this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 8pm: the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospital for a planned hip operation. buckingham palace say he'll undergo the surgery tomorrow. fears over levels of violent crime in london, after a teenage girl is shot dead. campaigners warn more young people are arming themselves. when a young man tells me this, i must prefer to be caught with my knife then be caught without it, because to be caught with my knife would mean that i'm not slipping. the head of the military sector... will not confirm the service. four members of the same family from bristol are killed in a car crash in florida. and real services in france are severely disrupted by strike action. workers are giving three months of walk—out in protest against president emmanuel macron‘s labour reforms. dozens of dinosaur footprints left are discovered on

the isle of skye. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospital for a planned hip operation. buckingham palace say he'll undergo the surgery tomorrow. prince philip, who's 96, is being treated at the king edward vii hospital in central london. it's understood he was absent from this year's easter service at st george's chapel in windsor castle because of his hip problem. our correspondent charlotte gallagher is at the king edward vii hospital in london. charlotte, what more do we know about when the prince was admitted and what condition he is in? we know buckingham palace have said that prince philip was admitted today to

the hospital behind me for a plant operation and they've been very keen to stress this is a planned procedure and there is no real need for alarm. we know what he has had this condition for about a month and it's been causing him considerable pain, and that's what he's decided to have this surgery now. as you say, we haven't seen the duke of edinburgh at events we would normally expect him to be at, for example, the easter sunday church service and monday thursday. we did see him on christmas day and he seemed in very good health attending church and we have also seen photos of him and the carriage which he really likes it. the queen is not here. she is at windsor but of course she is being kept informed about condition of her husband. there has been some speculation the duke of edinburgh wanted to get this procedure before next month's royal wedding when prince harry marries meghan markle and he wanted to be fit and active for the big day. charlotte gallagher at the king

edward vii hospital in central london. thank you very much. ananda nanu is president of the british orthopaedic association. he is in our newcastle studio. ask for being with us. let me ask you first of all about the duke's age. is this a particular concern way decision is made on whether or not to proceed with surgery? not really. age is just not to proceed with surgery? not really. age isjust a number. if the physiological age of the person involved that is important. so long as there are no significant chronic elements that increased the risk factor, it doesn't matter whether the person is 76, 86 or indeed 96. how long a procedure are we talking about that he is undergoing tomorrow? i'm not certain about the exact nature of the procedure but if we presume that a total hip replacement is being contemplated for arthritis, then i would imagine the surgical team, the total process

would probably take about an hour and a half but the surgery from the time you open to the time you close should be in the region of between 40 should be in the region of between a0 and 50 minutes. should be in the region of between 40 and 50 minutes. and what about anaesthetic? that is always what is potential area of risk for any infection. it's something everyone will have seen on the warning that there can be a risk involved and the people need to be aware of that. there's always a risk in any procedure. anaesthesia is extremely safe nowadays and we have some really advanced, world—class practitioners and i'm sure that the nhs and the teams that are dealing with the duke in the king edward vii hospital are top—notch. with the duke in the king edward vii hospital are top-notch. please continue. and the general concept is that it's no longer necessary to use a general anaesthetic. there are

many forms of original anastasia thought to be safer and more appropriate for a short procedure. he's generally thought to be a man in pretty good health for his age and is certainly somebody who's been very active at least comparatively recently, still engaged in carriage driving. he certainly still generally seems able to walk without the aid of the state. what about the prognosis for rehabilitation and recovery of a patient of that time? you assume it is hip replacement and assuming everything goes to plan. ics ledley no reason why he should not get back to his pre—arthritic stage in terms of mobility and social activities —— i see no reason. ananda nanu, thank you very much forjoining us. and we'll find out how this story, and many others, are covered in tomorrow's front pages at io:a0pm this evening in the papers. my guests are susie boniface, columnist at the daily mirror, and michael heaver,

co—owner of the political website westmonster. i will have to ask you later whether he is the west or the monster. a 17—year—old girl is dead and a 16—year—old boy is critically ill after two unrelated shootings last night in london in the space ofjust an hour. eyewitnesses say the girl who died was with friends in tottenham, when someone opened fire from a passing car. friends say she was killed for no reason. the latest attacks come amid concern about rising violent crime. in all, a7 people have been killed in london in the first three months of this year alone. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell. a community in mourning. today, family and friends remember 17—year—old tanesha melbourne, who died in a drive by shooting last night. the teenager had been with friends, shortly before she was shot from a car near northumberland park in tottenham. dada and his 12—year—old son malachai were in the area when it happened. i heard the shot.

i thought it was the easter holiday and it was just firecrackers. i said, "no, man." it went off, i would say about ten minutes after that. i drive from my house, i see all the commotion, i see the police. how do you feel about what has happened? ifeel sad because it was a girl as well. yeah. are you worried about your future and growing up here? yes, because i'm a boy, so i'm more at risk and i'm black as well. forensic teams have spent the day gathering evidence in this cordoned off road, watched on by members of the local community. i have never heard of a young girl being shot. never. never in my life. what would she do so bad that somebody would end her life like that? she's not even started her life. she's a baby. tanesha is the ninth teenager to be violently killed in london this year.

but there have been a7 killings in the capital since the start of 2018, mainly caused by shootings or stabbings. we are doing everything we can lawfully to deal with the rise, use every option available to us, enhancing the police presence in key locations, but most of all, working with communities. many people here in tottenham say they are shocked but not surprised by what has happened. that is because over the years, some say problems have been building up and getting worse. right here on this road, for example, near to this parade of shops, some people have told me they are too scared to leave their homes once it gets dark, underlining a real sense of fear in this community. this wasn't the only violent crime around the same time in north london last night. two miles away, in walthamstow, a 16—year—old boy was found with gunshot wounds and is now in a critical condition.

while another boy aged 15 was taken to hospital with stab wounds. he has been left with life—changing injuries. it is not surprising... this latest rise in gun and knife crime has caused widespread anger, particularly from local campaigners. the government come out and they are very proud about their new websites, anti—knife and anti—violence, and the website is not a representation of where young people are at moment. my thing is that the government are wasting money and not focussing on what is really needed. that is why this keeps happening. so far, there have been no arrests but tributes continue to grow for tanesha. another life lost on the streets of london. so what's the reaction from young people living in tottenham? with me, michael clarke, who is a community worker in the area. in our birmingham

studio is 25—year—old ashley bertie, assistant police and crime commissioner for the west midlands. thank you so much for being with us. are you surprised what happened last night? i'm not surprised but it is a very sad occasion. i actually do believe that... let me ask you more about that... let me ask you more about that in the second byjust sticking if we can with this. one of the witnesses to the scene has been quite widely reported as saying this isa quite widely reported as saying this is a part of a war going on in this pa rt is a part of a war going on in this part of tottenham. is it a tit—for—tat thing in which people for whatever bizarre reason are establishing territory and defending respect for the territory? yes, it isa respect for the territory? yes, it is a case of that. and u nfortu nately, is a case of that. and unfortunately, social media is having a big part to play because

they are shaping the minds of our young people. we need, our role models need to be more visible and oui’ models need to be more visible and our history needs to be made more visible. let me bring in ashley because there's a lot of talk about what is happening in london because of the figures in london the particular striking and distressing this year. i think it was a2 people died last month a note on the kind of... what is the experience in birmingham? west midlands police are doing active, preventative work to make sure young people get the opportunity they need to maximise their potential. we have young people who have been on the cusp of criminality or have been youth criminality or have been youth criminality in schools, working with

their peers to really make sure they understand the dangers of knife and a gun. we know if you're caring a knife, carry a gun, you're more likely to have been used against you. and we work proactively with young people to make sure they know the dangers and get back to the straight and narrow. what has been the impact in terms of the court record of offences? is there a measurable change? there has been an uptick in violent crime in birmingham and west midlands, but the work we have done with the commission, including young people, including local communities has seen real change. we have young people who have been involved in youth criminality working with their peers, working with the police and others to really make a tangible difference to their lives. we now have work opportunities work experience, and everyone in our region make sure young people have the skills they need to get on. it's

beena the skills they need to get on. it's been a huge success to this point. michael, you've talked about the importance of role models and perhaps in trying to develop some of those alternatives routes for youngsters to make this kind of lifestyle less attractive. in the end, that's a really hard process, isn't it? it's not something that is a quick fix, it's going to take it one team —— a long time to change attitudes. certainly it is the process ca n attitudes. certainly it is the process can and i have mentioned before that partnerships are the way forward. i founded a before that partnerships are the way forward. ifounded a organisation, and we work with organisations, individuals and businesses that value social change. we are partnered with a particular organisation that, what they do really blows my mind, they offer our young people are alternative lifestyle. a lot of our young people are drawn to cry because they like a quick fix, they would like to

generate funds, etc. it buys the things they want. exactly. and unemployment is very high within the community. this group offers them an alternative lifestyle. they offer mentorships for young people and leadership, which is very important as well, and then if they have it inventive idea, a young person, they invest money into our young people. it actually invested £2 million into oui’ it actually invested £2 million into our young people and that is pretty remarkable. i guess... what happens to people go through this process, the immediate pressure will be on policing response. criminaljustice response. what can be done that's most effective in that respect?|j response. what can be done that's most effective in that respect? i do think police, they need to work closely, very closely with grassroots organisations, people that care about people that are very

selfless in regards to the community. people that are proactive in the community and really want to create social change. i do feel the deathly need to be using a connective approach. ashley, how have you dealt with this problem in birmingham? you mentioned pressures in terms of policing. paradoxically in london, we've actually got more police officers now than we had five yea rs police officers now than we had five years ago and we're seeing this apparent rise in violent crime. we are not kissing it here, we're seeing it in other parts of the country. this creates the argument that this is not about money and resources , that this is not about money and resources, it is any police visibility. since 2010, with a drop in numberof pounds visibility. since 2010, with a drop in number of pounds and police officers, we have that i could make a point about this being about resources but unless we have office rs resources but unless we have officers right across our communities working day and day out

with our young people to help them maximise their talents and to help maximise their talents and to help maximise their talents and to help maximise the potential, we will lose a generation. in the west midlands, a generation. in the west midlands, a fantasticjob a generation. in the west midlands, a fantastic job of a generation. in the west midlands, a fantasticjob of really reaching out to our young people to engage with them for making sure they have the role model that will allow them to realise their potential and make all of our communities safer. 25 yea rs all of our communities safer. 25 years old, doing a lot of good work up years old, doing a lot of good work up there. if you very much for your time. michael clark, a lot of work in london. it's going to be a difficult few days —— thank you for your time. it will be, it will be. currently right now, a lot of the members are currently at the centre where the young person used to attend, offering their support and further guidance. let's hope something positive can come out of a

terrible 2a hours. thank you very much, michael. four members of a family from bristol have been killed in a car crash in eastern florida. they were returning from the kennedy space centre at cape canaveral when the collision happened in the city of titusville. local police say the family's rental car was hit by a heavy—duty ford pick—up truck at around 6pm yesterday, and that all four of them were pronounced dead at the scene. the let me bring you some news coming at her. there's been a disruption in central london. it is because of a gas leak. that is pretty much peter allee in that part of central london. quite a number of theatres have been evacuated as a precaution —— theatre alley. at least two plates are affected. quiz

at the no coward theatre and the international production of la traviata have been cancelled tonight. we will bring you the latest. let's get the latest on the sports update. there are good evening to you. the champions league has returned, and the tie of the rockies a repeat of lester's file with the holders real madrid taking onjuventus. with the holders real madrid taking on juventus. that finished a—i with the holders real madrid taking onjuventus. that finished a—i last june with cristiano ronaldo scoring the opener. it was the same story again tonight. ronaldoa great start for madrid. it could be a crucial away goalfor them. gonzalo higuain has come close to producing peers forjuventus. still i— 02 riyal —— 1-0 forjuventus. still i— 02 riyal —— 1—0 start real madrid after half an hour. sevilla facing bayern munich.

sevilla just when i had at their home stadium. liverpool's meeting with manchester city. the last man to lead liverpool to european triumph is rafa benitez, now in charge of newcastle of course. he expects tomorrow's gamecube when the list of classics at anfield. high river all the games against chelsea. —— i remember all the games against chelsea. anfield, it was fantastic with your playing at home. the champions league nights were massive. can you see liverpool doing it? they are a good team. obviously they will play against a very good tea m they will play against a very good team too. i cannot say whether it will be this one or the other one

because so close. it will be very close, both of them. i think it will be an exciting game. after five months away and playing seven test matches, england will return home without a win to the name. today's draw with new zealand saw them slip to defeat in their two match series, bringing to an end a long winter down under. ten wickets needed for victory on a final day. stuart broad said had two of them, the first a gift for mark stoneman. a dream start made better again by broad. new zealand woke up and found some resistance, tom latham lasted the longest. as the deflated, so too did england's hopes. when colin de grandhomme made this one stick,

england since an opportunity. if ever there was a lesson in test cricket, so the sticking around... too little, too late from the captainjoe too little, too late from the captain joe root. too little, too late from the captainjoe root. the match drawn to the series loss to england with very little to show them a winter of test cricket away from home. all four nations now know who will be tearing theirflag in the nations now know who will be tearing their flag in the opening nations now know who will be tearing theirflag in the opening ceremony. for the commonwealth games. today, england have named alastair brown. netball captain carolyne... england have named alastair brown. netball captain ca rolyne. . . the england have named alastair brown. netball captain carolyne... the team has 90 athletes competing across 30 different sports in gold coast. you just want to be selected to represent northern ireland and be here at the games. but to have been asked and i was shocked to be honest. very, very proud. the lesson

we we re honest. very, very proud. the lesson we were in glasco, we renewed to the tea m we were in glasco, we renewed to the team so it shows how far we have come as a team and in terms of how highly we are considered in the team —— when we were last in glasgow. can't wait. ronnie o'sullivan has been knocked out in the first round of the china open. that despite making a record iath maximum breaks of his career. the five—time world champion went on to lose in beijing by six to two. o'sullivan got a hug from the referee as well. that is all the sport from now, butjust to say, bayern munich havejust equalised against sevilla in spain. you can stay up—to—date with the commonwealth games on the bbc website as well. it's bbc .co .uk,

andi website as well. it's bbc .co .uk, and i will be back with more in the next hour. police have arrested two men on suspicion of planning acts of terror. loud bangs were heard as counter terror officers forced their way into two addresses in dewsbury in west yorkshire. police said two men, aged 52 and 21, were arrested and detained at a police station in west yorkshire for questioning. two homes were searched in connection with the ongoing investigation. the head of the uk's military research centre, which has been carrying out tests after the salisbury nerve agent attack a month ago, has said scientists are 100% sure that the substance used was novichok. but speaking to the bbc, gary aitkenhead said it was not the role of experts at porton down to identify where the nerve agent came from. in the past few hours, russia's president vladimir putin has said he hopes a line can be drawn under the poisoning of sergei and yulia skripal last month. let's hear what the head of porton down has been saying, as he also sought to reassure the public. we know through the scientific analysis that we've done with world—class experts in this area that we are 100% certain

that this is from the novichok family of nerve agents, a military grade nerve agent. we provided that information to the police and to the government, and that's really been our role in this. it's not for us to advise on who made the nerve agent or where indeed it came from. yeah, we feel like we have found all of the traces across salisbury, that those areas have been secured, that anybody that may have been infected would certainly know about that by now. and so therefore, we feel like the ongoing risk to public health now is fairly low. jeremy corbyn says he has no regrets about attending a passover event last night organised by a left—wing jewish group called jewdas. it has argued that there's no problem with anti—semitism in labour. mr corbyn said he'd

spent a long time talking to young jewish people about their experiences of racial abuse, and he's determined to eradicate what he called the "cancer in our society" of anti—semitism. but critics say it's further proof he's failing to address the issue properly. our political correspondent, ben wright. do you regret going to the event last night? not in the slightest. in politics, every choice matters, decisions send a signal, and jeremy corbyn‘s choice to join a passover event last night organised by a left—wing jewish group has angered others in the broaderjewish community. but out campaigning in swindon today, the labour leader defended his attendance at the dinner. i spent the evening listening to them, talking to them about their experiences in modern britain. the issues of anti—semitism, which is a cancer and awful in our society and has to be eradicated where ever it raises its head. ifound it an interesting evening, hearing different points of view, because if you want to lead, you also have to listen.

the dinner was a public event organised by jewdas, a left—wing, largely young, radicaljewish group critical of mainstream jewish organisations and the actions of israel. last week, when the labour leadership was engulfed in a row about anti—semitism in the party, jewdas said the furore was anything but an attempt to address anti—semitism. "it is a work of cynical manipulations by people whose express loyalty is to the conservative party and the right wing of the labour party. it is a malicious ploy to remove the leader of the opposition", the group said. jeremy corbyn has yet to meet the major jewish groups who protested about anti—semitism within labour last week, although he has written to them, asking for urgent discussions. it looks to us again, yet again, that his actions are not the same as his words. so we're wondering just how much reliance we can place on his word, when he says to us he's going to be an ally in the fight against anti—semitism. whateverjeremy corbyn‘s motivation for attending the dinner,

it has done much to inflame tensions between the labour leadership and much of thejewish community, again, at a time when labour's desperate to show it's taking anti—semitism seriously, and now the grass roots group momentum that has done so much to build upjeremy corbyn‘s support says that anti—semitism and what it calls conspiratorial thinking has to be tackled within labour. well, i think we have to accept it as a collective failure, you know. we haven't dealt with this issue as fast or as transparently as possible, and you know, cases have taken a great deal of time to be dealt with, investigations take time. i think we haven't had proper training programmes. mr corbyn‘s promise to stamp out anti—semitism in the labour party will be judged by his actions on this hugely charged and sensitive issue. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. train services in france have been severely disrupted at the start

of three months of strike action in protest at the government's labour reforms. walk—outs will take place on two days in every five. the workers protesting against plans to reform employment contracts and to open the state—owned railway company to private competition. the next strike date is tomorrow. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. president macron‘s vision of france's future is bringing back scenes from the past. with almost half their staff on strike today, the national rail service was running just i2% of high speed tgv lines, one in five regional trains. platforms were so crowded that one woman fell on to the tracks at gare de lyon. her rescue at least made easier without any trains. translation: i'm really sick and tired of it. they have the right to strike, but not to jeopardise ourjobs. french railway workers, including 92% of sncf staff, enjoy a special employment status, including a guaranteed job for life. an automatic pay rise every three

years, and early retirement. drivers and conductors currently retire at 52. president macron wants new recruits to be hired on different conditions. the unions say mr macron wants to be remembered as the man who broke them. a kind of french margaret thatcher, with railway workers instead of coal miners. the reform, they say, are a first step to privatising french railways. the government says they are not. president macron has promised to transform france, and there are many voters who believe reforms are necessary. but these strikers are not appealing to the country's economic head, but to its social heart. france's social model, they say, is what makes us french. it's an argument that has worked before. in 1995, a rail worker's strike brought an end to government reforms. a different ending now might benefit president macron,

banishing his liberal credentials when he is facing competition for right—wing votes. but he will need the support of other public sector workers, and the nation. he was elected to change france, but this fight is a gamble on whether france itself has changed. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. it's time to take a look at the weather prospects. good evening. we've seen some lively thunderstorms across parts of england and wales through today. more of that, in fact, to come tomorrow. this evening, though, showers fading for a time, but another area of low pressure swirling up. showers returning across many southern and western parts of england and wales into the morning. further north, after a day of snow in northern scotland, it continues to fall over the hills in morning. chilly start here and in northern ireland. some will start with some drier weather, best of which throughout wednesday will be across shetland, the hebrides and northwest highlands after early rain in the hebrides is cleared. more snow across the highest ground of scotland, and that will transfer to southern uplands later.

rain turning to snow here as temperatures drop. fine for northern ireland but for england and wales, it's going to be a case of you will be lucky to avoid showers. lots of them around, some of them heavy with hail and thunder. easing from wales to the southwest, but quite a blustery day across many western areas. temperatures between the showers though into the teens, a cool day in scotland and northern ireland. looking ahead, though, into thursday and friday. thursday the best day of the week, the driest and the sunniest weather, turning wet in the west on friday. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the duke of edinburgh has been admitted to hospital for a planned hip operation. buckingham palace says the surgery will take place tomorrow. fears over levels of violent crime in london, after a teenage girl is shot dead. campaigners warn more young people are arming themselves. when a young man tells me this, i

would rather be caught with my knife and cord without it, if i am caught without my knife it means i am not sleeping. the head of the uk's military research centre says he's certain novichok was used in the nerve agent attack in salisbury, but won't confirm the source four members of the same family from bristol are killed in a car crash in florida. more now on our main story — the duke of edinburgh has been admitted into hospital, ahead of a planned hip operation tomorrow. the 96—year—old is being treated at the king edward vii hospital in central london. i've been discussing what type of surgery prince phillip may have with dr benjamin ellis, a consultant rheumatologist and clinical advisor with arthritis research uk. the commonest operation he is likely to be having is a hip replacement. he is having his natural hip removed

and an artificial one put instead. it isa and an artificial one put instead. it is a good sign that he is not needing this until he is in his mid—90s. needing this until he is in his mid-90s. as we get older, many of us will develop these conditions where thejoints will develop these conditions where the joints have worn and it can be very painful and disabling. to get to his age without needing one at all is impressive but then to be well enough to have the surgery is impressive as well. i suppose the question is, what are the risks at that age of surgery of this kind?|j that age of surgery of this kind?” think his surgeons would not be going ahead with surgery if they thought it was risky. there is a lwa ys thought it was risky. there is always a risk with surgery. any operation is dangerous but i assume he has had a full checkup before to determine he is in good health. the recovery time maybe a little longer but these things are often dependent on your health not your age. it is

not necessarily the number.m on your health not your age. it is not necessarily the number. it is an operation that needs zouma be a general anaesthetic. not always. it can be done under an epidural. it is usually done under a general. we do not know what surgery he will be having. if it is general anaesthetic, is that the biggest risk? it can be but it would be very unlikely they would be proceeding with something they did not think was safe. what about the practicalities of this? in terms of the kind of replacement hips... there has been a lot of publicity about earlier generations of replacement hips becoming a problem. clearly he's not going to be around long enough potentially to need another hip replacement beyond this one but what about the kinds of materials that are now used and their reliability for people in old age? there are a range of different materials that are used. the ones that there were concerns about were

generally used in younger people. he would not be having that, it seems extremely unlikely he would be having that. the sort ofjoint replacement years having lasts 15—20 yea rs. replacement years having lasts 15—20 years. how quickly can he expect to be up and about and mobile again? nowadays people are often upon the same day, starting to walk and then the first month or two, he is likely to walking with a frame and then crutches or a stick and so... he might be home within a couple of days. a good chance he will make his grandson ‘s wedding. as we've been hearing, st martin's lane in london has been closed due a gas leak, and several productions at nearby theatres have been closed. on the line is, stuart murphy, chief executive english national opera, which is one of the venues affected. what has happened? we heard that

about 6:30pm that the road had been closed due to a gas leak. the performance was due to start at 7:30pm. we got together backstage. by 7:30pm. we got together backstage. by 7pm, it looked like it would not be resolved quickly. but we have another project aimed directly at people that have not been to the opera before. they turn up and get to see an opera and have a bit of a party afterwards. we had to do turn every single one of those away. we tried to delay until 8pm so that people could come in but eventually we spoke to the police and fire brigade and we could not delay it. it was likely it would get cleared by 8pm. there were pretty big

crowds. they will be able to get tickets for another performance, but you weren't tempted to maybe look at doing some kind of performance outside? so how would be a great place to do an opera. it is funny you should say that. we conversation we had tonight, we were wondering if there was something we could do and try and put something on in the street. the difficulty was tonight we could not bring the chorus out onto the street because of health and safety reason. they were backstage. they were in their outfits warming up. we would have loved to have brought them out. i am hoping that tomorrow's performance of the marriage of figaro should be absolutely fine. and on thursday and then the weekend, that is a sell—out. then the weekend, that is a sell-out. it is a bit of a baptism

of fire for you. yes, it was my first day as ceo. i hope it is not a sign of things to come. i much preferred the drama being on stage. it isa preferred the drama being on stage. it is a bit ofa preferred the drama being on stage. it is a bit of a worry for us. this happened on thursday last week and it happened today. it is a key part of the west end. it is still the easter holiday for many visitors. of course. you try these reach out events to get deeper into —— people into opera. i wasjust going to ask if british gas were one of your corporate sponsors? yes, quite a lot of hotair corporate sponsors? yes, quite a lot of hot airfrom corporate sponsors? yes, quite a lot of hot air from them. corporate sponsors? yes, quite a lot of hot airfrom them. we corporate sponsors? yes, quite a lot of hot air from them. we will find out overnight what the problem is. i hope we can get in tomorrow morning. if not maybe it is time i moved to a

different career. the best advice is to check the website for more information, which you will doubtless download on their as soon as you get it. a bit ofa as soon as you get it. a bit of a baptism on his first day. good to speak to him despite the circumstances. let's return to the most important domestic story we have had today. there's growing concern about violent crime in london, after two shootings overnight. a 17—year—old girl, named locally as tanesha melbourne, has been shot dead in tottenham, in the north of the city. a 16—year—old boy is critically ill after being found with gunshot wounds elsewhere in north london, in walthamstow. the two incidents were in the space of an hour. london's murder rate has risen sharply this year, with a7 murders so far. let's speak now to ken marsh, chairman of the metropolitan police federation, which represents more than 30,000 officers across london. and claudia webbe, founder and former chair of operation trident and advisor to the police on gun crime. good to speak to you both. they must

be something quite depressing for you having been involved in this campaign now for you having been involved in this campaign nowfora you having been involved in this campaign now for a number of years. another life lost to what looks like a kind of... we don't know but an almost random act of violence. a kind of... we don't know but an almost random act of violencem seems like most a lifetime for me where i have been dealing with gun related violence on the streets of london. this devastating for the communities. and tremendously devastating for this family and devastating for this family and devastating for this family and devastating for the whole community and neighbourhood and it was only just the beginning of march when top man was rocked by a gang—related murder outside the vue cinema just there and you saw the flowers then, so for—macro face this again, it is

quite damaging. march was the highest month for murders we have seen in london since records began. i know we have only been measuring those figures a decade or so. do your colleagues have any sense of why that might be? we don't really understand why it is increasing as rapidly as it is. we have looked very carefully within the units we have got to try and understand and work with the communities so we can break down what is happening and the cultures that are taking place. there are so many conversations taking place around what can we do and i as a police officer sitting here representing my colleagues have ideas but they have to be collective, we have to all come together because this isjust getting worse and worse. none of us wa nt getting worse and worse. none of us want our youths to be killed in this way at all. for me as a police officer, i have said quite clearly, i want to see more proactive stop

and searching and i want to see it rolled out more and i wanted understood by the communities while you're doing it. all my colleagues have cameras. they should be reassured from map. it is about the communities understanding what we are doing and why we are doing it. there is a big debate about stop and search, is it effective and is it effective as a preventative as well asa effective as a preventative as well as a crime detection measure? what is your view on it? i don't agree that an increase in stop and search will have an affect. it is meant to bea will have an affect. it is meant to be a last resort and far too often it is used far too quickly. it is not help in any way with confidence with the very community you are seeking to build up confidence with. it alienates to many of our communities and in particular, it alienates too many young people. the

police do not necessarily have a relationship with young people and they increasingly don't have a relationship with the black community and i think what we need to be looking at and what the police need to be looking at is having more resources . need to be looking at is having more resources. i think ken were probably agree with you on resources. what we are seeing on the streets of london isa are seeing on the streets of london is a lack of policing resources and a lack of resources at the grassroots of our communities. we can have an argument about police numbers and as a statement of fact, it was pointed out earlier, there are more police officers in london than there were five years ago. well, i don't dispute that. two and a half years ago we had 32,000, just over. now we have just below 30,000. we don't have more police officers than we had five years ago. you have

cleared that up for us. on this question of stop and search, whether or not you think it could be used more effectively, if the only contact young people have with officers is when they are stopped and searched, that is not going to be as effective as if there is another relationship?” be as effective as if there is another relationship? i could not agree with you more. absolutely. that was my opening gambit. we have got to start somewhere. we cannot have the youth in london thinking they can just walk around with impunity with machetes, daggers and all sorts of nice that you have seen recently. we cannot have that. but i totally get what is being said, i have said it about three times collectively, we have do do it with the communities and again, we are joined up in the fact... the communities worried it

creates more problems than it solves. although the figures, you may detect some crimes, the percentages that result in a weapon being recovered is not that high. the communities should be reassured by body worn cameras. we did not have that. all our uniform officers have that. all our uniform officers have that. all our uniform officers have that. if we had the officers on the street rather than being moved to departments where they are not on the streets, we could create more reassurance to the public. the problem is this debate is a debate that happens after the event and after—the—fact. what we really need to do is get to the root causes of what is really going on at the community level. why is it we have a set of people that have a propensity to pick up a weapon and be prepared to pick up a weapon and be prepared to use that weapon? what we have seenin to use that weapon? what we have seen in relation to gun crime is that once that bullet has been fired, it literally goes anywhere. we don't know the circumstances of what actually happened in tottenham

and what happened with this young woman but what is clear is that she potentially was in the wrong place at the wrong time. it is very unusualfor at the wrong time. it is very unusual for young women to be targeted by a gun. what follows guns and what goes with guns is drugs and criminality, serious criminality. and these are hardened criminals. that presumably is quite an important point here. we are talking about and organised crime connection, whether it is gangs, drug dealing operations cover whatever it may be, at what point is this become a responsibility within the committee and for people to step up the committee and for people to step up and say, i think i know something? how do they get the confidence to feel they can do that? iam not confidence to feel they can do that? i am not talk about blame, i am talking about getting information out there. the people who are to blame are the people that have done the crime. first and foremost, we are giving

the police the power is to address a mammoth problem. they do not have the resources. when i was dealing with operation trident, we had a unit of 200 officers and you have nothing like that to tackle this particular problem of gun crime.“ that part of the reason? we have not got a government that is resourcing the police effectively and it is not resource in communities effectively and investing in youth services and investing in resources on the ground. you have pockets of burroughs which are still delivering a youth service, my own borough of islington still delivers a youth service. the kind of resources local authorities have available are not without great extent. they are dwindling. this government is a government that is really not delivering the kinds of resources that are needed on the ground, in our communities, so that we can get to the root of prevention and get

into the heart of the problem and begin to address the real causes of what is really going on. and we also have to remember something like gun crime isn't a young person's crime. we are talking about the vast majority of gun crime being done by men of violence, using guns to protect criminality. and u nfortu nately, protect criminality. and unfortunately, young people need to be protected from that and the resources that are necessary are not there at a grass—roots community level and at a voluntary and civil society level. thank you both very much. 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. joining me now is sara hiom, director of early diagnosis at cancer research uk who you saw in dominic's report. thank you for speaking to us. this is kind of a trial. but what is it you hope to achieve? what has giving you hope to achieve? what has giving you the enthusiasm about this kind of approach? well, this approach is one of many that we are going to be reviewing and trialling but what is important about this particular one is the fa ct about this particular one is the fact that there is a problem with patients that have these vague nonspecific symptoms. doctors don't currently have an option of where to

refer these patients for the battery of tests we are talking about. they go for one test, maybe that result comes back negative, they wait and they go for another. as we have seen, that can take a matter of weeks or sometimes months for the patient to eventually get their diagnosis. what we are hoping to do here is speed up that diagnosis had a very anxious time for patients. andrew lansley gave an interview to one of the newspapers, he is being treated for bowel cancer and made the point you are making. something odd going on but nothing he could really pin down. and it was only because he got bugged by his wife that he reluctantly went to his doctor. and then he got diagnosed. but even the process of diagnosis can be frustratingly long for people. yes, it can be and it is really important this point about knowing what is unusual for you and what is

unusualfor what is unusual for you and what is unusual for your body. these centres will very much depend on people coming forward in the first place to see their gp because theyjust know something is not quite right. and now at least ten centres where we are trialling this approach, gps have the opportunity to send patients forward and have a whole battery of tests in one place, under one roof on the same day and then should be either given the all clear or told what the next steps need to be, hopefully to rule out a diagnosis of cancer. briefly, how long a process of evaluation are you planning for and therefore, if it is a success, how quickly could people expect to see this spread more widely? this is not going to be a quick process of evaluation, although the process of evaluation, although the process of evaluation, although the process of diagnosis itself will be a lot quicker. we have already started these clinics. they have already been gathering data on

hundreds of patients around the country at the moment. we are going to be gathering data and hope by the end of this year, 2018, to have enough cases that we can really look at this in detail and see if it'll have the desired effect because we have the desired effect because we have to bear in mind that we are putting patients through tests and that itself will its toll but we do believe that the benefits will outweigh the risks and that is what we need to be absolutely clear of. thank you very much forjoining us this evening and good luck with that project. think don't sink. that's the message from fire officers and the environment agency in the west midlands tonight after a wet easter weekend spent plucking motorists and walkers out of flood water. the rivers severn and avon remain swollen and have yet to peak. defences are holding up well, but 13 flood warnings remain in place tonight in gloucestershire and worcestershire, along with 78 lower level flood alerts across the region. david gregory kumar reports. here is whatnot

here is what not to do when you find your route blocked by flood water, gamble that you and your vehicle might make it through. fortunately in the end, this driver saw sense and retreated from the floods but others haven't been so lucky over a very soggy easter weekend. we have been out a few times over the easter weekend and have had a number of vehicles that have driven into floodwater. thankfully there have been no reports of any injuries. but it has been a very expensive weekend. the flood banks are doing theirjob and filling up with floodwater nicely but this is the highest i have seen water levels in the midlands for a couple of years. the river severn itself continues to rise. this is the result of a couple of heavy bouts of rain through the

easter weekend and that is working its way through the system. we have another bout of rain that came over yesterday that takes a couple of days to get down here. the water is building up downstream and the high tides are locking it in. it is taking time to get out of the system. the environment agency have set upa system. the environment agency have set up a centre and are monitoring the situation. they are tracking the rivers and rainfall and looking at the flood defences. and of course they are issuing those important flood alerts and warning. so far, the waters have been contained but they haven't peaked yet and there is more rain in the forecast. david gregory kumar with that report. and tonight, heavy flooding between york and doncaster is delaying services on virgin trains east coast. the train operator says customers who wish to can defer theirjourney until tomorrow on their original tickets and that gas leak in london, we have

been told by the company responsible it is not in the same place as the lea k it is not in the same place as the leak that happened five days ago. they did do theirjob last time. engineers are going to be working overnight to fix the leak and the road will be closed for now, hopefully getting it open in time tomorrow for that performance of the opera. 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 theropods, older cousins of the tyrannosaurus rex, which stood up to two metres tall, and also by long—necked sauropods. the tracks, found on the island's north east coast, suggest dinosaurs were present in scotland for a longer period than first thought. time for a look at the weather forecast.

there are no dinosaurs in our weather team! not far off it, to be honest. but there is more rain in the forecast. tomorrow it is a case of april showers. some heavy, thundery showers. some heavy, thundery showers in england and wales today, they are departing. yet more snow across parts of the highlands and also the grampians. the showers will return to england and wales later on. it will keep temperatures up but a cold night across scotland and northern ireland. cold air moving south. snow initially in the grampians. rain turning to snow as the colder air pushes back in. western parts of northern ireland, dry, bright and breezy. western parts of northern ireland, dry, brightand breezy. quite western parts of northern ireland, dry, bright and breezy. quite windy

in wales and devon and cornwall. frequent showers, longer spells of rainfor frequent showers, longer spells of rain for the midlands and northern england. make a date for thursday and friday with dry and warm weather. hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. french railway workers begin their three—month rolling strike, testing president macron's resolve to reform the economy. president trump says he will send the troops to stop illegal immigration from mexico. until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military. russia and turkey continue to show off their new alliance, presenting their united front on syria. spotify has just made its debut on the new york stock exchange. it did so in an unusual way. we will tell you how it did it and how the traders are valuing its shares.