fans have arrived here moment, no fans have arrived here and we have heard the train station is pretty quiet as well. the match does not take place until tomorrow evening, but that roma police want to make sure the operation goes well —— the rome police. they have deployed 1000 officers to make sure the city and the fans stay safe. the roman commander suggested they are worried about 30 to a0 troublemakers from the liverpool side. a union official says officers within the ra nks official says officers within the ranks are worried about trouble from potentially more and the mayors from liverpool and rome have released a joint statement calling on everyone to enjoy the game and respect one another. thank you, james reynolds. time for a look at the weather. here is stav danaos. glorious picture of the blue skies, what a difference a day makes, much brighter in the south—east of the country, atrocious weather in the last couple of days. not sunny

everywhere, skies turning cloudy in the west, outbreaks of rain and showers ahead of the weather front continuing to bring wet weather to northern ireland, western parts of scotla nd northern ireland, western parts of scotland and wales, tightly packed isobars, turning quite windy when the wind and rain arrives certainly around irish sea coasts by the latter pa rt around irish sea coasts by the latter part of the afternoon. temperatures much better across the south—east. 15 degrees this afternoon, not bad even further west with the cloud and the rain. this evening and overnight, the rain eventually moves towards eastern areas and reaches the south—east. something drier pushing into scotla nd something drier pushing into scotland and northern ireland by the end of the night. much milder than last night. we woke up this morning to quite a bit of frost in places. the picture for wednesday morning, a bit of a grim start, the odd heavy outburst of rain in the midlands into eastern england. richard

brittain up with sunshine. showers and to northern ireland, scotland, the northwest of england —— it should brighten up with sunshine. the cooler air slowly moving away and this big plume of milder air moving in towards the latter part of the week. things are set to warm up. thursday, fairly calls start in eastern areas, bright with sunshine, the cloud will build up in the afternoon, the next weather system just reaching northern ireland and the far north—west of scotland with cloud and rain and more of a breeze. temperatures better on thursday. similar picture on friday, higher pressure influencing the southern half of the north. cloudy and breezy with outbreaks of rain in the north. to the south, given sunshine, cloud building up in the afternoon, temperatures rising to maybe 19, the trend as we had through the week and

into the weekend. it is bank holiday weekend coming up and it is set to be warming up. temperatures up to the low 20s, we should see a good deal of sunshine. good news. it isa it is a new story in itself! a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... the government accuses unelected peers of trying to block the will of the british people after a series of lords defeats on brexit. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. here's your latest sports news. we begin with a sooner than expected change at rangers. manager graham murty

sacked, with three games of the season remaining. he had been due to step down at the end of the season. the club are currently in talks with steven gerrard about replacing him at ibrox. here's our reporter chris mclaughlin. usually in a situation like this, it is down to results, that is not the full picture here, with rangers, it is never really that simple, yes, he came in in october, when pedro caixinha was sacked and he did fairly well, got decent result, even against celtic, but, significantly, there was a few big results recently that have not gone his way. the cup semifinal against celtic was a big defeat and at the weekend, a heavy, heavy defeat to celtic at celtic park, 5—0, that appeared to be the final straw for some of the rangers board. also there has been significant unrest, players suspended after a dressing room bust up suspended after a dressing room bust up after the suspended after a dressing room bust up afterthe cup suspended after a dressing room bust up after the cup semifinal and also graham murthy being less than impressed with all the briefings going on behind his back with regard

to steven gerrard possibly coming in and also the will from some of the board members to perhaps have a more high—profile manager in the future because graham murthy made it clear that it was a job that he was quite keen to take on a full—time basis. gerrard's former club liverpool are in rome for the second leg of their champions league semi final tomorrow. italian police have said they can "guarantee the safety of the club's fans" if they stick within the rules. a liverpool supporter was seriously injured after being attacked outside the stadium before the first leg, head coach eusebio di francesco blaming the incident on the actions of a few roma fans. translation: i'm afraid that rotten apples are everywhere. all sets of fa ns apples are everywhere. all sets of fans have rotten apples. obviously, someone fans have rotten apples. obviously, someone who does not belong to our true fans did something very very

wrong. and my thoughts and prayers go with the family. what i can assure you is that here in rome, the base of the roman fans, they are very passionate. unfortunately, hooligans are everywhere. you are familiar with that phenomenon. u nfortu nately familiar with that phenomenon. unfortunately it is a massive issue. it is detrimental to the whole football world. the thoughts of the roma head coach eusebio di francesco. liverpool forward mo salah has collected his second award of the season, after being named the football writers' player of the year. he narrowly topped a poll of some a00 journalists, pipping kevin de bruyne by fewer than 20 votes. it follows the pfa players' player of the year award he collected, voted for by his fellow professionals. one of england's greatest rugby players, danielle waterman, has announced her international retirement. after making her debut at 18, she played in four world cups, helping england to take the title

four years ago. waterman is the red roses' leading try—scorer, with a7 in 82 tests. we've reached the quarter final stage of the world snooker championship. with the likes of mark selby and ronnie 0'sullivan already out, ding junhui is the new favourite. he's taking on 2013 runner up barry hawkins and has some work to do as well. he trails by 5—3 after the first session. elsewhere, it's a repeat of the masters final on the other table where mark allen and kyren wilson shared the first eight frames. the first to 13 goes through. those matches resume at 7 o'clock, starting in the next half—hour are the other two quarter—finals, john higgins againstjudd trump, and mark williams versus ali carter. there's coverage from the crucible on bbc 2, and on the bbc sport website where you'll find more on all our stories.

let's talk a little more about brexit right now. the prominent back—bencher and strong advocate of brexit, jacob—rees mogg has accused the house of lords of trying to prevent the referendum decision to leave the eu from coming into law. peers voted last night to give parliament the final say, if a deal can't be reached with the european union. our assistant political editor norman smith spoke to mr rees mogg and asked for his reaction to that vote. it reflects on the house of lords, a strong majority fall remain, it was a rejection of the result. lord hailsham, who moved the motion, he said, at the very best it was an interim decision. the noble lord is saying that the biggest democratic vote in british history, 17.a million people made an interim decision on whether or not they should stay in the european union, that shows the contempt the lords

have for the electorate and the arrogance of their lordships. the lords has very little in terms of public support, it has nolan mandate, no legitimacy, it is there on sufferance, if they don't want to abide by the constitutional norms and they don't want to accept ma nifesto and they don't want to accept manifesto commitments, you have to ask, what purpose is a house of lords serving. do you think that last night's boat could prompt demands for abolition or an elected second chamber? it reignites the argument on reform of the house of lords, because there are many peers there in receipt of pensions from there in receipt of pensions from the european union, ears with vested interests, here's not responsible to anybody not held to account by anybody, voting not in the national interest but in self—interest. it is like lloyd george's attacks on the belted earls in the early 20th century, they are people feathering their own nests on the backs of the

british people and i think the british people and i think the british people and i think the british people will tire of this. here you are, a conservative, countenancing the idea of fundamental reform to the second chamber, that is a funny thing, it has existed in this mannerfor centuries. not in this manner, it is not always been essentially a chamber of political cronies, that has done a great deal of damage and has done a great deal of damage and has become much more highly politicised. the house of lords used to have very few free mindedness, devoted more on individual conscience than party lines. last night, the labour party was leading the charge to frustrate brexit, helped by lib dem allies. the house of lords has changed its time. you are quite right, if someone as traditional as me, someone who loves the british constitution and our ancient conventions, is thinking that the house of lords is not serving it useful purpose, then who is supporting it, who is left arguing the case, other than the peers themselves? on the substance

of their vote, what is wrong parliament with being sovereign and having the final say on the shape of any brexit deal? the house of lords has given itself a veto over the final deal, very interesting. under the parliament act, in primary legislation, the house of lords is secondary to the house of commons, house of lords must consider the deal, the house of lords can move a motion to say that it is not considered something or that something can be struck from the order paper will stop for the pedants, page a96 of erskine may, house of lords is fine to increase powers against the parliament act, it is not in line with the constitution. jacob rees-mogg talking to norman smith. a diet rich in oily fish could help delay the menopause by up to three years, according to new research. the same study, which drew on health data from thousands of women, also suggests that eating lots of white carbohydrates like pasta or rice could bring

the menopause forward. ben ando has more. hitting the menopause can cause tiredness, a lack of sleep, and hot flushes. hrt can help, but now there is some evidence that dietary factors may influence when the menopause occurs. researchers at leeds university recorded the diets of 1a,000 women. four years later, they surveyed them again. by then, just over 900 had hit the menopause. and they found some foods seem to be linked to an early menopause, while others could potentially delay it. the findings, published in thejournal of epidemiology and community health, suggest that those eating refined carbohydrates like rice, pasta or white bread every day started the menopause 18 months earlier, while those who ate lots of salmon or mackerel, or pulses like peas and beans, held it back by up to three years. there are other health implications, too. an earlier menopause increases the risk of osteoporosis or heart disease, while a late menopause comes with an increased risk of cancer in the breasts, ovaries or womb. and medical experts say that other factors, such as genetics, play an important role.

and, while these findings are interesting, it is far too early to say for sure that changing your diet will have a definite impact on the timing of your menopause. ben ando, bbc news. breaking news coming through from the dcms, in the last few moments, we are hearing the government will intervene in trinity mirror's deal to buy a number of titles from richard desmond's media empire, the government will intervene on public interest grounds, that has come through from the culture secretary. dou btless a through from the culture secretary. doubtless a little more to come and more debate to come, that has just come through from the dcms. in a moment all the latest business news with rachel. first a reminder of the headlines: international trade secretary liam fox accuses the house of lords of seeking to "block the will of the people",

after a series of government defeats over brexit. two—and—half—thousand patients in northern ireland are to have their cases reviewed because of concerns about the work of a neurology consultant. a court hears that four sleeping children were murdered after being trapped in their bedrooms when their house was torched with petrol bombs. royal bank of scotland has announced that it is to close 162 branches across england and wales. the bank said that 792 jobs would go as a result and staff would be offered voluntary redundancy. companies that supply products to sainsbury‘s and asda fear they could suffer if the two grocery chains merge. sainsbury‘s boss mike coupe pledged to cut prices on everyday products by around 10% after the deal but also said there would be no stores closures orjobs lost in store, suppliers now fear they will have to shoulder the cost of those savings. growth in the amount

of money we borrow, including loans, credit cards and overdrafts, slowed sharply in march, according to figures published by the bank of england. along with slower that expected manufacturing growth figures many analysts now think the chances of a interest rate rise this month is slim. we've just been hearing those job cut and branch closure figures from royal bank of scotland, so, 162 branches across england and wales. and almost 800 staff will be offered voluntary redundancy. rbs have said, "we are no longer launching williams & glyn as a challenger bank, and we now have two branch networks operating in close proximity to each other; natwest and royal bank of scotland, in england & wales. "as a result we have had to review our overall branch footprint and we've made the difficult decision to close a number of royal bank of scotland branches. " joining us now is peter hahn, professor of banking, the london institute of banking & finance.

are you surprised by this announcement? not at all, the writing was on the wall when royal bank of scotland decided not to go ahead with williams and glyn, a number of those branches that word designated to be williams and glyn are easily within walking distance of natwest branches. —— williams & glyn. walking distance of natwest branches. -- williams & glyn. remind us, why did the planned to launch this challenger bank, williams & glyn, why did that not go ahead?l number of attempts to separate the information technology, the it, to give williams & glyn its own operating system, rbs admitted it could not do it and then there was an alternative remedy to the eu required solution which was arrived at, which was, giving money out to create new challenges for business banking. feels like bank branch

closures are coming thick and fast. this is both reasons. rbs was forced to separate a number of branches, a number of them probably would have been closed in the last few years, many of the ones i have seen are not modernise, in the slightest, they are very old—style branches, with big glass windows, very unwelcome in. between the concept of not going into williams & glyn, and declined usage, and these being some of the old est usage, and these being some of the oldest looking branches, it is all a pretty bad set of facts. what about online banking? yes, that is playing a role, we are using cards to tap electronic payments, we use phones to make payments, many more things that we just don't need to go into

branches. branches will become specialised selling centres, and they will also be places that we go for complaints but we will not need as many as we have had in the past. you spend this morning at the ba rclays you spend this morning at the barclays agm, the boss was backed by investors, what was the feeling in the rome? i followed the meeting from outside, i cannot say i was there, generally he was supported, i think you have a number of parties with different issues that came up at the berkeley ‘s bank meeting, arrange client issues, climate change, etc, but generally, the shareholders seem pleased with the recent earnings that have come out of ba rclays bank. recent earnings that have come out of barclays bank. thank you for joining us. more breathing space for some countries from us steel

and aluminium tariffs. deadlines on exemptions to tariffs for the eu canada and mexico were due to expire today, but have been extended tilljune. the us has also reached a deal in principle with argentina, brazil and australia. -- until. in march, mr trump imposed worldwide tariffs of 25% on us imports of steel and 10% on aluminium. a former senior executive at the uk software firm autonomy has been convicted of fraud in the united states. it is the firstjudgement in a legal battle that has raged since hewlett packard bought the firm in 2011. former chief financial officer sushovan hussain was found guilty of artificially inflating the firm's financial position before it was sold. mr hussain's lawyers say he will appeal against the judgement. whatsapp chief executive jan koum has quit the popular messaging service he co—founded. in a post on facebook, he said he was "taking some time off to do things i enjoy outside of technology". however, according to the washington post, mr koum had clashed with parent company facebook over whatsapp's strategy. rbs shares are down just a smidge,

keep an eye on that, we expect movement after the news of the closures filtered through. and a strong set of figures here,. more now on the local elections, which take place in england on thursday. here on bbc news we're looking at a number of key issues in six cities. this afternoon we're in wandsworth in south west london, famously margaret thatcher's favourite low tax local authority. it could be about to turn from blue to red for the first time in a0 years. and we can speak to bbc london's political correspondent susana mendonca, who is in wandsworth for us now. welcome to wandsworth in south

london. this borough is for low council tax, efficiency, one london. this borough is for low counciltax, efficiency, one of london. this borough is for low council tax, efficiency, one of the borough ‘s that was one of the thatcher years burrows, it was very much a flagship borough, and one which labour thinks it can get hold of, and it points to the brexit vote, this area voted 75% to remain in the european union and points to a changing demographic, a lot of people moving into the area, middle earners, who cannot afford to buy property, housing is a big issue. labour points to election results last year, in the general election it got hold of battersea, conservative constituency, and increased majority in tooting, the former constituency seat of the mayor of london, sadiq khan. but, will it managed to get the number of seats that it needs? that will be pretty difficult for labour here, recent polling suggests labour will do very well in london, some of its

best results in the last almost 50 yea rs, best results in the last almost 50 years, wandsworth could be one of those that it does not quite manage to get hold of. i have been speaking with people about what they think. education, in terms of education, the youth is not sufficiently involved in how to prevent crime. usually, it's housing because we did have problems finding a place to live. secondly, it is quite busy here and sometimes it is quite dirty, so these are the main points we are facing. everything that is going on right now in the news with windrush and the way that the youth is being treated. everything like that that is going on at the moment. education. making sure that we get really good quality education for my kids and also the leisure facilities. there are not enough swimming pools and local leisure facilities for families around here. just north of this borough,

westminster, another borough which isa westminster, another borough which is a conservative flagship borough, very much one of the conservative crown jewels in london very much one of the conservative crownjewels in london and very much one of the conservative crown jewels in london and also being spoken of in the context of one that labour could have a chance of getting hold of, although that will be a very difficult ask for labour. the one borough labour will probably get hold of, barnett, north london, another area that voted to remain in the european union, a place where the conservative council there has been criticised for outsourcing services and also for problems with children's services. that is one that labour thinks it can get hold of. it will face a challenge, because of labour's problems with anti—semitism, that is a borough that has the largestjules buckley not of any borough in the whole of england, something that the local labour group is very concerned about. they went to westminster with you is members of the community for the protest calling forjeremy corbyn to take action. if labour does not win that one, google will be asking questions as to whether

anti—semitism is one of the issues that could be responsible for that. —— people will be asking questions. and you can read more on the local elections on the bbc website at bbc.co.uk/politics. thousands of software developers from all over the world are converging on sanjose, where facebook‘s f8 conference opens today. they have had their access to user data severely curtailed as the company tries to limit the fallout from the ongoing privacy scandal. now they want facebook boss, mark zuckerberg, to reassure them things will soon be back on an even keel. our technology correspondent rory cellan—jones reports. in a shared office space in san francisco, ben parr is wondering what the next few days will tell him about facebook‘s future. his software firm helps retailers reach customers through the social network's messenger service.

but like thousands of other developers heading for the company's f8 conference, he is worried. i would say anxiety is a very good word to describe how developers are feeling right now. there's not a lot of information on when pieces of the facebook platform will open back up or what restrictions will happen. facebook‘s boss, mark zuckerberg, spent two days being lightly grilled in congressional hearings about the privacy scandal engulfing his company. now he has to face the developers whose access to facebook data has been cut back in reaction to the crisis. this is supposed to be just about the most exciting event in facebook‘s year, where it lays out a road map to a high—tech future and explains how developers will be able to make money from it. this year is different. studio: would have been very interesting to see what rory was saying in california but i am afraid we have some issues with the sound, serious issues discussed at the conference. hopefully more from rory as the

conference continues. the royal mint has created a new five pound coin featuring images of prince harry and meghan markle, to commemorate this month's royal wedding. the basic coin is available for £13... basic coin, not sure what that means...! silver proof for £82.50. and gold proof for one £1980! it is ms markle's first appearance on a uk coin. the pair will tie the knot at st george's chapel on may the 19th. —— and gold proof for £1,980! time for a look at the weather... i'm getting rather excited about the

weather forecast. glorious start across many areas including central southern and south—eastern england, after a chilly start, sunshine really is in abundance. clouds gathering further west, if you share was like that photo shows in devon, just ahead of the weather system, already bringing outbreaks to northern ireland. retreating into western parts of wales and the south west of england. wind strengthening up into the afternoon across irish sea coasts. with that rain, still not feeling that bad, 11, 12 degrees. 1a, 15 degrees, cute difference. cold and grey yesterday. into the overnight period, dry start to the east, rain strengthening wind will spill into eastern scotland, england and wales, drying up behind it for northern ireland, scotland, temperatures

falling, elsewhere, much milder night, cloud cover, much milder than it was last night. frost free start to wednesday, cloudy, great, some of it quite heavy for a time, as we move east. eventually clearing the eastern side of england. sky is brightening up. one or two showers, scotland, northern ireland, into north—west england. cool on wednesday afternoon, cooler air mass behind the weather front. ten, 13 at best. there is the cooler air, moving east, as we head through thursday and towards the end of the week we see milder error making inroads. thursday, cool, dry start across central and eastern areas, some sunshine, louts tending to build, and a little bit across eastern parts, still sunny spells, slightly milder air mass, looking at 14, slightly milder air mass, looking at 1a, 15, 16 celsius, a little milder. north and west, cloudy, outbreaks of rain. north west southeast split, on

friday. —— northwest southeast split. stronger windfall scotland and northern ireland, particularly western scotland, outbreaks of rain. temperatures coming back, you can see it is mild, and across the south—east, 18 or 19 degrees. warmer still into the bank holiday weekend, thanks to the high pressure and southerly south—easterly wind. low 20 celsius, and lots of sunshine. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at 2. peers are accused of trying to block the will of the british people over brexit, after a series of defeats in the house of lords for the government. i think there is an attempt by the group in the house of lords who have faced wrong on the remain side to thwart our exit from the european union. that cannot be acceptable. a court hears how four sleeping children died when their house was targeted with petrol bombs as part of a feud. 2,500 patients recalled

in northern ireland after concerns about the work of a neurology consultant. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with john. changes at rangers sooner than expected ? yes. graeme murty sacked with three great games of the season remaining. steven gerrard possibly