during morning mrs bbc news are easily top stories in developing and ham. canadian police question the suspected driver of a rented van that ploughed into pedestrians in toronto, killing ten people. the events that happened on the street behind us are horrendous. but they do not appear to be connected in any way to national security. gets down! video shows the gunman asking an armed police officer to shoot him, in a stand off before he was arrested. some tsb customers face a fifth day of problems with mobile and online banking after a recent it upgrade. jeremy corbyn will meetjewish leaders to discuss what he's doing to tackle anti—semitism in the labour party. the father of seriously ill toddler alfie evans says he's been

breathing unassisted after life support was switched off last night. also — the first statue of a woman is erected in parliament square. it honours millicent fawcett, who campaigned for women to get the right to vote 100 years ago. and gun salutes across london later to mark the arrival of the new prince. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. canadian police are questioning a suspect who drove a van onto a pavement in toronto, killing ten people. witnesses describe the vehicle

travelling at speed for nearly one mile along along a street crowded with pedestrians. video footage of the man being arrested shows him shouting "kill me" as he points what looks like a gun at a single armed policeman. he's been named as 25—year—old alek minassian, who was not known to police before the attack. hundreds of people have gathered at a vigil to mourn the victims, with a memorial created along the street. nada tawfik reports from toronto. what began as a sunny, lovely afternoon in the north york area of toronto in an instant turned to chaos and carnage. along this main thoroughfare, a white rental van sped down the roadway, jumping the kerb in several places and hitting anything in its path for roughly one mile. those who were spared injury described the horror that unfolded. all i've seen is this guy,

he is going 70, 80 clicks, he's just hitting people one by one, going down. oh, man. it was a nightmare, man. 90 minutes later and several blocks away, police stopped the driver. in a dramatic confrontation, he yelled for the officers to shoot him in the head to kill him. bystanders captured the tense moments as he was arrested without a single shot fired. police have identified the driver as 25—year—old alek minassian, a resident of the toronto suburb of richmond hill. they believe this was a deliberate attack. the events that happened on the street behind us are horrendous, but they do not appear to be connected in anyway to national security based on the information available at this time. police have begun the long process of combing through this crime scene, and while there have been a string of similar vehicle attacks in europe and more recently in new york, investigators here believe

that there is as yet no evidence to connect the driver to any organised terror group. still they have yet to answer the key question. what was the motive? some tsb customers are facing a fifth day of problems with mobile and online banking. an it upgrade on friday is believed to be behind the issue. there are reports that some people are unable to access their accounts, money is being wrongly transferred, and some users are able to see other account holders' details. well, joining me now is my colleague maryam moshiri. it sounds as though these problems are it sounds as though these problems a re pretty it sounds as though these problems are pretty serious and have been ongoing for days? absolutely, this story is in its fifth day. originally, lloyds tsb previously was part of lloyds bank and it was

moving away from the old system to the new tsb system, which cause a lot of problems. the key issue is we we re lot of problems. the key issue is we were supposed to have this system upgrade and causing some disruption because it was planned on lipm, friday and 6pm, sunday, however, disruption has continued overnight into monday and well into today. things have not gone smoothly at all. lots of people have been complaining about not being able to see their accounts, seeing money in other people's akkad, of course a huge data breach, not being able to use their account online ought to view direct debits. one man said he had view direct debits. one man said he ha d a ccess view direct debits. one man said he had access to someone else's £35,000 savings account and £11,000 account, so savings account and £11,000 account, $03 savings account and £11,000 account, so a lot of trouble for tsb. why? absolutely, this affect security as well as the inconvenience for those affected. what are tsb saying? tsb

have not actually got back to me properly. i did ask the press office for a statement but they have released a statement from their ceo on twitter. he said we have been working as hard and fast to get services back up and running and this is not the level of service we pride ourselves on providing. i am truly sorry. he goes on to say, customers can rest assured no one will be left out of pocket as a result of these service issues. psp may be left out of pocket, though, because this has attracted the attention of the financial conduct authority and the data protection office and both have the power to slap tsb with a fine if they find it has breached regulations. lots of viewers have got in touch complaining about this. carry on getting in touch and we will look at your tweets throughout the day here on bbc news. thank you and i am sure people will have heard that request. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will meet members of the uk's two mainjewish groups today as he seeks

to assure them he's tackling anti—semitism within the party. he has already promised to be a militant opponent of anti—semitism. but the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council will urge mr corbyn to take strong action. joining me now from westminster is our assistant political editor, norman smith. norman, thanks for joining norman, thanks forjoining us. jeremy corbyn, time and again, has condemned anti—semitism and says it has no place within the labour party. but he still does not seem to have reassured many of those complaining about what is going on. he has not and that is largely because they say he has talked a lot but they want clear signs of action, measures being ta ken but they want clear signs of action, measures being taken to tackle anti—semitism and so the groups have come forward with a series of initiative, they want mr corbyn to follow through on. they suggest there should be an ombudsman to

oversee anti—semitism measures in place and a time limit for disciplinary measures and they want to ensure labour politicians do not share platforms when there accused of anti—semitism. and there is a broad body of opinion within labour that something now does have to be done. have a listen to the mayor of london this morning, sadiq khan. i welcome this meeting today and i am jewish groups are going to see jeremy corbyn. the labour party must bea jeremy corbyn. the labour party must be a zero tolerance place for anybody with racist abuse. if somebody is anti—semitic, they are a racist. and the labour party should not be a home for them. we need to make sure that if allegations are made against anybody in our party and are upheld... bones closed tojeremy party and are upheld... bones closed to jeremy corbyn party and are upheld... bones closed tojeremy corbyn have said he has promised to speed up disciplinary

action but this morning andrew green acknowledged that disciplinary measures were still being taken far too slowly. due process has taken far too long, i hope that jennie due process has taken far too long, i hope thatjennie formby, the new general secretary of the labour party, she has already taken on a team of lawyers to expedite the cases before the labour party's procedures. and then disputes panel, that has got to happen so rapidly and quickly, we cannot allow anti—semitism or the perception of anti—semitism or the perception of anti—semitism to fester. we have got to act and speed up those procedures and that's precisely what we will do. iamjoined by i am joined by louise ellman, president of the jewish i am joined by louise ellman, president of thejewish labour movement. how critical is today's meeting? it is absolutely vital that

jeremy shows the labour party is serious about tackling anti—semitism and this issue has become a crisis because of the party's failure to address it or acknowledge it exists. but now there must be action. jeremy must share what action the labour party will now take. should he just accept the proposals put forward by the british board of deputies and the british board of deputies and the jewish the british board of deputies and thejewish leadership the british board of deputies and the jewish leadership council, the british board of deputies and thejewish leadership council, such as having an ombudsman, a strict time limit on disciplinary measures? the important point is showing a willingness to act, having a clear procedure and openness and acting. the time for talking has gone, there isa the time for talking has gone, there is a crisis of confidence about the labour party's is a crisis of confidence about the labour pa rty's willingness is a crisis of confidence about the labour party's willingness to deal with anti—semitism and jeremy has to show that action is going to follow. there are those within labour, jewish, voiced for labour, talking ofa jewish, voiced for labour, talking of a witchhunt for members expressing views critical of israel 01’ expressing views critical of israel or pro—palestinian? expressing views critical of israel

or pro-palestinian? me are the thoughts that jeremy corbyn's supporters have been propagating for a long time and that is what has been holding the labour party back in dealing with cases of anti—semitism. the party has now admitted there is a problem and jeremy has admitted this, let's see some action. has it got worse under mr corbyn? jewish voice for labour was saying there is no evidence the problem is any worse than under previous labour leaders. labour's anti—semitism is much worse since jeremy corbyn became leader, at least 80 cases of anti—semitism is not dealt with, regularly, almost daily i hear regulations allegations of anti—semitism and within the jewish community, there is anguish but this is notjust about jewish community, there is anguish but this is not just about the jewish community, it's about the whole of society. if jeremy is serious about being against racism, he must be against anti—semitism as well and show he's going to do something about it. why? is this

situation retrievable in terms of relations with the jewish community 01’ relations with the jewish community or is it may be the case that former labour supporters might think it is gone too far and will not for labour with him as leader? many jewish labour supporters have given up on the party's willingness to do anything about this evil. but it's never too late to repair relations. a good start could be made today. but also when jeremy shows the labour party is facing up to its anti—semitism problem and is willing to deal with it. anti—semitism problem and is willing to dealwith it. how anti—semitism problem and is willing to deal with it. how far as what we're seeing actually as much about politics in thejewish community, because there seemed to be different groups trying to express opinions and there are some labour party members, jewish members, who said the british board of deputies do not represent the labour party and are not the voice ofjewish labour members? the overwhelming view of

jewish members of his shock and horror that the labour party has come to this place. most british people are against anti—semitism and it is time something was done about it. that is the overwhelming view of the mainstream jewish community. louise ellman, thanks very much for your time. that meeting does not ta ke your time. that meeting does not take place until later today but there is no getting away from it, there is no getting away from it, the stakes are enormously — the labour party and indeed forjeremy corbyn. studio: norman, many thanks for the latest from westminster. the first statue of a woman in parliament square in london will be unveiled shortly. it will honour the campaigner millicent fawcett — a key figure in winning women the right to vote 100 years ago. the bronze statue will join those of 11 men. it has been placed next to ones of mahatma gandhi and nelson mandela. let's join our chief political correspondent vicki young, who's in parliament square. clearly quite a location? yeah, it

really is, it has been a long time coming but the stage is now set for the unveiling of the statue of millicent fawcett. there are hundreds of people who have turned out here in parliament square, a number of the cabinet, theresa may, prime minister, jeremy corbyn, leader of the opposition, said it really is a sense of occasion here to celebrate this moment. i think many people might be flabbergasted to realise there have been no statues of women here in this place. as you say, 11 male statues and millicent boss willjoin them. she was a woman ahead of her time, at the age of 19, she launched a petition to try to get women the vote, she herself was too young to saying that the petition. this idea was all the brainchild, really, of caroline criado—perez, she was taking a run through parliament square and looked around and

thought, there are no female statues here so she got the campaign up and running and it was taken up by the mayor of london and finally today, it comes to fruition. earlier, the great grand niece of millicent fawcett said she was incredibly grateful for the campaign that has been launched. we're all immensely excited and very grateful to everyone who made it possible. we have had very little input and it is very good of caroline criado—perez who has done the campaign, the mayor of london, the secretary of state, it's marvellous. she started at the age of 13, i believe, and emily davis, when they decided they would ta ke davis, when they decided they would take this on, medicine and education and millicent was going to deal with

suffrage and goodness me, she did help deal with it! this whole project has been designed and run and carried out by women, the turner prize—winning sculptress gillian wearing, she is the person behind the statue itself, so it really is a sense of occasion here. we will hear sharply from the prime minister and others. i spoke to some schoolgirls who have come today especially for those from slough. i asked why it matters whether there isa asked why it matters whether there is a woman statue and they said it is a woman statue and they said it is inspiring and it inspires them in their lives, especially when it comes to politics. vicky, we will be back with you for more on that ceremony shortly but for now, thanks. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: canadian police question the suspected driver of a van which ploughed into a crowd of people in toronto, killing ten and injuring 15. some tsb customers face a fifth day of problems with mobile and online banking after a recent it upgrade.

jeremy corbyn will meetjewish leaders to discuss how he's addressing anti—semitism in the labour party. and in sport, mohammed sala prepares to meet his old team—mates when liverpool host roma tonight for a place in the champions league final app for grabs. leeds united have an altitude confidant —— announced controversial friendlies. altitude confidant —— announced controversialfriendlies. and in the last few minutes, ding junhui has beat his opponent 10—3 in the first round of the snooker world championship. stuart bingham also in action this morning. more on those stories at 11:30am. the father of seriously ill toddler alfie evans has said that his son

has been breathing unassisted since his life support machine was switched off last night. a spokesman for alder hey hospital said they would not comment on alfie's condition, out of respect for the family. a high courtjudge dismissed fresh submissions from lawyers representing alfie's parents, after the toddler was granted italian citizenship in the hope he could travel there for treatment. this morning alfie's father, tom evans, said his son had been breathing without a ventilator for nine hours, although doctors had since given alfie oxygen and water. alfie's been breathing, his still breathing now. it's come to a point where his mum is actually sleeping next to him so she can actually go to sleep. she feels comfortable with him. we did check his sats, and his sats aren't his best, they're seven below 70, because he's working. with me now is nick garnett, who's outside alder hey children's hospital. bring us up to date. at 917 last

night, tom evans, alfie evans's father, said the hospital withdrew oxygen and nutrients from the little boy. this morning, he came out and spoke to reporters and said that overnight, he had maintained breathing and colour and had been ok forup to breathing and colour and had been ok for up to six hours and said at that point the hospital intervened. doctors had been with him all the way through to keep an eye on him and they had intervened. tom evans said this was because he had argued that at that point they would be in breach of an existing court order, this whole battle has been consumed by legal arguments and legal battles. only last night, a court hearing was held in private, in chambers, where a judge listened to arguments from both sides and again rejected the case that the family

has tried to bring, which is that ca re has tried to bring, which is that care is maintained. the essence of this case is the hospital wants to remove the care and allow alfie to die and the family wanted to maintain. there is no solution to this and there is no winner in this and the impasse continues. the hospital is saying nothing at the moment. all we know is what is coming from the father and the family and they say alfie is still alive and able to breathe on his own. this case has roused the concern and sympathy off a lot of people. exactly, there have been hundreds of people coming here in the evenings, there are few people here today, it is raining in liverpool and early in the day. but there are helium balloons tied to bmp there are helium balloons tied to lamp posts and banners and posters around. last night, there was trouble here when a group of people trying to get inside the hospital and police had to form a line to keep people out. some people say that has been disturbing to others

coming here with children to the hospitalfor coming here with children to the hospital for appointments and to visit their children. this morning, tom visit their children. this morning, to m eva ns visit their children. this morning, tom evans went out of his way to apologise for that, and to say it was never his intention to disrupt the activity of the hospital and the work of the hospital, he knows the work of the hospital, he knows the work that is going on here is vital for so many people coming here but he said that any father in the same position as he was would do exactly the same. many thanks for the latest from alder hey children's hospital. horses are being dumped, fly—tipped with rubbish and left to die by irresponsible owners, according to the rscpa. figures gathered by the animal welfare charity reveal they rescued almost 1,000 horses in 2017 — the highest number in four years. the report by my colleague victoria derbyshire contains some distressing images of animal cruelty and dead horses. this is adi. hello, mate. would you like to come in and meet him? i would, i would. come in. this is rspca chief inspector sam garvey. he was found by a member of

the public, collapsed on a footpath. he'd clearly been exhausted, and was in a collapsed state, covered in mud. it took five people to try to get him up. but it was very touch and go. when a horse goes down, it's the end. so, you have to put a lot of hard work, time and effort in to get them back onto their feet. he took several weeks, actually, to get up. every time he went down, he was so weak, he struggled to get back up. so, when he was moved to this facility, it took people every day to come and help him to get back onto his feet, until he could learn to do it again himself. and he's a handsome boy, isn't he? he's very handsome. and he's become very trusting and very loving, which is lovely to see. hopefully he'll go on to get the loving home that he deserves. shall we take him out for a... little walk? some fresh air? yeah, yeah, yeah. it's not clear who left adi on the footpath. it is thought he'd become ill, so his owner had dumped him there to die. stories like adi's are increasingly common.

can you talk me through some of the different scenarios where you have found an abandoned horse? i've dealt with a mare that was trying to give birth, that had been dumped at the side of a field. she was clearly in distress, giving birth, and needed veterinary attention, which would have cost a lot of money. i see. so they tied her to the post and left her. when we got there, both herself and the foal had passed away. it was utterly heartbreaking. we have horses literally dumped down dirt tracks, along with the rubbish. so they've taken their rubbish out to fly—tip the rubbish, and at the same time, took the sick and injured horse along with it. and we've gone out to calls and not been able to see the horse until we've literally rifled through the rubbish and found the horse. the rspca say 980 horses were rescued in 2017. that's the highest number in four years. prosecution cases involving horses have gone up by 25% since 2015. i was only looking the other day, actually, on the internet, and i found horses for sale that were actually cheaper

to buy than a kitten. so there were horses as cheap as £25, courses for free. as £25, horses for free. people doing a buy one, get one free. so, by the mare, get the foal for free. no. and that's horrifying to read. my colleague victoria derbyshire with that report. let's join our chief political correspondent vicki young, who's in parliament square. let's return now to parliament square, where a statue of the sufragette millicent fawcett is being unveiled — the first ever statue of a woman in parliament square. we willjoin our reporter shortly, let's just take a listen. at the moment we are hearing a poem from theresa lola, speaking as part of that ceremony. we will hear from the prime minister shortly. this is for

a day to listen when courage walls, who stand by the phone so often the ringing sound now rests in their bodies. this is for those who fight to take on the name, the first woman to take on the name, the first woman to be. many blacks still left to be written on. thank you. —— many plaques. thank you, theresa. it was two years ago that the journey towards this morning's unveiling began. when a campaigner who had already pushed the bank of england to put a woman on one of our banknotes turned her attention to this space. and to the absence of female public figures from it. millicent fawcett would have been puzzled by some of the methods of those campaigns, petition

signing online and hashtag ‘s, but she would certainly have recognised their principles and spirit. please welcome the campaign and writer, caroline criado—perez. applause. thank you for coming. this started two years ago when i took my dog, poppy, two years ago when i took my dog, poppy, sadly could not be here, for a run. it was the 8th of march, 2016, internationalwomen's a run. it was the 8th of march, 2016, international women's day. a run. it was the 8th of march, 2016, internationalwomen's day. i had been on one panel and stop trying to kill before the next and decided to run between them. we ran along the river, across westminster bridge and into parliament square. i ran past winston churchill, david lloyd george, a guy i had never heard of at the time called jan

smutz. and i slowed down and stopped. the statues were all of men. surely not all of them? i walked around the square looking at them. nelson mandela, ghandi, abraham lincoln, impressive men for sure that there was no getting away from the fact they were all, well, men. all 11 of them. i couldn't believe it, it was 2016, how had this not already been sorted? i didn't want to sort myself, to be honest. i knew from a fight to get a historical figure on our banknotes how much campaign takes over your life. so adjusting the tweet and thought, maybe someone else will get as angry as i am. but as i carried on running through saint james 's park, i could not get out of my head. as i ran through green park, i realised i was composing the campaign text in my head. when i came back around to buckingham

palace, i gave in to the inevitable and sat down on the ground and set up and sat down on the ground and set upa and sat down on the ground and set up a petition on my phone. 85,000 people signed it. then came the london mayoral elections and sadiq khan, who in his mayoral campaign had promised to be a proud feminist in city hall, had won. sol had promised to be a proud feminist in city hall, had won. so i thought, let's see if there is pound feminist is up to scratch... i arranged an open letter published in the telegraph and signed by a group of incredible women, some of whom are here today, including actors, authors, businesswomen, mps and baroness is. two days later, we had from sadiq khan, be proud feminist was in! a month later, sam smithers from the fawcett society and i found a meeting at city hall with the mayor of's director for international affairs, justin symons, deputy mayor for culture, and cursed and done, senior cultural strategy officer. it is there to say was pretty intimidated. working with this group of dedicated women has been amazing. i have learned so much

from them, not least how the public work of art, which turns out is more complicated than making a mass of vasselin telegraph, although that help. but we got there in the end, helped along by an announcement from the government that they would pay for it all, but i was delighted by. women are still woefully underrepresented in all areas of british cultural and political life, not least in its statues. when statues in the uk's public monuments and statues data base, statues in the uk's public monuments and statues database, i found there we re and statues database, i found there were more statues of men called john and they're aware of historical women. there are actually quite a few statues of queen victoria and i have a grudging respect for her very unladylike love of putting up statues of herself. but if you exclude her, less than 3% of british statues feature a woman who actually existed. with the statue of fawcett, millicent the first statue of a woman on the first statue by a woman, in this iconic location,

we're making one hell of a start on changing that. thank you. caroline, thank you very much. i think next time caroline launches a campaign, we should just get it done straightaway, because we know how these stories are going to end when she gets involved. now it is time to see the statue. they are going to be joined byjustine symons, deputy may up joined byjustine symons, deputy may up the culture and creative industries, who is representing the statue commissioning group. by nine—year—old agatha crombie, from millbank academy, 15—year—old amina from lambeth and i'm delighted to welcome millicent fawcett‘s great grandniece, jennifer, who is one of

the great granddaughters of millicent‘s extraordinary sister, elizabeth garrett anderson, the first british woman to qualify as a doctor. so they are all in place holding the ropes that are over the statue. it has been designed by gillian wearing, the turner winning prize —— artist and she will be the first british sculptor to have her work displayed in parliament square. so let's countdown. five, four, three, two, one. cheering applause so thank you very much to caroline,

to reza, justine, agatha, amina and jennifer and thank you gillian wearing for creating the image of millicent fawcett. the word juicy honoured, "courage calls to courage everywhere", are taken from a speech given by millicent fawcett at a cl'echmhq-‘ttah-e“=*‘- ~ , ~ of cl'echmhq-‘ttah-e“=*‘- ~ , ~ after of rug; 2 f davison, fatally kiwi? at ' " "’ wilding fiavisgnf'fatztlg'ihiured at . g 1913. wilding fiavisgnf'fatztlg'ihiured at . £1913 millicent the epsom derby in 1913. millicent lived to see women given equal voting rights to men in 1928 which is partly why, at the end of her life, she could say she had a cheerful confidence in things to come. even so, i suspect the idea of a woman prime minister, let alone two, would have seemed pretty prospect. please welcome now the prime minister, the right honourable

to reza may mp. —— theresa may. behind me, outside the supreme court, stands a statue of the great emancipator. to my right, we see the man who did more than any other to gain independence for india. opposite parliament, the man who saved europe from the grip of fascism. they are all great men, important men, men who deserve their places in history and in this square. but i would not be standing here today as prime minister, no female mps would have taken their seats in parliament, non—others would have had the rights and protections we now enjoy where it's not for one truly great woman, day millicent garrett fawcett. —— game. the struggle to achieve votes for women was long and arduous.

millicent fawcett was there from the beginning and devoted her life to the cause. as a teenager, she collected names for the first pro—suffrage petition, even though she was too young to sign it herself. as young woman, she ove rca m e herself. as young woman, she overcame a dislike of public speaking and took to the platform at the first women's suffrage meeting to be held in london. four decade after decade, in the face of often fierce opposition, she travelled the country and the world, campaigning notjust for the vote, country and the world, campaigning not just for the vote, but on a whole range of issues. she was a tireless advocate for equal access, to education, pressuring universities to admit women on equal terms and establishing her own cambridge college. she fought for the rights of sex workers, convincing politicians to overturn the discriminatory contagious diseases act. she campaign to protect children from exploitation and abuse, reported on civilians in

the boer war, she and abuse, reported on civilians in the boerwar, she was and abuse, reported on civilians in the boer war, she was also responsible for william blake's and did those feet in ancient time being set to music by sir hubert parry. history has many authors. in our own small way, we each help to shape the world in which we live but few of us can claim to have made an impact as significant and lasting as day millicent and it is right and proper that she takes her place at the heart of our democracy —— dame millicent. applause on behalf of the whole country, i would like to thank all those who have made this possible. caroline, of course, who spearheaded the cause for the lasting memorial, sculptor gillian wearing, who has created a fitting tribute, communities secretary sajid javid, who steered the project on behalf of the government from conception to completion and everyone who supported the campaign for the

statue over the past two years, from lord finkelstein, a vocal advocate from the beginning, to the tens of thousands of individuals who signed petitions, wrote letters and lent their backing in so many ways, and to the others here, the mayor and others, who have had their role in this statue. this statue is your statue. after millicent fawcett's deathin statue. after millicent fawcett's death in 1929, a tribute in one newspaper read that "whenever a new victory has been gained by women or some individual woman has found her way in at a new door, the minds of many have turned at once to dame millicent. " almost 90 years later, it is all too easy to forget those who forged a path of generations to follow, to take for granted the progress they achieved through years, decades, of bitter struggle. we do so at our peril, because the fight for equality is far from won

and as long as that is the case, we will need brave women and men to stand up and speak out in the face of injustice and discrimination, doing so will not always be easy, but courage calls to courage everywhere and for generations to come, this statue will serve not just as a reminder of dame millicent's extraordinary life and legacy, but as inspiration to all of us legacy, but as inspiration to all of us who wish to follow in her footsteps. applause thank you, prime minister. and now the words of dame millicent herself will be brought to life for us by the actor helen mccrory. she is going to be reading from a speech called looking backwards, that dame millicent delivered in march 19 18. 100 years ago, one month after the

victory had been won and the first women in the uk had secured the right to vote, millicent fawcett, who had spent her life campaigning for women's suffrage, delivered a victory speech at the queens hall in london. here is an extract of that speech. i have often said what i most devoutly believe, that the suffrage movement, through all its 50 years of existence in practical politics, has made continuous and fairly rapid progress. i've gone as far to say, when invited to describe the ups and downs, that i cannot do this because it has all been ups and no downs. there were, no doubt, moments of disappointment, but those whose disposition and training led us to

ta ke disposition and training led us to take the long view is never doubted for a moment that ultimate success was certain. as if the fortress of ignorance and prejudice had already been surrendered. naturally, the most rapid progress was made in those branches of the women's movement that did not require changes in the law and therefore the no help from parliament. but parliament itself, even in the apparent inaccessible upper chamber, is human and is part of the public and is profoundly influenced by public opinion. consequently, every woman who did good work as a poorer lord guardian or a member of a school board or as a factory inspector or as a doctor or in any other sphere useful outside the

time—honoured occupations which have also been recognised as woman's sphere, helped form public opinion and gave it a bias in favour of extended opportunities for women. the speed of the movement increased by its own momentum, but everyone at knowledge is how extraordinarily it has been stimulated by the war. that was not due to sentimentality, nor less to terror, but to the readjustment by the man on the street of his conception of the sort of work that women are fit to do and those sort of things women will be thinking about and interested in. now, the comments of hostile observers were now, the comments of hostile observe rs we re very now, the comments of hostile observers were very enlightening on the changes of public opinion. the late mr goldwyn smith, who thought his own country unworthy of his citizenship and the took himself to the other side of the atlantic, revisited from time to time and

never failed to make sarcastic comments on the progress of the women's movement. on one occasion, he observed, "next time i come back, i shall expect to find a woman and a horse standing for southwark. " looking back over the last 50 years for the work for women, i can truly say it has been a joyful and an exhilarating time, punctuated by victory after victory. what we were able to do, without suffrage, without the vote, is in the highest degree in encouraging for our successes. they, with franchise, with the vote to back their efforts, will be able to do so much more than we. can only hope that those who are beginning their work now may have as joyful a 50 years before them as i and many of my dearly loved

colleagues have to look back on. things done our won. joy, soul, lies in the doing. applause thank you, helen. a of the statue, thereafter photographic etchings commemorating 59 other people other than millicent fawcett who played key roles in achieving universal suffrage. four men are among the 59. one man is among this morning's speakers. he supported this campaign in his first week in office, setting up in his first week in office, setting up the suffrage statue commission. please welcome the mayor london, sadiq khan.

cheering thank you. well, what a morning. todayis thank you. well, what a morning. today is a truly historic day. as we have just unveiled the first ever statue of a woman to stand here in parliament square. and, by the way, it's also the first statue here to be created by a woman, gillian wearing. as caroline said, her letter calling for a statue of a woman on this great square was one of the first to land on my desk when i became mayor and saying yes to a fantastic campaign wasa and saying yes to a fantastic campaign was a no—brainer to me.

let's show our appreciation to caroline. applause almost two years on, this is a moment of celebration, as we see the vision becoming a reality. a moment thatis vision becoming a reality. a moment that is only tempered by the fact it really should have happened many decades ago. all those who played a pa rt over decades ago. all those who played a part over the last two years deserve our thanks. it is simply not right that this historic square has been a male only zone for statue is. —— statues. because statues matter, they are a

symbol of our values, a demonstration of the importance we place on hard battles won, both in peace and in war and an expression of who and what we choose to celebrate, so it is vital that we fixed the imbalance and a short more women are celebrated in our public spaces. cheering and as you look around, we are surrounded by statues of some of the greatest figures from history and it is perfectly fitting that we now have willison fawcett standing beside them —— millicent fawcett. they are all people who lead the way in changing the world for the better and who still inspire us today. they remind us of some of our most important struggles, the fight

against fascism, the fight against racism and slavery and the fight against gender inequality. millions of people pass by these great monuments every year and i hope that this new statue will help to inspire young people in particular who stand below and look up at this incredible role model. the plinth includes portraits of well— known figures in the suffrage movement, but it also includes many women who haven't been given the recognition they deserve. women like sofia singh, an unsung suffragette of south asian heritage. and jesse craigen, a working—class suffragist who toured the country persuading others to join the fight

for gender equality. you know what? no photos of her exist. unsung heroes. this year, we mark the centenary of the first women to secure the right to vote and, by the way, isn't it good to see the colours of the suffragettes and suffragists flying proudly in parliament square. this isa time proudly in parliament square. this is a time to appreciate how far we have come but also an opportunity to ta ke have come but also an opportunity to take stock and to acknowledge that the original goal of gender equality hasn't been reached. of course, progress has been made, women are leading at every level of society from science and tech to arts and politics, but there are still so much more to do. as with all

important changes in history, we won't get there without a concerted effort by all of us, both women and men, so let this statue be a consta nt men, so let this statue be a constant reminder that we must not re st constant reminder that we must not rest and let this unveiling the moment where we all commit, committed to ensuring that the achievements of women throughout our history are never forgotten. commit to breaking down the barriers that still exist to women reaching their potential, and commit to standing on the shoulders of the giants that came before us, like millicent fawcett, and carry on their mission to make this country a more just, fairand to make this country a more just, fair and equal place for all. thank you. cheering applause ladies and gentlemen, we are almost

at the end of the ceremony. millicent fawcett is in her rightful place, gazing out at the houses of parliament. just before we close, i would like to thank the prime minister, the mayor, caroline, helen, to reason for all playing a role in this morning's events. we began with music and we are going to end that way, too, with part of the musical sylvia, which comes to london stage this autumn. it celebrates sylvia pankhurst, daughter of emily pankhurst and also a campaign, organiser, speakerand activist, who herself experienced imprisonment and force—feeding. the original music was written byjosh coen and dj wild. so please welcome the cast of sylvia with march, women

march. it is only the second time the song has been heard in public. from all of us, thank you and goodbye. well, there we have it, the ceremonial to unveiled a statue of millicent fawcett in parliament square. courage calls to courage everywhere, the banner she is holding up. and we heard just there, sadiq khan talking about how this was a moment of celebration but that it should also be a further inspiration to those who are continuing to fight the agenda of gender equality. and we heard from the prime minister earlier on, saying that she would not be where she was today were it not for the

campaigns of millicent fawcett and those who fought alongside her to get women, the vote —— to get women the vote, to get women into parliament. she said she hoped that the statue would be an inspiration to all who wish to follow in her footsteps. and all those present are saying this was a real moment of celebration. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour, but, first, the headlines on bbc newsroom live. canadian police question the suspected driver of a van which ploughed into a crowd of people in toronto, killing ten and injuring 15. some tsb customers face a fifth day of problems with mobile and online banking — after a recent it upgrade. jeremy corbyn will meetjewish leaders to discuss how he's addressing anti—semitism in the labour party. hello, everyone. in the business

news... government borrowing fell by £3.5 billion to £112.6 billion for the past financial year — the lowest in 11 years. the office for national statistic said this was the lowest since the financial year ending march 2007. it is below the independent office for budget responsibility‘s estimate, which forecast public sector net borrowing would be £45.2 billion. the figure is the first provisional estimate of the last financial year. research by bbc 5 live's wake up to money has found that nearly 650 shops and restaurants, run by a handful of major chains, have shut since the start of 2018 or are at risk of closure. maplin and toys r us sites account for half that total. both chains fell into administration on the same day in february. administrators for maplin are keeping its 217 shops open, but they are "under review" while a buyer is sought. some tsb customers are facing a fifth day of problems with mobile and online banking.

an it upgrade on friday is believed to be behind the issue. there are reports that some people are unable to access their accounts, money is being wrongly transferred, and some users are able to see other account holders' details. metro bank wants to be a challenger to the big high street banks — and with quirks like dog—friendly branches, it has had some success. but its shareholders are unhappy with payments made by metro to interarch, a company owned by the chairman's wife. royal london asset management, which owns a stake in metro, said it was concerned about whether metro was getting good value by using interarch. metro will hold its annual general meeting in london on tuesday afternoon where, among a number of resolutions, investors will vote on the re—appointment of chairman vernon hill. joining us now is ashley hamilton claxton, head of responsible investment at royal london asset management. what are your objections to the

payment is made between the two companies? we have to remember that metro bank is a publicly traded company, so we invest pensions savings from millions of our customers in companies like metro bank and our main concern is the company has been approving payments from the company to a company related to the chairman's wife, interarch, and we have concerns about the oversight of those payments and whether we are getting good value for money. but if these payments were disclosed, what is the issue with them? disclosure is one thing but the concern is its is related party transactions, a transaction between the company and those who are directly connected to the chairman, ie his wife. so the concern is whether or not those payments are appropriate and whether the board is providing sufficient oversight. so will you be voting against the election vernon hill? today, we voted against the election of the chairman to raising our concerns of these payments and the

chairman of the audit committee. spokesman for metro bank said interarch provides design and branding services to the bank and the audit committee has strong review and benchmarking processes in place, conducted by authoritative independent third parties to ensure the terms of favourable for the bank. this process has been in place since metro bank's inception and is disclosed in our annual report. so they'll saying there is nothing wrong with what happened, it is com pletely wrong with what happened, it is completely above board and ok. we have not said it is not above board but we question whether it is appropriate that £11 million is being paid to accompany directly linked to the chairman's why. so what would you like to see happen next? we will speak to the company, we have registered our concerns and we will see what the vote result is at the end of today. ashley, thank you very much indeed. vodafone has been rated the worst mobile phone provider for the seventh year running in an annual customer survey by consumer lobby group which?. the other leading providers, ee, 02 and three, also scored badly, with servicejudged

"average" and "disappointing". of the small providers, utility warehouse ranked highest for value for money, incentives and customer service. vodafone said improving services for customers was a top priority and it had been working hard to address the issue. profits at google—owner alphabet jumped almost 73% in the first three months of the year, as revenues from internet advertising soared. the strong results came despite fears that rising costs and regulation could undermine the search giant's performance. arsenal have signed a global agreement with the chinese electric vehicle manufacturer, byd auto, which becomes the club's official car and bus partner. china—based byd designs, develops, manufactures and distributes cars, buses, commercial vehicles and rail stock. a quick look at the markets. the pound is sliding, as the city of london reacts to march's unexpectedly

weak inflation figures. sterling has dropped by three quarters of a cent sterling has dropped vodafone has been rated the worst mobile phone provider for the seventh year running in an annual customer survey by consumer lobby group which?. oil prices are rising, strong demand and the promises of sanctions on iran keeping the cost of crude at high levels. that is the business news. we will be back in parliament square shortly for more on the unveiling of the statue of millicent fawcett, but before that, let's catch up with all of the weather prospects with simon king. hello, it is pretty cloudy out there for many of us. we have some outbreaks of rain affecting central pa rt outbreaks of rain affecting central part of the uk. so not a great looking scene, really. this is in kent at the moment where at least it is dry towards southern parts of

england, you may well keep some dry weather into the afternoon, maybe one or two spits and spots of rain. the bulk of the rain is across wales up the bulk of the rain is across wales up into north—west england, the midlands and into eastern england. further north, some sunny spells but also some showers, heavy showers in the north and west of scotland this afternoon with some hail and thunder and maximum temperatures this afternoon getting up to 13—15. through this evening, the rain across wales and the west midlands will turn heavy, some rain moving to south—west england. heavy bursts for lincolnshire and east anglia. most of that rain will clear way to the south—east overnight and going into wednesday, a mixture of some sunny spells and typical april showers, with some of those showers heavy with some of those showers heavy with some of those showers heavy with some hail and thunder. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. the first statue of a woman is unveiled in parliament square — honouring millicent fawcett who campaigned for women to get the right to vote.

i walked around the square looking at them, nelson mandela, ghandi, abraham lincoln, these were impressive men, for sure, but there was no getting away from the fact that they were all, well, men. all 11 of them. it has been a long time coming, but parliament square now has its first statue of a woman made bya has its first statue of a woman made by a woman. the boss of tsb apologises — after an it upgrade left online customers unable to access their money. canadian police question the suspected driver of a rented van that ploughed into pedestrians in toronto, killing ten people. video shows the gunman asking an armed police officer to shoot him, in a stand off before he was arrested. the father of seriously ill toddler alfie evans says he's been

breathing unassisted — after life support was switched off last night. jeremy corbyn will meetjewish leaders to discuss what he's doing to tackle anti—semitism in the labour party. and gun salutes across london later — to mark the arrival of the new prince. good afternoon. it's tuesday, 24th april. i'm carole walker. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the first statue of a woman in parliament square in london has been unveiled. it honours the campaigner, millicent fawcett — a key figure in winning women the right to vote

a hundred years ago. the bronze statue joins those of 11 men. it has been placed next to ones of mahatma gandhi and nelson mandela. let's join our chief political correspondent vicki young, who's in parliament square. it has been quite an occasion here, a party atmosphere, you can see people over my shoulder standing around the newly unveiled statue, having their photo taken to mark the occasion. we had from the prime minister, from the woman behind all of this, caroline criado—perez, who explained she had been involved in getting jane austen onto the £10 note, it wasn't a campaign she particularly enjoyed but she described to people why she started this campaign to try to get a statue of millicent fawcett here, a woman who had campaigned from her teens to

get women the vote. this all started just over two years ago when i took my dog, just over two years ago when i took poppy. just over two years ago when i took ho just over two years ago when i took ly just over two years ago when i took my dog, poppy, who sadly couldn't be here, fora run. it was the my dog, poppy, who sadly couldn't be here, for a run. it was the 8th of march, 2016, international women's day. i had just been on one panel and had some time to kill before the next. i decided to run between them. we ran along the river, across westminster bridge and into parliament square. i ran past winston churchill, david lloyd george, a guy i had never heard of at the time, called jan smuts. and i slowed down and stopped. the statues, they were all of men, surely not? i walked around the square looking at them, nelson mandela, ghandi, abraham lincoln, impressive men for sure that there

was no getting away from the fact they were all, well, men. all 11 of them. i could not believe it, it was 2016, how had this not already been sorted? this and ayling happened watched by hundreds gathered here in parliament square. —— this unveiling. people from the cabinet we re unveiling. people from the cabinet were also here and theresa may, to pay tribute to the work and what ha rd pay tribute to the work and what hard work has meant to women in politics. i would not be standing here today as prime minister, no female mps would have taken their seats in parliament, none of us would have had the rights and protections we now enjoy, where it is not for one truly great woman, dame millicent garrett fawcett. history has many authors, in our own

small way, we each help to shape the world in which we live but few of us can claim to have made an impact as significant and lasting as they millicent fawcett and it is right and proper that today she takes her place at the heart of our democracy. this was of course an occasion about women, by women, really, the statue itself was sculpted by a woman. there was one man allowed to speak, mayor of london, sadiq khan, who was with me now. you got a letter when you became london mayor to try to start this campaign, what did you think when you received it? i think it was my second day as mayor and i got this letter from caroline. to me, it was a no—brainer. i was embarrassed, i caroline. to me, it was a no—brainer. iwas embarrassed, i had worked in parliament for 11 years and had never noticed all the statues were blokes and none of women and that is because there is a normalised gender inequality. the answer was yes, we got to get a

commission led by deputy mayor justin symons and they decided who should be the person and the creator and within two years, we have our first ever statue in parliament square but why has this taken so long? i spoke to some schoolgirls who came here from slough and i asked why it mattered. it really does matter, statues and monuments are important otherwise we wouldn't have them and they give us a ambition, aspiration, role models. young people, girls in particular, walk around our city and think the great people have been men and looking around the square, they are all men. from now on, there will be all men. from now on, there will be a woman here and we need to make sure public spaces our country have more successful women recognised, great artists, trade unionists, scientists, politicians, because

this country comes off the back of great men and greg norman too. this country comes off the back of great men and greg norman toolj suppose it is obvious anyway. —— and great women too. when they brought in the bill in 1928, she sat in the commons. it is an incredible story. she was an eternal optimist, campaigning for more than 16 years. it wasn't until 1928 when there was universal suffrage, women having the same rights as men and she campaigned peacefully. there were suffragists and suffragettes. she was a suffragist. she used the laws we had. but they worked together. she is an example of the difference a person can make working within a team. to bring about real change.

she always thought change would come and the first world war meant men saw women doing jobs men have been doing for centuries and thought, do you know what, they're just as good if not better than us. there are 11 male statues around here, what more is there to do? let's not pretend a statue is a silver bullet that will bring gender inequality. it is still the case that there are too few women who are on companies and in positions of influence. we want to use 2018 to commemorate a hundred years since women got the vote and to celebrate the process of smashing glass ceilings and breaking barriers but also to redouble efforts to finally get gender inequality. thank you forjoining us. the party is

over here, people still having their photo taken with the statue. never again will anyone go for a run around parliament square and comment on the fact that it is a little blokes, as sadiq khan said. studio: many thanks for the latest from that historic ceremony in parliament square. some tsb customers are facing a fifth day of problems with mobile and online banking. an it upgrade on friday is believed to be behind the issue. there are reports that some people are unable to access their accounts, money is being wrongly transferred, and some users are able to see other account holders' details. earlier maryam moshiri from bbc business explained what's happening. dsp was previously part of lloyds bank and was moving away from the old system, to the new psp system, which cause a lot of problems. the keyissueis which cause a lot of problems. the key issue is we were supposed to have this system upgrade happening and causing some disruption because it was planned between 11pm on friday

and 6pm on sunday. however, disruption continued overnight into monday and well into today. things have not gone smoothly at all and lots of people have complained about not being able to see their account, being able to see money in other people's accounts, huge data breach, not being able to use orchid view accou nts not being able to use orchid view accounts online, not to be able to see direct debits. one man told us he was given access to some of's £35,000 savings accounts. and an £11,000 isa when he nodded his own account. so, a lot of trouble here for a tsb. absolutely, this affects security as well as obviously the inconvenience for those people who are affected. what are town—mac saying? tsb have not actually got back to me properly. i did ask the press office to give me a statement but they have released a payment from their ceo on twitter. he said we have been working as hard and fast to get our service back up and

running, this isn't the level of service we pride ourselves on providing and is not what our customers have come to expect tsb to provide and for that i am truly sorry. he goes onto say that customers can be rest assured that no one will be left out of pocket as a result of the service issues. tsb may be left out of pocket though because this has attracted the attention of the data commissioner ‘s office and the financial conduct authority, both of which have the the want, to slap tsb with a fine, if they find it has breached regulations. lots of viewers have gotten in touch with the bbc to complain about this. to carry on get in touch with us and we will look at your tweets throughout the day. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will meet members of the uk's two mainjewish groups today as he seeks to assure them he's tackling anti—semitism within the party. he has already promised to be a militant opponent of anti—semitism. but the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council will urge mr corbyn to take strong action. this morning the shadow communities and local government secretary andrew gwynne said that disciplinary measures were being

taken too slowly. due process has taken far too long, i hope thatjennie formby, the new general secretary of the labour party, she has already taken on a team of lawyers to expedite the cases before the labour party's procedures and the disputes panel, that has got to happen so rapidly and quickly, we cannot allow anti—semitism or the perception of anti—semitism to fester. we have got to act and speed up those procedures and that's precisely what we will do. the mp, louise ellman, used to chair the jewish labour movement. she says there's a "crisis of confidence" in the party's ability to tackle the issue. labour's anti—semitism is much worse

since jeremy corbyn became leader, at least 80 cases of anti—semitism is not dealt with, regularly, almost daily i hear regulations allegations of anti—semitism and within the jewish community, there is anguish but this is not just about the jewish community, it's about the whole of society. if jeremy is serious about being against racism, he must be against anti—semitism as well and show he's going to do something about it. canadian police are questioning a suspect who drove a van onto a pavement in toronto, killing ten people. witnesses describe the vehicle travelling at speed for nearly one mile along along a street crowded with pedestrians. video footage of the man being arrested shows him shouting "kill me" as he points what looks like a gun at a single armed policeman. he's been named as 25—year—old alek minassian, who was not known to police before the attack. hundreds of people have gathered at a vigil to mourn the victims,

with a memorial created along the street. nada tawfik reports from toronto. what began as a sunny, lovely afternoon in the north york area of toronto in an instant turned to chaos and carnage. along this main thoroughfare, a white rental van sped down the roadway, jumping the kerb in several places and hitting anything in its path for roughly one mile. those who were spared injury described the horror that unfolded. all i've seen is this guy, he is going 70, 80 clicks, he's just hitting people one by one, going down. oh, man. it was a nightmare, man. 90 minutes later and several blocks away, police stopped the driver. in a dramatic confrontation, he yelled for the officers to shoot him in the head to kill him. bystanders captured the tense moments as he was arrested without a single shot fired.

police have identified the driver as 25—year—old alek minassian, a resident of the toronto suburb of richmond hill. they believe this was a deliberate attack. the events that happened on the street behind us are horrendous, but they do not appear to be connected in anyway to national security based on the information available at this time. police have begun the long process of combing through this crime scene, and while there have been a string of similar vehicle attacks in europe and more recently in new york, investigators here believe that there is as yet no evidence to connect the driver to any organised terror group. still they have yet to answer the key question. what was the motive? the headlines on bbc newsroom live... the first statue of a woman

is unveiled in parliament square — honouring millicent fawcett who campaigned for women to get the right to vote. the boss of tsb apologises — after an it upgrade left online customers unable to access their money. canadian police question the suspected driver of a rented van that ploughed into pedestrians in toronto, killing ten people. let's get a full round—up from the bbc sports centre. good morning, ollie. good afternoon. we are gearing up for ollie. good afternoon. we are gearing upfora ollie. good afternoon. we are gearing up for a huge night at anfield, liverpool are facing roma and it's going to be a big night for moose a la, facing his old club, roma, since he left them last summer. most sahwa has scored a

record 31 in the premier league. his former spell out roma was an important time for his development. he had a fantastic time there. he became the player we now have here, a big credit to all the staff and players at rome because they're all pa rt of players at rome because they're all part of his development. hopefully this is the start of something special with this squad. i feel the manager has definitely been brilliant and since he has come to the club, we have improved every season and have done so well to get to this stage, we just have to keep going, keep working hard and improving and hopefully this is the start of many huge games to come in the next few years at liverpool. the

captain of roma laid a wreath at the hillsborough memorial yesterday in honour of the supporters who died in that hillsborough disaster. two controversial friendlies in myanmar have been announced against the national team and national league all—stars. the national team and national league all—sta rs. the un national team and national league all—stars. the un has accused myanmar of ethnic cleansing hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees who fled the country to bangladesh. the foreign office advises against all but essential travel to myanmar. leeds united social media account advice fans to wait for further advice fans to wait for further advice before arranging their own travel. matches are scheduled for the ninth and 11th of may. the world number three, ding junhui it through to the second round of the world championship in sheffield, after completing a win against his opponent this morning. he started this morning 6—3 up and battled

through the four frames required against his compatriot. he claimed victory courtesy of a victory of 98. live to the crushable right now. stuart bingham is an action. he won the 20 15th title and has not made it past the second round sense that famous victory. he is struggling a little against his opponent, 3—2 down, stuart bingham just coming back to the table now. you can follow it on the bbc sport website. i'll be back after the 1p on news at 1:30pm. studio: many thanks. more than £80 thousand have been raised in a sponsorship fund set up by a 29—year—old runner who died in the london marathon. matt campbell, who appeared in ‘masterchef: the professionals‘ last year, collapsed after 22 miles in the race. he was running in memory of his late father. france's president emmanuel macron

is in washington this week, and will take part in a state dinner hosted by donald trump. the two men — both seen as outsiders before their presidential campaigns — have developed an unlikely personal rapport. i'm joined from washington by our state department correspondent barbara plett usher. thank you forjoining us. quite an honourfor president thank you forjoining us. quite an honour for president macron and these two men do seem to have a strong personal bond but there are real political differences, aren't there? yes, there are certainly our political differences, which is why eve ryo ne political differences, which is why everyone comments on the fact they have been able to establish this rapport and apparently quite a good working relationship. we understand they call each other nearly every week. one of the things trying them together is close coordination of counter—terrorism, which started under the obama administration and which has continued under the trump

administration. president macron has cultivated this relationship in a pragmatic way, hoping to keep the president engaged in multilateral issues and venues, rather than isolating the us, which, according to president trump's nationalist tendencies, but he's also going to be trying to speak out and convince the president to move on issues important to france and europe, including the iran nuclear deal because president trump wants to withdraw from that and it is very important to europe. also the main issueis important to europe. also the main issue is tariffs. the americans have established tariffs on steel and aluminium and they have not given an exemption to europe, to the eu. so president macron will raise those issues, it's not clear whether that personal rapport is going to result in concrete outcomes but he is certainly going to try to be as persuasive as he can. it is quite a

diplomatic coup by emmanuel macron, he is certainly beating theresa may, who tried so hard to woo the american president. he has referred to it as a special relationship, which i am sure did not go unnoticed in britain and he has been quite clever about it, actually. first of all, he hosted mr trump last year on bastille day and really gave him every pomp and ceremony he could, with a military parade, dinner in the eiffel tower, which mr trump are still talking about, so obviously it had an impact. and before he came here, he did an interview with fox news, the cable news that president trumptramp watches. —— president trump. more than a year after he took office, he has to stop that

honour on mr macron. and the first lady ‘s office is working hard to ensure it is also a success because it is an honour also for mr macron but pressure for a limited pool off their first state visit in a way that goes down well. much more as those events unfold this afternoon. for now, many thanks for the latest from washington. the father of seriously ill toddler alfie evans has said that his son has been breathing unassisted since his life support machine was switched off last night. a spokesman for alder hey hospital said they would not comment on alfie's condition, out of respect for the family. a high courtjudge dismissed fresh submissions from lawyers representing alfie's parents, after the toddler was granted italian citizenship in the hope he could travel there for treatment. this morning alfie's father, tom evans, said his son had been breathing without a ventilator for nine hours, although doctors had since given alfie oxygen and water. he was breathing before now and is

still breathing. his mum is sleeping next to him and feels comfortable. they did tests and he is below 70. our correspondent nick garnett is following the story. at 9.17 last night, thom evans said the hospital withdrew oxygen and the nutrient drip from the little boy. this morning, he came out and spoke to reporters and said that overnight, he had maintained breathing, colour and had to be ok forup to breathing, colour and had to be ok for up to six hours. he said at that point the hospital intervened, they have been there throughout and doctors had been with him all the way through to keep an eye on him and they had given some intervention. tom evans said this was because he had argued that at that point they would have been in breach of an existing court order,

this whole battle has been consumed by legal arguments and legal battles. only last night, the court hearing was held in private in chambers, where he judge hearing was held in private in chambers, where hejudge listened to arguments from both sides and again rejected the case that the family has tried to bring, which is that they care is maintained. the essence of this whole case is that the hospital wants to remove the care and allow alfie to die, the family wa nt and allow alfie to die, the family want it maintained. there is no solution to this, there is no winner in this and the impasse continues. at the moment, the hospital is saying nothing. all we know is what is coming from the father and the family and they say that alfie is still alive and able to breathe on his own. this case has roused the concerns and sympathy of a lot of people, locally? exactly, there has been hundreds coming here in the evening, there are a few here today, it is raining in liverpool and early

in the day but there are helium balloons tied to a lamp post, banners and posters around. last night there was trouble when a group of people trying to get inside the hospital and the police had to form a line to keep people out. some people say that has been disturbing to others coming with their children to others coming with their children to the hospital for appointments to visit their children. this morning, tom visit their children. this morning, to m eva ns visit their children. this morning, tom evans went out of his way to apologise for that and to say, it was never his intention to disrupt the activity of the hospital and the work it does, he knows the work that goes on here is vitalfor so many coming here but he said that any farmer in the same position as he was would do exactly the same. gun salutes will ring out across london this afternoon in celebration of the safe arrival of a new royal prince. the duke and duchess of cambridge's third child was born yesterday morning at st mary's hospital in the capital, and the family have now returned home to kensington palace. gun salutes will take place in hyde park and at tower wharf

on the south bank of the thames from two o'clock this afternoon. kensington palace. our royal correspondent, daniela relph, is outside kensington palace. prince charles has just in the last moment issued a statement about his new grandson, in which he said, we are so pleased about the news, a great joy to have are so pleased about the news, a greatjoy to have another grandchild, the only trouble is i do know how i am going to keep up with them. that matches the message that came from prince william yesterday as he came out of the hospital yesterday. he held up three fingers and said, thrice the trouble. there isa and said, thrice the trouble. there is a sense that putting another child into the mix when you have two already can make life a little bit

trickier. the big weight here is for the name. the family has meant that all—important the name. the family has meant that all—importa nt first the name. the family has meant that all—important first night together here at kensington palace, which will be their london home and we now await a name for the new baby prince. on past experience, what happened with prince george and princess charlotte, it can take a couple of days before that name is officially announced. it seems they are likely to stick to something fairly traditional and historic, a lot of speculation on what it might be? yes, absolutely. they have gone for george and charlotte so far, so your senses they will not go for anything too unusual. in terms of where the betting is going, the out and out favourite name is arthur but other names in unix and james and albert and of course philip, a nod to his great—grandfather. william is

william arthur phillip louis, charles is charles philip arthur george, so you get a sense that perhaps arthur and philip could be two games in the mix. but we will have to wait until tomorrow. many thanks for that. let's catch up with the weather. sunshine and showers. the best of it across eastern areas of scotland. cloud thickening up and becoming more extensive. quite wet in wales and turning wetter in the north—west of england. pushing into parts of the midlands and the south—west. try in the south—east. further north, a little sunshine but frequent showers in western scotland and northern

ireland. this rain could be heavy this evening. it will scoot towards the south—east and then moves out of the south—east and then moves out of the way. still a few showers around, especially towards the north—west. chilly in the north—east of scotland. temperatures lower than last night. tomorrow, dry with sunshine. showers could be heavy with hail and thunder. very few places missing those showers. temperatures a bit depressed. this is bbc newsroom live — our latest headlines. the first ever statue of a woman in parliament square has been unveiled, two years after the campaign to get female representation outside the palace of westminster began. a bronze of millicent fawcett, who fought for women's right to vote in the early 20th century,

stands alongside statues of 11 men. the boss of tsb has apologised for it issues which left online customers unable to access their money and some able to see other people's accounts. customers began to complain several hours after a system upgrade tom evans says the 23—month—old was able to breathe for a number of hours on his own overnight. let's get more now on the it issues affecting online customers of the bank tsb. in the last few minutes, the bank's chief executive paul pester has told the bbc tsb will be shutting down its online operations for a few hours this afternoon to rectify the problem. you know, it is a big apology to our tsb customers, this is not the sort

of service we want to give them nor are they used to receiving from tsb. we have had a frantic 118 hours of transferring over 1.3 billion customer records from the old platform we were using on to our new platform we were using on to our new platform and getting to the bottom of making that new platform work the way we needed to work on the way we wa nted way we needed to work on the way we wanted to work has been an absolute focus for us. we havejust wanted to work has been an absolute focus for us. we have just taken our internet channel down again now, as of midday on tuesday, we have taken it off line for a couple of hours and we are optimistic that with the fixes we are now putting in, the tuning we are doing, will lead to the platform being much more responsive over the coming evening. bearing in mind, we have had typically around 8,000 customers a minute logging into our online platform, 8,000 customers a minute using ourapp and platform, 8,000 customers a minute using our app and it has been responding well but not all customers have been able to get in, so we are serving a large proportion of our customers but i apologise to those customers unable to get access. sir cliff richard has

returned to court, as his battle against the bbc over its coverage of a police raid on his home continues. the 77—year—old singer claims footage of the raid, carried out following an allegation of sexual assault, was a "very serious invasion" of his privacy. our correspondent helena lee is outside the high court. just bring us up—to—date with what has been going on today. well, we have been hearing more evidence from a senior bbc editor gary smith. he was cross—examined for the last few hours in court and just put him into context, his position at the time of the coverage on sir cliff richard's apartment, mr smith was involved in the decision—making to do with the coverage and also, crucially, the helicopter. remember, the bbc used a helicopter. remember, the bbc used a helicopter to get footage of that raid taking place. now, the issue of

privacy came up in court. of course, pregnancy is crucial and central to sir cliff richard's case against the bbc and an e—mail was read out in court that was sent by gary smith to collea g u es court that was sent by gary smith to colleagues the day after the bbc coverage of that raid, and in the e—mail, mr smith coverage of that raid, and in the e—mail, mrsmith said, coverage of that raid, and in the e—mail, mr smith said, "there may be fallout this coming week, eg if sir cliff richard directly accuses the bbc of breaches of privacy, which he hasn't done yet." he goes on in the e—mail to say alternatively, it may all blow over, "i hope so." in court, gary smith said the issues balancing privacy and public interest were in my mind, it not something that came back to me but was in my mind throughout the case. and then there were questions about the coverage and sir cliff richard's barrister justin the coverage and sir cliff richard's barristerjustin rush brooke qc put it to gary smith, he said, "to use

the metaphor already being used, you we re the metaphor already being used, you were playing with fire but knew it and couldn't resist the 100% gold—plated scoop, "referring to the story. gary smith replied, "i don't accept that at all, i feel we went through the right process." so gary smith continues to give evidence, sir cliff richard on day nine of his case against the bbc is in court listening to proceedings. helena, many thanks for the latest. specialist teams have begun decontamination work in salisbury following the poisoning of the former russian spy of sergei skripal and his daughter last month. barriers were put up around the maltings and eight other sites where traces of the novichok nerve agent we re traces of the novichok nerve agent were found. we can speak now to richard galpin, who is in salisbury for us. richard, weeks after this

poisoning, the decontamination finally under way. yes, absolutely, seven weeks after the poisoning of the skripals and if you look behind me, you can see some soldiers there, what is basically their mess tent, their base of operations for today, and you can see they are carrying beanbags. they have been bagging up a lot of the kit they have been wearing, the specialist protective suits while they have been carrying out the work here. they have basically finished most of it for today and this is the area where the skripals were found back on march the 11th, sitting on a bench, described as absolutely catatonic, clearly very, very ill indeed after ingesting the nerve agent. essentially, what the troops have been doing is removing the grass and layers of soil and the cobblestones around the bench where they were sat

and they are presumably going to ta ke and they are presumably going to take those away, perhaps test them again but also destroy all of that and then the teams will come in again and test the area to see if it is then free of the novichok agent and of course, that may take several times before they are absolutely certain that the deadly nerve agent has been completely removed from the area. and this isjust one of nine sites which they need to decontaminate over the coming months. and, richard, some exasperation amongst local businesses, local people, that so much of the town is still cordoned off so long after the event. yes, of course, the big worry is the impact... obviously, the big worry is the fear of the novichok nerve agent but also the impact on the economy and it has had a very significant impact. businesses

really losing trade massively as a result of this, but i think obviously there is hope now that with this decontamination process starting that the economy will gradually start to pick up again, although we understand that it could ta ke although we understand that it could take anything up to christmas in terms of the time to carry out this forensic cleansing process. it is a very painstaking process, it could ta ke very painstaking process, it could take a long time. the senior member of the council we have been talking to said it could be christmas before it is done, but obviously they have to wait and see and everyone has to remain patient about this because it is absolutely critical. some of the site, it is thought to be fairly small traces of the nerve agent but other sites where it is much more serious, in particular of course the home of the skripals, whether nerve agent was placed on the door handle of the house. richard galpin, many thanks for bringing us up to date from salisbury. 50 of the country's leading children's authors and illustrators are launching a campaign for the book trade to ditch plastic.

the group, who include sir michael morpurgo and dame jacqueline wilson, want to get their young readers and the publishing industry to clamp down on use of the material. the campaign is called authorslloceans and was created by lauren stjohn, who's written the dolphin song and kat wolfe investigates. i'm delighted to say she is with us now. how big a problem is this, how much plastic is there in children's books? i think there is so much plastic in the world, i mean, planet earth ii, david attenborough little bonfire under all of us because i think we were all kind of thinking that plastic was becoming a problem, we didn't realise it was a catastrophic problem now. i think the book industry is just part of that and as children's authors, it was something we could directly

affect. so presumably the plastic is used particularly in those books for younger children. not particularly, i think plastic is used throughout the book industry and it is not specific to publishers, it is book—sellers selling toys a point of sale, it is shrink wrapping, there are so many different bits of plastic. i started this when i actually ordered a drink in a book shop and somebody brought it with a straw in it and i started to think, well, there are hundreds of book shops in this country, 300 waterstones, blackwell is, and a percentage of them every day are going to be dishing out straws, plastic bags, plastic bottles. on my own, i knew there was nothing i could do about it but i thought an alliance of children's authors, particularly authors like myself that campaign on conservation and nature, we could make it have an effect, hopefully, have a voice. and

a lot of young readers are already very engaged with the need to try to reduce plastic waste. yes, again, thanks very much to planet earth ii because the schools i have visited over last couple of months, i had talked to audiences of 300 children ata time talked to audiences of 300 children at a time and asked if anybody watched it and see the situation with plastic and almost everybody put their hands up. one of our authors, robert mcfarlane, his daughter lily has created an amazing plastic video. i think a lot of calls the change are coming from young people. again, born free, iam an ambassador for born free, the youth ambassador is 15, the same thing, she is a judge on our plastics competition. you have the young people engaged, you have a lot of high profile authors backing you. have you got any sense as to whether the wider industry, the publishers and the promoters are prepared to try to tackle this? i think very

much so. i can't speak for every publisher i know but my publisher and the publishers i have spoken to, they... there is a real passion within our publishers to review the policies around plastic. even things like a reusable coffee cups within their own canteens. i think people are their own canteens. i think people a re really their own canteens. i think people are really taking this very, very seriously. many thanks indeed for joining us. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, will meet members of the uk's two mainjewish groups today as he seeks to assure them he's tackling anti—semitism within the party. he has already promised to be a militant opponent of anti—semitism. but the board of deputies of britishjews and thejewish leadership council will urge mr corbyn to take strong action. mr corbyn has been speaking to our deputy political editor john pienaar. what can you say and do to reassure

jewish leaders at this meeting? we are having a meeting, discussion, we will listen very carefully to what we all have their say and make it absolutely clear we do not tolerate anti—semitism in any form. absolutely clear we do not tolerate anti-semitism in any form. beyond the words, is there anything you can do? we will discuss with them the processes we have in the party. our new general secretary is working very ha rd new general secretary is working very hard on the issue and i have every confidence. it is a sorry state that you're having to have this meeting at all, isn't it?|j have met them before and no doubt will be meeting them again because i do reach out and have meetings with organisations all the time. these allegations are the last things that you want to hear. we have to do with anti—semitism in our society including in the labour party and the labour movement and that is what we are doing. any sort of breakthrough this evening? we are doing. any sort of breakthrough this evening ?m we are doing. any sort of breakthrough this evening? it is not a question of breakthrough, it is a question of continuing the work all the time to deal with racism and

discrimination in our society and say we are not prepared to accept anti—semitism in any form. diane made that very clear on behalf of our party in the debate last week, as did andrew quinn. it will come down to individual cases. individual cases will be dealt by party process under rommel get a fair hearing, i therefore cannot comment. is it -- and will get a fair hearing.|j therefore cannot comment. is it -- and will get a fair hearing. i am determined to defeat any form of racism in our society and that of course includes anti—semitism and i will have a discussion with anyone in order to bring about that solution. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the first statue of a woman is unveiled in parliament square — honouring millicent fawcett who campaigned for women to get the right to vote. the boss of tsb apologises after it issues mean some customers are still locked out of their accounts.

canadian police question the suspected driver of a van which ploughed into a crowd of people in toronto, killing ten and injuring 15. this week across the bbc, we're bringing stories about how people are connecting in a polarised world — the series is called crossing divides. today, we look at the relationship between inmates and prison officers — which can be tense at times. but naivasha maximum security prison in kenya has adopted a mindfulness programme, where guards and prisoners have meditation sessions together. merchuma visited the prison. laughter a rare scene in a place characterised by despair, tension and aggression. they call this mindful laughter. my name is asamoha

and i bring in anger. i'm kevin onyango, i bring in anger. mindfulness involves being present in the moment. in other words, paying attention without judgment to what is happening within and around you. it is said to reduce stress and anxiety and help people manage their emotions better. now i want us to have mindful breathing. in. slowly. out. now, this is indeed very calming, but for this group, the sessions are notjust about feeling relaxed and being aware of themselves and their surroundings, it is about the relationships and bonds created in this room, especially between the prison officers and the prisoners. for willis opondo,

who is serving a life sentence with violence, these sessions have changed his view of those guarding over him. between me and them, it was like hell and heaven. there was not anywhere that we could meet with them or even talk to any of them. my relationship today, i see them as my brothers, as my keepers. we can talk, we can chat. we can laugh. # we are the mindful leaders. i've talked to him and gave him directions to my place. he was the first one to bring my family to me, so he made it possible for me to see my daughter for the first time. kevin onyango is a guard. he diligently attends these sessions. in the circumstances, it is not easy to open up relationships with the inmates, so...

but because of that bridge, we find we are so close that we share so much that we open up just to get advice. so on the piece of paper... everyone here recognises that each day is a struggle but as time goes by, they will hopefully create meaningful relationships that go beyond the colour of their uniforms. scientists in cambridge have discovered a mineral on alpine plant leaves that could prove key in the fight against disease. vaterite, it's thought, could prove really good at delivering drugs to exactly the right part of your body. until now, it's been very hard to find on earth. our science correspondent richard westcott has all the details. scientists here in cambridge have just discovered that this chalky white substance on the leaves here is actually a mineral called vaterite. no, i had never heard of it either. it is more common in outer space than it is on earth, although bizarrely you can find it in the inner ear of some salmon. anyway, vaterite here is incredibly useful.

if you put it on a pill, it can potentially control the rate that a drug is released into your body. that would make medicines far more effective. i mean, if we can discover something that's going to be used down the line to help possibly save people's lives, that is a great thing to do. so how did you feel when you found that you had this rare mineral on some of your plants, that you must have looked at every day for years? absolutely, we were really excited. we had always thought it was a basic calcium campsite, it was a basic calcium calcite, so almost like a chalk substance. i had no idea that the thing we were going to find was so rare that it was found on the occasional meteorite. the chance discovery came from a collaboration between the botanical garden which grows the plants, and the nearby cambridge university sainsburys lab, which can analyse them. this is one leaf, and these

are the holes here which contain the holes which are secreting the vaterite out onto the surface, which is bit lighter stuff around the leaf edge. and we can zoom in and see these large blobs of vaterite, which are still stuck to the leaf. these plants have been around for a long time. why has it taken so long to find vaterite on them? we have just not have the microscopes in the past. so technology has advanced, especially in the past two to three years, to a level where we can really look at these things in detail. there is still so much we don't know about the plant world, and the way it can help with very human problems. there are 8,000 species in the garden. who knows what other useful discoveries are hidden right under their nose? former us president george bush senior is being treated in hospital, having fallen ill the day after his wife barbara's funeral. mr bush, who was president from 1989 to 1993, was admitted to hospital in houston on sunday. the 93—year—old has an infection

which spread to his blood but he is responding to treatment, according to his office. the uk's biggest network of food banks says it issued a record 1.3 million emergency supplies last year. the trussell trust says the 13% increase on the previous year has been driven by those on benefits not being able to afford basic essentials. the government has rejected any link between the benefits system and demand for emergency food. he's one of australia's most successful filmakers, his credits include moulin rouge, romeo and juliet and the great gatsby. but baz luhrmann first made his name with the 1992 cult classic strictly ballroom. it's a love story set in the world of competitive dance, and tonight a theatrical adaptation starring will young opens in london. tim muffett went to meet the man who began the strictly phenomenon. tim muffett interviews

baz luhrmann, and take one. action! wow. so we're at the piccadilly theatre in london, where strictly ballroom the live musical is playing. it's kind of like theatre is where it all began. in fact, strictly ballroom began as a tiny little 20—minute play that i devised when i was at drama school. and i was a ballroom dancer. it's a little bit about my life. i think the best thing about it was realising that the story not only holds up, but it uplifts. i've never been able to go to show that i am in way associated with and actually have a great time. i have never been able to do that. but now you have? i'm thinking about doing it from now on — swanning around as an old man, going "moulin rouge, keep going.

"more gin and tonics?" # love rs # lovers in the air # lovers in the air #in # lovers in the air # in the whisper the trees... the movie became this massive international hit. did that surprise you? when i screened that movie, i screened it to one guy in australia, we had one cinema, he said, "mate, that is the worst film i have ever seen." and the phone rings, and it was a frenchman going, "i am from the cannes festival, we want to screen the film. "you have only one week to think about it." i was like, i'm ok, i don't need the week. i was like, yes, and the rest is what it is. it is, and not only was the film a success — ultimately it inspired strictly come dancing. at some point, a producer at the bbc wanted to do strictly ballroom as a television show. i contacted them and they said,

actually, it's completely based on strictly ballroom. and i kind of knew it. so you have been a judge on the american version of strictly come dancing. would you be a judge on the uk version of strictly come dancing? if i can fit it in, sure. do you know craig revel horwood, one of the judges? is he really tough? he's the kind of pantomime villain. does he have a stony face, like, "you know nothing "about the line of dance"? that's what he's like. really? i was kidding. you changed your name from mark to baz, because of a nickname at school. i grew my hair red, it was this giant curly afro, and they used to call me basil brush. and in a moment of crazed defiance, i went and changed my name by deed poll to baz. my mind is blown that you are named after basil brush, effectively. yeah, it came from basil brush,

because of my hair. you get these names and then they stick. in a moment, the news at one. first, let's catch up with all of the weather prospects. hello, sunshine is in rather short supply today but i have found some, a weather watcher taking this picture in eastern scotland where we have seen the best of the sunshine but showers really yet to get across. further south into england and wales, much more cloud, quite grave for many areas and especially in wales, some outbreaks of rain and drizzle. all of this cloud is streaming in from of the atlantic and thickening up to bring some more wet weather to england and wales. further north, a bit brighter, some sunshine but a scattering of showers as well. the rain in england and wales turned steadier and heavier as we turn to the evening, slipping south eastwards and eventually clearing away in the night, broken cloud following on. showers of the north and west. quite chilly of the northern half of the uk, down to

three or less than that in north—eastern scotland and the numbers a bit lower in the south that the rain clears away. we start bright and sunny the most areas on wednesday, showers from the word go around the western coast and very quickly, bos will either develop inland or get blown eastwards on a fairly brisk westerly wind. the shells could be heavy and there may well be some hail and plunder, very few places will miss them. a classic sunshine and april showers kind of day and temperatures a bit depressed. so quite cooler there around middle part of the week, unlike last week, where jet stream was to the north of the uk, this time it is to the south, we are in the cooler air with these west to north—west winds. as we move into thursday, subtle changes, the northern half of the uk seeing most of the showers and again, they could be heavy. the further south, fewer, lighter showers and more in a way sunshine towards the south—east, probably feeling a little warmer because the winds will be lighter as well are seeing more sunshine. the

forecast for the end of the week has changed quite a bit. this area of low pressure were supposed to be drifting down towards biscay. instead, it is turning left and heading towards the uk. that means the winds will be picking up on the south—west, we could see some heavy rain which will push northwards, perhaps getting close to northern ireland and the borders for scotland, east anglia and the south—east may not see too much rain until later in the day. that is where we is the best of the temperatures but nothing to write home about, 11—15, unsettled the weekend. police in canada question the suspect in the van attack in toronto in which ten people were killed. the moment the suspect is confronted, apparently pointing a gun. he was detained without a single shot being fired. this is crazy. a lot of people got hurt. i've seen a scene i've never seen it in my life. you see it in a war zone.

officials say the incident did appear to be deliberate, but the motive remains unclear. also this lunchtime... "i'm sorry," says the boss of tsb, as the bank enters its fourth day of computer crisis and rising customer fury. it isa it is a big apology to customers, this is not the service we want to give them, nor one that they are used to receiving from tsb.