the recognize that it was not about the reading itself necessarily. but misses bush was a very concerned with a lot of social issues, including homelessness, the gap between those and who have not, and this was her solution, was literacy, to teach people to read. and she said many times that she believes literacy could solve many of the world's problems. so certainly that was celebrated here, as well as at the public library, where all week we saw people running messages and a leaving flowers at the plaza at the library, which is named in her honor. so again, herwork library, which is named in her honor. so again, her work was not a platform that someone chose for her. this is something she actually thought about before her husband even became president, and then yes, she dedicated her entire life to literacy. many thanks for bringing us literacy. many thanks for bringing us up—to—date from the funeral at houston in texas. a pod of killer whales, including at least one calf, has been spotted in the river clyde in scotland. the mammals were filmed near gourock and dunoon.

killer whales have not been regular visitors to the upper clyde for many years. well, it looks rather beautiful up there in scotland. but the lovely weather is not lasting. matty taylor has all the details verizon. now it certainly is not. lovely and western parts of scotland, to improve on the past few days. cloud jaime showing what is a cobblestone begun to turn stormy across parts of wales and england. latest flash is down in the southernmost counties and also gci’oss southernmost counties and also across the hills of north wales. and it stored food or way northward and eastward through the night. not every will see them but when it is in the storms crossing, the original was in very heavyweight and hail and also a risk of gusty wind, too. most

often the north sea by the end of tonight but after a quiet start for western and northern ireland, it just turns wetter and wetter as you get towards dawn. 13 or 1a degrees in the southeast corner. a warm day with sunshine and setting up a few showers later, cloudy and damp to the west to begin with and then fresher air starts to push its way in. sunshine in scotland, the western half of england and wales brighton up after afternoon showers in the southeast. 13 the high in belfast. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the first minister of wales, carwynjones, has announced he's to stand down in the autumn. two weeks after the suspected chemical attack in syria, international experts are carrying out an inspection in the town of douma. north korea's announcement that it's ended its testing of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles has received a largely positive response around the world. a three—year—old boy has drowned in a swimming pool

at a leisure centre in leeds. and a royal gun salute in london's hyde park — one of many taking place to mark the queen's 92nd birthday. the funeral for the former first lady of the united states, barbara bush has been held in houston, texas. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello there, on at the bbc sports center. these are our headlines for you. yet he can still save their season you. yet he can still save their season with the silverware. they're the first team through to the fa cup final. southern still heading for

the premiership title, just not today. they lost. scarlets fell well short of the european champions cup semi final. thrashed by leinster. that also coming up in the programme. johanna konta keeps great britain in their fed cup tie at against japan. one all britain in their fed cup tie at againstjapan. one all in the final day. good evening to you, has been a day of football ups and downs. details of football ups and downs. details of the promotion that delegations throughout the football leagues coming up. i we will get a start at wembley this evening. manchester united into the fa cup final for a 20th time. they came from behind to beat the hot spurs 2—1. we speak to

oui’ beat the hot spurs 2—1. we speak to our correspondent david, where are you? there our correspondent david, where are you 7 there he our correspondent david, where are you? there he is, it i thought he was over my shoulder. pitch aside, the rollers are out and getting ready for chelsea against southampton tomorrow. wasn't the greatest semi final, but you just felt that united with their name on the trophy 12 times, it was their big—game experience wasn't it that saw them through towards the end? yeah, many were expecting a very exciting match with two teams who are desperate to finish their season with a trophy. manchester united prioritise the champions league and premier league but with their city rivals they would have wanted a record equalling 13th cop. 1991 was the last time tottenham won an fa cup and only two league cups in the interim period. this is their adopted temporary home ground but

united have been here so many times over the years and have a strong record. read all the makings of a very exciting match. did not quite deliver but manchester united want to bite about that. for tottenham they remained big questions. can it convert that into trophies? they will be doing so at this season as tim reports. spurs against manchester united at the home of english football in the semi final of the most famous cup competition around. the managers showing their appreciation for one another and their teams provided a real treat of a match. tottenham dominating the start and getting their reward. erickson and as there's the finish. yet harry kane was just out of time here. the second goal did not come and then united would get right back into it thanks to the work of two class acts. when it comes to

wembley, sanchez is mr reliable. spurs totally unreliable in the fa cup semi. they have lost their last seven but came back strong and were so seven but came back strong and were so close to leading again and of course they had bad luck. he has rifled united in front. they could have done better in the goal, but this was just like old times. united coming from behind. there's usually one late chance in a game - this §e§ iii? £2222? ie 5 £225 he; 1252