this is bbc news. the headlines at five supermarket giants sainsbury‘s and asda confirm they're in "advanced discussions" about a merger alfie evans, the little boy who was at the centre of a legal battle about his hospital treatment, has died. hundreds of people release balloons next to alder hey hospital in memory of the 23—month—old boy. cabinet backing for amber rudd, who says she didn't see a memo detailing home office deportation targets. in the wake of thejohn worboys case, the government proposes changes to the parole system in england and wales. also in the next hour, as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides season we join a sheep farmer in the yorkshire dales who's receiving help during lambing season from a group of asylum seekers the most powerful and immediate and

avengers infinity ward. here what he thought of it and the rest of this weeks cinema and dvd releases and the film review. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. two of britain's biggest supermarket chains, sainsbury‘s and asda, are in ‘advanced talks' about a possible merger. a combined group would comprise 2800 stores and would represent around 30% of the uk grocery market, similar to that of market leader tesco. a formal announcement is expected as the markets open on monday morning. our business correspondentjoe lynam, said any deal could raise questions about competition. it is a whopper of a deal, make no mistake about it.

every now and then we talk about less well—known companies talking about tie—ups, this is a whopper of a deal, if it gets the green light. you've already made reference to the fact that if you put asda and sainsbury‘s together, they would in fact over—leap tesco to take on about 31% of the market. we have learnt this afternoon that they would retain both brands, which is quite interesting. so asda brand and the sainsbury‘s brand would be retained but owned potentially by one big corporate giant. but, and there's always a but, this is going to face a major issue from the competition authorities because competition is all about competition, you have to have a choice for the consumer. if you remove that choice by having two brands but owned by the same company, the competition and markets authority may have something to say about that. i would be surprised if they simply just waved this through. i suspect that they will ask for dozens if not hundreds of stores to be sold off to non—big rivals.

adam leyland is editor of the grocer magazine and joins me from south west london. thank you forjoining us. been looking at at twitter. the way the public are responding to this, and their main concern seems to be around 2 things. i'd like to have your take on this. prices and quality. clearly if this does happen, the deal, the pricing point of view, why we been doing this is to actually compete more effectively against smaller rivals, just as the discounters. and this is the thing that, they've done so much of, they have cut somebody costs to try to make themselves more competitive against the smaller discounters, that part of giant global groups,

bigger buying ourfrom a global perspective. and that is the fascinating thing for me, well this actually truly be more price competitive? from a quality point of view? you have the same scale that you should be able to achieve but really, it's actually all about price. people are talking about this in the context of amazon's grove online. but in grocery, it is relatively small from an online perspective. it's not as fast as it is in general merchandising for example. so i think this is more about trying to take on and compete, ist of all, a newly involved and empowered and researched company. ist of all, a newly involved and empowered and researched companym what is it about, about the grocery landscape that is making this possible? and really could it be cut

down by the cma? the cma will definitely want to get involved, they are the ones who established this idea of the big 4 back in the to thousands. it seems as if that was absolutely sacrosanct. but that is no longer the case, and discounts have changed the landscape. a couple of years ago, a set talk to us, we are not absolutely went to this idea ofa are not absolutely went to this idea of a big 4. we recognize that the market changes, there are smaller pla nts market changes, there are smaller plants growing, a few years ago they had a market share of 33%, now they have a share of 28%. actually you can see that if you suddenly had, asda, and they would have a lower share than tesco i set. so it is not inconceivable, that they would rule it out. and they have said as i've said to you, talk to us. we are not wedded to this anymore. walmart and

the uk, with a not a good fit? they have really struggled with international expansion, they have pulled out in places like germany and south korea. but, for sure the growth of the discounters have just really caused headaches. because there was always asda is the cheapest supermarket. the last 20 yea rs. cheapest supermarket. the last 20 years. and it wasn't until the discounters came in with a much better offer, and that offer will continue to mean they will grow. and that's not to say that asda isn't still cheaper versus the major rivals, they have a much more limited selection, but on those items that they sell, there would be focused on the price of me are committed to maintaining that gap. that 15% gap. asda cannot seem to

touch that, and they are laying off people and cutting costs, also to things that are... that walmart, going back to your point about walmart, the it is much harderfor them, and it is really a scrap going on between the big supermarket and the discounters here, and we've got big enough problems elsewhere, particularly in america with the growth of amazon, and they are focused on, they could want to say, it is time to call it today. it is too messy, too tough. bid on something of a spending spree, a lot of people, customers, sounding angry, there is a lot of brand loyalty. they do not want to lose that brand. is it evolving into something else? sounds like

sailsbury doesn't want to get rid of the brand, it sounds like a want to come by, the functions. but in servicing 2 different places. it is a different prospect i don't think you're about to have asda or sailsbury, i think they 2 offers, distinct offers. because the customer base isn't identical. but then, get rid of all of that centralized cost and then you can be more effective against the discounters. adam, thank you very much. you are watching bbc news. alfie evans, the toddler at the centre of a long legal battle, has died, nearly a week after his life—support was withdrawn. alfie, who would have been 2 next month, had a degenerative neurological condition. he'd been in a semi—vegetative state for more than a year. on facebook, alfie's parents said they‘ re ‘absolutely heartbroken'.

0ur correspondent judith moritz reports. for the first weeks of alfie evans' light, easy and healthy, happy and well. but he soon started to develop problems and he was admitted to hospital, where scans showed that his brain was being destroyed. the little boy spent a year in intensive care before doctors said they felt his life support should be stopped. alfie's parents kate and tom strongly disagreed with the medical view that there so could not be helped. is shown the biggest fight and that's given others the biggest boost to get through this. the doctors, because they can't find a diagnosis think it's ok to come to us and say they are giving up on him. if you're going to give up on him, reassure us and referred him.

the couple began a long legal battle. they took their case through all available courts several times in the uk and twice to europe. they've had huge support, initially from a group of mums and children, but increasingly from a growing social media campaign. a self styled alfie's army has hundreds of thousands of followers and crowds have turned up to campaign outside alder hey in recent weeks. it hasn't always been peaceful. on one evening, protesters tried to force their way inside the hospital said staff had been intimidated translation: alfie's plight has made international headlines, especially in italy. alfie's parents wanted to airlift him to rome. tom was granted an audience with the pope and alfie was given citizenship. there was a tweet from the president at the hospital visit from these polish women. i saw the post yesterday from alfie's father,

like, thank you so much, thank you for all the different international community. outside the hospital, campaigners kept vigil. whilst inside, after his ventilation was switched off, alfie hung gone forfour days. but this morning, in a facebook post, alfie's father tom said his son had laid down his shield and gained his wings. 0utside alder hey this morning, supporters came to leave flowers. alfie's parents say they are heartbroken. they battled for months. now their fight has given way to grief. well let's cross live to alder hey and speak to our correspondent alison freeman what's happened there today? it has been a far more subdued atmosphere than it has been in recent times. but the numbers of

people grew this morning to the early afternoon where he had that release for alfie. . crowds of people gathered, just at the back there. several hundred people and hundreds of balloons were released up hundreds of balloons were released up into the airjust as we got close to3 up into the airjust as we got close to 3 o'clock this afternoon. as well as that, tribute in the park here. we've also seen a number of other tributes on twitter for alfie. probably most notably the pope, who had an audience with alfie. just recently, he said he had been deeply moved by alfie, and he was praying especially for his parents as god received him. a number of tweets have been given an alfie's on her. they described as how they were deeply saddened by the loss of this young brave boy. and from police,

people just keep coming here to pay their respects to him. were the family there? alfie's mom and dad have not been visible today. we have seen other members of his family, and very close members of the family as well as close friends there are still people laying flowers here as well in his honor, so far no word from oui’ in his honor, so far no word from our these mum and dad. thank you very much. labour has intensified its calls for the home secretary to resign. amber rudd apologised last night for being unaware that the home office had targets for removing illegal immigrants from the uk. this morning cabinet ministers offered her their support. 0ur political correspondent, jonathan blake, reports. day after day of questions for the home secretary. was her department to blame for the mistreatment of legal migrants? were there targets for removing

those here illegally? and inevitably, would she quit? but it was a question about the broader approach to immigration and her answer that led to even more pressure on amber rudd. targets for removals, when were they set? we don't have targets for removals. an apology in parliament, the targets did exist, but she hadn't been aware. it was announced that they'd be scrapped. and then the guardian reported that a memo was sent to the home secretary lastjune, specifying a target for the number of deportations in the coming year. silence at first on the home 0ffice, then a series of tweets from amber rudd. she didn't see the memo, but it had been sent to her office. again, she wasn't aware of targets, she should have been, and she was sorry. she promised a statement in parliament on monday. the home secretary has apologised, saying that of course she should have seen it. but she can't be held accountable or responsible for a document she didn't see and for decisions she didn't take. cabinet colleagues have backed

amber rudd and the prime minister has said she has full confidence in the home secretary, but there is no letup in the pressure for her to go. i think she's in a very difficult position. i think she's hanging by a thread. 0n the one hand, there may be more to come out, but what we do know is that no one will take this government seriously on the windrush scandal until amber rudd offers her resignation. amber rudd has faced serious accusations which in different political times might have prompted a resignation. but for her to go with leave theresa may further exposed to criticism of her record as home secretary. and with challenges in parliament ahead for the government's brexit strategy, it could upset the delicate balance of opinion in cabinet. in the united states, a former police officer has appeared in court, charged with 13 murders and 51 rapes. ‘golden state killer, whose crimes terrorised california

in the 1970s and 1980s. james cook reports. this frail old man is accused of terrorising california in the 1970s and ‘80s. is joseph james deangelo your true and correct legal name? i‘m yes. handcuffed to a wheelchair, joseph james deangelo appeared confused at times as thejudge explained he was initially facing two counts of murder. the accused made no plea and was refused bail. in total, he‘s suspected of at least 13 killings, 51 rapes and scores of burglaries, many dating to the time when he was a police officer. his lawyer says he‘s entitled to a fair trial. we have the law that suggests that he is innocent until they prove him guilty and that‘s what i was going to ask everybody to remember, because i feel like he‘s been tried in the press here already.

mr deangelo, a father of grown—up children, was said to be extremely surprised when he was arrested at home in a quiet suburb of sacramento last week. the crime spree had begun more than a0 years ago, just half an hour‘s drive away, before spreading to the san francisco area and then on to central and southern california. detectives have revealed that they used a genealogy website to narrow down their search for the suspect, who was arrested after officers obtained dna from an item he‘d discarded. relatives of some of josephjames deangelo‘s alleged victims were in court for the hearing. if convicted, he could be sentenced to death. james cook, bbc news, los angeles. the headlines on bbc news: the supermarket giant sainsbury‘s confirms talks to merge with rival asda are at an advanced stage. alfie evans, the toddler at the centre of a legal battle over his treatment, has died. earlier, hundreds of people released balloons in a tribute to the 23—month—old.

cabinet colleagues rally round home secretary amber rudd. she says she didn‘t see a memo copied to her office which detailed home office targets for deporting illegal immigrants. north korea has hailed its summit with the south as an historic meeting that paved the way for the start of a new era. the two leaders agreed to work to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons and the meeting helps pave the way for president trump‘s meeting with north korea‘s kim jong un later this year. caroline davies reports. welcomed with a handshake. but then some korean leaders for what sort of welcome as the world given them. called the visit a turning

point. it was hailed as the start of a new era. in the south, the visit showed the north korean leader, and a new light. before, he seemed quite sure range and like a person from a com pletely sure range and like a person from a completely different country. we we re completely different country. we were not really able to see him before. but through the summit on tv, it was very moving and he felt very friendly. he smiled a lot. he was to stay human being too. surprisingly, ifound was to stay human being too. surprisingly, i found him was to stay human being too. surprisingly, ifound him quite frank, i like the stern and scary image, it is quite the opposite. —— unlike. people however are wary of what the meeting might lead to. for years, north korea has been working on improving its nuclear weapons. wilke kim jong—un working on improving its nuclear weapons. wilke kimjong—un really follow through on the denuclearization. the modernist

korean vessels. so, that‘s what is really important to maintain the pressure of the sanctions. it‘s the economic sanctions that have brought this apparent change and attitude and that pressure has to be maintained. china has applauded the talks as crucial, without china, any deal could collapse. all eyes on the planned meeting with president trump and kimjong—un. yet a very long talk with the president of south korea, the president is being set. the summit ended with fanfare and high hopes. if left the world asking, they have peace within their

grasp, but would this be a show without substance? thousands of people have been escaping an upsurge in violence in northern myanmar. the military is reported to be attacking ethnic kachin rebels with airstrikes and artillery. the un says four thousand people have been driven from their homes in the north since early april. meanwhile, refugees at a rohingya camp in bangladesh, say they are eagerly awaiting the visit of a united nations security council delegation. nearly 700,000 rohingya muslims have fled myanmar‘s rakhine state since last august during a military crackdown. (a woman police officer has been sexually assaulted whilst detaining a man in sheffield in the early hours of yesterday morning. officers were responding to a report of an attempted rape on scotland street, when it‘s alleged a man struck the officers with a wooden signboard and sexually assaulted one of them. the man was arrested on suspicion of attempted rape, assault, sexual assault and criminal damage. he remains in police custody.

parole board decisions in england and wales could be challenged more easily, under new proposals. a review was set—up after the parole board approved the release of the serial sex—offender, john worboys, a decision that was later overturned. here‘s our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. still behind bars, john worboys, the man known as the black cab rapist. his victims had to go to court to appeal against the parole board decision to let him out ofjail. they didn‘t even know why the 60 year old prisoner had been approved for release until the legal action began. the case exposed flaws in the parole system and ministers are now trying to address them. they‘re planning a series of reforms to the parole board to make it more transparent. a summary of the reasons for parole decisions will be sent to victims and in some cases to other people who request it. a scheme to keep victims informed about their cases and offenders‘ liscence conditions will be extended. and a parole board judge will review decisions that

are contested and could even hold hearings in public. nick hardwick lost his job at the parole board because of thejohn worboys case. he told the bbc extra resources would be needed for the government‘s reforms to work. but ministers want to go further. they are reviewing the composition of parole panels and the evidence that‘s needed to make decisions about the release of prisoners likejohn worboys. thejustice secretary david gauke said the changes would prevent a situation like thejohn worboys case in the future. i think if we went through the worboys circumstances again, with these new rules in place, victims would have greater transparency and there would be an opportunity for the parole board panel to look at it again to ensure that all the information that should have been in front of the panel was in front of the panel. so these are necessary changes that would mean, ithink, that if we had the worboys

circumstances again, we would have a much, much better process and, i would hope, a much better result. an outbreak of toxic caterpillars that can cause asthma attacks, vomiting and skin rashes has descended on the south east england,according to officials. 0ak processionary moths, which are in their larval stage, have been spotted in london and across the whole of the region. the forestry commission says hairs on the caterpillars can cause fevers and eye and throat irritations and it‘s issued a caution not to touch the species. throughout this week as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides season, we‘ve been looking at ways people are creating connections in a polarised world. in the yorkshire dales, during lambing, a sheep farmer is getting help from an unusual workforce. rodney beresford, who has 500 sheep on the hills at ribblehead, is welcoming groups of asylum seekers who help him look after ewes and newly born lambs. spencer stokes reports. it‘s been one of the toughest

winters sheep farmer rodney beresford can remember. looking after his flock spread across steep sided hills in the dales is tiring and time—consuming. but help is at hand. singing iranian folk songs, a group of 12 asylum seekers have arrived at ribblehead. some have been in the uk a few weeks, others several years. all waiting to hear if they are allowed to stay. within minutes, they are passing newborn lambs to rodney and learning about sheep farming in yorkshire. why are you putting that on the tail? it shortens the tail to keep the lamb cleaner. so they don't get... keep the flies off them. 0h, right. hopefully! you are a boy. the visitors come from all over the world, many from rural villages, so they are familiar with livestock. i feel very well because when i see lambs like this, i remember my home,

i remember in somalia, i remember every single home. i remember my family, i remember everything. well, it is beautiful today, but it has been a brutal winter, particularly difficult for rodney, and having the asylum seekers here really does help him out. for every group that arrives, rodney receives a small payment, a boost to his income after he spent an extra £14,000 feeding his sheep through the cold weather. this is one way of diversifying. i don't make a lot of money out of it at all but it's a big help. it's 100 people a year at least that come out for lambing. it generally makes a difference. it's one of the best things i've done, really, i think, over the years. there is more singing on the slopes below ingleborough over lunch. it all looks very jovial but this man is a burmese asylum seeker, his family victims

of ethnic cleansing. their lives are at risk. they flee. nobody would leave their home unless they were forced to do so. so many of these people have fled from their homes, they have suffered from severe trauma. the journey here, many people won‘t talk about the journey because it has been too traumatic and too difficult. ingleborough. three peaks. after a quick geography lesson, the day on rodney‘s farm ends. some will come back, others face the prospect of a return to less friendly surroundings. spencer stokes, bbc look north, ribblehead. when the football coach caroline hulme was 12, she was told she could no longer play football with the boys at her local club. but she took on the system and won. eighteen years later, caroline still has a passion for the sport.

she now works for the english fa, where she encourages young girls to try out football. i wouldn‘t want any girl to go through that feeling of being told the faw today relented. it means girls can compete against boys until they are 16. i wouldn‘t want any girl to go through that feeling of being told by an manager that you can‘t play at the weekend. being so young, you just don‘t have an understanding of way. you basically think i love

football, why can‘t i play? why are the boys getting to play, but i‘m not? yeah, because i‘ve played ever since i was in primary school, and i play every week and everything. it was pretty incredible, actually, to have the spotlight on girls‘ football and showing that football should be for all and that girls should be playing football too. so, yeah, it‘s brilliant. i was just so driven, by doing this, hopefully i‘ll get to start playing football again. this was the petition, we managed to get well over 1000 signatures on this which was pretty incredible at the time. it‘s really about getting, you know, brand—new girls that have never kicked a ball or even thought about playing football to come along to a really fun, positive environment and try football for the first time.

it‘s from that ban, i think that‘s really been where my passion has developed for doing the role that i do now. that‘s certainly where i get my drive from. if i‘m ever contacted by parents or anybody, i just think, try and respond to absolutely everybody, because my mum e—mailing in about me. alina jenkins has the weather. hello. an afternoon of contrast. for some, there is the sunshine, and where we have the sunshine there is a good deal of that, although showers never too far away. elsewhere there is a lot of cloud, some outbreaks of rain, and that rain is going to be very slow to clear in the likes of the midlands and east anglia through the rest of the afternoon. but slowly overnight that rain will start to fade. we will keep a lot of the cloud here. further north and west the showers also easing, clearer skies, quite a chilly night again for northern ireland, scotland, the far north of england, temperatures getting close to if not

a few degrees below freezing in rural sports. underneath the cloud, temperatures will hold up between 5—8 celsius. for most, it is a mainly dry start to the day tomorrow. some sunshine, fewer showers around. in fact, a large swathe of the country having a largely dry day. still that cloud to clear from east and south—east england. we will see some heavy of rain arriving here. but slightly cooler feel to the day tomorrow, the wind starting to strengthen, particularly along the east coast where temperatures will struggle to get into double figures. in the sunshine, 10—12 celsius. then our eyes are drawn to what is happening over france, an area of low pressure pushing its way northwards through sunday evening, overnight into monday. that‘s going to bring some very unsettled conditions for the monday morning rush—hour. heavy rain, strong winds, some disruption is likely, so keep an eye on the forecast over the next 24—36 hours if you can because here‘s how monday morning looks. wet, windy, for southern, eastern, central parts of england, perhaps even a little bit of snow over the south and north downs. and that rain band slowly extending its way northwards through the day.

but probably not to scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. but even on monday afternoon, that persistent rain is still there. a very cool feel, perhaps not getting as far west as the west of wales and south—west england. but a very different story for northern ireland, scotland, the far north of england. here it is largely dry, a good deal of sunshine and temperatures responding very nicely in the sunshine, 12—14 celsius potentially here on monday afternoon. but it will feel very cool indeed underneath that cloud, the wind and the rain, temperatures struggling in places to get much above 5—6 celsius. and, yes, we could see little bit of sleet or snow over higher ground, but it‘s unlikely to settle. temperatures start to perk up as we go through the week. it‘s not going to be entirely dry, there will be some rain. by the end of the week, temperatures will be on the rise. this is bbc news... our latest headlines. sainsbury‘s and asda, the uk‘s second and third largest supermarket chains, have confirmed they‘re in merger talks. combined, they would overtake the market leader, tesco. alfie evans, the toddler

at the centre of a legal battle over his treatment has died. earlier, hundreds of people released balloons next to alder hey hospital in memory of the 23—month—old. government ministers have offered their backing to the home secretary, amber rudd. it comes after she apologised for not knowing her department had targets for removing illegal immigrants. a former policeman accused of being the so—called golden state killer has appeared in court in california. josephjames deangelo is charged with 13 murders and 51 rapes. state media in north korea has hailed yesterday‘s summit with the south as an historic meeting that paves the way for the start of a new era. the two leaders agreed to work to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons. aaron mann, the hulk and 20 more

superheroes unite to fight their most powerful enemy yet in adventures invalidity war. hear what mark kermode fodder that and the rest of the and dvd releases in the film review. time to catch up but the sport. good afternoon. we‘re down to the final few games in the prmeier league when every point can be importnatn at the top and the bottom of the table. stoke city kept alive their hopes of staying in the top flight with a goalless draw against liverpool. jurgen klopp‘s side had the chnce to move up to second place but even their usually prolific striker, mo salah couldn‘t score today. drew savage has the details. it‘s a game of fine margins... stoke this close to snatching three precious points, in the 89th minute. but maybe this was always destined to end goalless. mo salah has scored 31 premier league goals this season. 32 would be a record. he could usually finish this...

well maybe not quite with his eyes closed. stoke, four points from safety this morning, went for it. mame biram diouf frustrated... and at the other end, trent alexander arnold stopped in his tracks, by jack butland. the score remained at nil nil but nobody really knew how... including peter crouch. salah came close again before half time... not so much action after it but the game‘s biggest talking point came with three minutes to go. liverpool convinced they should have had a penalty... the officials less certain that erik pieters had moved his arm towards the ball. after that, the home fans relieved to see shawcross just fail to make the right contact. so... call it a draw then. whether it‘s enough to help stoke avoid the drop remains to be seen... whilejurgen klopp seemed pleased enough to get everyone off the pitch in one piece... there‘s the small matter of a champions league semi final coming up shortly. i‘ve thought everything from the

boys, what i wanted to see, apart from fluency, fun and joy, because it is hard work. i thought stoke we re it is hard work. i thought stoke were lucky, but it is what it is. 0-0,i were lucky, but it is what it is. 0—0, i hope and think nobody seriously injured, so let us carry on. i thought we deserved it. i thought we came here and gave a really good game, played the way we wanted to play. throwing bodies into the challenge. the performance of the challenge. the performance of the team was excellent. if the lads have played like that for the start of the season, we would not be here. i cannot ask any more, the way they are playing for me. west brom had to win and hope for other results to go their way to avoid being relegated today and they have done their bit

by beating newcastle1 nil thanks to a goalfrom matt philips. it‘s been quite the turnaround from west brom since darren moore took chrage. but they still hvae to wait and see how swansea do against chelsea. we have gone out with a difficult task and the only way to come against this task is everyone coming together, united together and showing togetherness and value for one another. that is the big thing. through it, the recent form results have been very good and performances have been very good and performances have been very good and performances have been up there. we are delighted with the performance and the result against a really good team. plenty of tension around the teams at the bottom of the table today. and you can see what it meant to mark hughes for southampton to beat bournemouth. 2—1 the score at st mary‘s and that is southampton‘s first legue win under hughes. southampton could still avoid relegation they have three games left.

it was quite an experience for eve ryo ne it was quite an experience for everyone with southampton allegiances, everyone went through their rigour but we stuck at it and in terms of the whole game, i thought we were very much the team that deserve to win, but it only ta kes a that deserve to win, but it only takes a second to score a goal and they threw everything at us in the last ten minutes. we got bodies on the line. there was an impressive 5—0 win for crystal palace who have all but secured their place in the premier league next season. palace beat lecieseter city who were down to ten men for the last 30 minutes of the game. roy hodgson‘s side are now eight points clear of the relegation zone with two games left. it was a really important game for us it was a really important game for us today, it is all very well

thinking, you perhaps just us today, it is all very well thinking, you perhapsjust need one win from the last three opportunities to secure your status. leicester have got some very good players. we were nervous before the game, iam pleased players. we were nervous before the game, i am pleased for the players, they had hardships this year and fortune has not always been with us but they kept going and today was perhaps their reward. just a couple of other matches to tell you about from this afternoon. it finished goalless between burnley and brighton that point for burnley though means sean dyche‘s side will almost certainly be playing europa league football next season. everton beat huddersfield 2—0 to cement their position in eighth. swansea and chelsea have just kicked off at the liberty satdium it‘s currently 0—1. cesc fabregas have scored —— michael has scored. if swansea fail to beat chelsea, west brom will be releglated. it is now 0—1 to chelsea.

celtic will claim the scottish premiership title if they beat city rivals rangers tomorrow afternoon. at the other end of the table hamilton academical... ...took a huge step towards survival with a 2 nil win against bottom side ross county. after a nervy first half of few chances hamilton took the lead from the penalty spot and then the impressive david templeton doubled the lead to seal a vital three points. hamilton are now six points clear of county who are in real danger of automatic relegation. there were three other matches this afternoon. quite a game at easter road as hibs beat kilmarnock 5 3. motherwell beat dundee 2 1, while it finished 1 all between saintjohnstone and partick thistle. the big names keep falling at the snooker world championship. ronnie 0‘sullivan was knocked out in the second round by ali carter. he was

beaten by carter 13—9 at the crucible meaning his wait for a world title goes on after his last success world title goes on after his last su ccess was world title goes on after his last success was in 2013. a little bit of a needle between the players, but carter said he would not let that affect him. you can see he was pretty pleased to have knocked out ronnie 0‘sullivan. pretty pleased to have knocked out ronnie o'sullivan. in the past i have been guilty of ronnie intimidating me, like probably has done to a lot of other players. he turned me over here four times, twice in the final and it is nice to get one up. i feel like a different person now since i last played him in 2012. i have been through so much in my life. i am delighted to win and get through. it‘s been a dramatic day in the aviva premiership. bath travelled to gloucester for the west country derby knowing that nothing short of a bonus point victory was needed to keep alive their hopes of playing in the champions cup next season. shaking off their recent poor run of form, the visitors had secured the four try

bonus point by half time. bath finished 43 20 on top, all but dashing gloucester‘s hopes of making the play offs. elsewhere, leaders exeter beat sale sharks and worcester‘s win over harlequins cemented their place in the premiserhip next season, meaning london irish will be relegated. in the pro1li, it‘s a day of derbies and in wales, unsurprisingly, it was in form scarlets who stormed to a bonus point victory over the dragons. the 33—8 win also secures a home quarterfinal. so far there have also been wins for connacht who beat irish rivals leinster and the cheetahs have beaten the southern kings in south africa. sebastian vettel will be on pole position for tomorrow‘s azeribjan grand prix. the ferrari driver beat lewia hamilton to make this his third consecutive pole start. the baku circuit is a narrow street track which led to a dramatic near crash between the two torro rosso drviers. joe lynskey has the details. in formula 1 every nation brings its

own challenge. azerbaijan is about conquering the streets but when it is narrow and congested, danger comes into play. this is how close pierre came to a devastating collision. the team—mate he dodge pulled up with a tyre puncher, he was one near miss away from something much worse. lewis hamilton knows the road to a third career title is even trickier this year. he has ground to make up on the championship leader and once again he missed out on pole position. taking it to his final lap. that paved the way for sebastien vettel to ta ke paved the way for sebastien vettel to take pole position. three races ina row to take pole position. three races in a row where he will start in front. in bacuna, stein streetsmart

could be the key. richard johnson has been named champion jockey for the third time in a row at sandown park. johnson was runner up to ap mccoy on sixteen occasions but has now won the title every year since 2016. he could only manage second place on the final day of the season but did win the cheltenham gold cup on native river in march. staying with horse racing and seven time cheltenham festival winning jockey nina carberry has announced her retirement, a day after fellow jockey and sister in law katie walsh revealed she too was retiring. carberry made the announcement after recording a victory at punchestown. the former briths number two, dan evans, has made a winning return to competitive tennis today after serving a one year drugs ban. evans was playing in the first round of qualifying for the atp challenger tour event in glasgow which takes place next week. the 27 year old beat fellow brit, ed corrie 6 3 7 6. evans was suspended for 12 months after testing positive for cocaine last april.

that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those chelsea are 1—0 up against swansea. that is the situation in the premier league. coming up next year, it is the film review. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week‘s cinema releases is mark kermode. so, mark, what do we have this week? very interesting week, we have beast, a psychological thriller set on jersey. we have avengers: infinity war, the latest in the mcu series. and the wound, a coming—of—age movie with a difference. i love the sound of beast, i love a psychological thriller.

it is set onjersey, it has a central performance byjessie buckley, who plays this young woman called moll, living under the thumb of her domineering mother, played by geraldine james, with a hint of anxiety, as if she is partly frightened of her daughter. anyway, our heroine meets this young man, played by johnny flynn, called pascal, a wild character, a vagabond, and immediately the family take against him. plus, the rest of the community are very suspicious of him, but she falls in love with him, and he sparks in her a rebellious spirit that has hitherto been kept under wraps. here is a clip. i'm sorry, sir, butjeans aren't allowed in the clubhouse. it's the club dress code. but they're blackjeans! i'm sorry. maybe the burger, then.

yeah. hubbub. i'd like to make a toast. to my family. for everything you've done for me. i forgive you. thud. get out! what i really like about this film, you can see from this the palpable tension, and, secondly, there has been a string of murders on the island, and the finger of suspicion points towards pascal, obviously johnny flynn‘s character, who moll believes is innocent, because she is in love, because he is manipulative, or is it because she has dark

secrets in our past? the best way of describing this is that it is kind of like a twisted fairy tale, the title itself alludes to beauty and the beast, and there is an echo of la bete from 1975, which was banned for ages in this country. and there is a little touch of regarde la mer, see the sea, about bright coastal settings with a murderous underbelly, all those things mixed together, and the best thing is you are kept guessing all the way through as to the characters‘ motives. which one of them is the monster? the title of beast is not specifically applied to any of them. and it really manages that knife—edge balance, a really difficult trick to pull off, sometimes you can do it in the first act, but this manages all the way through, the central performances are brilliant. the chemistry is good.

really, people talk about chemistry on screen, there is real electricity in this pairing. it is really well written, a debut feature for michael pearce, keeps you on the edge of your seat, and it has a timeless fairy—tale quality. you kind of know the story, a princess rescued by a prince, or is he the beast leading her into the woods? it works really well, thejersey interiors are very good, the interiors largely from surrey, but it works well, you get a sense of two worlds colliding. terrific, really good, exciting film, beast, well worth seeing. 0k, avengers: infinity war, i am told there are no fewer than 22 superheroes in this movie! a few too many? everything about the movie is vast, i should say that people have been saying don‘t give away plot spoilers, we won‘t. the setup is that thanos is gathering the infinity stones

together to wipe out half the universe, a group of superheroes must get together to stop him, that is all you need to say about the plot. everything is huge, from the canvas to the amount of characters, to what is at stake, the entire future of the universe, to the running time of the movie itself, not a short film! and the amount of money it will doubtless take at the box office. here is the thing. if you are a fan of this particular cinematic universe, if you are invested in these characters and followed them through the series so far, you will really like this. things will surprise you, make you gasp, make you cheer. in the screening i was in, there were all those reactions. however, if you are not particularly invested — and hands up, i have seen all the films but they are not great personally resonant — you may end up thinking this is long, episodic. it does balance light and dark, there is tragedy and comedy, although occasionally it felt like channel hopping.

there is one section, then another, and they don‘t intertwine. the film—makers have done a good job ofjuggling disparate elements. the overriding problem for me is one of consequence, which is that i struggled to invest in the most dramatically dangerous moments. i know other people who have watched the movie who did not have that same feeling. i think it comes down to whether or not you are a fan. i‘m guessing you‘re probably not a huge devotee of this series. no — but i do like superhero movies. the film makes very few concessions to people who are not right in the middle of it. if you can‘t make this movie for the fans, which can you? i thought it was impressive, although i remained unengaged, but i know enough people who are invested in those characters who absolutely loved it and thought it took real risks. we have got to move on to the wound, what is it? a south african drama, a young man is sent by his father to take part in a ritual, which takes place in a remote

mountain, you have to live in a hut and learn to be a man, an initiation ritual. his father is sending him because he thinks his son is soft, and also because he is starting to have anxieties about his sexuality. here is a clip. so the rest of the film takes place in this encampment where the ritual takes place, and it becomes a film about manhood and initiation and coming of age, what it means to be a man, sexuality, love, what is demanded of you by your elders and society, about honesty and frankness. some people have made the comparison to brokeback mountain, which i understand, although i think it is likely off the money. the thing ifound interesting was that it evokes the world with which i was completely unfamiliar, and it tells a story which feels universal, and that is a really clever thing to do — a story which is very specific about its setting and its circumstances, and yet it allows every viewer, i think, to recognise universal truths in what is happening.

as i said, it is a coming—of—age movie, which is one of the most popular of cinematic genres, yet it is taking real risks, doing things that are daring, doing them well, with great honesty, and ifound it very moving, very moving, and it balances realism on the one hand with a timeless quality on the other, almost magical quality, very good. and best out? the old dark house, a reissue of an old film from the 1930s, which was believed lost, it has been restored, and it is really worth seeing, not least because james whale is an extraordinary director. i remember people talking about this as a masterpiece, but it is not in circulation anymore. the thing that it does is it is travellers, they wind up at an old dark house, they shouldn‘t go in, but they do, the floorboards creak, there are monsters on the loose. what it does is establishes and satirises a number of horror film conventions, and it is a remarkable thing to see it back in cinemas in a spanking new print, so well worth checking out,

the old dark house, from the 1930s. and your best dvd? hostiles, i really like hostiles, not seen by enough people in the cinemas, a story about an army captain who has to take his arch enemy back to a tribal homeland, brilliant performances, but it has a terrific soundtrack by max richter, which uses an instrument of which there was only one when they made it in the world, and it produces the most unearthly sounds, extraordinary thing, and it is one of those movies... you can watch it with your ears, it is called hostiles, it was not seen enough in cinemas, but i think it is a really impressive piece of work. watch it with your ears, i like that! a quick reminder before we go that you‘ll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. that‘s it for this week, though, thanks for watching, goodbye.

hello. an afternoon of contrast. for some, there is the sunshine, and where we have the sunshine there is a good deal of that, although showers never too far away. elsewhere there is a lot of cloud, some outbreaks of rain, and that rain is going to be very slow to clear in the likes of the midlands and east anglia through the rest of the afternoon. but slowly overnight that rain will start to fade. we will keep a lot of the cloud here. further north and west the showers also easing, clearer skies, quite a chilly night again for northern ireland, scotland, the far north of england, temperatures getting close to if not a few degrees below freezing in rural sports. freezing in rural spots. underneath the cloud,

temperatures will hold up between 5—8 celsius. for most, it is a mainly dry start to the day tomorrow. some sunshine, fewer showers around. in fact, a large swathe of the country having a largely dry day. still that cloud to clear from east and south—east england. we will see some heavy of rain arriving here. but slightly cooler feel to the day tomorrow, the wind starting to strengthen, particularly along the east coast where temperatures will struggle to get into double figures. in the sunshine, 10—12 celsius. then our eyes are drawn to what is happening over france, an area of low pressure pushing its way northwards through sunday evening, overnight into monday. that‘s going to bring some very unsettled conditions for the monday morning rush—hour. heavy rain, strong winds, some disruption is likely, so keep an eye on the forecast over the next 24—36 hours if you can because here‘s how monday morning looks. wet, windy, for southern, eastern, central parts of england, perhaps even a little bit of snow over the south and north downs. and that rain band slowly extending its way northwards through the day. but probably not to scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england. but even on monday afternoon, that persistent rain is still there.

a very cool feel, perhaps not getting as far west as the west of wales and south—west england. but a very different story for northern ireland, scotland, the far north of england. here it is largely dry, a good deal of sunshine and temperatures responding very nicely in the sunshine, 12—14 celsius potentially here on monday afternoon. but it will feel very cool indeed underneath that cloud, the wind and the rain, temperatures struggling in places to get much above 5—6 celsius. and, yes, we could see little bit of sleet or snow over higher ground, but it‘s unlikely to settle. temperatures start to perk up as we go through the week. it‘s not going to be entirely dry, there will be some rain. by the end of the week, temperatures will be on the rise. atmosphere this is bbc news. atmosphere i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 6. supermarket giants sainsbury‘s and asda confirm they‘re in "advanced discussions" about a merger alfie evans, the little boy who was at the centre of a legal battle about his hospital treatment, has died. hundreds of balloons are released next

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