this is bbc news. i'm carole walker. the headlines at 8. russia demands an emergency meeting of the un security council to discuss britain's allegations into the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. meanwhile, the foreign secretary borisjohnson hits back at comments from the labour leaderjeremy corbyn of exaggerating the evidence against russia. borisjohnson seems to have com pletely borisjohnson seems to have completely exceeded the information that he had been given and told the world in categorical terms what he believed would happen. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh has undergone a successful hip replacement operation, and is in good spirits. a 78—year—old man is arrest on suspicion of murder, after an intruder was stabbed in a suspected burglary. vauxhall announce it will build a new van at its plant in luton, safeguarding 1,400 jobs. in the next hour, the former england captain ray

wilkins dies at the age of 61. fans and fellow players pay tribute to the ex—manchester united and chelsea midfielder, who also worked as a coach and a pundit. good evening and welcome to bbc news. russia is calling for a meeting of the un security council tomorrow to discuss the nerve agent attack in salisbury. it follows a rejection by the international chemical watchdog of moscow's request for a joint investigation into the poisoning. russia denies involvement, claiming it was a terrorist attack. meanwhile in westminster, foreign secretary borisjohnson hit back at claims from labour

that he had exaggerated evidence that russia was responsible. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. more than one month on in salisbury, the investigation continues into a nerve agent attack that britain believes was carried out by russia. no other country has a combination of the capability, the intent and motive to carry out such an act. but the head of the porton down military blog oratory has muddied the waters, saying in an interview that it was not the job of the scientists to say whether novichok a nerve agent had been made. contrary to what the foreign secretary appeared to suggest a few weeks ago. the people from porton down, they were absolutely categorical. i asked the guy myself, i said, are you sure? he said there was no doubt. today the foreign office deleted and inaccurate tweet from the last month which also suggested porton down pointed the finger at russia. that gave russian diplomats another chance to question britain's

evidence, calling at short notice a meeting with the chemical weapons watchdog, opcw, and a joint investigation with the uk. they have accused britain of an anti—russian campaign, but today struck a less controversial tone... translation: we are waiting for common sense to prevail so international relations are no longer damaged in the way that they have been, as we have seen recently. british diplomats and ministers insisted that the job of porton down was to identify the nerve agent, and it was for police and intelligence services to establish who used it, and why. porton down identified fairly quickly the strain of nerve agent. when identified committee removed from the list of suspects 99.9% of people. we know the russians designed it and that they were the only people to make it and stockpile it. for now, at least, the international coalition behind the uk appears to be holding.

the eu issued a statement saying they had full confidence in the uk's assessment and investigation, and attacking russia for what it called a flood of insinuations. but the labour leader remains more sceptical, questioning what he sees as the foreign secretary's rush to blame russia, when he believes other explanations could emerge... borisjohnson seems to have completely exceeded the information that he had been given, and told the world in categorical terms what he believed had happened. and it is not backed up by the evidence that he claimed to have got from porton down in the first place. but mrjohnson hit back, accusing mr corbyn in a tweet of playing russia's game. 28 countries had backed britain, he said, butjeremy corbyn sided with what he called the russians spin machine. the diplomatic and political fallout from salisbury continues. russia is calling for a meeting with un security council on thursday. james landale, bbc news.

our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg has been explaining how the authorities there have reacted to the news that british scientists have not said that the nerve agent, used in the salisbury attack , came from russia. the russians have seized on those comments by porton yesterday that was it was unable to verify the isis source of the nerve agent. the kremlin spokesman was quick to say that theresa may and boris johnson should apologise to moscow. —— unable to verify the source of the nerve agent. what we heard from russia today reminds me of the national symbol of this country, the double headed eagle, two heads looking into different directions. one of those heads was vladimir putin. he sounded conciliatory, talking about opening that common sense would prevail, not only in this case but in international relations generally. the other had, that belonged collectively to russia's top security chiefs. they launched a blistering attack today

on britain and on the west, so we heard the head of russia's foreign intelligence service accusing the west opening up a new iron curtain and of starting a new cold war. in saying that the salivary poisoning was a grotesque provocation by the american and british to services. and our political correspondent eleanor garnier is in westminster for us now. thank you forjoining us. boris johnson is attacking jeremy corbyn but the foreign office has got a certain amount of egg on its collective face tonight. certain amount of egg on its collective face tonightlj certain amount of egg on its collective face tonight. i think the government has a left on the back foot over the last 12 to 2a hours or so. foot over the last 12 to 2a hours or so. and to some extent, this of a self—inflicted injury. we had that loose language if you like on the foreign secretary in that interview with the german broadcaster. that's week, incorrectly from the foreign office that has now been deleted. and after a sustained attack from labour and jeremy corbyn, we have

not heard from borisjohnson, the foreign secretary, who has had fact, defended his handling of the case and ina defended his handling of the case and in a series of tweets, he said thatjeremy corbyn was siding with the russian spin machine. he said it was lamentable that jeremy the russian spin machine. he said it was lamentable thatjeremy corbyn is now playing russia's game and trying to discredit the uk over the salisbury attack. he also wrote that 28 countries had been so convinced by the uk's case that they had expeued by the uk's case that they had expelled russians in contrast to the poor circuit terry said thatjeremy corbyn chooses to side with the russian spin machine. and i think it is the support from the international community that the government is being very quick to highlight tonight. we have heard that in the hague come at the emergency meeting of the international chemical weapons watchdog, that russia's request for a newjoint inquiry into what happened in salisbury, that has been rejected. and in the last hour or so, the foreign secretary has

responded to that, saying that russia once again is trying to undermine the independence, impartial work of the chemical weapons watchdog, it is trying to obscure the truth and confused the public. so, guess that has been a buddy and of the waters today, but at the end of the day, the international community is standing behind the uk government. at its assessment that russia was behind the attack. so i think the fundamentals have not changed up white thank you. —— have not changed. thank you. and we'll find out how this story, and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the political commentators jane merrick and jo—anne nadler. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh has had a successful hip replacement operation today and is in good spirits. 96—year—old prince phillip is likely to remain in hospital for a number of days. our correspondent richard lister

is at the king edward the seventh hospital in london. richard, from what we understand this has been a routine operation and the press seems to have come to it pretty well. -- the prancing soup. the kind underlined this is an unremarkable operation, in fact, there are more than 800 people in their 90s who have hip replacements in the uk come up are from scotland every year. in the uk come up are from scotland every yea r. to in the uk come up are from scotland every year. to that extent, the duke is not a loan having this operation at his age. the palace is making it clear that things went as well as could of been expected. and he is progressing satisfactorily at this early stage. he is comfortable in good and will remain in the hospital for several days but that is entirely normal. the world college

of surgeons issued a short statement after that announcement. outlining the steps the duke can expect, there will be physiotherapy required of course and the muscles that will have to go back. it will take some time before able to walk again normally. but they suggest that within a matter of a few short weeks, he should be up and about and perhaps moving better than ever. surely, he will want to be fully mobile for that wedding in just over six weeks' time. of course, we are stressing it is a routine operation but he is a man of 96. yes but the medical device seems to be that it is not so much age that is a critical factor in how well somebody responds to this type of surgery, it is more the general health and fitness. the duke is known to be someone fitness. the duke is known to be someone who looks after himself, the public affairs is that we have seen, they've been fairly limited since his retirement since last august, they suggest that he is a man who is still very active, still fit and in

good health. it was seen striding briskly to church at christmas. he was out carriers writing just last month was up so it seems that his health is quite good and even though the palace has led to be known he did suffer some discomfort. clearly he is somebody who is in good shape for surgery of this kind. many thanks for the latest. a pensionerfrom south east london has been arrested on suspicion of murder. after a suspected burglar was fatally stabbed. police are questioning the man about the incident, which happened shortly after midnight. our correspondent jessica parker reports. we can't revive him, i think he's gone. residents watch on as emergency crews try to revive a man in the early hours of this morning. police say a 38—year—old suspected burglar was stabbed after a struggle with a 78—year—old homeowner. earlier reports said a suspect had forced the pensioner into the kitchen with claims that the intruder was armed with a screwdriver. the neighbour who filmed the footage

says she saw one suspect flee the scene in a van, leaving the other, injured, behind on the road. we ran over to him and he wasjust staring at us going... imitates gasping. and i knew he was going to go because of his pupils. they were dilating and i thought, "he's going to go." and then the police turned up. a frightening experience? yes, very. very. i'll not forget that because he was staring right into my eyes. now the incident happened at a property on south park crescent but the injured suspect was actually found collapsed down on further green road. he was taken to a hospital in central london where he was pronounced dead atjust after half past three this morning. the man who lived in the house is now being held on suspicion of murder. it is a case that will remind some of tony martin, the norfolk farmer who was jailed for killing a burglar at his home in 1999. people in this area of south london say burglary is a long—standing

concern, but this incident will stand out for its fatal consequences. jessica parker, bbc news. facebook said as many as 87 million users may have been shared and properly with cambridge analytica. our technology correspondent laurie is with us now. thank you for talking to us. it seems as though the skill of this operation whereby cambridge analytica acquire data on people without their knowledge or without their consent is even bigger than we did. it is vested in him because this is how the information digitally out and how they appear to be not a good show. we do from the whistle—blower, christopher wiley, he worked for them, his claim that there with as many as 50 million people who profile have been acquired by cambridge analytica.

they did it from a quiz was 270,000 people took part in. all of the friends data also got grabbed improperly. tonight, facebook has come out with his first bigger, buried a right at the bottom of the press release. five pages into the press release. five pages into the press release. five pages into the press release. in total we believe the facebook information after 87 million people, mostly in the us may have been improperly shared with cambridge analytica. nearly double the previous total i've learned another fact, they say most of the us, they told me that1 million of these people were in the uk. 1 million british citizens potentially affected by having had the data basically handed over to cambridge analytica. probably either because few of them have downloaded the app 01’ few of them have downloaded the app or mostly because lots, they were friends of people who did so. com pletely friends of people who did so. completely unconscious of what was happening. just to remind people, these were people who access a

questionnaire, but the data was then used in political campaign. questionnaire, but the data was then used in political campaignm questionnaire, but the data was then used in political campaign. it was organised by a cambridge psychology professor. i think people thought at least they were taking part in a piece of academic research, that is what facebook did. facebook allows academics to do that kind of research. it doesn't allow that data to be sold on for commercial use. it was sold on for that. we are going to hear more about this tonight, mark zuckerberg, holding a press conference and about our couple have a chance to question them. it is a mounting crisis for him and his company. just briefly, 1 million people in this country we understand now their data may have been improperly acquired. it people are concerned about this, is there anything at all that they can do? they can demand a facebook tell them if they are affected. there will be a lot of pressure now on them to notify people. to be honest, they

will be of much use. this data was acquired we think for use in american campaign image to be american campaign image to be american data. it was meant to be used to send them political adverts. cambridge denies that it was ever used in the campaign. but it will cast more doubt and people cost of minds about how carefully facebook looks after their data. many thanks for the latest on that. the family of a woman who carried out a gun attack at youtube's offices say they had warned police that she might go to their headquarters, as she "hated the company". only hours before the shooting, officers found 39—year—old nasim aghdam sleeping in her car, 15 miles away from the offices, but did not detained her. three people were injured in the attack last night, one man is in a critical condition. the attacker died after shooting herself. twojewish groups have accepted an offer of a meeting with labour leaderjeremy corbyn to discuss tackling anti—semitism in the party. mr corbyn wrote to the board of deputies and thejewish

leadership council. the letter comes amid criticism over mr corbyn's attendance at a passover event hosted on monday by the left—wing group, jewdas. the headlines on bbc news: russia calls for an emergency meeting of the un security council into the salisbury nerve agent attack. it follows a rejection by the international chemical watchdog of moscow's request for a joint investigation into the poisoning. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh has had a successful hip replacement operation. prince philip, who's 96, is expected to remain in hospital for several days. his book says as many as many as 87 million people information may have been shared improperly. 1 million of the affected users are from the uk. —— facebook has said as many as.

sport now, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's let'sjoin hugh. let's join hugh. good let'sjoin hugh. good evening. you will evening. the all english affair in the champions league is under way. i have to say it as a starting atmosphere at them. our man city's short trip across the northwest to face liverpool in their quarterfinal first leg. two premier league meetings between the sides this season. meetings between the sides this season. producing 12 goals. not really a surprise that it took less than 12 minutes to open the scoring. with his 38th goal of the season. looking at the replay, he mayjust have been offside. things got even better for the home have been offside. things got even betterfor the home side not long afterwards. alex oxlade—chamberlain making get to know. —— making get 2-0. making get to know. —— making get 2—0. plenty for pep guardiola's site to do. theyjust conceded once again. the third goal coming from

one of their fantastic four. sadio mane. not again to make it 3—0 on the night. all the work required to go look‘s site up. city said at the top of the premier league. —— said at the top. there were some unsavoury scenes prior to kick—off. the man city team coach actually attacked by fans, liverpool have apologised for what happened in the statement, they said we apologise unreservedly to pep guardiola, his players and staff and officials caught up. the behaviour of a number of individuals was completely unacceptable and the club will co—operate fully with the authorities to identify those responsible. and the other game, barcelona taking on roma at the new cap. so far, still goalless. still goalless as i said in spain. away from tonight's action country was

having paid from across football after the news that the former england captain ray wilkins has died at the age of 61. wilkins played for chelsea, man united, ac milan and the rangers and qpr, so this has was being treated at the hospital in london following a cardiac arrest last weekend, it was capped 84 times for england, ten adults captain. there have been many tributes to him. england's fa have said had devastated. his former club chelsea also devastated, saying rest in peace. you will be dreadfully missed. the former manager, carlo ancelotti, saying today is a very sad day, we lost a fantastic person and a good friend. just some of the high esteem in which wilkins was held. i was a really talented player. —— held. i was a really talented player. — — rickey held. i was a really talented player. —— rickey was. to succeed in this country and it's a nicely play abroad for the great teams. you have to bea abroad for the great teams. you have to be a serious a good player to

play for ac milan in the 80s. and ray really was a very gifted footballer. he was massively passionate when he played. he had high expectations of you, when you played alongside him. i found out for myself on occasions. he beat out i was lacking a little bit, you would hear from them but it was also always a polite way. —— if he thought i was lacking. he had a high manager was. he was very passionate. he was also very common a different way. away from football, the former australian cricket captain steve smith and bassman cameron bancroft apple confirmed on social media that they will not contest the wild temper advanced. smith and david warner were both given one—year bans, bangkok had been in nine months of victor can also be after the incident against south africa. smith says i'm it what i said about taking full responsibility. the zist, taking full responsibility. the 21st, what games are officially under way after a spectacular

opening ceremony on australia's local. heavy downpour of rain greeted the start of proceedings, the crowd and athletes were treated toa the crowd and athletes were treated to a ceremony showcasing music and dance drawing on australia's history and traditions more than four and half thousand athletes from 71 nations and territories will be competing for two under 75 gold medals over the 11 days of competitions. work is under way after midnight uk time and full coverage a cross after midnight uk time and full coverage across the bbc. and that is a lwa ys coverage across the bbc. and that is always more for now. liverpool do still eat 3—0. we will have the latest on that one in sports day at half past ten. thank you. we have some breaking news coming to the pope. pope process has twisted about his sincere hope that everything necessary and may be done to help the case of the evans, whose parents lost the supreme court battle to keep them alive will stop a reminder

that 21—month—old alfie evans from bootle merseyside has an undiagnosed brain condition and his parents wa nted brain condition and his parents wanted ta ken for treatment brain condition and his parents wanted taken for treatment abroad. that is a hospital said that further treatment was inhumane. the court of appeal last month upheld a high courts original ruling that alfie should receive only palliative care. so that we from pope francis tonight saying that it is his sincere hope that everything necessary may be done to help the case of alfie evans and his parents. we havejust got some more breaking news coming to us. some more breaking news coming to us. the name has now been released of the 78—year—old man who was arrested in south east london in connection with a burglary. he's the name locally as richard aust one brooks. that is the man named locally as the 78—year—old arrested in connection with the burglary last night. we will bring you more on

that as we get it. vauxhall has announced it will build its new van at the company's luton factory safeguarding 1400 jobs. the new vivaro van will replace the current model from next year. vauxhall‘s french owner, psa, says it has made the investment "despite brexit uncertainties". but the unite union says there is still "a cloud hanging over" vauxhall‘s ellesmere port plant. our business editor, simonjack reports from luton. the future of vauxhall‘s two uk plants here at luton and ellesmere port has been a concern ever since foxhill became part of the peugeot and citroen family, when psa bought the european business. the boss of psa has previously said that brexit uncertainty would delay major investment decisions. what has changed? we have a strong performance plan for the plant, that we will implement to give the plant the possibility to catch up in terms of cost and quality competitiveness with all the other european plants. he is also feeling more confident

about an eventual brexit deal. i do think there is a common interest, that this deal will be supporting the interest of both parties and therefore there is a good probability that something looking like a frictionless trade deal will be made. the government will contribute £9 million to a total investment of over £100 million. currently, luton can produce up to 70,000 vans per year and the extra investment will mean that goes up to 100,000. industry insiders say that this was the main attraction, luton is the only place with a paint facility compatible with the model of the psa wants to make. they have been very good at extracting public money, something they would do anyway? these big automotive investments, we are talking about over £100 million, making sure that this is going to be here for long into the future. these are highly competitive firm investments. you know that there is great competition between other plants across europe and around the world.

this is obviously great news for vauxhall and the 1400 people who work here in luton. the life of those vans is 10—15 years so the jobs are secured until 2029 and beyond. the same is not necessarily true of ellesmere port, 200 miles that way, finding out whether or not they will build the new vauxhall astra. union leaders say that efforts to protect the 1200 jobs at risk in the north—west are already under way. it is critical medically to the company that luton does not stand alone, it is luton and ellesmere port. negotiations are taking place and i am confident that it will reach a position that will secure the long—term future for ellesmere port. that decision will be made in 2020, time, say psa, for ellesmere port to improve its efficiency and for there to be greater clarity on brexit. simon jack, bbc news. joining me now is peter campbell,

motor industry correspondent at the financial times. thank you for coming in. this is good news for the workforce. how significant do you think this announcement is? this is the latest investment coming into the uk since the brexit vote devote weeks in investments and car parts from the sonic toyota and bmw with many pla nts sonic toyota and bmw with many plants and the number of bands hair will go up significantly and increase more jobs and will go up significantly and increase morejobs and potentially more companies in the supply chain around the luton area. so any investment made in the uk automotive industry right now is going to be seen as industry right now is going to be seen as good industry right now is going to be seen as good news. industry right now is going to be seen as good news. the number of investments in the auto sector have fallen since brexit. injuly to get the amount invested in the uk followed and have to one point bag. the government is backing this up as a way that the moment. we been hearing a lot about how the motor industry might be affected by brexit and a lot of these new bands will be

going to europe. two thirds of the bands that are made in lieutenant go to europe at the moment and about 60% of the parts that go into the bands come from europe. the plant is incredibly dependent on access to the eu. almost all of the uk automotive plants are dependent on access to europe. 80% of the cars separate and make get sold overseas and more than half of those cool to europe. there are a number of vans that vauxhall celta to europe will probably go up after this and may rise to three quarters. in time with the abba to do is build bands at the same side as well. this investment they are making helps him do that. the government did put in a bit of money but these companies must have simply decided that it is worth taking the risk that it will not have to face too many huge tariffs or whatever. they have huge companies in the government's negotiating. i both greg clark and carlos taveras is money. mr taveras had assurances from the government they would try and get virtually

straight it possible for the automotive companies. 9 million is not a huge sum of money to put into this, it's about 10% of what psa is investing over all. but every time pressure or any car manufacturer looks at building a new model looks at all the plants across europe and the world sees what he can make them. the plants have to compete for them. the plants have to compete for the work. the uk but had a massive advantage and at a shop, or be fitted out to paint vans. and to install those and plants in germany or bother with the company looked at making the band as an alternative. that would have been expensive. so britain was always in a good position to win this. peter thank you. let's catch up with the weather. matt has only details. good evening good as that the his skies with another scotland this afternoon will be with more of that for tomorrow. to get their southern scotland and england reign in hell snow to take us into the first part of the night. few showers elsewhere. all coming to find towards these later on.

temperatures will hold a pair. quite breezy but for the north and west the skies will be clear it could get down to —64 —7 and parts of scotland and northern ireland. lovely and crisp frosty start here and a lot of sunshine developing. the money clout will clear away to a few isolated wintry showers and other scotland. tomorrow will be a very nice day. it will warm upa tomorrow will be a very nice day. it will warm up a little bit after that chilly start, with strong sunshine overhead, feeling very pleasant with temperatures around nine to 13. sunshine turns hazy letter on all ahead of a weather front was wearing rain to western areas on friday. further east, southerly winds will bring in more sunshine and more warrant. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: facebook says as many as 87 million

users data may have been shared improperly with cambridge analytica. 1 million of the affected users are from the uk. russia demands an emergency meeting of the un security council to discuss britain's allegations into the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. it comes as russia loses a crucial vote at a chemical weapons meeting in the hague for a new investigation into the nerve agent attack in salisbury. britain dismisses the proposal as ‘perverse'. a 78—year—old man is arrested on suspicion of murder, after an intruder was stabbed in a suspected burglary. has been named locally as richard osborne brooks. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh has had a successful hip replacement operation. prince philip, who's 96, will remain in hospital for several days. waron

war on russia. —— more on russia. russia has been denied its request for a new inquiry by international chemical weapons inspectors into the salisbury nerve agent poisoning. moscow wanted the investigation to include its experts —— but lost a vote at an emergency meeting of the opcw —— the international chemical weapons regulator. jerry smith is a former weapons inspector at the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons. he told me a little earlier what the organisation looks at. i think the investigation that they are leaving on essentially is actually to take the material that it has received from the uk, perhaps it has received from the uk, perhaps it took samples, environmental samples of the locations in salisbury. they will take those back to the laboratories in the hague and split it in i understand it will be sent out to a number of opcw accredited laboratories around the world which will then do their science to identify it, but i think

the key thing here is the laboratories will be looking purely at the samples from a scientific perspective, so they will come back with answers that what they believe the material to be will stop but i think it's more of a challenge for them to actually say either who manufactured it or who used it. even if they identify very closely exactly what the substance is, are there other countries beyond russia that could have been responsible?” suppose in some ways that is the million dollar question. when the identification of this family first came out into open source is in the early 90s, one would imagine that countries that were perhaps facing soviet or russian forces would have considered or done a risk assessment and determine whether they believed that the whistle—blower was valid in

his assessment of this new set of agents, and if they did believe that than they would have been looking at analysis to ensure their protection and the texan was good enough. the best way that —— protection and detection. the best way you can look at that and make sure your equipment is protected if the template is potentially to manufacture small amount yourself and to trial it. that would all be perfectly a cce pta ble that would all be perfectly acceptable under the chemical weapons convict —— convention so nothing has been broken but i think conceived to lead conceivably it would be a struggle to see that only russia could manufacture this type of material. when the investigation is carried out i'm going to have to ask you to keep this fairly brief, will they be able to point to how it may have been delivered, how the attack was carried out? again i suspect not. what the opcw has been asked to do is to verify the chemical analysis. i don't think at this stage there has been a question

of actually conducting an investigation per se. it is more of chemical analysis and confirmation or otherwise of what they have found out. however conclusively they identify this chemical the diplomatic route will continue.” think so. i guess the uk have got other information either from intelligence sources or police investigative sources or other that are pointing towards identification, thatis are pointing towards identification, that is the reason the uk has pointed toward russia. but that is not the remit of the opcw. jerry smith speaking to me a little earlier this evening. well, let's get more now on the former england football captain, ray wilkins, who has died at the age of 61. he'd been in hospital in south london since suffering a cardiac arrest last week. ray wilkins played for clubs including chelsea, manchester united, ac milan and rangers. wilkins represented england 84 times and was a distinguished coach — helping chelsea win the double in 2010. we can now speak to clive walker, who played

with ray wilkins at chelsea in the 1970's and knew him from the age of 14 and was a life—long friend. he joins us live from banbury in oxfordshire. thank you very much indeed for talking to us. just tell us first of all how you first got to know ray wilkins? is going back a long time. 14 years of age and got invited to play in the younger teens for chelsea in those days. ray being of a similarage and chelsea in those days. ray being of a similar age and the same year in school, we became quite close friends, having played a lot of matches together the following couple of seasons. i think the first time that i really got to know him on the ability side of how he could play but also well was when we play for england schoolboys together. he was just so good. so for england schoolboys together. he wasjust so good. so much better than everybody else. probably a

couple of years advanced of his yea rs couple of years advanced of his years at that particular time, and you look at him and he suddenly thought this guy is good. this guy will go on and on and on, and he most certainly did playing wise and coaching. we are looking at some pictures of him in action and he clearly was a really, one of the most talented players of his generation. certainly was, and i think in those younger years up to the age of 18 when he became captain of chelsea, a lot was expected of him ongoing, and i think chelsea do that. unfortunately the financial constraints for chelsea at the time he had to leave and i think that was probably a major blow to him, having loved chelsea, lived for chelsea all of his life and school years as well coming from west london. it was a tough time for him to leave but he understood that, and i think as the yea rs understood that, and i think as the years progressed he understood a lot more about the way football is run,

the way you have to play, the way you enjoy the game. he was also football through and through. he seems to be someone football through and through. he seems to be someone who was genuinely liked and respected right across the footballing world.” think you'll find it very difficult to hear, as we have heard lots of comments over the last few hours about him. you will find it very difficult to hear one that suggests something negative. he was a very positive person. he wanted all the players to do the best they possibly could. i know that might sound strange, but he was a driving force, and he was a leader in many, many ways and i think he was the type of quy ways and i think he was the type of guy who would certainly put his arm around you if you felt you needed that. you would also have a go at you and give you a good walloping if you and give you a good walloping if you let the site down or let your self down. you would certainly let you know but he would do it in such a way that you had total respect for him and understood where he was coming from. the fact that he always

seemed to be having that aura about him, that way about him that you gave in that respect, you also learn yourself and i think that was nice that you could learn something from him every time you either play with him, met him or whatever. him every time you either play with him, met him orwhatever. i him every time you either play with him, met him or whatever. i only saw him, met him or whatever. i only saw him afew him, met him or whatever. i only saw him a few weeks ago and even then, andi him a few weeks ago and even then, and i have known him over 40 years, i'm still in august him three weeks ago. so to come to a day like today is very sad —— i was still in all of him. clearly he was someone as a coach who was really capable of inspiring others or his love of the game. his love of the game was there for everybody to see. for sure, anyone who was in contact with him or spoke to him on a day to day routine sort of thing, he would come across with a love of football that was the most passionate think he believed in. that came out in bundles, and i think you understood

that someone who was that passionate and have that much belief in what he was saying, what he was doing, you listened to him and you learned from him andi listened to him and you learned from him and i think as a coach and a player you are always there... he was always there to listen to and i think he was always available as well. he never shied away. many thanks for sharing your memories of ray wilkins. 50 years ago today the civil rights leader, martin luther king, was murdered. he was shot in tennessee. tonight a ceremony of remembrance will be held in memphis. shortly after he was released from prison in 1967, martin luther king visited newcastle to receive an honorary doctorate in civil law. it was the only uk university to honour him in this way during his lifetime. our community affairs correspondent adina campbell has been to newcastle to meet some of the men who met dr king and students who say they're still inspired by his work. nevermore, i say,

nevermore, isay, nevermore, should we allow history to be repeated. words from newcastle poet sherine mac who says martin luther king is her biggest icon. he's a great orator. he has such wonderful vice and what he speaks is the things that people are feeling, but cannot speak. justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream, thank you. five months before he was assassinated, doctor king made a surprisingly short visit to newcastle university to a cce pt short visit to newcastle university to accept an honourary doctorate. no one expected the civil rights leader to make a speech that day, but he did, and nicholson led the ceremony. once he started to talk in the beach with his southern baptist minister

voice, the images he creates, the words and phrases he uses, it was amazing. ball was in his first year at university when he was asked to photograph the american activist in action. it was phenomenal. i was not anticipating the level of emotion that it builds up and anyone who heard it but the one comment that really stayed with me all of my life was you may not be able to change people's hurts, but you can't change the law. little did he know that the content the law. little did he know that the co nte nt of the law. little did he know that the content of his impromptu speech which focused on overcoming racism, warand which focused on overcoming racism, war and poverty, would have a long—lasting impact, leading to give indelible reminder 51 years later. and i can assure you that this day will remain dear to me... and these young people in newcastle say his

legacy continues to inspire them.” think it is really positive that newcastle university did this so many years ago. for me it's a really problem in. when i see the likes of martin luther king, malcolm asked, ifi martin luther king, malcolm asked, if i sacrificed and all they did pave the way. so i can apply for a job in the next guy to me can apply for a job. i can walk the street with a smile on my face and not be hassled but it empowers me that his legacy lives on in us. we speak to a lecturer in modern us history at newcastle university. thank you very much forjoining us. first of all, we have these huge events to commemorate the 50 years since martin luther king was assassinated. why does it still means so assassinated. why does it still means so much to people today? his words, his message? in many ways he has taken on that

symbolic and substantive role as the leader of the civil rights movement thatis leader of the civil rights movement that is problematic in some ways as he would be the first to say even in his newcastle specie was careful to credit all of the thousands, na meless credit all of the thousands, nameless and faceless african—americans nameless and faceless african—america ns who nameless and faceless african—americans who had put him in a position to serve that symbolic and honourary role. but certainly, his pivotal roles in mobilising people's consciences and negotiating with politicians and senators and presidents, and his power to command the pulpit and convince african—americans to come together and into the movement, all of that explains why his legacy endures. extraordinary that he chose to come to newcastle back in 1967. what was the significance of that?” to newcastle back in 1967. what was the significance of that? i think the significance of that? i think the significant lies in the fact that while he was still speaking

against racism in all of its assets and all of its manifestations across the globe, not just and all of its manifestations across the globe, notjust the us, the significance came from the fact that he was being honoured abroad, and it came ata he was being honoured abroad, and it came at a time when he was actually feeling quite pilloried and quite depressed and anxious about the disagreement and the folks who were sniping at him. that endorsement of his message i think came at a time that genuinely lifted his spirits. of course, it is interesting that someone of course, it is interesting that someone whose of course, it is interesting that someone whose message was of course, it is interesting that someone whose message was much focused on the situation facing black americans, that his message resonated in newcastle. yes. the co re resonated in newcastle. yes. the core pa rt of resonated in newcastle. yes. the core part of his message was a distillation of themes that he was introducing before he came to newcastle, was essentially that

three great problems confronted the world. the problems of war, the problem of poverty and problems of racism, and his whole initiative at that point in 1967 was linking those themes together and exploring the way structures oppressed people in different ways, and how people should band together to address all of those movements in combination and not in isolation. and so this is footage that you have from his newcastle speech is his distillation of this in a very elegant form. thank you very much indeed for talking to us from newcastle. but go briefly over to memphis because that wide event commemorating 50 years is still going on. let's have a brief listen to what is going on. # i dream of a world #

# i dream ofa world # i dream # i dream of a world # i dream of # i dream ofa world # i dream ofa world # full of love. the commemorative service going on in memphis, going on all of this evening and we will bring you some more of that event a little later this evening. time for the headlines here on bbc news. facebook says as many as 87 million users data may have been shared improperly with cambridge analytica. 1 million of the affected users are from the uk. russia calls for an emergency meeting of the un security council into the salisbury nerve agent attack. buckingham palace says the duke of edinburgh has had a successful hip replacement operation. prince philip, who's 96, is expected to remain in hospital for several days. british companies employing more

than 250 staff have just a few hours left to submit figures showing the average difference in pay for male and female employees. the deadline is midnight tonight. more than 9,000 companies have already published their data. it has revealed that 78% of businesses pay men more than women, 14% pay women more and only 8% of companies have no pay gap. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. how much we earn. it's long been a stubborn problem between the sexes. but now for the first time, our biggest employers have been forced to reveal the pay gap between their male and female workers. and the results aren't pretty. now, this isn't about equal pay. take bobby and laura here. they do the same job for the same pay. that's the law.

the gender pay gap is the difference between average salaries of all men and women in a workforce. whatever theirjob or position. here at the tsb that gap is 24%. not as high as some other banks, but the boss says it's going to come down. we have fewer women in senior roles. this is the real issue for us. we need to focus on getting more women into senior roles across tsb. we think that's good for our business, we think it's good for our customers and ultimately it's good for the uk economy. lunchtime in croydon, a pit stop for workers. in every sector of our economy men get paid more than women. the construction industry has a 25% gap. the biggest, followed by finance and insurance at 22%. industries where men dominate at the top. it's the same at ryanair with its 72% gap. it says that that is because most of its pilots are men. but in hotels and restaurants

there is just a 1% pay gap. that's because most staff are working for the same hourly rate. in fact kfc, starbucks and mcdonald's say they don't have a pay gap at all based on the middle earners. interesting to know but you always want to know what they are going to do about it. i'm not surprised. disappointed, but not surprised. the problem is that we've not promoted women higher up the ranks where the big gaps arise and until we do we won't create equality throughout. that is what they have managed to do at this technology services company. it is a record they are proud of. we can't get away from the fact that women are still taking time off to raise families and often women have to come back in a part—time basis. employers have to be cognisant of this and have to be much more flexible, i believe, in order to shift the dial. it's not going to be easy or quick. but with the numbers laid bare, companies will now be under pressure to do better.

emma simpson, bbc news. to discuss this i'm joined by brenda trenowden, who is head of financial institutions for europe at anz bank, and the global chair of the 30% club — which campaigns to get more women into senior leadership positions. thank you very much indeed for talking to us this evening. how significant do you think it is that this data has been released? is that in itself going to prompt more companies to do more to address the pay gap? absolutely. i think the data itself is a very blunt instrument, and we have seen with some of the reporting problems initially and talk about some of the firms where they don't have to report partners salaries and think that there are some issues. but the fa ct that there are some issues. but the fact that companies are having to report it has made companies have to have some difficult internal

discussions. think about the narrative that goes with it and also think about having an action plan and certainly many of the ceos i have talked to said we really feel strongly that we want our staff to understand what we are doing about this, and we want people asked sternly to know. i think the exercise has been very good in that regard. you are trying to get more women into more senior positions of management. that and itself might help to narrow the pay gap. —— that in itself. do you think women in particular will look at this data and perhaps it will affect how much they might want to go work for certain companies if it seems they are paying men a lot more?” certain companies if it seems they are paying men a lot more? i think that will be an issue. i think if you look at some of the firms that have had a positive pay gap in terms of women, you look at the fact they have more women at the top, unilever is one. i think the hourly pay was 2.296 is one. i think the hourly pay was 2.2% more for women the median, and uk women account for half the manager positions. if i were a young

woman looking today i was a look at the company like that because i looked up and see women at the top, they say if you can see it you can be it and i think role models are incredibly important, so i think it is important. there are big differences, are there? notjust between different sectors in the economy but within the same sector will stop if you look at for example the legal profession, westfield has a 13% pay gap where as the mother has the pay gap of more than 39%. is that simply because some firms are not trying hard enough?” that simply because some firms are not trying hard enough? i certainly think... i don't know all the details. but i know that all of the top law firms and accounting and consulting firms work with us several years ago to really identify where their problems were, and they all put in place action plans and most of them are involved in our cross com pa ny most of them are involved in our cross company scheme most of them are involved in our cross company scheme so most of them are involved in our cross company scheme so i think all of the firms are doing quite a lot. i have a lot of interaction with

fresh fields and in all their previous senior partner was very, very committed and their new partner has been very committed and very engaged, and i think one of the things that we say is is the ceo or senior partner or person at the top is really engaged and determined, thatis is really engaged and determined, that is going to make a big difference. and i think if i look at fresh fields, they have a sponsors programme for women, all the other law firms may have this as well, i am not sure, but i know that makes a big difference. there is a lot in how committed the senior partner is and i'm sure they are as committed as well but may be fresh fields is a bit and had. briefly, why is it that so bit and had. briefly, why is it that so many financial companies, banks and so on have such huge pay gap is? why are they amongst the worst offenders? i think it is probably quite historical. it has always been a very macho, male—dominated industry, which brings a lot of bias in andi industry, which brings a lot of bias in and i think often they are very

unintentional but we all have biased, it is human nature. if the dominant culture is male then i think that makes it not very inclusive for women. i think the editing at the end financial services is that there is not much invested in management so we have a concept of the accidental manager where people that are very good in sales or technical skills get promoted into management and they're not given any training and probably are not suited or maybe don't even wa nt to are not suited or maybe don't even want to be the manager. i think that isa want to be the manager. i think that is a problem, because you have to have good managers who can really understand everyone's skills and competencies and bring out the best in their people and push them forward. so i think there are some issues, but i know that some of the banks are really trying to work quite hard in the conversations that iam quite hard in the conversations that i am having now are all about what more can we do? how can we make this happen? we started a campaign to sign up ceos to setting 30% target in their senior leadership team and at the end of the summer we had to

put the 102 but the 250 ceos find out. we now have 35 foot the 100 and dirty to put the... many i have spoken to on to work with us and they want to understand how they can do more and most of the big banks are in that list. thank you very much indeed forjoining us this evening. if you want to find out what the gender pay gap is at your company — there's a tool on the bbc website — along with lots more analysis of the figures. visit bbc.co.uk/news police patrolling of the coast of south australia have come face to face with a potential dangerous character. take a look at this dramatic footage of a great white shark tailing a police dingy in waters near adelaide. this was taken on saturday. the two officers on board were doing checks on boats in the area. the 15 ft shark has been dubbed noah by the local police. closer to home let's catch up with

the weather prospects. we join matt taylor. that evening. think believe the weather over the next few days is not quite as painful as that it has to be said and i have at last a bit of sunshine in the forecast. at the moment we still have snow across the moment we still have snow across the south of scotland on the radar and the snow into the hills of northern england. even lower levels at times in the first part of the night but that is shifting its way eastward. it is an improving night. we will see what the crowd across england and wales, quite a breeze blowing over night but by the end of cheap rain across east anglia. keeping temperatures around pre—6d but elsewhere clearing skies, widespread across the risk of ice and into the morning northern ireland and pakistan could get down to minus seven degrees. crisp, cold, frosty start but a funny one. a few showers across much of —— some of northern scotland across the day and really cobbled apart to lead a

lovely spring day. it is going to be a case of light wind, blue skies overhead, sunshine turning hazy to the west, temperatures are not spectacular, bit of warmth and sunshine overhead will feel much better than i have so far this week. codina was good bring rain for friday but it could be warmed still but friday afternoon. next, outside source but friday afternoon. next, outside source with an interactive take on the world and at 10:40pm the papers will look ahead to the front pages tomorrow. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. britain's accused of exaggerating evidence that russia was responsible for the salisbury attack. it comes after the uk government's own research centre said it couldn't determine where the nerve agent was made. an emergency meeting of the international chemical weapons watchdog has denied russia's request for a new inquiry. will bring you up—to—date on all of that. also in the programme,

china says a trade war with the us is "a no—win situation" as it imposes retaliatory tariffs on more than 100 us goods. and facebook says up to 87 million people's data may have been accessed by cambridge analytica. we'll be live in new york.