugh schofield there in paris. leading figures in south africa have been paying tribute to the anti—apartheid leader and formerfirst lady winnie mandela, who died yesterday at the age of 81. the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, said she had inspired millions of south africans. she became an international symbol of resistance to white minority rule but her reputation was damaged by her endorsement of violence against people accused of being informants, and by accusations of corruption. 0ur correspondent pumza flhani is in soweto is south africa. give us a sense of the scene there today. the mood hasjust changed here in soweto outside the home in the last few minutes, and that is due to the arrival of the opposition party here. their leader has just been escorted into the home of the people, people along with him. scores of reporters. he was once a

member of the african national congress, and when he left the party for his own party, he remained very close to winnie mandela. he personally will remember her for the role that she paid in his life, playing a motherly role, trying to teach politics, and we are seeing ordinary south africans in the form of the supporters coming here and celebrating her life. just remind the rest of the country what it was that she gave to south africa. little bit more about the atmosphere across the country. i mentioned one or two of those shadows which were passed over her later life. what is the broader view in the country as to her legacy, here? that's right, i think this is all an indication of the support that you still enjoy it

a little later in life. if you just like at social media and other platforms, even until 3am in the morning, today, messages of support and love were still pouring in. one thing that is important to remember here is that apartheid wasn't that long ago. so, for a lot of people, that impression is still fresh. that's why they are here to commemorate her, and that is why they are going to social media to commemorate her more. thank you so much indeed. 10 new assessment centres designed to speed up cancer diagnosis are being introduced in england. gps will be able refer patients who have vague symptoms including unexplained weight loss, abdominal pain and fatigue, to the so—called one stop shops, where they can undergo tests for different cancers. if the project is successful then more centres will be opened. meanwhile, the former health secretary, andrew lansley, says he's being treated for bowel cancer — and has blamed budget cuts and staff shortages for not

spotting the illness sooner. writing in the daily telegraph, lord lansley said he was "lucky" to have been diagnosed after a visit to his gp — and that an automatic early screening programme for bowel cancer introduced in 2010 was only available to half the country because of funding problems. a spokesman for the department of health said it was making significant investments in cancer treatment and thousands of lives were being saved with screening programmes. the husband ofjailed british mother nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has called upon the government to do more to free his wife two years on from her arrest in iran. richard ratcliffe claims it has become a "test of endurance" to free his wife. joining us now is the husband of nazanin, richard ratcliffe. good morning to you. what more do you want at this stage? the obvious

a nswer you want at this stage? the obvious answer is to bring her home. if you think back to christmas, the foreign secretary promised to leave no stone unturned and to do what ever you could, and since when it then it has all gone a bit quiet. we have had various all gone a bit quiet. we have had various messages all gone a bit quiet. we have had various messages coming from the iranian of authorities saying that there is something that the british gunmen should do. they clarified that there is a dispute over money and interest rates, and that she is being held until that is solved. it is not myjob to tell the government about a particular financial issue, but it is theirjob to protect my wife, and it is myjob to clarify with the government what they think nazanin's writes r. what is they are, because she has not been held for what she has done, she is being held by another reason. i got a text

from the foreign secretary's office today, partly because i'm on the media so much. i haven't seen him since christmas. we have been looking to try and arrange a meeting. the sticking point is i wa nt to meeting. the sticking point is i want to have the lawyers present, to talk about her rights, and he is relu cta nt talk about her rights, and he is reluctant for that. i have had some contact with the lower—level officials. when you talk about having your lawyers present, why is that important? one of the things, is that they always insist that it is that they always insist that it isa is that they always insist that it is a consular case. partly the reason for that is that the government has no obligations in a consular case. i have to say, given that the uranium authorities are saying that she is being held overpayment of government debt, it seems to be a bit rich as to the fa ct seems to be a bit rich as to the fact that there isn't clarity about what her right arm. those are technical questions, and it is easy to have a lawyer there, just to be there. just a final word, but if

borisjohnson there. just a final word, but if boris johnson happen to there. just a final word, but if borisjohnson happen to be watching this conversation, what would you say to him? i am keen busy to meet with him, to meet with the lawyers, to find out what is going on, to find that what you think their rights are, and what the wider situation. this has gone on for a very long time. i wanted to be clear that nazanin is at the end of her tether, and if things aren't solved soon, they could get worse. and finally, how is she as far as you know? very fragile, particularly around the time of year when a lot of people were release and she wasn't. she definitely talks about having panic attacks in her sleep, and various kinds of sort of an co ntrolla ble and various kinds of sort of an controllable moods. i spoke to her the other day. she was all right on sunday. but, she is precarious. very good to have you on. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two — first we leave you with for a look at the weather.

hi, julian. sunshine and showers summit upfor hi, julian. sunshine and showers summit up for much of england and wales, today. they showers pushing their way eastwards. could be heavy and boundary. a more persistent smell of framework its way across northern ireland, southern scotland and over scotland. still some snow ever higher ground. averages here and not much higher. compared to 30 to 15. butcher of england and wales, a bit dry through this evening. more persistent smell of rain later in the night. temperatures would get much about freezing, compared to three. the weather tomorrow will be fairly unsettled, heavy showers, thundery in places. still some health snow, across scotland, sinking southwards later in the day. perhaps as far south as northumberland. still called up north as compare to the south. ——

cold up north competitor. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... a 17—year—old girl has been shot dead in north london in what's thought to be the 47th murder in the capital this year. another 16—year—old boy is critically ill following a separate shooting in the city. jeremy corbyn is facing renewed criticism of his stance on anti—semitism after attending an event organised by a left—wing jewish group last night. the group, called jewdas, has openly criticised mainstream jewish organisations in the past. rail disruption in france as workers go on strike over reforms imposed by president macron. staff have warned there could be three months of industrial action after moves to open up the state—owned train company to competition. and tough new restrictions on the ivory trade are to be introduced in the uk. the move comes after more than 61,000 people supported a public consultation calling for a ban. is worse news. —— let's get it all

round up the morning's sports news. england's cricketers have finished their long winter tours and don't have even one test victory to celebrate. after losing the ashes 4—0 in australia, they'll leave new zealand with a 1—0 series defeat after a frustraing final day in christchurch. england began the day needing to take all ten wickets for victory and they started brilliantly, with stuart broad taking two wickets with the first two balls of the day. encoding kane williamson for his first—ever golden duck. but as the shadows lengthened, the new zealand batsmen stood firm, with ish sodhi scoring a crucial half century as the home side held on to claim only their fourth series victory over england. australia have been thrashed in their first test since the ball—tampering scandal, losing by a massive a92 in the final match against south africa injohannesburg.

the home side needed to take seven wickets on the last day and vernon philander took six of them. another bowler morne morkel was playing his final test before retiring from international cricket and led his team off after the last wicket was taken. while for australia and their coach darren lehmann, who's stepping down after three of his players were banned following the plot to use sandpaper to rough up the ball, it's an abject finish to a controversial tour. alistair brownlee has been named as england's flag bearer for the commonwealth games opening ceremony in australia tomorrow. he said he wouldn't have thought in a million years that a triathlete would be named as the flag bearer. the triathlete defends two titles in gold coast after winning both the individual and mixed relay races four years ago. brownlee is also a two—time olympic champion and he'll lead the 390—strong team out at the carrarra stadium. it's a great honour to be the flag bearer. i remember watching the

manchester games in 2002, sydney in 2000. seeing the british and english teams coming into the stadium, it was a massive thing, or the flag bearer was. i was a massive thing, or the flag bearer was. i never was a massive thing, or the flag bearer was. i never thought in a million years a triathlete to do that, never mind me! to get the opportunity to do it is a very special honour and something i will be proud of. wales have also announced that one of their defending commonwealth champions will carry their flag at the ceremony. swimmer jazz carlin will compete in four events in the gold coast including the 800 metres freestyle, which she won in glasgow. meanwhile, the indian boxing team doctor has been warned after syrignes were found in the athletes village at the weekend. a federation hearing this morning decided not to take any additional action against the doctor who said that he adminstered vitamin b to an unwell boxer by injection. the incident contravenes the games' no needles policy. england's women have called upjade

moore and lee williamson for the world cup qualifiers against wales and wozniacki has a governor. —— and bosnia and herzegovina. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. local councils in england will have a legal duty to offer more help to anyone at risk of homelessness as part of a new law coming into force today. previously, authorities only had to provide housing if people were judged to have a priority need. 0ur correspondent lisa hampele reports. the plight of england's estimated 11,750 rough sleepers,

more than five years ago, was starkly highlighted by the winter snowstorms, but it's notjust rough sleepers on the increase. the charity, crisis, says there are now around 160,000 homeless households, including those in temporary accommodation. today the homelessness reduction act, aimed at cutting the numbers, comes into force. it places new legal duties on english councils, so that everyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness will have access to meaningful help. councils are now obliged to start assessing someone who is at risk of being made homeless 56 days in advance. it was 28 days. today is a massive step forward. it won't solve rough sleeping and the causes of homelessness overall. what it means is that those who are affected by it, that homelessness can be prevented and, crucially, no longer will some people be entitled to help. all people will be entitled to help from their local council in england.

similar measures came into force in wales three years ago. it reduced the numbers of people needing to be re—homed radically. scotland has been doing the same since 2003. the government is giving english councils £77 million to fund the measures. critics say welfare cuts and a lack of affordable homes are the real problem. the existing manufacturer of british passports is appealing against the decision to use a franco—dutch supplier after the uk leaves the european union. de la rue lost the £190 million contract to gemalto, which is based in france, in march. the british company admitted its bid was not the cheapest but said it was "the highest quality and technically most secure". the home office said the chosen firm met the needs of the passport service. selling ivory is to become illegal in the uk after more than 61,000 people supported a public consultation calling for a ban that will include antique items with limited exceptions. ministers say new laws will mean those breaching the proposed ban

will face an unlimited fine or up to five years in jail. alison freeman reports. young elephants playing in botswana. but behind this heartwarming scene is a much sadder problem. the elephants are orphans. their parents are among the thousands killed in africa each year for their tusks. african nations have been calling on the rest of the world to halt the trade in antique ivory, to help curb poaching. and today the environment secretary michael gove announced the uk plans to do just that. after a public consultation on a sales ban received an overwhelming response in of it. conservation groups say they hope the move will put a stop to the shocking decline in the world's elephant population. around 20,000 are slaughtered every year to feed global demand for ivory. that has the number of elephants drop by almost a third over the past decade.

it has been possible to sell items made with ivory before 19117 in britain without a certificate, but the new ban would all but stop that. china, the us and france have tightened their approach to ivory sales, but campaigners hope the uk's stance will help other eu countries to follow suit. joining me now is alexander rhodes, the founder of stop ivory, an independent non—government organisation which aims to protect elephants and stop the ivory trade. welcome. good morning. what's your response to this new law? it's very welcome. doesn't go far enough after —— does it go far enough? -- does it go far enough? yes. the government approach is very strong. stronger than what was proposed in the first place. it makes provision

for certain limited exceptions to allow musical instruments and similar items to continue to be traded. but under much tighter controls on before. items on the list include items comprising less than 10% ivory on volume. that makes sense as far as you're concerned. you mention items with an ivory content you mention items with an ivory co nte nt of you mention items with an ivory content of less than 20 %, made before 1975. have been very specific. yes. the government have gone through a careful consultation process , gone through a careful consultation process, taking in voices from the antiques trade and music industry as well as other sectors. what about the rest of the world? it's one thing for uk to do this, but one thing for uk to do this, but one thing for uk to do this, but one thing for everyone else. what we're talking about here is stopping elephants being wiped out for their

tusks. that is a global challenge. african elephants are in africa, african elephants are in africa, african countries, and the ivory is consumed outside of those countries principally. since the government held the illegal wildlife conference in 2014, which is when stop ivory got involved really in this issue, the us and china have both enacted bans on domestic ivory markets. so the uk doing this now is extraordinary late important as well. the eu on the other hand, as a block, needs to move fast and has been very reluctant to do so. i am hopeful that the british government's strong position on this today will lead to change there. the figures about elephants in africa are telling, thampi? yes. as we sat the week before last, we saw the

last northern white rhino dying, with 30% of elephants dying in the last ten years. it's not fanciful to imaginea last ten years. it's not fanciful to imagine a world in which we lose these characteristic and fa ntastically these characteristic and fantastically important these characteristic and fa ntastically im porta nt features these characteristic and fantastically important features for good. ok, alexander, thank you very much coming in. just a line of breaking news that has come in and last few moments. this is quoting counter—terrorism policing in north—east england. two men aged 52 and 21 have been arrested injune that the in west yorkshire on suspicion of a terror plot. they are quoting counterterrorism police on that. two men aged 52 and 21 arrested on suspicion of a terror plot. there has been no further information at this stage but when we have it, we will bring it to you. america's most recent mass shooting at a florida school has prompted debates about how to prevent further tragedies. last week, hundreds of thousands of people joined marches calling

for tighter gun control. president trump favours a different approach — arming school staff, including teachers. bbc radio 5 live's anna foster has been to visit one school which is already doing just that. it almost looks like a classic scene from the old west. but, without a local sheriff to keep the peace, this school is taking the law into its own hands. the nearest police station is 18 miles away, so here they have signed up to what is called the guardian programme, where some specially trained teachers carry concealed weapons in the classroom. our goal is for this programme to never be used. we want to throw our money away on this programme, and hope this programme never is used. but, should the case arise, these are individuals that can look themselves in the mirror and know that they're doing what's right. around 170 school districts in texas have adopted this idea, with backing from president trump,

who has floated a plan to arm more teachers. it's concealed. so this crazy man who walked in wouldn't even know who it is that has it, that's good. that's not bad, that's good. and the teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew what happened. there are 38 people working at this school — everything from teachers to dinner staff to the caretaker. what is really important in all of this is that nobody knows how many of them are carrying a weapon, and crucially, nobody knows the identity of the people who are armed. 0n condition of anonymity, we put some questions to one of the guardians, whose replies here are spoken by an actor. if the need arose, i feel confident that i would use whatever means necessary to protect our students and staff. just over a week ago, hundreds of thousands of people rallied in washington, dc, calling for tighter gun control laws. among them were many parents and teachers. but the superintendent here insists

he has the full support of the local community. they're caring individuals, that care about our students and want to make sure we have an extra layer of protection for each and every one of our students. without the guardian programme, we're sitting ducks, you know. if there's a crazy person out there, then we have to have a way to defend ourselves. guns are just part of our everyday lives. you know, my husband is a rancher. you get in his ranch truck, there's a gun. it's not scary, there's nothing scary about guns to us. to us, it'sjust part of, you know, normal existence in a rural area. america is at a crossroads. even in this gun—loving state, support for the programme isn't universal. the texan teaching union says arming teachers is fraught with peril. right now, though, it seems the number of guns in american schools is rising rather than falling, and the days of the wild west never really went away. in a moment, a summary of the business news

this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live: in what's thought to be the capital's 47th murder this year, a 17—year—old girl is shot dead in north london. jeremy corbyn is under fire for meeting with a jewish fringe group as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies. "0ne—stop shops" aimed at speeding up cancer diagnoses are to be rolled out across england. in the business news... 21st century fox says it would sell off sky news to disney or ring—fence it to try to address concerns by regulators over its deal to buy sky. fox wants the 61% of sky it does not already own — and is willing to pay $16bn. but it faces problems after the regulator says it's not in the public interest. britain's manufacturing sector slowed in the first

three months of the year to its lowest level in a year. a slowdown in new orders hit growth. but in better news, price pressures eased last month, as input costs rose at their weakest rate in the year, despite inflation remaining relatively strong. shares in the music streaming firm spotify will be publicly traded for the first time later when the firm debuts on the new york stock market. the flotation marks a turning point for the firm that, after 12 years, has not yet made a profit. spotify‘s listing could value it at £14 billion but it is unconventional though. it won't be issuing any new shares. more now on that slowdown in growth in the uk's manufacturing sector. activity in the first quarter fell to its lowest level in a year, thanks to a slowdown in the rate of new orders. joining me now is ruth gregory, an economist at capital economics. good morning. what you make of these

numbers? 0n the face of it, lowest level in a year but we should be clear, it is still growing. that's right. today's figures show the industrial recovery has lost a bit of stea m industrial recovery has lost a bit of steam in the first quarter of the year. however, the survey suggests growth has slowed to around 1.5%, well below the 1% plus rates we saw last year. even if manufacturing growth did grow at around 1% as the survey suggests, that would be a strong rate by past standards. 0n total gdp growth, that would go some way to offsetting the weakness we have seen on spending in the high street in la 2018. put this into a bit of context for us. how significant is the manufacturing sector and should be be worried by a slowdown? it accounts for around 1096 of the total economy, so obviously much more relies on the dominant services sector. and we are seeing

the real pay squeeze has come to an end and prospects, there are prospects for real pay rises ahead. so the look for consumer spending growth are certainly looking up. what is it manufacturers need? for any business right now, there are uncertain times and whatever you make of brexit, there's not much clarity on what will happen next. what does business want? today's survey was encouraging in that business optimism was elevated by past standards. we have seen other surveys suggesting that firms are still confident enough to invest, despite these brexit uncertainties. so does seem likely that the manufacturing sector will be able to sustain the recent rates, albeit a bit slow rate of growth, according to today's survey. ruth, thank you. thanks for your time. in other news... the white house has criticised china after it imposed tariffs against the us on a range of goods,

including pork and wine. beijing put duties of up to 25% on 128 american imports following president donald trump's decision to slap taxes on imports of steel and aluminium. china said the move was intended to safeguard its interests and balance losses caused by the new american tariffs. the existing manufacturer of british passports is appealing against the decision to use a franco—dutch supplier after brexit. de la rue lost the £490m contract to gemalto, which is based in france, in march. the british company admitted its bid was not the cheapest but said it was "the highest quality and technically most secure". the home office said the chosen firm met the needs of the passport service. and fewer people went shopping this easter weekend due to bad weather. total shop visits were down by 2.4% between good

friday and easter sunday compared with last year, according to research group springboard. this was largely due to a sharp fall in high street visits, although footfall at shopping centres and retail parks was up. so it does suggest it is the weather. springboard said high street footfall fell by 9.6% on good friday year—on—year, and by 6.9% on easter saturday. we'll talk more about easter shopping at 3.45 this afternoon. stage and for that if you want to watch all afternoon, that is! and stay tuned for that, if you want to watch all afternoon, that is! the ftse 100 has slipped this morning, reflecting yesterday's falls in the us and this morning in asian markets. there are worries it could spark a trade war as far as global trade is concerned. some think it mightjust be rhetoric on both sides and rhetoric and clauses would get them out of it. but across europe and asia, you can see the lead set by wall street yesterday. you're up—to—date and more from us a little

bit later. everyone wants to watch all afternoon. rest assured! thank you very much. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has said the situation in yemen is the world's worst humanitarian disaster. speaking at a donor conference in switzerland, he said after more than three years of conflict, the greatest burden was being borne by women and children. imogen foulkes reports from geneva. fayed has kidney failure. he slumps in the street outside one of the few hospitals in yemen that still offers dialysis. without it, he will die. war has made travel impossibly expensive and highly dangerous. fayed dare not make thejourney home. translation: i can't even go home to see my children. i don't have an income, or any other source of living to help me eat. i sit next to the hospital and i sleep on the street. this is where i live.

yemen's conflict is laying waste to everything its people need to survive — hospitals, schools, food and water supplies. money from donor countries may help rebuild them. but some of those same countries are selling weapons to yemen's warring parties, and this is a war with no rules. stop targeting hospitals, stop targeting civilian neighbourhoods, stop indiscriminate shelling, stop attacking health personnel. all this will reduce the need. and so the geneva conference is about more than money. aid agencies will be telling donors generosity alone cannot save yemen. real effo rts alone cannot save yemen. real efforts towards peace are needed. a first step, no more weapons for those who break the rules of war.

dozens of newly—discovered giant dinosaur footprints on the isle of skye are helping to shed light on the evolution of the creatures. the 170 million—year—old tracks — found on the island's north—east coast — suggest dinosaurs were present in scotland for a longer period than earlier thought. dr stephen brusatte, a palaeontologist and co—author of the study from the university of edinburgh is with us. good morning. what's the significance of this particular discovery? well, we have a new dinosaur site in scotland and we have a track site with over 50 footprints and handprints left behind by two different types of dinosaurs that were hanging around in an agent lagoon about 170 million yea rs in an agent lagoon about 170 million years ago. “— in an agent lagoon about 170 million years ago. —— in an ancient lagoon. how were they discovered? they were discovered a couple of years ago.

every year, i bring teams from the university of edinburgh to the isle of skye. it was one of my students and noticed these tracks, these depressions and circular holes are about the size of a car tyre. he noticed they were in a left, right zigzag sequence and that there were toes sticking out of the impressions and it dawned on him that these were tracks. he called us over and we spent the next year or so studying the site. i bet he's feeling rather pleased with himself, isn't he?” certainly would! what does it tell us we didn't know before? we have two different types of dinosaurs that left their tracks together. tracks of the big, long neck, plant eating dinosaurs like deadly —— like diplodocus. they were waiting in

shallow water when they left these impressions. that is a bit of a different image than we normally think of what dinosaurs. we think of them thundering across the land and these were splashing around in a lagoon. to be honest, they were owing anything particularly interesting. we have tracks showing the dinosaurs milling around, hanging around. they were not chasing each other or hunting. they we re chasing each other or hunting. they were loitering in this lagoon, which maybe sends a little boring, but gives us a glimpse into a day in the life of these dinosaurs. and just intrigued... how can you be sure of what they were actually doing, having discovered the footprints? it's always a little hard to tell from fossils that are sold by watford vince do is record moments of time. they recalled an animal actually interacting with the environment. we can see from how the tracks are spaced together how fast the dinosaur was moving, for instance. just like our own footprints on the beach. if they are close together, that means we are moving slowly. far apart,

close together, that means we are moving slowly. farapart, it close together, that means we are moving slowly. far apart, it means we're running and you can gradually speed and so on by looking simply a dinosaur tracks. does this lead to more work on the isle of skye now that you have found these? it's early days. we go there every year and we're injune. who knows what we will find. i have a fantastic team of students. 0ne will find. i have a fantastic team of students. one of my students had a drone that mapped the site. we're using technology to believe study these ancient dinosaurs and everything that can tell us. enjoy your next trip there. it can be very advantageous. thank you. let's check on whether prospects now. after the snow and rain of the easter weekend, some sunshine alone today. but it is going hand—in—hand with showers. 0ne today. but it is going hand—in—hand with showers. one of those days good for spotting rainbows. it is a different sort of story further north with more snow across holland and more to come in the next day or

so. and the real battle going on with the milder a further south and colder air with the milder a further south and colderair in with the milder a further south and colder air in the north. any next day, that milder air winds over in the south. still a bit colder in the north. winds coming from the south—west, pushing milder weather across us. still cold enough for some snow in scotland, mainly over higher ground. further south, mostly rain that we see. for england and we'll is, sunshine and showers, showers easing of bradley in the afternoon. —— for england and wales. temperatures struggling to get above format or five in scotland, where remains cloudy and down with outbreaks of rain until snow. continuing this evening and overnight. clear skies for a time before cloud gathers and outbreaks of rain pushed northwards across western bars of the uk, northern ireland and up into sewers and eventually. the hill snow continues

yet and temperatures not much above freezing. compared to 4—9 celsius for england and wales. showers melchett to give further rain on wednesday. starting to sink southwards through the day and getting as far south as northumberland by the evening. snow is not out of the question here. temperatures struggling we have this now, 3—5dc. 10—13 further south, a notch down and what we have seen today because more showers are rent. the weather moves away to the north sea on thursday. behind it, a brief ridge of high pressure that will settle things down. thursday probably the best day of the week for many. sunshine will gradually turn hazy from the west as cloud increases. in the sunshine, 10—13dc. feeling quite pleasant and temper just adding to recover in scotland. towards the end of the week, milder aircoming from towards the end of the week, milder

air coming from the near continent. quite windy on friday but much milder before this system eventually pushes outbreaks of rain across at the end of the week. temperatures starting to recover at the end of the week, perhaps as high as 18 celsius in the south—east on friday, but with it will come. goodbye. —— with it will come some rain. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at midday. in what's thought to be the capital's 47th murder this year, a 17—year—old girl is shot dead in north london. it's appalling. it is not safe to go

out. you have fought to keep looking models, and do something. it is terrible. specialist service chose at the team —— specialist such as that be seen here are continuing. the 47th murder this year. jeremy corbyn is under fire for meeting with a jewish fringe group — as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies. "0ne—stop shops" aimed at speeding up cancer diagnoses are to be rolled out across england. also this hour, transport chaos in france as a wave of strikes begin. dubbed ‘black tuesday‘ — workers are striking against president emmanuel macron's labour reforms. after searching for more than two decades, a chinese family are reunited with their daughter. new zealand secure a dramatic draw against england in the second test in christchurch and claim a 1—0 series victory. good afternoon.

it's tuesday 3rd april. welcome to bbc newsroom live. two shootings in london in the space of an hour have left a 17—year—old girl dead — and a 16—year—old boy critically ill. the teenage girl was found shot in tottenham north london last night and was pronounced dead at the scene. the boy is in a critical condition in hospital in east london after he was shot in walthamstow earlier in the evening. the shootings come amid concerns over rising violent crime in the capital. so far this year, there have been 47 murders in the city — that's a rate of more than three a week. of those murders — 31 were the result of fatal stabbings. 0ur correspondent alison

freeman is in tottenham, at the scene of the shooting. what more is known about what happened? well, we know that officers were called here at about 9:30pm last night to reports of a shooting. an eyewitness has described that the 17—year—old victim was outside her house, you can see the white tent behind me, here, with some friends when she was shot at from a passing car. paramedics did all they could, but she unfortunately died here at the scene. that was at around 10:30pm last night. at around 10pm last night, there was a second incident, three miles away here in waltha mstow. three miles away here in walthamstow. a 16—year—old boy was shot. he is currently in a critical condition in hospital. a 15—year—old was also stabbed in that incident, and he is said to have life changing, but not life threatening injuries. there have been no link

made between the two injuries so far. this is the 47th murder investigation to have been launched after that girl was killed here last night. so far, the metropolitan police ava have lodged eight in january, 15 and debris, 22 in march, and two already in april. local people here have been telling us that it has made them concerned about going out late at night. 0ne woman we spoke to said that she had a relative about the same age as the victim, here, and that she was deeply concerned about her walking around the street at that time of night. allison, thank you so much. alison freeman there in north london. jeremy corbyn has been criticised for attending an event organised by a left wing jewish group critical of mainstream jewish organisations. it comes hours after mr corbyn promised "watertight" investigations into claims of anti—semitism within his party. photographs on the guido fawkes website appear to show the labour leader meeting members of the group,

called jewdas, to mark seder, part of the passover festival. a labour spokeswoman said mr corbyn was invited byjewish members of his local community and that he is urgently seeking meetings to discuss tackling antisemitism. 0ur assistant political editor norman smith is at westminster. bring us up to date about what has been said here. the decision by mr corbyn to attend this event last night has prompted ferocious criticism, primarily from some of the mainjewish criticism, primarily from some of the main jewish organisations, criticism, primarily from some of the mainjewish organisations, in britain, the british board of deputies, the leadership council, because they say that it is either evidence of an error ofjudgment by mr corbyn, or, is designed as a form of provocation towards them, because, there are committed is, that this group, jewdas, which is a left—wing jewish organisation have been largely dismissive of the claims of anti—semitism in the

labour party, and they say, that by attending their dinner, mr corbyn is tacitly giving support to their views, in other words, tacitly giving support to their views, in otherwords, it tacitly giving support to their views, in other words, it is implicit that he too thinks the allegations of anti—semitism are not sufficiently serious or are somehow designed to undermine his leadership. at the very least, that it demonstrates that he is not really intent on getting to grips with the problem. that said, some of his supporters have dismissed this, saying that mr corbyn is attending a jewish event at the request of a jewish event at the request of a jewish organisation which is local to his constituency. certainly, his key ally, john landsman, the founder of the momentum group...” key ally, john landsman, the founder of the momentum group... i don't see what is not wise about attending a meal with constituents of yours, particularly when the celebrity

passover. jeremy also has meetings with other sections of the community, and has been wanted to have a meeting with the representatives of the board of deputies and the jewish leadership council. it doesn't take away from that, so i don't think this is a problem, and i think that some of the labour mps who are suggesting that it the labour mps who are suggesting thatitis the labour mps who are suggesting that it is really doing this to undermine jeremy. interestingly, he did think that there was a problem of what he called unconscious bias in the labour party, and said that it wasn't viewed in the same way as other forms of racism, such as islamophobia, and he is calling for a programme of education within the labour party, over anti—semitism, and he is calling for a programme of education within the labour party, over anti—semitism, anti—urged those locals labour party ‘s... who want

to deselect those who protested outside parliament other day, to desist, saying that there is nothing wrong with people attending that imitation against anti—semitism. i'm joined now by gideon falter, chairman of the charity — campaign against anti—semitism. good afternoon. a private invitation from ajewish good afternoon. a private invitation from a jewish labour group, what's the problem is mike what is so remarkable —— what is so remarkable is that there were remarks a couple of weeks ago, the excuse then was that i didn't look at it properly, and then we find out through other bits of information that he did look at it properly and didn't understand what it was tom we know that the show, do we? he remarks that he made about the euro, and the critique he made of taking the mural down,

specifically referred to things in the mirror. it is clear that he looked down, and did not see anti—semitism. so he says that this crisis has been going on since you seem to be leadership has all been about things where jeremy corbyn said he didn't realise, he didn't notice, so for example, before he was leader, he was defending people who said that israel was behind the 911 attacks. now, this event with this fringe jewish group, 911 attacks. now, this event with this fringejewish group, you might say, jeremy corbyn thought that he would engage with thejewish community, but why he chose an extreme fringe jewish group to community, but why he chose an extreme fringejewish group to do that with, i don't know. he went there because he was given a private invitation, it was in his constituency, people were celebrating the passover, he wanted to be part of that. memo there was no seder that night. they must has

held an event specially forjeremy corbyn. we don't know that, but there was no seder. he is attending, perhaps naively, but then he start hearing people booing the names of jewish community leaders, and when the passover mac ends with enough —— when the seder ends with enough is enough, this was sending a very clear message to thejewish community, and instead of that, last night we get a message from the labour party saying that he was attending in a personal capacity. to today, —— today, we get a message that context that. at no point do we say that he had the being said and done, he was extremely uncomfortable and regrets having gone. let's look at what he has said. he said, the

issue of anti—semitism would be a top priority for the new general secretary of the party, and he insisted absolutely strong and watertight investigations would take place regarding aspects of anti—semitism within labour. that is surely the kind of message that your organisation has been waiting to hear from organisation has been waiting to hearfrom him? organisation has been waiting to hear from him? we have heard that message from him from a number of yea rs. message from him from a number of years. that ship has sailed. jeremy corbyn said, look, i recognise there isa corbyn said, look, i recognise there is a problem, i am going to askjack a party to investigate it, who issued a port saying that there was no major issue... and then becomes the only person thatjeremy corbyn has ever elevated to the peerage. jeremy corbyn, unfortunately, now to be subject to the leadership,... the haveissued be subject to the leadership,... the have issued a disciplinary complaint... the fact that we are

having this conversation demonstrated that he has brought the pa rt demonstrated that he has brought the part here into disrepute. they aren't necessarily saying that he himself is anti—semitic, it is a point about those around him, that he might have been saying things that you are really highly critical of. there is a difference there. what is very important, and what has to be vaguely understood, is that if you wire in a room filled with people who are saying racist things, and you don't do anything about it, and you don't do anything about it, and you don't do anything about it, and you stay in that room for your entire political life, as it were, thatis entire political life, as it were, that is the problem. so, jeremy corbyn has basically been immersed in anti—semitic environment, for a long time. you just have to look at the revelations about his facebook activity in the past couple of weeks. he has now been found to be a member of five anti—semitic facebook groups, one of them he has actually

been posting on facebook posts, and underneath there, there is a thread of anti—semitism, under which he posts. is what he said anti—semitic? no, but he sees the staff and does not challenge it. we're want to call him to account and hold him to a disciplinary process. we must leave it there, jeremy corbyn not available to respond to that, but no doubt he will at some point. train services in france are likely to be severely disrupted today as railway workers begin what they say will be three months of rolling strikes. with just 12% of high—speed trains expected to run — it's being seen as the biggest challenge yet to labour reforms proposed by president emmanuel macron. unions strongly oppose mr macron's plans to open up the state—owned train company. hugh schofield's in paris for us. tell us about the scale of

destruction at this point, hugh?m isa destruction at this point, hugh?m is a big strike. it is not one of those little strikes would affect only a few people, and which generally go unreported, this is a big one. one in ten tgvs, and even some eurostar trains. these are part of the sector that they will be trying to protect, but even those are hit. as to be commuted situation around paris, it is miserable. this is the big one, it is the big strike, or the series of strikes would we have been expecting, and it's would we have been expecting, and its is, as you are saying, the first real test of the resolve of emmanuel macron. the problem with the french —— for the french, is this is only the beginning. this is day one, there are two strike days planned for every week between now and the end ofjune. the country is having to brace itself. it is a novelty, so people are kind of grinning and bearing it, and good

humour is prevailing generally, but i struggle to think what the mood will be like in two or three weeks from now when this is becoming part of daily life. it will be a test. any sign of the sides hinting at compromise at this stage? no, not really. we a re compromise at this stage? no, not really. we are very much in the opening gambit of this whole thing. they're rather, in fact, talk still going on, and understand in thursday, for example, the two sides will meet. the three sides, of course because there is also the sncf management and the government and unions, but right now, we are in and unions, but right now, we are in a phase of dialogue of the death, with the government saying that they have got to push ahead with these plans to change... these are glib reforms, these are about specific sncf rail reforms. in order to —— these are not labour reforms. the country has signed up to that because of europe, so the sncf needs to be prepared, and very things have

to be prepared, and very things have to happen. it has got to be turned into a public limited company. at the end, some of the privileges that rail workers enjoy need to come. this seems from the union side as an open door to privatisation, and the red rag of british style privatisation, and all that is allegedly supposedly gone badly wrong over there, is held up as an example of why france has to stay with its current system. it is... the dialogue of death at the time being, and it is very idea logical, too. certainly, the rail unions to see themselves as standard—bearers ofa see themselves as standard—bearers of a kind of conception of french life, french economy, which they know deep down many people in france do agree with. so, it is not a given that the country will necessarily come down on macron's side on all of this. there is a deep—rooted affection for the public sector, for the state and the public services, which means that the union so that they can push pretty hard, and not

necessarily leave the people behind. thank you, hugh. hugh schofield there in paris. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: in what's thought to be the capital's 47th murder this year, a 17 year old girl is shot dead in north london. jeremy corbyn is under fire for meeting with a jewish fringe group — as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies. "0ne—stop shops" aimed at speeding up cancer diagnoses are to be rolled out across england. time for the sport, here is hugh ferris. hi, hugh. half england started brilliantly, with stuart broad taking two of the

wicket, the first two bores of the day, but the new zealand batsman stood firm, and a half century was scored. the home side held on to claim what was only their fourth series victory over again. alistair brownlee has been named as the flag bearer in australia, tomorrow. he defends two titles in gold coast after winning the individual and mixed relay races four years ago. he is also a two times 0lympic champion, and will lead the 390 team out at the carrara stadium. it is a great honour. i ramble watching some of the games, magister gains in 2002, sydney in 2000, seeing the british and english teams coming out into the stadium, and it being a massive thing, who the flag bearer was. i never thought in a million yea rs was. i never thought in a million years it would be a triathlete who would do that, never mind me, so to get the opportunity to do it is a really special one, and something i will be very proud of. wales have also announced one of their

defending champions will be the flag—bearers. she will compete in two events, she won in glasgow one of them. anthonyjoshua could have his attempt to become the heavyweight champion this year he read by one of the cycling bodies. he beatjoseph parker to owner three out of the four titles. 0ne he beatjoseph parker to owner three out of the four titles. one of... they have told another british fighters to fight for the right to meetjoshua, and they have to take on the winner orface meetjoshua, and they have to take on the winner or face losing his meetjoshua, and they have to take on the winner orface losing his ibf title. he was to become the undisputed king at this year. england's women have... midfielder has returned from ankle injury, and replaces joe scott who is has returned from ankle injury, and replacesjoe scott who is injured. williamson could win her first cap. the arsenal defender is infinitely

bride who has also picked up an injury. that is all your sport for now, more coming up in the next hour. ten assessment centres designed to speed up cancer diagnosis are being introduced in england. gps will refer patients who have symptoms including unexplained weight loss, abdominal pain and fatigue — to the so—called one stop shops, where they can undergo tests for different cancers. here's more from our health correspondent dominic hughes. it helped me focus more on what my symptoms were... whenjohn lost 14 kg of weight in just a few weeks, combined with nausea and fever, alarm bells started ringing. the fear was he had developed cancer. butjohn had no specific symptoms, so was referred to in new specialist unit at airedale hospital in west yorkshire. fast track team, take blood straightaway, mri scans, ct scans more or less straightaway. you get to know what is possibly wrong with you instead of waiting weeks and weeks to some results

to come back, and the worrying all that time. the eight—hour clinic is one of ten in england designed to speed up a candidate gnosis, where patients with non—specific symptoms likejohn and be seen by one team who can give a fast decision, rather than waiting to different departments to carry out several tests before a diagnosis is made. the advantage is that patients can have all the tests they need in one place rather than having to go back and forth to different departments. the quicker we can get the diagnosis of cancer for a patient, the quicker we can start treatment, which means better outcomes. various doctors hadn't picked up on the fact that it might be a tropical disease... it turns out thatjohn's symptoms may not be cancer at all but a form of malaria. the aim is that every patient likejohn is given the all clear, or a diagnosis within 28 days. meanwhile, the former

health secretary, andrew lansley, says he's being treated for bowel cancer — and has blamed budget cuts and staff shortages for not spotting the illness sooner. writing in the daily telegraph, lord lansley said he was "lucky" to have been diagnosed after a visit to his gp — and that an automatic early screening programme for bowel cancer introduced in 2010 was only available to half the country because of funding problems. a spokesman for the department of health said it was making significant investments in cancer treatment and thousands of lives were being saved with screening programmes. our health editor hugh pym is here, firstly how significant is this introduction of one stop shops for cancer treatment? well, i think, well, ithink, there well, i think, there are high hopes for this programme. it is only ten centres to start off with, around england, but i think the view is that if you've got these unexplained symptoms that are worrying you, and yourgp is symptoms that are worrying you, and your gp is not quite sure, like

fatigue or weight loss or loss of appetite, you can be referred quickly to the centre, and they will do all sorts of tests to see if it can be linked to cancer. 0bviously, offering the gps british what kind offering the gps british what kind of cancer it might be and clear about the symptoms, but there are many other cases where they are not so sure. i think it meant and cancer research take the view that these pilot schemes will illustrate a bit more what sort of cancer symptoms are relevant and what aren't, so in the sense, it is experimental, and it is good news for the patients who are picked up early. at the same time we have the former health secretary urging improved screening after his own bowel cancer diagnosis. after his own bowel cancer very after his own bowel cancer telling a former conser\ health very telling a former conservative health secretary saying that back in 2010, him and david cameron wanted

to roll out a new bowel cancer screening. the idea was that it would start off in certain areas of england in 2013, and then be rolled out nationally by 2016, but so far, two years beyond that, it is only being used in 50% of the country. so, he is saying that it has fallen short in terms of the ambition, and he is blaming funding cuts and a conservative and coalition government, before that, with a team of... he himself is saying that he has bowel cancer, and that it is conceivable that if it had been available nationally, earlier on, he might have been picked up by it. he said it is lucky that he was picked up, but more patients should have access to this screening programme. anti—semite. —— thank you so much. two men have been arrested

in west yorkshire on suspicion of involvement in a terror plot. counter—terror officers are searching two properties in dewsbury after the men, aged 52 and 21, were detained under the terrorism act. west yorkshire police said the arrests were planned as part of an ongoing investigation. 0ur correspondent 0livia richwald is in dewsbury this morning. the police have not added much more. they have said that it has been led by the counterterrorism police unit in the north—east, and it was a preplanned intelligence led operation that happened this morning. as you say, two men have been arrested, aged 52 and 21, and the police are containing to search two properties any sample town area of dewsbury in west yorkshire. i am standing on this road, and police are certainly has behind me. they have only just put are certainly has behind me. they have onlyjust put up that police tape in the last half an hour. their investigations are at an early

stage. people living in this area reported two large loud bangs which they may have mistaken for explosions, but police have reassured people that there were not any explosions, but what they heard we re any explosions, but what they heard were probably be bullies gaining entry to the properties. the police presence here is not particularly happy, and west yorkshire police have tried to reassure people that their parties to capella guy protect people in this area whilst the investigations continue. thank you so much. a father in china has been reunited with his daughter — after spending 24 years trying to find her. she disappeared when she was just 3 years old. the father's search even included becoming a taxi driver in chengdu city — in the hopes of one day picking her up as a passenger. his daughter made contact with him earlier this year after seeing his appeal for information online. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell is in hong kong with the story now. i gave a brief summary, there. so,

fill in the gaps of this remarkable story. love yes, it is an incredible heart—warming tale, i have to say, that this couple, after 24 years of being unable to find their missing daughter, if you go back to 1994, they had a fruit stall, and they we re they had a fruit stall, and they were busily selling fruit, and they say they just took their eye off their little three rod girl briefly, and she was gone. minutes turned into hours and hours tended to days and then years, and they never gave up and then years, and they never gave upa keen and then years, and they never gave up a keen for her, for decades. fast forward to recent times, and a p pa re ntly forward to recent times, and apparently a police officer got this idea, of doing a sketch based on a photo of the missing girl's sister. they didn't even have a photo of the little toddler. guessing what you might have looked like at the age of 27. and, this woman, now living up in the north—east of the country,

thousands of kilometres away, said, maybe it is me. the police did a dna test of the daughter, and hey presto it matches with the parents and they have all been reunited. we are just showing a photograph of the moment ofi showing a photograph of the moment of i think reunification. it is the most wonderfully moving scene. how much more is known about what happened and what was said when they finally met? beautiful, it was sort of reading accounts of it right now online. the father saying daddy's here now, with you. really heart—wrenching stuff, but it has ca ptu red heart—wrenching stuff, but it has captured the imagination in china, partly because this is part of the bigger problem. it is probably the case that she went missing, because she has been kidnapped and sold into adoption, and there are no official government figures about this, but it is estimated that some tens of thousands of children could be kidnapped every year and sold this

way into adoption, so... it is an acute problem that people are aware of, and the pain that it must cause those, particularly in small villages, who have had those children taken away, so to see this couple after decades of looking for their daughter, and a daughter saying that she has been told that you don't have parents, no one knows who your parents are common to see have them all together now hugging and crying, it is amazing. a fair amount of credit needs to go to the present who did the drawing, who took a forward so many years effectively? and also, apparently, the passengers inside the taxi, because when they mention that the father, who goes on to become... actual working for china's version of boot, he is saying, can you help me try and find my daughter. this got the word out to millions of people, and he became quite famous,

looking for his daughter, and that all helped as well. and in a day with social media, —— without social media, i guess you could never have found your daughter in this way, so it isa found your daughter in this way, so it is a credit to what can be achieved with these sort of social media networks, that we have these days. thank you so much. steven mcdonnell there in hong kong. it isa it is a story of two seasons across the country today. northern areas are stuck with winter. further south, it feels quite a lot likes ring. that does not mean dry and sunny, not all the time, because there are quite a few thundery showers across england and wales, although increasing numbers of sunshine across the south—west. bytyqi in scotland, some snow, chiefly ever high ground, but perhaps to relatively low levels at times later on. through this

evening, we see that mix of rain, sleet and snow across scotland. and then, four injured and wales, there will be some clear spells, and a strengthening breeze, and a cut above is showers, pushing up from the south. 9 degrees below in plymouth, just one in stornoway. still some snow to come across parts of scotland, particularly over the hills. there will be some showers, here, for sure, but further south, some really heavy thundery showers with hail mixed in, as well. shoehorned in between some spells of sunshine, and that range of temperatures, 13 in london, butjust three in aberdeen. this is bbc newsroom live.

our latest headlines: a 17—year—old girl has been shot dead in north london in what's thought to be the 47th murder in the capital this year. another 16—year—old boy is critically ill following a separate shooting in the city. jeremy corbyn is facing renewed criticism of his stance on anti—semitism after attending an event organised by a left—wing jewish group last night. the group, called jewdas, has openly criticised mainstream jewish organisations in the past. a series of cancer assessment centres are to be rolled out across england in a bid to speed up cancer diagnoses. the so—called "one stop shops" will offer a range of tests under one roof to reduce patients being referred to several places. rail disruption in france as workers

go on strike over reforms imposed by president macron. staff have warned there could be three months of industrial action after moves to open up the state—owned train in company to competition. and a chinese woman has been reunited with her family 24 years after she went missing. the woman made contact after seeing her father's appeal for information online. the let's get more now on the shootings last night in london — concerns are growing over the rise in violent crime in the city. i spoke to leroy logan, who's a former chief superintendant with the metropolitan police a little earlier. i think it has been going for a number of years. it is quite clear that young people are being groomed on the streets to use knives and guns, and as a result, that they are fooling themselves to think they are more secure having

a weapon with them, and not knowing that they are more likely to have a weapon used against them, as well as they can use a weapon. it is also quite clear that young people are not being engaged with statutory services, and i'm notjust talking about police, i'm talking about youth services, social services, because all of these public organisations have been stripped and decimated. and as a result of that, instead of those young people being offset from the grooming by legitimate and organised initiatives, the street groomers are getting them to do all sorts of mad things, and of course we start to see indiscriminate violence, and unfortunately, young people are being numbed to these sorts of things. because then they themselves are traumatised, they internalise a lot of their inhibitions or any

form of feelings for other people, and unfortunately, a lot of them don't value their own life, so they don't value other people's lives. going back to that point you made about street groomers... you say it is quite clear that this was happening. if it is quite clear, why can't it be tackled? what it relies on is community engagement, and in particular working with young people. not alienating them. you have to make sure that they know that they are at the centre of a strategy, so that they feel reassured, and they will feel that the police are there for them. and so, they don't fool themselves into getting groomed into street justice, instead of thejustice system, and as a result of that you get more intelligence. we start to get more information so that your agencies, particularly the police, would be a lot more proactive. it's not just about arresting your way out of this problem, it is working holistically with young people and not

putting them in fear. because unfortunately, a lot of young people that i have worked with in my anti—gang strategy up until last year in east london, and also, the charity that i chair, they always speak about feeling under protected, and as a result of that, they do not trust the police and they don't work with them as they should to give them the information of where these things will happen. lastly, i would say that the met police is 700 detectives less than they were a few years ago, so officers are overwhelmed with high caseload, they are feeling demoralised, they are feeling devalued, and so, the productivity that they normally have to deal with these things isn't there, and they are just reacting to one crisis or another. just briefly on that, those police number points that you make, those police numbers have been coming down over a few years, so why now, suddenly, do we appear to see more of this kind of crime?

i think it is just the perfect storm of police numbers have come to rock bottom, and officers are not in any way preventing or problem solving with young people, and the street rumours and there are such large numbers and the virus of violence is spreading endemically, and there is no enforcement programme that is going to engage in it. it has got to be a public health approach, a holistic partnership approach working with the community and particularly, young people. leroy logan speaking about violent crime in london. leading figures in south africa have been paying tribute to the anti—apartheid leader and formerfirst lady winnie madikizela—mandela, who died yesterday at the age of 81. the country's president, cyril ramaphosa, said she had inspired millions of south africans. she became an international symbol of resistance to white minority rule, but her reputation was damaged by her endorsement of violence against people accused of being informants and by accusations of corruption. 0ur correspondent pumza flhani

is in soweto, south africa. bring us up—to—date on what is going on around that building behind you. just with the singing behind me, what you're hearing now are members of the african women's league. this isa of the african women's league. this is a wing of the ruling african national congress. a short while earlier, an opposition leader led throngs of his members to come and pay respects to the mandela family. they are talking about unity and these aspirations that winnie mandela espoused as a politician, but also as an elder within the ruling party and someone who played a key role in the fight against the oppression of black south africans. that is something south africans are honouring her fourth today. that is something south africans are honouring herfourth today. you mentioned it is a mixed legacy, one

which as some controversy. the majority of south africans, the context here is that apartheid was a very difficult time, especially for black people, with violence meted against people from all sides. they believe winnie mandela should be honoured for the role that she laid in that fight. you are in an area where there is bound to be so much focus on that. but when you look at the reaction across south africa, is it possible to sum up the wider view? the brother reaction of south africans has been that of reverence for winnie madikizela—mandela. they have spoken about her fearlessness. it has been celebrated year. it worked been using social media and local talk radio to talk about the role she played, to talk about the great fight against apartheid, especially at a time and there was no indication nelson mandela would ever be released from prison. any

indication even that black south africans would ever even easier. thank you very much indeed. would ever be —— that black south africans would ever be free year. jeremy corbyn has had some criticism for attending an event in his constituency, what has been described as a left—wing jewish event by some in the light of the anti—semitism debate in labour party circles. the labour party leader has been talking about this in the last few minutes. let's listen in to what he said. the it wasn't a meeting last night. it wasn't a meeting last nightm was a celebration of passover. i celebrate it with a lot of young jewish people from my community and constituency. it was very interesting talking to a lot of young people about their experiences in modern britain and ireland a lot.

is that a good thing? do you believe the process of alaska two weeks has changed the way they labour party and national leadership deals with anti—semitism? and national leadership deals with anti-semitism? anti-semitism is a vile and evil thing in our society at any level, anywhere, any time and it has to be eradicated. can i finish? whenever it arises. if it arises in my party, then we have a process for dealing with it. we examine each case and if someone has committed any anti—semitic act, then they are suspended and ultimately could be expelled as a result of it. and we are very clear about that and very, very clear in the whole of our society, we cannot accept anti—semitism in any form or indeed any other form of racism anti—semitism in any form or indeed any otherform of racism in our society. communities working together achieved things together. communities divided, don't. lord sugar was tweeting pictures... that was jeremy corbyn speaking

sugar was tweeting pictures... that wasjeremy corbyn speaking in swindon in the last little while, responding to some criticisms levelled at him in the last few hours. selling ivory is to become illegal in the uk after more than 61,000 people supported a public consultation calling for a ban that will include antique items with limited exceptions. ministers say new laws will mean those breaching the proposed ban will face an unlimited fine or up to five years in jail. alison freeman reports. young elephants playing in botswana. but behind this heartwarming scene is a much sadder problem. the elephants are orphans. their parents are among the thousands killed in africa each year for their tusks. african nations have been calling on the rest of the world to halt the trade in antique ivory to help curb poaching. and today the environment secretary michael gove announced the uk plans to do just that. after a public consultation on a sales ban

received an overwhelming response in of it. conservation groups say they hope the move will put a stop to the shocking decline in the world's elephant population. around 20,000 are slaughtered every year to feed global demand for ivory. that has seen the number of elephants drop by almost a third over the past decade. it has been possible to sell items made with ivory before 1947 in britain without a certificate, but the new ban would all but stop that. china, the us and france have tightened their approach to ivory sales, but campaigners hope the uk's stance will help other eu countries to follow suit. earlier, alexander rhodes, the founder of stop ivory, told me the new government measures to ban ivory could encourage other european countries to do the same. i think the government has been very careful in its consultation the

and the process in which it has determined this ban. stronger than what was proposed in the first place. it makes provision for certain limited exceptions to allow musical instruments and similar items to continue to be traded. but under much tighter controls than before. items on the list include those comprising less than 10% ivory on volume prior to 1947. that makes sense as far as you're concerned. you mention items with an ivory content of less than 20%, made before 1975. they have been very specific. yes. league and has taken its time in reaching its conclusions. -- the government. the government have gone through a careful consultation

process, taking in voices from the antiques trade and music industry as well as other sectors. what about the rest of the world? it's one thing for uk to do this, but one thing for everyone else. what we're talking about here is stopping elephants being wiped out for their tusks. that is a global challenge. african elephants are in africa, african countries, and the ivory is consumed outside of those countries principally. since the government held the illegal wildlife conference in 2014, which is when stop ivory really got involved in this issue, the us and china have both enacted bans on domestic ivory markets. so the uk doing this now is extraordinary late important as well. the eu on the other hand, as a bloc, needs to move fast and has been very reluctant to do so. i am hopeful that the british government's strong position on this today will lead to change there. the figures about elephants

in africa are telling, aren't they? yes. as we saw the week before last, we saw the last northern white rhino dying, with 30% of elephants dying in the last ten years. it's not fanciful to imagine a world in which we lose these characteristic and fantastically important creatures for good. alexander rhodes. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: in what's thought to be the capital's 47th murder this year, a 17—year—old girl is shot dead in north london. jeremy corbyn is under fire for meeting with a jewish fringe group — as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies. "0ne—stop shops" aimed at speeding up cancer diagnoses are to be rolled out across england. local councils in england will have a legal duty to offer more

help to anyone at risk of homelessness, as part of a new law coming into force today. previously, authorities only had to provide housing if people were judged to have a priority need. 0ur correspondent lisa hampele reports. the plight of england's estimated 4,750 rough sleepers, more than double than five years ago, was starkly highlighted by the winter snowstorms, but it's notjust rough sleepers on the increase. the charity, crisis, says there are now around 160,000 homeless households, including those in temporary accommodation. today the homelessness reduction act, aimed at cutting the numbers, comes into force. it places new legal duties on english councils so that everyone who is homeless or at risk of homelessness will have access to meaningful help. councils are now obliged to start assessing someone who is at risk of being made homeless 56 days in advance.

it was 28 days. today is a massive step forward. it won't solve rough sleeping and the causes of homelessness overall. what it means is that those who are affected by it, that homelessness can be prevented and, crucially, no longer will some people be entitled to help. all people will be entitled to help from their local council in england. similar measures came into force in wales three years ago. it reduced the numbers of people needing to be re—homed radically. scotland has been doing the same since 2003. the government is giving english councils £77 million to fund the measures. critics say welfare cuts and a lack of affordable homes are the real problem. the husband ofjailed british mother nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has called upon the government to do more to free his wife two years on from her arrest in iran. richard ratcliffe claims it has become a "test of endurance" to free his wife. i spoke to richard,

who has not seen his wife or his daughter gabriella since his wife's detention in 2016. if you think back to christmas, the foreign secretary promised to leave no stone unturned and to do whatever he could, and since then it has all gone a bit quiet. we have had various messages coming from the iranian authorities saying that there is something that the british government should do. they clarified that there is a dispute over money and interest rates, and that she is being held until that is solved. it is not myjob to tell the government to solve a particular financial issue, but it is theirjob to protect my wife, and it is myjob to clarify with the government what they think nazanin's rights are. because she has not been held for what she has done, she is being held by another reason. you talked about things going quiet

since christmas. how much contact has been between you and the foreign 0ffice since then? i got a text from the foreign secretary's office today, partly because i'm on the media so much. i haven't seen him since christmas. we have been looking to try and arrange a meeting. the sticking point is i want to have the lawyers present, to talk about her rights, and he is reluctant for that. i have had some contact with the lower—level officials. when you talk about having your lawyers present, why is that important? one of the things is that they always insist that nazanin has a consular case. partly the reason for that is that the government has no obligations in a consular case. i have to say, given that the iranian authorities are saying that she is being held over payment of government debt, it seems to be a bit rich as to the fact that there isn't clarity about what her rights are. those are technical questions,

and it is easier to have a lawyer there, just to be there. just a final word, but if borisjohnson happen to be watching this conversation, what would you say to him? i am keen to meet with him, to meet with the lawyers, to find out what is going on, to find that what he thinks her rights are, and what the wider situation is. this has gone on for a very long time. i want to be clear that nazanin is at the end of her tether, and if things aren't solved soon, they could get worse. and finally, how is she as far as you know? pretty fragile, particularly around the time of year when a lot of people were released and she wasn't. she definitely talks about having panic attacks in her sleep, and various kinds of sort of uncontrollable moods. i spoke to her the other day. she was all right on sunday. but, yeah, she is precarious. richard ratcliff speaking to me earlier. an update on the shooting in north

london. we are told that the victim in the shooting, a 17—year—old girl, has been named locally as tanesha. we can show you that image of her. this occurred in tottenham last night, around... just before half past ten at night. reports of the shooting and a victim found with a bullet wound and pronounced dead at the scene after half past ten. there was also another shooting in waltha mstow, was also another shooting in walthamstow, east london last night as well. a 16—year—old white critically ill in hospital, a second teenage boy suffered stab wounds. —— a 16—year—old boy critically ill. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has said the situation in yemen is the world's worst humanitarian disaster. speaking at a donor conference in switzerland geneva, he said after more than 3 years of conflict, the greatest burden was being borne by women and children.

imogen foulkes reports from geneva. fayed has kidney failure. he slumps in the street outside one of the few hospitals in yemen that still offers dialysis. without it, he will die. war has made travel impossibly expensive and highly dangerous. fayed dare not make thejourney home. translation: i can't even go home to see my children. i don't have an income, or any other source of living to help me eat. i sit next to the hospital and i sleep on the street. this is where i live. yemen's conflict is laying waste to everything its people need to survive — hospitals, schools, food and water supplies. money from donor countries may help rebuild them. but some of those same countries are selling weapons to yemen's warring parties, and this is a war with no rules. stop targeting hospitals, stop targeting civilian

neighbourhoods, stop indiscriminate shelling, stop attacking health personnel. all this will reduce the need. and so the geneva conference is about more than money. aid agencies will be telling donors generosity alone cannot save yemen. real efforts towards peace are needed. a first step, no more weapons for those who break the rules of war. dozens of newly—discovered giant dinosaur footprints on the isle of skye are helping to shed light on the evolution of the creatures. the 170 million year—old tracks, found on the island's north—east coast, suggest dinosaurs were present in scotland for a longer period than earlier thought. earlier, i spoke to dr stephen brusatte, a palaeontologist and co—author of the study from the university of edinburgh and asked him about the significance

of this discovery. well, we have a new dinosaur site in scotland and we have a track site with over 50 footprints and handprints left behind by two different types of dinosaurs that were hanging around in an ancient lagoon about 170 million years ago. how were they discovered? the tracks were discovered a couple of years ago. every year, i bring teams from the university of edinburgh to the isle of skye to look forfossils. it was one of my students who found these tracks, these depressions and circular holes about the size of a car tyre. he noticed they were in a left, right zigzag sequence and that there were toes sticking out of the impressions and it dawned on him that these were tracks. he called us over and we spent the next year or so studying the site. i bet he's feeling rather pleased with himself, isn't he? i certainly would!

what does it tell us that we didn't know before? we have two different types of dinosaurs that left their tracks together. tracks of the big, long neck, pla nt—eating dinosaurs like the diplodocus. we have some of the primitive types, the meat eaters, plaid assesses afterjanuzaj x. the meat eaters, plaid assesses after januzaj x. —— the meat eaters, plaid assesses afterjanuzaj x. —— of tyrannosaurus rex. they were waiting in shallow water when they left these impressions. that is a bit of a different image than we normally think of what dinosaurs. we think of them thundering across the land and these were splashing around in a lagoon. to be honest, they were not doing anything particularly interesting. we have tracks showing the dinosaurs milling around, hanging around. they were not chasing

each other or hunting. they were loitering in this lagoon, which maybe seems a little boring, but gives us a glimpse into a day in the life of these dinosaurs. i'm just intrigued... how can you be sure of what they were actually doing, having discovered the footprints? it's always a little hard to tell from fossils that are so old but they record moments of time. they recall an animal actually interacting with the environment. we can see from how the tracks are spaced together how fast the dinosaur was moving, for instance. just like our own footprints on the beach. if they are close together, that means we are moving slowly. far apart, it means we're running and you can gradually speed and so on by looking simply a dinosaur tracks. does this lead to more work on the isle of skye now that you have found these? it's early days. we go there every year and we're going injune. who knows what we will find. i have a fantastic team of students. one of my students had a drone that mapped the site. we're using technology to really study these ancient dinosaurs and everything that can tell us. in a moment the news

at one with ben brown. you can see in perth & kinross el aeron, —— earlier on, but it feels warmer in the south. frontal systems pushing northwards across the british isles. across southern areas, we feel the effects of a southerly wind, so it is pretty mild, actually. further north, stuck in the cold air. and so we will continue to see snow, especially over high ground in scotland. perhaps even on slightly lower levels at times. that should be rain right down at sea level. someone should this perhaps in northern ireland. down to the south tonight, a further clutch of very heavy downpours pushing up from the south. not a particularly cold night for

most of all it will be chilly across parts of scotland. into tomorrow, more of the same. rain sleet and snow, mostly over high ground but perhaps to lower levels later. showers for northern ireland and for england and wales, a mixture of sunny spells but some really heavy thundery downpours. perhaps not as mild as today. the low pressure responsible for the unsettled wednesday will drift away to the north—east and that allows this little bump in isobars, building in. thursday is probably the highest day of the week. in fact, sunny for many. more cloud into the west later with a strengthening southerly breeze as well. those temperatures actually start to decline even across parts of scotland. seven in aberdeen, ten in edinburgh, 12 in london. thursday and friday, the low— pressure london. thursday and friday, the low—pressure stats to squash in from the west. frontal systems bring in rain from the west with strength

only southerly winds. —— with strengthening southerly winds. that allows us to tap into somebody mild there as we head towards the end of there as we head towards the end of the week. just about whenever you are, temperatures as we get into the weekend will be up into double digits. it is a real mixed bag across parts of the south—east. we could get to 16, 17, maybe even 18 celsius. and concern about a surge in violent crime in the capital. a 17—year—old girl named locally as tanesha died at the scene — another teenager is fighting

for his life after being shot an hour later at another incident. we'll be assessing what's behind the rising murder rate in london. also this lunchtime... jeremy corbyn says he is committed to fighting anti—semitism after criticism for attending an event organised by a controversial left—wing jewish group. anti—semitism is a vile and evil thing within our society. at any level, anywhere, any time. and it's got to be eradicated. a better way of diagnosing cancer — new one stop shops where patients can be checked for different