‘ which which it ‘ which it was ‘which it was unable to answer cooper which it was unable to answer about targets. plenty more coming up and the news at 5pm, with clive. today at 5pm, there are angry exchanges in the commons over the windrush immigration scandal. the labour leader says the buck stops with home secretary, amber rudd, and she should pay a heavy price. the current home secretary inherited a failing policy and made it worse. isn't it time she took responsibility and resigned? facing further pressure, this is the scene live, as amber rudd fields tough questions, before the home affairs committee over her handling of the windrush controversy. 7000 cases have been checked so far. we'll be live at westminster with the very latest on that hearing. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm: the parents of the seriously ill toddler alfie evans are back in court for an appeal against the ban on taking him to italy for treatment. a criminal website blamed for more than 4 million cyber

attacks has been taken down after a worldwide investigation. a danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of the journalist kim wall onboard his home—built submarine. and two men from italy have been arrested after a man was attacked and left critically ill ahead of liverpool's champions league semifinal last night against roma. it's 5pm, good afternoon. our top story is that the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called on the home secretary to resign over the controversy surrounding the so—called windrush generation. amber rudd is currently facing tough questions from mps over the home office's response to the scandal, and the prime minister has been forced yet again to defend the government's

immigration policies. the bbc understands that at a cabinet meeting yesterday, the foreign secretary borisjohnson called for an amnesty for some illegal migrants and a wider exemption for other commonwealth citizens. 0ur political correspondent eleanor garnier has the full details. who should we let in? how many should be welcomed? just how strict should our rules around immigration be? the debate's now firmly reopened, after the windrush scandal revealed, despite being here legally, many have struggled to prove their right to remain — after immigration rules were tightened. it has led to questions about the government's whole approach to migrants. are you at odds with the prime minister? now the foreign secretary has apparently called for an amnesty for illegal migrants with an impeccable record, who have been here for more than ten years. it has all left the prime minister defending her immigration policies. the windrush generation

are not illegal. they are not illegal. they are here legally. that is why we are providing the support to enable them to get the documents for their status. what we are talking about, what the right honourable gentleman, the leader of the opposition, is talking about is whether or not we should deal with illegal immigration. and up and down this country, the british public will tell him we should deal with illegal immigration. but the labour leader says enough is enough. the current home secretary inherited a failing policy and made it worse. isn't it time she took responsibility and resigned? it's a difficult dilemma for the government. the prime minister believes voters want strong immigration controls and she has always supported an aggressive approach to try and drive down the numbers of people coming here. but after so many stories of harsh treatment, it seems getting the balance right between individual

human lives and tough policy isn't easy. as brexit nears, the uk's immigration policies are worrying negotiators in brussels. but the brexit secretary says there's no need to worry. 0ur treatment of the european citizens in the uk, it was a moral imperative and that is how we have treated it. that is what we intend to do. as we have seen with the windrush generation, what the government intends to do and what actually happens doesn't always match up. it's a tough debate for politicians, just as it is for people up and down the country. 0ur chief political correspondent vicki young is at westminster. no letter for no letterfor amber no letter for amber rudd today, she has been facing questions from the home affairs committee? they have very many questions to ask

her. basically about the scale, is the home office across who had been affected and how many? the first question amber rudd faced was whether anybody had been wrongly deported because of this, from the windrush generation. she said officials have gone back to 2002 looking at records, many of them paper records, and says as far as they can tell, sir bobby don't think anybody has been wrongly deported. but she is very careful to say that work has not been finished. she was also asked the broader issue of whether ministers ignored warnings. four years in some cases, mps have been racing individual cases that they felt were wrong and people being denied treatments, jobs, their pensions, even some being locked up. mps were racing examples of

ministers receiving and writing letters in response to its all. we heard about the high commissioner of barbados who had raised it with somebody. this is the broader question — did ministers know about it and ignore it? this is what amber rudd had to say. i became aware over the past few months, i would say, that there was a problem of individuals that i was seeing. this was covered, as far as i could see, from newspapers and mps bringing it forward, anecdotally, of the past three or four months, and i became aware there was a potential issue. i bitterly and deeply regret ididn't issue. i bitterly and deeply regret i didn't see it is more than individual cases that had gone wrong that it needed addressing. i didn't see it as a systemic issue until very received. what happens when they high commissioner is raised this issue with the foreign office in may 2016? i am not yet clear how

this was followed up, but i will be looking into it. so you don't know whether the foreign secretary at the time rested with the home secretary at the time? i don't have that information, i am aware it was race, but i do not have the information how it was followed up. information 110w how it was followed up. information now being reported is that the foreign office did raise it with the home office and number 10, and we just heard evidence from our previous panel that they would expect issues like that to be raised with ministers. i will certainly look into it and come back to committee. amber rudd under pressure there to come up with answers and you will be asked too about the issue of culture and environment within the home office whether immigration was titled for illegal immigrants and that led to people who shouldn't have been caught up with this being affected.

we will return to you if there is anything more from that committee hearing. a lawyer representing the mother of the seriously ill toddler alfie evans, has told the court of appeal that he's struggling and needs immediate intervention to ensure he survives. judges are hearing the latest plea on behalf of alfie's parents, challenging a high courtjudge's decision to refuse to move him from alder hey children's hospital in liverpool to a hospital in rome. richard lister reports. alfie evans, the little boy at the centre of a legal row about who has his best interests at heart. after suffering severe brain damage, doctors withdrew life—support on monday, but he's still alive and his pa rents a re monday, but he's still alive and his parents are still fighting. we want to go to italy, everyone's ready. we just want to see what the judges at the court of appeal can do. even if we don't get to go to italy, the judges still offering us chance to

get home. out because mike supporters have maintained a 24—hour vigil at alder hey hospital. the pa rents say vigil at alder hey hospital. the parents say the vatican have offered to continue out because my treatment there, but the court won't allow it. his condition worsened after being admitted to hospital, and a year later, doctors offered to turn off his life—support. and debris, a judge agreed it wasn't in his best interest for life—support to continue. their appeals while his pa rents all continue. their appeals while his parents all failed and on monday night, his ventilator was time to get other. legally, the question is straightforward, the decision is going to be one about how best to serve alfie's best interests. and that would roll very heavily on medical opinion. said the medical opinion is that withdrawing treatment is in alfie's best interests, that is what the judges will lean towards. today, alfie's pa rents will lean towards. today, alfie's parents took the case to the appeals

court. lawyers argued that as alfie was breathing unaided, his treatment should be reconsidered, and an air ambulance was on stand—by. the cases ignited strong passions. on monday, alfie's supporters tried to storm alder hey, and the alfie's army facebook campaign called on people to bring ventilation equipment to the hospital. what has happened with the hospital. what has happened with the use of social media is that these complex, very grey areas of medical ethics have been distilled into a medical ethics have been distilled intoa simple medical ethics have been distilled into a simple right sorry, wrong black—and—white choice, and it isn't as simple as that. as a consequence, we have seen things like what is happening outside alder hey. the court heard that alfie was struggling for life, but he can never recover, and once again, judges will decide because my future. our correspondent andy moore has been at the court of appeal. just bring us up to date with events ? the court has been meeting now for

something like three hours, we have just had a short adjournment for some documents to be found. it is interesting that the chairman has been emphasising the point made in that report — he said the only interest here being considered are those of alfie evans. any other interests, such as those of the parents, as of surgery. we've heard from barristers for the mother and father, those two individuals are now being represented by different barristers, that's the first and that's happens. you're not quite sure right, that may mean there is a difference of opinion between the mother and father about how alfie should be treated. also had confirmation something heard a hearing yesterday, that lawyers acting for tom evans have sought to bring a private prosecution for conspiracy to murder against three named doctors at alder hey hospital.

thejudges said today, named doctors at alder hey hospital. the judges said today, how is that compatible with the claim made in court today that the father was happy with the treatment he was getting from the nhs? thejudges we re very getting from the nhs? thejudges were very sceptical about the claims that, on the one hand, he was happy with treatments, on the other hand, his legal representatives were taking out this private prosecution. we heard yesterday from the high court judge, we heard yesterday from the high courtjudge, he talked about the malign influence, he thought, that was being exercised on the father tom was being exercised on the father to m eva ns was being exercised on the father tom evans by some of his legal team from the christian legal centre. but the appeal here is still ongoing. i imagine, in view of the seriousness of the case, we will get a decision this afternoon. but of several hours of argument before we reach that decision. a danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of the swedish journalist kim wall. peter madsen had claimed the 30—year—old writer

had died from breathing in exhaust fumes aboard his home—built submarine in copenhagen harbour last august. he'd admitted dismembering her body, but the court ruled her death wasn't an accident. maddy savage has more. in sentencing peter madsen to life, the judge described the killing as cynically planned and of a brutal nature. he also suggested that peter madsen had shown little concern or remorse for kim wall, even texting his wife just minutes after he killed her. he suggested it was something of a random killing — he had invited other women aboard his submarine that summer, but they had said no. kim wall, a promising freelance journalist from sweden who loved to travel. last august, she was about to move to china with her danish boyfriend, but first she had one last story to finish. in the same neighbourhood here in copenhagen, where the young couple had been living, she boarded a submarine built by peter madsen,

a danish inventor she'd been wanting to interview. but a day later, the submarine sank and he was rescued without kim. peter madsen changed his story about what happened three times. he initially said he'd dropped kim off safely, then said she died when a door hatch fell on her head. in court, he admitted cutting up her body, but argued she had died from toxic fumes on the submarine first. during the trial, the prosecution painted a picture of a man with narcissistic and psychopathic tendencies, who relished watching violent videos and set out to kill the journalist. he just didn't care about anything else. so he was not so caring about other people if they couldn't help him out. he was loving the people who helped him out, but if he didn't see any purpose for you, you might as well disappear. the case has grabbed headlines around the world. some have drawn parallels to horror movies and nordic—noir crime thrillers, something many here in scandinavia

have found upsetting. this is a safe area for the normal population. this is a very unusual case. you have been in touch with kim wall's family during the investigation, how are they doing? of course, they have had a terrible time, missing their daughter all through the investigation and now the trial, when you get to see all the evidence. i can't imagine what they are going through and i feel truly sorry for them. kim wall's friends and family have set up a foundation in her memory to help support other female journalists. they hope she won'tjust be remembered for the way she died, but as a brave reporter who can continue to inspire others. well, peter madsen will now remain in prison while his team appeal the verdict. the judge said it was important

for peter madsen to remain locked up because of concerns about how his release in the meantime might affect witnesses, describing him as somebody with a very manipulative nature. the french president emmanuel macron has warned that rampaging nationalism is threatening global prosperity in a rare speech by a foreign leader to both houses of the us congress. he also appealed to president trump not to abandon efforts to tackle climate change or quit the international nuclear deal with iran. material at what he had to say. translation: this requires more than ever the involvement of the united states as your role was created or safeguarding today's free world. the united states is the one who invented this militaria and is in. you are the one who now has to help

preserve and reinvent it. applause there is an existing framework to control the nuclear activity of rhondda. —— of iran. we signed it on the insistence of the united states, both the it states and france. that's why we cannot say we should get rid of it like that. we should not abandon it without having something substantial and more substantial instead. that's my position. our correspondent lucy williamson is in washington for us. he talks about rampant nationalism not being the way forward coming he

says america should stay, essentially, to its agreements that it's signed as far as ron is concerned. there are no elephants left in the ring that he left untouched? the themes were consistent drives, it is this shared values that america and france share, the multilateral approach that he was really coming back to again and again, whether he was talking about trade, climate change, iran or many of the other things he mentions. and a speech seemed to go down pretty well but the lawmakers. i was tried to count the amount of standing ovations he had, i lost count at 20. there was so much applause, even when he said he thought the us might come back to the paris climate agreements. i think the speech would have gone down well, and think it was important to him to try and speak to the american people and push the agenda a has bringing the

us on board with his vision for the 21st—century. us on board with his vision for the 21st-century. by all accounts, the americans are generally happy that the united states has pulled out of the united states has pulled out of the paris climate accord, generally happy with president trump, the way he's talking about international trade and someone. one wonders how much influence oops ron genuinely has —— how much influence oops ron generally has with president trump? i think he is trying to have a better approach to multilateral solutions. he sees president trump, rightly, as key to achieving his goals. but we know had got it's been for the two mentor ci to hide. for all the european—style kisses and handholding, the two men are still very far apart. prison trump

president mccrum said, we are two men who don't change our minds easily. he knows this will not be easy. this is bbc news at 5pm — the headlines: amber rudd faces tough questions from mps over the home office's response to the windrush scandal. the parents of the critically ill toddler alfie evans have been back in court again in a fresh attempt to take him abroad. a danish inventor, peter madsen, has been jailed for life for murdering and dismembering a swedish journalist, kim wall, on his self—built submarine last august. in sports, arsene wenger says it wasn't his decision to leave arsenal at the end of the season, a confronting what continue to work when he leaves the emirates. george north well leave ospreys when he joined northampton at the end of the season. joined northampton at the end of the season. he returns to his home

country season. he returns to his home cou ntry after season. he returns to his home country after playing for scarletts team. this 10—5 victory puts this labour player through in the tournaments. the bbc‘s director of news and current affairs fran unsworth has told a high courtjudge that journalists had a public interest responsibility to cover a police search of sir cliff richard's home. sir cliff, who was never arrested or charged, is suing the corporation claiming an invasion of privacy. our correspondent helena lee is at the high court. what's the latest? as you said, fran unsworth had been giving evidence today. at the time of the coverage, she was deputy director of bbc news, and she told the court today that the story was

in the public interest. you said it was her instinct that if the bbc didn't run the story, in the full knowledge that it had, then customers would be asking questions about their role. she said they want covering the story, because he was a high—profile individual. sir cliff richard was in court to hear her evidence. sir cliff richard arriving on day ten of this privacy case against the bbc. the singer has been hearing evidence from the director of news article oration, fran unsworth. she was the one who gave the go ahead to name the singer in their news coverage. achieved was, she said, in the public interest. police have confirmed they are searching a property... in court, fans and worth said she didn't think these pictures are from a helicopter of the singer's home being searched by a

belize were intrusive. the singer wasn't on the property, she said. but sir cliff's barrister question time. we've got about another half hour of evidence left tomorrow and then we are expecting closing submissions in this case to be held on the eighth and 9th of may. and we expect the judge to deliver a reserved judgment. that means he will go away and review evidence before he comes back and delivers judgment. the director of a yachting management company has been acquitted of the manslaughter of four sailors who died when the yacht cheeki rafiki sank in the mid—atla ntic. a jury found douglas innes, who's from southampton,

not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence following a retrial at winchester crown court. the yacht capsized after losing her keel, heading to the uk from antigua in may 2014. the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse has called for a change in culture within government and institutions. it says there must be open and frank discussions about child sexual abuse in order to tackle the problem. the interim report said all too often, organisations put the reputation of their leaders and staff before the welfare of children. i think those who are in charge of institutions where the leadership models, if you like, actually need to set the tone for this by their own behaviours and actions and be willing to face up to the failings that their own organisations have made. for example, we know there are still organisations that have not apologised for what kind of abuse children suffered whilst they were in their care.

and we need all institutions to take their leadership of this issue seriously. a 53—year—old man is in a critical condition after he was attacked outside anfield last night before liverpool's champions league semifinal against roma. two men from rome have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. the victim, who's thought to be a liverpool fan from ireland, has a head injury and is being treated in hospital. a warning that david ornstein's report contains images some viewers might find upsetting. and ugly side of the so—called beautiful game. build up to one of the biggest matches of the season, marred by violence. ramadan sobhi history clashing with supporters of england clubs, including liverpool. last night, that troubling trend continued. i was part of the bbc tea m continued. i was part of the bbc team filming here, from just behind

that fence, when a large group of roma fans came from a hide when the camera is now. in a very calm and quiet way, they were dressed in black hoods and balaclavas. i'd whiteread many football matches, but this was an extremely intimidating scene. the continue towards the junction and when they got there, the all rushed onto the main road, attacking liverpool supporters. batters were i managed to capture some of it on my phone. immediately, i saw some of it on my phone. immediately, isawa some of it on my phone. immediately, i saw a man flat on his back outside the albert pub. among those attending to him was a female steward who risk their own safety to help him what the skirmishes were still going on. bottles and projectiles being thrown. roma fans using belts as weapons and one man carrying a hammer, who i thought was not part of the roma group. i didn't see any police officers at that point, ducati as the liverpool fans rushed towards the roma fans to beat

them back, police arrived on horseback and everything continued in that direction. inside the grounds, liverpool ran out 5—2 winners to put themselves on course for a place in the champions league final, but the second leg is still to come in rome next week. are you scared about that? obviously, we hear stories about people over there, different supporters and stuff, they harm you and stuff. over there could be worse, there could be less liverpool fans and more of them. there was young kids last night, even throwing flares about. the governing body uefa describes these scenes as vile, it is now up to them and the rest of the authorities to prevent a repeat of such scenes in the italian capital. time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. it's all gone off with a bang this

evening, i wonder how many people we re evening, i wonder how many people were caught out after a glorious how to make with lots of sunshine. quite a rash of showers, look at these thunderstorms over the last security hours, particularly the midlands and eastern england. those showers will ease through this evening across england and wales, but we keep some in the northwest. in the early hours, plenty mcleod to the north and west, but temperatures falling away again, it will be a beautiful one with lots of sunshine for many. the difference for tomorrow, hopefully, fewer showers around and a little more in the way of sunshine. the showers will be there from the word go across the northwest, that's when they are likely to stay. elsewhere, more sunshine, fewer showers, slightly warmer. temperatures around 11 degrees, pretty much where they

should be poor this time of year. this is bbc news. the headlines: the home secretary, amber rudd, is being questioned by mps over the government's treatment of the windrush generation, just hours after the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, said she should resign. the parents of the seriously ill toddler alfie evans are back in court, for an appeal against the ban, on taking him to italy for treatment. a criminal website blamed for more than four million cyber attacks, has been taken down, after a worldwide investigation. a court in copenhagen has found the danish inventor peter madsen guilty of murdering and dismembering the swedish journalist kim wall sport now. here's will perry. arsene wenger has admitted the timing of his departure from arsenal wasn't his decision. wenger still had a year left on his contract when he announced last friday he'd be leaving the club

at the end of the season after 22 years. speaking ahead of tomorrow's europa league semi—final first leg against atletico madrid, wenger says he's not sure what the future holds. honestly, i don't know what i will do. will i take a little rest? i will continue to work, that's for sure, but my pride has always been to give my best to where i am employed until the last day of my contract and at the moment i am just focus on that. a "tsunami" of match fixing is plaguing lower level tennis events, according to a long awaited report into corruption in the sport. it also says tennis faces "a serious integrity problem". more from our sports correspondentjoe wilson. this is the report in brief. in total it has taken two years to be compliant, 2.7 million pages of data

have been analysed, but it does not give any specific details of players or matches which have been fixed. the review said that was not part of the dream it, but it does say very clearly that corruption has taken root in professional tennis, particularly at the lower levels of the game. it says there are too many meaningless matches, thousands of tennis professionals trying and failing to make a living out of the game and those are the players that could be tempted into corruption. for the last six years betting has been possible on tens of thousands of tennis matches every year because international tennis did a deal to sell the data. the report said that at current levels of betting opportunities are maintained it would be disastrous for the game. also, occasions when players stank, they lose matches deliberately weather related to betting were not have been too commonplace. the review suggests that the body that places the sport should be strengthened. it doesn't feel there

has been a cover—up, but it says there have been opportunities where potential corruption, unusual betting pattern should have been investigated more thoroughly. the wales and british and irish lions wing george north willjoins ospreys next season. it was announced in november that north would be returning to wales after five seasons at northampton saints, and ospreys have today confirmed he'll move to the region on a national dual contract. the draw for the last 16 of rugby league's challenge cup has been made with all of super league's top sides in action. holders hull fc who've won the competition for the last two years have been drawn away at championship side featherstone rovers. super league leaders st helens travel to castleford, last year's beaten finalists wigan also have an away tie at hull kingston rovers. you can find the full draw on the bbc sport website. the 2010 world champion neil robertson is out of the world snooker championship in sheffield. it's been a tournament of upsets so far at the crucible with three former winners going out in the first round. robertson is the latest casualty,

robert milkins beating him by ten frames to five. milkins will face mark williams in the next round. judd trump, a finallist in 2011, is currently in action against chris wake lin. trump's reportedly taken himself off of social media in a bid to improve his game. it seems to be working as he currently leads wakelin by 11—3 in the best of 19 match. you can watch live coverage on bbc two and the bbc sport website and app. that's all the sport for now. a website which has been blamed for launching more than four million cyber attacks around the world, including attempts to crash banks here in the uk, has been taken down in a major global investigation. the website webstresser.org, had been selling cyber attacks forjust over ten pounds and had caused hundreds of thousands

of pounds of damage. our home affairs correspondent dominic casciani reports. an international cyber crime operation. an investigation in the real world. this search in bradford yesterday for computers linked to attacks on british banks. two more arrested in scotland and others across europe as agencies identify the managers and customers of one of the world's biggest cybercrime tools. this is the allegedly criminal website at the heart of the operation. it was a cyber gun for hire, selling attacks for anyone who would pay. depending on how much damage you wanted to cause. it offered an easy way for users to carry out a ddos attack. there is a huge financial impact, with businesses spending thousands of pounds repairing the damage. it has taken a year for the national crime agency and its european partners to identify

the gang members behind the website, one of many threats they are watching each day. we have identified, after 4 million attacks over a period of time, being used by the website to attack various businesses, cause massive damage in some instances, certainly within the uk. it was used to attack the banking sector. the biggest attack was against seven british banks last september, secret until now. the victims spent hundreds of thousands of pounds repelling the criminals. these attacks are hugely disruptive to banks because of the amount of resource firms have to invest to protect against them. they are solely done with the aim of disrupting activity and trying to find a way into bank systems. banks put in a huge amount of work to ensure that perimeter is safe. if you go to the website today, it is gone. it has been replaced by a warning from law enforcement agencies. there are many more gangs out there offering similar services, offering to target your bank, your local school, businesses. taking down this one

site is one battle in a growing cybercrime war. dominic aslanni, bbc news. there are new warnings from the chief executive of the nhs about obesity. simon stevens says it "poses an increasing threat to the nhs and is causing untold personal suffering". it comes as opposition leaders joined the celebrity chef, jamie oliver, in writing to the prime minister, calling for a ban on advertising unhealthy foods before the 9.00pm watershed. our health correspondent dominic hughes is in st helens, where the council is launching an initiative to get the rugby club working with primary schools to encourage healthy eating and exercise. i think he is in there somewhere! hello, welcome to the local sports centre here at st helens weather is a particular issue in this borough

about obesity. this is an area that has a high proportion of people who are carrying much more there than they should. we have a couple of photos we can show you to show you the journey that people have to go one. this is paul and angela. paul was 26.5 stone in 2014, angela was 23 stone in 2013. they both underwent harriet lee surgery to try to help them lose that weight. let's look at them now. i think you will agree they both look very different. idid not agree they both look very different. i did not recognise you from the photos when we first met. paul, to start with, what do you think lay behind the weight gain that to underwent to start with? from being a child, my sister emigrated to the states and there was lots of comfort eating in that. i felt abandoned.

and from being six or seven, the weight started to gain. over my childhood and into adult hood, really. different jobs that they did, different physical types of jobs, then moving to lose weight. i am an expert on a lot of diets, uu dieting, always went bigger attitude about had stopped. i got to a point in my mid—40s when i develop diabetes, weight related. it is a family trait. at that point i had seen my dads through the last 20 years of his life suffer really bad with his diabetes, not in a good position. it was probably around about my mid—40s that they made the decision i needed to do something. after talking to a good friend of mine, and nurse in warrington, she said have you never considered the surgery? they have made leaps and

bounds. the surgery removes the diabetes. at the same remission. what it has given us through the pathway that i started here in this gym about four years ago with the national health service, give me a pathway to the surgery and where i am now. this is the ginger used to train in. angela, you were telling me that you underwent the surgery, but it is as much as a mental battle asa but it is as much as a mental battle as a physical one. definitely for me. starting off my childhood at the age of ten was the first time i had to see a dietician. i struggled with my whole life with obesity, and still do today. obesity is a disease, notjust a case of eat less and move more. overthe disease, notjust a case of eat less and move more. over the years i have done all the diets, done the exercise, had a personal trainer and

still gained weight. for me it is about the mindset and that is why i ended up having the bariatric surgery, losing 12 stone in the first 12 months. that itself brought challenges. some people think it is an easy way out, but it isn't. it is just a tool to help you. you need to get your mind in the right place after the surgery. with the right support, family and friends at the support, family and friends at the support charity we are both involved with, we have met many people who have struggled their life and they give us great support. that is why we also got involved with the obesity empowerment network, because they are trying to get the government to realise obesity is a disease and stop the stigma that goes with it. some people watching this mightjust goes with it. some people watching this might just say that isn't obesity a bit like smoking? you just need to give that up, cut on your

portions, exercise more, but you don't think that is right?|j portions, exercise more, but you don't think that is right? i totally disagree with that comment for the simple reason i take on board that my father was a smoker and he just packed up, but if you are an addict to cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, you can get help. the government will give you help. you can get patches, go to support groups. you can go cold turkey and with help and support you can stop that addiction. but you still have to eat. i turned to food for comfort. that is why we are trying to get medical people to recognise that, because there are quotes from the chairman, he came up with the court of saying there was nothing about us about us. the medical people need to listen to the

patience to note we have gone through. you can hear the running machine is behind us. as a country we seem to be in a big hole when it comes to dealing with weird and obesity. we seem to have an unhealthy relationship with food. do you think we can get out of it? with a lot of effort and focus. the win—win situation is that the government has to invest more money but it has to start at early ages, education in schools, portion control. it is the fact that other european countries recognise that this is a disease and treatment in those countries now is reaping benefits left right and centre. my medication was round about £10,000 over two or three years. the operation cost £10,000. for your site the national health services and paying for my medication,

£10,000 over four years, and paying for my medication, £10,000 overfouryears, kind and paying for my medication, £10,000 over four years, kind of thing. you both a support network, and you are now engaged in getting married in june! and you are now engaged in getting married injune! that's correct. congratulations! good luck with the wedding. there is a handy bbc web tool that can let you know where you sit on the farm scale in the uk. that is available on the website. from st helens, back to you. this week the bbc will be hosting a series of programmes on the issue of obesity. tonight you can see hugh fearnley—whittingstall, present ‘britain's fat fight‘ at 9pm on bbc one. a seven—year—old girl who lost her leg after being diagnosed with bone cancer has had it reattached — backwards. amelia eldred had a rare procedure called rotationplasty which involves the leg being amputated high up her thigh, then the lower leg reattached the wrong way. it means her heel will eventually work as a knee joint and she hopes it will allow her to achieve her

dream of dancing on stage again. phil mackie has the story. it's hard going that way, because it's more turning that way... amelia eldred is an amazing little girl. with a very special leg. she's having chemotherapy to stop the cancer coming back. and training her brain to send her leg the right signals. is it strange looking at your foot and it's the wrong way round? yes, it was at the start, but not now. but when i look in the mirror, it looks strange. and then when i look at it face—to—face it looks normal. last summer she was running around like any typical seven—year—old. but then the problems started. the tumour shows up in white on this scan. and eventually what happens is the ankle joint becomes a new kneejoint... it left surgeons no option but to amputate the top of her leg. then in a procedure called rotationplasty, reattach the lower half the wrong way round. if she hadn't had this procedure she would have had

an amputation below the hip joint. and that would have been very difficult for her to wear a prosthesis and it would have been very difficult to have a good level of mobility. but now she has a good knee joint and a good hipjoint, she will be able to hopefully dance and take part in the sport she wants to do. straightaway it was the best option for us because this way, she will be able to then get a prosthetic leg, be able to do all the things she used to love to do and all your sports and your dancing. otherwise, with a full leg amputation, it's unlikely she would be able to get a prosthetic or have a good range of movements. the chemo will last for a few moments and then amelia will be fitted with her first prosthetic. now she just needs to train her foot to become her knee. right, up, down. right. it's confusing, isn't it? now we are best buddies! phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham.

this is bbc news at 5 — the headlines: amber rudd fields tough questions, before the home affairs committee over her handling of the windrush controversy. the parents of the critically ill toddler alfie evans have been back in court again, in a fresh attempt to take him abroad. a danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison, for the murder of the journalist kim wall onboard his home built submarine. an update on the market numbers for you — here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. it would be nive wouldn't it, if the daily commute to work was as fast as just picking up a headset? well, virtual reality business meetings could be the future of working from home, according to my next guest.

jeremy bailenson is a virtual reality expert, the founding director of the virtual human interaction lab at stanford university in california. his new book ‘experience on demand' explores the future of virtual reality, how it can improve our lives, enhance our learning and communication skills and make us more empathetic to others experiences. jeremy, welcome. add virtual human interaction lab, what is that? i find that it in 2003 and i've been studying virtual reality since the late 1990s. we bring in lots of test subject to put on the goggles and the test to see how the experience changes shoot, changes the way you behave. we build applications that can help health, learning. it studies notjust high

the technology affects people. but it is not real, is it? no, but the brain tends to treat it as real. one of the things we do is build on the goggles and there is a huge chasm. your brain is telling you it is not real, but the part the brain that keeps you alive will not let you ta ke keeps you alive will not let you take that step. how does it help you with everyday life? there are some many applications that you can use to help people. one of the best applications is training. think about difficult things to do, like learning how to fly. you can take that model to teach people to become better speakers, in front of a virtual audience of people. to ove rco m e virtual audience of people. to overcome social phobia, like post—traumatic stress disorder, or how to play sports better. the idea of having endless amounts of repetitions when you can practice. virtual reality has been around for

a while. it is perhaps surprising that it hasn't become more a part of ever everyday lives than it already is. i have been doing this since 1999. along is. i have been doing this since 1999. a long time. in 2014 there we re 1999. a long time. in 2014 there were maybe 2,000 high—end pairs of goggles. why? that was back then. now conservatively there is over 15 million of them in the united states alone. i do understand that everybody is asking why isn't it in my living room? everybody is asking why isn't it in my living room ? i everybody is asking why isn't it in my living room? ithink everybody is asking why isn't it in my living room? i think we are going writes pierce, going for a couple of hundred to 15 million in a four—year span, given how powerful technology is. i like the pace we are at. what would you say to the people who might argue this is just another way of divorcing from reality. we will all be ardent in our own little silos. it could fracture us. chapter

two in the book is all about the downsides. you have that high up in the book! because people are concerned. people are concerned. addiction is a worry when social media feels like the best party you have ever been to, online gambling feels like las vegas. we had first death in virtual reality, the man in moscow fell through a plate glass table. to stretch is a big concern. in terms of divorcing us from reality, the one good thing about the technology for now is it is so overwhelming, it is not something you can do for six hours a day. chapter ten is about guidelines, how used you'd use it. i have a rule in my lab, only 20 minutes. take it off, touch wall, say hello to a person. how would it help somebody

on the morning commute if they'd just put there goggles on and did their business at home. right now we feel if we are knowing each other a bit better. you can did get me knife. if we were on the skype in a video conference it wouldn't be that. i had been working for 20 yea rs that. i had been working for 20 years to try and prevent the virtual handshake, how can you make virtual reality world so we can have eye contact, a sidelong glance, all the nuances. making it more human. chapter seven is called putting the social back on the network. you talk and look at somebody when using virtual reality. that technology, in order to get that more natural human interaction, is a mass marketable? there are 20 companies racing right now. facebook has their own product.

high fidelity is a company. a lot of people are racing to get there, but it is not quite on everybody‘s living room yet. we do need a virtual handshake, let's have a real one. thank you for coming. prince charles, the duke of cambridge and prince harry, have taken part in services paying tribute to the war dead of australia and new zealand. prince harry and his fiancee meghan markle began the day with a dawn service to mark anzac day, which commemorates the thousands of military personnel from both countries who lost their lives in world war one. nicholas witchell reports. first light at the australia and new zealand war memorials in london on anzac day. a commemoration attended this year by prince harry and meghan markle. in particular, remembrance of the thousands of troops from australia and new zealand who lost their lives in the gallipoli campaign in the first world war, 103 years ago. # abide with me...

the losses at gallipoli were severe for two countries, many thousands of miles from europe, which had sent their young men to fight for britain. they helped to forge australia and new zealand's national identities. hence the importance of this annual commemoration. in london, prince harry laid a wreath in tribute. in france, at the australian national memorial near amiens, the prince of wales led the tributes to australian forces who fought with the british in april 1918 to free a french town from the germans. the prince recalled that all the australian troops were volunteers. one in five of them would never return home. today, as we mark a century since they gave their lives, let us resolve to continue to fulfil their trust so that every passing year will only add to the measure of their honour. back in london, prince william

left his new son to join harry and meghan markle at westminster abbey for a service of thanksgiving for soldiers from distant countries who came to britain's aid a century ago and who lost their lives in the service of their king. nicholas witchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. what a difference a week makes! today we started off promising, lots of sunshine from most of us, but the showers started to develop. they we re showers started to develop. they were pretty threatening. we had some sharp, intense fun to read downpours

through the day today. they drifted in from west to east. some fairly widespread thunderstorms for a time. there are now starting to focus their attention on central and eastern areas. those showers. the ease through this evening and overnight. later on the showers confined to the far north—west nearest to an area of low pressure. the temperatures are likely to fall away under clear skies and could be cold start to thursday morning, particularly in eastern scotland is. we will have showers from the word go again in western scotland and northern ireland, getting down to the lake district. elsewhere, lots of sunshine. the difference tomorrow will be there will be fewer showers in england and wheels in particular. the temperatures will respond to more sunshine, with ties up to 16 degrees. a change to come on friday

with an area of low pressure drifting in from south—west. the this could bring more significant prolonged rain for a time. that will eventually d rift prolonged rain for a time. that will eventually drift its way steadily north and east, pushing into the midlands and northern england at the end of the day. for friday in scotland, northern england and northern ireland they will have the best of the drier, brighter weather, but not particularly warm, especially underneath the cloud and rain. it may well linger first thing on saturday morning in the extreme south—east, but generally we will see the isobars open up, but an northerly wind will kick in, and that it's because the jet stream is undulating all the way down to spain and we are still on the cooler side of thejet, so and we are still on the cooler side of the jet, so the wind will come from the north. it does mean that that will peg those apertures back. a few showers to ride perhaps, but slowly improving. towards the

weekend it does look that we will continue to see the april showers and it will feel cool because of the wind direction. all in all, don't put the umbrellas away, i expect you will need them over the next few days. the political row that won't go away — now there's a call for the home secretary to resign over the windrush scandal. with the home office scrambling to resolve windrush migrant cases, the labour leader says it's time to go. the current home secretary inherited a failing policy and made it worse. isn't it time she took responsibility and resigned? i bitterly, deeply regret that i didn't see it as more than individual cases that had gone wrong that needed addressing, i didn't see it as a systemic issue until very recenlty. the prime minister insists the windrush generation will get help but that illegal immigration must be reduced. also tonight...

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