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 types of the disease. the school in america doing what donald trump wants — and giving guns to its teachers. and going for gold on the gold coast — 4,000 athletes prepare for the commonwealth games in australia.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. there's growing concern about violent crime in the capital, after two shootings overnight. a 17—year—old girl — named locally as tanesha — has been shot dead in tottenham. a 16—year—old boy is critically ill after being found with gunshot wounds in walthamstow. the two incidents were in the space of an hour. london's murder rate has

risen sharply this year, with 47 murders so far. richard lister reports. our home editor, mark easton, is here. 47 murders injust a 47 murders in just a few months of this year, it sounds a lot? and it isa this year, it sounds a lot? and it is a lot, any murder, any homicide, is a lot, any murder, any homicide, is clearly a tragedy and one is too many, but i think we need to try and keep things in it and notjust assume what's going on. are the figures rising? yes, as you said there have been more homicides in london in the first three months of this year than last. but even if the rate was to continue as it currently is- rate was to continue as it currently is — and it is rate was to continue as it currently is —and it isa rate was to continue as it currently is — and it is a high rate — it would still mean that at the end of the year we are lower than we were in 2003, for example. the figures do go in 2003, for example. the figures do 9° up in 2003, for example. the figures do go up and down and i think that this has been a bad phrase but it does not mean things are out of control.

is it gang violence? in parts, yes, it certainly is a, but the average age of homicide victim in london is 32, there were only nine teenagers out of 47 deaths this year. i say only nine but that gives you some sense of it. and gang violence can change things quite a lot, you can have a bit of a turf war which can push the numbers out of line. it can be an impact but it is not the whole story. is it down to police cuts? you will have had many police officers and some politicians suggesting that the two things are linked. actually, release budgets and manpower, the link between those and manpower, the link between those and the murder rate is not particularly strong. so i think we have to be careful that we don't assume what's happening here. mark easton, our home editor, thank you very much. richard lister now has this report. late last night, and police are responding to the murder of another

teenager on the streets of london. the victim here in tottenham, a 17—year—old girl out with friends. her mum didn't deserve to watch her die. what would you say if you saw your child on the floor, she was screaming, she didn't know what to do her leg the victim has been named locally as tanesha, this picture was put off her on social media. witnesses say a gunman fired on her from inside a car. this morning the investigation continues in a community in shock. it'sjust scary, i've got a granddaughter of 12, and she could walk to me in a couple of years' time, she could walk to me at that time of night. it's not safe any more, it's not. it's appalling. it's not safe to go out. you have to keep looking your doors or do something, it's terrible! condolences to the mum and dad of the young lady that got killed. and

that's coming from every single person in tottenham that scott hart. this is not what we want. just a few miles away in walthamstow, police found two more teenagers last night, one shot, the other stabbed, a 16—year—old boy is now in a critical tradition with gunshot injuries and the stab victim is said to have suffered life—changing injuries. there have been 46 murders in london this year, most from stabbing or shooting. january saw eight homicides in london, 15 in february and 22 in march, a rate not seen in more than a decade. this kind of violence on our streets is increasing and it is a worry and i would like to say a crisis because it has never been this young on such a regular occurrence as we're getting now. the latest figures show that gun crime and knife crime have both increased by about 20% in england and wales, and even more sharply in london dirty one person

has been stabbed to death every three days this year alone. police say we're at a turning point, more than 20 years, when such crimes had been going down. the metropolitan police commissioner, chris did it, said at the weekend that social media may be partly to blame, rival gangs taunting each other and you chew, escalating trivial into violent confrontations, and innocent people often getting caught in the crossfire. it comes down to funding, communities working with these young people, they need guidance and support. what we're seeing is social exclusion and young men and women turning to the streets as a result. forensic teams are still at work here in tottenham. elsewhere there are two north london families at their children's hospital bedsides, and one family in this street is preparing for a funeral. some labour mps have again criticised their leader

jeremy corbyn for his approach to the issue of anti—semitism. they're angry he attended an event organised by a left wing jewish group called jewdas, which has been critical of more mainstream jewish organisations. the mps have seen mr corbyn's attendance as a sign he isn't taking anti—semitism seriously. mr corbyn says he was there in a personal capacity, and has called anti—semitism a "vile and evil thing within our society, which needs to be eradicated wherever it arises". here's our political correspondent eleanor garnier. another morning, another row about anti—semitism in the labour party. 0ut campaigning in swindon but the questions coming jeremy corbyn's way, all about his relations with the jewish community after an way, all about his relations with thejewish community after an event he went to last night. do you regret going to that event last night? not in the slightest. why? i'm sorry but your question, i went to a very enjoyable and interesting evening,

talking tojewish enjoyable and interesting evening, talking to jewish about their life in britain and the experiences they have had about anti—semitism and has a seed is the future for our country but i think that is what political leaders should do. the event was organised by jewdas, leaders should do. the event was organised byjewdas, a left—wing jewish group openly critical of mainstream organisations. it has dismissed allegations of anti—semitism as right—wing smears. it seems strange that mr corbyn's first act in the week after he declared that he would be our allies and a militant opponent of anti—semitism, that he would choose to meet with a group which denounced the demonstrations which labelled as all as right—wing conspirator was. we have to wonder what message he is sending us by attending this event. 0ne mp accused mr corbyn of deliberately baiting the mainstream jewish community and said the party leader had been irresponsible and dangerous. another said it was a blatant dismissal of the case made for tackling anti—semitism in labour. mr corbyn's supporters admit

there is a wider problem of anti—semitism in the party, but they reject criticism levelled at the leaderfor reject criticism levelled at the leader for going reject criticism levelled at the leaderfor going to last reject criticism levelled at the leader for going to last night's event. jeremy corbyn attended an event. jeremy corbyn attended an event put on by young jewish radicals in his constituency. for non—jews to call that anti—semitic in itself i find offensive and bordering on anti—semitic in itself. some say it could simply be naivete, others have accused mr corbyn of a deliberate act of defiance. but whatever the reason, by choosing to go to thejewdas event he has inflamed tensions rather than calming things down. shame on you! it has been a difficult week, they we re eve n it has been a difficult week, they were even angry protests in westminster. mr corbyn might have condemned all forms of racism and apologised for the hurt caused by anti—semitism settle the problem is farfrom anti—semitism settle the problem is far from sorted. anti—semitism settle the problem is farfrom sorted. and garnier, bbc news, westminster. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith,

is in westminster. so, more controversy the jeremy corbyn on this issue but a strong statement from him in the last few minutes denouncing anti—semitism is evil and file? yes, mr corbyn remains unrepentant about his visit and on one level view is my big scratching their head wondering what all the fuss is about if mr corbyn chooses to attend a local event organised by a localjewish group to mark ajewish organised by a localjewish group to mark a jewish festival at which he talks to local constituents about the problems of anti—semitism. the problem is that this group, jewdas, have been frankly dismissive of the claims of anti—semitism within the labour party, which has led to some of the main jewish organisations suggesting that mr crow been's attendance gives credence to those views, suggesting that he, too, doesn't get it, that he is not taking seriously the allegations of anti—semitism. it matters also, frankly, because of the timing, we

have had days of, the labour party are desperate to put a lid on it, they're talking about speeding up disciplinary processes and speeding up disciplinary processes and speeding up training courses for labour party members on anti—semitism. and it matters, frankly, becausejeremy corbyn is no longerjust a local mp going to a local event, he is now the leader of the opposition, and he would be prime minister. and therefore every event he goes to is public, it matters on a much, much wider canvas, and this event, once again, has insulted some of the leading jewish organisations in britain. norman smith, our assistant political editor, thank you very much indeed. there are to be ten new centres across england designed to speed up the diagnosis of cancer. patients with vague, non specific symptoms will have all the necessary checks under one roof — rather than going for several different tests for different forms of the disease. these one—stop shop centres are part of a drive to catch cancer early and speed up diagnosis. here's our health correspondent dominic hughes.

helped me focus on what my symptoms were... whenjohn lost i4kg in weight in just a few weeks combined with nausea and fever, alarm bells started ringing. the fear was he had got cancer. butjohn had no specific symptoms so he was referred to a new specialist unit at airedale hospital in west yorkshire. fast track team, take blood straightaway, mri scans, ct scans, more or less straightaway. and you get to know then what is possibly wrong with you instead of waiting weeks and weeks and weeks for some results to come back and you're worrying all that time. getting a rapid diagnosis and starting treatment for cancer can make all the difference. but sometimes patients who have particularly vague symptoms likejohn did with rapid weight loss and stomach pain, can find themselves being bounced from department to department while they wait for different test results and that wastes valuable time.

so the airedale clinic is one of ten in england designed to speed up a cancer diagnosis for patients with nonspecific symptoms like john, who can be seen by one team, who can give a fast decision. the advantages for the patient is they can have all the tests they need doing in one place rather than having to go back and forth to different departments and the quicker we can get the diagnosis of cancer for a patient, the quicker they can start treatment which means better outcomes for the patients. and that's why health experts say these new centres could be a step change in the treatment of cancer. there are certain types of symptoms that are really, really tricky to understand what could be causing that, and at the moment there isn't a good pathway for the gp to send a patient on, hence these multidisciplinary centres are being set up to try and investigate how we can do better for patients. various doctors hadn't picked up on the fact that it might be a tropical disease. it turns outjohn's symptoms

might 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. dominic hughes, bbc news, urged in hospital. cancer charities have welcomed that one stop shop initiative, but a former health secretary has said that another initiative designed for the early detection of cancer has failed to deliver what it promised. lord lansley, who's revealed he is being treated for bowel cancer, has called for improvements to a screening programme he introduced in 2010. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. what is lord lansley saying? andrew la nsley what is lord lansley saying? andrew lansley is talking about screening, as it is known, designed to detect bowel cancer at an early stage, it involves a small camera and an examination of the lower bowel. it

was first announced alongside david cameron in 2010, when the conservatives and the coalition took power and it was hoped that this would be rolled out across the whole of england, that anyone aged 55 who wa nted of england, that anyone aged 55 who wanted to have it could do so by 2016 and the actual policy started in 2013. but we have got to the point a couple of years beyond that target and only half of england has access to this screening programme. and what lord lansley is saying is that he has bowel cancer, he is having treatment for that, it is possible that it might have been picked up if this screening programme had been available when it was supposed to have been fully rolled out. and he's saying, interestingly for a former conservative health secretary, that funding reductions have been one of the problems here, that there aren't enough trained specialists available to do it across the whole of england, and that's because of funding restraint. led by the treasury, under the conservative government, which i think is very telling. and he's saying his has

been picked up gangsta being referred by a gp, but he thinks others may be less lucky than him and that really, there should be an attempt to get going with this. the department of health and social care act says this is a priority, it will be rolled out and there are other screening programmes, who and we have heard about the one—stop shops, but clearly on bowel cancer, where outcomes in england are not as good as the rest of europe, this is very important. the french rail network is facing severe disruption, on the first day of strikes against proposed reforms to the state—owned sncf rail company. for the next three months, unions have announced strikes on two days out of every five — representing the biggest test yet for president macron's reform agenda, which unions claim paves the way for privatisation. hugh schofield reports from paris. this morning french travellers got the first taste of what may well

become a regular and exhausting part of their daily lives in the weeks ahead. mass cancellations on the rail network meant in some places deserted station platforms. but elsewhere scenes of commuter misery. on some lines into paris one train ran where there should be six and nerves are fraying. translation: the day has already started badly. what is the point paying for a travel card if there is a strike afterwards. it isa it is a shame. translation: i'm tired of it, i'm really tired of that. they are allowed to strike but here it is affecting us all because we have to work. we can't miss every day and this goes on untiljune, what are we going to do? at this station... one woman even fell on the track, so great was the crush of passengers on the platform. two days of this week for the next three months. that's what the rail unions have planned in their campaign to

force president macron to backtrack. they say his reforms of the state—owned sncf paved the way for eventual privatisation, something the government strongly denies. translation: i understand that there can be fears among railway workers, i am saying these fears are notjustified and they are being stoked up. for the president these rolling rail strikes will be the first real test of his resolve to reform. in a year in office emmanuel macron has had the country broadly behind him, but now, the french are bracing for a long period of grim and ill tempered attrition. if they ever start blaming not rail unions but macron for their misery then his chances of success will be greatly compromised. the time is 19 minutes past one. our top story this lunchtime. two more shootings in london — and concern about a surge in violent

crime in the capital, after nearly 50 murders so far this year. another teenager is fighting for his life. and coming up — the end of a miserable winter's cricket for england — they fail to win the series against new zealand in christchurch. coming up, in mr bo end for darren lehman as australian head coach. his side lose to south africa. ever since february's school shooting in florida, there've been growing calls in the united states for tighter gun control — but president trump has said he favours arming staff in schools, including teachers. well bbc radio 5 live's anna foster has been to visit one school in texas which is already doing just that — and giving guns to its employees. 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.

up to what's 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 monies away on this programme and hope that 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's 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 a 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's really important in all 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. on 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, they care about our students and they want to make sure that we have an extra layer of protection for each and every one of our students. without the guardian programme, we're just sitting ducks. 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, on the ranch there's a gun, it's not scary, there's nothing scary about guns. to us it'sjust part of 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. anna foster, bbc news, texas. shares in the music streaming firm spotify will be publicly traded for the first time later today, when it makes its debut on the new york stock exchange. the flotation marks a turning point for the company, which has not yet made a profit. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is here. how is it going to work? spotify has

made huge claims over the years about having saved the music industry by offering an alternative to parroting music but will the numbers add up? let's look at a few of them. the service has 157 million users around the world, less than half of them, 71 million people were actually paying a monthly subscription, the rest of them were not paying or were watching an ad supported service and that's not so good for spotify. the business actually ended up racking up a loss of £283 million in 2017, that is going to come down this year, they say, but it's still losing money and artists complained they don't make much money from it actually spotify is sending an awful lot of money every month to the record labels in royalties. how is the share sale going to work out, do you think?

it's unconventional, they have not used the banks in the traditional way to get it away, so there will be a certain amount of uncertainty and it comes as tech stocks on wall street are plunging in recent days, not that great a time to be launching but the big question in investors minds, can they find their way, spot|fy, investors minds, can they find their way, spotify, to actually get to proper, can they find new ways of earning money, getting more people to pay monthly fees and actually start developing some artists of their own, taking away the power from the record labels which are so crucial in their profits at the moment? thank you. downing street has given a british company an extra two weeks to look at its bid to make the new british passports. a french company had been chosen to make the new blue passports following brexit. but the british firm de la rue, who currently make them, said they were unhappy with the decision and would sue. the government said the process has been a rigorous fair and open process. the media giant, 21st

century fox, has proposed legally separating sky news from the wider group or selling it to a rival such as disney. fox wants to buy the 61 per cent of sky it does not currently own, but the regulator has concerns about media independence, if rupert murdoch's company takes full control of sky. a british ban on ivory sales is to be one of the toughest in the world, according to the environment secretary. michael gove said the sale of ivory of any age, with limited exceptions, will be forbidden to try to reduce elephant poaching. the move, which is still to be signed into law, comes after a consultation in which more than 60,000 people supported the introduction of a complete ban. it's been a winter of misery for the england cricket team which finally came to an end this morning, as they failed to force a victory against new zealand in christchurch. the home side dug in, and batted out the final day, finishing on 256 for 8.

it means england have now played 13 tests away from home without a win. john watson has the details. ten wickets needed for victory on the final day. stuart broad soon had two, the first a gift. adrian store made better by broad with two from two. new zealand woke up and found resistance, tom latham last the longest. but on 83 as leach probed, since lurched. the day faded so to england's hopes, holding on was proving difficult. but when this swipe, leach made this one stick, england sensed an opportunity but if ever there was a lesson in test cricket, this man showed the value of sticking around. england's desperation lost in the fading light, too little too late from

their captainjoe light, too little too late from their captain joe root. light, too little too late from their captainjoe root. the match drawn, the series lost, england with little to show from a long winter of test match cricket away from home. john watson, bbc news. well the commonwealth games on australia's gold coast gets under way tomorrow. since its introduction nearly ninety years ago, it's evolved into the third largest multi—sport event in the world. this year, 71 nations and territories will be competing for 275 gold medals, across 19 sports. our sports correspondent natalie pirks takes a look at where the home nations' hopes could lie. a welcome like no other. with the athletes' village in aboriginal territory, team england was treated by a traditional song and dance. the team has plenty to sing about, in glasgow last time around, they topped the medal table with 58 golds. what a performance! max whitlock helping with three of them. this will be the third games for the nation's most successful gymnast,

and before flying to australia, he told me the commonwealth games occupy a special place in his heart. the games mean a lot, a huge competition on my radar, and the first commonwealth games i ever did was my senior debut, so it was so important to me, and that competition really made me sort of believe that i could go somewhere, and i could do something. there are more than 4400 athletes coming to the games, many of them who will be staying here in the athletes' village. these are the first gender neutral games: there are equal medals for men and women, and it also features the biggest disability sport programme in commonwealth games history. 38 medals across 7 sports. one of those hoping for gold coast glory is england's jade jones, as para—triathlon makes its games debut, mentored by dame tanni grey thompson, jones is also competing in the marathon alongside husband callum. it's just sport and that is what it should be. it should be appreciated for that.

so, i like the way that the games does that and it is completely integrated, and for me, it is kind of the way that it should be. games records are already being broken before a starter pistol is fired. this will be northern ireland's david calvert's11th commonwealth, and atjust 11 years old, anna hersey is team wales ping—pong protege. hurdler eilidh doyle will be scotland's flag bearer at tomorrow's opening ceremony, the first woman ever to do so. this is probably the strongest commonwealth games team that we have had, so yes, expecting big things, and hopefully will bring a few medals back. big things played out against played out against a breathtaking backdrop. here dozens of newly—discovered dinosaur footprints, left one hundred and seventy million years ago, have been discovered on the isle of skye. researchers say the prints were made by theropods, older cousins of the tyrannosaurus rex, which stood up to two metres tall, and also by long—necked sauropods.

the tracks, found on the island's north east coast, suggest dinosaurs were present in scotland for a longer period than first thought. let's check out the weather. then rich is here. more snow on the way. northern areas seeing some snow. temperatures on the ground in scotla nd temperatures on the ground in scotland will not get above for 5 degrees. it's not like that every word. further south that looks and feels like spring, 15 degrees. pretty unsettled whatever weight you