hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2:00. the prime minister apologises for the windrush immigration row. theresa may tells caribbean leaders she's "genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused". i want to dispel any impression that my government is in some sense clamping down on commonwealth citizens, particularly those from the caribbean who built a life here. when i saw the illegal paper, ijust didn't understand it and i kept it away from my daughter for about two weeks. i wasjust walking around in a daze, thinking why am i illegal? more details of the salisbury nerve agent attack — it was delivered in liquid form, and the decontamination will take months, and cost millions. better news on the economy, new figures suggest the squeeze on wages is showing signs of coming to an end. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. plenty going on this afternoon. more

on the news that two rangers players have been suspended by the club following an altercation with their manager. chelsea's marcos alonso has been charged by the fa and four man sun and in court after verbally abusing eddie jones. —— sun and in court after verbally abusing eddiejones. —— fourand appear in court. this is the dismal view in wales, if you have a similar view, don't despair. this is what we've been saying and there will be more over the coming days. i'll have to forecast in half an hour. also coming up, we'll be talking to singer—songwriter emeli sande as she prepares for tonight's concert for global citizen, the anti—poverty campaign's first performance in britain. hello everyone, this is afternoon live. "i'm sorry," two words you don't hear much in politics,

far less from a prime minister addressing caribbean leaders. but that's what theresa may said in downing street as officials tried to deal with the scandal over the harsh treatment by home office bureaucrats of the so—called windrush generation. as more details emerge of the children of commonwealth citizens being threatened with deportation, the prime minister said the uk government "valued" the contribution they had made and they had a right to stay here. she said the current row had arisen because of new rules, introduced by her when she was home secretary. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. thousands came to the uk from commonwealth countries more than 70 years ago, invited by the government to help rebuild britain after the second world war. later they were given permission to stay indefinitely. recently many have been asked to prove their status and those who couldn't, threatened with deportation and in some cases detained. when i saw the illegal paper... ijust didn't understand it

and i kept it away from my daughter for about two weeks. i was just walking around in a daze thinking, why am i illegal? they turned around and said your mum has six months to leave the country. it's just upsetting to think that... an ordinary person, like me, could go through something like that. i am still going through hell at the moment. it's hard for me to put it into words. yesterday, the home secretary apologised for the way some cases had been handled. frankly, some of the way they have been treated has been wrong, has been appalling, and i am sorry. but should the government have acted sooner? i think the really important thing now is that we set in place arrangements so that people get a much better service in the future, which, after all, is what they are entitled to.

leaders, chose to raise the issue at the heads of government summit this morning. these persons are not able to claim their place as citizens. prime minister, we welcome your response and we look forward to a speedy implementation of your proposed solution. applause. it is only fair... the checks that are causing problems that people who were unable to prove they have a legal right to live in the uk were brought in in 1996 but it was under theresa may's tenure in the home office that a more rigorous regime was introduced and there are concerns that checks designed to crack down on illegal immigration simply went too far. as home secretary, theresa may said in an interview with the daily telegraph that... she also said the system should work

for those that played by the rules. six years on, as prime minister, an attempt to allay fears no more mistakes would be made. i want to reassure you that i take this issue very seriously. the home office is dealing with this as well and efficiently and as swiftly as they can. giving people every support to ensure that we can give them the reassurance of knowing that they are here and we welcome them and we value the enormous contribution they make to our country. newsreel: arrivals at tilbury. in jamaica they couldn't find work. full of courage and full of hope they sail to britain. theresa may's words seemed to go far enough for leaders of the countries whose children came to britain to rebuild their lives. rebuilding the trust of the windrush generation may prove more difficult.

our chief political correspondent, vicki young is in westminster. difficult timing for the prime minister, that's an understatement. it feels like you wait a long time for a political apology and smack along at once. yesterday amber rudd was forced to come to the commons and she was highly critical of her own apartment and now theresa may having to say in front of the cameras, with those commonwealth leaders, that she's sorry for what happened. that meeting of the commonwealth heads of government in london. the quest for the home office is how quickly they can get to the bottom of what's happened —— the question for the home office. it is unclear whether people have been deported, have they lost benefits, have they lost jobs? deported, have they lost benefits, have they lostjobs? the numbers are difficult to get to the bottom of. that's what the commonwealth leaders wa nt to that's what the commonwealth leaders want to know. they hope that the

home office will respond quickly. a new team has been to deal with it. after that meeting and public apology by theresa may the jamaican prime minister came out of downing street and said it had been a good meeting, they'd have a candid discussion and he accepted the prime minister's apology and he said he believed the right thing had been done. he said he believed it was an unintentional mistake. he was asked if he holds theresa may responsible. well, i can't answer that question. the truth is, and she has said that there has been a policy change, that this was an unintended consequence. we, as caribbean leaders, we have to accept that in good faith. ourjob is, as members of the commonwealth, good partners, is to stand in oversight, to ensure that the commitments given are dealt with in good order. those previous words from theresa

may really don't help her situation. she was home secretary, she brought in various policies including those words, the more hostile environment for illegal immigrants. the fact that people are being caught up in this is truly unfortunate and he's very personal stories of hardship. you can see the affect it had on people, many of whom have been here for decades. difficult for them to deal with and politically for theresa may to deal with as well. john reid, home secretary many years ago, called the home office is unfit for purpose and you wonder what's going on given that even now we don't know the figures. yes and as he said back then, these are, the gated issues but at that point it was to do with not knowing who was in the country —— these are complicated issues. all of this

paperwork they are demanding of these people to prove they've been here for a long time and yet they don't seem to have clear records themselves and that doesn't help the situation. the other problem for the government is that this has been raised for several weeks, it was raised for several weeks, it was raised in the commons, various mps have talked about it and yet the home secretary and prime minister, very late to come to this and realise that this was a big problem, not just politically, realise that this was a big problem, notjust politically, but true hardship for these many people. thank you forjoining us. more details about that attack on what happened to sergei skripal and his daughter yulia. duncan kennedy is in salisbury. we have a clearer picture of how the agent was delivered. yes, a briefing from defra, the department for the environment and wiltshire council

and they put more flesh on the bones. they are telling us the substance was delivered in a liquid form. until now there has been speculation, was it a powder, was it something else? they say that it was a liquid, how the novichok was delivered. we know that there was a concentration on sergei skripal‘s front door, perhaps in particular the door handle, but we didn't know what it was. we also hear it was transferred directly, from person to person or item to buy it wasn't a gas or anything like that. verbally what they told us is that the novichok still exists, it doesn't evaporate, it's still around albeit in small quantities. it restated that the risk to the public is low but it is still around and it will need cleaning up. and that's going to cost a lot of money, it will take a long time. those cobbles behind

you, will they need to be replaced? yes is the short answer. we are expecting hoardings to go up here where we see these tapes. this huge clean—up operation in salisbury can get under way. i asked the official if it meant taking up the turf and paving stones and she said yes, that's what's going to happen. every item that is taken away will need to be incinerated. we didn't ask about the burning of bricks or grass but that's what's going to happen. it will involve something like 190 military personnel who are going to come here and other sites to clean—up. nine sites in all, not only the park bench here where sergei and hugh dier —— and yulia we re sergei and hugh dier —— and yulia were found, but also a couple of ambulance stations have to be cleaned up and also the home of sergeant nick bailey, the police officer who was admitted to hospital and has since been released. his

home will have to be decontaminated. ina home will have to be decontaminated. in a worst—case scenario they say that this work may take until christmas although they expect it to be finished before then. months of clear up. and the whole thing is going to cost millions of pounds although they couldn't and wouldn't put an exact figure on what is going to cost. thank you forjoining us. the high court has been told that south yorkshire police knew about the bbc‘s plans to broadcast pictures of the search of sir cliff richard's home in 2014 one month before it took place. the singer claims that footage of the raid, carried out following an allegation of sexual assault, was a "very serious invasion" of his privacy, and is suing the bbc. the corporation disputes his claims. sir cliff richard was never arrested or charged. helena lee is at the crown court. cliff richard, in previous days, has been accompanied by his friend gloria hunniford? that's right, she

appeared in court in support of him last week on thursday and friday. she isn't in court today, sir cliff richard is. in the last half now we've had a witness statement produced in the court by gloria hunniford. in it she talks about how sir cliff richard has been her friends since they first met in 1969. she describes him as a loyal friend. she then goes on in her statement to recall the events of the day during that search of his apartment in berkshire in 2014. she was in the uk, watching bbc news at the time and describes her shock at seeing the search, not only about the investigation but her shock, she says, at watching the developments u nfold says, at watching the developments unfold on the news in real time. she goes on to say that she spoke to sir cliff richard and she said she was exceptionally worried about him. she

said, i've never heard from him like that before. she goes on, two years later the cbs dropped the case against the singer and she said she met up with him and they went on a cruise —— the cps. she went to hug him, she said that he had lost much weight he felt like skin and bone. so, that statement by gloria hunniford in support of her friend, cliff richard, released by the court. earlier we heard more about the relationship between south yorkshire police and the bbc before, during and after that search. sir cliff richard arriving on the fourth day of his privacy case against the bbc. the focus this morning in court, not on the singer, though, but on the relationship between the police and broadcaster. the court heard more evidence from carrie goodwin, the head of media at south yorkshire police

and her dealings with the bbc news reporter dan johnson. the force says he put pressure on them to reveal details of the investigation after going to them with information from another source. the bbc‘s use of a helicopter to film the search at the singer's home was brought up during cross—examination of carrie goodwin. the force denies they helped the bbc get the footage they wanted. in court, a text message exchange was read out between danjohnson and a south yorkshire police press officer, lesley card, on the day of the search. a second exchange was read out between carrie goodwin and danjohnson after the raid. we've been hearing from a criminal

barrister who's been in the witness box representing sir cliff richard and we expect bbc management, bbc news manages to give their evidence in courta news manages to give their evidence in court a bit later on this week thank you forjoining us. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines theresa may apologises to caribbean leaders for any anxiety caused to windrush immigrants in the uk officials say the nerve agent used to poison the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury last month was delivered in liquid form. the squeeze on wage growth eases, as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. rangers suspend kenny miller and lee wallace pending an investigation into an angry exchange with their manager graeme murty. it happend following sunday's 4—0 scottish cup

semi final defeat against celtic at hampden park. marcos alonso has been charged with a violent incident with shane long. if found guilty he could be ruled out of the fa cup semifinal. and four men have been asked to appear in court following an inciodent in which eddie jones, the england rugby union head coach was verbally abused. the latest official figures aboutjobs show a fall in unemployment and bigger pay rises. the rate of unemployment across the uk is now at a 43 year low of 4.2%, according to the office for national statistics. and in the three months to the end of february, the average pay packet increased by 2.8%. as our economics correspondent andy verity reports, the squeeze on living standards is now drawing to an end. workers at this middlesex company make high—tech microwave generators

for use in everything from aircraft radars to diagnostic machines and they are not the only workers who would have needed a magnifying glass to spot their pay rise in recent years. but now at last they are getting a wage that is rising faster than prices. we went through a period where we had to reduce the size of the business, lay people off, because we had a 40% reduction in our turnover in that period of time which also had a knock—on effect that we had a constrained environment for pay rises. since that time, over the last three orfour years, we've seen 20% a year growth rate reflected into significant pay rises to staff. the lost on the good these figures the average pay rise was 2.6%, not enough to keep up with prices. on the figures released today, it is 2.8%, and inflation is slowing down. if we are finally seeing real wage growth, not all of us are feeling it. at the moment, it is still very tight. but, hopefully...

things will get better soon. my circumstances now, i am better off only because i don't have children, so i'm not in that position. they look after themselves now. in that respect, i am better off. it is still hard. we have seen a rise in our wages year—on—year but it is swallowed up by inflation so it feels like we are going one step forward and two steps back, never really going forward. the puzzle is that unemployment kept hitting a fresh low which should have given workers greater bargaining power so they could demand bigger pay rises, but that kept on not happening. economists predict it will now happen. with fewer available workers, employers are having to raise pay to keep their existing workforce or attract new workers. we also have fewer migrant workers meaning there are fewer workers available.

and prices are rising faster so to keep workers happy, you have to raise your wages faster than a year or two ago. the squeeze on living standards has made most of us feel the pinch and it is still too soon to make sure we are permanently released from its grip. there are positive signs, though. the pound has been getting stronger which should help contain the cost of imported goods and make the cost of living more affordable, not less. andy verity, bbc news. in the last half hour syrian state television are reporting that international chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack. cbs news correspondent seth doane has already visited the site and has sent this report for us. this was rebel territory until two days ago. and today we made it to the very house where that suspected chemical attack took place. "all of a sudden, some gas spread around us," this neighbour recounted.

"we couldn't breathe. it smelled like chlorine." syrian forces recaptured this area from rebels over the weekend. that means they now control this building, where this video was taken. this is your brother here? nasser hamsa's brother is seen in that activist video, lifeless and foaming at the mouth. in the kitchen, he told us how his brother had tried to wash off the chemicals. how did the chemicals get here? "the missile up there," he pointed, "on the roof." we asked him to take us to where the missile allegedly hit. he took us here up and pointed here. where we found a missile neatly resting. syria insists there was no chemical attack, while the us, france and uk blame syria. since those coalition air strikes, bashar al—assad's government has tried to show it was unaffected, today highlighting their military gains.

this is exactly what the syrian government wants us to see — syrian forces here in douma and back in control. rebels had run this damascus suburb since 2012 and the intense campaign to recapture it started in february with russia's help. this was apparently a bomb—making factory for rebels here in the heart of douma. you can see the makings of fins for mortars, mortars over here. take a look down here, you see this bin. it appears to be home—made grenades. the human toll of the fighting was evident in the main square this afternoon. hundreds of thousands of civilians have been living here, many without food, for months. you can see the desperation here, people just hoping for some bread. we asked this mother of five why she didn't leave if the fighting had been so bad. "we tried more than once," she told us, "but the rebels

wouldn't let us go." nine days have already passed since that suspected chemical attack, and if weapons experts do make it to that building, they could find a scene that may have been tampered with, and eyewitness accounts that can be confusing and contradictory. seth doane, cbs news for bbc news, damascus. here, mps have begun debating whether or not parliament should be consulted before the uk launches any military action. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has accused the prime minister of "tossing aside" a convention supported by her predecessor david cameron. i'm sorry to say the prime minister's decision not to recall parliament and engage in further military action in syria last week showed a flagrant disregard of this convention. this was underscored by the secretary of state finds

national development, who said yesterday, " national development, who said yesterday," outsourcing that decision to people who do not have the full picture is quite wrong and i think the convention that was established is very wrong." no, i won't give way. so it seems the convention established in 2003, and in the cabinet manual, is being tossed aside as simply being inconvenient. so, mr speaker, i believe it's necessary and urgent that this house has the opportunity to discuss its rights and responsibilities in decisions on uk military intervention. i'm not giving way for the moment. it is not currently codified in law and which, as we've discovered in recent days, cannot be guaranteed by conventions alone. the prime minister's actions area alone. the prime minister's actions are a clear demonstration of why parliament must assert its authority

on this subject. and this was the prime minister's response to the points. i share the principle that in a parliamentary democracy the representatives of this house should be able to debate the deployment of military forces. as i said yesterday i'm deeply conscious of the gravity of these decisions and how they affect all members of the house. there are situations, not least major deployments like the iraq war where the scale of the military build—up requires the movement of military assets over weeks and where it is absolutely right and appropriate for parliament to debate military action in advance. but that does not mean it is always appropriate. it therefore cannot... i'm going to make progress. if there's sure cannot and should not be codified into a parliamentary right to debate every possible overseas mission in advance. i will just make a bit more progress. as

the exception makes clear, there are also situations where coming to parliament in advance would undermine the security of our operations or constrain the ability of our armed forces to act quickly and decisively. in these situations it is right for the prime minister to take the decision and then be held accountable to parliament for it. theresa may speaking at what has turned into a marathon session in parliament for the second day. now, the weather with matt. staying with marathons, i wonder if our viewers know who that is. that is in fact sophie raworth. it is indeed come a lovely lady and a brilliant athlete as well. while i was drinking too much wine and eating too much chocolate last week in wales, sophie was doing five marathons in six days through the sahara desert. temperatures up to 45 degrees,

absolutely crazy. fancy it?|j absolutely crazy. fancy it?|j absolutely don't! the london marathon this weekend. not temperatures like that, but... not as warm, but good practice. sophie will be on the starting line with thousands of others. it could be the warmest on record. this is the forecast chart. it's a case of sun cream and plenty of fluids, we may see peak temperatures of 22, 23 in the afternoon. to some context into that, the warmest ever was in 2007 when we saw temperatures close to 23. wust yea rs when we saw temperatures close to 23. wust years ago it was something like 10 degrees. i know that you we re like 10 degrees. i know that you were toying with the idea. what about wind, very important for keeping runners cool? there is going to be no wind, so it's going to be a tough one. a good day for

spectating, a lovely spring day but i wouldn't want to be running, especially in the afternoon. that will be at the end of what promises to be quite a warm spell, starting when? starting tomorrow. some seeing the first effects but not across some parts of the west where we've seen some parts of the west where we've seen conditions a bit like this. some parts of the west where we've seen conditions a bit like thism that today? it is the south coast of wales today, go force wind and plenty of rain but improvement on the way. i can show you what's been happening across parts of the south of england. this is the condition in guernsey in the early part of the day. more of us will enjoy more clear sky over the next few days. we will see more sunshine around as well. at the moment we are battling this area of low pressure to the west. the high pressure that is going to bring fine weather, separating the two. south—west england, wales, northern england, especially over the hills, low pressure. one or two showers,

sunniest in east anglia and south—east areas and towards the channel islands, temperatures around 19. quite a windy day in the west. lost three overnight but the wind being more southerly, bring more cloud further north. patchy rain and drizzle, a few showers in scotland and northern ireland, temperatures not dropping much, around 10—3 of —— 10-12d not dropping much, around 10—3 of —— 10—12d for most. wright along the south coast. a lot of cloud in between. patchy rain in the west will clear. morning rain in northern ireland and afternoon rain across western scotland, becoming confined to the highlands in the afternoon. a fine afternoon today, tomorrow, a bit cooler. the rest of the country, warmer. central parts of scotland, 18,19 warmer. central parts of scotland, 18, 19 degrees warmer. central parts of scotland, 18,19 degrees and warmer. central parts of scotland, 18, 19 degrees and the warmer. central parts of scotland, 18,19 degrees and the mid 20s in england and wales. even more warm airon england and wales. even more warm air on thursday, being dragged up from the west and the terrain ian.

with more sunshine on thursday we will see temperatures boosted. more cloud in western scotland, may be some low cloud to the irish sea coast but by this stage we may see temperatures reaching the highest levels we've seen since august last year, 26 in the south east. it will turn cooler as we go into the weekend, atlantic air rushing in. we have westerly wind then but very light, so the warmth doesn't disappear, still into the 20s in london but we may see a bit of rain in edinburgh and belfast. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. theresa may apologises for the windrush immigration row, telling leaders of caribbean nations she's "genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused" i want to apologise to you today

because we are genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused. the nerve agent used to poison former spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia was delivered in liquid form, says the department for the environment. syrian state television reports that chemical weapons inspectors are the sight of the alleged chemical attack carried out ten days ago. a quick line of breaking news for you, lloyds banking group has said it is cutting a further 305jobs, and axing 49 branches across the uk as part of its restructuring. more on that in our business news. now it is time for the sport. will parry, there is a bust up in the rangers changing room? that is your word,

not mine! it was an altercation, and exchange. we don't knowing that you what happened, but rangers have suspended their club captain lee wallace and striker kenny miller following this dressing room exchange with manager graham murthy. it followed their 4—0 defeat to celtic at hampden park in the scottish cup semi final. here's bbc scotland's senior football reporter chris mclaughlin. tensions were running high in the rangers dressing room following that match, where they fell well short of their rivals celtic. club captain lee wallace and striker kenny miller had worked with manager graeme murty in the dressing room. the club here believe that what was said overstep the mark. both players were called toa the mark. both players were called to a meeting, and informed they were being suspended pending an investigation. lee wallace has one year left on his contract, kenny

miller's deal was up in the summer, but it is more problems for rangers, they are out of both cup competitions and desperately fighting for second place, and of course there is confusion over their managerial situation, course there is confusion over their managerialsituation, despite course there is confusion over their managerial situation, despite the sunshine here in glasgow, when it rains at rangers, it pours. and it will be interesting to see what they do, kenny miller is a huge fans favourite, out of contract at the end of the season, but will they make it that his career is over? 13 points behind celtic at the top of the table. i'm sure the details of the table. i'm sure the details of how the row started will come out shortly. i stand corrected. let's talk about ticket prices for the world cup, because some staggering figures already coming through for some matches. perhaps people should be paying this? how much would you pay for a ticket for england against tunisia? not 400 quid! this is amazing, this story. a couple of months till the world cup starts in

russia, there is a warning. we hear these warnings a lot of fans travelling to the tournament not to use the secondary ticketing website. the consumer group which? has found prices as high as 11 £11,000 fora pair of tickets to england's group game against tunisia. they also say there's a risk that any tickets bought from the sites may be invalid. anything bought on a secondary website could be avoided if the authorities become aware of it. if you get an arguably more interesting game, you could be stuck outside the stadium not getting in, your ticket has been avoided. the money was spent on your hotels, flights, anything like that, that is all out of the window and you are stuck outside of the game. 11 grand! just watch it on the

telly. manchester city were back at their training ground today, after celebrating winning the premier league title. they would be awarded the title until the final game of the title until the final game of the home team at huddersfield. vincent companies led the celebrations on sunday when the title was confirmed, along with bernardo silva, and fabian delph. title was confirmed, along with bernardo silva, and fabian delphm isa bernardo silva, and fabian delphm is a great feeling to win the premier league, and when the game finished, we went to celebrate. john came to pick me up, and we went to meet with some staff and some players, some fans as well, they joined us, and it was a fantastic moment to be able to celebrate with all of them. chelsea's marcos alonso has been charged with violent conduct by the football association. the spaniard appeared to stand on the back of southampton striker shane long's leg during their premier league game on saturday, but the incident went unpunished by referee mike dean. alonso is facing a three—match ban if he accepts the charge which would rule him out of sunday's fa cup semi final with the saints and premier league games.

four men have been summoned to appear in court following an inciodent in which the england rugby union head coach eddie jones was verbally abused. it happened outside a manchester train station in february after england's calcutta cup defeat against scotland in the six nations championship. jones had travelled from edinburgh by train. he was on his way to manchester to watch the manchester united/ chelsea game as a guest of sir alex ferguson. british transport police say the men aged between 22 and 25 have been reported for an alleged public order offence and are due at manchester and salford magistrates on 16th of may. that's all the sport for now. more in the next hour, see you then. will perry, thank you very much. timed to the centenary year of nelson mandela and the 2018 commonwealth heads of government meeting, tonight global citizen live in london, a free ticketed concert, will feature live performances from emeli sande, professor green, naughty boy and gabrielle aplin.

global citizen, which describes itself as "a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty by 2030" has been running since 2012 and tonight is their first event in the uk. joining me now from the academy brixton in south london is the singer and songwriter emeli sande and amy agnew, european director of global citizen great to see you both. emeli, first of all, what is in store and why do you get involved ? of all, what is in store and why do you get involved? i got involved because i just love what they stand for, and i really believe that music brings people together in such a special way, so it felt like the perfect match. just raising awareness and equality and trying to end extreme poverty is something i would love to lend my music too, so i hope we can just raise people's spirits and confidence in making that reality. tickets have already sold out, so there is no point did

anybody suddenly hitting the phones, but what can people expect a night? naughty boy is on stage as well. but what can people expect a night? naughty boy is on stage as welllj think it is going to be a wonderful show, and especially with my music, i try and promote people knowing that they have light and power to make changes, so my set is going to be full of songs that i think are appropriate for tonight. nobody bought a ticket for this event, it was done by getting a ticket by things that you have done for your community and raising awareness on the global citizens campaign, so i think it is going to be full of people that really care, and together we will make a lot of noise. and amy, the first event in britain, and we will look at the timing, the nelson mandela anniversary of his birth, and looking at heads of commonwealth government meeting, it is an audience you want to appeal to, tambien. this is a moment for a global

citizens to hold commonwealth leaders to account for the promises they have made to end extreme property by 2030. it is commonwealth week, there are 53 heads of state from all over the world, and we are expecting several of them up on our stage to tell us what they are going to do in response to the campaign. obviously tackling poverty is the global aim, but there are other issues, and particularly in the last year. emeli, the #metoo movement also forms part of this. gender equality is one of the main reasons i wanted to become involved, gender equality and world health of some of the big issues that we will be speaking about tonight. amy, just how difficult is it to get people... you have got emeli standing there, that makes a huge difference to get that makes a huge difference to get that sort of support. how easy is it

to get a concert like this going? well, it's amazing. on the one hand, it has been incredible working with the artists who are giving their time to this cause of ending extreme poverty. we have got six different acts, we have a comedian, spoken word poet, the most incredible line—up, but the other side of things is the political side, so we have been hustling for months, really, to try and get political leaders to respond to the campaigns that we have been running, and as i say, we're expecting several leaders to stand up on stage and make a new and significant announcement about gender equality, about ending preventable diseases, about how to address poor vision across the commonwealth, and we are expecting, we are hoping that hundreds of millions of pounds worth of new money will be committed to night in response to, it is around 250,000

campaign actions that have been taken, many of whom will be in the room tonight. emily, i don't want to give too much away about tonight, but when you sit down and you are writing songs, how much of it is driven by these causes that we are talking about? what goes through your mind as you get a song together. usually when i sit down to write it is an experience i have had recently, i have just write it is an experience i have had recently, i havejust come back from zambia where my father is from, so i think naturally you soak in so much of the culture, and the experiences i have over their will definitely inspire me at the piano now, so i don't think about it too much, but it is things you have absorbed from places and people you have seen. it is just such places and people you have seen. it isjust such a places and people you have seen. it is just such a beautiful country, but there are so many issues that i think may music can help to heal,

really. we all remember you at the opening of the olympic games, and you have been on a roll ever since. it just doesn't stop for you, does it? i am very lucky, music is such a special thing and it brings all different kinds of people together, so different kinds of people together, so to be able to do this as a career and to hopefully get my message out there is really important to me, and idid there is really important to me, and i did feel very lucky. and amy, how important is it that this is britain's first experience with this kind of concert. it has been in new york and other places. what does britain have to offer that is different? i think it is going to be an amazing crowd at brixton tonight, it is such an iconic music venue with such a diverse line—up. it will be such a diverse crowd, and what is exciting about it is that many of the people in the crowd won't necessarily know or care that much about the commonwealth, but by being pa rt of about the commonwealth, but by being part of this event, they will have had to take a series of different campaign actions, all calling on commonwealth leaders to take action

oi'i commonwealth leaders to take action on poverty, and then they are going to hear back and get some feedback oi'i to hear back and get some feedback on the results of their campaigning. and i think that's such a great way through music and entertainment, artists like emeli, to introduce people to these issues and help bring along the next generation of activists. and emeli, does that show onstage? do you sense immediately that the people sort of getting that? yes, i think so. i think the main thing is being able to, i hope tonight with the set tonight we can empower people, and then being able to see politicians and leaders on the stage in between the music. i just hope that people realise they do have a voice and they can make change, and this isn't something thatis change, and this isn't something that is not a fantasy, we have brought 5000 people here tonight, andi brought 5000 people here tonight, and i really hope that the power of the music will go hand—in—hand with the music will go hand—in—hand with the message that we want to promote. and how powerful is music in the

21st—century? is it having something ofa 21st—century? is it having something of a revival when it comes to issues, i wasn't going to use the word politics, we have talked about #metoo, but music does seem to be once again at the forefront of campaigns like that. yes. yes, it is such a great way to bring people together. music has a long history of protest as well as just getting people into the same room, creating an energy that isjust people into the same room, creating an energy that is just exciting for people to get involved in these issues. politics, it is a way of making it fun and engaging, and so that we can really involve a lot of young people as well, which is what ouraim is, to reach not young people as well, which is what our aim is, to reach notjust the millennials but even the really young people today. emeli, finally, young people today. emeli, finally, you judge the success of an evening like this? how will you at the end of tonight say that went really well? i think when you are on stage,

you always feel the vibe, if i feel relaxed and i could you see that in the crowd, just seeing people let loose, and you can tell from the energy you get. but also i think it is comments after. if i speak to young people, or anyone came to the show, and they really feel like something that was said really stuck with them or they then feel they can go in action things within their community, i think that is how you reallyjudge it, the crowd's response and hopefully the comments after the event. it is great to talk to you. you mentioned your father being from zambia, your first to you. you mentioned your father being from zambia, yourfirst name is actually a adele, isn't it? when did you change that? right at the beginning. lovely to talk to you, i wish you both all the best, thank you forjoining us. so that is tonight's concert in aid

of global citizen new quay. you are watching afternoon live. ajudge in new york has rejected a request from donald trump's personal lawyer to block evidence which was seized in fbi raids last week. computers, phones and documents were taken from michael cohen's at the federal court in manhattan, a media circus, it was not only michael cohen, the president was not loyal, who walked through those doors, stormy daniels, who was paid on the eve of the election, allegedly to prevent her from talking about a sexual encounter she allegedly had with donald trump in 2006. my attorney and i are committed to making sure everyone finds out the truth and the facts of what happened and i give my word that we will not rest until it happens. what michael cohen was arguing was that material seized by federal investigators as part of the criminal investigation into his activities should not be seen by federal prosecutors because they are covered, in his

mind, by attorney—client privilege. the federal prosecutors argued that attorney—client privilege does not apply in a criminal investigation. what the judge has decided is that michael cohen's team and president trump's team should be given copies of the documents seized, they can identify what they believe is covered by attorney—client privilege and then she will make a determination what the federal prosecutors can see. nick bryant reporting. ina moment the business news with rachel, but first let's look at the headlines here on afternoon live. theresa may apologises to caribbean leaders for any anxiety caused to windrush immigrants in the uk officials say the nerve agent used to poison the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury last month was delivered in liquid form. the squeeze on wage growth eases as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest

level since 1975. hello. i view have just been hearing: the latest uk employment and earnings figures have been released and it looks like the year long wage squeeze is coming to an end — we'll have more on that in a moment. up to a third of young people face living in private rented accommodation all their lives. a new report by the resolution foundation says 40% of "millennials", that's those born between 1980 and 1996, will still be living in rented housing by the age of 30. that's twice as many as generation x, those born between 1965 and 1980. the international monetary fund has forecast that 2018 will be the strongest year for global growth since 2011. the imf predicts growth this year and next of 3.9%, up from a previous projection of 3.7%. however, it warned that performance could be curtailed by trade barriers.

for the uk, the imf has made a modest upgrade for growth this yearto1.6% from 1.5%. for next year, the forecast has been slightly reduced. soa so a story that starts with new figures, do they suggest what we are suggesting they suggest?m figures, do they suggest what we are suggesting they suggest? it depends on what figures you look at. this is where we go! we have different sets of figures from the ons. the month on month figures, the figure isjust the february it looks like inflation is it too by 7% and wage growth at 2.996, is it too by 7% and wage growth at 2.9%, so that would suggest that finally, after a year, wages are growing faster than the things that we buy. and your next word is going to be but. but if you look at the longer term figures, the figures across december, january, february, that suggest that inflation is at

2.996 that suggest that inflation is at 2.9% and wage growth at 2.8%. but whichever way you look at it, the headline is that this period we have been living in where wages are rising more slowly than inflation, it is coming to an end. and that is important, because what we buy, the value of the things we spend our money on, makes up about 60% of our economy, so if we are finding that costs are rising faster than the money in our pockets, we have less to spend, and that will have a knock—on impact. early i spoke to victoria clark, an economist in investec, and i asked her why wage growth is now catching up with inflation. inflation is on its way down. pay growth has been creeping up. down. pay growth has been creeping by down. pay growth has been creeping up. pay growth has been moving up because the labour market is very robust. as you said, the unemployment rate is at its lowest level since 1975, and people got ple nty of level since 1975, and people got plenty of bargaining power on the wage front. inflation is coming down because a lot of that inflation that we saw off the back of the big drop

in the pound after the brexit vote has fed through the numbers, and now inflation is coming down relatively rapidly, and we expect that it will continue to do so. the pay growth figures and the inflation figures are very close figures and the inflation figures are very close now, so over figures and the inflation figures are very close now, so over the next few months, we should start to see more decisively pay growth move up and inflation move down, and therefore fat households they should start to feel a bit better off. having said that, worries about where inflation is headed down the line might mean that we get some further interest rate rises from the bank of england just to take some of the good news out of the equation. that was a victoria clark, economist at investec. and the netflix binge continues. yes, profits and subscriber number is still growing. netflix added more than 7 million new subscribers willing to pay for the content in the first three months of this year, so that means across the world, netflix has 125cc

and subscribers. which is why they can spend what they spend on these amazing dramas. the profit is relatively small, $290 million for the first three months of the year, but their revenue growth is up 40%, $3.7 billion. the questions investors will want $3.7 billion. the questions investors will wa nt a nswers $3.7 billion. the questions investors will want answers is what impact that we have on the share price. joe mellor is on the floor of the new york stock exchange. what is the new york stock exchange. what is the share price doing? there are only one set of figures in this story, simon! they are encouraging phonetics investors. shares up a whopping 7% this morning, and that is on top of them already being up 60%, that is six, 0% this year. and thatis 60%, that is six, 0% this year. and that is where other stocks are taking a hammering, facebook with its data privacy scandal, apple disappointing with orders, and netflix stocks going stratospheric. the reason for that is investors see

growth, domestically and internationally, and they see no signs of that stopping any time soon. signs of that stopping any time soon. you mention the international growth. how does growth in the us can pay with international growth the netflix? the majority now of netflix subscribers are outside of the us, and that is because the us is quite a saturated market. there is quite a saturated market. there isa is quite a saturated market. there is a lot of accommodation here, and netflix already has a lot of subscribers, so the last three months, it put on 5.5 million subscribers internationally, and only about 2 million here in the us, but that is a number that investors are really watching, because the growth markets in latin america, asia, places where it has fewer competitors, and it is also places where netflix is spending a big bulk of the original content, either with new titles specifically geared to those audiences, or by dubbing and subtitling hits like the crown that

have already done well in the us, the uk and europe. so that is why the uk and europe. so that is why the international growth is the figure that people have been watching. it sounds like they are powering ahead, but just watching. it sounds like they are powering ahead, butjust briefly, we rather challenges on the competition of them? what they need to be worried about? netflix has a lot to be worried about on paper. amazon is a big player in this space with amazon prime, and it is spending a lot of money on original content. and then you have got hulu disney and perhaps apple willing to get into this game. but why investors are really happy is that it is a 20—year—old company, so it has got quite a head start on its competitors, and it also has an awful lot of user data that it has gathered over those 20 years, both when it used to do dvds and now that it does streaming online, and this data is really valuable because it can tailor title to specific audiences, and that is incredibly valuable. so that is why even though

this is a very crowded space, netflix just this is a very crowded space, netflixjust seems this is a very crowded space, netflix just seems to be this is a very crowded space, netflixjust seems to be going up and up. john miller, thank you very much for your time. just before the markets, some breaking news on the wires, marks & spencer is to close its distribution centre near warrington, putting 450 jobs at risk. if we get any more on that story, we will bring it to you in the next hour. so, the markets, the ftse is up slightly, and the pound hit its highest level against the dollar in the brexit vote injune 2016, it was up at $1.43, it has dropped slightly. the reason it has dropped slightly. the reason it has dropped slightly. the reason it has dropped slightly is because traders we re dropped slightly is because traders were expecting even higher wage growth figures this morning, so that the wind out their sails. against the wind out their sails. against the euro, we are still at an 11 month high at the minute, so sterling is doing well and i put up associated british foods, the owner

of primark, the fast fashion chain, who seem to be bucking the trend, it feels like every time we talk about budgetary tell, we're talking about retailers on the high street. primark are doing well, and interestingly, i was surprised to realise this, they don't have an online transactional site, so you can't buy primark close through a website, and we're hearing that online is the future of retail, high street is suffering, and primark which isjust on street is suffering, and primark which is just on the high street is doing well and helping abf along the way. so if they were online, maybe they would be... ? they haven't because they said the cost associated would be too high. really? it is working for the. rachel, thank you very much. time for a look at the weather. matt taylor has some good news. hello. we do not quite have some here yet, this was the wild, wet and windy scene on the south of wales

earlier. different sort of picture towards guernsey, blue skies overhead on the look of late spring, even summer, about it. that is the look more of you will be going for over the coming days as things become sunnier around the uk and gradually warming up as well. the warm air is currently across spain and portugal and will be brought up by this high pressure to the east, but the low pressure has been pushing in a weather front which travels through the south—west parts of england, wales, northern england until it brings outbreaks of rain. sunshine and a few showers, driest and brightest in east anglia and the south—east, highs of 18 or 19 degrees. through tonight, that weather front generally fizzles out, a few spots of light rain overnight as it works its way northward once again, but still some clear skies, clearer conditions in the north—east of scotla nd clearer conditions in the north—east of scotland and northern ireland. this is where temperatures will drop the furthest, but with a general southerly airflow, winds easing down through today, and it will be a mild

start tomorrow. that southerly airflow will take the rain northwards. but sunshine will develop more widely through tomorrow afternoon, and with that, we could see temperatures in central belts of scotla nd see temperatures in central belts of scotland at around 18 degrees, 23 or 24 towards london and the south—east. and there is warmer air to come. atlantic air being held off at the moment, instead through thursday we will be dragging the air all the way from iberia and the mediterranean. it would be a com pletely mediterranean. it would be a completely sunny story to begin with, a few showers in scotland, and around western coast of england and wales, misty for one or two, around western coast of england and wales, misty for one ortwo, but some good sunny breaks developing forjust some good sunny breaks developing for just about all through the afternoon, and temperatures will shoot up, up to 25 or 26 through some parts of eastern england. going through thursday night and into friday, the atlantic air will gradually cut off that flow from the mediterranean, so with westerly winds heading us into the weekend, temperatures will stole —— slowly

pushed down, england and wales stays largely dry. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 3:00. the prime minister apologises for the windrush immigration row — theresa may tells caribbean leaders she's "genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused". i want to dispel any impression that my government is in some sense clamping down on commonwealth citizens, particularly those from the caribbean who built a life here. when i saw the illegal paper, ijust didn't understand it and i kept it away from my daughter for about two weeks. i wasjust walking around in a daze, thinking why am i illegal? more details of the salisbury nerve agent attack — it was delivered in liquid form and the decontamination will take months, and cost millions. better news on the economy: new figures suggest the squeeze on wages is showing signs of coming to an end. we have the sport. more news that

those two rangers players have been suspended following an altercation with their manager and we'll show you one of the strangest var decisions football has witnessed. you tease! and the weather with matt taylor. a bit ofa taylor. a bit of a dismal afternoon across parts of the country but we've seen sunshine breaking through and more scenes like this coming up. thank you. also coming up — a better rate at the tate — plans to encourage more young people to visit exhibitions, they can enjoy art forjust a fiver. hello, everyone.

this is afternoon live. "i'm sorry," two words you don't hear much in politics, far less from a prime minister addressing caribbean leaders. but that's what theresa may said in downing street as officials tried to deal with the scandal over the harsh treatment by home office bureaucrats of the so—called "windrush generation." as more details emerge of the children of commonwealth citizens being threatened with deportation, the prime minister said the uk government "valued" the contribution they had made, and they had a right to stay here. she said the current row had arisen because of new rules, introduced by her when she was home secretary. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. a meeting at an awkward moment for the prime minister. theresa may meeting her counterpart from jamaica this morning as they met for a government summit. theresa may spoke of the need to reset britain's relationship with the caribbean

countries. the government handling of the windrush controversy couldn't be avoided, as the jamaican foreign minister made clear to a sympathetic crowd. these persons are not able to claim their place as citizens. prime minister, we welcome your response and we look forward to a speedy and limitation of your proposed solution. applause —— speedy implementation. applause —— speedy implementationm applause -- speedy implementation. it is only fair. the prime minister said sorry for the way government had treated people coming to the uk decades ago, some of whom have been forced to prove their immigration status and threatened with deportation. prove their immigration status and threatened with deportationlj prove their immigration status and threatened with deportation. i want to reassure you that i take this issue very seriously. the home office is dealing with this as well and as efficiently and swiftly as they can and giving people every

support to ensure that we can give them the reassurance of knowing that they are here and we welcome them and value the enormous contribution they've make to our country. the checks that are causing problems that people who were unable to prove they have a legal right to live in the uk were brought in in 1996 but it was under theresa may's tenure in the home office that a more rigorous regime was introduced and there are concerns that checks designed to crack down on illegal immigration simply went too far. paulette wilson came to the country in the 60s but was told she could not stay unless she proved her status. it is a good thing that they apologised but what about the other people that have been sent away before my case became big? what about then people that hasn't got nothing over there, what about the

people they sent away in the first place, what about them? newsreel: arrivals at tilbury. in jamaica they couldn't find work. full of courage and full of hope they sail to britain. theresa may's words seem to be enough to allay the leaders of countries whose citizens came here to rebuild their lives. rebuilding the trust of the windrush generation may prove more difficult. fill in i'm sorry, does that cut it?|j i'm sorry, does that cut it? i think for now maybe it does. we've had more than one apology, we've had amber rudd, the home secretary, letters of apology from the immigration minister and now this apology from theresa may. crucially, on camera and face—to—face with these commonwealth leaders. she was left with little choice. this feels like an example of visual them reading me —— of officialdom meeting real people. these officials were

brought in to tackle illegal immigration, making landlords check the status of people, making sure people weren't getting free nhs treatment when they didn't qualify. it now seems that these innocent people have been caught up in the most terrible way and they are telling their stories. there's a question to the home office about why it took them long to respond. this was raised by labour mps and others for many weeks but nothing seems to happen. today the jamaican foreign minister said he'd had a very candid conversation with the foreign minister and he seemed to accept her apology. he was asked whether theresa may herself, the former home secretary, was to blame. well, i can't answer that question. the truth is, and she has said that there has been a policy change, that this was an unintended consequence. we, as caribbean leaders, we have to accept that in good faith. ourjob is, as members of the commonwealth, good partners, is to stand in oversight,

to ensure that the commitments given are dealt with in good order and with speed. but some of theresa may's political opponents haven't been so charitable, saying she has home secretary bought in policies that we re secretary bought in policies that were deliberately hostile to illegal immigrants and that is what has caused this. there have been some changes saying from now on that people from the windrush generation won't have to produce four items proving they've been here for every single year they've been here. they will try and work more closely to look at national insurance and tax returns which surely would prove that they have been here. there is a problem for the home office because they still cannot categorically say that no one has been deported because of this so i think a lot of work to be done by this new unit of

people in the home office. thank you for joining people in the home office. thank you forjoining us. it's been revealed that the novichok nerve agent used in the poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter yulia was delivered in a liquid form. the department for environment said that only a "very small amount" of the nerve agent was used. a massive clean—up operation is under way in salisbury to decontaminate nine sites in the city, and it will take several months and cost millions of pounds. earlier i spoke to our correspondent duncan kennedy who's in salisbury. a briefing from defra, the department for the environment and wiltshire council and they put more flesh on the bones. they are telling us for the first time that the substance was delivered in a liquid form. until now there has been speculation, was it a powder, was it something else? they say that it was a liquid, how the novichok was delivered. we know that the biggest concentration was on sergei skripal‘s front door, perhaps in particular the door handle, but we

didn't know what it was. we also hear it was transferred directly, from person to person or item to item. it wasn't a gas or anything like that. thirdly what they told us is that the novichok still exists, it doesn't evaporate, it's still around albeit in small quantities. they restated that the risk to the public is low but it is still around and it will need cleaning up. and that's going to cost a lot of money, it will take a long time. those cobbles behind you, will they need to be replaced? yes is the short answer. in a few days we are expecting hoardings to go up here where we see these tapes. this huge clean—up operation in salisbury can get under way. i asked the official if it meant taking up the turf and paving stones and she said yes, that's what's going to happen. every item that is taken away will need to be incinerated. we didn't ask about the burning of bricks or grass but that's

what's going to happen. they said it will involve something like 190 military personnel who are going to come here and other sites to clean—up. nine sites in all, not only the park bench here where sergei and yulia were found on march 4th, but also a couple of ambulance stations have to be cleaned up and also the home of sergeant nick bailey, the police officer who was admitted to hospital and has since been released. his home will have to be decontaminated. in a worst—case scenario they say that this work may take until christmas although they expect it to be finished before then. months of clear—up. and the whole thing is going to cost millions of pounds although they couldn't and wouldn't put an exact figure on what is going to cost. marks and spencer has announced job losses

at a distribution factory. the company says they will close the centre near waddington, putting 450 jobs at risk. the high court has been told that south yorkshire police knew about the bbc‘s plans to broadcast pictures of the search of sir cliff richard's home in 2014 one month before it took place. the singer claims that footage of the raid, carried out following an allegation of sexual assault, was a "very serious invasion" of his privacy, and is suing the bbc. the corporation disputes his claims. sir cliff richard was never arrested or charged. earlier i spoke to our correspondent helena lee outside the high court, who gave an update on a statement given to court from cliff richard's friend, gloria hunniford. she appeared in court in support of him last week on thursday and friday. she isn't in court today, sir cliff richard is. in the last half hour we've had a witness statement produced to the court by gloria hunniford. in it she talks about how sir cliff richard has been herfriend since they first met in 1969.

she describes him as a loyal friend. she then goes on in her statement to recall the events of the day during that search of his apartment in berkshire in 2014. she was in the uk, watching bbc news at the time and describes her shock at seeing the search, not only about the investigation but her shock, she says, at watching the developments unfold on the news in real time. she goes on to say that she spoke to sir cliff richard and she said she was exceptionally worried about him. she said, "i've never heard from him like that before." she goes on, two years later the cps dropped the case against the singer and she said she met up with him and they went on a cruise. she went to hug him, she said that he had lost much weight "he felt like skin and bone."

so, that statement by gloria hunniford in support of her friend, cliff richard, released by the court. earlier we heard more about the relationship between south yorkshire police and the bbc before, during and after that search. sir cliff richard arriving on the fourth day of his privacy case against the bbc. the focus this morning in court, not on the singer, though, but on the relationship between the police and broadcaster. the court heard more evidence from carrie goodwin, the head of media at south yorkshire police and her dealings with the bbc news reporter dan johnson. the force says he put pressure on them to reveal details of the investigation after going to them with information from another source. the bbc‘s use of a helicopter to film the search at the singer's home was brought up during cross—examination

of carrie goodwin. the force denies they helped the bbc get the footage they wanted. in court, a text message exchange was read out between danjohnson and a south yorkshire police press officer, lesley card, on the day of the search. a second exchange was read out between carrie goodwin and danjohnson after the raid. we've been hearing from a criminal barrister who's been in the witness box representing such a frigid. we expect bbc management, bbc news

management to give their evidence in court a bit later this week —— representing sir cliff richard. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. theresa may apologises to caribbean leaders for any anxiety caused to windrush immigrants in the uk. officials say the nerve agent used to poison the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury last month was delivered in liquid form. the squeeze on wage growth eases, as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. rangers suspend kenny miller and lee wallace pending an investigation into an angry exchange with their manager graeme murty. it happened following sunday's 4—0 scottish cup semi—final defeat against celtic at hampden park. chelsea's marcos alonso has been charged with violent conduct for an incident with southampton's shane long. if the defender‘s found guilty, he faces a three—match ban, ruling him out of this weekend's fa cup semi—final. and four men have been summoned

to appear in court for verbally abusing england rugby union head coach eddiejones outside a train station in manchester. i'll be back at 3:30pm. the latest official figures aboutjobs show a fall in unemployment and bigger pay rises. the rate of unemployment across the uk is now at a 43—year low of 4.2%, according to the office for national statistics. and in the three months to the end of february, the average pay packet increased by 2.8%. as our economics correspondent andy verity reports, the squeeze on living standards is now drawing to an end. workers at this middlesex company make high—tech microwave generators for use in everything from aircraft radars to diagnostic machines and they are not the only workers who would have needed a magnifying glass to spot their pay rise in recent years. but now at last they are getting a wage that is rising faster than prices. we went through a period where we had to reduce

the size of the business, laying people off, because we had a 40% reduction in our turnover in that period of time which also had a knock—on effect that we had a constrained environment for pay rises. since that time, over the last three orfour years, we've seen 20% a year growth rate reflected into significant pay rises to staff. the last time we got these figures the average pay rise was 2.6%, not enough to keep up with prices. on the figures released today, it is 2.8%, and inflation is slowing down. if we are finally seeing real wage growth, not all of us are feeling it. at the moment, it is still very tight. but, hopefully things will get better soon. my circumstances now, i am better off only because i have adult children and they look after themselves,

so i'm not in that position. in that respect, i am better off. it is still hard. we have seen a rise in our wages year—on—year but it is swallowed up by inflation so it feels like we are going one step forward and two steps back, never really keeping up with things. for years, the puzzle is that unemployment kept hitting a fresh low which should have given workers greater bargaining power so they could demand bigger pay rises, but that kept on not happening. economists confidently predict it will now happen. with fewer available workers, employers are having to raise pay to keep their existing workforce or attract new workers. we also have fewer migrant workers meaning there are fewer workers available. and prices are rising faster so to keep workers happy, you have to raise your wages faster than a year or two ago. the squeeze on living standards has made most of us feel the pinch and it is still too soon to be sure we are permanently released from its grip. there are positive signs, though.

the pound has been getting stronger which should help contain the cost of imported goods and make the cost of living more affordable, not less. andy verity, bbc news. syrian state television are reporting that international chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack. cbs news correspondent seth doane has already visited the site and has sent this report for us. this was rebel territory until two days ago. and today we made it to the very house where that suspected chemical attack took place. "all of a sudden, some gas spread around us," this neighbour recounted. "we couldn't breathe. it smelled like chlorine." syrian forces recaptured this area from rebels over the weekend. that means they now control this building, where this video was taken. this is your brother here? nasser hannan's brother is seen

in that activist video, lifeless and foaming at the mouth. in the kitchen, he told us how his brother had tried to wash off the chemicals. how did the chemicals get here? "the missile up there," he pointed, "on the roof." we asked him to take us to where the missile allegedly hit. he took us here up and pointed here. where we found a missile neatly resting. syria insists there was no chemical attack, while the us, france and uk blame syria. since those coalition air strikes, bashar al—assad's government has tried to show it was unaffected, today highlighting their military gains. this is exactly what the syrian government wants us to see — syrian forces here in douma and back in control. rebels had run this damascus suburb since 2012 and the intense campaign to recapture it started in february with russia's help. this was apparently a bomb—making

factory for rebels here in the heart of douma. you can see the makings of fins for mortars, mortars over here. take a look down here, you see this bin. it appears to be home—made grenades. the human toll of the fighting was evident in the main square this afternoon. hundreds of thousands of civilians have been living here, many without food, for months. you can see the desperation here, people just hoping for some bread. we asked this mother of five why she didn't leave if the fighting had been so bad. "we tried more than once," she told us, "but the rebels wouldn't let us go." nine days have already passed since that suspected chemical attack, and if weapons experts do make it to that building, they could find a scene that may have been tampered with, and eyewitness accounts that can be confusing and contradictory. seth doane, cbs news for bbc news, damascus. here, mps have begun debating

whether or not parliament should be consulted before the uk launches any military action. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has accused the prime minister of "tossing aside" a convention supported by her predecessor david cameron. i'm sorry to say the prime minister's decision not to recall parliament and engage in further military action in syria last week showed a flagrant disregard for this convention. this was underscored by the secretary of state for international development, who said yesterday, "outsourcing that decision to people who do not have the full picture is quite wrong and i think the convention that was established is very wrong." no, i won't give way. so it seems the convention, established in 2003, and in the cabinet manual, is being tossed aside as simply being

inconvenient. so, mr speaker, i believe it's necessary and urgent that this house has the opportunity to discuss its rights and responsibilities in decisions on uk military intervention. i'm not giving way for the moment. it is not currently codified in law and which, as we've discovered in recent days, cannot be guaranteed by conventions alone. the prime minister's actions are a clear demonstration of why parliament must assert its authority on this subject. and this was the prime minister's response to the points thatjeremy corbyn raised. i share the principle that in a parliamentary democracy the elected representatives of this house should be able to debate the deployment of military forces into combat.

as i said yesterday i'm deeply conscious of the gravity of these decisions and how they affect all members of the house. there are situations, not least major deployments like the iraq war, where the scale of the military build—up requires the movement of military assets over weeks and where it is absolutely right and appropriate for parliament to debate military action in advance. but that does not mean it is always appropriate. it therefore cannot... i'm going to make some progress. it therefore cannot and should not be codified into a parliamentary right to debate every possible overseas mission in advance. i will just make a bit more progress. as the exception makes clear, there are also situations where coming to parliament in advance would undermine the security of our operations or constrain the ability of our armed forces to act quickly and decisively. in these situations it is right for the prime minister to take the decision and then be held accountable to parliament for it.

up to a third of young people may live in rented accommodation all their lives, according to a report by the think tank the resolution foundation. it says 34 % of millennials, someone who today is aged between 18 and 38, could still be renting when they retire, up from the current figure of 23%. i am nowjoined byjames prestwich, the head of policy at national housing federation. good to see you. are you surprised by this figure they seem to have brought out? no, it's not a surprise, i don't think it's a surprise, i don't think it's a surprise that as a country we haven't been building the homes that the nation needs for some time and fundamentally this is an issue about supply, fundamentally this is an issue about supply, specially the supply of affordable homes. it is that word affordable homes. it is that word affordable as well as supply. young people and especially younger families it appears are being pushed into private rented accommodation.

that's right, the national housing federation, we believe that the housing associations are well placed to help solve the housing crisis, delivering affordable homes for people across a range of ten years, from social rent butu market rent and shared ownership and sale.“ there an element of culture changing because in france, most people don't own their homes? are we moving into a world where owning isn't everything? yes, and for some people renting works well for them at a time in their life. the key thing in the report today is the number of people living in the private rented sector after they've retired and there are questions about how they can there are questions about how they ca n afford there are questions about how they can afford rent on that property and the impact it may have on housing benefits. and security and protection when they are in that position. absolutely, we know that the end of private—sector rental

tenancies are the biggest source of homelessness in this country and tenancies of a greater length would give people greater security. 1.8 million, a tripling of the number of families with children in the private rented actor. can that be put down to the fact that we don't have the physical buildings? —— private rented sector. we haven't been building nearly enough homes as a nation in some time. housing associations are central to solving the crisis. last year we build 40,000 homes and we have an ambition to go much further but to do that it's very important that the government are able to give concessions around land, especially around the planning process. we've spoken about that for a long time, asa spoken about that for a long time, as a major problem. are we in a crisis? the government have said there is a housing crisis and although that is bad news it is encouraging that the government have

acknowledged it and want to fix the housing crisis. the prime minister has set out her stall to solve the nation's housing problems. you represent those who want to see more homes built, so how many do you think would address this realistically and what kind of homes should we be building as a priority? quite a lot to our pack. —— to unpack. you'd need to build a loss of homes to have a difficult impact on affordability hence it is important to build homes across a range of tenures and price points to enable people to access housing at a level comments you with their earnings. presumably it is the first rung of the ladder, if you can't get onto that, the report says you'll never get on it. that's true but there are things that can help. affordable homeownership products like shared ownership can help but there is a debate to be had about

there is a debate to be had about the private renting sector, what more can be done for those people who are living in the private rented sector. do you have a sense, and you hear this wherever you go, that frankly property is too expensive, some bubble needs to burst? in certain parts of the country this is certainly an issue, about affordability. in others, the nature of the housing crisis is slightly different. i wouldn't sit here and say we need to have a significant downturn in the market. wejust say we need to have a significant downturn in the market. we just need to build the white kind of violence in the right places at the right price points to enable people to access their —— the right kind of homes in the right kind of places. where do you put the finger of blame when it comes to the logjam? where is the problem? is it people saying they don't want building next to them? the planning process is part

of it. we've had a perfect storm over recent decades primarily because we haven't built enough but attitudes are shifting and changing. we know from research at the national housing federation that people are more welcoming of developments in their areas than perhaps they were five or ten years ago. what about the affordability issue? money for the last ten years has been relatively easy to get hold off but it is difficult to raise that initial deposit. raising a deposit is a significant issue for people who are seeking to move into homeownership and there are products that help people to do that, things like rent to buy, giving people security of tenancy, to enable them to save and purchase the property. is stamp duty and issue? undoubtedly, yes. if there was a magic want, you sort out the

planning and people's attitudes. do we have the builders, do we have the people who can create this mass of housing you'd like to see created? anecdotally, the sense is that with brexit and losing a lot of that level of workforce, we may not. that's a great question and we need to make sure we have these hills and the materials to enable the country to build homes. do we at the moment? i think that's a point of debate. we have an increasingly ageing workforce in the construction industry and we need to make sure we are training people to enable us to build homes we need. you welcome the fa ct we build homes we need. you welcome the fact we are talking about this when we we re fact we are talking about this when we were five, ten years ago? absolutely, yes. thank you for joining us. now a look at the weather, let's cheer ourselves up. sunshine will win out, but wet end

to the day for many. heaviest on the hills. sunshine and showers for scotla nd hills. sunshine and showers for scotland and northern ireland and dry and bright towards the south—east. temperatures above where they should be for the time of year. the breeze will be with us tonight, coming from a south—westerly direction, keeping things on the mild side. the rain will edge northwards as we go into the start of wednesday. through wednesday morning thicker cloud after a bright start in northern ireland, it will bring outbreaks of rain. splashes of rain into the western half of scotla nd rain into the western half of scotland as well. confined to the highlands and islands by the end of the afternoon. clearer skies will work northwards too. 18, 19 in the central belt of scotland tomorrow. widely into the 20s for england and wales. 24 in the south—east corner, maybe 26 on thursday, but the outlook into the start of the weekend is dry and reasonably warm. this is bbc news,

our latest headlines. theresa may apologises for the windrush immigration row, telling leaders of caribbean nations she's "genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused." i want to apologise to you today because we are genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused. sergei skripal and daughter yulia were poisoned by a nerve agent delivered in liquid form, says the department for the environment. syrian state media say international chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in the town of douma — the scene of the alleged gas attack that prompted the controversial airstrikes last weekend. and new data out today suggests the pay squeeze could be coming to an end, as the jobless rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. sport now on afternoon live with will perry. we will talk about rangers. a lot of

people on twitter agree with me, it was a bustup. i havejust people on twitter agree with me, it was a bustup. i have just seen that. how are you doing this job and be on twitter at the same time? yes, thank you. rangers have suspended their club captain lee wallace and striker kenny miller following a dressing room confrontation, altercation, heated exchange, with the manager graeme murty. you call it a bustup, simon. we're not sure exactly what happened, what was said, but it followed their 4—0 defeat to celtic, at hampden park, in the scottish cup semi—final. bbc scotland's senior football reporter, chris mclaughlin, has more detail. well, tensions were running high in the rangers dressing room following that match, where they fell well short short of their rivals, celtic. now the club captain lee wallace and striker kenny miller had words with manager graeme murty in the dressing room. the club here believe what was said overstepped the mark. both players were called to a meeting here and informed they were being suspended pending an investigation.

now, lee wallace has a one year left on his contract, kenny miller's deal was up in the summer. but it's more problems for rangers. they are out of both cup competitions and they're desperately fighting for second place. of course there is confusion over their managerial situation. despite the sunshine here in glasgow, when it rains at rangers, it pours. mugging me off on twitter and you don't even follow me simon. will you show that tennis bustup later on? that was a bustup. are you showing it later because it's brilliant? we have been showing it all day today, john mcenroe style. and the debate about the use of var in football continues? this is the most ridiculous of the lot. they got the situation right. this is the bundesliga match between mainz

and freiburg last night. the freiburg players had already left the pitch for half—time when the referee consulted var and awarded mainz a penalty. so he dragged all the players back out from their dressing rooms so that the penalty could be taken, which it was successfully, and mainz went on to win 2—0. we spoke to the scorer. he was told by the referee there was no rebounds, if it was saved the whistle would have been blown. manchester city's players were back in training today after finally securing the premier league title. city play swansea on sunday, but won't be awarded the trophy until their final home game of the season against huddersfield. their captain, vincent kompany, led the celebrations in the pub on sunday when the title

was confirmed, along with the likes of fabian delph, john stones and bernardo silva. it feels great, obviously, to win such a hard league, like the premier league, and when the game finished of course we went to celebrate. john came to pick me up and we went to meet with some staff and some players, some fans as well, theyjoined us. it was a fantastic moment to be able to celebrate with all of them. chelsea's marcos alonso has been charged with violent conduct by the football association. the spaniard appeared to stand on the leg of southampton striker shane long during their premier league game on saturday, but the incident went unpunished by referee mike dean. alonso faces a three—match ban if he accepts the charge, which would rule him out of sunday's fa cup semi—final against southampton and premier league games against burnley and swansea. four men have been summoned to appear in court following an incident in which the england rugby union head coach eddiejones was verbally abused. it happened outside manchester oxford road train station in february.

after england's calcutta cup defeat against scotland in the six nations championship. jones had travelled from edinburgh by train. british transport police say the men, aged between 22 and 25, have been reported for an alleged public order offence and are due at manchester and salford magistrates on the 16th may. we will dig out that tennis bustup. footage and interviews from the north pole marathon at 4.30pm. you will enjoy that one. was that played in chile? i have followed you on twitter, i've been bullied into it. you have now doubled your followers. thank you, goodbye. ajudge in new york has rejected a request from donald trump's personal lawyer to block evidence which was seized in fbi raids last week. computers, phones and documents were taken from michael cohen's home and office, as part of a criminal investigation.

our correspondent, nick bryant, was in court. at this federal courthouse, in lower manhattan, a media circus of barnum and bailey proportions, because it wasn't only michael cohen, the president's lawyer, who walked through those doors, it was stormy daniels, the porn actress that michael cohen paid $130,000 to on the eve of the 2016 election, allegedly to prevent her from talking about a sexual encounter she'd allegedly had with donald trump in 2006. my attorney and i are committed to making sure that everyone finds out the truth and the facts of what happened and i give my word that we will not rest until that happens. what michael cohen was arguing was that materials that were seized by federal investigators, as part of that criminal investigation into his activities, should not be seen by federal prosecutors because they are covered, in his mind, by attorney—client privilege. the federal prosecutors argued that attorney—client privilege does not apply in a criminal investigation. what the judge has decided is that michael cohen's team,

and indeed president trump's team, should be given copies of the documents that were seized, they can identify what they believe is covered by attorney—client privilege and then she will make a determination what the federal prosecutors can see. nick bryant reporting. many of the world's leaders are gathering in london this week for the commonwealth heads of government meeting. one of them is india's prime minister, narendra modi. it's his second visit to the uk in three years and while many from the indian communities here welcome his visit, he's expected to face some hostility from a range of protestors. shabnam mahmood reports. rehearsing a bollywood—style welcome, these women are getting ready to perform for the prime minister of india, who will be in the uk for the commonwealth heads of government meeting.

bollywood lives in our blood, our bones. whenever we see any song or anything, we just start dancing, and as our prime minister is coming in the uk, we are gathered to celebrate his visit. we are rehearsing and making sure it goes perfect on that day and he gets to see how we dance and how we celebrate his welcome in the uk. we really want to welcome him, it feels as if our parents are coming to visit. it's unlike anyone else. while these women prepare a special welcome for prime minister modi, others — religious groups and human rights activists — are planning to demonstrate against him. it's narendra modi's second visit to the uk since coming to power in 2014. like last time, he's expected to get a mixed reception over some of the issues he faces back home. the recent rape and murder of an eight—year—old girl in india has sparked another campaign against authorities over the protection of women. it is this cause that is provoking a similar response in the uk.

a huge section of us not only do not support him, but are very angry about what is happening and don't believe in the idea of india he is promoting, an exclusive one, where certain lives are not valued. we had to raise our voice against the atrocities that are happening in the country right now against minorities, against women of minorities. it is very important to protest, we can't be welcoming modi and his representatives into this country because we have a large asian community here and everything that happens in india affects us in britain. others protesting include sikh groups, highlighting the recent detention by the indian authorities of jagtar singh johal from scotland. he's being held under suspicion of funding political violence, which he denies. as the uk prepares to host leaders of 53 commonwealth countries, prime minister modi will be focusing his attention

on strengthening india's relationship with the uk during his five—day visit. shabnam mahmood, bbc news. scientists in portsmouth have engineered an enzyme which can digest a type of plastic used to make drinks bottles and other products, which could offer a new way of recycling. the enzyme works by breaking the plastic down. although so far it has only been found to work on the kind of material used in drinks bottles. researchers say it has opened a door to a new way of tackling plastic waste. ben thompson is in didcot with more. welcome to this hi—tech research facility here at didcot in oxfordshire. they are using this, what is known as a syncatron, the enzyme that will break down plastic into two component parts. it could mean an answer to that rising tide

of plastic pollution. let me introduce you to two people involved in the project. john is with me, one of the researchers behind it and sian isa of the researchers behind it and sian is a campaigner against plastic waste. nice to see you both. john, how does this work? aplacing breakthrough if you can do it on a commercial scale of getting rid of some of that plastic? an enzyme was discovered in a recycled dump from a bacteria that eats plastic. we have come here and we have been able to solve the atomic structure that allows us to see inside and how it works. why would you need something like this? it's a vast building, the size of wembley stadium, x—rays are flying around this building, what does it allow you to do? the smaller the thing you need to see the bigger the thing you need to see the bigger the microscope. it's an exciting place to work though. you campaign

against plastic waste. we know there is so much of it cluttering up our ocea ns is so much of it cluttering up our oceans right now and the environment. you must be excited when you hear something like this, there could be something that could break it down? very excited. this is the collaboration that the world needs is showing that science can come up with some kind of solution, but we have to be realistic. this bottle right now is never going to be properly recycled and will never become another bottle unlike an aluminium can that will become another can. we are talk about what may happen in the future for plastic recycling in the future to truly re cycle recycling in the future to truly recycle it. recycling in the future to truly re cycle it. we recycling in the future to truly recycle it. we have 6. 3 billion tonnes of plastic waste on our planet. how will we ever fix that problem? it's in our oceans and soil. it's everywhere. we have to turn off the plastic tap. that is ourjob really at the plastic planet to work with super markets, work

with food and drink brands, to wean us with food and drink brands, to wean us all off our plastic addiction so we can turn off that plastic tapped, a really big turn and have less plastic in the world. right now we are forecast to be world producing a billion tonnes of plastic every year from 2050. do we really need all that plastic? there are other materials. let us turn the tap off. good to see you both. thank you for explaining all of that. you heard it, a step in the right direction. clearly a lot more work still to be done. but that enzyme could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in getting rid of some that plastic. it's about reducing what we use and dealing with the problem of all that plastic that is currently cluttering up plastic that is currently cluttering up our planet. that was the one and only ben thompson. rachel is here with the business news. the headlines in a moment. first our headlines in a moment. first our headlines here on afternoon live. theresa may apologises to caribbean leaders for any anxiety caused to windrush immigrants in the uk. officials say the nerve agent used to poison the former russian

spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury last month was delivered in liquid form. the squeeze on wage growth eases as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. hello. up to a third of young people face living in private rented accommodation all their lives. a new report by the resolution foundation says 40% of "millennials" — that's those born between 1980 and 1996 — will still live in rented housing by the age of 30. that was twice as many as "generation x", those born between 1965 and 1980. if you're planning a trip to the world cup be careful where you buy your match tickets. consumer group which has warned fans risk paying inflated prices for match tickets that might not be valid if they use secondary ticketing sites. football's governing body, fifa, has warned it can void any ticket purchased on an unauthorised ticketing website. the international monetary fund has forecast that 2018 will be

the strongest year for global growth since 2011. the imf predicts growth this year and next of 3.9%, up from a previous projection of 3.7%. however, it warned that trade barriers could have a negative impact. for the uk, the imf has made a modest upgrade for growth this yearfrom1.5%to1.6%. for next year, the forecast has been slightly reduced. the pound up against the dollar highest since the brexit vote. that is an imaginative use of... sorry. before the brexit vote the pound exchange for about $1.48. after brexit the pound fell off a cliff against dollar and the euro. it has been making its way back up. this morning it was at $1.43. that is its highest level since the uk voted to leave the european union injune

2016. why? a number of reasons. a strong expectation that the bank of england will increase interest rates next month. interest rates in the uk have been at 0.5% or below since march 2009. that is a significantly long period of time. if you think back to where you were in march 2009 a lot has happened. interest rates have felled at that low rate. you look like you want to ask me something. i thought they went up? went down but came back up we have been 0.5% or below since 2009. we are expecting 0.25%age point rise in may, next month, up po 0.75%. the thatis may, next month, up po 0.75%. the that is playing in sterling's flavour. the second reason, the dollar is weak. it's weak because of concerns over us trade. the third reason is increasing optimism over brexit and how it's going to turn

out. say that again? increasing optimism over brexit. it seems like the markets are pricing in the best possible outcome a brexit with an orderly transition. this is obviously sentiment. this isn't fa ct. obviously sentiment. this isn't fact. we may not get the best possible... the fact you used that sentence, that is a first? that is market sentiment. markets run on emotion as lot of the time rather than fact. that can really help things fluctuates. that is why sterling is strong. expectations for the interest rate rise next month, wea kness the interest rate rise next month, weakness of the dollar. in the markets there is optimism about the outcome of brexit. what does it mean for the euro? what you have against the dollar is that the dolledar is weak. the euro is strong. —— dollar. we are at a ten month high. bike

theft? do you cycle? do you want to know what has happened to my bike? my know what has happened to my bike? my son borrowed my bike. took a u bend locks, lost the key. my bike, i see every morning as i drive into work, the tyres are flat, the council told me they will remove it for the last two years. it's still there. there you are. you did ask, i've told you. physical he's watching i still haven't forefor given him. i'm surprised it hasn't been stolen. ifi can't given him. i'm surprised it hasn't been stolen. if i can't get it without a key nor can anyone else. 93,000 bikes were stolen in the uk last year. that number is growing. your bike is not among them. you did ask? i did. duncan joins your bike is not among them. you did ask? i did. duncanjoins us from cycling uk. why are bikes targeted? partly it's because there's a realisation that the detection rates in relation to bike thefts are though. 5% of bike thefts lead to no

prosecution or any investigation of any sort in any event. it's perceived as something of an easy crime. one bike stolen every six seconds. a dramatic figure. what can you do to stop it happening? just on those figures, that is the tip of the eisenberg. the 93,000 bikes stolen is the recorded crime statistics. the crime survey figures each year suggest it's three times as high as that. a much larger figure than the figures suggest. we know it's growing up. there are a numberof know it's growing up. there are a number of things people can do to prevent this. a secure bike lock, the d lock your colleague just mentioned. it sounds secure. they are, as he knows to his cost, they are, as he knows to his cost, they are much more difficult to tamper with. that's a real bit of good advice for people. it needs to be attached to something which is secure. attached to something which is secure. one mistake that a lot of people make is that theyjust leave their bike unlocked—in their shed. we know an awful lot of bike thefts occur from sheds where the bike is unlocked. it needs to be locked to

something secure within the shed to avoid that. is enough done to recover stolen bikes? the reality is we know how pressed the police are. we would like it to be taken more seriously. they have a number of matters to do in reality. what could be done and what would be a better use of resources would be to target the markets. a number of stories in re ce nt the markets. a number of stories in recent years about people actually going online, looking at facebook, looking at ebay and online forums and finding the bike they have had stolen from them and recovering it themselves. the reality is, a targeted operation by the police at the marketplace, online, would actually be very productive use of resources. thank you. do people still lycra? resources. thank you. do people still lycra ? —— steal lycra resources. thank you. do people still lycra? —— steal lycra is that catching on. there is so much of that around ? catching on. there is so much of that around? i do apologise. i missed that. i was talking about

lycra. something we can't discuss on air. iwill lycra. something we can't discuss on air. i will talk to you about it later. that went well! now the markets, they are doing well. better—than—expected economic growth figures out of china. 6. 6.8%, remember what i said the imf predicted for the uk's economic growth for this year, 1.6%. oh, ok. talk to you later. later. thank you very much. how do you encourage more young people to enjoy the arts? well, tate galleries which has sites in london, liverpool and cornwall, has announced discounts and membership deals for 16 to 25 year olds. here's our arts correspondent david sillito. welcome to tate britain. as you can see, this is the entrance to the exhibition impressionists in london. of course, if you want to see it you will have to pay. and that price, well,

this is the ticket booth. impressionists in london, £19.70. there is another exhibition, all too human, admission £21.50. but there is a concession — of £1. however, that is about to change, because of this group of young people. here is our little group who have been advising the tate on trying to make this place a bit more youth—friendly. the first thing, gaby, angela, will, how will it change when it comes to price? tickets will be £5 if you are 16 to 25 now. quite a big reduction? it is, we just really want to make galleries cheaper, especially for more young people to come, they have been bragging about it for ages at tate, just to make it more accessible for young people. is itjust then about the cost? no. it is to do with representation, reflecting diversity, and we do that a lot in our programming.

so programming, you are involved in putting things on here at the tate? absolutely, namely late at tate britain. after hours, at times. what is different between what you do and this very nice exhibition? we essentially make this a bit more exciting than it is. are you suggesting this is not very exciting? not for our age group, no. we feel more work could be done to engage and stimulate us. will, you are the only non—londoner, shrewsbury, you don't feel you fit into a space like this? sometimes, no. prior to any experience with tate collective or the tate i had never been in a gallery, so it was like... the first time it was very like... it was almost sometimes like walking into a facility where they lock the door before you go out, and it was just very intense. listening to people under the age of 25, and a decision — make it a bit cheaper and make it a bit less dull. time for a look at the weather.

here's matt taylor. this was the wild scene on the porthcawl earlier. guernsey, blue skies overhead. a look of late spring or skies overhead. a look of late spring or summer skies overhead. a look of late spring or summer about it. that is the look more of you will go for over the next coming days as things turn sunnier and warming up as well. the warm air is across spain and portugal. the low pressure to west of us has been pushing in a weather front today. it's that which straddles the south—west parts of england and wales and northern england. sunshine and showers to scotla nd england. sunshine and showers to scotland and northern ireland. driest and brightest of all east anglia and the south—east, highs of 18 or 19 degrees. tonight, that weather front will fizzle out. a few spots of light rain through wales as

it works northwards. clearer skies towards the south—east, clearer conditions to the north—east of scotla nd conditions to the north—east of scotland and northern ireland. temperatures will drop the furthest, but with the sorely air flow the winds will ease down on today it will be a reasonably mild start to tomorrow. the morning cloud across england and wales will move northwards. morning rain in northern ireland, afternoon rain into western scotla nd ireland, afternoon rain into western scotland into the hibberg december. sunshine will develop more widely tomorrow afternoon. with that we could see temperatures in the central belt of scotland of around 18 degrees, 23, 24 towards london and the south—east. warmer air to come. atlantic air held off at bay at the moment. instead through thursday we will drag air from iberia and the mediterranean. it will not be a completely sunny story to begin with, showers in scotland, cloud here and western coasts of england and wales, misty for one or two, good sunny breaks developing forjust two, good sunny breaks developing for just about all through the afternoon. temperatures will shoot

up, 19, maybe 20 degrees around the murray firth. 26 to some parts of eastern england. atlantic air will cut off the flow from the mediterranean. temperatures will slowly push down, stay on the mild side. rain by sunday in scotland and northern ireland, england and wales stays largely dry. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 4. the prime minister apologises for the windrush immigration row. theresa may tells caribbean leaders she's "genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused". i want to dispel any impression that my government is in some sense clamping down on commonwealth citizens, particularly those from the caribbean who built a life here. when i saw the illegal paper, ijust didn't understand it and i kept it away from my daughter for about two weeks. i wasjust walking around in a daze, thinking why am i illegal?

more details of the salisbury nerve agent attack — it was delivered in liquid form, and the decontamination will take months — and cost millions. better news on the economy. new figures suggest the squeeze on wages is showing signs of coming to an end. coming up on afternoon live all the sport with will. reasons to keep watching afternoon live you don't want to miss a john mcenroe style disagreement at the monte mcenroe style disagreement at the m o nte carlo mcenroe style disagreement at the monte carlo must phillip clusters, football action and action from the north pole. there's a lot more sir john, the warmest day of the year, and more to come which will take this into the warmest weather in august.

also coming up — in news nationwide, we'll be in plymouth — with the story of a young boy with cystic fibrosis taking on a wish list of challenges. hello everyone — this is afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. i'm sorry — two words you don't hear much in politics — far less from a prime minister addressing caribbean leaders. but that's what theresa may said in downing street as officials tried to deal with the scandal over the harsh treatment by home office bureaucrats of the so—called ‘windrush generation'. as more details emerge of the children of commonwealth citizens being threatened with deportation — the prime minister said the uk government "valued" the contribution they had made — and they had a right to stay here. she said the current row had arisen because of new rules — introduced by her when she was home secretary. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. a meeting at an awkward moment for the prime minister.

theresa may welcomed her counterpart from jamaica to no 10 this morning as they and other leaders met for a commonwealth government summit. theresa may spoke of a need to reset britain's relationship with the caribbean countries. the government's handling of the windrush controversy couldn't be avoided, as the jamaican prime minister made clear to a sympathetic crowd. these persons are not able to claim their place as citizens. prime minister, we welcome your response and we look forward to a speedy implementation of your proposed solution. applause. it's only fair. the prime minister said sorry for the way the government had treated people who had come to the uk decades ago,

some of whom have been forced to prove their immigration status and threatened with deportation. i want to reassure you that i take this issue very seriously. the home office is dealing with this as well and as efficiently and swiftly as they can, and giving people every support to ensure that we can give them the reassurance of knowing that they are here, and we welcome them and value the enormous contribution they've made to our country. the checks that are causing problems for people who were unable to prove they have a legal right to live in the uk were brought in in 1996 but it was under theresa may's tenure in the home office that a more rigorous regime was introduced. and there are concerns that checks designed to crack down on illegal immigration simply went too far. like thousands of others, paulette wilson came from jamaica as a ten—year—old in the late 605. she was given the right to stay indefinitely but was detained

and was told she might have to leave the country unless she proved her status. it is a good thing that they apologised but what about the other people that have been sent away before my case became big? what about them people that hasn't got nothing over there, what about the people they sent away in the first place, what about them? newsreel: arrivals at tilbury. in jamaica they couldn't find work. discouraged and full of hope, they set sail to britain. theresa may's reassurance seem to be enough to allay the concerns of leaders of countries whose citizens came here as children to build their lives. rebuilding the trust of the windrush generation may prove more difficult. jonathan blake bbc news westminster. our chief political correspondent, vicki young is in westminster. is it enough because we don't yet know if anyone has been illegally deported and we are not convinced and a lot of people are still very

worried. it doesn't feel we have come to the end of this story, despite not just come to the end of this story, despite notjust one apology but several. amber rudd yesterday in the house of commons, letters from the immigration minister and today that public apology from theresa may in front of the cameras and in front of the heads of other commonwealth countries. she has had to backtrack quickly. there have been many questions aimed at the home office as to why it took them so long to get to grips with this, this has been raised by mps were several weeks but they seem slow to come to bed. theresa may is helped by the charitable response from people like the prime minister of jamaica charitable response from people like the prime minister ofjamaica who said afterwards that he had had a candid conversation with her although he did feel it was a wrong that had been done. he was asked afterwards if he blamed theresa may because she of course was secretary

for many years before becoming prime minister. well, i can't answer that question. the truth is, and she has said that there has been a policy change, that this was an unintended consequence. we, as caribbean leaders, we have to accept that in good faith. ourjob is, as members of the commonwealth, and good partners, is to stand in oversight, to ensure that the commitments given are dealt with in good order and with speed. now i think there will be a question about how quickly the home office can get to grips with all of this. can they at any point say whether somebody has been deported, are they able to save people have had their benefits taken away, have they been denied nhs treatment, they are urging people to come to them to resolve this. they already say that those strict conditions whereby people have to come up with four bits of evidence for every get they

have been in the country, that they will be flexibility there. that has been a key issue. much tough immigration rules have been brought in to stop illegal immigrants. it seems in this case that there has been no flexibility given to make sure that others who are innocent or not got up on this. a classic case of officialdom coming up against the lives of real people. thank you, vicki young. joining me now from our salford studio is greta lee welch who has been asked to prove her status, despite living in the uk legally for half a century. for how long? since july 19 62. your father came over the year before and you came over on your mother's passport. so sincejuly 1962 you came over on your mother's passport. so sincejuly1962 what are you been doing in britain? going to school, bringing up my family, my grandchildren, working, ithought to school, bringing up my family, my grandchildren, working, i thought i was a british citizen. you have four

children, five grandchildren, so just explain, september 2015 is the key date, i think. as you say you have been working here all that time have been working here all that time have to having gone to school and bought up your children. what happened in september 2015?|j bought up your children. what happened in september 2015? i was told that my work was going to be terminated until i had the right documents in place. which i had to gather all this information from when i came to england, like my mother ‘s passport which i am named on, letters from all my family, from my friends, so i could get a biometric card. how did you feel when they asked if that stuff?|j felt isolated, i felt i had

when they asked if that stuff?|j felt isolated, ifelt i had done something wrong. but you know what, i had all the support of my friends and family. i can tell that this is upsetting. those who are not upset watching you are probably very angry about this. i want to know what the home office were asking you for that you felt was unfair. they wanted me to prove that i did not have a passport but are said to them, i haven't got a passport, you should know that i haven't got one but they we re know that i haven't got one but they were insisting that i probably had another country passport.|j were insisting that i probably had another country passport. i think you are more british than i am. how do you feel about this country after being treated like that? well, my

friends and family, this is all i know, my way of life, i don't know any other way of life. have you got yourjob back, what is your situation now? i did a fundraising page because the immigration solicitor said it would be 4000 pounds so i started this and someone who i know, tom, george, he works on paper. and he said he would get in touch with the home office to see what i needed to do and that is how icame by what i needed to do and that is how i came by doing it slightly cheaper. so, to prove that you're british has

cost you how much? just the £2000. so as far as you are concerned is that now sorted because presumably you had a national insurance number because you have been working in this country. yeah, yeah. i've got everything. i am allowed to vote, i just found it bizarre that they were saying that i wasn't a british citizen. you say it bizarre, i suspect other words came to mind as well! what did your children say, greta, when you explained what was going on. they were upset because i might have had to leave them, and they couldn't leave the country because they were not entitled to british citizenship either even though they were born here. so when

theresa may says i'm sorry, what does that mean? what it means nothing because i still had to go through it. and there are people out there who are going through it now. do you know of anyone who has been deported against their will as a result of all this? no. no but the letter i got from the home office was horrendous. it said in black and white that if i didn't get a proper documents within like two weeks, they were going to deport me. do you still feel as british as you did ten yea rs still feel as british as you did ten years ago? yes. despite what has been done to you? your speakers as i

said this is all i know. even though iam said this is all i know. even though i am still not going to so that i am not jamaican because i i am still not going to so that i am notjamaican because i am proud to be jamaican. finally greta and i appreciate that this is all very difficult for you, there is someone sitting at a desk in the home office who will have seen all your paperwork who'll dealt with you all the time. if they were watching now what would your message to them be? they didn't look at my case as an individual. they looked at it as a whole. because when i went for my signing in, i don't know what they call it, there was people that i didn't seem to fit in that group. one word, how do you feel now? um a

bit better, a bit safer. well i really appreciate you talking about its greta, thank you for your time. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you up—to—date with what is happening in the house of commons. we havejust heard with what is happening in the house of commons. we have just heard that the government has won the vote on the government has won the vote on the action it was taking in syria last weekend. this is pretty much a symbolic vote and doesn't change the law, it put down the motion that the government had considered the is you of action by british mps, labour mps we re of action by british mps, labour mps

were whipped to vote against their own emotion in the view that there wasn't sufficient parliamentary scrutiny but the vote has just come in in the last few moments, a majority of 61 voted in favour of the air strikes over syria. an emergency debate ended minutes ago and the vote has just taken place. so that's the latest from the house of commons. it's been revealed that the novichok nerve agent used in the poisoning of sergei skripal and his daughter was delivered in a "liquid form". the department for environment said that only a "very small amount" of the nerve agent was used. a massive clean—up operation is underway in salisbury to decontaminate nine sites in the city — it will take several months and cost millions of pounds. earlier i spoke to our correspondent duncan kennedy who's in salisbury. we've had a briefing from defra, the department for the environment, and wiltshire council and they put a lot more flesh on the bones of all this. and what they are telling us for the first time is that this substance was delivered in a liquid form.

until now there has been lots of speculation, was it a powder, was it something else? no, they're saying it was a liquid, the way this novichok was delivered. we know that the biggest concentration was on sergei skripal‘s front door, in particular possibly his front door handle, but we never knew what it was. they also told us that this stuff was transferred directly, so from person to person orfrom item to item. it wasn't a gas, it wasn't a vapour or anything like that. and thirdly what they've told us today is that this novichok still exists. it doesn't evaporate, it doesn't disappear, it's still around, albeit in very small quantities. they've restated that the risk to the public is low but it is still around and it will need cleaning up. and that is going to cost a lot of money, it will take a long time. those cobbles behind you, will they need to be replaced? yes is the short answer.

in a few days we are expecting hoardings to go up here where you can see these tapes. so this huge clean—up operation in salisbury can get under way. i asked the official if it meant taking up the turf and paving stones and she said yes, that's exactly what's going to happen. every item that's taken away will be incinerated. we didn't ask about the burning of bricks or grass but that's what's going to happen. they also said it will involve something like 190 military personnel who are going to come here and other sites to clean up. a total of nine sites in all, not only the park bench here where sergei and yulia were found on march 4th, but also the restaurant beyond that, the bar this way, but also a couple of ambulance stations have to be cleaned up, through secondary contamination. and also the home of sergeant nick bailey, the police officer who was also admitted to hospital

and has since been released. his home will also have to be decontaminated. in a worst—case scenario they say all this work could take until christmas, although they expect it to be finished before then. so months and months of clear—up. and the whole thing is going to cost millions of pounds, although they couldn't and wouldn't put a figure on exactly what this is going to cost. fatwas duncan kennedy in salisbury. now more from that apology by theresa may over the windrush road telling caribbean leaders she is generally sorry for any consequences. emma reynolds is the labour mp for wolverhampton north east. what happened when you raised the issue of these deportations? wrote to the home secretary about this because i had a constituency who was detained at yarl‘s wood last year and was told that she was going to

deported to jamaica. despite the fa ct deported to jamaica. despite the fact that she has no surviving family there and she came to the uk in 1968 aged ten and has worked here all her life and considers herself british. i wrote to the home secretary and asked how many people from the windrush generation had been detained in this appalling manner, and how many have been deported. and the answer i got back from the immigration minister which is very disappointing which was that it would simply be too costly to assess how many had been affected. i don't think that is good enough. i think the government as well as measuring the extent of the problem needs to come clean about its extent. are you aware of anyone who has been deported under this?|j extent. are you aware of anyone who has been deported under this? i am not but i am acutely aware that my constituent paulette wilson went through an horrific and terrifying

ordeal at yarl‘s wood, an experience she should never have been subjected to. she regards herself as british, according to the legislation passed in the 19705 5he according to the legislation passed in the 19705 she has a right to be in this country and she is briti5h. therefore the government has serious que5tion5 therefore the government has serious questions to answer as to why this windrush generation has been 5ubjected windrush generation has been subjected to this appalling treatment? well why do you think they have? i think because there has been unfortunately a culture in the home office of always 5u5pecting that individuals are not what they say they are. and in this case it has had devastating consequences for this community because now what will happen is that some people are 5imply afraid of coming forward because they fear that they may be

treated in the same way, they may be detained, they may be threatened with deportation. i know that the home secretary wa5 with deportation. i know that the home secretary was at pains in the commons yesterday to say that people will not be treated in this way. and i hope that those whose status has not been regularised will be helped by the team that she has setup. but there also que5tion5 by the team that she has setup. but there also questions as to whether there also questions as to whether the government had put enough resou rce5 into the government had put enough resources into this new team 5he announced yesterday. of resources into this new team 5he announced yesterday. ijust spoken toa announced yesterday. ijust spoken to a lady who came here in 1962, she has worked, brought up four children and five grandchildren, had a national insurance number, had a job. lost thejob because national insurance number, had a job. lost the job because they asked her to prove status and she found that difficult as many do given the document5 that difficult as many do given the documents required by the home office. did you get the sense yesterday from amber rudd that there are many people making these decisions who blame the home office itself for an approach, as this lady ju5t itself for an approach, as this lady just put it, they don't think people, they are thinking of

numbers. i think that's absolutely right. if people have been your 50 years, and paid into the system for all that time, why is the burden of proof on them to prove that they are british when in fact the burden of proof should be on the government to suggest that they are not. the5e people have made a huge contribution to the life of our country and society, my con5tituent paulette wilson worked in the house of commons a5 wilson worked in the house of commons as well as other places. so the5e commons as well as other places. so these people have been treated in these people have been treated in the most appalling way. it is right for the prime minister and the home secretary to apologise but they still have very serious questions to answer. emma reynolds, thank you for joining us this afternoon. in a written statement to high court, the tv presenter gloria hunniford has said that her friend sir cliff richard felt ‘violated and betrayed' by the bbc‘s decision to broadcast footage of a police

search of his apartment. earlier the court was told that south yorkshire police knew about the bbc‘s plans to broadcast the pictures of the search of sir cliff's house in 2014 one month before it took place. the singer claims that footage of the raid, carried out following an allegation of sexual assault, was a ‘very serious invasion' of his privacy, and is suing the bbc. the corporation di5pute5 his claims. sir cliff richard was never arrested or charged. our correspondent helena lee is outside the high court. gloria hunniford, a tv presenter, has supported cliff richard in his case against the bbc. she was in court last week, not today but witness statement was produced to the court. she describes cliff richard a5 a loyal friend who she has known since 1969 and she recalled the moment when she saw on bbc news the search of her friend's apartment, being sea rched bbc news the search of her friend's apartment, being searched by officers from south yorkshire

police. she described how shocked 5he police. she described how shocked she was. in her statement to the court 5he she was. in her statement to the court she said, to the best of my knowledge i had never seen anything like it before on british tv. i was immediately very concerned for the claimant. he is a gentle and kind 5oul claimant. he is a gentle and kind soul and i was extremely worried about how he would be reacting to this extraordinary turn of events. she went on to talk about when the crown prosecution service two years later dropped the case against sir cliff richard, they went on a cruise together and she remembers hugging herfriend. she says, he had lost so much weight he felt like skin and bone. we also heard in court about the relationship between south yorkshire police and the bbc before during and after that search. sir cliff richard arriving on the fourth day of his privacy case against the bbc. the focus this morning in court

are not on the singer, though, but on the relationship between the police and the broadcaster. the court heard more evidence from carrie goodwin, the head of media at south yorkshire police, and her dealings with the bbc news reporter dan johnson. the force says he put pressure on them to reveal details of the investigation after going to them with information from another source. the bbc‘s use of a helicopter to film the search at the singer's home was brought up during cross—examination of carrie goodwin. the force denies they helped the bbc get the footage they wanted. in court, a text message exchange was read out between danjohnson and a south yorkshire police pre55 officer, lesley card, on the day of the search. a second exchange was read out between carrie goodwin

and danjohnson after the raid. well, simon, court has now fini5hed for the day. it will resume at 1030 tomorrow morning. and later this week we expect to be hearing from senior bbc news managers who are defending their coverage of the ca5e. defending their coverage of the case. helena, could you stand a5ide for the moment, i think cliff richard has just for the moment, i think cliff richard ha5ju5t got for the moment, i think cliff richard has just got in that van behind you. yes, that's right, that's cliff richard, leaving court for the day. he tend5 that's cliff richard, leaving court for the day. he tends to stay about 20 minutes after court end5. for the day. he tends to stay about

20 minutes after court ends. i 5u5pect we will be back in court for the rest of his case against the bbc at 1030 tomorrow. sorry to do that to you, just thought we could have a look at him as he went off! helena lee at the high court. let's catch up lee at the high court. let's catch up with the weather, a photograph, you've given it away by mentioning the name but that is sophie bray worth, our colleague, wa5 the name but that is sophie bray worth, our colleague, was completed an amazing marathon. —— sophie bray worth. in the most amazing conditions, temperatures of 45 cel5ius, i don't know how she does it. yesterday was the boston marathon, take a look at the boston marathon, take a look at the shots from the course, 4 degrees i5 the shots from the course, 4 degrees is started and the 5ubzero wind chill and it rained through much of it. which 5omeone chill and it rained through much of it. which someone is like. if you 5ee it. which someone is like. if you see the end 5hots some are quite

happy, probably happy to have fini5hed happy, probably happy to have finished it! i don't know what you would prefer? a large screen and a bottle of something is a good way to watch a marathon in my view. but they won't be worrying about rain, it will be hot again. sophie will be back on the starting line for the commonwealth this weekend, but she did well to get warm weather training because we are approaching close to record—breaking temperatures for the london marathon. here's how the forecast looks, we could see temperatures during the afternoon especially for 5low runner5 of around 22 degrees, maybe 23. in 2007 temperatures were ju5t maybe 23. in 2007 temperatures were just shy of 22 celsius and that was the warmest marathon run on record, there will be plenty of liquid and suncream as well, one for the supporters as well as the runners. and of course in the next few days it will be even warmer, we are all

warming up, to bridge5 close to what we saw last august. not they get though, this was in paris 5hort we saw last august. not they get though, this was in paris short time ago, a day for indoors, but bear with it, there will be a better day tomorrow. the 5un5hine i5 with it, there will be a better day tomorrow. the 5un5hine is already out across southern and eastern areas, temperatures approaching 20 degrees in parts of east anglia, and this was a shot in london and more of us will be enjoying skies like that through the rest of the week as things warm up substantially. at the moment low—pressure to the west is dominating of a high pressured to the east and in between its the weather front which on this chart you can see extends from northern england down to wales to the south—west. showers in northern ireland and western scotland will be heavy, thunder with those continuing into the evening, some sunshine but that, a band of rain, through to light a weather front fizzles to a certain extent and then works its way back north once more, lots of

cloud across england and wales to the right, wins coming in from south—westerly direction, not as strong as last night but those winds will bring sunny skies and in places a damp start, northern ireland will see some rain in the morning before sunshine comes out in afternoon, the west of scotland will see rain in the afternoon, it will be confined to the highlands and islands later, this will be the cloudy and wettest area, 18 celsius around the moray firth, parts of central scotland 24 degrees in the south—east. air from the mediterranean dominating in to this day, coming upon southerly winds pushing temperatures even higher. a residual front winds pushing temperatures even higher. a residualfront will bring some clout to scotland, western england and wales but it should break up at times and most areas will see sunny spells. it will be the warmest day of the week on thursday, the warmest conditions since last august, 26 degrees in the south—east corner. reasonably warm until the end of the week but we

will have westerly winds coming in from the atlantic, temperatures will dropa from the atlantic, temperatures will drop a little, it may threaten the odd spot of rain in northern ireland particularly into sunday but for most areas friday saturday and sunday will look dry, sunny and pleasa ntly sunday will look dry, sunny and pleasantly warm. goodbye for now. enter this is bbc news, our latest headlines. theresa may has apologised for the windrush immigration row, telling caribbean leaders she's "genuinely sorry" for the anxiety caused by the home office threatening the children of commonwealth citizens with deportation. i want to apologise to you today because we are genuinely sorry for any anxiety that has been caused. sergei skripal and daughter yulia were poisoned by a nerve agent delivered in liquid form, says the department for the environment. syrian state media say international chemical weapons inspectors have arrived in the town of douma — the scene

of the alleged gas attack that prompted the controversial airstrikes last week. and new data out today suggests the pay squeeze could be coming to an end, as the jobless rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. sport now on afternoon live with will perry. now, you promised me these tennis pictures can you deliver? memories ofjohn mcenroe? memories of john mcenroe? yes. world number 51 jared donaldson confronted the umpire after, i think it's fair to say, more than disagreeing with a call made in his first round defeat at the monte carlo masters. the american was 6—3, 3—2 down to albert ramos vinolas, and went bananas when a serve by the spaniard was called in by umpire. have a listen to this. there's a mark right here. calm down. yeah, there is. you are not showing me a mark. stop this. why are you doing this? you are not

showing me one mark. apologise right now. that's not acceptable. it's not acceptable. i can imagine you losing the plot like this, simon. it went on and on. eventually, video replays did show that donaldson was correct. they kept going at each other. no mark right there. you called it in. it's not your fault. i'm telling you what it is. i like that, it's not yourfault, i'm telling what it is. i like that, it's not your fault, i'm telling you what it is. you can see the video replays showing donaldson was correct, but hawkeye wasn't in use. donaldson eventually lost 6—3, 6—3 he apologised to his opponent for his behaviour, but refused to shake the umpire's hand. will he be at wimbledon? he was find £4,500 for that. he won't be laughing too much this afternoon, i don't think. good to know you get those voices in your head as well. something else you promised the

north pole marathon. forget london and boston, what you will see takes the endurance race to another level. 60 athletes have been running 26. 2 miles in temperatures of —30. that fella is running with his two huskies. the first canines to run the race on the north pole. ted jackson, british athlete, completing the race. with all that will protection, here is ted jackson doing his best impression of the wildling from game of thrones. deep snow, tough, tough, tough. tough, tough, tough. sergio aguero has undergone minor knee surgery. aguero has been troubled by a problem in his left knee for the past five weeks. no time scale has been put on his

recovery. the world cup in russia will be his main target for a return. rangers have suspended their club captain lee wallace and striker kenny miller following a heated exchange, with the manager graeme murty. maybe it was a quarrel and squable, an altercation, a difference of opinion. we're not sure excatly what happened, but it followed their 4—0 defeat to celtic, at hampden park, in the scottish cup semi—final. bbc scotland's senior football reporter, chris mclaughlin, has more detail. well, tensions were running high in the rangers dressing room following that match, where they fell well short of their rivals celtic. now the club captain, lee wallace and striker kenny miller had words with manager graeme murty in the dressing room. the club here believe what was said overstepped the mark. both players were called to a meeting here and informed they were being suspended pending an investigation. now, lee wallace has a one year left on his contract, kenny miller's deal was up in the summer. but it's more problems for rangers. they are out of both cup competitions and desperately

fighting for second place. of course there is confusion over their managerial situation. despite the sunshine here in glasgow, when it rains at rangers, it pours. chelsea's marcos alonso has been charged with violent conduct by the football association. the spaniard appeared to stand on the leg of southampton striker shane long during their premier league game on saturday, but the incident went unpunished by referee mike dean. alonso faces a three match ban if he accepts the charge which would rule him out of sunday's fa cup semi—final against southampton and premier league games against burnley and swansea. chris froom has moved up to fourth following a battling ride on the toughest stage. he launched one of his trademark attacks just over half a mile from the finish of the second stage. he wasn't able to hold off his rivals. he crossed the line in italy in fourth place. four second

behind the day's winner. that is all the sport for now. now on afternoon live let's go nationwide and see what's happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. in plymouth, victoria graham is here with the story of adam sevenoaks, who has cystic fibrosis and has taken on a wish list of challenges while he is fit enough to fulfil his dreams. and in newcastle, carol malia joins us with news of a project to get hospital patients dressed during the day, rather than remaining in pyjamas. we will come back in a moment. what an amazing young man we are talking about here? simon, isn't hejust. that is how we made the decision to make adam, an 11—year—old our top story. we do things differently at

spotlight, what is our top story, someone spotlight, what is our top story, someone who makes us think. someone who inspires us and someone who makes us think, my goodness, what an incredible person he is. take a look because he's taken on so much. he's called adam sevenoa ks. because he's taken on so much. he's called adam sevenoaks. he's 11 years old and has duchenne muscular dystrophy. he wants to achieve as much as he can before he loses the use of his muscles. he has a list. he plays power chair football for the wessex war yorts. he's a scouts he has a black belt and completed an indoor skydive as well. his muscles will get weaker and weaker, but he's determined to to do as much as possible. when he's on the football pitch he has a whack on him when he gets hold of the football. incredible. a lesson to us all. he

is very philosophical about life? he is. people generally with duchenne muscular dystrophy don't live much over 30. get on with your life and don't make you angry about it. it's not your fault that you have a disability. the football coach also says he's got no two ways about it when the ref makes a decision he says, no, that's the wrong decision. very opinionated and very determined. he does have a wish list, simon. you know people in high places. maybe you can help them with a few of these. adam wants to visit all the premier league football teams. he wants to jump out of a plane. he wants to play power chair football for england and he want tos

go on football for england and he want tos goona football for england and he want tos go on a road trip around europe. can you emhad him on any of those simon. watching leeds united is as far as he is going to get. it's a start. victoria thank you very much. carol, hospitals they think that if you are dressed during the day and not in the your pyjamas or nightie there is a benefit to that? there probably is when you think about it. can i say to victoria, if adam wants to come toll newcastle, i think they are still in the premier league. if they are, we will try. fantastic. ok. anything else you want to have a chat about. you can fill the time. leave us to it. that is what i want to avoid. thank you. yes. pyjamas and nighties? yes. hospitals worked out it could have benefit if people are dressed in the morning, if they are dressed in the morning, if they are able to of course. if they are not able to there is no pressure. it could have a benefit on their

wellbeing and aid their recovery time by as much as a day—and—a—half when you add that up across the broad spectrum of treatment that is a lot of hospital time that could be saved. it could do things like decrease bed sores and complications that patients can suffer from and if it increases wellbeing and mobility and makes them feel better about being in hospital. prepares them for going home. we speak to a lovely lady in tonight's place called dorothy waterhouse who said it's not normal to be in your pyjamas during the day. she is straight—forward about it. we will hear about it tonight. it's been trialled elsewhere? it's under the umbrella of the nhs get dressed challenge. it has been trialled over a course of 70 days. a million days of hospital time could be saved if each patient has this day—and—a—half improvement on their recovery time, if you like. it's well worth a trial. if it makes

people feel better about being in hospital it's worth a try, isn't it? absolutely. thank you very much carol, look north, victoria,ing spotlight. thank you both very much. that agencies nationwide. if you want to see more on those stories you can see them via the i player. ajudge in new york has rejected a request from donald trump's personal lawyer to block evidence which was seized in fbi raids last week. computers, phones and documents were taken from michael cohen's home and office, as part of a criminal investigation. our correspondent nick

bryant was in court. at this federal courthouse, in lower manhattan, a media circus of barnum and bailey proportions, because it wasn't only michael cohen, the president's lawyer, who walked through those doors, it was stormy daniels, the porn actress that michael cohen paid $130,000 to on the eve of the 2016 election, allegedly to prevent her from talking about a sexual encounter she'd allegedly had with donald trump in 2006. my attorney and i are committed to making sure that everyone finds out the truth and the facts of what happened and i give my word that we will not rest until that happens. what michael cohen was arguing was that materials that were seized by federal investigators, as part of that criminal investigation into his activities, should not be seen by federal prosecutors because they are covered, in his mind, by attorney—client privilege. the federal prosecutors argued that attorney—client privilege does not apply in a criminal investigation. what the judge has decided is that michael cohen's team, and indeed president trump's team, should be given copies of the documents that were seized,

they can identify what they believe is covered by attorney—client privilege and then she will make a determination what the federal prosecutors can see. nick bryant reporting. the home office confirmed it destroyed landing cards belonging to windrushle immigrants. the guardian said the slips were destroyed despite staff warnings the move would make it harder to check the records of older caribbean residents experiencing residency. that has happened, looking back. the slips we re happened, looking back. the slips were destroyed in some cases but they did not provide reliable evidence of someone's residency in the uk. it says it would be misleading and inaccurate to suggests are strayings slips would

therefore have a bearing on immigration cases whereby commonwealth citizens are proving residency in the uk. raises the yes, but. confirmation, destroyed some landing cards belonging to so—called windrush immigrants. that's just coming in from the home office. as i say, that is confirmation of a story that appeared in the guardian. rachel is here with the business news in a moment. first, the headlines. theresa may apologises to caribbean leaders for any anxiety caused to windrush immigrants in the uk. the home office confirmed they destroyed some landing cards as people arrived on those first vessels. officials say the nerve agent used to poison the former russian spy sergei skripal and his daughter yulia in salisbury last month

was delivered in liquid form. the squeeze on wage growth eases as the unemployment rate falls to its lowest level since 1975. the international monetary fund has forecast that 2018 will be the strongest year for global growth since 2011. the imf predicts growth this year and next of 3.9%, up from a previous projection of 3.7%. however, it warned that trade barriers could have a negative impact. for the uk, the imf has made a modest upgrade for growth this yearfrom1.5%to1.6%. for next year, the forecast has been slightly reduced. up to a third of young people face living in private rented accommodation all their lives. a new report by the resolution foundation says 40% of "millennials" — that's those born between 1980 and 1996 — will still live in rented housing by the age of 30. that was twice as many as "generation x", those born between 1965 and 1980.

if you're planning a trip to the world cup be careful where you buy your match tickets. consumer group which has warned fans risk paying inflated prices for match tickets that might not be valid if they use secondary ticketing sites. football's governing body, fifa, has warned it can void any ticket purchased on an unauthorised ticketing website. lots of figures out today. you loved it. wage growth, unemployment and a suggestion that that squeeze on people's purseses is easing? that's right. this is the wage squeeze. it's something that has been prevalent in england, or the uk, for the last 12 months. the idea being that our wages are not rising as fast as the prices of the things that we buy. the inflation rate has been higher than wage growth. we had figures out today from the aufs f

office of national statistics. the trend seems to be coming to an end. that is good news. it had a slightly negative impact on sterling. sterling which has been going very strongly recently. on highs. the highest point against the dollar since the brexit referendum and doing well against the euro. it slipped slightly when those wage growth figures came out. mainly because traders were expecting it to because traders were expecting it to be even higher. we have been talking about the high street for a long time. it's mostly bad news. we have good news. it may be fuelled by your trainer addiction, good news. it may be fuelled by your traineraddiction, simon. do you reckon? no jd sports traineraddiction, simon. do you reckon? nojd sports and primark. auto i don't know why i'm the bu it of these things. you don't have to wear trainers tojog of these things. you don't have to wear trainers to jog it's about the rise of people being comfortable. nice red socks. that is it. the stores have posted — caused an injury now. positive results which the markets have been pleased by.

it's quite interesting, in the case of pro, mark, we had conversations about the struggles retailers are having on the uk high street and retail seems to be moving online. primark doesn't have an online site that they sell items from. their success is interesting. it has been pointed out they are coming off a low base. they are about 20% lower their share price than last year. they might bring in an online? no. let's start there with michael hewson from cmc markets. what are jd sports what arejd sports and primark doing right? tell simon not to worry, i think it's fast fashion. move on! it was an increase that drove the rise in revenues forjd sports. with associated british foods or primark, a different story. it's pile them high and sell them cheap with

associated british foods. also, a sustainable expansion plan which both companies are embarking upon. they are opening new stores, increasing floorspace. they are shipping more products out of the door. in the case ofjd sports we saw a significant increase in online sales of 30%. simon, with respect to an online operation if you are selling products at £3 the postage will come until higher than the producting itself. i don't think thatis producting itself. i don't think that is a starter. let us talk about the income squeeze. figures from the office of national statistics suggest the trend is coming to an end. at what point should we start to feel better off? that could take some time. this month we have council tax rises coming in. that could kick the floor under the inflation rate. we have cpi for march coming out tomorrow. that will fall to 2.6% likely. the trajectory for wage

growth is on an upward slope. in may la st growth is on an upward slope. in may last year1.7%, we growth is on an upward slope. in may last year 1.7%, we are now 2.8%, growth is on an upward slope. in may last year1.7%, we are now 2.8%, the highest since 2015. . is an expectation on the part of the bank of england that that number could edge up towards 3% as we head towards yare end. if inflation continues to fall, which a higher pound should prompt, things could get better. it could take a while, two to three more months, before we start to put clear bluewater between wages and cpi. you pensioned the higher pound, michael. sterling has had a strong run against the dollar and the euro. what is supporting it? more against the dollar. sterling on a trade basis it's has retraced 50% of the losses from the brexit referendum. it's down 11% against the euro. these gains in sterling need to be put into the context of a weaker dollar. none the less, it is welcome. i think it can continue

because at the moment there is an awful lot of concern that president trump is trying to talk down the dollar. i can see a situation this year that we could see sterling at1 .45 even year that we could see sterling at1 .45even1. 50 year that we could see sterling at1 .45 even 1. 50 against the dollar. we are expecting potentially an interest rate rise from the bank of england next month. what impact will today's figures have had on that? the figures we had on wage growth?” don't think they have taken the option of an interest rate rise off the table. if anything, i think they have made it a little bit more likely. i think much will depend on the data that we get between now and the data that we get between now and the may bank of england meeting, but at the moment markets are assigning an 85% probability that we will get an 85% probability that we will get a rate rise in may. thank you very much. are you doing the marathon on saturday? i haven't got a decent pairof trainers. saturday? i haven't got a decent pair of trainers. how about you? no, no, i haven't. isit in pair of trainers. how about you? no, no, i haven't. i sit in front of a telly, michael, you know that.

that's no excuse. let us look at the markets. we talked about this in the last hour. global markets are doing very well. we had very strong figures out from china, better—than—expected growth at 6. 8%. they are expecting 6. 7%. that buoyed markets. strong growth there on the dow and the s & p. netflix increasing their membership. 40% increase in their revenue. their shares up 7%. health companies pushed up the us markets. the dax up. the ftse up half a percent held back by strong sterling. tomorrow, we know how much you love figures, inflation figures out tomorrow. i will bring them all to you. looking forward to that. rachel, thank you. that's about it from your afternoon live team next up bbc news at five.

we didn't talk about the... we did. i hear voices i do what i'm told. huw edwards is up next to get us out of this mess, he has the news at five. here is ma it with better news about the forecast. we are not there as far as sunny skies for everyone. this was the wild, wet windy scene at porthcawl. guernsey had blue skies overhead. a look the late spring, even summer about it. that is a look more of you will go for over the coming days as things turn sunnier and warming up as well. the warm air is across spain and portugal. the low pressure has been pushing in a weatherfront. that straddles the south—west and parts of england, wales and northern england bringing outbreaks of rain

this afternoon and rush—hour. sglit driest and brightest east anglia and the south—east, highs of 18 or 19 degrees. tonight, the weatherfront will fizzle out. spots of light rain through wales as it works northward. clearer skies towards the south—east, clearer conditions in to the not—east of scotland and northern ireland. temperatures will drop here the furthest. winds will ease down on what we have seen today, it will be a reasonably mild start to tomorrow. that air flow will take the morning cloud across england and wales northwards. morning rain in northern ireland, afternoon rain into western scotland into the husband bra december. sunshine will develop more widely tomorrow afternoon. we could see temperatures in the central belt of scotla nd temperatures in the central belt of scotland of around 18 degrees, 23, 24 towards london and the south—east. warmer air to come. atla ntic south—east. warmer air to come. atlantic air held at bay at the moment. thursday we will drag air

from iberia in the mediterranean. it will not be a completely sunny story to begin with. there will be showers in scotland, cloud here and around western coasts of england and wales. misty for one or two. sunny breaks developing for all throughout the afternoon. temperatures will shoot up. 19, 20 degrees around the moray firth. 25, 26 to eastern parts of england. thursday night into friday the atlantic air will cut off that flow from the mediterranean. temperatures will slowly push down, still stay on the mild side. rain by sunday in scotland/northern ireland. england and wales will stay largely dry. today at 5pm: theresa may apologises for the anxiety caused to caribbean migrants, facing the threat of deportation from britain. she meets caribbean leaders in downing street, telling them she's genuinely sorry for the way people have been treated by her government. i want to dispel any impression that my government is in some sense clamping down on commonwealth citizens, particularly those from the caribbean who built a life here. more accounts have emerged

from some of those who came to britain from the 19405 onwards of living with the threat of deportation. —— possible deportation. when i saw the illegal paper, ijust didn't understand it and i kept it away from my daughter for about two weeks. i wasjust walking around in a daze, thinking why am i illegal?