this is bbc news — and these are the top stories developing at 11. eight more people are stabbed in london overnight, including a 13—year—old boy. the brother of a girl shot dead in tottenham this week, speaks out. every other day if there's not a stabbing, there is a shooting or something is happening. you know when something happens, pers retaliation, it's always bad, tit—for—tat. russia accuses the uk of ‘playing with fire' over the poisoning of the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter during a heated meeting at the un. a soft drink sugar tax of up to 2a pence a litre — comes into force in the uk in a bid to reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. also this hour — with the start of the new tax year millions of workers see an increase in their pension contributions. amounts for workplace savers rises to three percent of annual income. fighter conor mcgregor is charged with assault, following an altercation at a media event in new york.

gold for scotland at the commonwealth games in australia as katie archibald wins in the velodrome. join me in 30 minutes for all the latest from the gold coast and the commonwealth games, news of those gold medals for england, scotland and wales. good morning. its friday the 6th of april. i'm ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live police in london say there were eight stabbings in the capital yesterday, with a number of teenagers wounded. among the latest incidents, a 13 year—old boy was left with serious injuries in newham, and two 15 year—olds

were stabbed in mile end. alison freeman reports. some of those who've lost their lives this week. israel 0gunsola, amaan shakoor and tanesha melbourne. all teenagers, all victims of ongoing violence in the capital. tanesha's brother well aware of the growing problems. tanesha was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. i don't have a clue, man... every other day, if there's not a stabbing there's a shooting, or something's happening. you know when something happens, retaliation, and it's always just this, that, tit—for—tat. just this year, there have been more than 50 violent deaths in london. more than half of those killed were under 30 and ii were teenagers. last night in hackney, where18—year—old israel was stabbed to death, people gathered to call an end to the violence. but with more teenagers injured in stabbings in london yesterday,

this year's continuing spate of violent crime shows no sign of easing. alison freeman, bbc news. our news correspondent, john mcmanusjoins me now from new scotland yard. we already know four people have died this week as the result of stabbings and gun attacks in london, three of them teenagers, the met police yesterday said 52 police had been killed in the capital since the beginning of the year, 11 of them teenagers, all dying in violent circumstances, many live victims of stabbings. several more attacks yesterday alone, through the day and across london. starting at about 1:50pm yesterday, a man in his 20s stabbed in walthamstow in north—east london. 5:30pm, a 15—year—old boy stabbed in poplar, east london, about 30 minutes later two other

is—year—olds were stabbed and miley and not very far away and a 16—year—old was also injured. the i6—year—olds taken to hospital and a 16—year—old arrested just before 7pm, before 7pm a 13—year—old was stabbed in new in east london, said to have received critical injuries. 7:05pm a boy in west london in his late teens was stabbed in ealing broadway. just after 10pm last night a man in his 40s was stabbed in herne hill in south london. this violence doesn't seem like it's going to stop any time soon, scotla nd going to stop any time soon, scotland yard and the metropolitan police coming under increasing pressure to do something about it and this morning they held a meeting in the building behind me to decide what they can do in the short term to tackle this. they've just issued a statement about what happened at the meeting and they said they held a community meeting to hear the first—hand concerns of people in the

community because of this continued focus on knife crime. they say this is their top priority at the moment and they are dealing with local level engagement using borough commanders and local police officers on the ground and the communities that are being affected. interestingly the net says they absolutely are clear that they cannot tackle knife crime alone in their own words. they say we cannot enforce our way out of this but will do all we can to mobilise communities behind us and protect london. 0ne communities behind us and protect london. one of the people who attended that meeting spoke to us, nicola, she said her own son had been a victim of knife crime and she told us what happened at the meeting. i haven't invested interest asa meeting. i haven't invested interest as a mother who and my child was unfortunately a bit of knife crime andl unfortunately a bit of knife crime and i am unfortunately a bit of knife crime andlama unfortunately a bit of knife crime and i am a member of the london general and wider public, it's everyone's general and wider public, it's eve ryone's concern i'iow. general and wider public, it's everyone's concern now. the knives are not going to differentiate your

e, are not going to differentiate your age, your gender, you know, how much you make in terms of pay, it's everybody's problem you make in terms of pay, it's eve rybody's problem and you make in terms of pay, it's everybody's problem and more londoners, you need to recognise, this situation may not go away any time now but we need to bring the love back to london and while i draw breath and caught insurers that i draw breath, i will be doing that every day of my natural born life, a decent gentlemen, thank you very much. the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dig says she is taking action in the short term to tackle the problem, putting together a task force of 120 officers together a task force of i20 officers to tackle the ongoing problem, she said there will be intelligence led stop and searches as well, many experts say the root of the balance goes way back, they require more intensive focus and intervention and that's what many experts will be hoping for from a range of authorities and they hope this will have an effect and stop the valance, bring it to an end.

john, thank you. —— stop the violence. just to let you know, we will hear more on that extended interview from the brother of one of the victims killed in tottenham earlier this week. russia has accused the uk of inventing a "fake story" and "playing with fire" over the salisbury spy poisoning. speaking at a united nations security council meeting, moscow's un ambassador said britain's main goal had been "to discredit" russia with what he called "unsubstantiated accusations". test results on samples taken from the crime scene will be published by chemical weapons experts next week. here's our washington correspondent, chris buckler. the discovery of two people lying unconscious on a bench in an english town has resulted in an international investigation and an increasingly bitter diplomatic dispute. the uk continues to claim russia poisoned sergei and yulia skripal using the nerve agent novichok, an allegation moscow denies with increasing anger. translation: we've told our british

colleagues you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry. moscow has been frustrated notjust by the international outrage and backing the uk has been given by many other nations, but also a refusal to allow its officials to be involved in tests of the substance used in the attack. i think the metaphor i find most apt is that of an arsonist turned firefighter. but in this particular instance, the arsonist wishes to investigate his own fire. amid what has become a propaganda battle, russian television played a recording of a telephone call alleged to be between yulia skripal and her cousin. both she and her father, the former spy, sergei skripal, are still recovering at hospital in salisbury. work to try to decontaminate some parts of this city is due to get underway, but this attack will leave lasting damage to russia's relationship with the uk

and much of the rest of the world. chris buckler, bbc news. a ground—breaking sugar tax on soft drinks comes into force in the uk today. the government hopes it will reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. many manufacturers have pre—empted the law by cutting the sugar content in their drinks. 0ur health correspondent james gallagher reports. some of our favourite drinks have either been changed or are now more expensive. this morning, the sugar tax has come into force. it's an attempt to curb obesity rates and protect our teeth. so how big is the tax? drinks that are more than 5% sugar will be taxed at 18p per litre. those that are more than 8% sugar will be taxed at 24p per litre. the amount the treasury expects to raise has already fallen from £500 million a year to £275 million as so many soft drinks are being redesigned.

changes to irn—bru led to an online campaign and even people stockpiling scotland's other national drink. this tax is not universally popular. rather than addressing the cause of the problem it's just taxing people that probably can't afford to pay more for it anyway. i want to discourage my children from being able to go out and buy fizzy drinks, so all the better as far as i'm concerned. i don't think it will make a difference really, they're just making it more expensive for us. as long as it's going to be more healthier to children or even grown—ups, i think that makes a difference. we have no proof the sugar tax will work but what we do know is low and no sugar drinks in the uk are the highest proportion of sales of any major country in the world. so two thirds of soft drinks sold in the uk are now low and no sugar, that's a good thing, whether it's anything to do with the sugar tax, who knows? it will still take some time to see how the sugar tax affects

businesses, our shopping habits and even our health. james gallagher, bbc news. one of the best loved — and most successful — darts players, eric bristow, has died at the age of 60 after a heart attack during an event in liverpool last night. known by his nickname the ‘crafty cockney‘, he also worked as a pundit for the game and was awarded an mbe for his services to sport in 1989. our sports correspondent 0lly foster reports. all chant: there's only one eric bristow! thousands of darts fans chanted his name last night, many of them had met eric bristow just a few hours earlier in liverpool at a hospitality event before he was suddenly taken ill. the crafty cockney was king of the oche, a poster boy who helped drag the sport out of the pubs and gave it public recognition. the first of his five world titles came in 1980, rivalries with bobby george, john lowe, jocky wilson marked his dynasty.

a boom time for darts. he was the ringleader from the beginning. his name is synonymous with darts. eric bristow epitomised where the game came from but had the star quality to take it to the next level. for that every player playing today should be grateful because he blazed the trail. bristow was also one of the founding members of the breakaway world darts council, now the pdc, in 1993. another was phil taylor, who would become the greatest player of all time. bristow was his mentor. his influence on the sport was huge. he lost his job as a television pundit 18 months ago following social media comments about the victims of barry bennell and the football abuse scandal, something he apologised for. the darts family were always going to forgive him, one of their legends and still such a popular figure on the circuit. there were tears last

night and tributes. there will be many more. 0lly foster, bbc news. for more on we‘re joined via webcam by darts legend bobby george. he was a great rival of yours and you were a great rival of his, what made him such a legend?” you were a great rival of his, what made him such a legend? i knew him when he was 17. used to go round different pubs and clubs playing for money and tournaments. we were good friends for a long while. i met him in the final, the world final and he said to me, ain‘t it weird, last year, we never thought we would be in the final playing each other. and he went on from there and once he w011 he went on from there and once he won that, he won it five times, he was a good darts player, cocky,

really cocky! but that was eric, that was the way he came over, quite good—hearted, he would buy a drink, i‘d meals, he wasn‘t selfish like that, he sometimes trapped it off and he shouldn‘t have done but he couldn‘t help it. all the darts players accepted it. you say he was cocky, obviously, maybe you need a bit of arrogance to be that good. what made him such a great player, do you think? well, hours of practice, dedication, you don‘tjust pick upa practice, dedication, you don‘tjust pick up a set of darts and be a great player, he played since he was aa great player, he played since he was a a young kid, 11 years old, practising all day and night, his dad used to take into the pub to play for the darts teams, he was a very good darts player when he was young. 0bviously, with his copy must he got noticed a lot, people used to

turn on the television to see him lose, he could be so rude to somebody, but i used to laugh at him, he was quite funny. he was not only brilliant but very popular within the sport, wasn‘t he? we saw the scenes of him being cheered, when his death death was announced last night and his name being sung. i was with him yesterday. two and a half hours before he passed away. i was working. i was working in the bar opposite for the premier league is and he came in and had a pint, he said, see you, went across the road, to our meet and greet, came out of the venue, walked to his car, hit the venue, walked to his car, hit the deck, hit his head, died straightaway. shocking, terrible, i can‘t get over it, i kept waking up in the night thinking, he was only with this... when someone passes away that quick it‘s a shock to the

people who know him. do you think you will be remembered as one of the greatest ever darts players, five—time world champion? greatest ever darts players, five-time world champion? yes, he will be, eric bristow is a name in darts. 0f will be, eric bristow is a name in darts. of course he will be remembered. in the history books, he will be remembered, he won a lot of tournament is, he was a great darts player. he found it very difficult when he became ill to let go of his starts, he would never come back as the player he was but he still did exhibitions, tried, every game, he wa nted exhibitions, tried, every game, he wanted to win, every game he played he wanted to win, all the time, there was no fun in him, he wanted to win, beat everyone, all the time. he beat quite a few people including yourself, bobby george, thank you so much for being with us. the headlines on bbc newsroom live... eight more people are stabbed in london overnight,

including a thirteen year old boy as the series of violent crimes across the capital this year continues. russia says the uk have been inventing ‘fake stories‘ about the nerve agent attack in salisbury — during a debate at the un. a new sugar tax of up to twenty four pence a litre comes into force in the uk — in a bid to tackle childhood obesity and tooth decay. it's it‘s been a good day for the home teams of the commonwealth game is, katie archibald from scotland has her first katie archibald from scotland has herfirst gold, she katie archibald from scotland has her first gold, she won the women‘s‘s 3000 metre individual preceded final. england‘s sarah cosey has one medal and gareth evans has given wales their first commonwealth gold lifting 299 kilograms to win the weightlifting 69 kilo category. that‘s all from sport for now. about nine million people will pay more

towards their pensions from today. the minimum contribution is going up from one percent of their income to three percent. 0ne accountancy firm is warning pay packets will suffer as a result, but other experts say it is easily affordable, and will mean higher incomes in retirement. 0ur personalfinance correspondent simon gompertz is here. quite a big rise, what impact will this have? if you are on the national living wage up until now you would have been paying about £6 a month into what is called the auto enrolment pension, people are automatically enrolled in the workplace at the moment, it‘s less than an hour‘s wages, that is going up than an hour‘s wages, that is going up this month and it will work out at about £20 being taken out of the pay packet per month, and it‘s going to go up again next year. so the

total amount you will put in is 5% of your wages. and that‘s equivalent to about £34 a month for someone on a low wage. it‘s more significant, people are going to feel it, on the other hand, as you pointed out, it means a retirement income. and for someone contributing those sorts of amounts, a reasonable prediction would be they might get around £5,000 a year when they come to retire which on top of the pension that they are likely to be due, about 8500, that‘s a significant uplift to the pension. a lot of people may not want to think that farahead. people may not want to think that far ahead. we‘ll some people opt out of the pension scheme? so far only about one in ten have been opting out of this and it‘s up to you, you get automatically enrolled that then you can say no, i don‘t want to do that. i think the fear is more will that. i think the fear is more will opt out for a number of reasons. just the amount that having to be put aside is more, people have other

prior days, they might want to go travelling and use the money for that they might want to save to buy their first that they might want to save to buy theirfirst home that they might want to save to buy their first home and tried to avoid that and that, for many people, is a closer priority than their retirement. 0n the other hand, if you don‘t put the money in, you are missing out on the ploy‘s contributions which is substantial, the tax relief that the government gives you and you are missing out on the income in the end when you come to retire. it is a big decision to be made, some people find the blue is often by the fact that if you have a pay rise this year, for a lot of people that comes in in april and so you may not feel it so much and also, many people are paying less tax because the personal allowance, the amount you are allowed to earn before you start paying tax is being raised. so you may not feel so bad. simon, thank you. the former south african president, jacob zuma has appeared at a court in durban,

ahead of his trial for corruption. he‘s accused of accepting a bribe over a $2.5 billion government arms deal in the 1990s. mr zuma denies all the charges. several thousand supporters of the former president are expected to march to the high court. 0ur correspondent nomsa maseko is in durban. how the mighty have fallen. what has happened in court? just two months agojacob happened in court? just two months ago jacob zuma was happened in court? just two months agojacob zuma was the president of south africa and today he stood accused of accepting bribes, he faces 16 counts of corruption, racketeering and money—laundering and next to him was a representative from a french arms company that was accused of having paid jacob zuma this bribes and both the accused

deny these charges and of course, there was a nightmarejoel in support of the former president here in durban and shortly before he went inside the courtroom, the clergy was praying for him, hoping that these charges would go away and he made a very brief court appearance here and now the case has been postponed to the 8th ofjune. jacob zuma‘s lawyers wa nt the 8th ofjune. jacob zuma‘s lawyers want to challenge the legitimacy of the prosecution because they believe that the charges are as a result of a political conspiracy. if he is found guilty of what sort of sentence could he possibly get? well at the moment, you know, there is no prescribed minimum sentence for corruption but just a prescribed minimum sentence for corruption butjust a fewer years ago, presidentjacob corruption butjust a fewer years ago, president jacob zuma‘s. .. corruption butjust a fewer years ago, presidentjacob zuma‘s... the former president financial adviser

was found guilty of corruption and he was sentenced to 15 years behind bars so that is what people are coping is going to happen. jacob zuma himself says not guilty of anything, his supporters certainly believe that and the anc is now trying to clean up its image in the lead to the elections year. thank you. the amount english and welsh graduates earn, before they have to start paying back their tuition fees, has risen. students who‘ve taken out loans in the last six years will now start paying off their debts when they earn £25,000 a year, instead of 21,000. the national union of students said the change is a "welcome relief" for many. a new income tax system begins in scotland today. it will mean many people pay less tax, but some will be charged more. until now, holyrood had matched the tax arrangements in the rest of the uk, with three bands.

under the new system, there are four bands ranging from a low income rate, at 19 percent, to a top rate, at 46 percent. ufc fighter conor mcgregor has been charged with three counts of assault and one of criminal mischief, following an incident at a media event in new york. he‘s accused of throwing a pallet truck at a bus transporting fighters from a ufc promotional event. one of the passengers was injured in the incident. he is due to appear in court in new york later today. a crackdown on rogue landlords has been launched today, with the details of the worst offenders in england now appearing on a database. it is one of a number of measures being brought in by the government to help protect renters. they include banning orders that would prevent convicted landlords from operating. there are almost five million households in private rented accommodation in england. landlords in wales have had to receive training and be registered since 2015, and in scotland landlords and letting agents have to be registered. joining me now is nik madan, the former

president of the association of residential letting agents — now known as arla propertymark. thank you for being with us. what do you think of this move, is it a crackdown? it is a crack down on swords, yes. a very good idea, we welcome it. 0stensibly this is about raising standards in the property sector. and identifying both rogue agents as well as rogue landlords. where we think the legislation hasn‘t gone far enough is we think the fact the database is not being made public, it‘s all very well banning people what if the consumer does not know who is banned, what use is that? who gets to see the database? use is that? who gets to see the data base? who gets use is that? who gets to see the database? who gets to check on alleged rogue landlords? it's a database open to local authorities, they can see it. but the issue that

we have with it is very much that you know, if one is a tenant, a consumer walking into a letting agent, how do you know that agent is not a rogue that is on the banned list and likewise if you are a te na nt list and likewise if you are a tenant and you rent a property, directly from the landlord, how do you know that landlord is not rogue and not on the list? and it seems to me, it would make perfect sense for that database to be made public so that database to be made public so that the consumer at least knows the risk and is protected. what defines a rogue landlord, what defines whether you end up being put on the database saying that you are rogue landlord? a number of offences under the act but... it‘s essentially things like safety, health and safety things within properties, for example, dangerous properties, relating to gas, electric, any fraud that may have been carried out either landlord, something like that. 0bviously landlords are in

receipt of ten‘s deposit and rents, there‘s a certain amount of money they are handling, there could be a lot of risk around that. do you feel of rogue landlords, how big a problem is it? is the number going up, an increasing problem of what? it's up, an increasing problem of what? it‘s been a consistent problem within the private rented sector. and really, that‘s why we have a lwa ys and really, that‘s why we have always been campaigning for regulation within the industry and higher standards within the industry. with house prices so high and young people especially finding it very hard to buy, more and more people are renting. this is very important, isn‘t it, when they rent, they can trust their landlord? it's vital, absolutely. this is why i go back to the fact that the database, seems wrong, that it isn‘t made public so people at least know who a good landlord is and who is not. thank you very much for being with

us. pleasure. thank you. it‘sjust approaching 11:30am. time to check that the weather prospects. the best of the brightness in the east today. this one as you can see from a weather watcher picture, sent in from northern ireland and bus from sussex. today the best of the brightness in the east, try with hazy sunshine, and outbreaks of rain in the north and west this afternoon. continuing to see outbreaks of rain as the area of low pressure works slowly north and east, bringing heavy bursts of rain to northern ireland and parts of scotland. also dragging in some milderair in the scotland. also dragging in some milder air in the south—east, that means we will see some milder temperatures over the next few days. three the rest of today continuing to see outbreaks of rain for

northern and western parts of scotland, abbott suffering from northern ireland working north, brightness feeding in behind, some showers as well. plenty of brightness central and eastern england. turning cloudy in the west, patti outbreaks of like rain and drizzle through this afternoon, western wales and the south—west, maximum temperatures of 18 degrees. this evening and overnight the rain continuing to work north, lingering perhaps in the far north of scotland and parts of shetland. not long before the next area of rain moves m, before the next area of rain moves in, temperatures overnight not as cold as they have been, one or two showers and the south—east. tomorrow cloudy for england and wales, outbreaks of rain working north, one 01’ outbreaks of rain working north, one or two showers through the morning for the south and east of england, some brightness and with any sunshine and bridges could reach a maximum of 18. rain pushing into southern scotland, away from that, a bit more in the way of dry weather, one 01’ bit more in the way of dry weather, one or two showers in the north—west, mixture of sunny spells

and showers for northern ireland. into saturday this cold front moving towards the east, for sunday, a fair amount of cloud, some patchy outbreaks of rain again over the south, drier in the north, still the risk of one or two showers, brighter intervals especially for northern ireland, there amount of cloud around, temperatures reaching a maximum of 14, it touched on what you saw on saturday. similar date moving into monday, this front ringing some outbreaks of cloud and rain, working north would gradually, a drier story in the north, with brighter intervals and the chance of one or two showers. highs of 14 celsius. this is bbc news, our latest headlines... police in london say there were eight more stabbings in the capital yesterday, with a number of teenagers wounded. among the latest incidents, a 13—year—old boy was left with serious injuries in newham, and two 15—year—olds

were stabbed in mile end. russia accuses the uk of ‘playing with fire‘ over the poisoning of the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter, during a heated meeting at the un. moscow‘s un ambassador said britain‘s main goal had been "to discredit" russia with what he called "unsubstantiated accusations". a soft drink sugar tax of up to 24p a litre comes into force in the uk in a bid to reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. many manufacturers have pre—empted the law by cutting the sugar content in their drinks. about nine million people will pay more towards their pensions from today. the minimum contribution is going up from 1% of their income to 3%. 0ne accountancy firm is warning pay packets will suffer as a result, but other experts say it is easily affordable, and will mean higher incomes in retirement. well now every weekday at this time

we‘re going to be getting a detailed update from the commonwealth games on the gold coast of australia so let‘s head there right now and joined mike bushell with the very latest. good morning to you there in the uk. and here on the gold coast for the second day of the commonwealth games. it‘s very warm here with a stiff breeze but it has been raining in the last few minutes at the swimming pool making things difficult at the outdoor pool. we‘ll have the latest from there on the velodrome shortly. beach volleyball

has been making its commonwealth games debut and the aussies have been loving it. beach, sport, fun! australia is going to win! aussie, aussie, aussie! i'm here to see my granddaughter. she's going to play in there? absolutely. i'm over the moon. we felt the love from all the

aussies behind us and it is so much fun playing in front of such an energetic crowd. you get djs and bongos. this is our office every week so we love it. we just met your grandmother. what was it like playing in front of her? if it's anything like the olympics i'm sure she was loving life! i travel all over the world so it's nice to be home for them. what a wonderful atmosphere. getting into the groove there. it has been raining at the swimming pool and australia have set their sights tonight on overtaken england at the top of the early medals table. plenty ofjewels to come in the velodrome in gymnastics hall. england, scotland and wales are hoping to build on the gold medals they have one already today.

here is a round—up of the latest action. this is what it means to win gold for your country. gareth evans winds the gold for wales! there first of these games as wales kept up first of these games as wales kept up the habit of picking up weightlifting medals. not since 1958 have they failed to take home at least one and 31—year—old from holyhead made sure the run would continue. it's there! he's got over the head. he is in the lead. he has a gold medal hanging around his neck. gareth evans, the champion. adam peaty has won quite a few and will be hoping to add to them later in the pool, even if his pace was a little slower than he‘s used to. will see what i‘ve got tonight but i‘m looking forward to it. it‘s great to swim outdoors. i literally can‘t see anything! great to swim outdoors. i literally can't see anything! scotland's ross murtagh will be chasing down —— ross

murdoch. another new face to the games is beach volleyball and the gold coast is no better place to start. scotland getting their campaign off with a win. and that is a really important win for scotland in their quest for a quarterfinal. and the welsh fans were celebrating too. how about that! there are 11—year—old table tennis star lost their singles match but the team qualified for the quarterfinals. in the boxing ring though wales came up short. a great battle between two home nations, northern ireland‘s stephen connelly just home nations, northern ireland‘s stephen connellyjust edging out keirinjones. and stephen connellyjust edging out keirin jones. and a stephen connellyjust edging out keirinjones. and a great morning for the archibald family, both katie and john booked places in the individual pursuit medals races later today, setting new games records en route. and great news for

scotla nd records en route. and great news for scotland as alex mentioned there, katie qualified for the final. she has smashed the final, beating her australian opponent. she won the gold medalfor australian opponent. she won the gold medal for scotland within the last hour. in the 3000 metre individual pursuit. her brother johnny is actually going now in the velodrome to try and meet his sister‘s achievements. the latest to tell you about, it‘s developing into a fascinating contest in the pool. since then, australia have won two golds to strike back after an early golds to strike back after an early gold from england. badminton is known for its speed, you have to be a quick thinker as well it seems. how about this? this was england‘s ben lane, he had to react fast when during a rally in string on his racket broke but look at that, cool as you like, he got a new racket,

p°p5 as you like, he got a new racket, pops back on and they win the points against south africa. in the‘s badminton mixed team going well. that is it‘s now, don‘t forget all the latest later on on bbc news on sports day at 6:30pm this programme the 11am round—up will be back on monday. i‘ll see you later. mike bushell there on the gold coast. the time is coming up to 11:40am. the time is coming up to 11:40am. let‘s return now to the increase in violent crime in london. police say there were several more stabbings across the capital yesterday. in one incident, a 13—year—old boy was left with serious injuries in newham. that follows two shootings on monday. one of the victims was 17—year—old tanesha melbourne who was shot and killed in tottenham. her brother, hakeem blake, has been talking to our

correspondent adina campbell. ijust came i just came back from ijust came back from university like i don‘t what to do. she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. i don‘t have a clue, man. time and timei don‘t have a clue, man. time and time i told her, i get she‘s growing up, she wants to be with her friends and things got the streets nowadays, it‘s cold. i don‘t know, man. and things got the streets nowadays, it's cold. i don't know, man. a mind you get to see her afterwards?” it's cold. i don't know, man. a mind you get to see her afterwards? i saw her... today. sorry. how bad are the problems in london at the moment, particularly in areas where you live? it's crazy at the moment, that‘s why i left. i left two years

ago because i realised it‘s crazy. every other day, if there‘s not a stabbing there a shooting something happening. when something happens there‘s retaliation and it‘s always tit for tat. i don‘t know, man. it‘s crazy right now. she was your little sister. i loved her you know. i didn‘t even get to see her. she loved to sing. i loved her voice. i told her, one day you will be a star. and i promised her that! would take at studios so she could sing and at least try because not eve ryo ne sing and at least try because not everyone makes it but she had lots of potential. that was the brother of potential. that was the brother of tanesha melbourne, the 17—year—old girl who was shot and killed in tottenham earlier on this week. a cousin of yulia skripal,

who was poisoned in the nerve agent attack in salisbury, says she is sure their phone call yesterday was genuine. viktoria skripal, who lives in moscow, recorded the conversation, which was later broadcast on russian state television. last night, she spoke to newsnight‘s gabriel gatehouse: that was the cousin of yulia skripal talking to gabriel gatehouse. the head ofjapan‘s sumo association has issued an apology after several women were ordered to leave the ring, despite administering emergency first aid. the incident happened at a local tournament near kyoto in western japan. caroline rigby has more. the moment two women rushed to help perform life—saving treatment on the mayor of maizuru, who collapsed whilst giving a speech. yet over the loudspeaker, they are repeatedly ordered to leave. under the sport‘s code, women are considered ritually unclean, so forbidden from entering the ring. women have been considered impure because of the monthly menstruation. blood defiles the ring because the ring is an extension

of any shinto shrine injapan and there is a god essentially buried in the centre of that ring. so to avoid defiling that god space, the female is not allowed in the ring. the sport of sumo is centuries old and still contains many ancient rituals but some have accused it of failing to modernise. this latest incident is unlikely to put an end to such criticism. the japan sumo association has apologised saying: this this is an embarrassing episode for a sport that is already trying to rebuild its image in the wake of recent scandals, including match fixing, gambling and various high—profile cases of assault. the mayor of maizuru, meanwhile, is recovering in hospital, in part thanks to the actions of female medics, who dared to step into the ring.

caroline rigby, bbc news. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live. eight more people are stabbed in london overnight, including a 13—year—old boy, as the series of violent crimes across the capital this year continues. russia says the uk have been inventing ‘fake stories‘ about the nerve agent attack in salisbury, during a heated debate at the un. a new sugar tax of up to 24p a litre comes into force in the uk — in a bid to tackle childhood obesity and tooth decay. in the business news... millions of workers will face a threefold increase in their minimum pension contributions from today. the government‘s raising the amount which will need to be paid into the auto—enrolment schemes. employees will have to pay at least 3% of their income,

with employers adding another 2%. the co—operative group has returned to profit after what it called a "year of progress". the group reported a profit of £72m for 2017, after a loss of £132m the year before when it wrote off the value of its stake in the co—operative bank. us president donald trump has instructed officials to consider a further $100bn in tariffs against china. china says it‘s ready to pay "any cost" in a possible trade war with the us. a new tax on sugary drinks has been introduced it‘s part of the government‘s plans to reduce obesity and tooth decay brands such as fanta, ribena and lucozade have already cut the sugar content of their products to avoid the tax, but coca—cola and pepsi will both stick with the same recipes, which both contain more than 10 grammes per 100ml. joining me now is adam leyland, group editor, the grocer — a british magazine devoted to grocery sales.

do you think it will do what the government hopes it will and cut obesity and tooth could decay? the jury obesity and tooth could decay? the jury is out. already you could argue it has worked because manufacturers have worked so hard to reduce sugar levels such that the treasury estimates that were originally 500 million for the tax had been reduced as part of the reformulation. clearly, consumers whether knowingly or unknowingly are going to be consuming less calories through soft drinks. where thejury consuming less calories through soft drinks. where the jury is out is this year free availability of calories everywhere you look. soft drinks are dropping the ocean compared to the overall obesity issue, which is highly complex. we‘re doing more and more slacking, more and more shops, so really this isa drop more and more shops, so really this is a drop in the ocean. but it is certainly an interesting and encouraging the response from

industry the challenge. do you think the threshold has been set low enough for a sugar content? you have drinks like ribena and lucozade which although they have reduced their sugar content over the last year or so, there is still a lot of sugarin year or so, there is still a lot of sugar in there. i do think... sugar is low enough. 0ne sugar in there. i do think... sugar is low enough. one issue is overall consumption. people are always surprised when i say this, 139 calories in a full fat coke. the issue of is a huge consumption of soft drinks, consuming an entire two litre bottle over supper. that is the nub of the issue. at the same time though, the show when people are consuming that much, if they have to consume those soft drinks it is better that they are lower calorie. but the real growth area has been in zero calorie products. what hasn‘t been working so well is

when people take their cavalry levels down to below the threshold. where it is working however is coke zero and such products, new products, not reformulated ones that have really hit a nerve and have struck a chord with consumers. have really hit a nerve and have struck a chord with consumersm have really hit a nerve and have struck a chord with consumers. it is a bit ofa struck a chord with consumers. it is a bit of a risk isn‘t it, changing the recipe? it absolutely is. coke has learnt its lesson. it‘s very significant that it hasn‘t change the formula from red coke but they have put much more focus on coke zero. apparently research showed that didn‘t realise that zero stood for zero sugar. they were already having zero sugar but not enough emphasis. coke zero sales are up significantly and many manufacturers have achieved real growth through the zero sugar innovation. britain‘s economy chalked up solid

productivity growth in the last three months of 2017 to record its strongest six months in more than a decade. output per hour worked rose by 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017 — a shade less than first estimated in february — and the third—quarter figure was revised up slightly to 1.0 percent. british productivity has largely stagnated over the past ten years and lags behind other major economies. the digital, culture, media and sport committee has announced that alexander nix, the former boss of political consultancy cambridge analytica, will appear before mps on wednesday 18 april as part of an inquiry into "fake news". cambridge analytica is at the centre of a scandal involving facebook which this week admitted that the data of up to 87 million people was improperly shared with the political consultancy. and scotland‘s new system of income tax rates and bands has come into force. until today, the structure of the tax system was matched with the rest of the uk, with three bands — a basic rate at 20%, a higher rate at 40% and a 45% top rate. the new scottish system adds a 19% "starter" rate for those on low incomes, as well as a 21% rate for those

who earn above the median salary. it also adds a penny to the higher and top rates, bringing them to 41% and 46%. the latest spat in the trade row between the us and china has weighed on the blue chip ftse 100 , though the damage was limited — the general volatility suggesting perhaps that investors are not yet convinced the row will escalate into a full—blown trade war that threatens global economic growth. retailers were the worst performers on the ftse100 as downgrades from citi bank sent marks & spencer and next shares down. mining and also fell — with investors putting more money instead into defensive stocks like utilities and telecoms an american company has announced plans to launch the first—ever space hotel into orbit. 0rion span aims to send its aurora station hotel into space by 2021. the company says the hotel will be the same size as the cabin of a private jet plane, and will orbit at around 320km above the earth‘s surface.

a 12—day stay orbiting the earth will cost nearly $10 million. the company hopes to have the first paying guests up there in 2022. a little earlier on the victoria derbyshire programme, matthew price spoke to the entrepreneur, adventurer and space advocate per wimmer. per is a founding astronaut with sir richard branson‘s virgin galactic programme and was asked whether it was worth the pricetag. it sounds like an awful lot of money but if the price is right, which we do not know yet, it is yet to be fully confirmed yet whether they can make a profit at those levels. it is good value for money believe it or not. today the only option whether you are private or a nasa astronaut is to fly on the russian spacecraft to the international space station and if you wanted to purchase such a ticket and it‘s even difficult to make it available because there is a

lot of demand for those seats, it will set you back about $50 million. so actually, below $10 million is relatively inexpensive in that context. i'm wondering how it will work. we read there that it is about the size of a catchall in a private jet so not much room to lounge around and have your morning coffee. that‘s true. you could find more space on earth in a 5—star luxury hotel. but that is not why you are going, you are going because it is a truly once—in—a—lifetime experience where you will see the earth, the beautiful planet earth, from a place that less than 600 people on earth have ever visited. so it will be the truth of a lifetime, unique experience and that is what 21st—ce ntu ry experience and that is what 21st—century adventurers want to go. the earth is kind of export. i‘m currently in vietnam and been talking a lot about the french

colonists when they came here and the adventurers that they have. today, if you want to be an adventure you have got to go to space, you have got to expand an go beyond the earth‘s atmosphere. therefore, this kind of announcement is obviously very exciting, very helpful, and i hope they will be able to execute permission. that was good to be my next question. do you honestly think that this will happen at least one day? even if this particular project doesn‘t happen? it will happen one day for sure. whether it is going to be with 0rion span or another company. robert bigelow has spent a huge amount of money on testing interface so there is definitely a big drive to get out there. there is demand from astronaut enthusiasts and also from governments. yes, it will happen one day. whether this will be successful

or not remains to be seen. there are two critical factors, number one or not remains to be seen. there are two criticalfactors, number one is the cost and availability of transportation up there. at the moment, you do not have a lot of options up there. you have the russian rocket and hopefully also blue origin but there aren‘t that many people who can take you up there. and secondly, financing. it has yet to be shown how much finance in this particular company has. i understand they have some funding in place but you need an awful lot of capital to execute a mission here. like all these things, they are really billionaire games. like with richard branson with virgin galactic. today made of very successful power test flight. we are entering the last stages on that one so we‘re getting there. entering the last stages on that one so we're getting there. that is a founding astronaut with richard

branson‘s virgin galactic programme. if you can‘t afford a holiday in space, let‘s see what the weather is doing here on earth. today more on the way of cloud this photo sent in from derbyshire, not actually raining here but a fair amount of cloud. brightness in the east but the sunshine is hazier than yesterday. today through this afternoon continuing to see outbreaks of rain in the north and west, drier and brighter outbreaks of rain in the north and west, drierand brighter in outbreaks of rain in the north and west, drier and brighter in the east. here we are seeing the best of the sunshine. here is the pressure chart, this area of low pressure from the west, the associated weather fronts bringing outbreaks of rain working their way northwards and eastwards during the day. it‘s also in porting milder air into the south and east so as we move through today we will see temperatures creeping up, today could be the warmest day of the year so far with

18 celsius. continuing to see outbreaks of rainfall northern parts of scotland. outbreaks of friends in northern ireland but clearing for a mixture of bright intervals and showers. a little bit cloudy in the west with outbreaks of rain and drizzle. through tonight the rain pushing north but it‘s not long before the next area of rain comes into the south. showers as well in the south east, temperatures though not quite as cole‘s past few nights. an overnight low of three or four celsius. tomorrow outbreaks of rain in the north—west of scotland but dry and brighter across scotland and northern ireland with the risk of one of two showers. some rain for south west england with rain pushing its way into northern england and scotland. brightness following behind it and in the south—east the chance of one or two showers in the morning with a temperature of maximum of 18 celsius. through

saturday into sunday the cold front continues to work to the east. uncertainty as to the exact positioning but it looks like on sunday it will be cloudy in the south with outbreaks of rain. drier in the north with the risk of one or two showers. northern ireland seen the best of brightness. highs of around 14 celsius. a similar day as we move into monday. monday seen some outbreaks of rain in the south, working their way northwards and east during the day. drier in the north with one or two showers and bright intervals at times. temperatures at a maximum of 15 celsius so not looking too bad down here on earth. this is bbc news — and these are the top stories

developing at midday. seven more people are stabbed in london overnight, including a 13—year—old boy — as the upsurge of violence in the capital continues. it is everybody‘s problem and more londoners, you need to recognise this situation may not go away any time now but we need to bring the lava back to london. russia accuses the uk of ‘playing with fire‘ over the poisoning of the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter during a heated meeting at the un. a soft drink sugar tax of up to 24 pence a litre comes into force in the uk in a bid to reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. also this hour — with the start of the new tax year millions of workers see an increase in their pension contributions. amounts for workplace savers rises to three percent of annual income. fighter conor mcgregor is charged with assault, following an altercation at a media

event in new york. and gold for scotland at the commonwealth games in australia as katie archibald wins in the velodrome. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. police in london say there were eight stabbings in the capital yesterday, with a number of teenagers wounded. among the latest incidents, a 13—year—old boy was left with serious injuries in newham, and two 15 year—olds were stabbed in mile end. alison freeman reports. some of those who‘ve

lost their lives this week. israel 0gunsola, amaan shakoor and tanesha melbourne. all teenagers, all victims of ongoing violence in the capital. tanesha‘s brother well aware of the growing problems. tanesha was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. i don‘t have a clue, man... every other day, if there‘s not a stabbing there‘s a shooting, or something‘s happening. you know when something happens, retaliation, and it‘s always just this, that, tit—for—tat. just this year, there have been more than 50 violent deaths in london. more than half of those killed were under 30 and 11 were teenagers. last night in hackney, where18—year—old israel was stabbed to death, people gathered to call an end to the violence. but with more teenagers injured in stabbings in london yesterday, this year‘s continuing spate of violent crime shows no sign of easing.

alison freeman, bbc news. our correspondent john mcmanus has been following developments from new scotland yard — he sent this update a short time ago. we already know that four people have died this week as a result of stabbings and gun attacks in london. three of them teenagers. and of course the met said yesterday that 52 people had been killed in the capital since the beginning of the year. 11 of those where teenagers, all are dying year. 11 of those where teenagers, allare dying in year. 11 of those where teenagers, all are dying in a violent circumstances and many of them the victims of stabbings. as you say, many more attacks yesterday are known throughout the and across london. they started at about 1250 pm yesterday when a man in his 20s was stabbed in north east london. at 5:30pm a 15—year—old boy was stabbed

in east london and then about half an hour later, two other 15—year—olds wear stabbed in my lens not very far away. and a 16—year—old was also injured. those 215—year—olds were taken to hospital as was the 16—year—old who was then arrested. just before 7pm a 13—year—old boy was stabbed in newman in east london. he is said to have received critical injuries. and then at five past seven, not too long afterwards, a boy in west london in his late teens was stabbed in ealing broadway and then finally just after 10pm last night a man in his 40s was stabbed in south london. so this violence doesn‘t seem like it‘s going to stop any time soon. scotla nd it‘s going to stop any time soon. scotland yard and the metropolitan police are coming under increasing pressure to do something about it and this morning they held a meeting in the building behind me to decide what they can do in the short term to tackle this. they‘ve just issued a statement about what happened at that meeting. and they say that they

held a community meeting together first—hand concerns from people in the community because of this continued focus on knife crime and they say that this is their top priority at the moment and they are dealing with local level engagement using borough commanders and vocal police officers on the ground in the communities that are being affected. the met also say that they are absolutely clear that we cannot tackle knife crime alone in their own words, they say we cannot enforce our way out of this but we will do all we can to mobilise communities behind us as to help protect london. 0ne communities behind us as to help protect london. one of the people who attended that meetings but it was shortly afterwards. she said her grandson had been a victim of knife crime. she told us happened at the meeting. —— her own son. meeting. -- her own son. i have a vested interest as a mother whose child was forged at the victim of knife crime but also, i am a member of london's general and wider public. it is's concern right about now. you know,

the knives are not going to differentiate your age, your gender, your, you know, how much you make in terms of pay. so it is everybody's problem and more londoners, you need to recognise, this situation may not go away any time now but we need to bring the love back to london. while i draw breath and god ensures that i draw breath i should be doing that every day of my natural born live. ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much. cressida dig says she is taking action in the short term to tackle this problem. she says she was putting together a task force of 120 officers to tackle the ongoing violence. she said there will be more intelligence led stop and searches as well. many though, say the roots of the survivors go way back and they require more intense focus, more intensive intervention. and that is what many experts will be hoping forfrom and that is what many experts will be hoping for from a and that is what many experts will be hoping forfrom a range of authorities and they hope that this

will have an effect. this violence, bring it to an end. this violence, bring it to an end. let‘s give you a little bit of context let‘s give you a little bit of co ntext o n let‘s give you a little bit of context on all that this because our research team have been looking at the statistics on violent crime in london. according to the metropolitan police‘s crime statistics there were 4415 knife crime offences with injury in the year ending march 2017. so with that on average means that 12 knife injuries a night where recorded by the police. some interesting statistics there from last year. 12 mice injuries and i‘d recorded by the metropolitan police. 12 mice injuries and i‘d recorded by the metropolitan police. russia has accused the uk of inventing a "fake story" and "playing with fire" over the salisbury spy poisoning. speaking at a united nations security council meeting, moscow‘s un ambassador said britain‘s main goal had been "to discredit" russia with what he called "unsubstantiated accusations". test results on samples taken from the crime scene will be published by chemical weapons

experts next week. here‘s our washington correspondent, chris buckler. the discovery of two people lying unconscious on a bench in an english town has resulted in an international investigation and an increasingly bitter diplomatic dispute. the uk continues to claim russia poisoned sergei and yulia skripal using the nerve agent novichok, an allegation moscow denies with increasing anger. translation: we‘ve told our british colleagues you‘re playing with fire and you‘ll be sorry. moscow has been frustrated notjust by the international outrage and backing the uk has been given by many other nations, but also a refusal to allow its officials to be involved in tests of the substance used in the attack. i think the metaphor i find most apt is that of an arsonist turned firefighter. but in this particular instance, the arsonist wishes to investigate his own fire. amid what has become

a propaganda battle, russian television played a recording of a telephone call alleged to be between yulia skripal and her cousin. both she and her father, the former spy, sergei skripal, are still recovering at hospital in salisbury. work to try to decontaminate some parts of this city is due to get under way, but this attack will leave lasting damage to russia‘s relationship with the uk and much of the rest of the world. chris buckler, bbc news. about nine million people will pay more towards their pensions from today. the minimum contribution is going up from one percent of income to three percent. 0ne accountancy firm is warning pay packets will suffer as a result, but other experts say it is easily affordable, and will mean higher incomes in retirement.

our personalfinance correspondent simon gompertz is here. it isa it is a pretty hefty rise, isn‘t it? from 1% to 3%. how hard would it be for people to pay that? some people will really feel it and it is notjust the 1% to 3%. there is another increase next year to 5%. it has helped a little bit by tax breaks from the government but it is a big increase in if you look at someone who was on the national living wage, for instance, working full—time. up until now they have been paying around expands a month, that is what they have been losing from their pay packet to go into the pension scheme of their employer. that is less than an hour‘s work. that is now going up to about £20 and next year, so in one year‘s time, up to about £34 that they had missed from their monthly pay packet. and that‘s a significant amount. i monthly pay packet. and that‘s a significantamount. i mean monthly pay packet. and that‘s a significant amount. i mean come on the other side of it, it is saving for a reason. it is part of the government‘s grand plan for our future. huge worry about retirement

incomes. there is the state in, then there is this auto enrolment pensions to supplement that in future years. and if you think of the state pension for people retiring now is something around eight and retiring now is something around eightand a retiring now is something around eight and a half thousand pounds a year and from the sort of saving even on a low wage might get an extra 5000. that is a considerable sum. people can opt out of the contest is all too much and they don‘t want to save for their retirement. depict many people will? yes. it is automatic enrolment in your company‘s pension scheme but you can t company‘s pension scheme but you can opt out afterwards if you want to and about one in ten so far have been opting out. it has beenjudged a massive success so far because thatis a massive success so far because that is a small number but there is definitely worry that more will opt out as a result of these increasing. i was out as a result of these increasing. iwas in out as a result of these increasing. i was in one small factory this week where many workers were saying it would make them think twice. when i can remember saying because they wa nted can remember saying because they wanted to travel. another because

she wanted to save to buy their first home. so these priorities are coming before what might seem decades away when you come to actually need your pension. the bass is the concern that will be higher t is the concern that will be higher opt out rates. it is an important government policy to try to shore up a retirement when the time comes. the amount english and welsh graduates earn, before they have to start paying back their tuition fees, has risen. students who‘ve taken out loans in the last six years will now start paying off their debts when they earn 25,000 pounds a year, instead of 21,000. the national union of students said the change is a "welcome relief" for many. a new income tax system begins in scotland today. it will mean many people pay less tax, but some will be charged more. until now, holyrood had matched the tax arrangements in the rest of the uk, with three bands. under the new system, there are four bands ranging from a low income rate, at 19 percent, to a top rate, at 46 percent. the former south african president,

jacob zuma has appeared at a court in durban, ahead of his trial for corruption. he‘s accused of accepting a bribe over a $2.5 billion government arms deal in the 1990s. mr zuma denies all the charges. our 0ur correspondences our correspondences outside the courthouse. just two months ago president zuma was the president of south africa and today he stood accused of accepting bribes. he faces 16 counts of corruption, racketeering and money laundering. and next to him was a representative from a french arms company that was accused of having paid jacob zuma this bribe. and both the accused denied the charges and there was a

visual in support of the former president here in durban and shortly before he went inside the courtroom, the clergy was praying for him. hoping that these charges would go away and he made a very brief court appearance here. the case has now been postponed until the 8th of june. his lawyers want to challenge the legitimacy of the prosecution because they believe that these charges are a result of a political conspiracy. if he is found guilty what source of sentence could he possibly get? moment there is new, you know, prescribed minimum sentence for corruption. just a few years ago, presidentjacob corruption. just a few years ago, president jacob zuma, well, corruption. just a few years ago, presidentjacob zuma, well, the former president‘s financial adviser was found guilty of corruption and

sentenced to 15 years behind bars. and so that is what people are hoping that is going to happen. jacob zuma himself says that he is not guilty of anything. his supporters certainly believe that and also the anc is now trying to clea n and also the anc is now trying to clean up its image in the lead up to the elections next year. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: a series of violent crimes across the capital continues. russia accuses the uk of ‘playing with fire‘ over the poisoning of the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter during a heated meeting at the un. a soft drink sugar tax of up to 24 pence a litre — comes into force in the uk in a bid to reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. let‘s get all the latest sport.

good afternoon. scotland‘s katie archibald has won gold at the commonwealth games. she beat australia‘s rebecca why sack in the individual pursuit for her first commonwealth title. earlier in the day she set a new games record in qualifying. her older brotherjohn then secured silver in the men‘s 4000 metres individual pursuit which was won by england‘s charlie dante. england beat the gold medal favourite to win the 50 metre breaststroke title. the 21—year—old from derby clocked 30.60 seconds, pushing jamaica‘s competitor into the silver medal position. wells have their first gold with gareth evans‘s big have their first gold with gareth eva ns‘s big to have their first gold with gareth evans‘s big to be in the men‘s 69 lifting. a 31—year—old painter and

decorator lifted 299 kilos. sri la nka decorator lifted 299 kilos. sri lanka and india took silver and bronze. day two of the masters is about to get under way. with tiger woods one over par after round one. rory mcilroy is three shots off the pace while there is a tie for second place. 0ne pace while there is a tie for second place. one player dissipated his ankle while celebrating a hole in one couple of years ago. he said his recovery was nothing short of a miracle. these two shots behind the leader, spieth. an eagle helped him to six under par but sergio garcia‘s title defence went horribly wrong on day one. his approach at

content in their drinks. our health correspondent james gallagher reports. some of our favourite drinks have either been changed

or are now more expensive. this morning, the sugar tax has come into force. it‘s an attempt to curb obesity rates and protect our teeth. so how big is the tax? drinks that are more than 5% sugar will be taxed at 18p per litre. those that are more than 8% sugar will be taxed at 24p per litre. the amount the treasury expects to raise has already fallen from £500 million a year to £275 million as so many soft drinks are being redesigned. changes to irn—bru led to an online campaign and even people stockpiling scotland‘s other national drink. this tax is not universally popular. rather than addressing the cause of the problem it‘s just taxing people that probably can‘t afford to pay more for it anyway. i want to discourage my children from being able to go out and buy fizzy drinks, so all the better as far as i'm concerned. i don't think it will make a difference really, they're just making it

more expensive for us. as long as it‘s going to be more healthier to children or even grown—ups, i think that makes a difference. we have no proof the sugar tax will work but what we do know is low and no sugar drinks in the uk are the highest proportion of sales of any major country in the world. so two thirds of soft drinks sold in the uk are now low and no sugar, that‘s a good thing, whether it‘s anything to do with the sugar tax, who knows? it will still take some time to see how the sugar tax affects businesses, our shopping habits and even our health. james gallagher, bbc news. for more on this lets cross over to our central london studios and speak to kawther hashem. she‘s a nutritionist and research at the charity, action on sugar. tell us what you think about this dude tax. how much of a difference do you think it will make? i think it is a

significant stage. it is a significant stage. it is a significant policy, it has already had a big impact. we have been calling for companies to reduce levels of sugar gradually and at the same time having calling for some sort of taxation to discourage people from buying such excessive levels of these types of sugary drinks. and the combination of the two through this policy means companies are discouraged. and if they don‘t reformulate them they are taxed. it is very significant because children consume the majority of their sugar through sugary drink. we just heard sugary drink. wejust heard some sugary drink. we just heard some and interviewed in that report saying i don‘t think it will make a difference. it is just making it more expensive for us well, it is only for 50% of the products. as also mentioned in the products. as also mentioned in the report. any other products are lower in sugar now and so people won‘t have to pay more for them. it will be a small proportion of products that will have a price increase and actually, that is not necessarily a negative thing. that will notch people to go for the

lower sugar options at the same time all, if they want to buy this product, then that levy is going to be ring fenced for healthy breakfast clu bs be ring fenced for healthy breakfast clubs and schools. some people would say we‘ve got a serious problem with childhood obesity in this country and this is something that been done years ago. yes, absolutely. there have been campaigns for this for about ten yea rs or even campaigns for this for about ten years or even over, calling for this. it is a significant step. and it is definitely ground—breaking because we have seen such a huge impact since it was announced two yea rs impact since it was announced two years ago and the changes it has brought about. there are very few policies with the nutrition that have brought about such a significant change so quickly. the aim in the long—term as the save the country money to the health service money by reducing problems like obesity. absolutely. so, for example, some of these products contain about 50% less sugar so the child that is already binding this types of products and used to bind them, they

are having such lower levels of sugar currently, it will have less impact on their dental health and therefore not taking as many excess calories. and i think this is a tax that hasn‘t actually been brought in many countries in the world. i think britain is one of the pioneers of this, ina britain is one of the pioneers of this, in a way. absolutely. it is an example for other countries to show how you could have a huge impact encouraging companies to reduce levels of sugar and at the same time those that refused it would pay a levy and made pass that cost the consumer. other countries have chosen to own the put a levy on the final product so the consumer will see the price hike. we have designs on the quite unique that will encourage companies to change their products to them so that children's health can be improved. it taught you. thank you very much for your time. one of the best loved — and most successful —

darts players, eric bristow has died at the age of 60 after a heart attack during an event in liverpool last night. known by his nickname the ‘crafty cockney‘, he also worked as a pundit for the game and was awarded an mbe for his services to sport in 1989. our sports correspondent 0lly foster reports. # there‘s only one... eric bristow! # thousands of darts fans chanted his name last night. many of them had met eric bristow just a few hours earlier in liverpool at a hospitality event, before he was suddenly taken ill. the "crafty cockney" was king of the oche, a poster boy who helped drag the sport out of the pubs and gave it public recognition. the first of his five world titles came in 1980. rivalries with bobby george, john lowe, jocky wilson marked his dynasty — a boom time for darts. he was the ringleader from the beginning, and his name

is synonymous with darts. eric bristow epitomised where the game come from but had the star quality to take it to the next level. and for that, you know, every player that‘s playing today should be grateful, because he blazed the trail. bristow was also one of the founding members of the breakaway world darts council, now the pdc, in 1993. another was phil taylor, who would become the greatest player of all time. bristow was his mentor. his influence on the sport was huge. he lost his job as a television pundit 18 months ago following social media comments about the victims of barry bennell and the football abuse scandal — something he apologised for. the darts family were always going to forgive him, one of their legends and still such a popular figure on the circuit. there were tears last night — and tributes. there‘ll be many more. 0lly foster, bbc news. i‘ve been talking to another darts

legend, bobby george, about eric bristow‘s career. he told me about his long friendship and rivalry with the player. i think you to get a different. i knew eric when he was 17 years old. we used to go around different pubs and clubs playing for money and tournaments. we were good friends for a long while and then i met him in the final, the world final, and he said to me, last year we never thought we would be in the final playing each other. and it went from there. he won it five times, as it happens. as he was cocky, really cocky. that was eric. that‘s the way he came over. but it was quite good—hearted. he wasn‘t selfish like that. he just sometimes tapped it

off. all the darts players knew what he was like. you say he was cocky. obviously maybe you need a bit of arrogance to be that good. what made him such a great player, do you think? well, i was a practice, dedication. you know, you don‘tjust pick up a set of darts to bea don‘tjust pick up a set of darts to be a great player. he played since he was a little kid about 11 years old. in his bedroom, practised all day, all night. his dad used to take him to the pub to play for the darts teams. he was a good very good. pro he was young. and obviously, the cockiness he got noticed a lot. people would turn on the television to see him lose. he would be so loose to somebody. i used to laugh at him, he was quite funny. and he was not only brilliant but

very popular within the sport, wasn‘t he? we saw those scenes of him being chaired when the death was announced last night that his name being sung. yes. i was with him yesterday. i was with him to have hours before he actually passed away. i was working ina bar actually passed away. i was working in a bar right opposite whether premier league isn‘t he came and had a pintand premier league isn‘t he came and had a pint and then he said cu and he went a pint and then he said cu and he we nt a cross a pint and then he said cu and he went across the road for two—hour meeting agreed. he came out of the venue, walked to his car, yet the deck, hit his head and he died straightaway. that was it. it was a shock. it was terrible. i can‘t get over it. i kept waking up in the night he is with us. when someone passes away that cricket is a shock. and do you think you will be remembered as one of the greatest ever darts players? five times world champion. yes, he will be. eric bristow is a name in darts. 0f

will be. eric bristow is a name in darts. of course you will be remembered. in the history books he will be remembered. he won in a lot of tournaments. was a great darts player. we got older he found it very difficult to let go of his darts and once you got that he would never come back as the player he was but he still did exhibitions and try. every game he wanted to win, every time he played he wanted to win. all the time. there was no fun in him. he wanted to win it, beat everyone all the time. that was the darts legend bobby george talking about the other darts legend eric bristow who sadly died at the age of 60. let‘s get a look at the weekend weather forecast. ben has that for us. after the glorious sunshine of yesterday, today was always going to struggle to match up and generally speaking, it is a cloudier affair. the biggest of the cloud is in

western areas where we are closest to an area of low pressure. you can see that thinning around here on the satellite picture. this band of cloud pushing in from the atlantic. further east the cloud is that pits the less odour still allowing some hazy sunshine do and in that hazy sunshine it feels very mild. in fa ct, sunshine it feels very mild. in fact, fairly one, i have to say. we‘re during in some very mild air from the salsa not a bad looking day there for a weather watcher in eastbourne earlier on. the best of the hazy sunshine will be found down towards the south—east is after numerous further north—west outpace a pretty heavy rain across western scotland. a little bit brighter for east of scotland and generally a blustery southerly wind. some rain moving through northern ireland but likely to brighten up your two this afternoon. plough through the western side of england and wales. any rain turning increasingly light and patchy but confirmation of sunny skies down towards the south—east already hazy sunshine lifting those temperatures up to around 18 degrees. this evening and tonight a

lot of dry weather rebound but the rain will persist up towards the north—west and then a fresh batch of heavy downpours in wales by the end overnight. not a cold night by any means. the winds tending to reason that will allow us to develop of patches to take us into tomorrow morning. tomorrow, a lot of dry weather rebound. cloudy for most bosom swells of sunshine. equally, though, this company heavy rain is likely to drift across parts of wales, the midlands, into northern england. uncertainty about the exact positioning of that. the rain likely to ease off as the afternoon goes on. something brighter for scotland and northern ireland. maybe a few glimmers of brightness down towards the south—east and forever you are those temperatures into double digits. this weather front that would have brought that pulse of rain on saturday will still be wriggling around on sunday. there is a fresh pulse of moisture running along its so is likely we will see some more showery rain drifting in across southern areas during sunday. generally a lot of cloud around

after some mist and fog to start but we should see bright skies and some spells of sunshine. those temperatures again generally in double digits. i‘ll feel to the weather go through the weekend. we can sum the weekend up like this. it will be mild. pretty high temperatures. generally quite cloudy but if you‘re lucky the odd glimmer of sunshine. there will be some outbreaks of rain around at times. that is all from me. goodbye for now. this is bbc newsroom live, our latest headlines... police in london say there were seven more stabbings in the capital yesterday, with a number of teenagers wounded. among the latest incidents, a 13—year—old boy was left with serious injuries in newham, and two 15—year—olds were stabbed in mile end. russia accuses the uk of ‘playing with fire‘ over the poisoning of the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter during a heated meeting at the un. moscow‘s un ambassador said britain‘s main goal had been "to discredit" russia with what he called "unsubstantiated accusations". a soft drink sugar tax of up to 24 pence a litre —

comes into force in the uk in a bid to reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. many manufacturers have pre—empted the law by cutting the sugar content in their drinks. about nine million people will pay more towards their pensions from today. the minimum contribution is going up from one percent of their income to three percent. 0ne accountancy firm is warning pay packets will suffer as a result, but other experts say it is easily affordable, and will mean higher incomes in retirement. let‘s return now to the increase in violent crime in london. police say there were several more stabbings across the capital yesterday —— in one incident, a 13 year—old boy was left with serious injuries in newham. this follows two shootings on monday. one of the victims was 17—year—old tanesha melbourne who was shot and killed in tottenham.

her brother — hakeem blake — has been talking to our correspondent adina campbell. ijust came up from university like ididn‘t ijust came up from university like i didn‘t have a clue. she wasjust in the wrong place at the wrong time. i don‘t have a clue, man. time and time! time. i don‘t have a clue, man. time and time i told her, i get to she is growing up and she wants to be with her friends growing up and she wants to be with herfriends and growing up and she wants to be with her friends and things but the streets nowadays, it‘s cold. i don‘t know, man. and when to do get to see her afterwards? i saw her... today. sorry. how bad are the problems in london at the moment, particularly in areas where you live? it's crazy

at the moment, that‘s why i left. i left two years ago because i realised it‘s crazy. every other day, if it‘s not the stabbing there a shooting something is happening. you know when something happens there‘s retaliation. that tit for tat. i don‘t know, man. there‘s retaliation. that tit for tat. idon‘t know, man. it‘s there‘s retaliation. that tit for tat. i don‘t know, man. it‘s crazy right now. she was your little sister. i loved her. ididn't right now. she was your little sister. i loved her. i didn't even get to see her. she loved to sing. she‘d loved to sit to the max saying. i told she‘d loved to sit to the max saying. itold her one she‘d loved to sit to the max saying. i told her one day you will be her star and saying. i told her one day you will be herstarandi saying. i told her one day you will be her star and i told i would take toa be her star and i told i would take to a studio so she could at least try because not everyone makes it but she had lots of potential. that was the brother of tanesha melbourne who was shot and killed in tottenham earlier on this week. ufc fighter conor mcgregor has been charged with three counts

of assault and one of criminal mischief, following an incident at a media event in new york. he‘s accused of throwing a metal barrier at a bus transporting fighters from a ufc promotional event. one of the passengers was injured in the incident. he is due to appear in court in new york later today. a delivery driver who fantasised about murdering the queen has beenjailed for eight years for attempting to join islamic state. 38—year—old somalian, aweys shikhey, discussed taking part in violentjihad online and was planning to marry a jihadi bride from norway and travel to syria. his fantasies included murdering the queen, the then prime minister david cameron as well as attacking tottenham football fans and jews in north london with ak47 rifles. a cousin of yulia skripal —— who was poisoned in the nerve agent attack in salisbury —— says she is sure their phone call yesterday was genuine. viktoria skripal, who lives in moscow, recorded the conversation, which was later broadcast on russian state television. last night she spoke

to newsnight‘s gabriel gatehouse: that was gabriel gatehouse they‘re speaking to the cousin of uley. if our western partners think that this current situation will end by others admitting to all terrible sins and saying i was wrong, please forgive me, i will act now by your rules. if that‘s what they reckon, says russia‘s foreign minister, they have lost all their experts on russia. that the latest from the russian foreign minister. south korea‘s former president pak gun—hay has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after she was found guilty of abuse of power, bribery and coercion. the judge said pak gun—hay had conspired with a long—term friend to force some of south korea‘s biggest companies to hand over millions of dollars. ms park, who was not at the hearing, has denied wrongdoing. she was also fined nearly us $17 million. our correspondent

laura bicker was outside the court in seoul when the sentence was handed down. i‘m in amongst the president‘s supporters. as you can hear, they‘re utterly despondent but they‘re going to maintain their innocence. just to give you an idea, some are singing the national anthem right now, some are watching the verdict come in from court and they are really, really in despair here. they believe that this was a setup. just to remind you of the charges, pak gun—hay is accused of abusing her presidential power and funnelling millions of dollars worth of funds from some of south korea‘s largest corporations into a not corporation,

company. she said to not have benefited from those funds herself but she is said to have abused her power and bribed many of those within those big con quadrants. already, the chairman of one of the biggest companies here in seoul has been jailed. biggest companies here in seoul has beenjailed. as biggest companies here in seoul has been jailed. as was the heir to samsung. he has since been freed but herfriend and samsung. he has since been freed but her friend and co—conspirator is samsung. he has since been freed but herfriend and co—conspirator is now serving 20 years in prison and presidents pak gun—hay now knows she will spend 22 years behind bars. she has one week to appeal. more now on that ground—breaking sugar tax on soft drinks which comes into force in the uk today. the government hopes it will reduce childhood obesity and tooth decay. many manufacturers have pre—empted the law by cutting the sugar content in their drinks. christopher snowden is from the free market think tank

the institute of economic affairs — who opposes government intervention in matters such as alcohol and obesity. what do you make then of this sugar tax that is being rolled out today? many people are saying it will dramatically reduce childhood obesity. if they want to put money on it! obesity. if they want to put money on itiam obesity. if they want to put money on it i am willing to take allcomers. i do think it will a sugary drink consumption has fallen in the last 15 years, there is been no reduction in obesity. 0n the contrary it has gone gradually upwards. i do not believe many people sincerely believe it will have an affect. soft drinks our small part of the diet. if people wa nt to small part of the diet. if people want to drink soft drinks and they‘ve been available for decades. i think the problem for the sugar tax is people like myself and the majority who are not obese and no longer able to buy the original recipes and quite a few of the most iconic soft drink brands because

they have had the sugar ripped out of them under pressure from government. the public health minister says that our teenagers consume nearly a bathtub of sugary drinksa yearon consume nearly a bathtub of sugary drinks a year on average and that fuels are worrying obesity trend. and we know that obesity is one of the things that the national health service are really struggling to deal with, costing the nhs many many millions every year. so surely even if this helps a bit it is worth doing? but it won't help a bit. it is all negative and no positive as far as is all negative and no positive as farasi is all negative and no positive as faras i can is all negative and no positive as far as i can see. we have seen what sugary drink taxes do in other taxes, they have been tried before and have not had an effect on the obesity. but the real outcomes will be undeniable. there be some debate about exactly what it will cost consumers but the current estimate is £240 million a year. i think that money would be better off in the pockets of families, not in the pockets of families, not in the pockets of families, not in the pockets of the government. you cannot go around saying obesity is a

terrible thing, it is costing the nhsa lot terrible thing, it is costing the nhs a lot of money in the pockets of the government. you cannot go around saying obesity is a terrible thing, it is costing the nhs a lot of money u nless it is costing the nhs a lot of money unless the proposals are going to do anything about it and this is not. uart saying that but lots and lots of health experts around the world do not agree with you and say that actually sugar does contribute to obesity. are you a medical expert? do you know that sugar does not contribute to obesity? of course it contributes to obesity. beer, chips, pies, anything with calories in, food, contributes to obesity. so too by the way does physical inactivity but we here less and less about that because the government cannot regulate it. we cannot go around taxing things with calories and just because some people consume too much of it and become obese. the fact that there are obese people in britain has no affect on me whatsoever in any meaningful way. the anti—obesity policies like the sugar tax have a significant effect

on my well—being. i‘m one of the many thousands of people that are upset that i‘m having my choice restricted i am very upset that the price of everyday products is going up. and! price of everyday products is going up. and i feel very price of everyday products is going up. and ifeel very much that price of everyday products is going up. and i feel very much that it is not going to go this, i think that sugar tax will fail, it will be seen to fail but it will not be repealed, it will be increased, expanded to other products and i think we need to get away from this idea that the government can have an effect on something as personal as our dietary choices. in a way that is the crux of it isn‘t it and you are speaking, forgive me, from a pretty ideological position from a post to taxation. i'm not opposed to taxation, you can look up the equity of it, these taxes are inevitably regressive and the sugar tax is doubly regressive because people on low and average incomes tend to consume more of these drinks in the first place. of course you have to get tax from somewhere but the idea that we should be going around using

tax to try and change people‘s personal behaviour i think is more concerning. but it has already worked to the fact that some companies have already reduced the sugar content of their drinks so in a sense, even without it coming into force, which does do today, it has already had an impact. it has indeed come a terrible impact. and if you go on social media you can see all the people complaining about the degradation of companies like irn—bru and lucozade. petitions are being signed by many people for the manufacturers but the sugar back in. if people want to live the diet drinks, great, ifor one preferto drinks, great, ifor one preferto drinka drinks, great, ifor one preferto drink a sugary drink. it doesn‘t seem to do me any harm and i‘m one of millions of people who resent having my choice restricted. you are watching bbc newsroom live. let‘s bring you our latest headlines. seven more people are stabbed

in london overnight, including a thirteen year old boy — as the series of violent crimes across the capital this year continues. russia says the uk have been inventing ‘fake stories‘ about the nerve agent attack in salisbury — during a heated debate at the un. a new sugar tax of up to twenty four pence a litre comes into force in the uk — in a bid to tackle childhood obesity and tooth decay. the head ofjapan‘s sumo association has issued an apology after several women were ordered to leave the ring, despite administering emergency first aid. the incident happened at a local tournament near kyoto in western japan. caroline rigby has more. the moment two women rushed to help perform life—saving treatment, on the mayor of maizuru, who collapsed while giving a speech. yet, over the loudspeaker they are repeatedly

ordered to leave. under the sports code, women are considered ritually unclean. so forbidden from enetering the ring. women have been considered impure because of multi— escalation. blood defiles the ring because the ring is an extension of a shinzo shrine injapan and there is essentially a god buried in the centre of the ring. so,to avoid defiling that god‘s space, the females are not allowed in the ring. sport of sumo is centuries old and still contains many ancient rituals, but some have accused it of failing to modernise. this latest incident unlikely to put an end to such criticism. the japan sumo association has apologised, saying: this is an embarrassing episode for a sport that‘s already trying to rebuild its image in the wake of recent scandals, including match fixing, gambling and various high—profile cases of assault. the mayor of maizuru, meanwhile, is recovering in hospital, in part, thanks to the actions of female medics who dared to step into the ring.

the renowned japanese animator — isao takahata — has died at the age of 82. takahata was probably best known for his work — grave of the fireflies — a harrowing account of two small children trying to survive injapan during the second world war. an american company has announced plans to launch the first ever space hotel into orbit. 0rion span aims to send its aurora station hotel into space by 2021. the company says the hotel will be the same size as the cabin of a private jet plane, and will orbit at around 320km above the earth‘s surface. a twelve day stay orbiting the earth will cost nearly $10 million. the company hopes to have the first

paying guests up there in 2022. a little earlier on the victoria derbyshire programme, matthew price spoke to the entrepreneur, adventurer and space advocate per wimmer. per is a founding astronaut with sir richard branson‘s virgin galactic programme and was asked whether it was worth the pricetag... if the price is right, it is b confirmed whether they can make a profit at those levels, it is actually good value for money believe it or not. today, the only option whether you are a private or a nasa astronaut is to fly on the russian ‘s based craft to the international space station and if you want to purchase such a ticket, and it is even to make one available because there is a lot of demand for those seats, it will set you back about $50 million so actually below

$10 million is relatively in export pensive in that context.|j $10 million is relatively in export pensive in that context. i am just wondering how it will work. we read there that it is about the size of a catchall in a private jet so not much room to lounge around and have your morning coffee. that is true. you could probably stay in a 5—star hotel on earth but that is not why you are going. you are going because it isa you are going. you are going because it is a truly unique, once—in—a—lifetime experience where you will see the beautiful planet earth from a place that less than 600 people on earth have ever visited. so it will be a trip of a lifetime, unique experience, and thatis lifetime, unique experience, and that is what today on the 21st—ce ntu ry that is what today on the 21st—century adventurous travellers wa nt to 21st—century adventurous travellers want to go. the earth is kind of export. it‘s funny, i‘m currently in fayette man and i‘ve been talking a lot about the french colonists when they came here and expenses they have. that was then. today, if you

wa nt to have. that was then. today, if you want to be an adventurer you have got to go to space, go beyond the earth‘s atmosphere and therefore this kind of announcement is obviously very exciting, and i hope they will be able to execute the mission. that was going to be my next question. do you honestly think that this will happen at least one day, even if this particular project does not happen? it will happen one day for sure. whether it is going to be with this project or another one. robert bigelow spent about $500 million on construction and testing hotels in space so there is definitely a big drive to get up there, there is demand from private astronaut enthusiasts, researchers and probably national governments so yes it will happen one day. whether this one will be successful or not remains to be seen. there are two critical factors, number one is

remains to be seen. there are two criticalfactors, number one is the cost and availability of transportation up there. and at the moment you do not have a lot of options, there is the russian rocket and hopefully another but there are not many people who can take you up to orbit the atmosphere. and secondly, financing. it has yet to be shown how much finance in this particular company has. i understand they have some funding in place but you need an awful lot of capital to execute a mission here and like with all these things, they are really billionaire games. like the rocket binder to be flying on, which today made a very successful power test flight. made a very successful power test flight. we are getting there. in will have the news at one with jane hill. first the weather. split fortunes with our weather

today but first is cloudier than yesterday. here‘s a satellite picture, an area of frontal system band of cloud working its way in from the atlantic. ahead of that are drawing in some mild airfrom the south. temperatures across part of the east and south—east up around 18 degrees through what is left of the afternoon. a bit of hazy sunshine around as well, the best of that in eastern areas but through the north and west thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. this is how the output looks in the first part of friday. outbreaks of rain in scotland, blustery wind here, skies breitling for the rest of the day northern ireland. afairamount for the rest of the day northern ireland. a fair amount of cloud for western areas of england, late hazy sunshine in the south—east and temperatures holding up nicely as we go into the first part of the evening. and then during the overnight period we will continue to

see some mild airfrom the overnight period we will continue to see some mild air from the south although the winds will tend to ease. rain persists in the north—west and then we see a fresh drop of very heavy downpours into the south—west later in the night. that is our big weather headache during saturday because we‘re going to see this clump of heavy downpours drifting northwards. a bit of uncertainty about exactly which areas will be affected but likely to see some rain across wales, the midlands on the north of england. petering out as the afternoon goes on northern ireland and scotland a bit brighter, brighter skies in the south—east and the mild air in place for all others. the weather fronts responsible for that pulse of rain will still be sitting in place as we go into sunday. another pulse of moisture running on it so it looks like we will see some more showery rain across southern and the tikrit eastern areas on sunday. elsewhere, mist four patches start. some breaks

in the cloud and still relatively mild, 13 degrees in edinburgh, 15 is the high in london. to sum up the weekend, it will feel mild, often cloudy but if you‘re lucky you will get some sunshine, rain at times as well. we‘ll discuss whether the tax will work. also this lunchtime: russia accuses the uk of playing with fire, in a heated meeting at the un about the salisbury nerve agent attack. another seven people are stabbed overnight in the capital — the police ask communities to mobilise against knife crime. mixed martial arts fighter conor mcgregor is charged with assault in new york after an attack on a bus carrying sporting rivals. and, welsh gold down under —

weightlifter gareth evans triumphs at the commonwealth games.