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... the parents of toddler alfie evans are back in court as the father launches a prosecution against doctors for murder. a man is critically ill after being attacked before last night's liverpool match. two men from rome have been arrested. crossing the racial divide — the school in oldham bringing communities together after the race riots of 2001.

and a tribute to the war dead of australia and new zealand, led by prince harry and meghan markle. and coming up on bbc news, we'll be looking ahead to the second champions league semifinal, holders real madrid travel to german champions bayern munich for the first leg tonight. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the home secretary amber rudd says she bitterly regrets only realising the extent of the windrush scandal in recent months. the bbc has learned that the government was warned by commonwealth countries about the impact of the immigration policy two years ago. the labour leader

jeremy corbyn has called on the home secretary to quit. he said amber rudd had inherited a failing policy and made it worse. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. home secretary, will you resign over windrush customer who knew and when. the home secretary, number ten, eve ryo ne the home secretary, number ten, everyone round here says that they are sorry now. but how did the windrush scandal slip the government's notice? her department is to taking most of the strain.” deeply regret i did not see it as more than individual cases that had gone wrong that needed addressing. i did not see it as a systemic issue until very recently. did not see it as a systemic issue untilvery recently. but did not see it as a systemic issue until very recently. but does she think of many in westminster do that the problems are a by—product of the government's overall approach is to mark do you agree that the net migration target has distorted the

decision—making and let us too many of these problems? i do not think that has anything to do with it. have you asked the prime minister to get rid of the net migration targets ? get rid of the net migration targets? i have not discussed that with the prime minister. i will not be drawn any further than private conversations i might have with the prime minister. you said you had not discussed the net migration target with the prime minister and then you said you will not be drawn on by the conversations. in the context of what here to discuss, the windrush saga the windrush sadness really, i have not discussed the net migration targets with the prime minister for the chair was asking me about that. those who made britain a home where failed by the government, the government itself has admitted, treated as if they had no right to live here because they did not a lwa ys live here because they did not always have the paperwork to prove

it. ministers are trying to make amends now. there's no escaping from the mess round here. the windrush generation are not illegal, they're not illegal, they are here legally. that is why we are providing the support to enable them to get the documents for their status. the current home secretary inherited a failing policy and made it worse. isn't it time she took responsibility and resigned? and just as common tradition was celebrated on whitehall today, some of the government's top brass are arguing for bigger changes to the british welcome for people from other countries. the foreign secretary suggesting yesterday in cabinet there should be an amnesty for those who have come here illegally but have lived in the uk

for more than ten years. are you at odds with the prime minister on immigration? that idea was about as welcome in number ten as the hail storm later. at the windrush scandal has not just storm later. at the windrush scandal has notjust embarrassed the government but underscored the differences within. ministers have appeared to be very slow to react to what has been an emerging scandal over a period of some months now. whenever something goes wrong like this in westminster in a big department the questions often you what and when. although the home secretary herself says she's only recently realised what has gone on, we can report tonight at the foreign office was warned about this in to it the 16th and passed the warning on to number ten and to the home office itself a thug who of course was the person in charge then at the home office, none other than the prime minister theresa may. another reminder of why this is notjust a hugely painful episode for people who have been caught up in this

through no fault of their own but a reminder again ofjust how acutely politically sensitive this mess has been. the parents of the critically ill toddler alfie evans have been back in court again, in a fresh attempt to take him abroad. court of appealjudges have been told that the 23 month old is "struggling". alfie's father, tom evans, is now understood to have begun a private prosecution against three doctors for conspiracy to murder. judith moritz is outside alder hey hospital in liverpool, the agony of this case seems to get worse with each day. yes, the agony and the complications and unaware of it all inside, of the eva ns, and unaware of it all inside, of the evans, with his parents this afternoon. they sent their lawyers back into court this afternoon. alfie's instructions to the solicitor, his father, to leave no stone unturned. the lawyer said his

client is increasingly desperate and clutching at straws. the little boy at the centre of a big battle. the plight of lvf is now attracting worldwide attention as his parents continue to fight the hospital where he had been treated for most of his life. on monday night his father told reporters doctors had withdrawn his life support. his family say alfie has now survived for almost two days without artificial ventilation. we believe this could be a dramatic change or twist in the case and we hope it is. thejudges in the court of appeal have got to see that justice hayden was wrong. his short life has been the subject of a legal fight, alfie was admitted to alder hey hospital in december 2016 with a rare ring condition. a year later his doctor said that life—support should end but his parents wanted to ta ke should end but his parents wanted to take him to hospital in rome. however by february of last year a

high courtjudge however by february of last year a high court judge ruled however by february of last year a high courtjudge ruled life—support should be stopped. since then various appeals by the court of appeal, the supreme court and european court of human rights have all failed. and on monday alfie's ventilation was turned off. when we make these decisions it is no longer the right thing to do to continue these machines, sometimes patients will slip away quickly sometimes they will breathe on their own four minutes or hours, days or even longer. this afternoon lawyers for tetley parents longer. this afternoon lawyers for tetley pa rents went longer. this afternoon lawyers for tetley parents went to the court of appeal. the court heard alfie is struggling and need immediate intervention. and that an italian military air ambulance is on stand—by to take him to hospital in rome. but alder hey hospital still oppose this saying there is no change in alfie's circumstances. there continues to be supported the family from abroad, a polish flag has been flying outside alder hey and earlier the country's president treated to say he's praying for

alfie. in liverpool banners and balloons mark the many hours to protest which have been held and away from the court and the campaigning, inside this hospital there still lies the little boy, unaware of the fight over his future put up —— his future. our medical correspondent fergus walshjoins me now. this has been going on for days now, it's obviously agony for alfie's parents, some people may be asking why doesn't the judge let alfie go to italy given a hospital is prepared to take him? well there are two hospitals, one in rome and another in munich that have offered to take alfie. but neither is offering any medical treatment other than simply to extend his life. they are offering to put in an tracheotomy, a breathing tube into his windpipe, another feeding tube in his stomach. both invasive procedures. then we have the tra nsfer procedures. then we have the transfer by air ambulance which could be traumatic because alfie has

seizures. he is unlikely to feel any pain because he's so when damaged, back, be ruled out. what is crucial to realise is that all the doctors who have examined alfie including those instructed by the parents who have come from overseas agree that he is brain damaged and that is catastrophic and irreversible and untreatable. the doctor from catastrophic and irreversible and untreatable. the doctorfrom lineker said in germany we would not withdraw life support from a severely disabled child if his pa rents severely disabled child if his parents did not want that. but here it is down to the courts to decide what is right for alfie and they have decided the kindest thing is to keep him comfortable and peaceful during this final phase of his life away from a ventilator. no one can be sure how long that will take. 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. the victim has been named as sean cox from dunboyne in county meath in ireland. he is being treated in hospitalfor a head injury. two men from rome have been arrested

on suspicion of attempted murder. here's our sports editor, dan roan. his report includes some images which you may find distressing. they are the shocking scenes that marred one of the biggest games of the season. a group of roma fans launching a surprise attack on liverpool supporters at anfield last night shortly before the champions league semifinal got under way. one man left with serious head injuries after allegedly being hit with a belt aspirants erupted outside the stadium for that this individual not thought to be a roma fan even armed with a hammer. the victim was today named as 53—year—old lifelong liverpool supporter sean cox from cou nty liverpool supporter sean cox from county meath. his family have travelled to liverpool to be by his bedside in hospital where the father of three remained in a critical condition. two men from rome have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of the seven other men, english and italian, have been held for various offences. liverpool

fan darren gilligan witnessed the violence and told me what he saw. just an unprovoked attack and they knew what they were doing, they came down the road with weapons, anyone in their path was knocked away and hit with home—made weapons. it was a disgrace. there was no police there. it is the family area. would you go to rome next week? not if you paid me. not if you gave me a free ticket. i just me. not if you gave me a free ticket. ijust think me. not if you gave me a free ticket. i just think the mentality and that was proved last night. they're not and that was proved last night. they‘ re not fans, and that was proved last night. they're not fans, they're there for the violence. liverpool the first priority for the pipe is the safety of all fans attending matches. supporters should never be subject to an environment of violence or attack the buck in a statement today the european football governing body said it is deeply shocked at the vile attack that occurred at anfield last night. but roma fans have targeted supporters of english clubs on different occasions in recent

seasons. on different occasions in recent seasons. and they will now be fresh concerns over the policing of this decisive second leg in the italian capital next week. inside the ground last night both sets of fans witnessed a classic, liverpool now have a great chance of reaching the champions league final after their 5-2 champions league final after their 5—2 victory. but it was the events outside of the match that have once again raised concerns overfan behaviour. a danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, for the murder of 30—year—old swedish journalist kim wall. prosecutors said mr madsen had planned to kill ms wall, after inviting her to interview him on board his homemade submarine. her remains were found by danish police 11 days after the interview. the director of a yachting management company has been found not guilty of the deaths of four men whose vessel capsized in the atlantic. the cheeki rafiki overturned 700 miles off the coast of nova scotia nearly four years ago. douglas innes had denied manslaughter by gross negligence. the bbc‘s director of news and current affairs, fran unsworth,

has told the high court that journalists had a responsibility to cover a police search of sir cliff richard's home. ms unsworth said she approved the broadcast of helicopter footage, after carefully weighing up its impact on the singer against the public interest. the singer, who was never arrested or charged, is suing the corporation, claiming an invasion of privacy. lucy manning was in court. sir cliff richard heard the final bbc witness today, the woman who gave the go—ahead for the news reports he claims caused him emotional and physical pain. fran unsworth, then deputy head of bbc news, was the person who made the decision the bbc should run the story. she told the court there were strong arguments for doing so, that although she was aware it would cause serious distress, she had to weigh up the public interest. sir cliff richard's barrister asked ms unsworth, "what about personality and reputation? " "it must have occurred to you that to associate a famous person with an allegation of that kind is likely to leave notjust a cloud

but possibly an indelible stain on their character." ms unsworth replied, "it certainly occurred to me that we were doing a fairly momentous thing in relation to a high—profile figure, but i also felt," she said, "there were strong reasons as to why the bbc should do so — strong public—interest reasons for naming a suspect in a police investigation." south yorkshire police have confirmed that they are searching a property in berkshire owned by sir cliff richard... ms unsworth denied these helicopter pictures of police searching the flat were intrusive, but she accepted, with the benefit of looking back four years and, she said, listening to sir cliff in court, it's clear the footage now seemed intrusive to other people. she claimed, because the bbc had accurate information from south yorkshire police about a high—profile figure, it was right to report.

ms unsworth said, "my instincts tell me that had it emerged that the bbc had chosen to ignore that story, in full knowledge of it, the public audiences would have questions for us about our role as a news organisation." "it would have looked potentially — not definitely, but potentially — as though we were not covering this story because sir cliff was a high—profile individual." but the singer's barrister told her, "no serious investigative journalist could possibly have regarded your broadcast as complying with the bbc‘s guidelines." how was the first day? very good. with the evidence almost finished, the singer has been in court every day. he's claiming substantial damages from the bbc, who deny invading his privacy. lucy manning, bbc news. the time has just gone quarter past six, our top story this evening: labour leaderjeremy corbyn calls for the home secretary to resign to resign over the windrush scandal.

and still to come — is yesterday's bromance over already as french president macron makes it clear he doesn't agree with president trump on some key issues? coming up on sportsday on bbc news, a tsunami of corruption in lower—level tennis, a report into match fixing finds it's a significant problem outside the elite game and calls for tennis to cut its ties with gambling. the summer of 2001 marked a flashpoint of division in oldham, when race riots erupted in the town between white and asian youths. a report later pinpointed the cause on communities living entirely separate or parallel lives. one attempt to bridge the racial divide was to establish a school. this one sits on the border of the race riot conflict. as part of our crossing divides season, elaine dunkley has been speaking to its students. good morning! good to see you, girls... waterhead academy in oldham, a school born out of conflict, a social experiment which saw two of the town's most segregated schools merged eight years ago

in an attempt to bridge racial divide. there have been challenges — but also unique friendships, shared experiences and, for many, the only chance to mix with others from different backgrounds. my primary school was mostly an asian primary school, and so we didn't get the opportunity to mix with other people, but secondary school is a mix, and i think that is quite nice. well, ithink, generally, in our school there's not much racism. most of my friends are white, but i do have a substantial amount of asian friends, like one of my best friends is asian, and i hang around with his asian friends sometimes. the children of waterhead academy weren't born when the 2001 riots highlighted deep divisions between oldham's white and asian youths in what was a summer of rage and resentment. in the aftermath, government reports warned of a bleak future

for generations of children if they remained in segregated schools. this road was known as a line of control, mainly because on my left—hand side you had the 99% south asian community, and on my right—hand side you had a 99% white heritage community. and now we've got the waterhead academy, which is bringing all the communities together. the school has had more challenges than most — it's been rated as needing improvement — but for those who have believed in it from the beginning, it has come a long way. has it worked? for this school, for sure it's worked. you know, when you come to the christmas play, when you come to a lot of the productions, if you look at the sports teams, they all know we're not looking at the colour of their skin, what we're looking at is the team shirt that they wear, and that is the one of waterhead academy. play! a new building, sport and the arts have been a vehicle for change, but changing attitudes takes time. what we have created here is a

belief that cultural differences are small compared to what young people have got in common. we're trying to create something very special. the children are part of the same team, the children are part of the same school. we still have to have challenging conversations with parents and families sometimes, about their views on different communities and different people, and we see that very much as part of ourjob, to keep challenging any stereotyping that may occur or any prejudice. 17 years after the riots, there have been no easy solutions, but there have been lessons — in how to create a shared identity forfuture generations. elaine dunkley, bbc news. a long—awaited report into corruption in tennis says a tsunami of match fixing is plaguing lower—level tennis events. however, the independent review says there's no evidence of corruption among top—level players, or of a cover—up by governing bodies. it wants the sport to reduce its relationship with gambling companies.

french president emmanuel macron has used a rare speech to the joint houses of the us congress to denounce nationalism and isolationism. mr macron said such policies "could be tempting" as a "temporary answer" but they "would not douse, only inflame, the fears of our citizens." mr macron is the first foreign leader to be afforded a us state visit by mrtrump. our north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house. despite the bromance much in evidence yesterday, mr macron saying things that president trump might not have liked hearing. fiona, i don't want to go over the top about this speech, but i think it was hugely significant, and one that will be remembered long into the future, because emmanuel macron came to the congress, where donald trump delivers a state of the union address, and in effect ripped apart donald trump's record. as you say, coming after that entente cordiale, about isolationism kind said it

would stoke the fears of our citizens, he lashed out donald trump's views on free trade, and climate change you donald trump's phrase about making america great again and said we need to make the earth great again, predicting that america would re—join the climate change agreement. he said you don't get out of the iran deal until you have something better to put in its place. it was a comprehensive take—down, if you like, and what emmanuel macron was doing was trying to set himself up as the world leader with an alternative vision to the one which donald trump is putting forward. one other thing he said, he said this is our very special relationship, talking about france and the us. i think that might have some in downing street choking on their teeth. jon sopel, at the white house, thank you. prince charles, the duke of cambridge and prince harry have taken part in a number of services to pay tribute to australia and new zealand's war dead. prince harry and his fiancee, meghan markle, began the day with a dawn service to mark anzac day, which commemorates the first major battle

involving australian and new zealand forces in world war i. 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 tojoin 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. it was sunny when i came to work, then we saw hail outside downing street earlier, what is going on? last week's heatwave a distant memory, back down to earth with a bang, the thunder clouds gathered during the course of the morning and into the afternoon, boy, did we get some thunderstorms! and with some hail mixed in as well, showers quite widespread, and this has been the story of the thunder moving across the country through the course of the country through the course of the afternoon. those showers will start to ease away over the next few hours across england and wales, so a slightly quieter, more tranquil end to the day, but further north and west, we keep the showers going across scotland, northern ireland and north—west england particularly. under clear skies, temperatures fall away, particularly in rural eastern

parts of scotland first thing on thursday morning, but lots of sunny weather to look out for tomorrow. we keep the showers to the north—west, not quite as many, particularly across england and wales, in comparison to today. with more sunshine, a degree or so warmer, highs of 16 degrees likely. we start to see the signs of something more organised in terms of rain, pushing up organised in terms of rain, pushing up from this low pressure into the south—west, bringing some heavy and at times persistent rain across south—west england, wales, eventually into the midlands, heading steadily north on friday. underneath that cloud and rain, it will be miserable, 9—11d, if are lucky. to the north of that, sunny spells, not particularly warmer, but some sunshine to come through. the cloud and rain will linger on saturday morning in the south—east, slowly brightening up, but the potential of more rain to come on sunday, and a cool wind as well. it

looks likely that we will see the end of april with classic showers continuing, and cruel in that northerly breeze. —— cool. a reminder of our main story. angry exchanges in the house of commons over the windrush scandal, jeremy corbyn has called for the home secretary to resign. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the home secretary, amber rudd, says she regrets only realising the full extent of the windrush scandal in recent months. cried bitterly, deeply regret that they did not see it as more than individual cases that had gone wrong that needed addressing. i didn't see it as that needed addressing. i didn't see itasa that needed addressing. i didn't see it as a systemic issue until very recently. 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. two men from italy have been

arrested after a man was attacked and left critically ill ahead of liverpool's champions league game last night against roma. a danish inventor has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of the journalist kim wall. she died onboard his home built submarine in copenhagen harbour last year. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. at 7.00pm, beyond 100 days picks apart the french president emmanuel macron‘s speech to both houses of the us congress. there are fresh warnings from the chief executive of the nhs, as obesity levels in the uk have more than trebled in the last 30 years. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday.

i'm katherine downes. his season over for club and country, alex clark the —— alex oxlade chamberlain will miss the world cup. oxlade chamberlain will miss the world cup. was he pushed out? arsene wenger admits he had no say over the timing of his departure from arsenal. the timing was not really my decision and for the rest i have spoken about it already.