hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. handshakes and promises as north and south korea pledge to rid the peninsular of nuclear arms and end decades of conflict a new era of peace will open. we have suffered so much, but now we stand together. translation: we cannot be separated. we are one nation. when we met, we realised we cannot be parted. we are one nation. public safety warning: nhs bosses warn immigration rules have caused the doctors‘ shortage. the uk economy sees its slowest growth in five years, casting doubt on an interest rate rise. the waiting's over: the duke and duchess of cambridge announce they've named their son louis arthur charles. coming up on afternoon live all the sport. steve wyeth has all the sport — and a big name player has been

linked with the rangers manager'sjob. the former liverpool captain steven gerrard is now the front runner for rangers manager, the ibroxjob is thought to be his if he wants it. helen has the forecast. that face tells us everything! it feels that we step back into awesome. in between, we have some dry weather at the weekend but i'll tell you about that later. thanks helen. also coming up — glorious technicolour: the british film institute discovers lost footage of one of the biggest stars of the 1920s. hello everyone — this is afternoon live.

it was a handshake that has made history and that for many years seemed inconceivable. today, the leaders of north and south korea have been holding a summit on the border between their two countries, and they've promised to bring peace to the divided penisula. both said they are committed to "complete de—nuclearisation". kim jong un became the first north korean leaderfor more than half a century to set foot in the south, and said he felt a ‘swirl of emotion‘ as he did so. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes reports now from close to where the summit‘s been held. it has been a day full of extraordinary moments and images, and it started with this one, the supreme leader of north korea walking across the dividing line into the south. kim jong—un then grabbed the hand of south korean president moon jae—in and, together, they stepped back, for a moment, onto north korean soil. as their summit meeting began, they sat across a table exactly

2018 millimetres wide. the backdrop, a huge painting of a famous north korean mountain range. immediately, president moon set the tone, telling kim jong—un he had been brave to make the journey south. as the day rolled on, more extraordinary images have continued — kim's limousine scooting back and forth across the dividing line, his personal bodyguards running alongside. the two leaders planting a tree with soil and water brought from the north and the south. but perhaps the most fascinating moment of all was their afternoon stroll. sitting for nearly half an hour on a bridge sipping tea, deep in what appears to have been animated conversation. it is a massive contrast to what started with one of the most brutal wars of the 20th century. in 1953, a truce was signed at exactly the same place

that the two leaders met today. but the conflict has never ended. just a few months ago, it looked like military conflict might break out again, as kimjong—un launched ever more powerful missiles and tested ever larger nuclear devices. today, just four months later, the two leaders emerged from their summit to declare their intention to end the conflict permanently. translation: there will be no korean war. a new era of peace will open. we have suffered so much, but now we stand together. mr kim and i agree to have the korean peninsula without any nuclear arsenal. translation: we cannot be separated. we are one nation. when we met, we realised we cannot be parted. we are one nation. it has been a truly remarkable day here in south korea and a brilliant piece of political theatre by president moon and kim jong—un. and it may be the beginning of something really different.

but it's worth remembering that this railway bridge behind me here between the south here and the north over there was reopened in the early 2000s to great fanfare. there was even talk of trains running from seoul all the way to europe. it never happened. the path is now open to the much bigger prize, a face—to—face meeting between kim jong—un and us president donald trump. that could now happen within weeks, and it will be an even more extraordinary moment. the leaders of north and south korea have now exchanged farewells. kim jong un and his wife got into their limo flanked by bodyguards for the journey across the border — the north korean leader wound down the window of his car and waved to his hosts as his delegation drove off. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale is here. lots of international reaction of

course, what have part of the world been saying? cautious welcome for i think sums it up pretty much. donald trump inevitably with his morning brea kfast trump inevitably with his morning breakfast week. he said, good things are happening but only time will tell. another treat from him was slightly more cited and the korean war to slightly more cited and the korean warto end! slightly more cited and the korean war to end! the us should be proud and some would see that as a little bit previous. boris johnson and some would see that as a little bit previous. borisjohnson the foreign secretary says he welcomes the announcement. but he says the summit is not the end in itself, there are many questions to be a nswered there are many questions to be answered and he says clearly that the west should continue to enforce sanctions against north korea into what he calls that are turning commitments into concrete steps to denuclearisation. apart from that, other interest about the chinese and japanese say cautious welcome. lots

of adjectives being used like historic and the first time we've seen the north korean leader in the south of such long time. where to go from there? there's bound to be mistrust. among some of those involved. but not downplay what we've seen today, there are genuine symbols of detente between two long—standing enemies who only a few weeks ago we thought there was a prospect of military action between both sides. the scenes we've seen today even if they come to nothing, today even if they come to nothing, to mark a moment of de—escalation of what was a previously tense relationship. intel is what happens in the future, everything on the detail. —— in terms of what happened. what do they mean by demutualisation? i suspect both sides of different visions for this. denuclearisation to the west, let me quote borisjohnson, denuclearisation to the west, let me

quote boris johnson, he denuclearisation to the west, let me quote borisjohnson, he says "com plete quote borisjohnson, he says "complete verifiable and still immigrant denuclearise nation korea." north demutualisation of north korea. there may still be continuing sanctions. there is an awful lot to be done and what this means in practice, we will get a clearer sense i think when donald trump meets with kim in a few weeks' time, we think. but there's a long way to go. because north korea remains an immensely secretive place. if you i going to denuclearise 20 need un inspections, to say we have examined the sites and have taken steps. there's a huge steps and have not happened today. for the moment, to james, thank you. dozens of nhs trusts in england have accused the home office of putting

patient safety at risk by blocking visas for a hundred indian doctors who'd been recruited by the health service. bbc news has learned that 35 trusts have written to the home secretary demanding the decision is reversed. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. for the past nine months, indian doctor anu desai has been working in the nhs, helping overcome a shortage of qualified doctors. you've got 12 new patients and your case notes are ready. thank you, shelley. highly skilled and motivated, she's studying to improve her own knowledge for when she returns home. she is part of the respective postgraduate training scheme that has now fallen foul of home office visa rules, and that could cost the nhs badly needed staff. if there are people who are willing to help and there are people who are willing to grow, they're not out for yourjobs, they're just willing to learn as they're willing to help you out of the crisis, then help us help you. a letter sent on behalf of 35 nhs trusts involved in the training scheme says the decision will affect patient care and safety

and run a risk of errors. expensive locums will be needed to plug gaps in rotas normally filled by trainees, and it goes on to say that given the pressures facing the nhs, the decision is almost impossible to understand. the 100 or so doctors who are meant to be starting work in 35 trusts including this one were desperately needed to ease pressure on a system that is already struggling to recruit and retain properly qualified staff. that is why this visa ban has prompted such a strongly worded response. dr sanjay arya is medical director of one of the trusts that was relying on the new recruits from india. now he fears patients could suffer. we haven't got enough doctors to look after these sick, frail, elderly patients in our nhs. and many a time, the existing doctors are working long hours, which is very tiring. it makes them an unsafe doctor. the home office says that around a third of the available visas

already go to nhs workers and in some specific roles such as emergency medicine, applications are never refused. but the nhs employers' organisation believes this is having a much broader effect on recruitment. in the period since december, at least 400 doctors who we have been trying to recruit to come and work in the nhs and england have not been able to enter the country and take up posts. that leaves shortages on our rotas. that drives extra costs for us, but also means delays in treatment. health service bosses say they are horrified and bewildered that the home office is obstructing them from accessing a skilled workforce who could help with a recognised shortage of doctors. dominic hughes, bbc news. the duke and duchess of cambridge have named their baby son louis arthur charles. the couple's third child — born on monday — will be known as prince louis.

jon donnison is at kensington palace for us. and he's going to magically appear, i think. there he is. they're better off indoors. we believe they're tucked dublin side. the feeling was when the announcement was first made, it was a surprise. —— tucked inside. those are the note might have predicted the possibility. the bookmakers had odds as low as 8—1, but prince george has a middle name of louis and now we have prince louis arthur charles of cambridge. it seems to those of us who have been the king at this choice of name, —— have been looking at the choice of nobody will stick to quite a small selection don't they?‘ pretty small selection. they've taken quite a while to come up with these names. fault days for prince

george and charlotte. from experience —— ball days. there might have been a debate in the name, we don't know if that was the name, we don't know if that was the case with prince william and his wife. it does seem however that prince william's side of the family has pretty well represented. you do wonder how much the middleton ‘s have an involvement. the bookmakers will be will have done quite well out of this? well, i think so but as i say, the odds were pretty short on louis. i've come across to people today who said they would bet on louis being the name and my collecting the money. 0ne apparently £500. the favoured was after. that ended up being one of the middle names. the bookmakers will have done pretty badly if arthur had come out

as the first name. john, thank you ina wet as the first name. john, thank you in a wet and drizzly kensington palace. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines a momentous step — talks between the leaders of north and south korea take place in the demilitarised zone — with a pledge there should be no more war on the peninsula. nhs bosses warn immigration rules have caused the doctors' shortage as increasing numbers of doctors are being refused visas. the duke and duchess of cambridge announce they've named their son louis arthur charles. and in sport, is steven gerrard about to move into management? the former liverpool and england captain is now favourite to take over the scottish giants rangers. liverpool have sent representatives to rome to meet uefa. that there'd be second leg of their champions league semifinal. that more later on on bbc

news. —— that and more. the british economy grew at its slowest pace for more than five years in the first three months of the year. figures from the office for national statistics suggest that gross domestic product grew byjust 0.1% , that's worse than many experts had predicted. heavy snowfall in february and march played only a small role in the slowdown because the 0ns concludes economic growth was reducing anyway. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. spring came a little late this year, and the economy struggled to get going. truckers at wales' biggest haulage firm in llanelli used a phone to film marines rescuing one of their lorries from the beast from the east. the flow of money into the firm seized up. the problem we had, we had in excess of 200 trailers preloaded from our customer base, supplying many, many supermarkets. it took us the best part of six weeks to clear up the backlog we had from a couple of days of snow. it affected our business dramatically and i've got

the be honest with you, financially very, very hard. it was the best part of 250,000 off our bottom line. but the weather was only one reason the economy was stuck in the mud, with the slowest growth since 2012 and the construction industry is in a hole. on these official estimates, our economic growth may have been a bit rubbish, but according to the official analysis, the bad weather only played a small role in that. industries like construction and retail were affected, but there was a wider slowdown going on. that's what's given us the weakest economic growth numbers in five years. transport is part of the economy's biggest sector, services, which grew by 0.3%, weaker than in the past. manufacturing slowed down to grow by only 0.2%, and construction shrank by 3.3%. we have seen some one—off effects, but i will not use the excuse of snow or leaves on the line. what we need to do is make

sure all of the plans we have put in place, the announcements we made at the budget on housing, are coming into effect. it does take time for those things to go through the planning system, for example, but we recognise that more needs to be done. the slowing economy means an interest rate rise next month is no longer a racing certainty. and the pound dropped by a cent this morning on the currency markets. if you don't invest in your economy, both in terms of government investment and business investment now stagnant, if you hold wages is back and you allow households to get to this scale of debt, of course the economy will grind to a halt. manufacturing is stagnant, construction going backwards. even retail now and the service sector are not performing the way it should. we are falling behind our competitors because of government policy, no other reason. the hope is to grow the economy by boosting productivity, such as these new, taller trucks which boosted the goods carried per trip by nearly a quarter.

but that sort of improvement can only help if the wider economy isn't stuck in the slow lane. andy verity, bbc news. financial literacy should be part of the national curriculum — that's according to the chief economist of the bank of england. in a bbc interview, andy haldane said it could help prevent people getting into debt. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys joined him at a school to find out how much teenagers understand about the economy. when we talk about the economy, what do you think we mean by that? it's a long way from the bank of england, but their top economist is keen to hear from these teenagers. we took him to kirby, on merseyside. it's inflation. exactly. he thinks they should learn more about money. the bank says it wants to help schools, offering plans for lessons on the economy, equipping pupils better for adult life. the consequences of poor financial

decision—making, say, affect the whole of people's lives. understanding those tricky choices about finances, or about jobs, that are so crucial, we know, to people's life chances. more of that i think needs to be in the mainstream of the curriculum, perhaps even a compulsory part of the curriculum. he heard from the headteacher that they already teach some money skills. so what does the economy mean to these teenagers? the economy is us and your future, what's going on around you. being able to pay for warmth and buy food. to borrow money you can even go to a bank or to a provident service. when you grow up, you have to focus on what house you're going to buy and how much your mortgage is going to be. i heard families in kirby faced tough choices. when there's a financial crisis, credit isn't always cheap. for some of our parents and carers,

the pressure is on. we need some money tomorrow to pay our bills, to make sure our children have got the equipment to go to school, so unfortunately they may end up going to the shop in the local town centre that's charging extortionate rates. the bank's top economist wants them to listen more to places like kirby. families in work, who feel like they are struggling. high—cost credit on offer on the high street. but for many, the bank of england will feel remote. the economy of the southeast a million miles away. something no school lessons can fix. branwenjeffreys, bbc news, kirby. the online retailer, amazon, has reported a huge rise in revenue in the first quarter of this year. it means amazon ‘s founderjust got

even richer. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones is here. what is extraordinary is that amazon is not a new it it's been here in 1995 and it still growing at an extraordinary pace. this can lead to a year ago, the revenues are up 43%. —— compared to a year ago. but up up by up by nearly a half. the revenue has titled something like £36.6 billion. that's not just online titled something like £36.6 billion. that's notjust online shopping, it does other things like amazon web services, providing cloud computing services, providing cloud computing services to small businesses would people said ten years ago, why are you getting into that, it won't make money, not making a lot of money. this is making the founderjeff bezos who runs amazon after all those years, even richer. my latest estimates mahi is worth about £90 billion. he overtook bill gates.

shares have been going up, further after these results, so everything looks rosy for him. for him, what about the company internal? what any clouds are rising? clout in the form of donald trump potentially. donald trump has been tweeting in recent months about amazon and how he doesn't like it. he says it doesn't pay enough tax and that the complaint you hear around the world. you are particularly from small retailers, aggrieved that they have to pay sales tax and other taxes that amazon does not have do. amazon, like all my retailers, has a free pass 20 years ago when government were trying to encourage online retailing and there is a pressure for the balance to be redressed. donald trump has another grievance againstjeff redressed. donald trump has another grievance against jeff bezos, jeff bezos bought the washington post newspaper a few years back, which is

a big critic of the president. mr trump as has accused jeff bezos is using it as lobbying. he says there is no interference and it is independent but there is plenty of friction between the two. a teacher has been disqualified from driving for years after her own dash cam footage showed her drink—driving and crashing into a parked car. the footage shows 41—year—old louise willard swerving along roads in east sussex at speeds of up to 70mph before eventually crashing into another vehicle. duncan kennedy reports. this was the moment of impact. and this is what was left of louise willard's vauxhall corsa. it all began 20 minutes earlier when her own dash—cam recorded her tearing down the a259 in sussex. first, she veers off the main carriageway at 75 miles an hour. she meets a lay—by and takes it half in, half out. and watch what happens

at this roundabout. she is three times over the drink—drive limit but now enters a built—up area, first skimming a hedge, then passing a child ren's playground, and some roadworks at 51 miles an hour. 100 yards further on she meets more roadworks and clips a bollard. before ploughing through this hedge. she just manages to maintain control before this. many people don't see how impaired someone can be when they are this drunk and this footage shows all of that. it shows her entire journey and shows that probably at no point during thatjourney was she safe to be behind the wheel. incredibly, no one was hurt in the incident,

including louise willard, who pleaded guilty to drink—driving and failing to stop. she was banned from driving for two years in what police say is a rare visual reminder of the dangers of drinking and driving. duncan kennedy, bbc news. abba fans now really can say ‘thank you for the music‘. because the group has recorded two new songs. the group, how 70s! in a statement the four band members said they felt: "that, after some 35 years it could be fun to join forces again and go into the recording studio". so they did, and say it was like time had stood still. 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, is with us in the studio. 0ne one of them was talking to the bbc in brussels last week and hinted at this? absolutely, adam fleming, our correspondent in brussels asked them about this but this is a wonderful occasion. fans all over the world

are saying occasion. fans all over the world are saying mamma occasion. fans all over the world are saying mamma mia, here we go again. abba have always known when fa ns again. abba have always known when fans are talking about the music mother has always been the thought process of when it comes to new songs, gimme, process of when it comes to new ' me, process of when it comes to new songs, gimme, gimme, so the response to new music would be ideal, i do, i do. it‘s not just to new music would be ideal, i do, i do. it‘s notjust about about money money money, they‘re doing any virtual tour and exploiting the music in different ways, it‘s the name of the game. they can perform one of these at the end of the year when they do their virtual tour preview for the bbc and nbc, but of course, the arrival of this new music means that fans will be seeing once again and perhaps for the last time, abba, thank you for the music. we should have had a bell and every time you got one of their lyrics in, i should have running it! whether some lyrics in there? people are so pleased about this of course. no one knows quite have the thought process

came along, dave done these virtual avatars they are producing for a virtual tour the next year. —— they have done. they have done some new music or perhaps something was in the air tonight, perhaps the stars we re the air tonight, perhaps the stars were bright? think you had something special for lunch! will there be pressured to go on tour in person might be days? they have always been under pressure since the final performances in the 1980s. but they‘ve always said that actually, they‘ve always said that actually, they don‘t really want to tour again, the new music wasn‘t on the ca rd again, the new music wasn‘t on the card so this is actuallyjust two new songs, they weren‘t taught properly themselves. like so many successful bands from that period, i think the actual rigours of touring is something they don‘t want to particularly come across. but two new pieces of music, fans will be delighted. they will struggle with the costumes because they were highly flammable! knowing me,

knowing you, i think it‘s exciting. we will be out there listening as soon we will be out there listening as soon as we will be out there listening as soon as they hit the streets. it's becoming a bit alan partridge! and that‘s always a good thing! becoming a bit alan partridge! and that's always a good thing! will do that's always a good thing! will do that again and will have a bell. this well prince louis arthur charles of cambridge is not the only baby named today. this pair of panda cubs, who live in shanghai wild animal park, have also been named. they are xuebao, that‘s the boy, and the bigger one, and shian—jin, the girl, who is slightly younger. and they‘ve been the star attractions in the park since they were born. it has actually taken the park since october to give them names, because the park had an online campaign to bring in ideas from the public. i normally leave the pandas to simon mccoy but i‘m his body doubled this afternoon. time for a look at the weather. helen, we‘re going to talk about flooding. start with what and

happening in israel? 0ften flooding. start with what and happening in israel? often in the middle east, we get our rain from showers but when it comes they are intense. this picture behind me were sentenced on wednesday‘s rain, an ongoing issue for the next few days. you can see an inch of rain, torrential, and unfortunately people have lost their lives. i have the forecast for what‘s happening here in the area of low pressure. you have all that heat building inti intense storms, the winds around lifting the dusts, and in continues into the weekend, particularly across northern parts and into the leva nt across northern parts and into the levant region. it doesn‘t look like a good weekend here. and south africa as well as ben death of rain and got it? yes, they had flooding in cape town, not significant but the rain is significant. they have cancelled day zero which was when they were going to enforce lots of restrictions on water. but we have

had about a0 millimetres of rain in parts of south africa. this is cape town as you can see, sent in from wednesday night rain, and you could potentially have more rain to come as well during the latter part of the day, this weather front bridges here, it will be a great deal of rain but nevertheless any bit of rain but nevertheless any bit of rain is most welcome. we‘re going to rainy season across south africa at the moment and going into the autumn as we are meant to go into spring. what about our weather? this is how it looks in loughborough and leicestershire at the moment. it isa and leicestershire at the moment. it is a tale of two hance, i drove it in the rain this morning and it feels like we have reverted to autumn —— two halves. a wet affair out there but showery in the door. lovely sunshine still as we saw in scotla nd lovely sunshine still as we saw in scotland and northern ireland. showers continuing through the

afternoon in the door. it is cold. this time last week we were in the 20s but barely double figures today. 0vernight, the rain eases, so some improvement. we should keep temperatures above freezing in the south. in the north, we are still april, one or two degrees above freezing in some parts. a lovely start with scotland and northern ireland having sunshine until the cloud comes. in the south, not as wet as today but clarity. the best of the bright weather in western areas later in the day. we could have showers in the south and east. still a lot of cloudy weather. we are hopeful some more brightness around. showers in scotland and northern ireland and northern england. it will not be warm.

temperatures not much better than today. very low double figures in scotla nd today. very low double figures in scotland and northern ireland. 9—10 where we keep the rain in the east. tomorrow night and into sunday, rain starting to peter out. another cold night in the north. if you‘re thinking about getting out into the garden, it will be pretty cold indeed. the end of april looks pretty cold, but sunday looks like the better day with more sunshine and fewer showers and feeling warmer. until we get this rain coming in. tied up with low pressure as we start the week. it looks abysmal. more rain, strong winds, even gales. temperatures may only reach four, 5 degrees. and there

could be sleet on the hills. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. the leaders of north and south korea have vowed to "write a new chapter", promising to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons after holding a historic summit. britain‘s economy slowed to a five—year low in the first three months of this year, to just 0.1%. the prime minister‘s spokesman said the figures were "clearly disappointing", but that the fundamentals of the economy were strong. a hostile environment policy is leaving doctors without visas and putting public safety at risk, say nhs bosses, after visas for 100 indian doctors were blocked by the home office. a royal name for a royal baby — the duke and duchess of cambridge have named their baby son louis arthur charles. he‘ll be known as prince louis. thank you for the — new — music. abba say they‘re in the recording studio for the first time since the 805.

sport now on afternoon live with steven. and what‘s the chances of steven gerrard getting the rangersjob? they seem to be shortening. it would bea they seem to be shortening. it would be a fascinating appointment. he has captained liverpool and england are now steven gerrard could take the first step in management with one of the biggestjobs in scotland. the bbc learning he is very much the front runner to take over at ibrox. if front runner to take over at ibrox. hindeed front runner to take over at ibrox. if indeed he wants the job. he front runner to take over at ibrox. if indeed he wants thejob. he is currently a youth development coach at liverpool. where he played under the now celtic manager brendan rodgers. interesting if they became rivals in scotland. he said he was surprised to see him linked with the rangersjob but surprised to see him linked with the rangers job but was aware of his desire to be a manager. and this

might be the rightjob at the right time foran might be the rightjob at the right time for an ambitious young coach. and liverpool are playing their second leg in rome, what precautions are they taking for fans? liverpool have sent representatives to the italian capital for what is described as an extraordinaire meeting with the governing body uefa. it comes ahead of the second leg of a champoins league semifinal between them at roma. more from our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. hoping to ensure it doesn‘t happen again. club officials have taken the exceptional measure of travelling to rome to discuss security measures in the light of tuesday‘s events. but still their most immediate concern remains the injured liverpool fan sean cox, still in a critical condition in hospital. this morning, the manager said the team‘s thoughts were very much with him. when i heard the first

time about it, i cannot describe my emotions in english, to be honest. it was how i feel still. it should never have happened. it should never happened before, it should never happen in the future and we all have to do everything to make sure that things like that will not happen any more. yesterday, two italian men appeared in appeared in court in liverpool after being charged over tuesday night‘s violence. and ahead of the return leg, there is more concern, especially over roma‘s reputation. travelling english fans have been targeted in the past, including manchester united in 2007 and, despite the occasion, safety is the priority. i really ask for responsibility of everybody and, i really,

it‘s a football game, not more, not less, so let‘s play football. liverpool‘s players will certainly head to rome with high hopes after their thrilling win at anfield. but the safety of the club‘s thousands of fans means the focus will now be off the pitch as well as on it. andy swiss, bbc news. andres iniesta says he‘ll leave barcelona at the end of the la liga season. the 33—year—old is a legend at the club, having come through the ranks to make 669 appearances in 16 seasons, winning 31 trophies in the process and three major tournaments with spain. he will play at this summer‘s world cup and is expected to move to china next season. ronnie 0‘sullivan‘s started his second—round match at the world snooker championship in sheffield. he trails ali carter going into the evening session later. they had been all square at 3—all, but carter took the final two frames before the interval. 0n the other table,

mark allen and joe perry are all square at 8—all. you can watch full coverage on bbc two right now. and you can stay in touch on the bbc sport website. i will keep you updated throughout the afternoon. thank you. more on korea now. the leaders of north and south have met for an historic summit in the demilitarised zone on the border between the two countries. in a series of tweets president trump said "the korean war to end", saying good things were happening, but only time would tell. when the leaders met in the border village of panmunjom they held hands, before symbolically crossing the concrete blocks that mark the border between the two countries. after holding private talks, the two leaders planted a commemorative pine tree, using soil and water gathered from both sides of the border. the north korean leader kimjong—un and south korean leader moonjae—in then talked in full view of the watching media cameras

on a wooden platform. the leaders signed an agreement in which they pledged a common goal of achieving a nuclear—free korean peninsula through complete denuclearisation. south korea‘s leader will also visit north korea in the autumn. the summit ended with a meal, where the leaders toasted their historic day. further hugs — and smiles — as kim jong—un returned by car to north korea. joining me from paris to discuss this historic day is john nilsson—wright, senior research fellow for northeast asia at the independent international affairs thinktank chatham house. many remarkable things about today

but what was noteworthy for you? many remarkable things about today but what was noteworthy for you ?|j think but what was noteworthy for you?” think the image of a confident kim jong—un, smiling broadly and shaking hands with his south korean counterpart, and also the consistent message of the imagery, the two koreas in control of their destiny. the pictures. it underlines the way pyongyang and seoul r. china, the united states, japan, external players, often has stood in the way of koreans being able to manage their future. the of koreans being able to manage theirfuture. the reality today of koreans being able to manage their future. the reality today is more complex with united states critical player. we still have to work out the details of what denuclearisation will look like in looking ahead to the important meeting with president trump. today

has been korea‘s day and today we have seen a confident and politically very savvy north korean leader. he spoke in front of the world‘s press for the first time, which so many watchers of this part of the world would have been fascinated by. absolutely extraordinary. confident, co mforta bly extraordinary. confident, comfortably reading from a prepared text, reiterating his commitment to peace in the korean peninsula. we heard president moon talking of the importance of denuclearisation and although kim jong—un did importance of denuclearisation and although kimjong—un did not use importance of denuclearisation and although kim jong—un did not use the term in his remarks he made a commitment to try to honour past pledges, including an implicit reference to the 1991 nonaggression treaty between the two which included a commitment to denuclearisation. we have seen violations of that past agreement but the fact it is now reaffirmed as perhaps a welcome sign the north koreans would like to advance that

goal. sceptics will say the north koreans have not demonstrated a willingness to do that in concrete, in substance, but on top of that we have an important agreement which includes lots of small but significant efforts to enhance cooperation between the two and from that important things can develop. in terms of the choreography, the way this was put together, how important is it in terms of signalling the intent of these countries? hugely important. both the koreas have a common interest, lowering the risk of military conflict and to do that they want to tie in the other powers, most notably the united states, to the extended peace negotiations and that the declaration includes a commitment to try to form a trilateral, possibly cuadrilla. just involving the us and china to talk

about peace. i think what they hope to do is establishment meant. if there are exchanges of military personnel as promised, civilian personnel, parliamentarians, establishment of humanitarian aid, talk of a peace zone in the west sea and the important meeting of the autumn with moon jae—in and the important meeting of the autumn with moonjae—in travelling to pyongyang, there are many ways they can do that and this is in forced by careful choreography. both leaders are confident. we know president moon, in the brief period he has been leader, has shown himself to be astute and politically agile at negotiating and someone who manages relations with counterparts not just manages relations with counterparts notjust in north korea but importantly with donald trump. given the mistrust between the two for so long, how have they got to manage the next steps? it is a precarious

process. it is, but i think the south koreans have been smart in deciding they want small, achievable goals, as part of the deal reached today, one of which is the establishment of the joint liaison centre, a special zone just north of the demarcation zone and doing that, establishing contact, it will allow the dialogue to continue. the devil will be in the details. there is a promise to re—establish rail and road links between the two koreas which is important. it is a carrot to the north and kim jong—un would like to embrace the idea if not economic reform, which is a taboo subject in the north, certainly economic progress, which she has pledged to his people. the south koreans propose measures to do that. what happens to the international

sanctions regime? hard—line critics in the us and japan will have been warning up till now that those sanctions should not be relaxed until there is tangible and credible evidence the north koreans mean it when they say they are committed to denuclearisation. we are grateful for your insight. a 33—year—old dj has been found guilty of contempt of court after attempting to bring a medical negligence claim against an nhs trust. sandip singh atwall tried to claim more than £800,000 in damages following treatment at huddersfield royal infirmary. but he was filmed working as a courier and can also be seen performing in a music video. labour activist marc wadsworth has been expelled for bringing the party into disrepute. his expulsion comes after he verbally attacked the mp ruth smeeth at the launch of a party report into anti—semitism nearly two years ago. in a moment, the business news.

first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. a momentous step — talks between the leaders of north and south korea take place in the demilitarised zone — with a pledge there should be no more war on the peninsula. nhs bosses warn immigration rules have caused the doctors‘ shortage as increasing numbers of doctors are being refused visas. the duke and duchess of cambridge announce they‘ve named their son louis arthur charles — and he‘ll be known as prince louis. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. the uk economy grew at its slowest rate since 2012 in the first quarter of the year. gdp growth was 0.1%, down from 0.a% in the previous quarter. bad weather was a small factor, affecting construction and retail but the office of national

statistics which collects the data said longer term there were increasing signs of weakness in the service sector. royal bank of scotland has reported an increased profit — nearly £800 million for the first three months — and income is rising and more important it‘s pretty much finished paying out on legal and reconstruction costs. but there is still one more monster fine expected from the us over the misselling of mortgage—backed securities before the financial crisis. the number of parking tickets being issued by private car park management firms hit a record 5.65 million last year. the rac says its "astonished" that the number rose by almost a fifth and was far above levels of a decade ago. fines can reach as high as £100 for contraventions such as overstaying. some very good results from amazon, microsoft, intel. particularly amazon, the most

interesting. we heard about prime because the herd of amazon said they sold... they got 100 million subscribers to prime, which is a breakthrough. that is where they make the money. and some others accidentally sign up for that, or our daughters! and difficult to get out of it, sometimes. i got signed up out of it, sometimes. i got signed up to it and struggled. i am off it now. maybe that is how they got the 100 million. amazon is attracting more advertising revenue. it is not a proper competitor but getting to bea a proper competitor but getting to be a competitor with google and facebook. amazon knows what you buy, google knows what you‘re looking for, facebook knows what you think you like or what your friends think you like or what your friends think you like. in the amazon argument about what you buy, it is powerful.

when you buy a handbag, the next six months you get, hey, you bought a handbag, do you want another? do you say yes? absolutely not, as a matter of principle. and we have gdp figures. strong figures. in corporate results. 0n the gdp, we have stuff from the uk that showed that the economy is not really doing well, particularly to do with the snow, the beast from the east. there are underlying problems. the office national statistics say further out they are seeing a slowdown in the service sector, such as restaurants, advertising. we had figures from france and spain who are also slower than we hoped for. also from the us. joining me now is kim gittleson, our new york business correspondent. were the figures disappointing or

what people expected, just a bit slower than last time? we expected pretty slow economic growth. that is partially attributed to the weather. we always have bad weather in january and february. also due to a hangover after the holidays. people pulling back on spending at the start of the year. gdp growth. you measure it quarterly in the uk. no .6% other quarterly basis here. no significant movement in the us stock market. both indices are flat. it suggests that president trump might be getting closer to his target for economic growth, given these figures meet expectations. a significant slowdown in consumer spending. but a significant slowdown in consumer

spending. buta pick—up... significant slowdown in consumer spending. but a pick-up... kim, i was going to ask your question about amazon but the sound is not good. i cannot hear you clearly. thanks anyway. rather loud new york stock exchange. very busy. would you like to talk is through the markets. the pound is looking weak. the euro is looking weak and the pound weaker. falling by half a percent and more than 1% against the dollar which is because of the gdp figures. the nasdaq, gains for all major markets in europe. when you have a wea k markets in europe. when you have a weak currency, it generally means big companies listed on the indices, because they make money in foreign currencies, they will do better, which is why the stock market rises. positive territory, i think you call it. thank you.

now, lost hollywood footage of one of the biggest film stars of the 1920s has been discovered by the british film institute. it was found in the least expected place — and in glorious technicolor as our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. 1920s film icon louise brooks in glorious technicolor. footage thought lost for ever, but now rediscovered. she was so famous back in the 19205, but only had a very short film career. she‘s the equivalent of somebody like angelina jolie today, she was that famous. this three—second snippet is from the american venus, her first credited film role. it emerged during a routine check of a douglas fairbanks film, black pirate, donated to the bfi 60 years ago. going through is normal, trying to inspect, and then suddenly, that‘s not the pirate, it‘s something else going on here. when reels are run through

a projector there‘s a section ofjunk tape at the start to get things going. these are called leaders. for this copy of black pirate, what had been used were tiny sections of other films from the year it came out, 1926. this is the blank leader that would run through the film processing machine. in this section here is where i found all these pieces of other film. this is from 1926, this actual bit of tape? it‘s from 1926, yeah, and it‘s in excellent condition. really good condition. the find also includes shots of the hollywood gossip columnist hedda hopper. she started out as an actress and this is now the only known footage of her playing the title role in mona lisa. this is not the only technicolor discovery the bfi is unveiling today. last year, they were given a collection of 19505 cinema advert5 from a local television shop in chingford. but, strangely, in between them, were clips of mu5icals from 1929,

including a lost section of gold digger5 of broadway, starring winnie lightner. don‘t shoot, don‘t shoot! i don‘t even know your husband. 0h. what time is it? pretty near noontime. is that all? isn't that enough? it‘s never enough. and show of shows, which only previously existed in black and white. the bfi have inter—spliced the new footage to demonstrate the power of technicolor and reveal some beyonce—style dance moves. and it‘s hoped that there could be more discoveries. things are in all kinds of funny little places, in people‘s attic5, in sheds. we still find material. garden sheds is an absolute favourite. horrible ru5ty can5 and there they are. have a look. there could be hollywood history hiding at home. colin paterson, bbc news, berkham5ted. time for a look at the weather.

it is it i5a it is a tale of two half so i thought i would start with the sunni half acro55 thought i would start with the sunni half across scotland and northern ireland. this was sent in earlier. but not all plain 5ailing because we have showers in the north, whilst in the south low—pressure and widespread cloud acro55 the south low—pressure and widespread cloud across england and wale5 widespread cloud across england and wales and that cloudy, damp weather will continue into this evening. any thundery showers in the north and ea5t, thundery showers in the north and east, in scotland in particular, should fade overnight and under clear skies it will be a cold night. temperatures in glasgow and end a brother close to —— and edinburgh, close to freezing. for the weekend, cloud around. it gets brighter.

feeling cool because of the wind direction. quite a strong wind in 5outhern areas direction. quite a strong wind in southern areas on direction. quite a strong wind in 5outhern areas on saturday and still that low—pressure acro55 northern and eastern pa rt5. that low—pressure acro55 northern and eastern parts. a lot of cloud to stop the day, and showers further north. not the best start to the weekend. even into the afternoon the cloud turning showery. more 5un5hine further north in england, northern ireland and scotland. but again a 5cattering ireland and scotland. but again a scattering of showers. temperature wise, a rather cool day, even with the strong april sunshine. nine in the strong april sunshine. nine in the north and tens, 11s in the rainy southern parts of the uk. the drying out continues through saturday night into sunday and under the clear skies another cold start. we have gone from the heat last weekend to

the risk of frost in the north in the risk of frost in the north in the coming nights. a cold start but bright in the north. fewer showers here. a dry day mostly in the south. but still cloudy and the potential for more rain. recovering a little in scotland and northern ireland, given sunshine. this is the reason for the cloud on sunday. low— pressure for the cloud on sunday. low—pressure bringing west and windy and cold weather. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live, i‘m martine croxall. today at 3pm. handshakes and promises as north and south korea pledge to rid the peninsula of nuclear arms and end decades of conflict. translation: there will be no korean war. a new era of peace will open. we have suffered so much, but now we stand together. translation: we cannot be separated. we are one nation. when we met, we realised we cannot be parted. we are one nation. dozens of nhs trusts

say the home office is risking patient safety — by refusing to issue visas to a hundred doctors from india the uk economy sees its slowest growth in five years, casting doubt on an interest rate rise. the waiting‘s over: the duke and duchess of cambridge announce they‘ve named their son louis arthur charles. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport — with steven wyeth and liverpool taking precautions ahead of their trip to rome next week. yes, the club has requested meetings in rome ahead of that champions league return, with managerjurgen klopp reflecting on the pre—match violence that marred the first leg, describing it was football‘s "most ugly face". thanks steve, and we‘ll be joining you for a full update just after half—past. helen has the weather. of course, most want to know about

what‘s ahead this weekend, i will talk more about that in half an hour but i wanted to show you what‘s on the way for monday. another area of low pressure, more wind and rain and some cold air as well. we will have winter ina some cold air as well. we will have winter in a sombre tops of the hills. as i say, come on that in half an hour. also coming up — thank you for the new music. abba say they‘re to release new music, for the first time since 1983. hello, this is afternoon live. the leaders of north and south korea have declared their commitment to work towards the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. at an historic summit in the demilitarised zone, kim jong un became the first north korean to cross the demarcation line into the south. mr kim and president

moonjae—in promised to work towards a permanent peace, and formally end the korean war, 65 years after fighting ceased. 0ur correspondent rupert wingfield hayes reports now from close to where the summit‘s been held. it has been a day full of extraordinary moments and images, and it started with this one, the supreme leader of north korea walking across the dividing line into the south. kim jong—un then grabbed the hand of south korean president moon jae—in and, together, they stepped back, for a moment, onto north korean soil. as their summit meeting began, they sat across a table exactly 2018 millimetres wide. the backdrop, a huge painting of a famous north korean mountain range. immediately, president moon set the tone, telling kimjong—un he had been brave to make

the journey south. as the day rolled on, more extraordinary images have continued — kim‘s limousine scooting back and forth across the dividing line, his personal bodyguards running alongside. the two leaders planting a tree with soil and water brought from the north and the south. but perhaps the most fascinating moment of all was their afternoon stroll. sitting for nearly half an hour on a bridge sipping tea, deep in what appears to have been animated conversation. it is a massive contrast to what started with one of the most brutal wars of the 20th century. in 1953, a truce was signed at exactly the same place the two leaders met today. but the conflict has never ended. just a few months ago, it really looked like military conflict might break out again, as kimjong—un launched ever more powerful missiles and tested ever larger nuclear devices. today, just four months later,

the two leaders emerged from their summit to declare their intention to end the conflict permanently. translation: there will be no korean war. a new era of peace will open. we have suffered so much, but now we stand together. mr kim and i agree to have the korean peninsula without any nuclear arsenal. translation: we cannot be separated. we are one nation. when we met, we realised we cannot be parted. we are one nation. it has been a truly remarkable day here in south korea, and a brilliant piece of political theatre by president moon and kim jong—un. and it may be the beginning of something really different. but it‘s worth remembering that this railway bridge behind me here, between the south here and the north over there, was reopened in the early 20005 to great fanfare. there was even talk of trains running from seoul all the way to europe. and it never happened. the path is now open

to the much bigger prize, a face—to—face meeting between kim jong—un and us president donald trump. that could now happen within weeks, and it will be an even more extraordinary moment. malcolm chalmers is the deputy director of the defence and security focused think tank — rusi— and hejoins me now. thanks forjoining us. i‘m sure you‘ve watched all the footage intently and read the communication, what stood out for you? this is a remarkable moment. many of us would not think we would get this moment but we got there because we are at a time of crisis. the rapid development in north korea nuclear capability has brought forth a very robust reaction both in terms of sanctions and the incredible threat of monetary action by the us. ——

credible threat of military action. north korea have a set of objectives fundamentally opposed to the united states and to a lesser extent south korea. it‘s a moment of crisis and there‘s an opportunity here moving forward. it‘s a moment of real danger if things go wrong. you say kim jong—un is not danger if things go wrong. you say kimjong—un is not an irrational leader but he often betrayed as that. you saw a lot of pragmatism from that today i assume. if you think about it pragmatically, he has created this incredible bargaining chip of being closest to the icbm capability and he is now using that bargaining chip, we shall see how cleverly but he is using it to broker a relaxation of sanctions and political settlement of the south. what do you think his priorities will be? you said it will be at odds with some of those in the international community. what i think north korea would like ideally, is a listing of most of the

sanctions first of all, by the chinese and then more broadly. in recognition of north korea as a fully functioning member of international society with an american embassy, and south korea embassy in pyongyang. and a gradual process of denuclearisation. gradual being the key word. it can‘t be fast enough for a lot of people but that‘s where north korea has the bargaining chip? north korea wants security and prosperity. they have looked at what happened to libya and iraq when they gave up their nuclear programmes. they are not prepared to do that themselves. they want prosperity. but they can‘t have it all. the united states and japan in particular, the nuclear programme has to be first in this process is sequencing is everything. today was about these two countries on the peninsula, the northampton south, taking care of this business for themselves. —— the north and the

south. are they going to allow to pursue this without intervention and interference from other actors? they have to involve the us, they have evolved china, china is the key economic actor in relation to north korean sanctions. they have to involve both. i recognise that. in the end, that is a political problem and will only be resolved with political action at the heart of that. is the relationship between the two microstate of korea. it's easy to get ahead of ourselves where it isa easy to get ahead of ourselves where it is a long road that has started. michael, thanks for coming in. thank you. dozens of nhs trusts in england have accused the home office of putting patient safety at risk by blocking visas for a hundred indian doctors who‘d been recruited by the health service. bbc news has learned that 35 trusts have written to the home secretary demanding the decision is reversed. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. for the past nine months, indian doctor anu desai has been working in the nhs, helping overcome a shortage of qualified doctors. you've got 12 new patients

and your case notes are ready. thank you, shelley. highly skilled and motivated, she‘s studying to improve her own knowledge for when she returns home. she is part of the respective postgraduate training scheme that has now fallen foul of home office visa rules, and that could cost the nhs badly needed staff. if there are people who are willing to help and there are people who are willing to grow, they‘re not out for yourjobs, they‘re just willing to learn as they‘re willing to help you out of the crisis, then help us help you. a letter sent on behalf of 35 nhs trusts involved in the training scheme says the decision will affect patient care and safety and run a risk of errors. expensive locums will be needed to plug gaps in rotas normally filled by trainees, and it goes on to say that given the pressures facing the nhs, the decision is almost impossible to understand. the 100 or so doctors who are meant to be starting work in 35 trusts including this one were desperately needed to ease pressure on a system

that is already struggling to recruit and retain properly qualified staff. that is why this visa ban has prompted such a strongly worded response. dr sanjay arya is medical director of one of the trusts that was relying on the new recruits from india. now he fears patients could suffer. we haven‘t got enough doctors to look after these sick, frail, elderly patients in our nhs. and many a time, the existing doctors are working long hours, which is very tiring. it makes them an unsafe doctor. the home office says that around a third of the available visas already go to nhs workers and in some specific roles such as emergency medicine, applications are never refused. but the nhs employers‘ organisation believes this is having a much broader effect on recruitment. in the period since december, at least a00 doctors who we have been trying to recruit to come and work in the nhs and england have not been able to enter

the country and take up posts. that leaves shortages on our rotas. that drives extra costs for us, but also means delays in treatment. health service bosses say they are horrified and bewildered that the home office is obstructing them from accessing a skilled workforce who could help with a recognised shortage of doctors. dominic hughes, bbc news. the duke and duchess of cambridge have named their baby son... louis arthur charles. the couple‘s third child — born on monday — will be known as prince louis. earlier, our correspondent, jon donnison gave us detail from kensington palace. i think the feeling was when the announcement was first made, it was a surprise, the name prince louis. but when you actually look into it, i think those are the note might have predicted that it was a possibility. the bookmakers were offering odds as low as 8—1 this morning on louis and that‘s when you look — prince william has a middle name that‘s louis, prince george has

a middle name that‘s louis and now we have prince louis arthur charles of cambridge. it seems to those of us who have been looking at this choice of name, that the royals stick to quite a small selection, don‘t they? a pretty small selection. of course, they‘ve taken quite a while to come up with these names. four days, for prince george and charlotte it was much quicker than that. from experience, it certainly wouldn‘t be unusual for there to be a bit of a debate, nee an argument, about the name between parents. we don‘t know if that was the case with prince william and his wife. it does seem, however, that certainly prince william‘s side of the family has pretty well represented. yeah, you do wonder how much the middletons have an involvement with this. the bookmakers will be will have done quite well out of this, will they?

well, i think so but as i say, the odds were pretty short on louis. i‘ve come across two people today who said they put bet on louis being the name and were collecting the money. 0ne apparently won £500. the favoured was arthur, that of course ended up being one of the middle names. the bookmakers would have done pretty badly if arthur had come out as the first name. the british economy grew at its slowest pace for more than five years — in the first three months of the year. figures from the office for national statistics suggest that gross domestic product grew byjust 0.1% , that‘s worse than many experts had predicted. heavy snowfall in february and march played only a small role in the slowdown — because the 0ns concludes economic growth was reducing anyway. 0ur economics correspondent andy verity reports. spring came a little late this year, and the economy struggled to get going.

truckers at wales‘ biggest haulage firm in llanelli used a phone to film marines rescuing one of their lorries from the beast from the east. the flow of money into the firm seized up. the problem we had, we had in excess of 200 trailers preloaded from our customer base, supplying many, many supermarkets. it took us the best part of six weeks to clear up the backlog we had from a couple of days of snow. it affected our business dramatically and i‘ve got the be honest with you, financially very, very hard. it was the best part of 250,000 off our bottom line. but the weather was only one reason the economy was stuck in the mud, with the slowest growth since 2012 and the construction industry is in a hole. on these official estimates, our economic growth may have been a bit rubbish, but according to the official analysis, the bad weather only played a small role in that. industries like construction and retail were affected, but there was a wider slowdown going on. that‘s what‘s given us the weakest economic growth numbers in five years.

transport is part of the economy‘s biggest sector, services, which grew by 0.3%, weaker than in the past. manufacturing slowed down to grow by only 0.2%, and construction shrank by 3.3%. we have seen some one—off effects this quarter, but i will not use the excuse of snow or leaves on the line. what we need to do is make sure all of the plans we have put in place, the announcements we made at the budget on housing, are coming into effect. it does take time for those things to go through the planning system, for example, but we recognise that more needs to be done. the slowing economy means an interest rate rise next month is no longer a racing certainty. and the pound dropped by a cent this morning on the currency markets. if you don‘t invest in your economy, both in terms of government investment and business investment now stagnant, if you hold wages is back and you allow households to get to this scale of debt,

of course the economy will grind to a halt. manufacturing is stagnant, construction going backwards. even retail now and the service sector are not performing the way it should. we are falling behind our competitors because of government policy, no other reason. the hope is to grow the economy by boosting productivity, such as these new, taller trucks which boost the goods carried per trip by nearly a quarter. but that sort of improvement can only help if the wider economy isn‘t stuck in the slow lane. andy verity, bbc news. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. a momentous step — talks between the leaders of north and south korea take place at the border— promising ‘complete denuclearisation‘ and an end to decades of conflict. the home office blocks visas for a hundred indian doctors — recruited by the national health service. the duke and duchess of cambridge announce they‘ve named their son— prince louis arthur charles.

in sport, the liverpool manager at jurgen klopp has said the most ugly face of football after the violence against liverpool fan from roma this week. one fan was last in a critical condition. the club is discussing safety a hea d condition. the club is discussing safety ahead of their semifinal in italy. steven gerrard could be set to face his first steps in management. the former liverpool and england captain is frontrunner to ta ke england captain is frontrunner to take over the scottish giants rangers. and at the world snooker championship in sheffield, ronnie 0‘sullivan is struggling again. he is five frames to three down against world number 15 ali carter. i will be back with more on the stories in 15 minutes‘ time. the european union has introduced a near—total ban on the use of neonicatanoids,

the most widely—used insecticide in the world. the decision is a major extension of existing eu restrictions , and follows a number of scientific studies linking their use to a decline in bees and other pollinators. campaigners have welcomed the move, saying it prioritises the protection of nature over agricultural production. joining me now from our salford studio is martin smith, director of communications at british beekeepers association. thanks forjoining us. tell us how damaging these pesticides are?” think they are, the key thing about the pesticides are that they are systemic, long—lasting pesticides. the effect of the stays on the ground for several years, goes into potentially the rivers and our ecosystem. that is the key difference between these and some of the other insecticides and pesticides being used. the other insecticides and pesticides being usedm

the other insecticides and pesticides being used. if thou are used widely, how difficult will it make agricultural production? —— if they are used so widely. as beekeepers, we welcome the valley of pesticides but we worry about not going back to the use of ddt or anything like that. —— value of pesticides. we need to make sure farmers using pesticides, we will continue to use them but we must make sure they do not do other harm to the pollinators, honeybees, bumblebees, other pollinators of crops. what other substances still in use will forgive you concerned? there are still a worry about the population. —— will give you concerned. that is caused by a number of things. by nature, you can prove pesticides will kill bees in a lab. the key thing about this research is that it wasn‘t clear

they were killing bees in the field. we are pleased the band that the uk government really changed its mind on, they were not in favour of the initial moratorium. after the initial moratorium. after the initial research based on sound science, that indicated these were a problem, the uk government seems has changed its mind and we think that‘s important, that it is based on the exact sound science. how well are we doing in this country in protecting our bee populations? it's good that we have more beekeepers and beekeepers keep more colonies. from that point of view it is good. where we are doing less well, for the wild pollinators like bumblebees and other species of b, we cannot directly manage them in the same way. what is important there is we increased their habitat. an attack is important. a wide range of crops to support pollinators. 0ur problem

with agriculture here in this country is we have huge figures of one sort of pollen and nectar, we are expecting our pollinators to increase yields for those crops and the next month we have something com pletely the next month we have something completely different. it‘s like just eating potatoes for a answer than chocolate for the next month. it‘s not very good for them as a species. interestingly, we get a lot better yield and really quite strong colonies were they are in the cities and towns. it's interesting, ifound two honeybee sides on a walk in hertfordshire the other day, it was a delight to see. martin, thanks for joining us. thank you. the labour party has expelled an activist for bringing the party into disrepute. marc wadsworth had been accused of verbally attacking the mp, ruth smeeth, at the launch of the report on anti—semitism in the party nearly two years ago. 0ur political correspondent, alex forsyth, is in westminster. alex, remind us about the background

to this please. marc wadsworth was a labour party activist and he spends a lot of his life campaigning against racism and inequality. this all happened in 2016, as you say, at the relaunch of a report into its anti—semitism in the labour party. at the lots, marc wadsworth stood up, and accused thejewish labour mp ruth smeeth working with the telegraph, a right—wing newspaper againstjeremy corbyn. she walked out, there was an investigation into his conduct. we must be clear, the investigation was into whether or not we telling that he brought the labour party into disrepute. it was not about anti—semitism. but after a discussion as afternoon it was revealed and marc wadsworth has been expeued revealed and marc wadsworth has been expelled for bringing the party into disrepute. within the last hour, he gave a press conference in westminster where he said he would

challenge this decision because he thought in his view, this was all pa rt thought in his view, this was all part of a conspiracy by some mp5 in the labour party to underminejeremy corbyn the leadership. this is what he had say earlier. we all know that there's been a concerted campaign by disgruntled elements within the parliamentary labour party that will simply not acce pt labour party that will simply not accetheremy labour party that will simply not accept jeremy corbyn as their leader, despite him being elected on two allocations by more than 60% of the membership of the party. they represent less than 1% of the party. the membership of the party. they- s":;: not the membership of the party. they- ?‘*:;: those ot