revealing which of nawamin, david and kenny has won the trophy. and playing us out tonight, we're delighted to say, is the band of the moment — the manic street preachers. cheering and applause next week marks the 50th anniversary of enoch powell's notorious "rivers of blood" speech, in which he used the most inflammatory language to argue against immigration. radio four has a special programme tomorrow, pulling the speech apart line by line, which is itself causing controversy in some quarters. anita's analysis starts much closer to home. it was 50 years ago that enoch powell delivered one of the most controversial speeches in british history, and those words still resonate today. in 15 or 20 years' time, the black man will have the whip hand over the white man.

delivered to a meeting on april 20, 1968, the wolverhampton mp criticised government immigration policy, claiming that britain was mad to allow into this country 50,000 dependents of immigrants each year. it's like watching a nation busily engaged in heaping up its good evening and welcome to bbc news. sir cliff richard has told a high courtjudge he felt ‘forever tainted,‘ by the bbc‘s coverage of a police raid on his home in berkshire, following a sex assault allegation. the 77—year—old singer is taking legal action against the broadcaster, following the raid in 2014. in his evidence to the court, sir cliff said that after seeing the coverage on television, he collapsed in his kitchen sobbing, and that helicopter footage of the search of his flat, has caused him ‘profound and long lasting' damage. the bbc says it's coverage was in the public interest. our special correspondent lucy manning's report contains some flash photography. sir cliff richard often performs

in front of thousands, but with his friend gloria hunniford alongside him, e came this afternoon to the high court and stepped into the witness box, telling the judge of the torture and hurt caused by the bbc when it broadcast pictures of police searching his flat in 2014. south yorkshire police are searching a property in berkshire owned by sir cliff richard. i could see the cameras are zooming in to show police rummaging through drawers, he said, i felt disturbed and very upset, like watching burglars in my apartment going through my personal belongings. the singer was tearful at the beginning as he remembered seeing the bbc broadcast for the first time. he claims they portrayed him as a sex offender around the world before he had even been questioned by police. normally an energetic performer, the singer said

the allegation of a historical sex offence against him and the bbc coverage of it had changed him. he suffered physically and mentally, collapsing on his knees and sobbing the day after the broadcast. he was never charged or arrested and claims the bbc invaded his privacy. as sir cliff richard was finishing giving evidence he broke down in tears saying, i am not sure i can go on. he was listing the countries he claims where his reputation was ruined. he said, everywhere i have ever been, i felt my name was smeared. the police did not do that. the bbc did. sitting listening, bbc news managers. the bbc says it was in the public interest to run a story about a serious police investigation that was accurate and where information had been provided by police. the south yorkshire force who searched the flat has paid and

£a00,000 to the singer in damages and more in legal costs, and apologised. but it says the bbc was more responsible for his distress and should pay a share. sir cliff richard was clear about the impact he claims this has had. i felt forever tainted, he said, i still do. the government's national security advisor, says russian military intelligence had been spying on sergei skripal and his daughter yulia, at least five years before they were poisoned in salisbury in march. sir mark sedwill in a letter to nato, says there's evidence russia hacked ms skripal‘s email account in 2013. tonight, the russian embassy in london said britain's treatment of the skripals amounted to ‘forcible detention or imprisonment.‘ 0ur security correspondent, gordon corera, has more details. nearly six weeks on, police cordons are still

in place in salisbury, as the investigation continues. today, the government provided new details to press its case that russia was responsible. we already knew that the highest concentration of the nerve agent was found on the front door handle of sergei skripal‘s home, but today, in a letter to nato allies, britain‘s national—security adviser said that in the 2000s russia began a programme to train special units, and this programme subsequently included investigation of ways of delivering nerve agents, including by application to door handles. he also claimed that yulia skripal had her e—mail hacked by russian military intelligence at least as far back as 2013. her father was seen as a traitor because he had spied for britain. some of these details come from secret

intelligence, collected in part by mi6. there had been a debate among officials about how much could be released, but the view at the highest levels was that it is important to provide as much as possible to try and convince doubters at home and abroad. this afternoon, russia‘s ambassador in london was dismissive of the investigation. the investigation is conducted in the most non—transparent way. the british government refused to corporate at all with the russian authorities. today‘s letter provides no smoking gun, but officials will hope it supports the case that russia had the means and the motive, even if it does not convince all of the doubters. the secretary general of the united nations, says the cold war is back with a vengeance, and has warned of the dangers of a military escalation in syria. his comments come as russia claims it has irrefutable evidence, that an alleged chemical attack in syria was staged,

as part of an anti—russia campaign. the us, uk and france are still considering a possible military response. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james robbins reports. douma is firmly back under syrian government control. this is the ruined town where it is alleged president assad‘s forces used chemical weapons a week ago. rebel forces have now fled, or been killed. russian troops are in douma, too, claiming they‘re part of victory, insisting they found no evidence of any poison attack, no victims either. western powers suspect there has been ample time to destroy evidence. the west is finalising plans for possible punitive strikes. at the united nations security council, the cockpit where opposing powers fight with words, the secretary—general warned that military tensions between the west

and russia could spiral out of control. the cold war is back with a vengeance but with a difference. the mechanisms and safeguards to manage the risks of escalation that existed in the past no longer seem to be present. the united states says it has not yet decided on military action, but their estimates point to president assad using chemical weapons in this war at least 50 times. all nations and all people will be harmed if we allow assad to normalise the use of chemical weapons. russia‘s ambassador painted a different picture, of western powers fabricating a case to justify force and impose regime change. translation: we continue to observe dangerous military preparations to an illegal act of force against a sovereign state in what would constitute a breach of international law. the west rejects that, so what could its military response

involved? the americans have the uss donald cook in the mediterranean, which could hit syrian targets with cruise missiles. they could be supported by british tornadoes based in cyprus. then the french have a frigate, as well as fighter jets based in jordan. us and uk submarines are in the region, two, armed with cruise missiles. no one is suggesting there has to be confrontation with the russians, but they already have anti—missile defence systems at two airbases syria, with a range capable of reaching cyprus. they also have an unknown number of fighter jets in the region. russia is accusing british spies of fabricating the entire chemical weapons attack. translation: in fact, we have irrefutable data that this was another staged event which involved special services of one of the country is trying very hard to be

at the forefront of the anti—russian campaign. whatever precisely happened in douma, the russian defence ministry is now accusing britain directly of organising it. britain calls that a grotesque, blatant lie. the war of words is louder than ever. any military steps are still unknown. here, the labour leaderjeremy corbyn, has called for an independent un inquiry into the suspected attack, and accused theresa may of "waiting for instructions from donald trump," over possible action against syria. it comes amid growing calls for parliament to be given a vote, on any military response. the snp are demanding that mps be urgently recalled — to debate the developing situation. joining us from westminster is stephen gethins, the party‘s international affairs spokesperson. an evening.

how urgently do you want mps to come back to westminster. we have been calling for a recall of parliament 01’ we can calling for a recall of parliament or we can have calling for a recall of parliament 01’ we can have even calling for a recall of parliament or we can have even suggested that you could recall it to sit tomorrow ona you could recall it to sit tomorrow on a saturday, because when it comes to taking military action this is one of the most serious things that a government can do and that mps can debate on. remember that we‘re talking about sending service personnel in harms way to take military action that will see people killed. has the snp got a position on the rights and wrongs of that action at this stage. first of all, these chemical weapons attacks are barbaric. they are grotesque and i think all appalled by the scenes that we saw earlier in the week. however when it comes to military action there was criteria set out in 2015, and i think it is right that the government should come before parliament, should set out what is a political objective,

military objective, what is the legal mechanism for doing so. this was something that parliament voted on in 2015. remember, it voted on the extension of military action against di yash, not against the regime at that point. that is why to so regime at that point. that is why to so important that parliament has to be be called and we have elaborate on this military action. right. but until you get you‘re not stating the snp's until you get you‘re not stating the snp‘s position on this. i don‘t see how more bombs make the situation any better. the seven yea rs situation any better. the seven years we situation any better. the seven yea rs we have situation any better. the seven years we have seen an appalling civil war in syria. now we should be working with our international partners to bring an end to this conflict. but i don‘t see how bombing is giving to bring an end to this. now, we have not seen any evidence from the uk government. what we need to seize a concerted effort to get a political ends this war, that is the only way you have along time and sustainable end to this conflict. and i don‘t see how joining in on a bombing campaign, remember that the americans went and

try to bomb chemical weapons facilities last year. so we need to hear a lot more evidence and i am not convinced that more bombing is going to bring an end to this conflict right now. just a final word on the rights and wrongs of parliament making the ultimate decision here. here is the view from deceptive backbencher. things cannot be disposed publicly in parliament then that might arise because of intelligence issues. he says there are circumstances under which you can have action without a vote first. how would you respond to that? my response was back in 2015 when the was a military action specifically against that, parliament was restrictive about emotion it approved back in 2015 and it was right to have a motion around that very restrictive action. that it is right up to discussion and debate around an extension of action as well. and that something thatjust the snp would argue for but across the snp would argue for but across the political spectrum, including the political spectrum, including the foreign affairs committee that i was sitting on, that david cameron

responded to our report at that point. we must leave it there. thank you very much indeed for coming on. for the latest from america, we‘re joined by our north america reporter, anthony zurcher. how does look in washington as regards where president trump is and the rest of his administration is on possible military action in syria? i think after donald trump tweeted on wednesday morning that russia should get ready for missiles coming, you have seen a decided attempt from the administration and all facets of the administration to walk back. to put forward that there are deliberations going on, that they are negotiating with allies who we re they are negotiating with allies who were attempting to definitively ascertain that chemical weapons were used, which is what they‘re saying 110w. used, which is what they‘re saying now. and crop of the most effective response. there is a feeling that they have to do something more than last year a missile strikes launch in the us ship in the mediterranean.

during the last incidence of syria‘s use of chemical weapons. they had to go beyond that to uphold the norms of the chemical weapons treaty ban but that has to be enforced in some way. it is just a matter of finding the best, most effective response. they want to make sure that the public, the world community knows that they are not rushing into this. that they are being methodical and they want to come up with a solution that the entire alliance can agree on. in the meantime, conversations with london and paris are pretty frequent? exactly. darby doubts regularly provided compensation is not just between donald regularly provided compensation is notjust between donald trump and theresa may and micron and others but also at the lower end of the staff level that there is coordination on between us because they are enforcing an international treaty of chemical weapons ban that has international norms standard that they want to uphold. they want to make sure that this is perceived asa to make sure that this is perceived as a global action, and i remind you they are at loggerheads with russia and we saw that during the security

council meeting earlier today with russia saying this is reallyjust a veneerfor regime russia saying this is reallyjust a veneer for regime change russia saying this is reallyjust a veneerfor regime change in russia saying this is reallyjust a veneer for regime change in syria. that was no chemical attack if there was it was a false flag operation. by was it was a false flag operation. by the us or its allies. and then nikki haley of the us ambassador to the un, explicitly say there is evidence for this. we are proceeding ata evidence for this. we are proceeding at a pace. need to enforce these norms. this is an international move and that russia is the one who is an outlier here. while we‘re talking, let me down to one other issue that i never certainly dominating president tom‘s thought among other peoples. the former fbi chief james thought among other peoples. the former fbi chiefjames komi, there is no love lost between those two at the moment, is there? no, there isn‘t. what is happening now is that he has his memoir, his book coming out. it will be released to public on tuesday he is beginning a full court media blitz, that includes an interview on us network

on sunday night and he was beat with the bbc on thursday. and in this book and in these interviews he is detailing his disapproval of the way donald trump has conducted himself as president. he written disputes the grounds that donald trump cited for firing the grounds that donald trump cited forfiring him as a fbi director last year. he says that leadership, leaders of the united states should be held to a higher standard than donald trump is displaying. reducing the white house, from donald trump down, pushback against this. donald trump does this morning tweeted that james was a weak slimeball, that he‘s a liar and a leaker. and you heard other administration officials saying that he is effectively a disgruntled employee airing his grievances the other problem with trump at the time should resign. but at least so far been modified in the book and seen her book, it is going over some of the details of his interactions with donald trump. when he was fbi director. as allegations that donald trump pressured into back of the russian investigation, demanded that he be loyal to donald

trump and then fired him was no basis, no legitimate reason. so it is reaching a pitch tone right now. donald trump is obviously got under his skin. we‘ll see where it goes from here because, as i said, james comey is going to on a large media blitz and i think there will be other revelations beyond just what we‘ve seen in the book so far. i think we can rule out a friendly drink between the two of them in the coming days, can‘t we? thank you very much. we‘ll find out how this story is covered in tomorrow‘s front pages at 10:a0pm this evening. cliff richard breaks down in court. britain has accused russia of spying

onjulia scoop britain has accused russia of spying on julia scoop out for five britain has accused russia of spying onjulia scoop out for five years. she and her father were onjulia scoop out for five years. she and herfather were poisoned by a nerve agent in salisbury in march. and russia claimed it as evidence that the apparent chemical attack on syria was a staged event carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. a 14—year—old girl, whose body was found in a park in wolverhampton, has been named by west midlands police as victoria sokolova. the lithuanian—born teenager was reported missing on wednesday. two boys, aged 16 and 17, have been arrested, on suspicion of murder and remain in custody. treatment will now continue until

the outcome of that fresh appeal. a man and a woman have been arrested in connection with terrorism in london. the 27—year—old man was arrested in east london on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of a terrorist act. the woman — who is 2a — was arrested on suspicion of having information about acts of terrorism. searches are being carried out at three addresses in the capital. jaguar land rover is to cut a thousand jobs at plants in the west midlands. the company is blaming a fall in demand for new diesel vehicles, and a weakening of consumer confidence due to the uncertainty caused by brexit. peter plisner has the details. ten yea rs ten years agojaguar land rover almost went bust but indian firm tata bought the company and since thenit tata bought the company and since then it has gone from strength to strength. now with a workforce of more than 40,000. but in recent months, sales of its latest models

have slumped along with the rest of the car industry. last month, new registrations in the uk went down almost 16%. march is traditionally one of the best months for car sales. earlier this year, jl are cut production at some of its plant, blaming the move on uncertainty of brexit and changes to taxes on diesel cars. now it is being forced to makejob diesel cars. now it is being forced to make job cuts, diesel cars. now it is being forced to makejob cuts, too. on monday, it is expected to confirm that more than 1000 agency workers will go at its solihull plant in some other workers will be redeployed therefrom a nearby site. it is all part of adjustments to production schedules at all of its uk plants, as the company admits that it is facing significant challenges. in the uk, one in eight of those who are middle aged, could have a potentially serious form of liver disease, because they‘re overweight. that‘s the finding of the largest ever liver scanning project in the country. symptoms of fatty liver disease often don‘t emerge, until permanent damage has been done. our medical correspondent fergus walsh, has been talking to one woman,

who changed her lifestyle to beat the disease. this was me in 2011. frances carroll used to weigh 18 stone. then she was told she had fatty liver disease. and then, size? 22. and left unchecked, it could eventually have killed her. i was shocked. i had no idea. i really didn‘t have any symptoms that i knew about that, you know, i had a fatty liver. it was one of the things that really helped to motivate me, to make sure that i changed my health, really. she lost seven stone through a combination of a healthy diet and exercise and is now a fitness instructor. but what about her liver? using specially developed software, this mri scan at southampton general will tell doctors if her fatty liver disease is gone.

50, frances, i'm really pleased to say that this is your liver here on the right... it‘s good news. the nice, green, non—inflamed, happy liver. now, look at an inflamed, fatty liver in red. over time, this can lead to scarring and liver failure. being overweight increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer, but people usually don‘t consider their liver. there is a growing epidemic of fatty liver disease, that‘s especially worrying as symptoms often don‘t emerge until permanent damage has been done. and one in eight adults may have the condition, according to a new study. it is very, very alarming. many of those people will go on to develop cirrhosis. their livers will fail, they‘ll need liver transplants. many of them will die. it is very much a wake—up call. the new enhanced mri scan makes it easierfor doctors

to diagnose the problem. it gives us an overview, a map of the entire liver, as opposed to a needlecore biopsy, which is invasive and a rather unpleasant procedure, and allows us to follow patients over time and see if they improve. 90% of liver disease is reversible if, like frances, people change their lifestyle. fergus walsh, bbc news. the duke of edinburgh has left hospital, after hip replacement surgery. prince philip who‘s 96, retired from royal duties last august, but his hip problem came to light, following his absence at an easter service at windsor. he went into hospital 10 days ago. the open university‘s vice—chancellor peter horrocks has resigned, after a vote of no—confidence in his leadership. he had angered some staff by saying academics "get away with not teaching." in a statement, he said the university "faces a scale of challenge that is unprecedented". it has to save £100m and student numbers have fallen. the world‘s most famous

steeplechase, the grand national, is at aintree tomorrow and this year three of the 40 riders are female jockeys, the most for thirty years. andy swiss reports. ladies day at aintree and umbrellas very much in fashion. decidedly soggy going for the annual style stakes. but if today was trendsetting, tomorrow could be trailblazing. a female jockey has never won the national, but bryony frost is among a hotly—tipped trio, and the chance of a ground—breaking first on milansbar is some incentive. you can‘t stand here and go, "oh, i‘m just in it to try and get round", because i‘d be lying to you, and i don‘t lie, so we‘re going there all guns blazing. and i will be spurred on to do it more because i am a girl, because i want to break to the mould and i want, you know, to be the best i can be, and succeed for my horses and my team behind me. well, for female jockeys, just competing over these fences

used to be a barrier in itself. an women weren‘t allowed to ride in the national until the 1970s, but hopes of what would be a historic victory have never been higher. katie walsh has come the closest so far, finishing third on seabass in 2012. tomorrow, she rides one of the favourites, baie des iles, and she told me that on her sport‘s biggest stage, gender doesn‘t matter. when i finished third in the national, i didn't pull up and say it was great because i was female. ijust thought it was great to be third in a national. i don't look at it as a male—female thing. so ijust can't wait. i'm really looking forward to it. i hope i do win it, not because i'm female, because i'd like to win it. but the female factor is driving the betting — bookies left facing a massive pay—out if history is made. the odds suggest that it is a single figure price, it is shorter than ten—to—one that we have a lady jockey winning the grand national. to put that into context, this is the best chance we have ever had. and it would be some story.

41 years ago, charlotte brew became the first woman to ride in the national. aintree‘s fences have seen some famous victories since then, but tomorrow‘s winning post could be a sporting milestone. andy swiss, bbc news, aintree. open letter to the weather forecast. the unrelenting gloom of this week is finally going to lived in many areas, something brighter than the way for the weekend. we‘ve got some clear spells spreading from the south at the moment. still a lot of cloud across the north of england and scotland and even when they‘re the skies start a career in southern areas, we might start to see some mist and fog and low cloud developing. just purchased up here and there. it 5—7. not a cold night and there. it 5—7. not a cold night and then into the weekends of the warmer, something brighter as well. it will be increasingly busy and

there will still be some outbreaks of rain at times. during saturday, then, a lot of cloud around to start. some mist and fog but a much better chance of that cloud picking up better chance of that cloud picking up tickets and styles of sunshine. these places will stay dry but a scattering of showers is possible down towards the south later in the day. temperatures not doing badly. 14 for day. temperatures not doing badly. 14for edinburgh, day. temperatures not doing badly. 14 for edinburgh, 17 in london. further ahead we will see some rain at times on sunday, particularly in the west. through the week ahead things will turn significantly warmer. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc, which he claims breached his privacy during coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. britain has accused russia of spying on yulia skripal for five years, she and herfather were poisoned by in the nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a ‘staged event‘, carried out with the help of a foreign secret service.

the parents of the severely ill toddler alfie evans mount another last—ditch legal effort to save his life. the duke of edinburgh leaves hospital in london, after his hip replacement operation. and the countdown is on to the grand national, three female jockeys will be taking part for the first time in thirty years. let‘s return to syria and those events at the un today, with the warning that the cold war is back with a vengeance. joining me now is james nixey, head of the russia and eurasia programme at the international affairs think tank chatham house. welcome and thank you for coming in. that observation about the cold war looks pretty accurate at the moment? it does. russia didn‘t turn bad for

weeks ago. we‘ve known this, would you like the invasion of ukraine and annexation of crimea, georgia in 2008? for the invasion of 2004, a decidedly dodged their ability to turn around the ukrainian elections on its own. what we see from russia isa on its own. what we see from russia is a pattern of behaviour whereby it wa nts is a pattern of behaviour whereby it wants something radically different from the post—cold war order. this is simply the latest, there will be more. this seems to be a line that if either side cross it the consequences are much more serious, is that a reasonable analysis? yes, what we are looking at here are demonstrations of hard power. as far as acedia is concerned, the west has been impotent for three years while russia has asserted itself, we see donald trump pressing to do something similar. in the face of

ha rd something similar. in the face of hard power, military action, they wish precious little you can do. russia is now considering a reaction, presumably that reaction will have two be less than responding in kind, oryou will have two be less than responding in kind, or you will drizzly difficult situation. now the claim that was made today that whatever happened was, as the russians suggest, a staged event by some sort of foreign entity. is it some sort of foreign entity. isita some sort of foreign entity. is it a staged event or did it not happen? it's not consistent with previous claims. russia are being contradictory. the whole information wa rfa re contradictory. the whole information warfare campaign is designed to combat the western story of one story, with multiple stories so the whole thing breaks down and they can start again. presumably, within

that, hoping that they won‘t be a consistent response from the west, that they want to be a coming together of those who might take some sort of military action in response, that doesn‘t seem to be the case? russia is good, and traditionally it exploits procedures ina traditionally it exploits procedures in a non—monolithic worst, it is not a cohesive entity where we are right now. that will continue to be sold. they will always be dissenters and directors. in the face of overwhelming influence, russia is on the back foot, that means its pronouncements, its claims, become more desperate. we will see what happens with the passage of time.“ there is some sort of military action, aided by the uk, france, saudi arabia as well, could it make any difference to the cairo to

tackle world of chemical warfare? concerted cohesive action will have. but it will never really happened because they will be states which decline. if you take recent events, including the poisoning case, it shows that there are people out there who are determined to deny the primerfacially there who are determined to deny the primer facially evidence. just on the salisbury case, how does that fit in, which way does russia think it is in terms of its relations to the west? russia, in some ways, it is succeeding on its own terms. it‘s the 13th largest colony in the world, way above that. —— economy in the world. russia doesn‘t want to be ignored. it doesn‘t matter, its values and interests are not the

same as ours. if it is shown to be a force in world politics it succeeds on its own terms. it is not crashing, it‘s doing pretty well, on the back of a convincing election result to do is sitting in the kremlin. thank you very much indeed. for the first time in 30 years the grand national features three female jockeys. katie walsh, bryony frost and rachael blackmore will be amongst the riders lining up for tomorrow‘s grand national. some think katie walsh on baie de iles has a good chance of creating history by winning the event. let‘s speak now to nicola mcgeady, who‘s is heading of racing pr for the betting firm, ladbrokes. she joins us from liverpool. good evening. how significant is all this? it will be absolutely amazing if we

have a female jockey winning the grand nationalfor the have a female jockey winning the grand national for the first time. the chances are the best they have ever been, eight to one that a female winds. we‘ve got three females for the first time in 30 yea rs, females for the first time in 30 years, andi females for the first time in 30 years, and i generally think that all three have good chances. they are good horses. katie walsh, punters have lodged onto her. her course is a mere, actually, so it‘s a girl power pairing. she is that 16 to one, so she is not far off the top of the betting. ten to one for the favourite, so 16 to one is a pretty good bet. yes, she‘s in the top five. she might end up going to the favourite if this momentum continues. she almost did it back in 2012 on sea bass way she came third. perhaps she

can go further, go all the way and win. it would be amazing. what sort of race are you expecting? very competitive. half the adult population have a bet. we are expecting millions of pounds to be gambled across the industry. the worst results for the bookmakers is a horse called captain red beard. it's a horse called captain red beard. it‘s a race where people don‘t look at form, it‘s where people go by colour, name, and captain red beard has captured the public imagination. in terms of conditions, pretty wet in liverpool, on and off, how might that influence things? you are looking at horses who don‘t mind a test, a small, it‘s been raining all day. but one of the horses that will really appreciate these conditions is katie walsh‘s mount. the more it rains, the more

her chances increase. it will be a tough test. it is a difficult race overfour miles, tough test. it is a difficult race over four miles, it‘s tough test. it is a difficult race overfour miles, it‘s going tough test. it is a difficult race over four miles, it‘s going to tough test. it is a difficult race overfour miles, it‘s going to be tricky. it‘s not easy to win and we‘ve seen surprise in the past. the grand national is a lottery. enjoy it, nonetheless. drinking as little as five pints of beer or glasses of wine a week could shorten your life, according to a major new study. researchers looked at the health of 600 thousand people globally who consume alcohol — and found that even moderate drinking could cut life expectancy by up to six months. charlotte gallagher has the details. a glass of wine, or a pint of beer is how many people relax. but alcohol could take years off your life. researchers compared the

health and drinking habits of 600,000 drinkers in 19 countries. they concluded that people shouldn‘t have more than five pints of beer, or drinking more was linked to lower life expectancy. ten or more drinks could take one or two years off your life while eating drinks or more could take four to five years off. idrinka i drink a little bit, but you just love to be moderate. you know, it will just make people think, not another scare story about alcohol. things that we like. i think it will be totally disregarded. the british heart foundation, which part—funded the study, says drinking too much can lead

to serious health problems. we mustn‘t forget that drinking too much also has an effect on your risk for cancer and other diseases, like liver disease. so it‘s not only your heart health that you need to think about, but it‘s — your overall risk of dying is increased. so the take—home message for people is, if you think you‘re drinking too much at the moment, you need to start thinking about drinking less. since 2016, people in britain have been advised to have no more than 14 units of alcohol each week — around six drinks. the british heart foundation says the results are a sobering wake—up call for countries with much higher limits, and warns that many people in the uk drink a lot more than the recommended amount. charlotte gallagaher, bbc news. employers in england are falsely listing jobs in cafes and fast food outlets as apprenticeships, in order to benefit from government subsidies, according to the think tank reform. it‘s warning that up to 40 per cent of new positions are mislabelled. the government insists

that its policies are helping to turn more apprenticeships into real, paid jobs which last for at least a year. here‘s our business correspondent joe lynam. these young people are at the most exciting time of their lives. the government says it‘s on target to have millions of high—quality apprenticeships by 2020 but how many of those are genuine? a report by the centre—right think tank reform says up to 40% of new apprenticeships aren‘t what they seem. reform says they are merely rebadging existing or junior jobs as apprenticeships in order to use the government‘s funding. it says that some fast food outlets or coffee shops are using the money for apprenticeships to train up baristas. most people quite rightly expect an apprenticeship to be a high skills training course aimed at young people that gets them started in their career. what we found in our report today is that actually many apprenticeships are simply low skilled courses such as working in a delicatessen, serving drinks in a restaurant, working on a hotel reception desk,

that do not in any way represent a genuine apprenticeship. and that‘s why we‘ve called on the government to be much more robust about what is allowed to be called an apprenticeship and what‘s not. since 2010, 3.7 million people have started an apprenticeship in england and spending on apprenticeships will reach £2.4 billion by next year. much of that will be covered by the new apprenticeship levy, but some employers are rebranding ordinary training jobs as high—value apprenticeships. and that is annoying trade unions. we're very keen on apprenticeships, they are a great idea. but at the moment, they're focusing on the wrong sort ofjobs and they're also being set up by employer groups only. there's a real need for trade unions to get involved in designing these schemes and also being involved at high levels, as part of the institute for apprenticeships and other government bodies that are looking at this. in a statement, the department for education said... our reforms fundamentally changed what apprenticeships are as we made it a requirement that all apprenticeships must be real

many hope that a well—trained british workforce will drive the economy forward after brexit. the government hope that apprenticeships will hope form the backbone of that drive, provided, of course, they are real apprenticeships and notjust a rebranding exercise. joe lynam, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: sir cliff richard breaks down in court as he gives evidence in his case against the bbc which he claims breached his privacy during coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014. britain has accused russia of spying on yulia skripal for five years — she and herfather were poisoned by in the nerve agent in salisbury in march. russia claims it has evidence that the apparent chemical attack in syria was a ‘staged event‘, carried out with the help of a foreign secret service. an update on the market numbers for you — here‘s how london‘s and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now on bbc news it‘s

time for newswatch. this week, were images of violence in mexico shown this week more explicit than was necessary? welcome to news watch. the horror of mexican drug cartel murders, did the news at ten show footage to graphic and distressing? one reporter takes and distressing? one reporter takes a dip, while conducting an interview at the commonwealth games. why have there been so many new stuff there in the first place? —— news staff. the world has been waiting to see whether us and uk governments might make a military response to attacks in syria. sunday was expressed their concern about how this has been

reported. hillary lang had these words of warning. others were more convinced about the allegations and felt the bbc had a role to play. here‘s david walker...