hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2:00pm... two shootings in london in the space of an hour have left a 17—year—old girl dead and a boy, 16, critically ill, as the capital's murder rate overtakes new york's. it's not safe any more. it's not. it's appalling. it's not safe to go out. you have to keep locking your doors, or do something. it's terrible. jeremy corbyn is criticised for attending an event organised byjewdas — a left—wing jewish group critical of more mainstream jewish organisations. anti—semitism is a vile and evil thing within our society. at any level, anywhere, any time. and it's got to be eradicated. the french call it "black tuesday" — as strike action begins in protest at president macron‘s labour reforms, there's disruption to trains, energy supplies, and bin collections. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. a winter to forget ended with yet

another test without victory. england's cricketers have now failed to win any of their last 13 overseas test matches as new zealand held out for a draw today. i will tell you how later. and all the weather. we all dreamt of a white easter. and some of us got it. a real tale of two seasons. spring in the south, but still firmly went further north. nothing as wintry as they have seen on the other side of the pond, as i will show you in about half an hour. thank you. also coming up — forget nessie. the evidence that dinosaurs bigger than a double—decker bus roamed the isle of skye 170 million years ago. hello everyone — this is afternoon live.

i'm simon mccoy. the shooting dead last night of a 17—year—old girl — named locally as tanisha — on a street in tottenham, brought the figure for the number of murders in london this year to 47 — and we're onlyjust in april. an hour earlier, a 16—year—old boy was found with gunshot wounds in walthamstow in a case not thought to be linked. a spike in violent crime in the capital saw more murders committed here in february and march than there were in new york. and while new york's murder rate decreased from the end of january, london's has risen markedly. richard lister reports. 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. she didn't deserve that. 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 she was screaming, she didn't know what to do. the victim has

been named locally as tanesha, this picture was put of her on social media. witnesses say a gunman fired on herfrom 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's got a heart. 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.

january saw a total of eight homicides in london. 15 in february and 22 in march. a rate not seen in more than a decade. this trend 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 and knife crime have both increased by about 20% in england and wales, and even more sharply in london where one person has been stabbed to death every three days this year alone. police say we're at a turning point, after more than 20 years, when such crimes had been going down. the metropolitan police commissioner, said at the weekend that social media may be partly to blame, rival gangs taunting each other on youtube, 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 childrens‘ hospital bedsides, and one family in this street is preparing for a funeral. richard lister, bbc news, tottenham. our correspondent alison freeman is in tottenham, at the scene of the shooting. do police have any idea of a motive? that's not something they have spoke to us about at the moment. investigations seem to be at quite an early stage. you can probably see behind me, there are teams of forensic officers on their hands and knees carrying out quite a painstaking fingertip search. they have been crawling along the floor and examining every surface, road signs, of the walls, so no stone goes unturned. we know it was 9:30pm

last night when officers were called here. a young girl named locally as tanesha melbourne, not given by police, but named locally, a p pa re ntly police, but named locally, apparently shot dead in the street. eyewitnesses say she was talking to her friends when eyewitnesses say she was talking to herfriends when a eyewitnesses say she was talking to her friends when a car pulled up and opened fire. this incident happened within 30 minutes of a second incident a few miles away in waltha mstow incident a few miles away in walthamstow where a 16—year—old boy was shot, in critical condition in hospital. and a 15—year—old boy was stabbed, and he is said to be suffering from life changing but not life—threatening injuries. no arrests had been made in either case at the moment. this is the 47th murder investigation for the metropolitan police just this year. eight murders in january, metropolitan police just this year. eight murders injanuary, 15 in february, 22 in march, and already two in april. but no arrests at this stage and no indication of motive. quite an investigation going on

behind you, forensic scientists examining that car. that's right. they have been treating everything behind the cordon here with real detail. they are taking their time to make sure nothing at all is missed. you can see the white tent behind me. that is where the body was brought from earlier. the girl named locally as tanesha was dead within an hour of the first called to the police. paramedics came and tried to save her life but were u nsuccessful. tried to save her life but were unsuccessful. emotions are running high in tottenham this afternoon. locals say they are very concerned about what this means for their area. jeremy corbyn has defended his decision to attend a passover event held by a left—wing jewish group called jewdas which described allegations of anti—semitism in the labour party as opportunistic. the labour leader's decision to attend the event has been criticised by the british board of deputies and thejewish leadership council butjeremy corbyn said he was there in a personal capacity.

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 thejewish community after an event he went to last night. do you regret going to that event last night? not in the slightest. why not? i'm sorry but your question... i went to a very interesting and enjoyable seder supper, talking to young jewish people about their life in britain and the experiences they have had with anti—semitism and how they see their future for our country. and i think that is what political leaders should do. the event in question was organised byjewdas, a left—wing jewish group openly critical of mainstream jewish organisations. it has previously dismissed anti—semitism allegations in the labour party as right—wing smears. it seems strange that mr corbyn‘s first act in the week after he declared that he would be our ally,

and a militant opponent of anti—semitism, that he would choose to meet with a group who denounced the demonstrations and labelled us all as right—wing conspirators. 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 for 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 leader for going to last night's 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 that 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. chanting: shame on you! it has been a difficult week, there were even angry protests in westminster. mr corbyn might have condemned all forms of racism and apologised for the hurt caused by anti—semitism, but the problem is far from sorted. eleanor garnier, bbc news, westminster. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith is in westminster. and that is the problem, norman, this issue is dragging on the. and that is the problem, norman, this issue is dragging on them is. and more than that, the anger clearly felt by the main jewish bodies seems to be intensifying, making the prospect of trying to calm things down, some sort of rapprochement between mr corbyn and bodies like the british board of deputies and thejewish leadership

council, that seems to me to be becoming ever more remote, because they clearly feel mr corbyn, by going to this event, they are angry that he chose to meet with a pretty smalljewish organisation that he chose to meet with a pretty small jewish organisation rather than meet with the main leading jewish organisations. they are angry about that, and angry in particular because this organisation has, frankly, been rather dismissive of the recent claims of anti—semitism. their feeling is that by mr corbyn going to the event, he has lent credence to their views and they question whether it demonstrates whether he is at all serious about tackling the problem. although plenty of people have been sticking up plenty of people have been sticking upfor plenty of people have been sticking upfoer plenty of people have been sticking up for mr corbyn, saying it's a local constituency matter, he did go to the seder, he was going tojewish festival and was going to speak about anti—semitism, what does he have to do to satisfy people, but the difficulty is mr corbyn is

leader of the opposition, a would—be prime minister, and everything he says and does is public. and every event he goes to has to be very carefully calibrated. and this one, when you look at the reaction from the mainjewish when you look at the reaction from the main jewish organisations, when you look at the reaction from the mainjewish organisations, it clearly wasn't. and also the reaction from momentum, which causes him a problem. it's interesting, because the founder of momentum, jon lansman, now because the founder of momentum, jon la nsman, now seems because the founder of momentum, jon lansman, now seems to be urging a much more assertive approach in terms of trying to get to grips with theissue terms of trying to get to grips with the issue of anti—semitism within the issue of anti—semitism within the labour party, saying there is what he calls unconscious bias, that labour party people too often do not treat anti—semitism in the same way as may be islamophobia. and he is 110w as may be islamophobia. and he is now suggesting that, yes, there should be training courses for labour party members. they need to speed up the disciplinary process. and he has said to those predominantly momentum supporters, who have been pressing for the deselection of labour mps who

attended the rally outside parliament organised by the british board of deputies, to stop it, not to deselect people for attending anti—semitism rallies. you get the sense, certainly among some on the left, that there is a view that they need to get serious and get to grips with this problem. norman smith in westminster, thank you. 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 a 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 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 if this goes on untiljune, what are we going to do? at the gare de lyon in paris, one woman even fell on the track, so great was the crush of passengers on the platform. two days of this a 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 for 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 the rail unions, but macron, for their misery, then his chances of success will be greatly compromised. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. two shootings in london in the space of an hour have left a 17—year—old girl dead and a boy, 16, critically ill. jeremy corbyn is criticised for attending an event organised byjewdas — a left—wing jewish group

critical of more mainstream jewish organisations. the french call it ‘black tuesday‘ — as strike action begins in protest at president macron‘s labour reforms — there's disruption to trains, energy supplies, and bin collections. in sport, an unlucky 13 in a row without win, as they failed to beat new zealand in the second match of a series that they lose 1—0. darren lehmann leaves his job as australia coach with their biggest defeat in 19 years. south africa win their first test since the ball tampering scandal by a massive a92 runs. netball captain caroline 0'hanlon will carry the northern ireland flag in the common of games opening ceremony in australia tomorrow. the tea m ceremony in australia tomorrow. the team has 90 athletes competing over 13 different sports. 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 more on what my symptoms were... whenjohn lost 1akg in 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 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, where patients with nonspecific symptoms, like john, 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 out thatjohn‘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, airedale hospital. 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. the nearest police station is 18 miles away, so here they've signed 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.

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, 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 truck 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. 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 firm de la rue, which currently makes the burgundy documents, said they were unhappy with the decision. 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% 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. 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 a,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 represents a massive step forward in tackling homelessness. it won't deal with everything. 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—housed radically. scotland has been doing the same since 2003. the government is giving english councils £77 million to help fund the new measures. but critics say welfare cuts and a lack of affordable homes are the real problem. lisa hampele, bbc news. 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. dramatic footage filmed by an eyewitness shows the moment a freight train slammed into a truck stuck on a railway crossing in the united states. liv fowler captured the incident in acworth, georgia on monday evening. the truck's driver exited the vehicle before impact. an employee on board the train was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. don't forget — you can let us know what you think — tweet us using the hashtag afternoonlive. and that is new york? we have had

some snow here in the last couple of days but not nearly as much as they had in new york. it should be springlike it is here but they are still stuck in the deep freeze. they have had quite a bit more snow than they would normally get overwinter. because of scenes like these they came close to breaking a record for april. the most significant ape. all they have had since 1982. in central park, there were 5.5 inches of snow lying around, around 13 or 1a centimetres. it's pretty late in the season for it. so what's going on? question what it's all to do with a series of weather systems, a pipeline of crowd stretched across the usa. this lump of cloud develops into an intense area of low pressure, a storm system. that band of cloud marks out the boundaries between some persistent and long—lasting cold air in northern areas and to the south, much milder air. let me show you the

forecast for new york in the next week. if you thought our weather was changeable, look at this on wednesday. all the way up to 19 degrees. fresh off the snow fall they had on monday. into the cold and then more mild. spring can be pretty changeable in the north—east usa, but even by their standards, this is pretty topsy—turvy. usa, but even by their standards, this is pretty topsy-turvy. for those of is not going to new york, what has the weather got in store? we are meant to talk about something interesting... for us, it's a tale of two seasons at home. parts of scotla nd of two seasons at home. parts of scotland have snow on the ground. temperatures struggling to get above four or temperatures struggling to get above fouror5 temperatures struggling to get above four or 5 degrees, but further south, it is spring. sunshine around, 15 degrees could be yours across the south. could be u nsettled, across the south. could be unsettled, this pinwheel of cloud is an area of low pressure throwing frontal systems northwards. nothing

as mild as the usa over here, but still some air pushing in from the south. but not across the north, frontal systems running into stubborn cold air. further snowfall to come around glasgow. so different across england and wales with sunny spells, a scattering of hefty showers, but temperatures all the way up to 1a and 15 degrees. the contrast continues into the evening and overnight with further wintry weather across scotland. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow across higher ground. further south, a fresh clutch of showers pushing in from the south. mild overnight in the south but not so further north. we do it again tomorrow, wintry in scotland, rain and sleet at low levels, snow over higher ground. wintry showers in northern ireland, but not a bad day overall. england and wales will see sunny spells, but then a big shower could come along to drench you. thundery downpours,

mild in the south and chile further north. that unsettled weather edges off to the north—east as we get into thursday, bringing a bump in the isobars, so if you're looking for a dry day this week, thursday is not a bad bet. fine weather and sunshine around. some crowd out to the west and the wind is strengthening, but those winds coming from the south so by this stage the mild air is making inroads in the north, even in glasgow and edinburgh, up to 10 degrees. low pressure trying to come backin degrees. low pressure trying to come back in from the west as we get towards the end of the week, but it doesn't make a lot of progress. as the low stalls at the west, it allows us to drag in a southerly wind. the colours on this chart across iberia and france, 0range wind. the colours on this chart across iberia and france, orange is starting to show up. everywhere should be up to double digits over the weekend. rain at times. parts of

the weekend. rain at times. parts of the south could get up to 17 and 18 degrees. at the moment it looks like spring will win out. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. a 17—year—old girl has been shot dead in north london, amid growing concerns about the capital's increasing murder rate. another 16—year—old boy is critically ill following a separate shooting in the city. jeremy corbyn says he has no regrets about attending a passover event organised by a left—wing jewish group last night. the group, called jewdas, has openly criticised mainstream jewish organisations in the past. disruption in france as workers walk off the job in protest of president macron‘s labour reforms. train services have been severely affected, as well as energy supplies and bin collections. and 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. sport now on afternoon live, with hugh ferris. and hugh, england just can't seem

to get to grips with test cricket away from home? i was wondering when the list might stop. stuart broad soon had two, the first a gift. good afternoon. england are so good at home and they seem england are so good at home and they seem to prosper in their own conditions. they aren't the only tea m conditions. they aren't the only team who seem to suffer in others. there is a growing disparity particularly for england. the last test series they won came in 2016 in south africa. you may remember ben stokes despatching the south african bowlers. since then they have drawn with bangladesh, lost against india and then australia and then as a result of today, new zealand. in this last match, they almost had it. two wickets away they were in

christchurch. england needed to take ten on the final day of the second test against new zealand. they wa nted test against new zealand. they wanted that women to get them level and to avoid defeat they took two in the first two balls in an extraordinary opening spell by stuart broad. they then found it harder to break down a resilient new zealand team. 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, vince lurched. the day faded, so too 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 captain joe 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. meanwhile, australia lost their first test since the ball tampering scandal. in fact their a92 run loss to south africa injohannesburg was their biggest defeat in 90 years. the visitors were all out for 119 after being torn apart by vernon philander on the final day. south africa win the series 3—1. all four nations now know who will be carrying their flag in the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games. meanwhile, alistair brownlee has been named as england's 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. and 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. i was shocked, to be honest. very, very proud. it shows how far we've come as a team and in terms of netball how highly we are considered in the team. i'm very proud to represent the girls and i can't wait. the masters, gulf's first major of the season gets under way at augusta. tiger woods goes into the tournament has one of the favourites but after a first tour win in18 favourites but after a first tour win in 18 months at bay hill, rory mcilroy has his sights on completing a career grand mcilroy has his sights on completing a careergrand slam. mcilroy has his sights on completing a career grand slam. you look at someone a career grand slam. you look at someone like sergio last year. he came out and said i'm never going to wina came out and said i'm never going to win a major. when you least expect

it, that's when sometimes it happens. 0bviously i'm never going to go into augusta with those expectations but at the same time i talk about letting it happen. if i enjoy my gulf and the process of trying to get round that place and shoot a good score, all it takes is for good scores around there and hopefully that will be enough. ronnie 0'sullivan has made a record 1ath maximum break at snooker this afternoon. he might lose the game, in fact he's one frame from doing so but still pockets £a2,000 for another maximum. that's all the sport for now. let's get more now on the shootings last night in london, concerns are growing over the rise in violent crime in the city. london's deputy mayor for policing and crime,

sophie linden has been speaking to ayshea buck about what's being done to stem the increase. myself, the mayor and the metropolitan police are prioritising tackling violence and violence on the streets of london. we recognise we have an issue with the number of murders and knife crime and gun crime in london although it's rising outside london as well. we are prioritising it, putting officers on the street to ensure we can get on top of this really difficult problem. what the mayor and city hall are doing is investing in the metropolitan police that they have the additional officers. we also investing in the mayor's youth fund which is about tackling the reasons why young people are becoming more violent. working with them, with mental health services, with schools and families and communities to tackle the causes. is it hard to

tackle, given the other budgetary pressures city hall and the government as a whole have? there is a real issue in london and england around violence. it is difficult and complex to tackle. the metropolitan police is suffering from deep cuts in terms of officers and numbers are likely to fall in the coming years. the mayor is investing to put additional officers into the metropolitan police but the government needs to step up as well. the police can't tackle this alone, they need the services that support young people to do the right thing and not go into a life of violence and not go into a life of violence and crime. the mayor is investing £a5 million in a youth fund, the government need to step up. reverse the cuts to youth services, mental health services and schools so we can work at this together. no one organisation can do this alone. do you think that will work? we've covered knife and gun crime for many yea rs covered knife and gun crime for many years and these type of announcements and that new. why do

you think it will work this time? it's unacceptable, the level of violence on the streets of london. we are in this for the long—term and so we are in this for the long—term and so the metropolitan police. we the government to be with us over the long term as well. we believe it can work by tackling causes of violence as well as arresting those perpetrating the violence. what do you think the causes are? is very complex why young people are turning to violence. there are a number of reasons. some of it is gang affiliation, some of it is around drugs. 0thers affiliation, some of it is around drugs. others around social media fuelling violence on the streets. 0thers fuelling violence on the streets. others can be around mental health issues, exclusions from schools. there are a number of issues which is why our strategy to tackle violence is looking at a number of different areas, whilst working hand—in—hand with police. different areas, whilst working hand-in-hand with police. do you think young people are given a big enough role in this? it's really important young people's voices are

heard in developing the strategy is to tackle this violence. we've certainly done that when we developed our strategy and will continue to do that. i know the metropolitan police are talking to young people about what they need to feel safe. dozens of newly—discovered dinosaur footprints, left 170 million years ago, have been discovered on the isle of skye. researchers say the prints were made by the older cousins of the tyrannosaurus rex, called theropods, which stood up to two metres tall, and 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. joining me now is dr david norman, from the university of cambridge. how exciting is this? it's sort of exciting from a local perspective,

from a scottish perspective and a british perspective. it's nice to find more evidence of dinosaurs and dinosaur footprints. find more evidence of dinosaurs and dinosaurfootprints. it's not fa ntastically dinosaurfootprints. it's not fantastically exciting and novel on a world scale because the world that this time had all the continents together forming a supercontinent. dinosaurs could walk one the whole continent. you expect in the jurassic period that you might find evidence of dinosaur footprints in some localities. these animals were big. it looks like from the footprints you had an all is of 20 metres in body length. there were some rather large plant eating animals leaving these footprints behind. what do we make of what the dinosaurs were doing when these

footprints were made? they are down by the seashore, aren't they? the deposits... it's hard to be very precise. what was happening right in thisjurassic period precise. what was happening right in this jurassic period is precise. what was happening right in thisjurassic period is that the supercontinent of pangaea was starting to separate into the continents we recognise today. little bits of fingers of sea were spreading between continental areas leaving shallow areas of water. it's likely these animals were paddling around, occasionally in shallow water. 0bviously around, occasionally in shallow water. obviously you know that if you're walking on a beach and you look behind you then you can see the footprints that you leave behind. you know very well that you wait for the next wave to crash in and those footprints are gone. i think the slightly bigger puzzle is how can someone as slightly bigger puzzle is how can someone as ephemeral as a footprint be left behind? that is more of a

sherlock holmes problem which needs to be solved. if you put your hat on and got your pipe what theory would you come up with? it's telling you something about the environment. there was shallow sea water washing around on these probably muddy and sandy flats, then occasionally the sea sandy flats, then occasionally the sea will move backwards, the tide will go out. if we're talking about an area of the world where it's relatively tropical, and this actually was quite a tropical area at that time, then the sun is going to break the surface of the exposed seashore —— break the surface. all the minerals left behind after the evaporation of the water cements the surface. these temporary footprints

are literally cemented, and they leave this permanent record. later they will be covered with more sediment. that cemented layer will remain and if you're lucky will be revealed in yea rs remain and if you're lucky will be revealed in years to come. you've done sherlock holmes proud! what sort of things were they? the sauropods were the brunt source. these are the elephant bodied but longnecked and long tailed creatures who predominantly fed on plants. therapods run on their back legs with a long tail and a shorter body and short neck but a large head with and short neck but a large head with a large teeth. these in theory could have been the scavengers or predators of the much larger herbivores. i've seen some of the photographs of the footprints that have been left at these particular quarry sites, and i can certainly

see there are the classic three long toed footprints of the predatory dinosaur, the therapod, and these very broad platelike footprints left by the sauropods. i'm rather intrigued because i work on a group of herbivorous dinosaurs that are a bit like the predatory ones and i can see some cloverleaf style footprints which makes me think there may be a third type of dinosaur. i would there may be a third type of dinosaur. iwould need there may be a third type of dinosaur. i would need to look at them more carefully before i say any more than that. will you make sure there's a camera with you when you do! great to talk to you. in a moment the business news with ben. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. two shootings in london in the space of one hour have left a 17—year—old girl dead and a boy of 16 critically

ill. jeremy corbyn is criticised for attending an event byjewdas. the french call it black tuesday as strike action begins in protest at president macron's labour reforms. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. 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 to the 61% of sky it does not already own, and is willing to pay £11.77 billion. 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 2018, to its lowest level of activity in a year. a slowdown in new orders hit growth. the cost of raw materials for factories also rose, but not as sharply as they have, in fact, at their weakest rate in the year. shares in the music streaming firm spotify will be publicly traded for the first time later.

it will make its debut 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, which could value it at £1a billion is unusual, as it won't be issuing any new shares. so this increasingly long and drawn—out affair with fox and sky. so what's this proposal by fox all about then? well it's saying that it would be prepared to either ring—fence sky news or sell it off to disney. let me try and explain why... 21st century fox wants to buy all the shares in sky that it does not currently own. sky as a company includes sky news. the regulators said it's not in the public interest for the murdoch family to outright own another news provider, because they already control the sun, the times and the sunday times. fox has already promised to protect the independence of sky news. it now hopes that by offering to spin off sky news,

either by ring fencing or selling to disney, it will calm the fears of the regulators. because sky as a company would then not include sky news. if that went ahead disney would own fox including the current 39% stake they have in sky. what makes this significant is that it means whatever happens to that deal, disney would then own sky news and the board of fox hopes the regulators would allow them to buy the rest of sky which would exclude sky news. the us media giant, cast

comcast has thrown its hat into the ring. we're going to talk about spotify which is going to go on the market. for many of us spotify. it's the biggest by far, with 71 million paying customers. but it's still never made a profit. later today it's going to float on the new york stock market, meaning its shares will be available to the public to buy and sell. but what will it mean for the way the service works? joining us now is kim gittleson, live from the new york stock exchange one.

kim you're on the floor of the nyse where spotify shares will soon start trading, what's the feeling there? there's quite a bit of activity on the floor behind me. people have been waiting a long time for spotify to make its public market debut. the company is over ten years old. it's chosen an unusual way to list on the new york stock exchange. it's called a direct listing which means it's not trying to raise any extra money, it'sjust trying to not trying to raise any extra money, it's just trying to sell shares allowing investors to cash out. they are frantically trying to figure out the price of the shares behind me because in choosing this direct listing they have cut out the bankers who tried to ensure there is a good price on the day the stock starts trading. anything above $138 seems pretty good. we are expecting it to take a bit of time before they settle on a price before the stocks start trading but the company could

be valued upwards of $20 billion, that's around £14 billion. it's not bad for a company that focuses solely on streaming music. spotify has some big—name competitors. but it says that in focusing solely on this one task, it will be profitable in the future and not in this next year. they expect to lose 330 million euros. we are still waiting for it to turn a profit but it has nearly 150 million monthly users, 71 million of them who pay for the service. we'll see if investors bite. if the stock is music to their ears is the obvious pun to make. thank you. it will come under pressure because if people start to get impatient with not seeing a profit on the

shares, it then sees its share price doctor. blue yes. many of the reasons these companies tried to delay their public share offerings for as long as possible this because they are trying to give themselves enough time to figure out their revenue models to figure out how they can turn a profit. once they make this debut on the stock market they are beholden to investors who wa nt they are beholden to investors who want to see quarterly results. that's difficult when you are figuring out a new business model. streaming has revolutionised the way we listen to music but it's also revolutionised the music business. figuring out the pricing of that is quite difficult. spotify has a lot of competitors and we'll see how the stock trades in the area was of trading to get a sense of that. thank you. next time a guest asks

you what the buzz is an spotify they'll probably tell you you're downloading it from. what?! that fell flat! sky ‘s shareholders are delighted by all this talk. mining shares also doing quite well with data out of china. that's helped the shares of mining companies. thank you. it's a piece of technology, commonly used in america, that detects if someone has just one sip of alcohol. now sobriety tags are being trialled by three police forces in england on offenders who commit crimes when drunk. those who continue to drink

whilst wearing them face being sent to prison. jill archbold reports: i'm a police officer. yeah, i know you're a police officer. bleep! in towns like grimsby and cleethorpes, it's thought nearly half of all crime is alcohol—related. that's why some here who offend when drunk are testing tags which can detect alcohol. this man was ordered to wear one by a judge for three months after he made threats with a weapon. made me really, really scared not to drink any more. because i knew that thing was there. when the temptation was there, it overrode it, having that, because of the fear of going back into jail. so we fit the tag against your skin, and it has to be against the skin... the so—called sobriety tags can detect levels of alcohol in sweat. if the wearer has just one drink, it sends an alert to the probation officers. i've worked with eight people who have got a tag, and i've had one drinking episode with one of my male service users. so, for that person, he received a warning letter as a punishment for that.

and we did a lot of work about how he can cope with these kind of difficulties should they arise again. the sobriety tags are being trialled by three police forces — lincolnshire, humberside and north yorkshire. since june last year, 56 people have been told to wear a tag for between 30—120 days. their crimes range from shoplifting to serious violent offences. this technology has been used in america for more than a decade. its use here follows a successful trial in london. for some people, it might be the first time that they've had an extended period in the community where they haven't drank alcohol. so, that's quite a big test, and people get a sense of achievement when they get to the end of the tagging requirement and they prove to themselves, as well as everybody else, that they can socialise and they can go about their life without using alcohol. some say the experience of wearing one has been life—changing. it made me realise alcohol was the main problem in my life.

it was turning me into this nasty, horrible person. i'm glad i realised it and got the help. with that help, i'm more stronger, more positive, and thinking better in life. you cannot interfere with that because it will always know if you've had a drink. the tags are now being tested in eight towns and cities across lincolnshire and yorkshire. so far, just three of the 56 people told not to drink have breached their orders. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. good afternoon. it's a story of two seasons in one day. winter across many parts of scotland, snow on the ground, chilly conditions. it looks and feels a lot more like spring further south. the satellite picture shows this wheel of cloud and area

of low pressure spinning down to the south—west. frontal system pushing north across the british isles. across southern areas feeling the effect of southerly wind. feeling pretty mild, where as further north stuck in the cold air. so we will continue to see some snow especially over high ground in scotland. perhaps into lower levels at times. should be rained down at sea level. some wintriness perhaps across northern ireland. down in the south they further clutch of heavy downpours pushing up from the south. nautical of the same. scotland. tomorrow more of the same. some rain, sleet and snow. showers the northern ireland and for england and wales a mixture of sunny spells. some really heavy, thundery downpours. not as mild as it is in the south but still up to 13 degrees. just three in aberdeen. the

low pressure area is drifting away which will allow this pump, an area of high pressure to building. thursday the driest day of the week. a sunny day for many. more cloud into the west later with a strengthening southerly breeze. those temperatures starting to climb even those temperatures starting to climb eve n a cross those temperatures starting to climb even across parts of scotland. as we move out of thursday into friday, this area of low pressure starts to move in from the west. frontal systems bringing rain into western areas, strengthening southerly winds. but wind allows us to tap into some really mild air as we head towards the end of the week. temperatures as we get into the weekend will be into double digits. some rain, some sunshine. a real mixed bag of weather. parts of the southeast could reach 18 degrees. hello, you're watching

afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 3:00pm. two shootings in london in the space of an hour have left a 17—year—old girl dead and a boy, 16, critically ill — as the capital's murder rate overtakes new york's. it's not safe any more. it's not. it's appalling. it's not safe to go out. you have to keep locking your doors, or do something. it's terrible. jeremy corbyn is criticised for attending an event organised byjewdas — a left—wing jewish group critical of more mainstream jewish organisations. anti—semitism is a vile and evil thing within our society. at any level, anywhere, any time. and it's got to be eradicated. the french call it ‘black tuesday'. as strike action begins in protest at president macron's labour reforms, there's disruption to trains, energy supplies, and bin collections. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh. good afternoon. england's troubles

overseas in test cricket continue. they were close to their first victory in 13 matches but felljust short in new zealand today. all the details coming up later in the afternoon. thanks, and we'll bejoining you for a full update just after half—past. ben has all the weather. a tale of two seasons across the country today. winter in the north, something much more springlike further south. but which of those two seasons is going to win out as we head towards the end of the week? all the details coming up. also coming up — the incredible story of a chinese couple's 2a—year search for their missing daughter — with the help of social media. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. the shooting dead last night of a 17—year—old girl —

named locally as tanisha — on a street in tottenham brought the figure for the number of murders in london this year to a7 — and we're onlyjust in april. an hour earlier a 16—year—old boy was found with gunshot wounds in walthamstow in a case not thought to be linked. a spike in violent crime in the capital saw more murders committed here in february and march than there were in new york. and while new york's murder rate decreased from the end of january, london's has risen markedly. richard lister reports. 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. she didn't deserve that. 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. the victim has been named locally as tanesha melbouurne, this picture was put on social media.

witnesses say a gunman fired on herfrom 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 the dad of the young lady that got killed. and that's coming from every single person in tottenham that's got a heart. 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 15—year—old stab victim is said to have suffered life—changing injuries. there have been a7 murders in london

this year, most from stabbing shooting. january saw a total of eight homicides in london. 15 in february and 22 in march. a rate not seen in more than a decade. this trend 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 and knife crime have both increased by around 20% in england and wales, and even more sharply in london where one person has been stabbed to death every three days this year alone. police say we're at a turning point, after more than 20 years in which such crimes had been going down. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, said at the weekend that social media may be partly to blame, rival gangs taunting each other on youtube, escalating trivial disputes 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 childrens‘ hospital bedsides. while one family in this street is preparing for a funeral. richard lister, bbc news, tottenham. 0ur correspondent alison freeman is in tottenham, at the scene of the shooting. and people are arriving with flowers ? and people are arriving with flowers? yes, in the last few moments a car pulled up to lay flowers. the girl has been named locally as tanesha melbourne, a 17—year—old victim. 0fficers

locally as tanesha melbourne, a 17—year—old victim. officers were called here at around 9:30pm to reports of a shooting. when they got here they found the 17—year—old girl had been shot. paramedics came to try to save her, but they were unable to do that. she was pronounced dead about an hour after they were called to the scene. this was the first of two incidents last night. around half an hour later officers were called to walthamstow where a 16—year—old boy was shot, who is now in critical condition in hospital. a 15—year—old boy was also stabbed in that incident and he is said to have suffered life changing but not life—threatening injuries. we have been stood here today watching forensic officers carry out a painstaking searches of the street, on their hands and knees, picking out things with a fine tooth comb. we saw them checking under the wheels of a car, going along the walls, picking out every clue possible to find out what happened here. neighbours have said tanesha was outside talking to friends when a car drove past and she was shot

at. it is not clear if it was a case of mistaken identity all wrong place, wrong time. police have not confirmed. this is the a7th murder investigation launched by the metropolitan police this year alone. eight in january, 15 metropolitan police this year alone. eight injanuary, 15 in february, 22 in march, and already two in april. it has been very emotional here today. i don't know if you can still see the family and friends behind me laying flowers. people are saying this has really shocked them. tanesha was a lovely girl, not known to be in any sort of trouble. people say it makes them afraid to leave their homes at night when this sort of thing is going on. alison freeman in tottenham. thank you. jeremy corbyn has defended his decision to attend a passover event held by a left—wing jewish group called jewdas which described allegations of anti—semitism in the labour party as opportunistic. the labour leader's decision to attend the event has been criticised by the british board

of deputies and thejewish leadership council butjeremy corbyn said he was there in a personal capacity. 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 thejewish community after an event he went to last night. do you regret going to that event last night? not in the slightest. why not? i'm sorry but your question... i went to a very interesting and enjoyable seder supper, talking to young jewish people about their life in britain and the experiences they have had with anti—semitism and how they see the future for our country. and i think that is what political leaders should do. the event in question was organised byjewdas, a left—wing jewish group openly critical of mainstream jewish organisations. it has previously dismissed anti—semitism allegations in the labour party as right—wing smears. it seems strange that mr corbyn's first act

in the week after he declared that he would be our ally, and a militant opponent of anti—semitism, that he would choose to meet with a group who denounced the demonstrations and labelled us all as right—wing conspirators. 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 for 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 leader for going to last night's 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 that 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. chanting: shame on you! it has been a difficult week, there were even angry protests in westminster. mr corbyn might have condemned all forms of racism and apologised for the hurt caused by anti—semitism, but the problem is far from sorted. eleanor garnier, bbc news, westminster. 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

a 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 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 if this goes on untiljune, what are we going to do? at the gare de lyon in paris, one woman even fell on the track, so great was the crush of passengers on the platform. two days of this a 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 for the state—owned sncf open 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 the rail unions, but macron, for their misery, then his chances of success will be gravely compromised. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. 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 more on what my symptoms were... whenjohn lost 1akg in 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 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 like john 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 can waste valuable time. so the airedale clinic is one of ten in england designed to speed up a cancer diagnosis, where patients with nonspecific symptoms, like john, 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 out thatjohn'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, airedale hospital. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. two shootings in london leave a 17—year—old girl dead and a boy critically ill— as the capital's murder rate overtakes new york's. jeremy corbyn is under fire for meeting with a jewish fringe group, as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies chaos on france's railways — a wave of strikes against president macron's labour reforms gets underway. in sport, an unlucky 13 in a row

without win. england's overseas test troubles continues. they failed to beat new zealand in the second match ofa beat new zealand in the second match of a test series they lose 1—0. vernon philander ripped through the australian batting line—up to hand them their biggest defeat in 19 yea rs, them their biggest defeat in 19 years, south africa winning the first test since the ball tampering scandal by a massive a92 runs with philander taking six wickets on the final morning in johannesburg. netball captain caroline 0'hanlon will carry the northern irish flag at the opening of the commonwealth games tomorrow. the nation has 90 athletes competing over 13 different sports. we can get more on the continuing row over anti—semitism with them in the labour party. —— within the

labour party. 0ur political correspondent pete saull is in westminster. he said today he has no regrets whatsoever about going to this event last night. he thought it was an interesting event that gave him the chance to hear from the horse's mouth, so to speak, from young jewish people living in the uk of their experiences concerning anti—semitism. you might think, they're that enough. the problem is that timing. he has spent the last week defending the labour approach to tackling anti—semitism. and now he has gone to a meeting organised bya group he has gone to a meeting organised by a group that describe this whole saga is a right—wing smear. while jeremy corbyn would like to pour water on all of this, he has actually ended up pouring petrol on it. the leader of momentum has also had a view on this. jon lansman, the co—founder of the campaign group that supports jeremy corbyn, his base within the labour party, has been doing the rounds today. interesting what he has had to say,

coming out firmly and admitting there is a real problem within the labour party with anti—semitism. he says for example that all members should go through training to deal with the issue. having said that, there are still voices of criticism. two labour mps coming out today to criticise jeremy corbyn, two labour mps coming out today to criticisejeremy corbyn, and also jewish groups as well. there is an increasingly fractious relationship between those jewish increasingly fractious relationship between thosejewish groups, some of which are affiliated to the labour party and the leadership as well. this rumbles on. you can't remove the politics from all of this. there are local elections one month away. it's understandable that some conservative supporting papers will wa nt to conservative supporting papers will want to keep this going, and it's a serious issue for the labour leadership to deal with. the real difficulty is the decision to go last night in itself has kept it going. that's right. this was a group that is pretty controversial within the jewish community. group that is pretty controversial

within thejewish community. there are others that consider themselves more mainstream that don't like some of the politics of this organisation. he felt this was a personal meeting. he was going privately, not in his capacity as labour leader, but he can't avoid the scrutiny of his position. this row continues to bubble along and it is damaging politically, i think. 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. the nearest police station is 18 miles away, so here they've signed 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. 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, 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 truck 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. 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 firm de la rue, which currently makes the burgundy documents, said they were unhappy with the decision. 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% 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. health workers say more must be done to raise awareness of sexually transmitted diseases, after a significant increase in the number of cases of syphilis. it's on the increase across the uk, while in england and scotland there are more cases of syphilis than at any time for nearly 70 years. phil mackie reports. but the doctor made me promise to tell you. rates of infection for syphilis haven't been so high since this film was made. he wanted to see you. 70 years ago there was a major

public information campaign to warn of the dangers. today there is hardly anything. syphilis. gavin only realised he had caught it after taking a home test. he asked us to changes name to protect his identity because of the stigma associated with it. if you have hiv there are a lot of conversations and publicity about that, but not with syphilis. not at all. because before i had it, i hadn't really heard about syphilis. you hear about chlamydia and gonorrhoea, but syphilis, you hear about it to do with the middle ages and things. it past history, it's not about now. so people don't really take it seriously and don't think about it and the dangers. syphilis is caused bya and the dangers. syphilis is caused by a bacteria which can be easily treated, if it's recognised early enough. but it isn't spotted easily. and by the time people come for treatment, they may have already spread it. we are more aware of this infection that can be transmitted

without any symptoms. so the infected individuals would not know they are infected. and it's a very, very successful infection transmission. so be aware of it and get tested more regularly and more frequently. one particularly vulnerable group is gay men, who may well practice safe sex, but are still susceptible to syphilis that can be passed on through saliva. that's why health workers are targeting them. stuart, if you can use the self sampling kit... there are sexual health clinics all over birmingham where people can be tested. this one is specifically for the gay community. no one really comes in and asks for a test because they are worried about syphilis. that's a real rarity. and thatjust goes to show that there isn't really the awareness out there. there isn't a national campaign. syphilis just isn't something that is talked about. the doctor says it'll be all right if i get it attended to. the message is the same 70 years later. syphilis can be cured, but only if

you seek treatment. phil mackie, news, birmingham. 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 a,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 represents a massive step forward in tackling homelessness. it won't deal with everything. 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—housed radically. scotland has been doing the same since 2003. the government is giving english councils £77 million to help fund the new measures. but critics say welfare cuts and a lack of affordable homes are the real problem. lisa hampele, bbc news. don't forget — you can let us know what you think. tweet us using the hashtag afternoonlive. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. lets get a weather update with ben

rich. hello there. today is a tale of two seasons. winter in the north, something more springlike further south, but pretty unsettled, whichever way you slice it. low pressure down to the south—west pushing bands of clouds northwards. some wet weather as well. still cold enough across parts of scotland, particularly for some snowfall, especially over high ground. but perhaps some snow to relatively low levels as we go through the night. some wintriness perhaps in northern ireland, too. further south, some clear spells. a fresh clutch of very heavy showers pushing in from the south as the night goes on. temperatures pretty mild down towards the south, but on the cold side across northern areas. and with that cold air in place, tomorrow will bring more snowfall across parts of scotland. again, chiefly over high ground, but perhaps to low levels, particularly later on. the odd shower clipping into northern ireland. lots of showers for england and wales. some heavy with hail and thunder. but with some sunny spells shoehorned in between. temperatures ranging from three degrees in aberdeen to 13 in london. this is bbc news, our latest headlines.

a 17—year—old girl has been shot dead in north london amid growing concerns about the capital's increasing murder rate. another 16—year—old boy is critically ill following a separate shooting in the city. jeremy corbyn says he has no regrets about attending a passover event organised by a left—wing jewish group last night. the group, called jewdas, has openly criticised mainstream jewish organisations in the past. disruption in france as workers walk off the job in protest of president macron's labour reforms. train services have been severely affected, as well as energy supplies and bin collections. and 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. sport now on afternoon live. we talk england's cricketers. they just want to go home. it's not been

great? they have had a long winter in australia and new zealand, haven't they. it's becoming cricket's great problems. trying to solve the disparity between the teams performances home and away. notjust england teams performances home and away. not just england who teams performances home and away. notjust england who suffer others do as well. the last 13 oversee tests have yielded no victories whatsoever. this winter the seven they had including five defeats. they are good at home. their last test series was two years ago in south africa. they have drawn with bangladesh. lost against india and australia and now new zealand too. they did 0k in the one dayers. new zealand was quite close? the one day side, they are exceptional. they have improved. the opposite of what

happening for england's red bull cricketers. they spent nine—and—a—half days of test cricket making amade for the 58 all out. a significant improvement in the second match. they were in a good position going into the final day. needing to take all ten new zealand wickets for victory. they started with stua broad taking two. i think —— stuart broad. the home side claimed their fourth series win over england. australia have been thrashed in their first test since the ball—tampering scandal losing by a92 runs. philander took six wickets. morkel led his team off

after the last wicket was taken. australia's coach is standing down. it's an abject finish to a controversial tour. eilidh doyle has been announced as scotland's flag bearer. alastair brownlee will carry out england's and jazz carlin will lead out wales. caroline oh hanlon will carry out northern ireland's flag in tomorrow's ceremony. to be asked i was shocked. very proud. the last time when we were in glasgow we we re last time when we were in glasgow we were a new addition to the team. it shows how far we have come as a team and in terms of netball how highly we are considered in the team. i'm

very proud to represent the girls and can't wait. the masters starts tomorrow at augusta. twoods goes in as one of the favourites. after a first tour win for 18 months at bay hill, rory mcilroy has his eyes on completing a career grand slam. you look at sergio last year. he came out and look at sergio last year. he came outand said, look at sergio last year. he came out and said, i'm never going to win a major and this and that. when you least expect it, that's when sometimes it happens. 0bviously i'm never going to go into augusta without expectations, at the same timei without expectations, at the same time i talk about letting it happen. ifi time i talk about letting it happen. if i enjoy my golf and i enjoy the process of trying to get around that place and shoot a good score it ta kes place and shoot a good score it takes four good scores. i've done it many a time. hopefully that will be enough. ronnie o'sullivan has been

knocked out of the china open snooker despite a 1ath maximum break. he lost the second round match against elliot slessor6—2. he still pockets £a2,000 for the maximum. he managed to, before departing the arena, get a handshake, a kiss and a hug from the referee. some sort of consolation at least. that is all your sport. more in the next hour. thank you very much. young people from across the uk and the republic of ireland will be given rotary young citizen awards this weekend to celebrate the inspirational work they have done in their community. the awards started over 10 years, and rewards young people who have all undertaken extraordinary work from tackling homelessness to saving lives. one of the winners this year is 16—year—old ryan montgomery, who's been awarded for providing first aid in his community. and we can speak to ryan now, hejoins us from edinburgh. con congratulations. explain, you

are 16 now, it is was four years ago, when you were 12. you first got into first aid then? yes. i took my first course in basic cpr and i was caught then. i saw the importance of it and caught then. i saw the importance of itandi caught then. i saw the importance of it and i knew i had to go out and spread the word, basically. how did that go down with other 12, 13—year—olds? do they take a bit of convincing? it did take a bit of convincing. i got laughed at a bit, but it did take a bit of convincing and once we started with the training in the schools and that sort of thing, i think they eventually clicked on, because this could happen to anyone at any time, they did realise the importance of it. you i think did quite a few st andrews ambulance scoreses to get up to speed with this. you run your own first aid company? that's correct. it's a nonprofit organisation. we

run this, i started it a year ago, we run it with some of our volu nteers we run it with some of our volunteers and our aim is to teach firstaid, volunteers and our aim is to teach first aid, teach the basics of cpr and how important it is. we do event cover as well. we do event first aid. as well as doing all that we still stick with the aim we started four years ago of raising the importance of defibrillators. it's one thing to have that interest, it's another to do what you are doing now. what has driven you?” justfind... doing now. what has driven you?” just find... because it's a passion andi just find... because it's a passion and i enjoy it. it's enjoyable. there is not a day i don't wake up and don't enjoy. it i absolutely love it. we are looking at you training others right now. it's trite to say this saves lives, but in your experience that's exactly what's happened ? in your experience that's exactly what's happened? exactly. it does save lives and the quicker you get

cpr into p somebody, the better chance of survival they are going to have. it's even better when you have a defibrillator on hand and a group of people with you. here you are at 16. i'm guessing this is something you are looking at as a possible career, is it? yes. iwould absolutely career, is it? yes. iwould a bsolutely love career, is it? yes. iwould absolutely love to join the ambulance service. i think it's an amazing line of work. like all the emergency services, it's just getting that... it's seeing how the improvement you make. rotary young citizen award, what does it mean to you? it means a lot. it's well getting a thank you. you don't do it foran award. getting a thank you. you don't do it for an award. when you do, it's an amazing feeling. you said four years ago when you started doing this other friends of yours laughed at you. do you think youngsters are getting a bad rap?” you. do you think youngsters are getting a bad rap? i think so. if

people, underneath i think that they do want to help. it's the stigma around it of actually trying to do it. i think in an emergency if somebody is faced with somebody on the ground, not breathing, all that kind of goes away and you have to help. people's instincts will kick in. when someone is your age and says, why should i? what do you say? it could be your mum, your dad it could be anybody that is on that floor in cardiac arrest, you just don't know. i think it raises the point to them. you see their eyes open. they are kind of shocked. went, yeah, actually it could be. they are quite shocked. ryan, great to talk to you about it. many congratulations for the reward. thank you. good luck thank you. dozens of newly—discovered dinosaur footprints, left 170 million years ago, have been discovered on the isle of skye.

researchers say the prints were made by the older cousins of the tyrannosaurus rex, called theropods, which stood up to two metres tall, and 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. dr david norman is a palaeontologist from the university of cambridge, who told me the significance of the footprints. from a scottish perspective and british perspective it's nice to find more evidence of dinosaurs and dinosaurs footprints. it's not on a world scale fantastically exciting and novel because the world at this time had all the continents were bunked together. they formed a super continent and dinosaurs had legs and could walk everywhere on that continent. so you sort of expect in thejurassic period continent. so you sort of expect in the jurassic period when continent. so you sort of expect in thejurassic period when the rocks we re thejurassic period when the rocks were laid down you might, if you are lucky, find evidence of dinosaur

footprints in some geological localities. this is one of them. these things were big? oh, yeah. yeah. it looks from the footprints as though you have animals in that range maxing out possibly at 20 metres in body length. there are really rather large plant eating animals living and leaving these footprints behind. do we make of what the dinosaurs were doing when the footprints were made because they are down by the sea shore, aren't they? well, yes. i mean the deposits are... it's hard to be very precise. what was happening right in thisjurassic period precise. what was happening right in this jurassic period is precise. what was happening right in thisjurassic period is that the super thisjurassic period is that the super con thisjurassic period is that the super con continent was slightly starting to separate into the continents we recognise today. little bits of fingers of sea way we re little bits of fingers of sea way were spreading between the continental areas leaving shallow areas of sea continental areas leaving shallow areas of sea water. continental areas leaving shallow areas of sea water. it's likely

these animals were paddling around occasionally in the shallow water and obviously you know that if you are walking on a beach and you look behind you then you can see the footprints that you leave behind, can't you ? but footprints that you leave behind, can't you? but you know very well that you just wait for the next wave to crash in and the footprints are gone. the slightly bigger puzzle is how can something like a footprint be left behind? it's sort of more of a sherlock holmes problem which needs to be solved. if you put your hat on and strike up the pipe what theory would you come up with? it's telling you something about the environment. if there was shallow sea environment. if there was shallow sea water washing around on these probably muddy and sandy flats that these animals were walking on, then these animals were walking on, then the sea will move backwards and the

tide will go out. if we're talking about an area of the world were it's relatively tropical and this was quite a tropical area at that time, then the sun is going to bake the surface of the exposed sea shore. the baking process means that the water evaporates and all the minerals that are left behind after the evaporation of the water cements the evaporation of the water cements the surface. so these temporary footprints are literally cemented and they leave this permanent record because later they will be covered with more sediment but that layer will remain and will be revealed in yea rs will remain and will be revealed in years to come, so they have been. you have done sherlock holmes rather prod. theropods and sauropods what we re prod. theropods and sauropods what were they? elephant body long necked

and longtailed that fed on plants. theropods ran on their back legs with a long balancing back tail, shorter body and short neck but large head with large teeth. these in theory could have been the scavenger or predators of the larger r herb fors. there are the classic three long toed footprints of the predatory dinosaur, the theropod and the plate like footprints left by the plate like footprints left by the sauropods. i work on dinosaurs that are small and like the predatory ones. i can see some clover leaf style footprints which

make me think there could be a third type of dinosaur. i would need to look at the footprints more carefully before i say any more than that. in a moment the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. two shootings in london leave a 17—year—old girl dead and a boy critically ill, as the capital's murder rate overtakes new york's. jeremy corbyn is under fire for meeting with a jewish fringe group, as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies. chaos on france's railways — a wave of strikes against president macron's labour reforms get under way. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. 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 to the 61% of sky it

does not already own and is willing to pay £11.77 billion. 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 2018, to its lowest level of activity in a year. a slowdown in new orders hit growth. the cost of raw materials for factories also rose, but not as sharply as they have been — in fact, at their weakest rate in the year. shares in the music streaming firm spotify will be publicly traded for the first time later. it will make its debut 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, which could value it at £1a billion is unusual though — as it won't be issuing any new shares. qu is getting confusing. what is

the latest proposal from fox? they would ringfence sky news or sell it off to disney. i will explain why. zist off to disney. i will explain why. 21st century fox wants to buy the rest of the shares in sky it doesn't currently own. sky includes sky news asa currently own. sky includes sky news as a company. the regulators say it is not in the public interest for the murdoch family to own a news provider because they own the sun, the times and the sunday times they worry it will give one family too much influence. fox said it will protect the independence of sky news. by offering to ringfence or sell to disney the regulators fears will be calmed and then fox hopes it can go—ahead with its offer of £11.7 billion to buy up those shares in sky it doesn't own. disney are interested as well? yes. this is a separate deal on the higher level. if that deal goes ahead, then disney

would own fox, including the stake, the 39% stake that fox has in sky at the 39% stake that fox has in sky at the moment. what make this is offer of selling sky news to disney significant. whatever happens to that deal, you just mentioned, disney would then own sky news. the board of disney would then own sky news. the boa rd of fox disney would then own sky news. the board of fox hopes regulators would allow lem them to buy the rest of sky because it would exclude sky news. comcast in february threw its hat into the ring bidding more than £22 billion for sky. that's... great news for sky shareholders. the share price has gone up. if you want to read more about it it's on the website. today is the first day back at work for many people. not some of us! you have the props for easter, yeah? yes. this is the time of year when obviously a lot of spending on

chocolate and confectionery. spending in the gym? yeah. thoughts turn to that after all of that. £590 million was the forecast from mintel we spent in the uk over easter. an increase on last year. it's a time of year which is important, but the figures haven't been great. the footfall in shops, particularly on the high street, was down. shopping centres and retail parks went up. they are putting that down partly to the bad weather. year—on—yearfewer people went out spending. so it's an important time for retailers, but the figures are not as good as they would have liked. ok. let us talk more about chocolate because it's a

huge business and i'm wondering how important is this particular part of the holiday to them in their annual sales ? the holiday to them in their annual sales? this is the biggest time of yearfor sales? this is the biggest time of year for spending sales? this is the biggest time of yearfor spending on sales? this is the biggest time of year for spending on chocolate apart from mother's day. so the uk is the sixth biggest consumer of chocolate on average per person out doing, including the swiss, the germans and the austrians. more on this now from james cadbury the founder of love coe and great, great grandson of john cadbury who set up the firm. with a what trends are you seeing this year that caught your eye?‘ moving to premierisation with lots of consumers wanting something different from the usual. easter becoming more gift focused and people wanting different rather thannic picking up something from the supermarket. gin and tonic and

avocado chocolate was really popular this easter. james, i spoke you have a long lead in time when it comes to preparing for peaks in demand like easter. things like the pound has strengthened in the last couple of months, but presumably when you were sourcing coe it was more expensive. does that explain the higher price thatis does that explain the higher price that is some people have noticed in the shops this year? yeah, definitely. that's a contributing factor to it. lots of bigger companies have definitely hedged some of the affects. there has been a trickle down and with brexit around the corner manufacturers are looking at that. as an industry, how agile is the chocolate industry to dealing with pea ks agile is the chocolate industry to dealing with peaks in demand? how quickly can you ramp up production, for example? most people will be preparing already for next year. for

easter all the big companies will be preparing for next year. christmas will have been done. retailers when they are looking at countries christmas and seasonal, hallowe'en and stuff like that, they look 12 months ahead. they get data. late things will prop up. most of the stuff will be planned 12 months ahead really. the issue of sourcing, for a loft people the concern will be that they want their treats sourcedethically and in a fair trade way. how do you make sure if you are labelling something like that it's what you are saying it is? you have to be important about being transparent. consumers have the internet to look at what your claims are and transparency is the way forward for the big manufacturers and being honest with how they source and being honest with how they source and where they source from. that's the big thing for this easter. ok. james cadbury there. ask him what he gives his family for easter? you can hear simon. answer

his question. what eggs do you pass to each other? i went for the classic this year with the cadbury one. did you? yeah. we have lots of different eggs. that's a classic, isn't it? i looked at your website. i'm surprised. are they a bit cheaper? they are a little bit! good of you tojoin us, cheaper? they are a little bit! good of you to join us, james. cheaper? they are a little bit! good of you tojoin us, james. thank cheaper? they are a little bit! good of you to join us, james. thank you for coming in. i asked people watching what they were doing, what their easter habits. 0ne saying he is diabetic and giving his to a children's charity. "as children we had eggs as adults we don't need the chocolate. i got half a dozen fresh eggs from my parents."” chocolate. i got half a dozen fresh eggs from my parents." i tweeted them back and said, you only see yourfamily once them back and said, you only see your family once a year and they weren't impressed. i did get a replay. i can't repeat. it you were

in my thoughts. this is a little belated easter gift for you. that's outrageous. there you go. did you do that yourself? what do you think? i mean. it is spelt right. i know you didn't. exactly. enjoy that. how unexpected. thank you very much. it will see me through to about a.00pm. let us look at the markets. ftse 100 let us look at the markets. ftse100 is down. strong pound is weighing on it. thattic mas a lot of the international firms, it. thattic mas a lot of the internationalfirms, the it. thattic mas a lot of the international firms, the firms that frayed abroad it puts pressure on them when them convert their earnings back into pounds they get fewer. sky shares are up after all that talk of the planned of what to do with sky news. mining companies, metals up. other miners as well.” will see you in an hour. no more treats. i'm done. we will see how long that lasts. thank you very

much, ben. a chinese mother and father have been reunited with their daughter — 2a years after she went missing. the couple's tireless search for their child has gripped the country and many now are celebrating the emotional reunion. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell has the story. after 2a years, after 2a yea rs, a after 2a years, a once little girl who disappeared now a woman is heading home. her parents never stopped searching for their missing three—year—old. thanks to a relentless social media campaign, the 27—year—old found them. translation: i never thought this was possible. it's like somebody in a dream has appeared before me. it's unbelievable. in 194 her father and mother briefly lost sight of their daughter while running a busy fruit stall and she was gone. he became a

taxi driver asking customers to find her via online chat platforms. it worked. their dna matches. today's dramatic reunion has captured the hearts of chinese people. they know that thousands of children in their country are kidnapped every year and many sold into adoption. unlike other parents still grieving for their lost children, this family is finally together again. the weather forecast now, here is ben rich. a story of two seasons in one day today. winter across many parts of scotland, snow on the ground, chilly conditions as well. that was the scene in perth earlier on. it looks and feels more like spring further south. the satellite pictures shows this pin wheel of cloud. an area of low pressure

spinning down to the south—west. fo ntal systems spinning down to the south—west. fontal systems pushing northwards. across southern areas we are feeling the effects of a southerly wind. further north stuck in the cold air. there will be snow to high ground in scotla nd there will be snow to high ground in scotland and lower levels at times. it should be rain right down at sea level. wintriness across northern ireland. through the south tonight we will see a further clutch of had heavy downpours pushing up from the south. not a cold night for most it will be chilly across a good part of scotland. tomorrow, more of the same. rain, sleetand scotland. tomorrow, more of the same. rain, sleet and snow across scotland. snow over high ground, perhaps lower levels later. shores for northern ireland and for england and wales a mixture of sunny spells, yes, heavy thundery downpours. not as mild as today in the south. up to 13 degrees. compare that with just three there in aberdeen. the low

pressure responsible for the u nsettled pressure responsible for the unsettled wednesday will drift to the north—east. an international of high pressure will build in. thursday will be the driest day of the week. a sunny day for many. more cloud into the west later, strengthening sorely breeze as well. the temperatures starting to climb even the temperatures starting to climb eve n a cross the temperatures starting to climb even across parts of scotland, seven in aberdeen, ten edinburgh and 12 in london. thursday in friday, this area of low pressure starts to squash its way in from the west. frontal systems bringing rain into western areas. a strengthen otherly wind. that southernly wind will allow us to tap into really mild air as we head towards the end of the week. just about wherever you are temperatures into double digits. a mixed bag of weather. to the south—east, 16, 17 maybe 18 degrees. hello, you're watching afternoon live.

i'm simon mccoy. today at a:00pm... two shootings in london leave a 17—year—old girl dead and a boy critically ill, as the capital's murder rate overtakes new york's. it's not safe any more. it's not. it's appalling. it's not safe to go out. you have to keep locking your doors, or do something. it's terrible. jeremy corbyn defends meeting a jewish fringe group, as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies. it wasn't a meeting last night, it was a celebration of passover. i celebrated it with a lot of young jewish people from my own community and my own constituency. chaos on france's railways — a wave of strikes against president macron's labour reforms gets underway. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. cricket? cricket, a thumbs down for

the moment, if you are an england fan. their overseas woes continue, 13 test matches without a win away from home meaning they lose the series against new zealand. ben rich karmis said the weather would be all white. white for some. it has felt like spring, but winter in the north. it's felt like two seasons in one day. which one will win out by the end of the week? i will tell you in half an hour. also coming up, after searching for more than two decades, a chinese family are finally reunited with their daughter. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. the shooting dead last night of a 17—year—old girl — named locally as tanesha — on a street in tottenham brought

the figure for the number of murders in london this year to a7 — and we're onlyjust in april. an hour earlier, a 16—year—old boy was found with gunshot wounds in walthamstow, in a case not thought to be linked. a spike in violent crime in the capital saw more murders committed here in london in february and march than there were in new york. and while new york's murder rate decreased from the end of january, london's has risen markedly. richard lister reports. 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. she didn't deserve that. 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. the victim has been named locally as tanesha melbouurne — this picture was put on social media. witnesses say a gunman fired on herfrom 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 locking your doors or do something, it's terrible! condolences to the mum and the dad of the young lady that got killed. and that's coming from every single person in tottenham that's got a heart. 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 15—year—old stab victim is said to have suffered life—changing injuries. there have been a7 murders in london this year, most from stabbing or shooting. january saw a total of eight homicides in london. 15 in february, and 22 in march.

a rate not seen in more than a decade. this trend 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 and knife crime have both increased by around 20% in england and wales, and even more sharply in london where one person has been stabbed to death every three days this year alone. police say we're at a turning point, after more than 20 years in which such crimes had been going down. the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick, said at the weekend that social media may be partly to blame, rival gangs taunting each other on youtube, escalating trivial disputes 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 childrens‘ hospital bedsides. while one family in this street is preparing for a funeral. richard lister, bbc news, tottenham. and richard is in tottenham, at the scene of the shooting. we can see forensic officers behind you and flowers as well. everybody asking the one question, why? indeed, one of the members of tanesha's family has been speaking to the police a few seconds ago saying it is outrageous and it has to stop. that's the sentiment of eve ryo ne we have to stop. that's the sentiment of everyone we have spoken to in this area today. you can see a number of forensic officers conducting a fingertip search, as they have been doing for several hours up and down this street looking for anything

that might help solve all give some clue as to who was responsible for last night's attack. witnesses have spoken of a car driving slowly by, a window going down and a gunman firing at a group of teenagers standing on the pavement behind me, one of the bullets hitting tanesha, as we have heard. forensic officers working for several hours. the whole length of the street has been closed off. it is likely to remain closed for some time. you can also see the flowers that are steadily building up flowers that are steadily building up in the last hour or so. they were laid initially by members of the family who put them just outside the spot where tanesha was killed, as close as they could get. those flowers have been steadily building, but police are asking people not to go through and put flowers there while the crime scene remains active. many are leaving them at a shop around the corner instead and marking their tribute that way. in

the last ten minutes the metropolitan police has said a little more information. chief superintendent richard wood, the head of scotland yard's murder squad, said it was a terrible attack in which this young lady has lost her life. he appeals to anyone in the area to contact the incident room or crimestoppers, who could possibly help the investigation. he said... inaudible studio: richard, iam said... inaudible studio: richard, i am sorry, said... inaudible studio: richard, iam sorry, but said... inaudible studio: richard, i am sorry, but we have lost sound. we will return to richard later. some breaking news, we are hearing the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to the king edward vi! hospital in london ahead of a planned hip operation, which is due to ta ke planned hip operation, which is due to take place tomorrow. the news coming from buckingham palace. the duke did not join coming from buckingham palace. the duke did notjoin the queen and other members of the royal family at windsor on sunday for the easter service because of pain he was suffering in his hip. he was finding it difficult to get around. the duke

has been admitted to the king edward vii hospital in marylebone in london, and an operation is planned for tomorrow on his hip. that is coming in from buckingham palace. it comes as the duke cancelled a number of engagements earlier this year and then announced he was pulling out of all public engagements at his age of 96. we will bring you more on that as we get it. jeremy corbyn has defended his decision to attend a passover event held by a left—wing jewish group called jewdas, which described allegations of anti—semitism in the labour party as opportunistic. the labour leader's decision to attend the event has been criticised by the british board of deputies and thejewish leadership council butjeremy corbyn said he was there in a personal capacity. 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 thejewish community after an event he went to last night. do you regret going to

that event last night? not in the slightest. why not? i'm sorry but your question... i went to a very interesting and enjoyable seder supper, talking to young jewish people about their life in britain and the experiences they have had with anti—semitism and how they see the future for our country. and i think that is what political leaders should do. the event in question was organised byjewdas, a left—wing jewish group openly critical of mainstream jewish organisations. it has previously dismissed anti—semitism allegations in the labour party as right—wing smears. it seems strange that mr corbyn's first act in the week after he declared that he would be our ally, and a militant opponent of anti—semitism, that he would choose to meet with a group who denounced the demonstrations and labelled us all as right—wing conspirators. 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 for 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 leader for going to last night's 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 that 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. chanting: shame on you! it has been a difficult week,

there were even angry protests in westminster. mr corbyn might have condemned all forms of racism and apologised for the hurt caused by anti—semitism, but the problem is far from sorted. eleanor garnier, bbc news, westminster. 0ur political correspondent pete saull is in westminster. ifjeremy corbyn was hoping that going to the meeting last night would help sort this problem out, it has not proven to be the case. that's right. as you saw in a film from eleanor garnier, a pretty bullish response by the labour leader, saying he had no regrets. it was an interesting evening, he felt he was able to hear concerns directly from young jewish people about their experiences of anti—semitism. the fact he was listening is not the issue, it is who he was listening to and the fact it is happening now after a week of

headlines about anti—semitism within the labour party. this is a group that has previously dismissed all this saga is opportunism, as a fuss about nothing. jewdas has treated in the last hour or so to say, let's make something clear, we do not believe accusations of anti—semitism in labourand the believe accusations of anti—semitism in labour and the left are nothing more than smears, but some of the better—known jewish organisations, and also two labour mps, as you have seen, have come out and not mince their words. jeremy corbyn has not put this issue to bed. and what happens next? we have also heard from the member of momentum. jon lansman, the co—founder of momentum, the big campaign group that was set up the big campaign group that was set up when jeremy corbyn the big campaign group that was set up whenjeremy corbyn was first elected labour leader, he has been doing the rounds this morning on various different radio stations and tv news bulletins as well saying

that, yes, there is a real problem and we acknowledge there is an issue with anti—semitism within the party. and he believes there should be some training for all members so they can spot the signs of it. he also suggested some local momentum groups that had summoned labour mps, perhaps threatening them with deselection for attending some rallies against the anti—semitism problem within labour earlier this week, he said that shouldn't happen at all. so there does seem to be some consensus within the mainstream of the labour party. but i think by attending this meeting last night, jeremy corbyn has shot himself in the foot. pete saull, thank you very much. some more news on the fact that the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to the king edward vi! hospital ahead of a planned hip operation thatis ahead of a planned hip operation that is going to take place tomorrow. he was admitted to the hospital this morning for that hip operation, due to take place at some

stage tomorrow. he retired from public life just under a year ago. he is 96 years old. he wasn't present alongside the queen at the easter sunday service at windsor castle. buckingham palace put out a statement saying he was in considerable discomfort with his hip, and it now appears they will do something about it. he has been admitted to the king edward vi! hospital in preparation for a planned hip operation that will take place tomorrow. the king edward vi! hospital, traditionally where members of the royal family have been treated. we will bring you more on that as we get it. 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 a 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 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 if this goes on untiljune, what are we going to do? at the gare de lyon in paris, one woman even fell on the track, so great was the crush of passengers on the platform. two days of this a 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 for the state—owned sncf open the way to 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 the rail unions, but macron, for their misery, then his chances of success will be gravely compromised. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris. more on the news the duke of

edinburgh has been admitted to the king edward vi! hospital in london ahead of a planned hip operation due to ta ke ahead of a planned hip operation due to take place tomorrow. james robbins is with me. what do we know? we had a short statement from buckingham palace saying that the duke of edinburgh was admitted to the king edward vi! hospital in london this afternoon for what they described as planned surgery on his hip that will take place tomorrow, apparently. the palace statement says that further updates will be issued when appropriate. for a man his age, a hip operation is a serious matter, as it would be for anybody his age, but the price suggests there is no reason for alarm. he was not at the easter service on sunday, so he must have been suffering discomfort. we will hear a little bit more. the king edward vi! hospital is the one where

traditionally members of the royal family are treated. he effectively retired from public life just under a year ago, retired from public life just under a yearago, and retired from public life just under a year ago, and at the age of 96, everybody pretty much said, it is not surprising. everybody was amazed at the level of royal engagements he maintained, and now is the time for him to have a slightly quieter life. he has had brushes with surgery before. as anyone of his age probably would. it's not surprising that if he is suffering in this way, it is thought appropriate that he should have a hip replacement. but obviously with anaesthetic at that age, this is always a serious issue, and would be for somebody significantly younger than the prince. a man throughout his life, who has been very busy and physical, still enjoys his hobbies, including

being out riding. huge frustration for him, and that's probably behind this decision is. i think we can probably imagine if a stray from the duke of edinburgh would feel. a very active person, used a carriage driving in the past, riding regularly. it's fair to say he is somebody who has always put physical fitness of very high on his list of priorities. so i am sure he will be frustrated, frankly, at the idea that he will have to undergo further surgery that he will have to undergo further surgery and he has had experience of surgery surgery and he has had experience of surgery in the past. nothing new to him about that. he is somebody who clearly doesn't like in any sense his activities being curtailed. 90 six rd going into hospitalfor what will probably be a general anaesthetic. will be concerns over that. —— and 96—year—old going into hospital. but he is very tough. he

is extraordinary resilience. we have seen is extraordinary resilience. we have seen that throughout his life. he saw service in the royal navy. maintained a long list of active sports and was always interested in his physical fitness. it sports and was always interested in his physicalfitness. it has obviously seen him in good stead. he has remained remarkably active, missed almost no royal engagements throughout the entire working life that he had, fulfilling those public engagements. he almost never missed one as a consequence of illness, and i think was rather reluctant to retire, but decided it was the right thing to do. a couple of events in the royal diary. there is a royal wedding in may. if he was feeling that he didn't want to go to it because he couldn't get around, that might explain why he has made the decision to have the operation now, and he could be up and about to go to that wedding. it could well be. anybody undergoing hip surgery will think, when can i tolerate being

immobile and restricted. if some people had the luxury of choice, they might want to do it in the winter, because they wouldn't mind being laid up. but morale could be higher in the summer. we don't know how much choice he had in this. there is the prospect that if he makes a normal recovery, he could be up makes a normal recovery, he could be up and about, if not fighting fit, certainly perfectly able to go to that royal wedding provided everything goes smoothly. when people see things like this on their screen, people tuning in. this is what buckingham palace have said. they have said in a statement that his royal highness the duke of edinburgh was admitted to the king edward vi! hospital in london this afternoon for planned surgery on his hip that will take place tomorrow. further updates will be issued when appropriate. the use of the word planned is very important. clearly

this had been foreseen. it might have been planned many weeks ago. perhaps we will never know that. we don't know if the queen was with him when he went to hospital. we don't have details like that, but if this was fully elective surgery, something was planned over a little time, all they are doing is telling us what we would eventually have discovered. so there is no suggestion that there is any cause for alarm in this, except for the fa ct for alarm in this, except for the fact that anybody of the duke's age, it's a serious matter if you have major surgery like this. james robbins, thank you. anything coming from king edward vi! hospital, we will bring that to you, but we are not expecting any statements from them until after the operation tomorrow. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. prince philip is admitted to hospital in london for planned surgery on his hip. two shootings in london leave a 17—year—old girl dead and a boy critically ill,

as the capital's murder rate overtakes new york's. jeremy corbyn defends meeting a jewish fringe group — as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies. in sport, an unlucky 13 in a row without a win for england's cricketers as their overseas test troubles continue, failing to beat new zealand in the second match of the series they lose 1—0. netball captain caroline 0'hanlon will carry the northern ireland flag in the commonwealth games opening ceremony in australia tomorrow. the team has 90 athletes overall competing across 13 different sports. ronnie o'sullivan makes a record 1ath maximum break, but it's not enough as he is knocked out in the first round of the china open in beijing. more on those stories just after a:30pm. 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 more on what my symptoms were... whenjohn lost 1akg in 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 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 like john 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 can waste valuable time. so the airedale clinic is one of ten in england designed to speed up a cancer diagnosis, where patients with nonspecific symptoms, like john, can be seen by one team, who can give a fast decision. the advantages for the patient are 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 out thatjohn'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, airedale hospital. 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 firm de la rue, which currently makes the burgundy documents, said they were unhappy with the decision. the government said the process has been a rigorous, fair and open process. a chinese mother and father have been reunited with their daughter — 2a years after she went missing.

the couple's tireless search for their child has gripped the country and many now are celebrating the emotional reunion. 0ur china correspondent stephen mcdonell has the story. after 2a years, a once little girl who disappeared now a woman is heading home. her parents never stopped searching for their missing three—year—old. thanks to a relentless social media campaign, the 27—year—old found them. translation: i never thought this was possible. it's like somebody in a dream has appeared before me. it's unbelievable. in 199a, her father and mother briefly lost sight of their daughter while running a busy fruit stall and she was gone. he became a taxi driver asking customers to find her via online chat platforms. it worked. their dna matches. today's dramatic reunion has captured the hearts of chinese people.

they know that thousands of children in their country are kidnapped every year and many sold into adoption. but unlike other parents still grieving for their lost children, this family is finally together again. steven mcdonnell, bbc news, hong kong. time for a look at the weather... then rich is here. that looks pretty. spring blossom in new york. and covered in snow. it has taken a while for the spring wants to really set in. what we have just seen in new york on easter monday was the most significant april snowfall since 1982. in central park, 5.5 inches of snow on monday, getting on for 13 or 1a centimetres, pretty impressive for this point in the

year. it led to some pretty nice scenes. you just need to get a dog in their! this one isn't gratuitous! it just shows you in their! this one isn't gratuitous! itjust shows you how in their! this one isn't gratuitous! it just shows you how snowy in their! this one isn't gratuitous! itjust shows you how snowy it has been. why is this going on? we have had a weather system, a pipeline of cloud. the us has had a real time of it with an area of cloud sitting more or less in the same place, feeding in wet weather, but also separating cold air from the warm. new york has been on the cold side, and that's why the wet weather fell as snow. down in the south, you can see how much warmer it is. the forecast for new york in the next week or so. if you think things are twisty and attorney here, 6 degrees to start the week. 19 degrees with rainfor to start the week. 19 degrees with rain for the middle of the week and then back into the cold air. then then back into the cold air. then the mild air. springtime in new york isa time the mild air. springtime in new york is a time of big twists and turns. before we put our fights, what's

happening closer to home? some people might want to because we have had wintry weather closer to home. northern areas have seen snow. temperatures in scotland is not getting above 5 degrees. further south, a very different story. it hasn't been sunshine all around. showers around and some hefty ones, with temperatures clambering up into the mid—teens. in the south—west, pretty unsettled, and these areas of cloud being flown north. areas of cloud being flown north. areas of cloud running into some cold air across northern parts of the country, which is why we have seen some snowfall. if you are on the move in the next hour or so for rush hour, some wintry scenes continuing across scotland, particularly in the high ground, but even lower levels could see something wintry. some rain and snow mixed in. england and wales, sunny spells and one or two hefty showers, and in places they

contain the odd rumble of thunder. as we go through this evening and overnight, another clutch of showers pushing in across england and wales. sunny spells as well. wintry weather further north. a real range of temperatures, two degrees in aberdeen and nine in plymouth are your overnight low temperatures. we do it all again tomorrow. another wintry day in scotland. rain and sleet at low levels, snow over even modest hills. showers clipping northern ireland. sunny spells in england and wales, but watch out for the downpours. and some rumbles of thunder mixed in. three in the north and 13 degrees further south. moving into thursday, we push the unsettled weather away to the north—east. a bump of high pressure easing its way in, meaning thursday showed on balance be the driest day of the week. there will be a large amount of sunshine around. you can see the cloud gathering out west and the wind is strengthening, but it is a

southerly, mild wind direction. the next area of low pressure trying to squeeze its way in from the west on friday. that will allow us to tap into some warmer air, you can see the orange colours across iberia and southern france, and that is where ourairwill be coming southern france, and that is where our air will be coming from. the forecasts through friday and the weekend, aberdeen, belfast, manchester, it doesn't matter where you are, double digit temperatures by the weekend. some areas of rain around but sunshine as well. and in parts of the south, especially the south—east, 16 and maybe 18 degrees as we head through the weekend. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospital ahead of a planned hip operation tomorrow. he is in the king edward vi! stakes but will in london for a surgery on his hip. a 17—year—old girl has been shot dead in north london, amid growing concerns

about the capital's increasing murder rate. another 16—year—old boy is critically ill following a separate shooting in the city. jeremy corbyn says he has no regrets about attending a passover event organised by a left wing jewish group last night. the group, called jewdas, has openly criticised mainstream jewish organisations in the past. disruption in france as workers walk off the job in protest of president macron's labour reforms. train services have been severely affected, as well as energy supplies and bin collections. sport now on afternoon live with hugh. putting in a double shift, i think! let's talk cricket. the england team will return but it has not been a happy experience? the group of fans who follow england everywhere are called the barmy army. you could claim they have been pretty barmy to do it in the past couple of years. 13 overseas tests and no victories.

four defeats in the ashes among them. they have an excellent record at home, but if you do trouble with at home, but if you do trouble with a test team you're likely to see different performances. the growing disparity in results has notjust affected england. their last test series win came two years ago in south africa. since then they have drawn with bangladesh, lost against india, australia and new zealand. joe root saying today he does feel like his team is improving. if that is the case, it has been a long time coming. and from a pretty low base! let's be positive. the last match, they merely won it? that is whyjoe root has said as much today. they were two runs away from beating new zealand. they needed ten wickets on the final day. two in the first couple of balls came courtesy of stuart broad. then they find it harder to break down a

resilient new zealand team, who won a series against new zealand for only the fourth time. john watson reports. ten wickets needed for victory on the final day. stuart broad soon had two of them, the first a gift for mark stoneman. a dream start made better again by broad. new zealand found some resistance. tom latham lasting longest. 0n resistance. tom latham lasting longest. on 83, vince lurched. as the day faded, so did england's hopes. holding on was proving difficult. when colin de grandhomme stroke, england sensed an opportunity. so these showed the value of sticking around. england's desperation lost in the fading light. too little, too late from theircaptain, light. too little, too late from their captain, joe root. the match drawn, the series lost, england with little to show from a long winter of

test cricket. australia lost their first test since the balls camp —— ball—tampering scandal. it was their biggest defeat in 90 years. they we re biggest defeat in 90 years. they were torn apart by vernon philander. all four nations now know who will carry their flag all four nations now know who will carry theirflag for all four nations now know who will carry their flag for the opening ceremony of the, wealth games. eilidh doyle has been announced as scotland's flag bearer. alastair brownlee will carry out england's, and jazz carlin will lead out wales. caroline 0'hanlon will carry out northern ireland's flag in tomorrow's ceremony. the team as 90 athletes overall competing in 13 different sports. you just want to be selected to represent northern ireland and be here at the games. to be asked, i was shocked. very proud. the last time when we were in glasgow we were a new addition to the team. it shows how far we have come as a team, and in terms of netball, how highly

we are considered in the team. i'm very proud to represent the girls, and can't wait. the champions league is back. tonight real madrid face juventus the champions league is back. tonight real madrid facejuventus in the last eight, a repeat of last yea r‘s the last eight, a repeat of last year's final. tomorrow liverpool phase manchester city. rafa benitez, former liverpool manager, has been telling juliette errington that he expects the game to join the list of classic and field encounters. i remember our games against chelsea, massive games. always to play at anfield was fantastic when you are playing at home. to play, especially during the champions league nights, was massive. can you see liverpool doing it?” league nights, was massive. can you see liverpool doing it? i think they area see liverpool doing it? i think they are a good team. they will play

against a very good team too. both teams are very good. i cannot say it would be this one that one, because they are so close in many things. maybe one detail. the game in the league was a—3 to liverpool. they we re very league was a—3 to liverpool. they were very close. it would be an exciting game. we will hear from both it would be an exciting game. we will hearfrom both managers sportsday later. ronnie o'sullivan has been knocked out of the china open snooker, despite a 1ath maximum break. nobody has as many competitive 1a7s as the five—time world champion. he lost the second round match against elliot slessor 6—2. he still pockets £a2,000 for the maximum. he managed to, before departing the arena, get a handshake, a kiss and a hug from the referee. that is all you sport for now. more coming up with you was in croft. now on afternoon live,

let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country, in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. let's go to stewart white in norwich, where heavy rain over the bank holiday weekend has put the region on flood alert, with nearly 30 rivers still at risk of flooding. and nick 0wen is in birmingham, which has also seen heavy rainfall over the last few days, and numerous flood alerts on the rivers across the midlands. but first to stewart. particularly in your area over the bank holiday weekend, this is a big tourist destination, so how big a problem has it been? the tourism people will tell you it is disappointing. those people who booked accommodation still came. there were people out and about enjoying not very good weather. the day—trippers are the big problem. we have got a student who is a weather forecaster in clacton. she says that

last year it was virtually dry, this year she recorded ten millimetres of rain on good friday. and on good friday —— bank holiday monday 13.3 millimetres. lots of people still came. they got off to a steady start on easter weekend but it was not as good as they had hoped for. if you talk to the tourism people, they will say that in the last couple of yea rs will say that in the last couple of years they have invested £a0 million in attractions were you don't actually have to be outside, so that has been a benefit. it has been a struggle for those people out and about. it has been impossible. struggle for those people out and about. it has been impossiblem you live locally and you are a farmer, huge problems? that's a real problem for the farmers. we have been filming on a farm today, where our reporter doesn't have the longest legs in the world but it came up to his knees and close to his waist. 0ne farmer told us he

will probably need a camp nou rather than a tractor. the problem is they can't plant anything. they had the beast from the east, the mini beast from the east. if they can't get onto the next few weeks, it will be a real problem getting everything from cereals to potatoes, that kind of thing into the ground. they have not been able to plant peas. and the sugar beet, a very big crowd —— crop in this part of the world, not able to plant that either. it will be a problem for the farmers and if it is a problem for the farmers, it is a problem for consumers as well. if they can't plant it, they can't get into the shops. what is the name of the reporter with very short legs?! that would be naming names. thank you very much. nick, similar problems with you? yes, i thought

stuart white was the beast from the east, but that is another story! it seems to be raining and snowing forever. i feel so sorry for people going away for easter. i hope many of them or not camping. river levels are highest we have had for many years. nothing to bear to 2007 and 1998. the river severn and the river avon come together in tewkesbury. no flooding yet. flood plains are underwater. what are they for? more rain is expected later in the week before we finally get a sense of what we sometimes laughingly call summer. what we sometimes laughingly call summer. there are what we sometimes laughingly call summer. there are seven what we sometimes laughingly call summer. there are seven warnings in gloucestershire, six in worcestershire, meaning flooding is expected. dozens of alerts, which are not quite so serious. the main problem as far as the emergency services are concerned, motorists?

yes, people getting stuck in cars. people getting stranded. if you see a flooded road you think, it will be too bad. then your car gives up the ghost. quite a few cars have been badly damaged. rural bridges have had to be closed. the environment agency is urging people not to drive through water. they have created a hash tag think don't sink.” through water. they have created a hash tag think don't sink. i quite like it. what about the forecast for next week? put your other hat on. the overriding problem is the rainfall in the welsh mountains. it takes a while to come down to the lowlands. it is joined takes a while to come down to the lowlands. it isjoined by loads of tributaries along the way. more rain is expected later this week, so river levels are expected to rise. that won't be good news for was tisha county cricket club. a

beautiful ground on the banks of the seven always vulnerable to deep flooding. —— the river severn. they would pray doesn't get any worse. the county championship season starts two weeks on friday, weather permitting. personally, ican't wait. i don't know if you have got a comeback on the beast from the east jibe. i willjust wish good end to the season at luton town. i am sure he is looking forward to that. thank you. it is all one big happy family on the face of it! thank you both. if you would like to see more on any of those stories, you can access them on the iplayer. we go nationwide every afternoon at a:30pm. let's update you on the main

breaking story, the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospitalfor a planned edinburgh has been admitted to hospital for a planned operation edinburgh has been admitted to hospitalfor a planned operation on his hip tomorrow. let's take you to the king edward vi! hospital. we will take you there in a moment. the duke is expected to undergo surgery tomorrow. he is 96 years old. all buckingham palace has said at the moment, let me read you the statement, is that he was admitted to the king edward vi! stakes but of this afternoon ahead of a planned hip operation due to take place on wednesday. it doesn't specify what sort of hip operation. we remember the same hospital being the venue for a the same hospital being the venue fora similar the same hospital being the venue for a similar operation on the queen mother when she was 95. the duke of edinburgh is 96. anybody with

relatives of that age undergoing an operation will know that the operation will know that the operation itself is not without issues. but it is the anaesthetic that goes with it that is a particular concern for a patients that age. i will take you to the hospital in a moment. we understand the duke was admitted in the last hour. we have no idea whether the queen was with him when he was admitted. buckingham palace saying this is a planned hip operation to ta ke this is a planned hip operation to take place tomorrow. the king edward vii stakes but in london. it is where all members of the royal family have gone for procedures such as this. this planned elective surgery. as this. this planned elective surgery. the duke, who retired effectively from public life a few months ago at the age of 96, and who didn't attend the easter service on sunday with the queen and other members of the royal family because

of what buckingham palace have described as problems with his hip. he retired from royal duties last august. he was not at the service at leicester cathedral with the queen last week. again that was put down toa hip last week. again that was put down to a hip problem. buckingham palace, in that statement, saying that the duke was admitted this afternoon for planned surgery on his hip which will take place tomorrow. they say further updates will be issued when appropriate. that would seem to suggest we're not going to hear anything until after the operation has taken place tomorrow. as we have seen has taken place tomorrow. as we have seen with previous visits to hospital by members of the royal family, it's very rare for other members of the family to arrive at the hospital until after procedures have taken place. that may well be the case here. there doesn't seem to be any sign of other members being present at the hospital at the moment. we will bring you much more

on that if there is any news today. dozens of newly—discovered dinosaur footprints, left 175 million years ago, have been discovered on the isle of skye. researchers say the prints were made by the older cousins of the tyrannosaurus rex, called theropods, which stood up to two metres tall, and 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. dr david norman is a palaeontologist from the university of cambridge, who told me the significance of the footprints. what was happening right in this jurassic period is that the supercontinent was slightly starting to separate into the continents we recognise today. little bits of sea was spreading between the areas, leaving shallow areas of brackish water. it is very likely these

animals were paddling around occasionally in the shallow water. and obviously you know if you are walking on a beach and you look behind you, you can see the footprints that you leave behind. but you know very well that you just wait for the next wave to crashing and the footprints are gone. i think the slightly bigger puzzle is, how can something as ephemeral as a footprint be left behind? that is more of a sherlock holmes problem that needs to be solved. if you put your hat on and stroke up the pipe, what theory would you come up with? is telling you something about the environment. if there was shallow sea environment. if there was shallow sea water washing around on these muddy and sandy flats these animals for walking on, then occasionally the sea will move backwards, the tide will go out. and if we're talking about an area of the world

where it's relatively tropical, and this actually was latitudinal elite quite a tropical area at that time, the sun will break the surface of the sun will break the surface of the exposed seashore. the baking process m ea ns the exposed seashore. the baking process means the water evaporates and the minerals left behind after the evaporation of the water cements the evaporation of the water cements the surface. so these temporary footprints are literally cemented, and they leave this permanent record. later they will be covered with more sediment. that cemented layer will remain. that will be revealed in yea rs layer will remain. that will be revealed in years to come. so they think. away from dinosaurs, ben bland has the business news. prince philip is admitted to hospital in london for planned surgery on his hip two shootings in london leave a 17—year—old girl dead and a boy critically ill,

as the capital's murder rate overtakes new york's. jeremy corbyn defends meeting a jewish fringe group — as the row surrounding anti—semitism in the labour party intensifies i'm ben bland with your business headlines. 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 to the 61% of sky it does not already own, and is willing to pay £11.77 billion. 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 2018, to its lowest level of activity in a year. a slowdown in new orders hit growth. the cost of raw materials for factories also rose, but not as sharply as they have been — in fact, at their weakest rate in the year. shares in the music streaming firm spotify will be publicly traded for the first time later. it will make its debut

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, which could value it at £1abn is unusual though — as it won't be issuing any new shares. kessler, shares up quite dramatically? yeah. this has developed this afternoon. they had a torrid time recently. they had to recall ca rs last torrid time recently. they had to recall cars last week because of corroding bowls in the wheels. before that there was a fatal crash in california. someone died. today, some much needed better news. it has announced a boost in the numbers of its cheaper model three cars it produced at the start of the year. shares were up as much as a% this afternoon. spotify goes on the market today? yes, for many people

are today get their music. 71 million paying music they have got -- paying million paying music they have got —— paying customers. its shares will be available for the public to buy and sell. some say it may not be the best day to do it. we saw a big sell—off on tech stocks yesterday. and what has happened today, interestingly, is that despite that, the guide price for the opening share price has been creeping up. quick word about sky macro? yes, a proposal fox has put forward. let's get the thoughts of our pets patel. he is chief executive... the share price of sky has benefited from this proposal. what do you make of it? it is up about 2896 in the la st of it? it is up about 2896 in the last three months since this bid has come about. what has been very clear

from foxes how desperate they are to get hold of sky. if you are a fox shareholder, you're pretty much hoping they are the only player in the game. sky have made clear how desperate they are to want to get hold of that. they will probably not bid much higher. now they will look for a ring fencing, this notion that fox kalambayi sky and sell everything to disney so competition authorities do not need to worry. you're giving disney a blank cheque to say, you've got to celta was, so you can't be worth that much. they can lowball on the price. thank you. i'm going to have to cut chart. a busy afternoon of news. thank you. we are going to go straight to the king edward vi! stakes bottle. danny araf is there. —— daniele de rossi is there. what has happened in the last hour due the duke of edinburgh

is here in central london. it has been termed a planned admittance. that is the phrase being used by buckingham palace in terms of announcing the fact he has been admitted. i think it is able very particular turn of phrase they are using because they don't want there to be any sense of panic. he is going to have an operation tomorrow on his hip. buckingham palace will not give any more details about the timing orthe not give any more details about the timing or the type of operation. they do say he has been having problems with his hip for the last month. it has been causing considerable problems. so much so it will be operated on tomorrow. his ca re will be operated on tomorrow. his care will be overseen by the medical tea m care will be overseen by the medical team attached to the royal household, alongside some extra specialist care. the queen is in windsor. as she is at least every year. she is being kept informed of how her husband is. and we will expect probably not to hear any more on how he is what is happening at

the hospital until after the operation. he is a very active man and injusta operation. he is a very active man and injust a month operation. he is a very active man and in just a month there operation. he is a very active man and injust a month there is operation. he is a very active man and in just a month there is a operation. he is a very active man and injust a month there is a royal wedding you may wish to attend and might want to be up about four? i'm sure he absolutely will. you do wonder if that is a factor in him having the operation. even though he is 96, he is extremely active. there is 96, he is extremely active. there isa is 96, he is extremely active. there is a picture of him in the last few months carriage riding, one of his favourite hobbies, in one of his royal residences. he is an active man, even for somebody in his mid—905. clearly a problem with his hip causing him considerable pain. now needing an operation. it will be extremely frustrating for him. his age is always going to be a factor. having a general anaesthetic at this age, the risk of infection is always great. but he is fit. and he is somebody who will want to be active and back on his feet as soon as possible. this has been quite a

serious problem for him. last summer he did retire from public life, and from many of those royal engagements alongside the queen. we had been expecting to see him with the royal family over easter. it was significantly wasn't there. that created a sense there was a particular problem that needed to be dealt with. thank you for the update. that is it from afternoon life. up next, the bbc news with ben brown. now the weather. hello. today is a tale of two seasons. winter in the north, something springlike further south. pretty unsettled whichever way you slice it. low—pressure to the south—west pushing bands of cloud northwards. wet weather as well. cold enough in parts of scotland, particularly for some snowfall, especially over high ground. perhaps some snow at low levels as we go through the night. further south, some clear spells. heavy showers putting in from the south as the night goes on.

temperatures pretty mild towards the south. but on the cold side across northern areas. with the cold air in place, more snowfall in parts of scotla nd place, more snowfall in parts of scotland tomorrow. chiefly over higher ground. the odd shower clipping into northern ireland. lots of sharers for england and wales, some heavy with hail and thunder. temperatures ranging from three degrees in aberdeen to 13 in london. today at 5.00pm — the duke of edinburgh is admitted to hospital for hip surgery. prince philip, who's 96, will undergo the operation tomorrow at the king edward vi! hospital in central london. the duke was admitted to hospital here earlier today in central london after missing in of engagements over easter alongside the queen and other members of the royal family. the other main stories on bbc news—

fears over levels of violent crime in london after a teenage girl named locally as tanesha is shot dead. it's appalling. it's not safe to go out, you have to keep locking your doors or do something, it's terrible. jeremy corbyn defends his decision to attend an event organised by a left—wing jewish group following criticism from mainstream jewish leaders.