this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at 11. the home secretary admits her department did have targets to remove people from the uk — a day after claiming they didn't exist — but says they were local and never published. overall violent crime increased by 21% in england and wales, knife crime increased by nearly a quarter the parents of alfie evans will meet doctors later today to discuss taking him home. also, talks between the uk and spain over the future of gibraltar after brexit. gibraltar‘s chief minister tells the bbc that he's open to the idea of spain sharing the use of gibraltar airport tsb calls in outside help to help fix the banking system breakdown that has left half of its customers u na ble to access their online accounts. more than a0 companies sign up to what's been described as a world leading initiative to tackle the problem of plastic

pollution in britain. and prince harry has asked his brother the duke of cambridge to be his best man at his wedding to to meghan markle next month. home secretary amber rudd has confirmed that her department and have targets to remove people from the uk, but she says they were local targets set for internal performance. she has told the

commons that these were not published targets against which performance was possessed, but she has said that if they were used inappropriately, that will have to change. the home affairs select committee diane abbott is calling for changes. everyone in this house agrees that those that work illegally, but also those that are here illegally should be treated different to legal migrants. the terrible impact it has on the most vulnerable in our society. the exploitation and abuse which can come hand in hand with illegal migration. that is why my department has been working to increase the number of illegal migrants we remove. i have never agreed that there should be specific removal targets, andi should be specific removal targets, and i would never supported policy that puts targets ahead of people.

the immigration arm of the home office has been using local targets the internal performance management. these were not published targets against which performance was assessed, but if they were used inappropriately, then i am clear that this will have to change. that was the home secretary amber rudd. shadow home secretary diane abbott reinforced calls yesterday from jeremy corbyn fat amber rudd to resign. yesterday giving evidence to the commons home affairs select committee, the home secretary said in terms we don't have targets for removals. but the general secretary of immigration service union told the committee earlier that there was a net removals target but enforcement teams had to meet, and they are aiming to remove a certain numberof they are aiming to remove a certain number of individuals in any given

month. the general secretary later confirmed that the target this month was 8337, with targets on posters in regional centres. when lord carrington resigned over the falklands, he said it was a matter of honour. isn't it time that the home secretary considered her honour and resigned? diane abbott. our sssistant political editor norman smith is in westminster diane abbott says it is a question of honour. is the home secretary under increasing pressure to resign over this? her position has certainly got worse following the admission that there were indeed targets, albeit local targets, targets, albeit local targets, targets which she said should not have been used inappropriately, in other words to encourage immigration officers to remove people. these

we re officers to remove people. these were internal targets for performance assessment, she said, but the very fact that there were targets contradicts what both she and the man in charge of the border and the man in charge of the border and immigration service, director of the service, told the committee yesterday. there was also no further clarity on the apparent contradiction, when she said she was only made aware of the windrush situation the last field for months, the british government was a p pa re ntly the british government was apparently alerted in 2016, and the aggression service they had alerted the home office in 2013, so are still question marks there, and really no further clarity in many of the outstanding questions, particularly around this issue of deportations. amber rudd said they had been through 7000 cases, and so far had found no evidence of anyone

being deported, but they have not yet been able to offer they have not yet been able to offer the absolute assurance that no one had been wrong leader ported. and it was striking there were quite a few smatterings of resignation calls from mps, opposition mps, but nevertheless there were quite a few calls. what probably helps miss rudd was that on her own side, tory mps got up to rally around her and commend the way she had handled this. you almost got a sense that she was really fighting for herjob. she said at1.i she was really fighting for herjob. she said at 1.1 am the right person to deal with this, in other words, i am the one who can put this right, and she talked about how she wanted and she talked about how she wanted a bit of human face on the home office, and you just got the sense that this was a minister really having to fight pretty hard to ensure she stays in post—. having to fight pretty hard to ensure she stays in post-. and to what extent do you think she has got

theresa may's support, as a former home secretary herself, the prime minister. is she fully supportive of the current home secretary, do you think? she has been to date. downing street has said mrs may has full confidence in amber rudd. she would be reluctant to lose such a senior minister. there is another point in all of this, in that miss rudd is to some extent a rather handy if you like political shield the mrs may, because many of the key decisions, the timeline when much of this was unfolding, was when mrs may was home secretary, so if amber rudd is not there to take the heat, and she has taken the heat, she has stood by the net migration target which mrs may has never resile from, she stood by the hostile environment policy, which was introduced by mrs may, if miss rudd is not there to take the flak, then a lot of it, i imagine, will head in the direction of mrs

may. norman, thank you very much indeed, norman, thank you very much indeed, norman smith, our assistant political editor at westminster. figures published this morning show violent crime recorded by police in england and wales is up. it increased by 21% last year, compared with 2016 according to figures published the office for national statistics. knife crime was up by 22%. and gun crime by 11%. offences were concentrated in london and other big cities. joining me now is our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. on the face of it, quite alarming statistics? these are worrying figures, i think, statistics? these are worrying figures, ithink, in statistics? these are worrying figures, i think, in terms of violent crime, particularly the most serious types of violence. the police statistics are pretty reliable in terms of recording shootings and stabbings and homicides, and so we can be pretty confident about what those figures

are showing us. in terms of stabbings, it is up by 22%, around 40,000 knife crimes last year, gun crime 11% as you said, robberies up 33%, and cases of murder and manslaughter, 653 last year, taking the terror attacks to one side, that is up 54, the highest annual total since 2009. these figures which are reliable, and suggest that the most serious types of violence are on the increase. but when you look across the piece at the overall picture of crime, which includes a whole multitude of different offences, and we look to a different set of data, the crime survey, for that, which includes offences that are not reported to police forces, what we see is crime still coming down a touch. there has been a lot of attention recently on violent crime in the capital in particular, and of course a lot of politics surrounding

this, to do with whether there is a correlation between that and the fall in police numbers. yes, on the government published its serious violent crime strategy, and they have set up a task force which is meeting for the first time, a 24 strong task force to try to deal with that. the home office has denied that there is any link between rising levels of violence and pressures on police numbers, the falling number of police officers, although an internal document that was leaked did suggest there was certainly an issue around rising levels of robberies, and the police's difficulty in catching the perpetrators. one other point to make on this is that it is notjust violent crime that we appear to be seeing genuine increases. look at car crime. for decades, thefts from cars, car crime. for decades, thefts from ca rs, thefts of car crime. for decades, thefts from cars, thefts of cars, were falling due to improved security and technology and so on. what we are 110w technology and so on. what we are now seeing on the police data and the crime data is car crime going

up. burglaries are also going up. the statisticians say that is also a genuine rise. and that i think we'll really worried a home office, because for years, they have been able to say, violent crime, that is able to say, violent crime, that is a bit ofa able to say, violent crime, that is a bit of a blip, able to say, violent crime, that is a bit ofa blip, a able to say, violent crime, that is a bit of a blip, a worry, but overall crime is down, but when you get the so—called bread—and—butter crimes that affect many, many people, car crimes, burglaries, they are also going up and that is a real concern for them. danny shaw, thank you very much. the father of the terminally ill toddler alfie evans says there will be a meeting with doctors later today to discuss taking his son home. alfie was taken off a ventilator on monday after his parents' latest attempt to take him abroad for treatment was dismissed by the court of appeal yesterday. let's cross now to our north of england correspondent judith moritz who is outside alder hey children's hospital in liverpool for us. judith, bring us the latest. things

relatively quiet here at the moment, other than the occasional sound of motorists popping their car horns in support of the evans family. that happens quite a lot here, people turning up to protest the campaign as they have been doing for several weeks. but away from it, inside the building in the paediatric intensive ca re building in the paediatric intensive care unit is still alfie evans with his mum and dad, and last night they lost the latest twist in their long—term legal battle to take alfie away from here, to fly him to rome, toa away from here, to fly him to rome, to a hospital there. this morning, thom evans, alfie's father, came out of the hospital early on and spoke to reporters, and he talked about the fact that he is now hoping to ta ke the fact that he is now hoping to take his son, perhaps not to rome but instead to the family home in liverpool, but before that can happen, they need to have a meeting with doctors. and what he said was that if the meeting doesn't go the way the family wants, that he would then look at other legal options.

if the meeting doesn't go well today, i will go back to court and i will do it all the way back, for the simple reason i am right, and so is alfie. so why should ijust sit back and allow alfie to lie in this bed when he shouldn't be in this bed. he has laid there for long enough and he has fought hard for long enough, and now it is all about getting him home. we have been denied the chance of italy by the court of appeal, and i don't know whether human rights will change their minds. it is a question for us to ask, whether we will go through that again. whether we do it or not, alfie will still be here, so we canjust explore and reach out to him as well as trying to get him home. so that is the situation in terms of the family's legal options on their arrangements here in terms of talking to medical staff and looking at what the next at her alfie could be. in terms of the protest on the campaigns here at the hospital, it is relatively quiet right now, but last night we had a sense from the

hospital management of the disruption that has been caught. they published an open letter in which they said that staff at the hospital have been subjected to unprecedented personal abuse by e—mail, online and in person from some campaigners, not from all. many people have turned up to protest peacefully. but the hospital say that there has been an element, a very disruptive and hurtful campaign, which has distressed staff here, and even worse, they say, has in some cases been targeted at other families at this hospital. the hospital say that it is unacceptable that that has been happening, and they point out that they are still ina they point out that they are still in a situation here whereby they need the police on site to keep things calm, and at the moment there are police around, but it is a calm situation, and inside the hospital, those conversations ongoing between alfie evans' those conversations ongoing between alfie eva ns' parents those conversations ongoing between alfie evans' parents of the doctors who have been caring for the little boy here now for more than a year. he has been in hospitalfor 18

months, but the last six months of that time have evolved this very long—running legal battle. that time have evolved this very long-running legal battle. judith, thank you very much indeed. the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, says it's not good enough that half of the bank's customers still can't access their accounts online following six days of it problems. speaking to the bbc, mr pester acknowledged his own advice to customers, to "keep trying", sounded weak. he said experts were being brought in to fix the problems, and customers would not be left out of pocket this month. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the home secretary admits her department did have targets to remove people from the uk just a day after claiming they didn't exist, but says they were local and never published. overall violent crime increased by 21% in england and wales last year, knife crime increased by nearly a quarter

the parents of alfie evans will meet doctors later today to discuss taking him home. and in sport, could a $50 million offer help make the big fight happen? deontay wilder says the money is in the bag to fight anthony joshua, who holds the other three belts. both camps could meet to discuss a potential deal tomorrow. real madrid have the advantage after the first leg of their champions league semifinal against bayern munich. they won ade allianz arena against the champions 2—1. and tonight arsenal have the first leg of their europa league semifinal against atletico madrid. winning the title offers them and arsene wenger‘s eventual replacement a spot in next season's champions league. more on those tories just after 11:30am for you. thank you, see later on. offering mental health counselling to primary school pupils would provide long—term benefits to the economy, according to a new report. the charity, pro bono economics,

says that every one pound spent could return more than six pounds to society by improving job prospects and cutting crime. our health correspondent catherine burns has more. if you don't have a place to be, then you'll just feel, like, so negative. the children's mental health charity place to be provides emotional support to pupils at schools across the uk. it helps with everything from arguments in the playground to complex issues, either through group sessions like this or individual work. it asked economists to put a financial value on its work with primary pupils. the report predicts that every child who has individual counselling through the charity could benefit by £5,700. that's mostly because they're one day expected to go on and getjobs and earn higher wages. they're also less likely to cost society in the future by needing different kinds of help. the service cost more than £4 million across the country in one year. this school paid about £20,000. if it didn't transform children's

lives, we wouldn't continue with it, because it's got to be cost—effective. how do you weigh up a child's emotional feelings with cost? the government agrees that it's important to spot mental health problems early on, and has pledged £300 million extra help for primary and secondary schools. catherine burns, bbc news. gibraltar‘s chief minister fabian picardo has told the bbc that he's open to the idea of spain sharing the use of gibraltar airport. that would be as part of brexit talks aimed at settling spain's claim over british sovereignty of the territory. but the bbc also understands that ongoing talks between british and spanish negotiators on the territory are currently deadlocked. with 11 months to go until brexit, we're looking at the future of gibraltar in a special day of coverage today. gavin lee reports.

gibraltar. a picture postcard of britishness on the southern tip of spain. gib, as the locals call it, has been uk territory for three centuries — a state affairs contested by spain for almost as long. the 34,000 gibraltarians here on its 2.5 square miles of land are on the verge of leaving the eu, despite 96% of the people having voted against brexit. i've lived here for 2.5 years now. but my biggest worry is that the border will close, which would result in companies leaving, because my husband works for a company which is based in gibraltar, which could lead to us obviously having to leave back to the uk. you are really worried about that, that it could get to that level? they want gibraltar, the airport and everything, and they're not going to get it. we're tired of this.

even with the brexit talks now? doesn't it clear things up, get things to a head? well, we don't know where we stand with brexit, with the uk. the eu has allowed spain a voice in these brexit talks over gibraltar, and british and spanish negotiators are now meeting weekly to discuss a solution. and the spanish side say they are not planning to reclaim the rock as part of these talks, but they do have specific demands. in madrid earlier this month, spain's foreign minister, alfonso dastis, spelt out to me exactly what is at stake. what we want is to solve some of the irritants that have plagued our relationship in the last few years, such as lack of transparency in the tax in gibraltar, questions having to do with the controls at the border. one of the big issues, am i right to say, is the airport?

does spain wantjoint management of the airport? what does that mean? the problem is that the airport is located in a piece of land that was not ceded under the treaty of utrecht, so we cannot accept that there is britishjurisdiction over that place. the recently positive mood that accompanied the talks, and the hope of a deal by summer, has changed. the bbc understands both sides are currently deadlocked on the airport issue. the chief problem is that spain wants to build a terminal inside the gibraltar border. britain wants it to be outside the border, on the spanish side. it can be as big an issue as a dealbreaker. gibraltar‘s chief minister is also involved in the talks. how much of a say does he have on the matter? without gibraltar in the room, it would not be possible for gibraltar agreements to be done to the satisfaction of the people of gibraltar. when it comes to the airport, this idea ofjoint management from the people from spain, what you think about that? gibraltar airport can be used more than it is today, and there can be access from spain to gibraltar airport,

but insisting that it remains gibraltar‘s airport. but i can tell you that there are some areas on which we will not find agreement. there is a legend in gibraltar that while the macaque monkeys that dot the top of the rock remain, gibraltar will stay british. and, while there is no serious territorial claim right now, many aspects of life could change depending on the outcome of brexit talks. their future for now lies in the hands of the negotiators. gavin lee, bbc news, gibraltar. let's ta ke gavin lee, bbc news, gibraltar. let's take you back to the news that the home secretary has admitted that there were targets for immigration. we have heard from reuters news agency that theresa may's spokesperson saying that downing

street does have full confidence in amber rudd. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. as you say, yesterday, amber rudd and her senior directors say there we re and her senior directors say there were no targets for removals. today mr rudd was forced to concede that yes, there are targets, albeit local targets. can she survived? i'm joined by the shadow home secretary diane abbott. what did you make of what you heard? i thought it was really concerning. once again she has tried to lay—off blame, saying that they were local targets and she knew nothing about them. that is not how the home office works. if local officials had targets, the direction would come from the centre. every day, some new horror emerges about the windrush scandal. i do not know how she can survive unless she is only there as a human shield for theresa may. surely all governments

we know have had targets from removing illegal immigrant is. what is wrong with that? the problem is the combination of the hostile environment and the pressure to get results meant, i think, that immigration officials may have been looking for soft targets in the shape of west indian pensioners who didn't have hotshot lawyers, and thatis didn't have hotshot lawyers, and that is what might have happened in some of the most distressing cases we have seen. misrata talked about the home office, saying that that's procedures had been adjudged to critically. it was her predecessor, theresa may, who set that up, but who can have confidence in amber rudd to make far—reaching changes in

the home office if she doesn't seem able to get basic facts right? she said she was the right person to put this right, and you have focused much of your attack on amber rudd, but shouldn't the real target of your criticism be the prime minister, given that she was in charge of the home office all those yea rs charge of the home office all those years when the sort of policies were being put in place? on the windrush scandal, all roads lead back to theresa may, but nonetheless, who can have confidence in amber rudd now? she seems to have the backing of pretty much all the conservative mps who spoke. does that not suggest whatever your view of her performance that the conservative party is now rallying around her, and in all likelihood she will survive? ministers who are about to be sacked always have the tory party rallying around them. they always have people say that, you know, they

are untouchable. we will see. if the next week is like the last week, with all sorts of revelations coming out every day, i think she should consider her position. we know there is going to be a compensation scheme, the home secretary has said she will reveal details shortly. what sort of levels of compensation do you think ought to be considered for some of the terrible experiences some of these families have suffered? you have to consider what actually happened. people lost their jobs, lost the possibility of employment going forward. people had to pay for medical treatment. people we re to pay for medical treatment. people were separated from their family, in some cases for years. people were detained incorrectly. ithink some cases for years. people were detained incorrectly. i think we're going to have to look at some serious levels of compensation. are we talking about hundreds of thousands of pounds of individuals? iam not thousands of pounds of individuals? i am not compensation lawyer, but when you look at human rights, loss

of earnings, loss of health care, you are talking about substantial sums of money. one of the other areas that gives controversy is when ministers first knew about the emerging problem with windrush families. amber rudd said she only became aware in the last three or four months. we now know that the government in barbados apparently alerted the foreign office in 2016. how do you read that? i think how do you read that? ithink amber how do you read that? i think amber rudd should be ashamed to say she knew in the past few months. as you said, caribbean governments tried to raise it with her, and if she was paying attention to what was happening in her department, the pattern of casework from early 2014 would have shown that there was a problem, but she doesn't seem to have paid attention. that is why she has to go. we had that package of measures outlined by the home secretary at the start of the home secretary at the start of the week, and yet this crisis rumbles on. how in anyway have

windrush families felt, do you think, seeing this political shock wave ripple through westminster?m has been appalling for the windrush families of that generation. i moved from westminster last week, and 500 people in the house of commons in different committee rooms, people are very upset, both victims on the wider community. diane abbott, thank you very much for your time. downing street expressing full confidence in amber rudd, but you have to say, her position hasn't really got any better in the past hour. norman, many thanks indeed. norman smith, our political editor. on the latest from kensington palace is that prince harry has asked his brother, the duke of kent bridge, to be his best man at his wedding with meghan markle. in a tweet — kensington palace says prince william was honoured to be asked and is looking forward to supporting his brother at the wedding next month. prince harry served as best man to his brother at his wedding

to kate middleton in 2011. let'sjoin our royal let's join our royal correspondent jonny dymond who was outside kensington palace now. does that show how close the brothers are? yes indeed. as you mentioned just then, prince harry has asked his brother prince harry has asked his brother prince william, prince william asked his brother prince harryjust a few yea rs his brother prince harryjust a few years ago. they are very close indeed. they have been close all the lives, in fact. and prince william commented with a broad smile on his face when asked about the wedding of his brother, he said it was wonderful news and perhaps his brother would stop scrounging food from his fridge, which he has been doing for some years. so there is a very loving relationship, a jovial relationship, between the two of them, sealed perhaps by this mutual appreciation of being each other‘s best man. one note, a sign of modernity, they didn't use to have best men in the royalfamily, they

used to have supporters rather than choosing a best man. prince charles had edward and andrew as his supporters, but they have now cast aside convention in a sign of 21st—ce ntu ry aside convention in a sign of 21st—century modernity, and the latest generation are going to have best men instead. i suppose that if you choose sure brother, you do not have to choose among yourfriends! brother, you do not have to choose among your friends! laughter it is fairly common to choose a close relative, no doubt viewers will have their own opinions about who they would choose or who they did choose but i think it is fairly common to choose a close relative as a best man, it means you do not have the pick among your friends and avoid unnecessary rivalries among your friends and of course, it would have been seen as a fairly significant snub had prince harry chosen someone other than his brother, given that his brother did choose him. i was my brother's best

man too, good company! i was also my brother's best man, very good company! sunshine and showers for many of us but unlike yesterday, not quite as widespread as there were across england and wales, for scotland, northern ireland, showers, also, pretty heavy, hailstones, thunder mixed in with that, quite cool across northern areas, of a breeze. temperature ten to 12 degrees. further south and east, drier and more lengthy spells of sunshine, high is up to 16, 17 degrees in the capital. through the evening and tonight, showers continue in the north and then cloud increases across south—western areas, that is also associated with this area of low pressure, quite small but it will throw up a lot of rain, strengthening wind in the south—west

too. the far north of england, scotland, northern ireland, they will start off like dry and bright, heavy and thundery showers developing in scotland, late in the day, with some hailstones. england and wales, outbreaks of rain, disappointingly cool, as well, temperatures only nine to 13 degrees. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the prime minister's spokesperson says she has full confidence in amber rudd home secretary following news that immigration move all targets were in practice at local level in the home office. violent crime increased by 21% in england and wales last year, knife crime increased by nearly a quarter. the parents of alfie evans will meet doctors later today to discuss taking him home. gibraltar‘s chief minister tells the bbc that he's open to the idea of spain sharing the use

of gibraltar airport. tsb calls in outside assistance to help fix the banking system breakdown that has left half of its customers unable to access their online accounts. anthonyjoshua's promoter eddie hearn has asked the wbc heavyweight champion deontay wilder to show us the money after he claimed he had $50 million in the bag for a unification fight, the american holds the only one of the four main belts joshua does holds the only one of the four main beltsjoshua does not in the division and there is a meeting tomorrow from both camps to see if a deal can be made for a fight later this year. anthonyjoshua has said that he would do it for 50 million, so here is the response from deontay wilder. i want eddie and barry hearn

to tell them to check their e—mail, i have got something special for them, either way, all the money is in the bag. so i suspect you to be a man of your world is not the arsenal will be facing a team without wea kness will be facing a team without weakness in semifinals of euro play tonight according to arsene wenger, arsenal play atletico madrid, they are second in the league and have a very good recent record in europe, if arsenal reach the final, it would be the last match for arsene wenger before leaving, if they win it, they will qualify for the champions league. real madrid take a one goal lead into the second leg of their champions league semifinal against bayern munich, coming from behind in the first leg to win 2—1, at the allianz arena, in munich. they gets under again at snooker‘s world championship in just over an under again at snooker‘s world championship injust over an hour, former champion neil robertson will not be there, 2010 when followed for otherformer not be there, 2010 when followed for other former winners not be there, 2010 when followed for otherformer winners out not be there, 2010 when followed for other former winners out of the crucible doors in the first round, losing 10—5 against robert wilkins,

why are so many top seeds falling at the first hurdle? robertson says that the credit must go to the qualifiers. even ten years ago, probably two or three banana skins in the draw but other than that, it was easy, they come down the curtain, they arejust was easy, they come down the curtain, they are just happy to be there, just trying to make the score respectable, not trying to win. nowadays, everyone is trying to beat each other and the pressure does not come on the qualifiers, until the last 16 when they are trying to get to the quarterfinals. we will learn more about the 2019 cricket world cup in england a little later on today when the schedule is announced at lord's. henry moran has been giving us more details. the tournament starts in just over a year, fixes have not been confirmed, we expect to see a tournament opener on may 30, england against south africa, at the oval, other key fixtures to look out for, india against pakistan at old trafford, england against australia, june 25,

lord's, england against australia, june 25, lords, and the final, july 14, lords. one bit of news to be confirmed, the olympic stadium will not be used as one of the venues. a lot of thought that perhaps it would be one of the grounds used. as something different for the tournament. because of the cost particularly in installing a drop in pitch with the likes of undersoil heating there, the ground primarily used for west ham united's football matches in the premier league, the cost was deemed too high to justify using it as a venue for the world cup. 2019, in 2020, potential introduction of a new 100 ball tournament for the new city franchises. a story doing the rounds, about how the ecb are trying to make it as helpful to a non—cricket literate audience. absolutely, in the times, reporting simplification of the scoreboard, the ecb director of women's cricket has pointed saying that the scoreboard at the moment show a lot of compensated information, perhaps something that can be done to

simplify things. a couple of issues, first, a lot of grounds that will be used have mechanical scoreboard, designed to show information they have always done, the batsman's number of runs, family overs have been bowled, who is bowling, how the previous batsman got out. that will not change, also the key element of this, while the tournament is looking to generate new supporters drawn in by a simple vocation of things, the ecb do still need the co re things, the ecb do still need the core support of cricket which has made the game what it is at the moment to remain in place and a lot of support will be used to seeing the context of a game given by a traditional scoreboard, hard to say that they will do away entirely with the information and contextualisation that you get from a traditional cricket scoreboard. perhaps something will be done to emphasise that 100 balls, family runs, how money wickets, to ensure that it runs, how money wickets, to ensure thatitis runs, how money wickets, to ensure that it is as simple as possible for newcomers to understand. bbc scotla nd newcomers to understand. bbc scotland understands former liverpool and england captain steven

gerrard is on a shortlist to become the new manager of rangers, currently coaching at the liverpool academy. you can find out more on that as it developments, go to the bbc sport website. with 11 months to go until brexit, we're looking at the future of gibraltar in a special day of coverage today. located off the southern tip of spain, gibraltar is a british overseas territory which despite its residents having a fierce loyalty to the crown, has an historic claim placed on it by spain. so what does brexit mean for gibraltar‘s future? here's the bbc‘s reality check correspondent chris morris. one thing shared membership of the has done is take some of the sting out of the long—running dispute between the united kingdom and spain over gibraltar. spain still mount a diplomatic and

political campaign to restore some form of spanish sovereignty. uk and gibraltar say that will not happen. the eu's official guidelines on the brexit withdrawal process say that after the united kingdom leaves the union, no agreement between the eu and the uk may apply to gibraltar without a separate agreement between spain and the uk. what does that mean in practice? spanish veto? spain says it does not intend to mix up spain says it does not intend to mix up the sovereignty dispute with the " b rex it" up the sovereignty dispute with the " brexit" process up the sovereignty dispute with the "brexit" process but it does have some demands. most of all, it wants joint management with the uk of gibraltar airport, which as you can see is right next to the spanish border. the airport has always been a focus of dispute because spain says unlike the rock, land here was

not transferred to british sovereignty back in 1713. joint management could also help ensure gibraltar remains part of eu aviation agreements. when does joint management becomejoint aviation agreements. when does joint management become joint sovereignty? the distinction and the language used really matters. spain also has other concerns, gibraltar‘s tax regime, for example, corporation tax in spain is 25%, in gibraltar, just 10%. spain says that is not fair, it wa nts 10%. spain says that is not fair, it wants change. when did that become an issue of sovereignty? british and spanish officials have been holding bilateral talks on gibraltar and mps in the house of commons are watching very closely. without some kind of deal on gibraltar in the withdrawal agreement over brexit, this british overseas territory may not be included in the transition period after brexit. gibraltar it self, —— in gibraltar it self and in london,

that would not be acceptable, and so the search for a solution is on. —— itself. our europe reporter, gavin lee, is in gibraltar. just hearing how important the airport is. it is unique, the only overseas territory in the eu, still is, 32,000 citizens will change their passport to blue, the border behind me, the spanish side, people checking, and 50 metres behind the blue gate, the lucite being checked, 10,000 people come through this border every day, most of them people who are living in spain and working in gibraltar. customs is initially because the spanish say there is too much tobacco smuggling going on, but the airport, literally here, if we can show across, that is how close to the border it is and it comes down to the spanish saying you wa nt to

comes down to the spanish saying you want to see a new terminal as part of the terms of brexit but inside this terminal here, and the british say, at the moment we would like to see the terminal on the spanish side. that is the issue and at the moment the bbc understands there is a current deadlock, neither side giving way. because it is about territory, spain does not recognise this as british, they say that in 1713 they did not cede it to them. let me bring in kim, walking by a moment ago, about to go across the board, you work in gibraltar, you live in spain, give me your thoughts about brexit. i did not like the gibraltarians, sorry, the english people voting us out because i want to stay here, i don't want to go back home, i'm quite happy, i don't wa nt back home, i'm quite happy, i don't want to change my lifestyle at the moment. do you feel like could come to that? yes, i am scared. i have been living out of england for quite some time, i enjoy it here, i love

the sunshine. i don't want to go. i'm sorry about that, i hope it will not come to that, your passport will turn to blue. i will speak to somebody who can talk to us about what is going on in the talks, brexit ministerfor what is going on in the talks, brexit minister for gibraltar, joseph garcia, thank you for talking to us, the crunch, when it comes to the talks, the spanish have a say, they have been given a say, they could walk away and ultimately, gibraltar does not have a transition period, you leave in march 2019. why can't spain have an airport terminal here? we think not having gibraltar in the transition is not in our interests, and not in the interests of the people who live in spain and come to gibraltar to work. one of theissuesis come to gibraltar to work. one of the issues is the airport, we have clear red lines on the airport related to sovereignty, restriction and control. spain have red lines of their own. there may be somewhere in between were solutions can be found.

there was an agreement on the airport already in 2006 between spain, the uk and gibraltar. under that agreement, spain was going to construct a connecting building, we relocated the terminal right to the front itself. the spanish foreign minister has spoken, he says there could be a deal but it is difficult, these talks, do you think a deal can be reached? the political will these talks, do you think a deal can be reached? the politicalwill has to be there, i have said, we are not compromising onjurisdiction to be there, i have said, we are not compromising on jurisdiction or control, there is an agreement already in place, which was arrived at in 2006, between the three governments. that resulted in a new terminal, putting it by the front fence, spain connecting a building to it and have not yet done that. deputy chief minister, thank you for talking to us, quick point as well, the other side of the border, 8000 spanish workers coming across every day, what do they say? i spoke with

the mayor of la linea, juan franco, and this is what he had to say about the issue. for us it is a very delicate question, because everyday, 10,000 people cross the frontier. people who live in la linea and work in gibraltar. now we have in our city 35% people unemployment. 10,000 live in la linea and work in gibraltar. that was the mayor of la linea, juan franco, saying that it matters to the economy of spain. spain is not seeking co—sovereignty at the moment, they are seeking that through the un. there is some hope on all sides there can be a deal.

there is a legend about the rock, it is the only place in what —— it is the only place in europe that has wild monkeys, while they remain, britain will remain, it is said. meanwhile, the future of the people seems to be in the hands of negotiators. thank you very much indeed. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the home secretary amber rudd is under renewed pressure to resign over immigration removal targets in the wake of the windrush scandal overall violent crime increased by 21% in england and wales last year, knife crime increased by nearly a quarter. the parents of alfie evans will meet doctors later today to discuss taking him home. these are the top business stories:

tsb is calling in outside help to fix its banking system after an outage that's caused chaos for customers. its boss, paul pester, told the bbc the bank is "on its knees" and has promised customers that they would waive all overdraft fees and charges for april. problems began six days ago when tsb attempted to move customer accounts to a new computer systems. meanwhile, barclays bank has reported a loss for the first three months of the year as a result of more payment protection insurance provisions. it made a pre—tax loss of £236 million, down from the £1.7 billion it made in the same period last year. more than 40 companies have signed up to a deal to cut plastic pollution over the next seven years. the firms, which include coca—cola and asda, have promised to honour a number of pledges including the removal of single—use packaging. those that have signed up are responsible for more than 80% of plastic packaging on products sold through uk supermarkets. more on the ongoing chaos at tsb as it

struggles to get its computer systems back online after the outage that was supposed to be resolved on sunday. customers of the bank are still reporting problems logging on, and accessing their accounts, paying bills or making transfers. the bank's boss has promised to compensate any customers who lose money as a result of the problems and will also scrap any overdraft charges or fees incurred. i'm not willing to accept this sort of service to tsb customers and... can you expand to customers, so they get an understanding of why the messaging was so unclear, why use said, the chief executive of tsb, said, the chief executive of tsb, said it was up and running, not with any caveats, you said it was up and running. and why then, on monday, your owner said, it has successfully completed the tsb technology migration, it obviously had not. can

you explain why that happen? why we re you explain why that happen? why were you telling customers it was fine when it was not? all i can do is tell customers what my it provider tells me, if they tell me it is working... now it is clear thatis it is working... now it is clear that is not the case, i have taken control, we are putting things right, when the team of global experts arrive at eight o'clock, and they did in bristol this morning, working with me, directly for me, we'll get to the bottom of why we are having these issues. we should be able to provide to customers, it is unacceptable that only 50% of customers can get in. when tsb is through the issue, we are on our needs and we will get up. really tough time for the bank but even tougherfor customers. tough time for the bank but even tougher for customers. tsb owned tough time for the bank but even tougherfor customers. tsb owned by the spanish banking giant, sabot l, pretty terrible timing because the pa rent pretty terrible timing because the parent company has announced its profits, and it said that for the tsb bit of it, profits are up,

coming in at £29.5 million. —— sabadell. analysts say it is a terrible timing. they would delivering very good profits, tsb going into meltdown, it does not make them look good. and consistent move on all the time, the whole thing is moving, they make a mistake it is hard to recover. that is what rbs found a few years ago, and tsb finding out, not easy to fix. more on that on the website. car production fell by 13% last month compared with a year ago, sparking "considerable concern", according to the industry body. a total of 141,471 cars were built in uk factories in march, with domestic demand down by 17.7%, exports were also down, by 11.9%, amid fluctuations in demand in some global markets. some manufacturers were hit by the bad weather in march. joining me now is tamzen isacsson

from the society of motor manufacturers and traders. considerable concern, we have seen record car sales over the last 12 months or so, now starting to peter out. you are right, we have had yea rs of out. you are right, we have had years of a successful track record at the uk automotive industry and right now, there is declining consumer and business confidence in the uk, that is impacting demand for vehicles, from production lines, and thatis vehicles, from production lines, and that is why we are seeing these negative figures this month. having an impact on jobs. negative figures this month. having an impact onjobs. let's negative figures this month. having an impact on jobs. let's talk about thejobs, the car an impact on jobs. let's talk about the jobs, the car industry, an impact on jobs. let's talk about thejobs, the car industry, a really big employer in the uk, particularly parts of the north—east and the midlands, what does it mean for them? the uk automotive industry employs 18,000 jobs across the uk, vitally important part of the economy, 13% of exports, really important that we have certainty, on

our post—"brexit" arrangements, that we have confidence in the economy so that we can create demand so that exports can continue unhindered, to global markets, across the world, and so that we can continue to meet high demand for cars in the uk. and so that we can continue to meet high demand for cars in the uki touched on the idea of bad weather affecting car—makers, really, is that not just an affecting car—makers, really, is that notjust an easy affecting car—makers, really, is that not just an easy sleaze? affecting car—makers, really, is that notjust an easy sleaze? how does bad weather affect making a car? we saw some disturbance at pla nts car? we saw some disturbance at plants in the uk, a couple of plants, that impacted both staff getting to work but also, the continuous supply of parts and components, as you will know, the automotive industry works just in time, many factories havejust around dirty minutes parts supplies in theirfactories, around dirty minutes parts supplies in their factories, which around dirty minutes parts supplies in theirfactories, which means there needs to be a constant supply chain from across europe bringing parts into the uk. if there are adverse weather conditions, that does have an impact on production. you have touched on the idea of

clarity over brexit certainly for exports, because we need to know if there will be tariffs imposed, but what about the domestic demand, why is that down so sharply? we have seen is that down so sharply? we have seen declining consumer and business confidence in the uk, that has been across measures, but we have also seen a across measures, but we have also seen a lot of confusion over diesel, months of negative messaging around diesel and unhelpful government policies, and unfortunately, what that means is consumers are confused, they shouldn't be. the latest low emission diesel vehicles are far cleaner than ever before and what they are doing is holding onto their older more polluting cars and we are seeing a lack of fleet renewal, that is disappointing for the industry. yes, thank you for explaining all of that. let's look at the numbers, bach is on the board, given what we saw in the headlines about their profits. —— barclay‘s. authorities in california believe

they have identified the so—called golden state killer, thought to be responsible for at least 50 rapes and 12 murders in the 1970s and 80s. the man they've arrested is a former police officer, joseph deangelo. the man police say terrorise california while serving as an officer of the law himself, joseph deangelo. after decades of frustration for detectives they found the suspect under their noses in this quiet suburb of the state capital. for over 40 years, countless victims have waited for justice. over these years, countless victims have waited for justice. overthese years, hundreds of individuals have soughtjustice for these victims and their families. the rapist moved into the

cou nty families. the rapist moved into the county in october, striking three times injust over three county in october, striking three times in just over three weeks. more than 175 crimes in the 70s and 80s have been linked to the golden state killer, including 12 murders and 51 rapes. —— golden state killer. killer, including 12 murders and 51 rapes. -- golden state killer. she was awakened while being blindfolded, she never saw her assailant. crime spree started in sacramento, for spreading to the san francisco area and then central and southern california. it took years before investigators could confirm that the crimes were linked. advances in science eventually led detectives to the former police officer, now 72 years old and the father of grown—up children. his arrest apparently came as a complete surprise. over the last few days, as information started to point towards this individual, we started some surveillance, we were able to get discarded dna, we were able to confirm what we thought we already knew. we had our man. for the

families of victims, although the pain in tears, there is now some satisfaction. to the entire reservoir of victims out there. my sadness is with you. for the 51 ladies who were brutally raped, sleep better tonight, he's not coming through the window. -- although the pain endures. prosecutors are beginning to file charges againstjoseph deangelo, if convicted, he could face the death penalty. we have sunshine and showers again for many parts of the united kingdom but for england and wales, though share was not quite as widespread as yesterday, enjoying lengthy spells of sunshine such as this, in east sussex at the moment. there may still be the odd shower across england and wales but certainly fewer than yesterday. the focus of the showers across scotland, far north of england and northern

ireland, there could be hale and thunder during this afternoon, quite breezy conditions, temperatures 11, 12 degrees, further south and east, higher temperatures, 16, 17 12 degrees, further south and east, highertemperatures,16,17 degrees in the spells of sunshine. 0r highertemperatures,16,17 degrees in the spells of sunshine. or this evening, we will see some cloud increasing across south—west wales, south—western parts of england, ahead of this area of rain that will move in. you can ahead of this area of rain that will move in. you can see ahead of this area of rain that will move in. you can see that on this little area of low pressure, which will spread north and east would during friday. —— eastward. ahead of that, the system will not quite reach you, sunny spells during the morning, late in the afternoon, heavy and slow moving showers developing. —— slow—moving showers. rain spreads north am a quite heavy at times, eventually during the afternoon, into the evening, clearing away from western areas but quieter, cool, disappointingly cool day, temperatures nine to 13 degrees, below the average. and it

stays fairly cool as we go into the weekend. sunny spells, heavy showers developing, wet and windy later on in the weekend, in the south—east. before we get that far, on saturday, early morning cloud and rain and drizzle across eastern areas. then sunny spells developing but also the risk of one or two heavy and thundery showers, hail mixed in as well, further north and west you are, temperatures below the average, nine to 13 degrees. now, during sunday, for many of us, should be mostly dry day again, with spells of sunshine. and one or two showers developing. but as we go through the day, again, on the cool side, particularly around eastern coast, thicker cloud moving its way in. that is associated with another area of pressure which will move up from the south, quite nasty as it moves its way in on monday, particularly wet and windy and damp in the south—east. more details on that on

the website. this is bbc news, and these are the top stories developing at midday. the home secretary admits her department did have targets to remove people from the uk, a day after claiming they didn't exist, but says they were local and never published. overall violent crime increased by 21% in england and wales last year. knife crime increased by nearly a quarter. the parents of alfie evans will meet doctors later today to discuss taking him home. alfie was taken off his ventilator on monday. also: talks between the uk and spain over the future of gibraltar after brexit. gibraltar‘s chief minister tells the bbc that he's open to the idea of spain sharing the use of gibraltar airport. tsb calls in outside help to help fix the banking system breakdown that has left half of its customers u na ble to access

their online accounts. more than 40 companies sign up to what's been described as a world—leading initiative to tackle the problem of plastic pollution in britain. and prince harry has asked his brother the duke of cambridge to be his best man at his wedding to meghan markle next month. good afternoon. it's thursday the 26th of april. i'm ben brown. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the prime minister says she has full confidence in her home secretary despite fresh calls for her to quit. amber rudd has confirmed that her department did have targets to remove people from the uk, but she says they were local targets set for internal performance.

yesterday ms rudd denied targets were used. in response to an urgent question in the commons this morning, the home secretary told mps she would never back a policy that prioritised targets above people. everyone in this house agrees that this group were here legally, but also that people who are here illegally should be treated different illegal migrants. and i am personally committed to tackling illegal migration, because i see the influence it has on the most vulnerable in our society. the exportation and abuse which can come hand—in—hand with illegal migration. that's why my department has been working to increase the number of illegal migrants we remove. i have never agreed that there should be

specific removal targets, and i would never support a policy that puts targets ahead of people. the immigration arm of the home office has been using local targets for internal performance management. these were not published targets against which performance was assessed. but if they were used inappropriately, then i am clear that this will have to change. amber rudd there. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster a vote of confidence? in football, when a manager gets a vote of confidence, they are going to be sacked. that is usually different in politics? not always, and you have seen politics? not always, and you have seen amber rudd this morning having to admit that her claim yesterday

that there were no targets for removals was wrong, today she has had to admit that there were targets, although she says that they we re targets, although she says that they were used for internal means, and not to drive immigration. she did appear to be unaware that some officers did have these targets, and she said of offices had used them as pa rt she said of offices had used them as part of the removals process, that would be using them inappropriately. in terms of her position, however, i'm not at all sure that she will be for the chop, because obviously we have heard number 10 saying this morning the prime minister has full confidence in amber rudd, looking at the reaction of tory mps, overwhelmingly in fact universally supportive of amber rudd, rowing in behind her, and listening to amber rudd herself, she clearly has no intention of walking the plank. she has said, i am the right person to

sort this, almost saying just leave it with me and i will make sure this is all put right. when you put that together, it seems to me she is not going to walk, and she's not going to be pushed either. at the same time, the calls for her to go have been fuelled by this revelation that there were indeed targets, including from the shadow home secretary, diane abbott, who spoke a little earlier to me. once again, she is trying to lay off blame, saying that they were local targets she knew nothing about, but that is not how the home office works. if local officials had targets, the direction would have come from the centre. every day, some new horror emerges about the windrush scandal. i do not know how she can survive unless she is only there is a human shield the theresa may. that is the other side of why this is such a damaging issue

of why this is such a damaging issue of amber rudd. it is notjust the confidence question, whether she has got a confidence question, whether she has gota grip confidence question, whether she has got a grip on the home office, it is the fact that this just keeps going on and on and on. it is now two weeks since amber rudd made her first statement. we have had four separate apologies now to mps, and each day there seems to be something else. yesterday of course there was the question mark about when the home office actually knew about the windrush saga, amber rudd suggesting she only found out in the last three orfour months, she only found out in the last three or four months, and she only found out in the last three orfour months, and then she only found out in the last three or four months, and then we she only found out in the last three orfour months, and then we had she only found out in the last three or four months, and then we had the government in barbados saying, actually, we informed the foreign office back in 2016, and they informed the home office and downing street, so too put it mildly, another difficult day at the office of amber rudd. norman, thank you very much indeed. violent crime recorded by police in england and wales is up. it increased by 21% last year,

compared with 2016 according to figures published the office for national statistics. there were significant rises in knife and gun crime — with offences concentrated in london and other big cities. robert cuffe, bbc news head of statistics, is here. because it is an increase in recorded crime, some of it is more recording. it is really clear at the high end, the serious violent crime, that it high end, the serious violent crime, thatitis high end, the serious violent crime, that it is on the up. we have seen the highest level of homicide since the highest level of homicide since the turn of the decade, and if you look at the date of a knife and gun crime, it is pretty clear that that has been increasing as well. we will have the graft pull up in a minute. what we have seen is the rate of knife and gun crime itself, from maybe 2010 to a low in 2014, and since then there has been a significant deep crease from 30,000 recorded incidents, and that is a

very big increase, but it is worth saying, 45,000 is only a small proportion of all of the violent crimes the police recorded last year, they recorded well over a million, so what we have got is the rare serious crimes are on the up, but they only form a small part of the picture, and if you look at the bigger picture of the other types of violent crimes, it is different. what is the broader picture? you need to turn to a different source. you need to look at the crime data fitting and because not all data is reported to the police. if you leaned across the desk and slapped me now, that won't go to the met, a little push and shove outside a pub would get reported. so the survey ca ptu res would get reported. so the survey captures those kinds of crimes, and what they have seen is a long—term decline in violent crime, and that has been continuing since the 1990s. it has kept on going down and down,

again to about 2014, and it has flattened out over the last few yea rs. flattened out over the last few years. what about the rest of the data? any other surprises that caught your eye on the crime figures? the numbers i have been telling you about are not too surprising and are backed up by other sources. the number of people we see coming into a only after fights and think that that has been going down, so we have been expecting these pictures for violent crime, but for burglary, theft, vehicle theft and robbery, we have seen vehicle theft and robbery, we have seen those crimes going up, and that is maybe a little bit more worrying in general because as i said serious violent crime is quite rare. we are talking about tens of hundreds of thousands of these other offences, so thousands of these other offences, so people might be a little bit more worried about that, even though the risk of crime very much depends on where you live. thank you very much indeed. the father of the terminally ill toddler alfie evans says there will be a meeting with doctors later today to discuss taking his son home.

alfie was taken off a ventilator on monday after his parents' latest attempt to take him abroad for treatment was dismissed by the court of appeal yesterday. our north of england correspondentjudith moritz is following developments at alder hey children's hospital in liverpool. things relatively quiet here at the moment other than the occasional sound of motorists popping their car horns in support. that happens a lot here, people turning up to protest the campaign as they have been doing for several weeks, but away from it, inside the building, in the paediatric intensive care unit, is still alfie evans, with his mum and dad. last night, they lost the latest twist in their long—term legal battle to take alfie away from here, to fly him to rome to a hospital there. this morning, thom eva ns, hospital there. this morning, thom evans, alfie potter my father, came out of the hospital and spoke to reporters, and he talked about the

fa ct reporters, and he talked about the fact that he is now hoping to take his son perhaps not to rome, but to the family home in liverpool, but before that can happen, they need to have a meeting with doctors, and what he said was that if the meeting doesn't go the way the family wants, that he would then look at other legal options. if the meeting doesn't go well today, then i will go back to court, and i will do it, all the way back to human rights, for the simple reason i am right, and so is alfie. why should ijust sit back and allow alfie to lie in this bed when he shouldn't be in the bed? he has laid here for long enough and fought hard full of enough, and now it is all about getting him home. we have been denied the chance of italy by the court of appeal, and i don't know whether the human rights will change their mind on it. it is a question for us to ask, whether we should go through that again. whether we go through that again. whether we go through it or not, alfie will still

be here, so we could just explore and reach out to him as well as trying to get him home. so that is the situation in terms of the family's legal options and their arrangement here in terms of talking to medical staff and looking at what the next steps for alfie could be. in terms of the protests of the campaigns here at the hospital, as i said before, it is relatively quiet right now, but last night we had a sense from the hospital management of the disruption that has been caused. they published an open letter in which they said that staff at the hospital have been subjected to unprecedented personal abuse by e—mail, online and in person, from some campaigners, not from all. there are many people who have turned up to protest peacefully, but the hospital say there has been an element, a very disruptive and hurtful campaigning, which has distressed staff here, and even worse, they say, has in some cases been targeted at other families at this hospital. the hospital say that it is unacceptable that that is happening, and they point out that they are still in a situation here whereby they need the police on site

to keep things calm, and at the moment there are police around, but it isa moment there are police around, but it is a calm situation, and inside the hospital, those conversations ongoing between alfie evans' parents ongoing between alfie evans' parents on the doctors who have been caring for the little boy here now for more than a year. he has been in hospital for 18 months, but the last six months of that time have involved this very long—running legal battle. judith moritz reporting from alder hey hospital in liverpool. the chief executive of tsb, paul pester, says it's not good enough that half of the bank's customers still can't access their accounts online, following six days of it problems. speaking to the bbc, mr pester acknowledged his own advice to customers, to "keep trying", sounded weak. he said experts were being brought in to fix the problems, and customers would not be left out of pocket this month. we have just had a statement from

the family of sean cox, the 53—year—old from county meath in ireland who was assaulted outside liverpool's champions league semifinal match against roma outside anfield stadium. he is in a critical condition following that incident at anfield on tuesday, the family have just issued a statement. we want the world to know that sean is the most amazing and wonderful husband, dad, fred, son, uncle and brother, and has brought us all nothing butjoy. he isa has brought us all nothing butjoy. he is a truly decent man who adores liverpool football club. he just came overfrom liverpool football club. he just came over from his liverpool football club. he just came overfrom his home in county meath in ireland to watch his beloved team. the family's statement goes on, we are completely devastated by what has happened to our lovely, caring sean, and all we wa nt our lovely, caring sean, and all we want is for him to come home to his loving wife and three children. he is currently as we say in a critical condition in hospital after that attack. we hope sean makes a full

recovery from the injuries he still stained, and that we will all be back together soon as a family in ireland, spending precious time together. a statement there from the family of sean cox from county meath in ireland, critically ill after that assault outside anfield stadium on tuesday. the time is a quarter past mid—day. you are watching bbc newsroom live. the home secretary amber rudd is under renewed pressure to resign over immigration removal targets in the wake of the windrush scandal she says they were local and she didn't know about them previously. overall violent crime increased by 21% in england and wales last year. knife crime increased by nearly a quarter. the parents of alfie evans will meet doctors later today to discuss taking him home. and katherine downes has all the latest sports news for us at the bbc sports centre. good morning. anthony

joshua's promoter, eddie hearn, has asked wbc champion deontay wilder to show us the money after wilder claimed he had $50 million in the bag for a unification fight. the american holds the only one of the four main beltsjoshua doesn't in the heavyweight division, and there isa the heavyweight division, and there is a meeting tomorrow for both camps to see if a deal can be made to potentially fight later this year. joshua has said he would do it for 50 million, so he is deontay wilder's response. tell them to check their e—mail. i have got something specialfor check their e—mail. i have got something special for them. by the way, all the money's in the bag, so i expect you to be a man of your word. very dramatic, isn't it? arsene wenger will have mesut ozil, jack wilshire and petr cech ahead available ahead of arsenal's second semifinal legs. they all missed the last match due to minor injuries. it is arsene wenger‘s final home match in charge of arsenal, and it won't be easy. atletico are second in la

liga and have a very good home record, too. steven gerard is a shortlist to become the new manager of rangers. he retired in 2016 and joined the youth setup at liverpool after rejecting an offer to manage mk dons. he is being considered as a possible successor to pedro caixinha who was sacked last october. graham murthy is in charge until the end of the season, but unlikely to be given a job beyond then. we will learn more about the 29 —— 2019 cricket world cup later. henry moran has the details. the tournament started just over a year from now, the the tournament started just over a yearfrom now, the fixtures have not been confirmed but we expect to see a tournament opener on me the 13th, england against south africa, and india versus pakistan taking place at old trafford is another key fixture. england versus australia, june the 25th at lord's fixture. england versus australia, june the 25th at lords and then the final onjuly the june the 25th at lords and then the final on july the 40th june the 25th at lords and then the final onjuly the 40th at lord's. one bit of news we are expected to

be confirmed as a bielik stadium will not be used as one of the venues for the tournament. had been a lot of talk but perhaps it would be one of the grounds that would be used, something different for this tournament, but because of the cost, particularly installing a drop—in pitch with the likes of undersoil heating, to the ground primarily used now for manchester united's football matches in the premier league, it was deemed the cost was too high to justify using it as a venue for next year's world cup. and that is all your sport for now. you can find more on all of those stories included details on next yea r‘s stories included details on next year's cricket world cup on the sport website. i will be back with more at1:30pm. see you, katherine, thank you very much indeed. the number of facebook advertisements falsely using martin lewis' likeness number in the thousands, far more than the fifty he had originally complained about, a facebook executive has told mps. mr lewis, who founded the money saving expert website says the ads show his face alongside endorsements he hasn't made, often with false information.

facebook‘s chief technology officer, mike schroepfer, has been giving evidence to the commons' media select committee this morning. this is a place where taking down the actor is often the most important thing. so in the case of mr lewis, he reported on the order of 50 ads to us. as a result of that, we did more in extensive investigation found thousands of other ads, took them down, and more importantly we found the dozens of actors, the people who are on the platform, and took them off the platform, and took them off the platform, so obviously that takes everything. some advertising in the future. prince harry has asked his brother the duke of cambridge to be his best man at his upcoming wedding with meghan markle. in a tweet, kensington palace said prince william was honoured to be asked and is looking forward to supporting his brother at the wedding next month. prince harry served as best man to his brother at his wedding to kate middleton in 2011.

earlier our royal correspondent jonny dymond spoke to me from outside kensington palace and explained what this means for the two princes. prince harry has asked his brother, prince harry has asked his brother, prince william. prince william asked his brother prince harryjust a few yea rs his brother prince harryjust a few years ago. they are very close indeed. they have been close all the lives, in fact. and prince william commented with a broad smile on his face when asked about the wedding of his brother, he said it was wonderful news and perhaps his brother would stop scrounging food from his fridge, which he has been doing for some years. so there is i think a very loving relationship, rather jovial think a very loving relationship, ratherjovial relationship between the two of them, sealed perhaps by this mutual appreciation of being each other‘s best man. one note, a sign of modernity in the world family, they didn't used to have best men in the world formally, they

used to have supporters rather than choosing a best man. prince charles had edward and andrew as his supporters, but they have now cast aside convention in a sign of 21st—ce ntu ry aside convention in a sign of 21st—century modernity, and the latest generation are going to have best men instead. i suppose if you choose your brother, it makes it easy and a sense, you don't have to choose amongst your friends. easy and a sense, you don't have to choose amongst your friendsm does. i think it is fairly common to choose a close relative. no doubt viewers will have their own opinions about who they would choose or who they did choose, but i think it is fairly common to choose a close relative has your best man, and as you say, it does mean you don't have to pick amongst your friends and avoid unnecessary rivalries perhaps amongst yourfriends, avoid unnecessary rivalries perhaps amongst your friends, and avoid unnecessary rivalries perhaps amongst yourfriends, and it avoid unnecessary rivalries perhaps amongst your friends, and it would have been seen as a fairly significant snub had prince harry chosen someone other than his brother, given that his brother did choose him. our royal correspondent at kensington palace. gibraltar‘s chief minister fabian

picardo has told the bbc that he's open to the idea of spain sharing the use of gibraltar airport. the proposal could form part of brexit talks with spain aimed at resolving issues over gibraltar that result from britain's decision to leave the eu. the bbc understands that talks between british and spanish negotiators on the territory are deadlocked. with 11 months to go until brexit, we're looking at the future of gibraltar in a special day of coverage. gavin lee is in gibraltar. gibraltar always feels like a slice of the united kingdom. it is the only overseas territory join of the united kingdom. it is the only overseas territoryjoin to the uk, witha only overseas territoryjoin to the uk, with a strong sense of patriotism to the motherland. it was

the british in 1704 who first came here with the dutch during war is now forgotten to many of the spanish was in succession. it was succeeded by the spanish in 1713, the treaty of utrecht in perpetuity, and it is extraordinary here. the border, for example, it is probably the only place in europe that has a crossing of the runway, you stop at the lights is a plane goes past. people's passports will have to change to blue as well as those in the uk, so there are many issues at sta ke. the uk, so there are many issues at stake. spain has to talk with the uk about some of the eu issues. here it is exactly what is at stake. gibraltar. a picture postcard of britishness on the southern tip of spain. gib, as the locals call it, has been uk territory for three centuries — a state affairs contested by spain for almost as long. the 34,000 gibraltarians here on its 2.5 square miles of land are on the verge of leaving the eu, despite 96% of the people having voted against brexit.

i've lived here for 2.5 years now. but my biggest worry is that the border will close, which would result in companies leaving, because my husband works for a company which is based in gibraltar, which could lead to us obviously having to leave back to the uk. you are really worried about that, that it could get to that level? possibly. they want gibraltar, the airport and everything, and they're not going to get it. we're tired of this. even with the brexit talks now? doesn't it clear things up, get things to a head? well, we don't know where we stand with brexit, with the uk. the eu has allowed spain a voice in these brexit talks over gibraltar, and british and spanish negotiators are now meeting weekly to discuss a solution. and the spanish side say they are not planning to reclaim the rock as part of these talks, but they do have specific demands. in madrid earlier this month,

spain's foreign minister, alfonso dastis, spelt out to me exactly what is at stake. what we want is to solve some of the irritants that have plagued our relationship in the last few years, such as lack of transparency in the tax in gibraltar, questions having to do with the controls at the border. one of the big issues, am i right to say, is the airport? does spain wantjoint management of the airport? what does that mean? the problem is that the airport is located in a piece of land that was not ceded under the treaty of utrecht, so we cannot accept that there is britishjurisdiction over that piece of land. the recently positive mood that accompanied the talks, and the hope of a deal by summer, has changed. the bbc understands both sides are currently deadlocked on the airport issue. the chief problem is that spain wants to build a terminal

inside the gibraltar border. britain wants it to be outside the border, on the spanish side. it can be as big an issue as a dealbreaker. gibraltar‘s chief minister is also involved in the talks. how much of a say does he have on the matter? without gibraltar in the room, it would not be possible for gibraltar agreements to be done to the satisfaction of the people of gibraltar. when it comes to the airport, this idea ofjoint management from the people from spain, what you think about that? gibraltar airport can be used more than it is today, and there can be access from spain to gibraltar airport, but insisting that it remains gibraltar‘s airport. but i can tell you that there are some areas on which we will not find agreement. there is a legend in gibraltar that while the macaque monkeys that dot the top of the rock remain, gibraltar will stay british. and, while there is no serious territorial claim right now, many aspects of life could change depending on the outcome of brexit talks.

their future for now lies in the hands of the negotiators. gavin lee, bbc news, gibraltar. and i have been back and forth here over the years. two years ago, just before brexit, very few people said that they thought it would happen, andindeed that they thought it would happen, and indeed 96% of people voted to remain. there were a few people who said to be separately, i am going to vote brexit, but please don't use this in the interview, because i have a business and i don't like the reputational damage, and it was a sensitive issue of the small number of people voting against it. but what does it mean just a pull—out from this moment? the eu brexit issue, 75% of what they call the withdrawal treaties is done, according to michel barnier, the leave negotiator. the irish border issues, and two of the issues of 25% that could upset the whole thing, so to step back and get a sense of what

it all means and the history to it, here is our reality can check correspondent, chris morris. one thing shared membership of the eu has done is take some of the shared sting out of the long—running dispute between the united kingdom and spain over gibraltar. this is the rock itself, and when i say long—running, sovereignty of gibraltar was handed from spain to the british crown under queen and in 1713. treaty of utrecht. a decision spain seems to have regretted ever since. it is still mounting a diplomatic and political campaign to restore some form of spanish southern tree. the uk is gibraltar say that won't happen. but the eu's official guidelines on the brexit withdrawal process so that after you've united kingdom leaves the union, no agreement between the eu and the uk may apply to gibraltar without a separate agreement between spain and the uk. so what does that mean in practice? a spanish veto?

spain says it doesn't intend to mix up spain says it doesn't intend to mix up the sovereign dispute with the break serve process, but it does have some demands. most of all, it wa nts have some demands. most of all, it wantsjoint have some demands. most of all, it wants joint management with the uk of gibraltar airport, which as you can see is right next to the spanish border. the airport has always been a focus of dispute, because spain says that unlike the rock, the land here was not transferred to british sovereign tree back in 1713. joint management could also help and ensure gibraltar remains part of eu aviation agreements, but when does joint management becomejoint agreements, but when does joint management become joint sovereignty? the distinction on the language used really matters. spain also has other concerns. gibraltar‘s tax regime, for example. corporation tax in spain is 25%. injera balta it is just 10%. spain says that is not fairand it wants just 10%. spain says that is not fair and it wants change, but again, went as i become an issue of sovereignty. british and spanish officials have been holding bilateral talks on gibraltar, and

mps in the house of commons are watching very closely, because without some kind of deal on gibraltar in the withdrawal agreement over brexit, this british overseas territory might not be included in the transition period after brexit. in gibraltar in self and in london, that wouldn't be acceptable, so the search for a solution is an. and another little known fact about gibraltar, there is another gibraltar, there is another gibraltar, they call themselves the real gibraltarians, four miles across the border. back in 1703, the descendants of those living there now, they say, fled the rock when the british arrived, and some people still kept the keys, so we have been on the other side of the border asking what they would like to see, is itjoint asking what they would like to see, is it joint sovereignty? asking what they would like to see, is itjoint sovereignty? and some say if the spanish government get the airport, maybe it is a small step towards joint sovereignty something something that most ordinary gibraltarians would deeply

against, but 8000 work across the board against, but 8000 work across the boa rd every against, but 8000 work across the board every day, so the cheap economy, this is one franco, giving his view. for us, it is a very delicate question, because every day, 1000 people cross the frontier, people who live in low linear, and work in gibraltar. —— la linea. now we have in the city, 35% of people are unemployed. 8500 people. and 10,000 live in la linea and work in gibraltar. the other thing to get a sense of is, the schools here, the younger generation and what this might mean for people, i have come to westside school, to get a sense of the future here, and i can speak

with the headteacher, and a couple of students. michelle, when you are explaining the impact of brexit to the pupils and what it means for gibraltar, what you say? first all what we say is, we will assure them that the best brains are going to be working on tried to pave the way forward. we should not underestimate what lies ahead, but we do trust that the government and the teams that the government and the teams that have been assigned to work on this will actually get the best deal for us. are there reasons to be cheerful about the brexit talks with the spanish government? well, i think that now, with the new spanish foreign minister, i think talks are getting better, there isn't so much ofa getting better, there isn't so much of a threat per se when there was in the beginning, when brexit first happened, we were very worried, part of mainland europe, sharing a border with spain, we did not know how it

would play out, whether they would close the border as they have done in the past. talks are getting better, and we are looking to a brighter future than anybody thought there would be. i spoke with you two yea rs there would be. i spoke with you two years ago! you were hoping brexit would not happen, i have come back again now, tell me, do you still feel quite upset by the whole thing? what is your sense? yes, i'm still a bit shocked. i'm still a bit shocked that we are leaving the european union. it is hard because we do not know what the future will look like, i don't think anyone really knows how we will carry on but we are positive here in gibraltar. we have great ministers and we are determined to keep on doing well. gibraltar has a very high gdp per capita and one of the most affluent places in the world. that is important to us. that is a credit to us. thank you everyone. essentially we are probably seven meetings now

between the british and the spanish, they want a deal by october, there was hope to get a deal between the british and the spanish, they were happy for the summer, now it is more difficult, because of the airport, i think gibraltar could put brexit in a hard place. for some of us, not that bad. certainly better than yesterday, a little more sunshine. we have been focusing attention across scotland and northern england and northern ireland, and for the re st of and northern ireland, and for the rest of the afternoon, that will be the story, some of these could be heavy with the odd rumble of thunder but we keep decent spells of sunshine and temperatures will be a degree or so up sunshine and temperatures will be a degree or so up on sunshine and temperatures will be a degree or so up on yesterday but as we go through the evening and overnight, we must draw your attention to more wet weather pushing into the far south—west,

temperatures 809 degrees, best of the sunshine likely to be here, and if you showers developing. into the midlands and south yorkshire. ties of eight or9 midlands and south yorkshire. ties of eight or 9 degrees, could do much better for the end of april, but thatis better for the end of april, but that is all we have got unfortunately right now. this is bbc newsroom live, our latest headlines. the home secretary amber rudd is under renewed pressure after admitting her office did have immigration removal targets, but she says they were local and she didn't know about them previously.

overall violent crime increased by 21% in england and wales last year, knife crime increased by nearly a quarter. the parents of alfie evans will meet doctors later today to discuss taking him home. alfie was taken off his ventilator on monday. taking over to the house of commons, the chamber, there is a debate on the customs union, that is being discussed with mps now, mps debating what is a non—binding backbench motion supported by a number of select committee chairs, calling on ministers to secure an effective customs union, this is yvette cooper for labour, let's see what they are saying. we cannot have the customs union outside of the european union but we are in terrible danger of getting ourselves tangled up on the definite and indefinite article here, the reason we talked about an effective customs union is to avoid

all the disputes about the grammar and try to get to the substance, what we want is an arrangement which includes... no tariffs but also, the frictionless borders, and, crucially, no, and crucially, to have a common external tariff, that is the point that i want to cover now, because it is immensely important. she has mentioned trades report, my constituency is on the front line, busiest port with the republic of ireland, 400,000 lorries a year going through it but already, not scaremongering, already, irish companies making contingency plans to trade directly to mainland europe, bypassing britain altogether, on a business case. perhaps unsurprising they should be doing so, because businesses, businesses will take a precautionary approach, they will be looking for what is the best way for them to protect their trade at a time of such huge uncertainty about what

might happen to trade that we want to pass through the uk, and therefore, we will see more of those consequences particularly if we don't get answers and decisions soon. don't get answers and decisions soon. i thank you for giving way, does she agree with me that the biggest threat of all is the threat tojobs, businesses biggest threat of all is the threat to jobs, businesses making biggest threat of all is the threat tojobs, businesses making their investments elsewhere in mainland europe as opposed to the uk now, let alone in the future. i do, and this is particularly about manufacturing communities and many towns across the countries where these jobs are so the countries where these jobs are so important. —— across the country. i will give way but then i will try to make progress. very generous with interventions, she referred earlier in her remarks to potential for tailbacks, because of checks, but also, with regard to my earlier question, you will still need checks if you are in the customs union but not in the single market for product standards, is she actually proposing membership of both the single market and the customs union, and if she

is, is there any point in leaving the european union at all. very good question! there will be some for whom actually this debate is partly about what happened in the referendum, there will be others for whom actually what they wanted to do was have nothing to do with anything thatis was have nothing to do with anything that is linked to the european union in any way. i am looking to see where consensus can be in this house, and i think there is a possibility of a consensus around the customs union, separate debate about wider regulatory alignment, where we will have particular views that we can debate on another occasion, and other aspects about regulatory alignment, aspects of the single market we make it care about, but for now, the focus should be on a customs union which does not prejudge the conclusions of some of those wider questions as well. studio: yvette cooper for labour,

taking part in the debate on the customs union, it is a non—binding debate, but is interesting nonetheless. and yvette cooper, and we will keep an eye on that debate, and bring you more of it later on in the day. the former chief constable of south yorkshire police, david crompton, has described the force's relationship with the bbc over a search of sir cliff richard's home as a "shotgun wedding". sir cliff was never arrested or charged and is suing the corporation claiming a serious invasion of privacy. our correspondent helena lee is outside the high court. what's been said in court? we have been hearing from the chief co nsta ble we have been hearing from the chief constable now retired, david compton, who was in charge of south yorkshire police. that is the police force investigating sir cliff richard in 2014. —— david crompton.

he has been its planing to court about when he knew from the media tea m about when he knew from the media team at the force, that a reporter, danjohnston, team at the force, that a reporter, dan johnston, from the team at the force, that a reporter, danjohnston, from the bbc, went to them, about the investigation, and told the court, in the witness statement, that he was concerned that the media organisation had that kind of information given their investigation was in its infancy. then he was questioned in court, by the bbc‘s barrister, gavin millar, about search and the coverage. it was put to mr compton, by gavin millar, i put it to you that south yorkshire police wanted this television coverage of the search. the reply: he was then asked about helicopter

shots, remember, the bbc used a helicopter to get footage of the apartment being searched by police. we have heard all the evidence in this case, and the court will now break and resume on the 8th of may, and that is when we are going to hear closing submissions in this case. support to pupils at schools across the uk. it helps with everything from arguments in the playground to complex issues, either through group sessions like this or individual work. it asked economists to put a financial value on its work with primary pupils. the report predicts that every child who has individual counselling through the charity could benefit by £5,700. that's mostly because they're one day expected to go on and getjobs and earn higher wages.

they're also less likely to cost society in the future by needing different kinds of help. the service cost more than £4 million across the country in one year. this school paid about £20,000. if it didn't transform children's lives, we wouldn't continue with it, because it's got to be cost—effective. how do you weigh up a child's emotional feelings with cost? the government agrees that it's important to spot mental health problems early on, and has pledged £300 million extra help for primary and secondary schools. catherine burns, bbc news. the headlines on bbc newsroom live: the home secretary amber rudd is under renewed pressure after admitting her office did have immigration removal targets, but she says they were local

and she didn't know about them previously. overall violent crime increased by 21 percent in england and wales last year, knife crime increased by nearly a quarter. the parents of alfie evans will meet doctors later today to discuss taking him home. kim jong—un will become the first north korean leader to cross the military demarcation line with south korea. he'll take the step at the start of friday's historic summit with the south korean president moon jae—in. mr kim will inspect a south korean honour guard and the two men will plant a tree. laura bicker reports from seoul. huddled on the south korean shoreline, a group of activists trying to send a message to north korea. they funnel enough rice into

the bottles to feed them for a week. the other contents, such as ointments and usb sticks are just as important as the food, she says. they put kate pop music and south korean soap operas is on the usb sticks. —— k—pop. many are defectors themselves and hope to encourage more to leave or rise up against the regime. translation: the people who get these will feel like they are grabbing a lifeline from the water. translation: when i was in north korea, i remember how desperate i was to grab anything i could, it brings me joy when i think about how happy they will be. they wait for the currents to be just right, then the currents to be just right, then the throwing can begin. let's save a life, is the cry, as the bottles splashdown. they fear politicians at the centre of the upcoming summit have forgotten about the people of north korea. and yet here, at the

heavily fortified border between the two countries, a lot will depend upon the south korean president whose family fled the north and a north korean leader who was chosen. soldiers come face—to—face every day but their leaders have not met in over a decade. when they do, is kim jong—un really prepared to give up his nuclear weapons, and what might he want in return. at the weekend, pyongyang declared it would not be testing any more nuclear weapons or intercontinental ballistic missiles. so is this a good sign ahead of the talks? everybody has their own motivations to make this work, as long as donald trump and donald trump and —— as long as donald trump and moon an kim jong—un can spin this so it will look good to their own peoples, then i think we will see something significant coming out of this. as little packages of aid

make their way north, there are high expectations in the south, but as decades of tension, for now at least, peace is on the horizon. —— after decades of tension. more than 40 companies have signed up to what's been described as a "world—leading initiative" to cut plastic pollution in britain. they've announced a number of targets, including a promise to make all plastic packaging suitable for reuse, recycling or composting by 2025. the waste reduction charity, wrap, says the businesses involved are responsible for more than eighty per cent of the plastic packaging on products sold in british supermarkets. joining me now from westminster is the environment minister, therese coffey. is is the way forward, this kind of commitment? i think that it is, is is the way forward, this kind of commitment? ithink that it is, a government can always put always all sorts of regulations in place but

ultimately it will be the partnership and collaboration between businesses, we have seen many of those sign up today, in order to make the research and innovation really so we can transition more quickly than we could just by regulation, and i am really excited at how money businesses have joined really excited at how money businesses havejoined it, and we would love more businesses tojoin the uk plastics packed in the future. shadow environment secretary, sue heymann, has been saying, when will we real action by the government to reduce plastic waste and better protect the legs and the seas and other waterways, and the seas and other waterways, and you need to speed up the introduction of proposals to charge people a deposit when buying drinks bottles a nd people a deposit when buying drinks bottles and so one. i'm really pleased the government has taken action, one of the toughest bands on micro—plastics and certain has medics and personal care products, the uk everywhere now has a 5p levy on plastic bags, that has seen a dramatic reduction in their issuing, also research shows that far less is being lifted, that is great news. we

have announced we have a deposit return scheme, subject to consultation later this year, and it matters that we get a solution that works well in this country, i have been to other parts of europe to look at how they deal with these things, our biggest challenge is about on the go littering of plastic bottles, and other packaging. we wa nt to bottles, and other packaging. we want to make it more straightforward for people to do the right thing, drs could be part of that solution, and that is why we must take some time to get it right. when you say sometime, how long is that likely to be, are we talking years, months? i'm expecting we can announce consultation on a proposed scheme later this year, towards the end of the year, we have to do some work about what is the price point that will really make the difference, what kind of size bottle will be the most straightforward to capture most of the recycling that we need to do, recognising, unlike most other

countries in the european union, we have come frenzied kerb—side recycling at home, a lot of the bigger bottles of various products can be straightforward recycled. it is about making sure that it is not just something that lasts for a little bit of time, that does not really work as well as we would like, and we better get it right first time. overall, taking much stronger action about working with companies, regulating as appropriate, whether it is about getting rid of plastic straws, stirrers, all these unnecessary uses of plastic, and together, the companies, with organisations like the element of the foundation and wrap my we can make a difference. —— wrap. are we as a nation doing enough to recycle, because looking at figures around the country, they va ry at figures around the country, they vary enormously area to area. shouldn't we be doing more as a country to shouldn't we be doing more as a cou ntry to recycle ? shouldn't we be doing more as a country to recycle? . -- ellen macarthur foundation. i agree, and

at the other end we have councils regularly reciting 60% of what they collect. we will continue to work, they will be more on our strategy out for consultation again in the autumn of the year, but a consistency approach, on what should be recycled and what can be recycled but in the meantime, working with councils to improve what is available to them for householders, also getting businesses working to do more, and manufacturers will work to do more to make sure that it is easy to recycle their products. thank you very much. authorities in california believe they have identified the so—called golden state killer, thought to be responsible for at least 50 rapes and 12 murders in the 1970s and 80s. the man they've arrested is a former police officer, joseph deangelo. james cook has this report. the man police say terrorise california while serving as an

officer of the law himself, joseph james deangelo. after decades of frustration for detectives they found the suspect under their noses in this quiet suburb of the state capital. for over 40 years, countless victims have waited forjustice. over these years, hundreds of individuals have sought justice for these victims and their families. the rapist moved into the county in october, striking three times in just over three weeks. more than 175 crimes in the 70s and 80s have been linked to the golden state killer, including 12 murders and 51 rapes. ..she was awakened while being blindfolded, she never saw her assailant. the crime spree started in sacramento, before spreading to the san francisco area

and then central and southern california. it took years before investigators could confirm that the crimes were linked. advances in science eventually led detectives to the former police officer, now 72 years old and the father of grown—up children. his arrest apparently came as a complete surprise. over the last few days, as information started to point towards this individual, we started some surveillance, we were able to get discarded dna, we were able to confirm what we thought we already knew. we had our man. for the families of victims, although the pain endures, there is now some satisfaction. to the entire reservoir of victims out there, my sadness is with you. for the 51 ladies who were brutally raped, sleep better tonight, he's not coming through the window. prosecutors are beginning to file charges againstjoseph deangelo, and if convicted, he could face the death penalty. when mobile phone footage was posted

of two men injewish skullcaps being attacked by youths in germany, it prompted a very strong reaction. one of the men attacked was an israeli—arab, who said he had been given the skullcap as a gift from a friend. what has followed is a series of demonstrations, with many non—jews opting to wear skullca ps in a gesture of solidarity. lebo diseko reports. standing together side by side, protesting against anti—semitism, thousands of people wearing the jewishness skullcap on the streets of merlin. translation: it is important today so many berliners have paved the way by going out into the street and wearing the skullcap to show that anti—semitism has no place in this society. it is in response to an assault on two young

men wearing kippahs in berlin last week, here is what one of the victims had to say. translation: week, here is what one of the victims had to say. translationzlj was in israel sundays ago and i received this kippah as a present from friends, when he gave it to me, he said, i should not go out in burley and with it on, because it is not safe, i thought that was nonsense , not safe, i thought that was nonsense, at the time i thought it was wrong. there has been widespread condemnation of the attack with demonstrations in a number of towns. translation: we as christians have a very special relationship to judaism, anti—semitic assaults are not on. everyone has the right to show their religion and this is part of germany. many due is grouped have raised the concerns of the rise of anti—semitic incidents, one community leader even advised people to avoid wearing the kippah in big cities. angela merkel says that her government will respond with full force against anti—semitism. it may

well ta ke force against anti—semitism. it may well take more to make ordinary due is people feel safe expressing their faith in ordinary life. news coming into us, football association are confirming they have received an offer to sell when the stadium —— to sell wembley stadium. many of us saw a quieter day today, lots of sunshine around. let's take a look at some of the weather watchers, the isle of wight, beautiful afternoon, there has been some shower was, and they have been a bit ofa some shower was, and they have been a bit of a nuisance, some heavy ones into the far north—west, skies across the north west, rumble of thunder, but today, as we go through the end of the day, into the evening, we will start to see this area of low pressure influencing the story. wringing wet weather into the

south—west overnight, further north, clearer skies, starting friday morning on a chilly note, with low single figures here. friday is all about this rain moving in from the south—west, looking at the finer detail as we go through the early hours of the morning towards lunchtime, the rain will push up on the south—west, up into wales and the south—west, up into wales and the midlands, we could see an inch of rain, moving into the north of england as well, it will hang around for match of the day. possibility that rain will not quite get into the lake district, cumbria, northumberland and further north, relatively dry, with a scattering of showers, so there will be a little bit of sunshine. if caught under the cloud and the rain, you will know about it, it is going to be cool and disappointing for the end of april, eight or9 disappointing for the end of april, eight or 9 degrees for some areas at the very best. moving into the weekend, wind will swing to a northerly, sunshine and showers going, potential for the rain northerly, sunshine and showers going, potentialforthe rain to move into the south—east by the end of the day, on sunday, but the wind

direction is going to be a real player, i suspect. we start off on a relatively quiet note, cloud around, isolated showers, northerly breeze, on the closed east coast will make it feel quite chilly, eight or 9 degrees, highest values of 13. as we move out of saturday into sunday, similar story, there will be a good deal of dry weather, showers could be sharp from time to time and by the end of the day, drawing your attention to a band of cloud which approaches the south—east corner. temperatures disappointing especially on exposed east coasts, it will feel quite chilly. by sunday night into monday, we will keep a close eye on this area of low pressure, it will bring heavy persistent rain across eastern england, feeling bitterly cold for the final few days of april. the prime minister says she still has confidence in the home secretary — amber rudd is facing new calls to resign, following claims that targets were set to remove illegal immigrants. isn't it time that the home secretary considered her

honour and resigned? home secretary. i would like to make the very clear distinction between legal and illegal migrants. and when the right honourable lady talks about the windrush cohort, we have already established that the windrush cohort is here legally, and this government is determined to put that right. yesterday amber rudd told mps investigating the problems faced by the windrush generation that targets were not used.