hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm. it's a boy — the duchess of cambridge gives birth at st mary's hospital in london. the prince will be fifth in line to the throne. i'm at the hospital with a few hundred members of the world's is awaiting the first glimpse of the newest member of the british royal family. upping the ante — the prime minister restates her support for leaving any eu customs union — ahead of a series of commons votes on the issue. the founder of consumer website moneysavingexpert gets heavy with facebook — suing them for allegedly carrying fake ads with his name. a runner in yesterday's london marathon — matt campbell — who also appeared in masterchef last year — has died. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — azi farni. we are looking at the player of the year. mohamed salah has won the player's player of the year award,

but he has a big match in the champions league coming up so there is no time to celebrate. we look ahead to that next. and darren bett has all the weather. we have some cool and fresh air gci’oss we have some cool and fresh air across the uk this week and that means sunshine but also heavy and blustery showers and later in the programme i will explain why this week is so different to last week. thanks, darren. also coming up — he may be half deaf and blind — but 17 year old max has been made an honorary police dog — after protecting a 3 year old girl who went missing in the australian mountains overnight. hello, everyone. this is afternoon live. it's a boy. at 11.01 the duchess of cambridge gave birth to a young prince — who will be fifth in line to the throne. royal correspondent sarah campbell.

some of the most famous steps around in the world when there is a royal baby. the media were first alerted just before 830 this morning with the news that the duchess of cambridge as gone into hospital, she was in the early stages of labour, and then the waiting began. it finished just after one o'clock, an hour ago, when kensington palace and announced they was a new member of the british royal family. announced they was a new member of the british royalfamily. a baby weighing eight lbs and seven ounces. the jadeja of cambridge was present at the birth —— duke. for the hardened royal watchers and the world's media, the news they had been waiting for, a baby boy born just after 11 o'clock this morning weighing eight lbs and seven ounces,

a third child for the duke and duchess of kent rich for the pregnancy had not been easy for the duchess asked the —— the dutch the division which had been problematic for the three previous pregnancies kept her out of the public eye —— the problem. she was back to work and she was in good spirits. it was a busy pregnancy with a cold tour of new zealand and sweden. after she and prince william cooked up a commonwealth big lunch, she began her maternity leave from march. five years ago after a night in hospital prince george, the third in line to the throne was presented to the world's media. such a special time, any parent can know what this

feeling is like. very special. and two years later princess charlotte made herfirst two years later princess charlotte made her first appearance on the steps of the linda wing, this time kate middleton was recovered sufficiently enough to go home the same day for the new baby boy is the queen's sixth grandchild, fits in line to the throne and is certain to join brother george and sister charlotte as one of the world's most talked about children. this will indeed become one of the world's mac most talked about women. well—wishers have been posting their comments online. the prime minister theresa may said her warmest congratulations. the mayor of london

sadiq khan has said on twitter he senses warmest congratulations. —— sends his. as always the case with the royal baby, there was well—wishers camped out here and the bbc has spoken to some of those to find out their views on the news that there is a new world prince. so excited. we are from the states and we just excited. we are from the states and wejust happens excited. we are from the states and we just happens to be excited. we are from the states and wejust happens to be here excited. we are from the states and we just happens to be here or four days and we are really excited. you could not resist dropping by? no, this is big. in the us, uk bear close eye on —— you keep a close eye on them? yes, they are so sweet. we usually following online or on television but we are here for the special day and we could not be more

excited. much excitement here outside the linda wing. —— lindo. if there are any visitors, most notably prince george, he is four and charlotte is nearly three, her birth is almost exactly three years ago. waiting to see if they make a visit to visit their new brother and then the first glimpse of the new baby is what everyone is waiting for. the duke of cambridge prince william and the duchess have come out of those doors in previous occasions and they have shown off their newborn baby. they did not say anything with charlotte but they did give a comment with prince george, so we have got to wait and see what i are going to do this time. we don't know if the duchess is going to go home today —— wait and see what they are

going to do this time. to give you a run through of today's events, the duchess of coleridge was driven to the hospital before six o'clock this morning —— cambridge. kensington palace revealed she was in the early stages of labour and she gave birth at one minute past 11 this morning and the news was officially released at just after one and the news was officially released atjust after one o'clock, that and the news was officially released at just after one o'clock, that the duchess of cambridge had given birth toa duchess of cambridge had given birth to a son. a lot of speculation as to the name. george has gone even though today is st george's day. so that would have been appropriate. after has been a clear favourite out for a number of months. after has been a clear favourite out fora number of months. —— after has been a clear favourite out for a number of months. —— arthur. spec nation will continue until the announcement is made —— speculation. relatively short labour but not for

you lot. we think she went in just before six so a number of hours. but as you will remember from the previous pregnancies, it was ten and a half hours for george and charlotte was two and a half hours so charlotte was two and a half hours so this is probably quicker by those standards. this is a heavier baby, eight lbs and seven ounces. but you cannotjudge eight lbs and seven ounces. but you cannot judge anything by eight lbs and seven ounces. but you cannotjudge anything by the previous pregnancies. 0ne cannotjudge anything by the previous pregnancies. one would assume it was a fairly quick pregnancy. admitted just after six and the baby born just after one o'clock. rb going to see -- are we going to see prince harry coming to the hospital perhaps? that is certainly what everybody is hoping for, and there is the matter that

prince george now attends school in battersea which would finish in the afternoon. whether he will come is open to question. princess charlotte, as well. remember the shots prince george when he gave a tentative wave after the birth of charlotte 7 tentative wave after the birth of charlotte? he almost stole the show. we wait to see if that happens or whether the duchess would preferfor the two older siblings to meet their new sibling in the privacy of home at kensington palace. it is quite busy. there is a huge long line of cameras which is slightly intimidating for children, so it might be that the parents want to keep him away from that, but that will be their decision. it is their decision as to whether the duchess

of cambridge leaves today or stays overnight. she stayed overnight with prince george but did not stay overnight with princess charlotte. princess charlotte was born early in the morning so she had longer to recover. until we see them on the steps, we were really know. sarah, thanks. we will talk to you later on. and now to some of the reaction we have had. david walliams, the author and comedian has said this on twitter. prince harry was fifth in line to the throne this morning but he is now in sixth place. we have heard from theresa may. she said this on twitter. frank bruno has been commenting on

twitter. there is a picture of the four of them before they were five. let us no your reaction. the prime minister has restated the government's commitment to leaving the eu customs union — ahead of a symbolic vote on the issue in the commons this week. theresa may said quitting the customs union would enable britain to strike deals that "suit the uk. " her remarks are likely to reassure supporters of brexit, who fear a failure to leave the customs union would leave the uk unable to strike trade deals with countries around the world. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. the local election campaign trail for the prime minister, the west midlands, and a furniture manufacturer in dudley. today's customs union row is the new front line

in the seemingly never—ending debate about what brexit will look like. and theresa may used this visit to restate why she believes leaving the customs union is essential. this is a great local business, it's a local business which is trading notjust with countries in the european union, but also with countries around the rest of the world. so they would get an advantage from us actually being able to get good trade deals with other countries around the rest of the world. and coming out of the customs union means we'll be free to have those deals, deals which will suit the united kingdom. so, what is a customs union? it's a trade agreement between countries that decide not to have taxes on imports of goods, known as tariffs. the eu customs union also imposes a common tariff on goods entering from outside, which means members cannot do their own trade deals with countries around the world. nextmenth. infill

labour are in favour of staying in a customs union and they muse there might be a majority of mps in the commons who agree with them.