conditions on record and water shortages on some parts of the route. now on bbc news — sportsday. hello, welcome to sportsday, our main headlines this evening. chelsea are through to the fa cup final after a 2—0 win over southampton at wembley. arsene wenger‘s farewell gets off to the best possible start as they thrash west ham in the premier league. and in the london marathon mo makes it a british record time as he finishes third on a sweltering day in the capital. could evening.

manchester united have found out who their opponents will be in the fa cup final to egg semifinal as chelsea beat southampton 2—0 in the semi final at wembley, there's a second chance for their boss antonio co nte ta ke second chance for their boss antonio conte take as other mild reports. a trip to wembley is often described asa trip to wembley is often described as a day out for the fans but here are two clubs from which the means so are two clubs from which the means so much more. southampton by the standards have suffered at stuttering season. neither side finding a route through before the break immediately after it, chelsea somehow found their way. olivier

giroud inside 30 seconds, dribbling through the southampton defence to fire chelsea in front. the game opening up chances at either end, first for hazard and then for nathan redmond at southampton, he like many others at wembley thought this was going in. but it wouldn't be a big cup tie without controversy, the referee saw this as a foul, southampton denied the equaliser. whilst they feel and chelsea fired, eden hazard went close but it wasn't until the arrival of the substitute morata that the game was won. commentator: morata! and chelsea are surely heading to the cup final. southampton returned to their battle against relegation, they will need more luck than they had here, a difficult day out for fans of the saints, chelsea will have another next month. other mild, bbc news.

this competition is important, it's the oldest competition in this country. i am very pleased, especially for our fans, because country. i am very pleased, especially for ourfans, because i think we are the first to deserve this satisfaction. we have had big moments, that's not to say chelsea didn't deserve to win today, they had quality and they were able to score at key moments for them, i congratulate them. but ijust felt maybe the officials did not help as much today. i thought the last five orten much today. i thought the last five or ten minutes of the game when we we re or ten minutes of the game when we were trying to get momentum, i thought martin atkinson allow it them to manage the game to a conclusion so on the day we needed to do better. arsenal played for the first time since arsene wenger announced he would step down as their manager, after more than 2 decades at the helm. the home crowd at the emirates was treated to a 4—1 win over west ham in the premier league and as david ornstein reports, it was the perfect warm

up ahead of the europa league semi final. arsenal are a football club synonymous with one man, the image and influence of arsene wenger everywhere, rain spanning 20 diggers, now into its final weeks. the start of a farewell to a great of the game. it is a shame because i have only ever known him as arsenal manager but i it was the right time to go. sad because 22 years is a long time that sad cabbie because things need to change. the manager arrived to hero ‘s welcome, his first since news of his departure at the end of the season. he had to wait until the second half for his tea m wait until the second half for his team to find form. much monreal opening the scoring, or briefly dampening homes minutes but they we re dampening homes minutes but they were soon rekindled, a defensive mix—up by allowing the cross from

aaron ramsey to go in. alexander la cazette aaron ramsey to go in. alexander lacazette struck twice. arsenal finishing the day on a high, and they will help their managers to newer does as well. every decision i made in my 22 years was for the good, for the sake of arsenal, it was always my priority, to do well to the club. the focus was not now turns to the europa league semifinal first leg against atletico madrid on thursday, i found the chance to end the arsene wenger year in style. david ornstein, bbc news, the emirates. newly crowned premier league champions manchester city kept a strong line up against swansea, as they have an eye on breaking the 100 point barrier... pep guardiola's men cruised to a 4—0 win over swansea, as drew savage reports... david silva opened the scoring before raheem sterling made it 2—0

injust the 16th minute. another nominee for player of the year is kevin de bruyne and he showed eve ryo ne kevin de bruyne and he showed everyone why he could scoop the price before gabriel jesus everyone why he could scoop the price before gabrieljesus rounded off the scoring for city. stoke city manager paul lambert believes there's a lot of twists and turns to come as they bid for premier league survival but he felt they were below paras survival but he felt they were below par as they held burnley to a draw, 1-1 par as they held burnley to a draw, 1—1 still par as they held burnley to a draw, i—i still going in front before a sixth goal in eight before ashley barnes could appoint her burnley. paul lambert ‘s side are just points from safety with three matches to play. there's been misfortune, some players had to be a bit more careful, we gave everything but the performance has been high, today we fell below the level within playing out. we've got to go to anfield to

try to get a result, there's still a lot of twists turns here. rangers returned to second place in the scottish premiership thanks to a 2—1 home win against hearts. goals from jason cummings and this. daniel canday‘s header saw them home at ibrox. hearts got one back through christophe berra, but they didn't threaten enough to take a point. there was a solid result for manchester city's women in the first leg of their champions league semi final against the holders lyon. it finished goalless in manchester and was watched byjo currie... manchester city were not just against the defending champions but also arguably against the best team in the world, they will go into the second leg in this tie which is very much alive after a hard fought draw. the keeper sarah was tested with a

shotin the keeper sarah was tested with a shot in thejob the keeper sarah was tested with a shot in the job but neither side could make the breakthrough. city defended for large periods and had to work hard to get possession but they'll be delighted to have restricted lyon to a handful of chances. we've worked hard this week on training and they are good players, getting on the ball, we will go this week and work on our possession, it is important when we regain the ball we might cause them more problems but overall we are happy with the result. city now head into next week ‘s second away leg in lyon knowing a score draw or win will give them a place in their first ever european final. the academy stadium, bbc news. away from football it was a busy day in london for the 40,000 runners taking part in the marathon. they included, of course, sir mo farah, who set a new british record as he finished third in the men's elite race which was won by kenya's eliud kipchoge for a third time. joe wilson has more... this london marathon began with history.

the queen was the official starter. in 1908 the olympic marathon began in windsor, finished in london. on today's start line at blackheath, more registered runners than ever before. in the heat, the advice was to think carefully before wearing fancy dress, that was the advice. for some, whatever the weather, a marathon isjust a stage. mo farah is learning this race. look for his fluorescent sleeves at the back here, trying to find his own bottle at the feeding station. where is my drink? in the early stages, the refuelling problem seemed to overtake mo farah. the crowd willed farah on, and he fought hard, but he was not in the lead. eliud kipchoge is the london marathon champion in 2018. eliud kipchoge from kenya, as expected, was the winner. back in third, digging deeper than ever before, came the king of the track, mo farah, exhausted. but, he had just run the marathon faster than any british man before him.

you know, training has been going well, training conditions were a little ha rd well, training conditions were a little hard today, very hot, but i got great support. i want to thank eve ryo ne got great support. i want to thank everyone who has come out, cheering my name, being positive, doing the mobot and squirting drink on me, it was all good! kenya's vivian cheruiyot won the women's race in a personal best for her, but paula radcliffe's world record remains safely intact. maddy de rozario of australia won the women's wheelchair race. but look at the blistering finish in the men's event. the black helmet belongs to david weir, 38 years old, doing it again. london marathon champion for the eighth time. joe wilson, bbc news. great britain has failed to qualify for the world group ii in tennis‘s fed cup after being beaten by japan. johanna konta beat naomi osaka in straight sets to give great britain a 2—1 lead overjapan but when heather watson lost to kurumi nara,

the tie went to a deciding doubles. the top two british players took the first set, but lost to meeyo katto and makoto ninomeeya. the defeat means britain will remain in the europe/africa zone and haven't played at the top level for 25 years. ronnie o'sullivan came through a tough opening round match to beat stephen maguire at the world snooker championship in sheffield. resuming this morning trailing by three frames, he came back to win10—7. o'sullivan is hoping to add to his five world titles, the last of which he won back in 2013. and equally tight match in the afternoon between ali carter and graeme dott, they were tied at 8—8, until carter who has come through so much in his personal life came through and was pretty happy about it as well. racing 92 are through to the european champion cup final after a brilliant first half was too much for munster. it was the teddy thomas show

in bordeaux as he ran in two tries in the opening twenty minutes, and then turned down a hat trick set up maxime machenaud. munster did recover in the second half, but the damage was done, and it finished 27—22. racing will meet leinster in the final on may 12th in bilbao. there were six fixtures in the fifth round of rugby league's challenge cup today. with minnows york city knights of league one up against super league's catalans dragons. york city gave a good account of themselves and the match was tied at 10—10 shortly before half time. but catalans pulled away after the break, scoring three more tries to eventually win by 3a points to 22. elsewhere, whitehaven, leigh centurions and hull kr were all amongst the winners. as were toronto wolfpack who just came past barrow. the school was 16—12. and that is all from sportsday, all the sport

for now, we will be back with more throughout the evening. hello, welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases, mark kermode is back with us. what have you been watching, mark? hello. a strange week. we have every day, a teen romance with a difference. we have let the sunshine in, juliette binoche, in the new film by claire denis. and the awkwardly named the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society, which does exactly what it says on the tin. chuckles. what are you starting with? let's start with every day, which is adapted from a ya novel. it's basically a teen love story in which one of the characters, known as a, moves from body to body. every day they wake up, they are a different person. so our central character, rhiannon, finds herself essentially falling in love with somebody who, every time she sees them, is a different person. it sounds like an unworkable conceit and yet somehow, and against all expectations, it works rather well. here's a clip.

why are you doing this? the day we met, i felt something i've never felt before. i don't want to let that go. about that day, how is it ok what you did? i let you kiss me because i thought you were justin. i — i told you something incredibly personal because i thought you were justin. you never would have understood. i was in his mind, rhiannon. iknow him. are you serious? i know him better than you do. he's my boyfriend. you know you shouldn't be with him. who should i be with, then, you? i mean, off the top of my head, that's an option. this isn't funny, a. this is so weird. i mean, today you're... not everyone's body aligns with their mind. but i'm not asking you to give vic a chance, rhiannon, i'm asking you to give me a chance. that line, that not everybody‘s body aligns with their mind, sort of sums up the central thesis of the film itself. i went in to see it having not seen any of the trailers and not knowing anything about it at all. at the very beginning, i had five minutes of thinking, "hang on, what's going on?

where are we?" what i thought worked well about it was, that actually, it explained itself very clearly. i started to believe in the characters, although the conceit itself is, you know, unusual and supernatural. i thought the film had a really good heart. i mean, it was a film about the polymorphous perversity of love and the way in which you fall in love with a person and the essence of who that person is. it reminded me of a number of different things. at one point, they start talking about demonic possession and it reminded me of thejohn wyndham novel, chocky, which i read when i was young and i really, really liked it. there was a film recently, a swedish film called girls lost, which was a sort of body swap movie. and then there was a japanese anime that we reviewed here on the show a year or so ago, called your name, which was about a boy and a girl separated by distance and time who swap bodies and start experiencing life from each other‘s perspective. and all of those things came to mind in the middle of this, which is also working as a completely functional teen romance.

it was jolly, it was fun, it had a kind of sense of adventure. and i was really impressed by how well it pulled off this quite complicated conceit. because it's sounding complicated, i'll be quite honest with you. but is it aimed at adolescents? it's absolutely a ya film. and partly when i was watching at the beginning, i thought, "ok, i'm not going to engage with this because obviously i'm a 58—year—old man. whatever it is, i'm not the target audience." but the thing about it is it's made well. it's made in a way that tells its story in a way that is perfectly understandable and entertaining. and also, as i said, i think it has its heart is in the right place. the central sort of message of the film is really interesting. it manages to pull off that weird supernatural conceit in a way that makes you think, "ok, i buy this." and the real trick of this kind of movie is to make you think, "ok, that is a really complicated and vaguely absurd idea, but it's ok, i don't mind, i'll go with it." i'm buying it, yeah.

i did go with it and it works surprisingly well. i went in knowing nothing about it at all. i was confused for about five minutes and then i was completely there. and i really enjoyed it and i was really surprised, really pleasantly surprised. well, and that's always a good thing. it is. now, the return of a great film—maker and the wonderful juliette binoche. juliette binoche in let the sunshine in, which is a mistra nslation of the original french title. so, claire denis, who has an extraordinary career as a film—maker. this is a bit of an oddity. juliette binoche plays somebody who is an artist, who is discontent, who is single, who is pinballing between a series of unfulfilling relationships. the structure of the film, although it is broadly linear, actually ends up being like a collage, a series of snapshots, a series of vignettes from a life. the good thing about it is that you get the sense from juliette binoche's character that she is out of kilter, that she is out of sorts. there is something about the way

in which she wears the clothes that she wears that makes it feel like she's playing a role. she's a character who is playing a role. and it's done really well. i mean, she is a brilliant performer. so much of what that performance is about is the physicality. something about the way she stands, the way she walks that tells you she is performing another role. the odd thing about it is it's that strange mixture of on the one hand kind of quite brittle, quite sharp, quite satirical comedy. and underneath it, this kind of sense of depth and sadness which sort of rises and falls with the movie itself. i have to confess i wasn't entirely won over. i know some people have completely fallen in love with it. i've heard people rave about it. i know some people have found it absolutely infuriating. and i think i fell somewhere between the two. i could see that it could be infuriating and there were moments in it which i thought, "ok, fine,

enough of this already." but it's a great central performance and it's a really odd film that has strange turns that you don't expect. and something happens in the very final act which i can't reveal at all but it was a film that right up until the last moment kept wrong—footing me. for that, i think it needs to be praised. it is an oddity though and it's absolutely not for everyone. ok, i'm intrigued by that one so i shall have to see it and report back. 0k. the final film, i should know the title off by heart. go on. have a run at it. i shouldn't have to look down at my paper because i've seen the trailer so many times. it's about guernsey. the guernsey literary and potato peel pie society, which everybody who knows the novel will know. so it's based on a very well known and very sort of well—liked novel. lily james is juliet ashton, an author who, in the post—war period, receives a letter from someone in guernsey saying "i've got one of your books and it's very important to me because we form this literary society and your story actually intertwines with the literary society." and this weird thing about the potato peel, she said, "i don't understand — what is all that about?" they start corresponding. she decides that actually what she needs to do is go

to guernsey because there is this society which is — obviously they found great strength from reading books and sharing stories and she thinks it's a great idea. her publisher is not so keen. here is a look. sidney... j—j—j—ust hold on. sidney. hold on one second. what the dickens is that? juliet, you cannot go to a book club meeting on the island of guernsey. it's a leap of faith they'll even let me in. you're reading in cambridge friday. but the society, they meet on a friday. they can't wait. i'll only be gone the weekend, back monday. edinburgh. you're in edinburgh, monday! i honestly don't know why we provide you with an itinerary, ijust don't. well, this is your fault. you said yes to the times. excuse me, my fault? sidney, what books, what reading did for these people, finally, i'll have something serious to write. this wouldn't just be to get out of meeting izzy

in cambridge, would it? you're not... you're not running away? ha ha ha, you're too funny. well, i can't imagine mark would let you get very far anyway. let me! so half of downton abbey's in it. that tells you something about the demographic it's going for. it does, and everything about the look of it and the title of it pretty much tells you you know the film you think it's going to be? it's that film. i mean, i struggle to think of a film which contained fewer surprises. that's not necessarily meaning its without charm. there are things — the performances are good, it is a good—looking film, the scenery is largely devon and cornwall — not guernsey, as it turns out. there is a bit early on in which we meet her fiance, who, short of having a label on his head, "not the right guy"... chuckles. then, of course, the first thing that happens when she goes to guernsey, she meets the most attractive pig farmer you have ever

seen in your entire life. it's kind of charming, it's got a great ensemble cast, i mean, a really, really good cast, and everyone is clearly having a good time making it. the lack of surprise did trouble me slightly. there is a certain darkness underlying the story, obviously, because it's a story of occupation, a legacy of occupation. but that is very much in the background. which is a shame because actually, that story in itself is fascinating. horrendous for the residents at the time but historically fascinating. absolutely. that story has yet properly to be told on screen. this is exactly what you would think from the poster. it's — there was a phrase used once by a critic who said goes "down nicely with a cup of tea." and it's exactly that film. it shouldn't be dismissed for that because it is exactly what you expect it to be. i wanted a little more grit, i wanted a little more substance. i wanted something other thanjust thinking, you know, "this is a well—made picture postcard story." particularly because the subject sounds like it ought to be rather deeper than it is.

but it's perfectly fine. i smiled occasionally, you know. perfectly fine. "it's perfectly fine," said mark kermode. they're not putting that on the poster. best out is the film you're going to say, "but jane, i think you'd really like it!" and i'm going to say, "mark, i would be scared out of my wits." ok, so this is a quiet place, which is a really brilliant horror chiller. i know you are a huge horror movie fan. i'm all about this, yes. my mission is to get you to go and see more horror movies. this is a really good example because this is a story about an environment in which we are being terrorised by monsters who effectively see with their ears. it's what they hear is, you know how they locate you. so as long as you are silent, you are safe. sound is dangerous. the real genius of it is, it's a film which, when i saw it, made the audience fall silent. it made the audience go quiet. it's to do with tension, it's to do with atmosphere and build—up. it has really well observed characters because it basically, it's about a family.

and the way in which the family may or may not hold together. all the performances are very solid. it's really perfectly pitched. yes, there is danger and threat and the rest of it but it's all to do with the film—makers using the technique of silence, using the absence of sound to really draw you in. and i think you'd really like it. just as piece of film—making, it's thrilling. it's edge—of—your—seat stuff. it is scary but it's a horror film. yes. dvd is a fascinating story. oh, we're moving on now? we're moving on! dvd is bombshell: the hedy lamarr story, which is a story i didn't know about. obviously, she was known as a screen icon but it turned out, had this whole other career as an inventor, somebody who was working on inventions that effectively ended up giving us bluetooth and wi—fi and having patents that were used by the us navy for frequency—hopping technology. it's really fascinating, not least because it's a really, really good story and a story i don't think is particularly widely known.

and it's also about that idea about the world can only accept you as one thing. the world will accept a public persona in which you are one thing and that's it. once you're that one thing, you can't be something else. yes, fascinating. really, really interesting story. thanks very much, mark. thank you. fun as ever, even if i'm not going to go and see it. a quick reminder before we go, you'll find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. all our previous programmes are on the iplayer as well. that's it for this week. enjoy your cinema—going. bye— bye. good evening, today is the last day in the uk we will see temperatures above 20 degrees for some time, 2a in central london giving us the warmest london marathon on record, 24 warmest london marathon on record, 2a in east anglia as well, the last of the warmth going out with a bang. we've seen severe thunderstorms over norfolk and suffolk in the last

hour, accompanied by hail, gusty winds as well, the good news is they are moving offshore, things turning quieterfor are moving offshore, things turning quieter for the are moving offshore, things turning quieterfor the rest of are moving offshore, things turning quieter for the rest of the night. temperatures dropping that in the north and the west clear spells and showers, a hint of what's to come this weekend. we are going back to our normal springtime weather, conditions what you might expect at this time of the year, birth in the sunshine, cooler when the rain and clouds form. towards another health of the country showers coming and going through the night with a breeze, further south and east skies clear through the night and it will be much pressure than we've been used to, temperatures into tomorrow morning ‘s commute in single digits. but sunshine to come with a southern and eastern half of the country seeing blue skies. suddenly building from the west during the day, eastern areas will see sunny spells in the west truly in the afternoon, rain spreading into southern scotla nd rain spreading into southern scotland and west and wales, temperatures in the west a little

like today, between ten and 1a degrees although 15—18dc in the east, not as hard as that has been but still pleasant, cloud and occasional rain spreading towards many parts of the country. baxter monday night into tuesday this weather system bringing about which moves out of the way, lingering in the north and a trailing weather front in the south, top and tail of the country cloudy with drizzle, breezy used on the far north coming between brighter skies and sunshine but through the day some showers in northern ireland and scotland, some on the heavy side and towards western areas of england and wales, telling misty and murky later with some drizzle. temperatures still into the mid teens at this stage, it is denied into wednesday another wrinkle on our weather front and we are all into much pressure ever the end of the week. wednesday will be a typical april shower day, southern and eastern areas starting dry and sunny, showers in the west becoming

widespread, frequent in some northern areas, heavy with hail and thunder, cool winds to go with it, 11-15 baha'i, thunder, cool winds to go with it, 11—15 baha'i, showers always most frequent in the north and the west. see you later. this is bbc news. i met chris rogers. the headlines at seven. new laws are being threatened by the health secretary, jeremy hunt, in an attempt to persuade social media companies to do more to protect children online. four british people die and 12 are injured in a coach crash in saudi arabia, the accident happened during an umra pilgrimage. the travel agent who organised the trip says the accident is devastating. i mean obviously, it's devastating. it'll be more devastating for them, losing part of the family. we see people, we look at them as part of our family as well. and in a record—breaking london marathon, sir mo farah finishes third. mo farrah will collect the british

record as he crosses the line. sir mo's time of two hours, 6 minutes and 21 seconds is a new british record.