hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. an ultimatum for the prime minister, as a powerful group of conservative mps demand she drops a key brexit proposal. pro—brexit campaigners call for plans for a customs partnership with the eu to be abandoned, saying it is riddled with fundamental problems. good morning. it's wednesday the second of may. also this morning: as more than 2,000 nhs patients of a neurology consultant in belfast are recalled for a case review. a helpline for michael watt‘s private patients is also issued. new features for facebook. mark zuckerberg reveals new privacy controls and a dating app. in sport 1,200 police on the streets.

and fans told take buses to the stadium as liverpool and roma meet in the champions league, amid hightened security in the italian capital. technology has changed the way we shop on line. can it do the same for the high street? i am at the largest retail fair to the high street? i am at the largest retailfair to see the high street? i am at the largest retail fair to see what is being done to make shopping easier and more fun. there will be bluebirds over. . . and, at101, dame vera lynn is nominated for two classic brit awards, 80 years after she released herfirst single. a brilliant story. and carol has the weather. rain is moving from west to east. brighter skies for all of us in sunshine and showers, some of

which will be heavy. ——. thank you. good morning. first, our main story: brexit—supporting conservative mps have delivered what has been described as an ultimatum to theresa may to try to persuade her to abandon one of her options for future customs arrangements with the eu. a 30—page document, passed to bbc news, criticises the prime minister's preferred option of a post—brexit customs partnership with the eu. 0ur political correspondent ben wrightjoins us from from westminster. ben, how significant is this for the prime minister? the issue of how the uk will trade with the eu, the customs arrangement after brexit, it is the biggest flashpoint in british politics right now. it is massive. a lot at stake. the government is considering to alternative actions. 0ne the government is considering to alternative actions. one of them is the so—called customs partnership which theresa may is supposedly

behind. she likes the idea. it would mean the uk collecting import ta riffs mean the uk collecting import tariffs on behalf of the eu and passing it on to other member states. this is meant to keep trade flowing freely. but brexiteers hate the idea and feels it keeps the uk far too closely aligned with the eu afterwards. they have sent this warning shot to number 10 to think ha rd warning shot to number 10 to think hard about this or risk civil war in the tory party. we are reaching the crunch point in discussions. the cabinet will discuss it today. people like david lidington, the chancellor, philip hammond, perhaps cabinet ministers behind the idea of a customs partnership, brexiteers like liam fox, david davis, those talks will go on today. we should have a clear idea of where the government is on this issue after today regarding how the partnership

will work after brexit. thank you. we will be speaking to jacob rees—mogg about that later. neurology patients treated at a private clinic in northern ireland are being asked to contact them after fears that a consultant may have misdiagnosed. yesterday, the belfast health trust announced the biggest—ever recall of patients in the province, because of concerns that people who have been seen by dr michael watt may have not been given the right treatment. dr watt also worked at the private ulster independent clinic, as ben ando reports. so far, the belfast trust has had to send out recall letters to around 2500 patients after a review was carried out with regards to the diagnoses and treatment is proposed bya diagnoses and treatment is proposed by a consultant urologist, dr watt. it has led to uncertainty and worried. what has this been about? why did nobody stop this earlier?

why did nobody stop this earlier? why did nobody stop this earlier? why didl why did nobody stop this earlier? why did i have to go through this for so long? dr watt also treated patients privately. in the wake of this review, the bolster independent clinic told the bbc this. —— the ulster independent clinic. but whether nhs or private, the central message is people who are worried should get in touch. while we hope this will affect only a small number of patients, the change in diagnosis could potentially be significant. and we understand this must be incredibly anxious for them and we are deeply sorry for any distress that has been caused. dr watt, he has not seen any patience

since last year and it is not known if he has given anyone drugs he should not have. the ulster independent clinic has set up an advice and support line along with the belfast nhs trust. the numbers are on your screen. the commons speaker, john bercow, has been accused of bullying, by his former private secretary. angus sinclair told newsnight he was undermined and faced angry outbursts from mr bercow who denies the allegations. i think the problem was he would not communicate. it was like we had the best guess what he wanted. and that would always lead to mistakes. and this happened a number of times. and it seems to be more frequent. and the speaker responded in a way which ican the speaker responded in a way which i can only say is bullying, to show anger and to i can only say is bullying, to show angerand to thump i can only say is bullying, to show anger and to thump the table, to say

that somebody has failed in front of others. it seems to get more frequent. -- seemed. a former private secretary to the speaker of the house of commons has said that he was bullied byjohn bercow. angus sinclair said he faced angry outbursts and mimicry from mr bercow who denies the allegations. mr sinclair told bbc newsnight about one occasion, when the speaker accused him of failing to perform a task. facebook‘s chief executive, mark zuckerberg, has announced that the social network is to begin offering its own dating service. the social network has come under heavy criticism in recent weeks after users' data was found to have been missused by the political consultancy firm cambridge analytica. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, reports. it had been, confessed facebook‘s founder, an intense year. now, mark zuckerberg had the tricky task with sharing that things were about to getbetter. but first another apology. what happened with cambridge analytica was a major breach of trust. an app developer took data that people had shared with them and sold it.

he promised action had been taken to stop that from happening again and there was a new way for users to control how closely they were tracked on facebook. it's a simple control where you can clear your browsing history, what you've clicked, the websites you visited and so on, on and we are going to call it clear history. but for all the apologies and promises to do better, the mission to take facebook into ever more areas of lives continues. a new dating service was announced with plenty of privacy baked in, of course. mark zuckerberg had two audiences, the 5000 developers in the hall worried about their businesses and the 2 billion or so facebook users around the world worried about their privacy. let's see what the developers thought. the audience is a little less well attended this year. the applause was pretty tepid. uh, i think people are expecting more, frankly, from facebook than this. the whole world is watching and is curious as to what he had to say, so i think a lot of it was very pr but at the same time trying to motivate developers.

these events used to be all about the onward march of technology, now in less innocent times, facebook is having to prove that it is making our lives better, not worse. bbc news, san jose. thousands of liverpool fans are travelling to italy this morning to watch their team take on roma for a place in the champions league final. the build up to tonight's match has been dominated by security concerns following an attack on a liverpool fan before the first leg at anfield. and join our reporter katie walderman. what's the mood amongst fans there? it looks pretty empty at the moment. people are excited. lots of fans have already flown out on two flights specially chartered over the course of the morning. hundreds, if not thousands, of liverpool fans are expected in the morning. audio

issues. is she back? i am afraid we cannot hear. i think about 5000 fans are going. what she was trying to tell us before being rudely interrupted by technology is there are some concerns about security. italian police are taking it seriously and if you stay where you are supposed to go, it is fine. that is because of the history of roma with other english sides going there. liverpool are in a great position. five from the top in the first leg with some degree of confidence. we will have more on the football and security aspect on that later on in the programme. forces' sweetheart, dame vera lynn, has been nominated for two classic brit awards at the age of 101. it's 80 years since she released her debut single. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, has more. #we'll meet again... dame vera lynn

has received awards through her career. she was given several awards for entertaining the troops. at the age of 101, she finds herself nominated in two competitive categories at the classic brit awards on the back of her alba dame vera lynn 100. —— album. it includes digitally recreated duets. the album was only kept off number one by ed sheerin and drake. they say what she achieved in the year of

her 100 earth day means she is more than worthy of her nominations. she isa than worthy of her nominations. she is a legend and an icon. she spent a whole century entertaining the uk, in the wartime, most famously. even as recently in 2009 see was the old est as recently in 2009 see was the oldest person ever to top the official charts. —— she. oldest person ever to top the official charts. -- she. yes, she was the force's sweetheart, and almost 80 years later, she is the darling of the classic brit awards. colin paterson, bbc news. a great story, and a powerful. we said we would have more on liverpool. look behind you. some liverpool. look behind you. some liverpool fans in good spirits enjoying the atmosphere outside the

colosseum. the best flag i have ever seen was the 2005 final. it said " rafa is seen was the 2005 final. it said "rafa is bosphorous." that is very well thought out. some of the songs facing are clever and funny, though very rude sometimes. —— they sing. liverpool are just one match away from the champions league final. tonight they take on roma in italy with a 5—2 lead from their semi—final first leg at anfield. security will be intense. yesterday the roma players trained with "forza sean" on their tops to pay tribute to liverpool fan sean cox who was seriously injured in violence before last week's game. as for the match, liverpool may have a 3—goal lead, but roma have 2 valuable away goals. ifjurgen klopp's side can make it into the final in kiev, they will play real madrid. this total howler from the bayern munich goalkeeper proved crucial, as real drew 2—2 on the night, and went through 11—3 on aggregrate.

you have to feel for the guy, don't you? he was the favourite going into the quarter—finals but ding junhui could be just two frames away from defeat to barry hawkins in the world snooker chamionship. hawkins leads 11—5, needing 13 for victory. serena williams is likely to be seeded at wimbledon this year, even if the american isn't back in the world's top 32. the 36—year—old gave birth last year. the all england club says it can decide to seed a player, regardless of ranking. andy murray, coming back from injury, hoping to be back in action at wimbledon. but he will not be seeded. feasibly, if you are a lower seeded. feasibly, if you are a lower seeded player, you could face someone seeded player, you could face someone like roger federer or nadal in the opening stages. it could be a tough return. it is to do with the

agreement with the men's or women's tour. thank you for explaining that. stick around and we will have a look at the back pages. we will get the weather in a minute, but first let's have a look at the front pages. on the front pages of the times, a billionaire behind a pro brexit think—tank accuses the house of commons of being a suspected russian agent. bmw failing to recall thousands of british cars despite the potential of a fatal fault. this is according to an inquest which is going on. apparently coughs and sneezes, i don't know, you turn up with a cough and sneeze here, don't you? sorry. i do as well, at 4am it is quite difficult to make an emergency call. the days of the first sickie appear to be over,

companies reporting a rise in workers going on while ill since 2010. we are very brave and diligent. the front page of the daily express has a pole, and maybe they have done it so they can use that picture of theresa may in the power stands again. written backs theresa may according to pol —— power stance. and the pm forced to crack down on dirty money —— britain backs theresa may. and the picture here, sarah o'connor, sylvester, and windrush citizens who were adversely affected receive an apology yesterday. the daily telegraph also talking about this brexit deal and 60 tory rebels telling the prime minister this customs proposal with the eu could collapse the government. we will be speaking to

jacob rees—mogg about that later on bbc breakfast, and a story about higher earners such as doctors and lawyers being significantly more likely to drink alcohol than those in manualjobs. likely to drink alcohol than those in manual jobs. and likely to drink alcohol than those in manualjobs. and the daily mirror leads on this story, hope from tragedy, our sister's heart lives in max, they are very emotional, those stories. do you remember those two mums we had on the programme? and her son had died, sadly, and his heart was eating in the other mother's sun, and they met, and they touched his heartbeat... it was one of those things which is difficult to think about and hold things together. all the papers looking forward to the huge night in the champions league. we are ready, saying the mirror, references to the colosseum there. on the back of the daily express, jurgen klopp let's go again. it is those two away goals from roma which will keep their

hopes alive. the police ready to hold fans until 1am in the stadio olimpico, so fans are asked to arrive about 5pm on the evening, kick off at 7:45 p.m., a long wait for fans kick off at 7:45 p.m., a long wait forfans turning up, and they may have to wait until after...|j forfans turning up, and they may have to wait until after... i was worried about them today, what are they going to eat, for example?” was going to be really stereotypical and isa was going to be really stereotypical and is a pastor and pizza. and on the daily mail, a quick mention of ray wilkins —— pasta and pizza. john thierry and other players turning up to remember the famous captain. a p pa re ntly to remember the famous captain. apparently now you can send a hologram to work instead, if you're feeling unwell. scientist say basically that they have researchers

at queens university enabling people in different locations to appear as if they were in the same room. it means you and i could be at home and presenting this programme. means you and i could be at home and presenting this programmem means you and i could be at home and presenting this programme. it means you can't do that thing where you do skype meeting with a shirt and tie on butjust wearing your pyjama bottoms pants. this is the urban dictionary. generalationise, which is to generalise about a generation. beauty—suss, to be suspicious of someone's appearance. mummerazi, and boonk, to deprive someone of their personal belongings, meaning to steal. i thought drinking a bottle without breathing was strawpedo, you

put the straw in the side which ta kes put the straw in the side which takes the air out. you will also find baby bottling. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. we have a band of rain moving across the country this morning. temperature—wise it is not as cold as it was yesterday but around that band of rain and just ahead of it it is pretty windy. when it clears, bright spells, sunshine and showers. some of the showers, especially in the north and west, will be heavy with some hail and thunder. you can see in the satellite picture the extent of the cloud cover. this weatherfront satellite picture the extent of the cloud cover. this weather front has already cleared northern ireland, parts of western scotland and will continue to drift this was through the day. windy ahead of it and around it. behind it the wind veers more westerly and north—westerly. that is a cooler direction for us today generally, especially when the weather front goes through, it will feel cooler than it did yesterday. so here goes the rain, it won't clear east anglia and kent in the

late afternoon. behind its sunshine and we are looking at those showers, especially across northern ireland scotland, where we expect them be heavy with the thunder. temperature—wise, low for this stage in may. up to maybe 14 celsius. as we head on through the evening and overnight, again some clear skies put through the course of the night what you will find is the next system is coming our way, introducing some cloud. by the end of the night some patchy rain across north—west scotland and potentially northern ireland as well. it is a warm front which is fairly weak. a colder night than the one just gone. as we head through tomorrow, we start off on this bright note where we have the clear skies, as our weather front continues to push across us, you weather front continues to push across us, you will notice the cloud building and we will have some of that patchy rain coming in as well. you could see some, for example, in the afternoon across parts of west wales. tomorrow the temperatures start to rise once again. as we head on into friday, still a lot of cloud

around. still some patchy rain across the north and north—west but equally we will see some breaks in the cloud. especially but not exclusively the further east that you travel. again, those temperatures are ramping up. so we are looking at highs in the mid—teens in the north to the possibly high teens, maybe 20, as we pushed down towards the south—east. the bank holiday weekend, what is the weather looking like? it is going to warm up. generally we are looking at temperatures from the mid—to—high teens, around 20 celsius. in the south—east you can expect into the low 20s. it will be mostly dry although at times you will have weather fronts flirting with the north—west of scotland, introducing some rain at times, and some sunshine and cloud around as well. this is saturday. you can see some bright skies, the cloud coming in from the west. still a bit of damas across the north—west of scotland. temperatures climbing up and you can see how we have amber and you can see how we have amber and red. amberand and you can see how we have amber and red. amber and yellow, i should say, on the charts, which is nice.

temperatures back to where they should be, for somejust a little above. i like the way you describe that, nice. thank you very much indeed. i shall look forward to that. if you work with colleagues who like to touch base about a bit of blue—sky thinking, and get a clear strategy by the close of play, you may be cringing at the idea of another corporate meeting. but this kind of infuriating office jargon could soon be a thing of the past, as big firms like amazon and tesla look at new ways to make monotonous meetings more productive. we have been to a tech company in manchester to see what works. we kind of believed that the more space you have to freely collaborate, work as a team, whether thatis collaborate, work as a team, whether that is in pairs or small groups, it means that you need less meetings, and your workday becomes even more productive. we try and do away with sort of meeting speak and jargon, what we do encourage people to do is

try and make a decision in the meeting. so instead of deciding to make a decision, we will have a meeting to get ready for the next meeting. it is all done in one go. every meeting should have a clear purpose and an objective that meeting. we also encourage everybody to keep it so synced, do it in 45 minutes, 50 minutes, so it doesn't run over an hour. if the meeting is unproductive or a district in, we would encourage some to say let's get back to the point, let's write this up if we need to wrap it up —— succinct. it is fair enough to make the point that a meeting is becoming unproductive for you as an individual, but probably just walking out as maybe a extreme. and it was tesla ceo elon musk who told his workers to walk out if you are getting no more value out of a meeting. i used to work for a radio station, and they used to enjoy blue sky meetings, and we used to literally have a blue sky meeting, because we would have had about

creative thinking... we would go on an open top bus. did you? that's quite nice. there were only six people allowed each month to go on an open top bus meeting. i only went once, probably not creative enough! meetings which are off topic and having to repeat the benefit of someone having to repeat the benefit of someone speaking but not listening, thatis someone speaking but not listening, that is keith's personal bugbear.” hate managers not vacate in the booked room on time. that is infuriating, to turn up to a booked room and they are still going on. you say hurry up, get out. i enjoy productive meetings where everyone has an import and not meetings for meetings‘ sake. i am with andy. i hate the meeting without a good bit of food. tea and biscuits are not enough! a full meal required! send in your thoughts on that. it has been a tough few years for the high street, with many shops being squeezed and sometimes squashed by the tech giants. but could new technology now hold the key for traditional retailers to improve the customer experience?

ben is at retail business technology expo at olympia, london. good morning. did you even know that there was such a thing? apparently there was such a thing? apparently there is, and this is europe‘s biggest. we have talked a lot about how technology is changing the way we shop online, and it has meant tough times for the high street. the high street is fighting back. take a look at this. this is a digital store set up by bt, and i want to show you some of the inventions they have on display. this really could change the way that we go to the shops and use physical stores, rather than relying online. this one perhaps not particularly aimed at me, it has to be said, but maybe for the women out there that want to try out a bit of make—up and find out

what works for them, how about this one. i will change my eyeshadow, i think i am going to go for a look like that. how about some new eyelashes? that is a particularly good look for me. we will talk about how all this sort of stuff is changing the way that we shop and whether that is a good look for me. before that, let‘s get the news, travel and weather wherever you are watching breakfast this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m charlotte franks. a man has been shot dead in north—west london overnight. police opened a murder investigation after finding the victim, who is believed to have been in his 30s. a second man is being treated in hospital for gunshot injuries. police were called to cumberland road, outside queensbury tube station, just after 9:00pm last night. no arrests have been made. a hotspot of knife, gun and other weapon seizures has been identified along a 10—mile stretch of road in north london. gang activity has been blamed for the concentration running through hackney, haringey and enfield, recorded since january last year. the road is also said to be an escape route out of london towards the m25 for criminals looking to make a getaway. there have been eight violent deaths in the area so far this year.

it is the same sort of area where there are very high levels of child poverty, where there‘s high of deprivation. and the a10 is a fast road out of london to the m25, so if you wanted to get away, as it were, as an offender, this isn‘t a bad place to be offending on. a road in kings langley was evacuated last night after a suspected unexploded world war ii bomb was discovered under a bridge over the grand union canal. the specialist army bomb disposal unit were called in to water lane to remove the device. residents were eventually allowed back into their homes once the area was made safe. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tube this morning. on the trains, there is disruption on great northern services between moorgate and stevenage and kings cross and peterborough. onto the roads, and in mill hill, traffic is building on the approaches to apex corner from the a1. the greenford roundabout

is partially blocked by bridge maintenance work at the junction with the greenford flyover. and in herne hill, there are temporary traffic lights and gas mains work on croxted road at the junction with turney road. let‘s have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. it is a rather grey, cloudy start this morning, and if you don‘t have the rain already, i‘m afraid it is on its way. so turning wet, but the good news is, if you can be patient, later on this afternoon turning brighter and dry for most. now, first thing this morning, yes, it is rather grey. the rain sometimes quite heavy. it is a cold front. it sweeps through, blows through, actually, quite a pretty day, south—westerly wind through the afternoon will start to clear. some showers in its wake but also some dry, brighter spells and some sunshine as well before it sets. that average are getting up to 14 celsius, the quite a pleasant evening as the shower start to die out and overnight the cloud

disappears as well, leading to a dry, clear night. the minimum temperature, though, quite chilly. down the two or three celsius in one or two makes pots. especially outside the m25, in the countryside temperatures on the ground could get a little bit lower. but it is good news on the grounds, especially as we head into the bank holiday weekend. temperatures into the bank holiday weekend getting up in the low 20s. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. hello. this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it‘s wednesday the second of may. we‘ll have the latest news and sport injust a moment, but coming up later in the programme. as liverpool fans head to rome for their biggest match in a decade, we‘ll look at the huge security operation being mounted by italian police. should more men be encouraged to work in early years eduction?

currently 98% of those working with under—5s are women. we‘ll talk to reception class teacher ross christie just before 7am. and it‘s the drama that‘s broken all iplayer records. eve myles, star of the bbc series "keeping faith," joins us on the sofa to talk about learning welsh, yellow macs, and the possibility of a second series. all that still to come. but now, a summary of this morning‘s main news. an ultimatum for the prime minister, as a powerful group of conservative mps demand she drops a key brexit proposal. pro—brexit campaigners call for plans for a customs partnership with the eu to be abandoned, saying it is riddled with fundamental problems. a 30—page document, passed to bbc news, criticises the prime minister‘s preferred option of a post—brexit customs partnership with the eu. neurology patients treated at a private clinic

in northern ireland are being asked to contact them after fears that a consultant may have misdiagnosed. yesterday, the belfast health trust announced the biggest—ever recall of patients in the province, because of concerns that people who have been seen by dr michael watt may have not been given the right treatment. dr watt also worked at the private ulster independent clinic. a man has died and another has been injured in a shooting in north—west london. police have launched a murder investigation after the victim, believed to be in his 30s, was gunned down outside queensbury tube station shortly after 9:00pm last night. it takes the number of people deliberately killed in london since the start of the year to 59. facebook‘s chief executive, mark zuckerberg, has announced that the social network is to begin offering its own dating service. the social network has come under heavy criticism in recent weeks after users‘ data was found to have been missused by the political consultancy firm cambridge analytica. the chief executive of tsb will face

questions today about people not being able to access accounts for over a week. forces‘ sweetheart, dame vera lynn, has been nominated for two classic brit awards at the age of 101. it‘s 80 years since she released her debut single. she is up for best female and best album and will also achieve a lifetime achievement award. and we have some bear news. spring has come and we love seeing wildlife. but look at this. residents of a new jersey neighbourhood have been

worried about the bear they saw and there it is. it is thought to be a black bear. it is a one—year—old male clearly walking through the back gardens of people‘s houses. they were told not to approach the animal. is that unusual? if you lived in certain parts of canada you would see that all the time, surely? perhaps it is the same bear. i was in newjersey... it is only perhaps it is the same bear. i was in newjersey. .. it is only a year old. i was in newjersey and we were driving to the airport and my sister was on the back of the car and she pointed out a bear coming out of the

bushes. i know it is not the best story you have ever heard, but it is bear—related. story you have ever heard, but it is bear-related. talking about liverpool in rome. 5000 tickets sold. plenty more will try to go to feel the atmosphere on an historic day. there are genuine security concerns taking into account the past. many english teams have all been targeted in the past two decades. there is a real worry. a p pa re ntly decades. there is a real worry. apparently the mode of attack is on a moped. they stabbed them in the back of the legs. they were speaking about it on 5live. it happens on the night before the game. rome police

said they should be able to keep the peace as long as everyone follows the rules. liverpool are just one match away from the champions league final. tonight they take on roma in italy with a 5—2 lead from their semi—final first leg at anfield. security will be intense. yesterday the roma players trained with "forza sean" on their tops to pay tribute to liverpool fan sean cox who was seriously injured in violence before last week‘s game. as for the match, liverpool may have a 3—goal lead, but roma have 2 valuable away goals. if we have the results we need, then we will deserve to be in the final. is not, then rome has a very good campaign as well —— if. they will deserve it if they got it. that is pa rt deserve it if they got it. that is part of the game. but we are here to fight for our dreams. that‘s how it

is, and we want to go to the finals, i would imagine. ifjurgen klopp‘s side can make it through to the final in kiev, they will play holders real madrid. they reached their third final in a row, thanks in large part to an awful mistake from the bayern munich goalkeeper. watch the keeper. he totally misjudged a back pass and it proved crucial. 2—2 the score in madrid, the hosts winning 4—3 on aggregrate. it was really harsh on bayern who were by far the better side. real were not looking their best. the poor keeper in the bayern goal. headin the poor keeper in the bayern goal. head in hands. it should have been bayern‘s night. i was following the match on twitter and many were saying liverpool could take real madrid on that form last night. they have not had great legs but got through knowing how to play the game. i do not quite know what

happened to his leg. it was a back pass from the defender and you thought he would save it, but then he thought "i can‘t touch it" and it went through his body and it was tapped the end. and it is a champions league semifinals. —— tapped in. roma need to win. it can happen. they have what it takes. let‘s talk about steven gerrard as well, a liverpool superstar. steven gerrard has confirmed he has held "positive talks" with rangers about taking over as manager at ibrox. the 37—year—old former liverpool and england captain is still in negotiations about succeeding graeme murty, who was sacked as interim boss yesterday. gerrard has been an under—18s coach with liverpool‘s academy since retiring from playing in 2016. and he was the favourite going into the quarter—finals but ding junhui is on the verge of going out of the world snooker championship.

he‘s just two frames away from defeat to barry hawkins. hawkins leads 11—5, needing 13 for victory. they‘ll resume later this moring. kyren wilson is in the driving seat after last night‘s other quarter—final third session. he began level at four frames all with mark allen and finished the day leading 11—5. seven—time champion, serena williams, is likely to be seeded at wimbledon this year, even if the american does not climb back into the world‘s top 32 before the tournament. the 36—year—old williams has dropped to 449th in the world since giving birth last year. the all england club says it can decide to seed a player, regardless of ranking. a decision will be made at a meeting in latejune. andy murray will not be seeded if he‘s not ranked in the top 32 when the championships begin. murray hasn‘t played competitively since losing in the quarter—finals last year because of a hip injury. it means he could be drawn against, for example, roger federer or rafael nadal in the first round. it is all done through a computer

formula, determining that. why can serena get it and not murray? some of our best known retailers, like debenhams, house of fraser, evenjohn lewis, have been experiencing tough times recently as shoppers abandon the high street. but could a little innovation tempt customers back? ben is at europe‘s biggest retail technology show to find out more. tell us more. good morning. we are at europe hours largest retailing technology expo looking at how the

high street can fight back. technology has changed the way we shop on line. let me show you some of this stuff. it looks like a traditional rack of clothing. it is high—tech. i take a top and put it on the rack and it tells me what it is and how big it is and how much it costs. perhaps i want a different size. perhaps i choose a six or eight, request it and it sends a message back to the shop staff and they will bring another one in. put a second one on the shelf and it will tell you the details you want to know. i can add it to the bag and pay on the way out. with me is alice in from bt. —— alisson. this is innovative. it looks familiar, a watch on a rack. in a store you have products like these that look similarand you products like these that look similar and you cannot quickly and easily see the different features and functionality even if they have

and functionality even if they have a label. but with this you can put them down and immediately see features, functionality, things that contrast things that are appropriate for use by these are the things you can do on line but you can now do these in a shop. absolutely. how realistic is it we will see these things ina realistic is it we will see these things in a store? it involves a lot of cash and technology. yes and no. it is in stores now and is being piloted. reception from customers, the better customer experience, it is helping. stores are facing a tough time, many retailers in particular. they have to fight back. is this a way to do that? absolutely. retailers not dying but it needs to evolve and change. using technology to personalise and give you a better and more rich in store

experience than on line is the way to survive. and now a retailer expert, kate. they really have to do something now. adapt or die.” expert, kate. they really have to do something now. adapt or die. i work in america and they talk about the retail cata clysm. in america and they talk about the retail cataclysm. they expect 9000 stores to close this year. half of all american malls closing by 2023. it isa all american malls closing by 2023. it is a pessimistic view, but eve ryo ne it is a pessimistic view, but everyone expects 30% of employees in retail to be done in the next ten yea rs. retail to be done in the next ten years. they have to do something. -- gone. is this giving us functions we ta ke gone. is this giving us functions we take for granted on line and putting them ina take for granted on line and putting them in a store? the benefit of a store is you can touch and feel in a way you cannot on the web. a woman

has never asked me if there will be no stores in the future. but men do. women love shopping, it is hunting and gathering. stores will never go away. but there will be new retail, like we see coming out of china. we will have a look around this exhibition and show you more later. this is beau, the assistant helping us this is beau, the assistant helping us in the store this morning. we will introduce you to some of the robot this morning as well. all sorts of gadgets and gizmos and adventures. iam not i am not convinced. see if you can convince me. are you a browser or do you go to shops to buy?” convince me. are you a browser or do you go to shops to buy? i am very direct, if i need to buy a jacket,

thatis direct, if i need to buy a jacket, that is what i go and do. so you are not, like, i am that is what i go and do. so you are not, like, iam going that is what i go and do. so you are not, like, i am going to the shops? we are quite similar on that side. normally we are very different on most things. we can agree on some in. this is dutiful. -- beautiful. here is carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. and this band of rain moving across the country. absolutely, you can do the country. absolutely, you can do the weather! you‘re quite right, we have a band of rain moving from the west towards the east. as it clears what you will behind it, it will brighten up but we will also see some sunshine and showers, some of which will be heavy, across scotland and northern ireland. you can see the cloud associated with a weather front producing all this rain draped across the uk. it has cleared northern ireland and western scotland, and as this front moves towards the east, we have blustery winds just ahead of it and around it. behind it the wind changes to more of a westerly or north—westerly, so that is a cooler

direction for us. that will feel a bit cooler behind that front, generally, today. here goes the front pairing eastern scotland, it will clear east anglia and can i late afternoon and behind it right skies and sunny spells developing, and some showers. the most frequent showers will be across scotland and northern ireland. here they will also be heaviest and will have some hailand also be heaviest and will have some hail and thunder and lightning with them. cool in the breeze, highs of 13 or 14 as we push into the south—east. through the evening and overnight we have said goodbye to that weather front. some clear skies but in the next system is coming in from the atlantic, and it will introduce a bit more cloud, some patchy light rain and drizzle across northern ireland. and north—west scotla nd northern ireland. and north—west scotland by the end of the night. a cooler night than the one which has just gone. so we start thursday morning on a dry note with a fair bit of sunshine, but our weak weather front, it is a warm front this time, coming in from the west, will introduce some patchy rain

across scotland, northern ireland and later in the day we could see some of that getting into west wales. temperatures, though, slowly starting to recover. still not brilliant for this stage in may, but they will get better. so on friday our warm front continues to push towards the east. it will take a fair bit of cloud with it. here and there we will see some patchy outbreaks of rain, but not much more than that, and we will see some sunshine especially in north—east scotla nd sunshine especially in north—east scotland and the south—east of england. aberdeen could see 20 celsius on friday, as could the south—east. even though there is a lot of cloud, we still will have a fairly pleasant day. as for the bank holiday weekend, it is warming up. generally our temperature range across the uk will be the mid—to—high teens, maybe some of us seeing 20, but the south—east could have into the low 20s. there could be some cloud around at times, and

the odd spot of rain getting in across the north—west. but there will be some sunshine. on saturday, afair bit will be some sunshine. on saturday, a fair bit of cloud around, breaking as we see some sunshine coming through. at times, with weather fronts in the north—west we will see patchy outbreaks of rain, and temperatures on saturday not too shabby for early may. more than 2,500 nhs patients in northern ireland are being recalled to hospital to have their neurology cases re—examined. the belfast health trust has written to some patients seen by dr michael watt because of concerns they might have been misdiagnosed or given the incorrect treatment. those affected include patiencts with multiple sclerosis and parkinson‘s disease. dr watt is still employed by the trust, but is not seeing patients. joining us now from our belfast newsroom is patricia gordon, director of the ms society in northern ireland. thank you so much for coming on. this is a huge recall of patients, having to go back to be re— diagnosed. how have you got to this point? this is something we have

never experienced before, and it is of course causing patients a huge amount of concern, alarm and fear, and dr watt has been seeing patients sincejune and dr watt has been seeing patients since june last year. we and dr watt has been seeing patients sincejune last year. we have enquired about who will be seeing his patients, but it came as a shock on monday to discover they were going to have to recall 2500 patients. i should say to some of our viewers, if you are watching this and are slightly concerned about this story as we talk about it, some helplines on the screen will enable you to call and try and get more information. patricia, i know that there are other diseases which we talk about, like parkinson‘s disease, which can be misdiagnosed. at from a ms point of view, which is your specialist area, how many patients might be affected? we will speak to a patient who was told she had ms and in fact did not. yes, we understand that out of 2500 patients, some 20% of people

diagnosed with ms, ms is a very complex condition, and people are diagnosed with what is called relapsing or remitting ms, they will be prescribed treatment, and these treatments need to be monitored carefully. there is a lot of alarm about whether people have been diagnosed appropriately and given the right treatment, and indeed, whether they have got ms. you talk about treatment, that is another thing, the medication they may have been given for something they don‘t actually have. you have spoken to a lot of patients on this. how concerned are people who have been told their cases will be reviewed? people are very concerned. they are very fearful, they are worried. it has caused an awful lot of stress to get a letter out of the blue to say that their care may not have been what they thought it was, or their treatment. so they are deeply, deeply concerned, and from our perspective we want to make sure people are treated and seen as soon as possible. we have asked the belfast trust to ensure ms patients

are consulted by an urologist, specialising in ms, and we will make sure that is the case. you mentioned dr watt, i think the term the trust users was taking voluntary suspension in 2017. if that was during last year, why has it taken such a long time for these patients to be contacted ? such a long time for these patients to be contacted? i think we are very concerned about the length of time that people have been left in limbo. soi that people have been left in limbo. so i think there are questions that will need to be asked about the process , will need to be asked about the process, and why patients have not been contacted in an more timely fashion. what have the trust said to you about that? the trust at the moment has set up a helpline to ask people to contact them, to make an appointment, to get a review, and to a nswer appointment, to get a review, and to answer any questions that people can have about their condition. patricia, i really appreciate your time this morning. you can see those helplines on screen. that is patricia gordon, director of the ms

society in northern ireland. and we will be speaking to a patient who is not in those 2500 nhs patients, but a private patient who also went to see dr watt. she was told she had multiple sclerosis and was given quite a lot of medication for that as well, and subsequently told she hadn‘t. we will talk about the impact it had personally on her and in many other patients who might be in the same situation. we all know how important the early years of life are for a child‘s development, but could a lack of male role models during this time lead to problems later in life? only 2% of nursery workers and reception teachers are men, so now the national association of head teachers is calling for government action to encourage more men in to the profession. joining us now is early years teacher ross christie, and elaine sagar, from the sunflower group, which manages a set of nurseries in greater manchester. good morning. lovely to see you. thank you very much forjoining us.

what age children do you work with? soido what age children do you work with? so i do reception, so four orfive yea rs of so i do reception, so four orfive years of age, i am theirfirst teacher when they start school. and anybody who has had a child knows how gorgeous they are at that age. amazing, amazing. and possibly how challenging. yes, they are. but it is one of the most rewarding jobs there is out there, because you see them grow as individuals, and being them grow as individuals, and being the early years it is the starting blocks of the child‘s education, and the fact that we have the impact as teachers to create lifelong learners makes it so incredible. did you know there is only 2% of you in the teaching profession? when you did whatever qualification to get into teaching, were there many men? there we re teaching, were there many men? there were quite a few men, but they wa nted were quite a few men, but they wanted to do other greats, year 5, year6, and wanted to do other greats, year 5, year 6, and there were no real male teachers that i saw as inspirational, because it was predominantly female, so when my

head approached me and suggested the early years lead, ijumped at it, because my head wanted to create that does, and i wanted to create that does, and i wanted to create that buzz, that they wanted to become lifelong learners and start —based learning journey. become lifelong learners and start -based learning journey. the reason we are talking about this is that the national association of head teachers say that the lack of access to male teachers might lead to a dearth of male role models. the stigma needs to be removed to encourage more men into the sector. and it is so important, as ross said, for those early years. ross is in reception, and we need men to come in lower and start at the very beginning for the children. how do you remove the stigma? it is very difficult. it is important that maybe we change the term from nursery nurses to early years professionals, there needs to be, going back to the money thing, a lot

more money brought into the sector to encourage men in. and what would you do, ross? people watching today may be at the age where they are considering a career, sell the career. a specially for the early yea rs, career. a specially for the early years, you need to remember not to see the child as an age, as a four—year—old, a three—year—old or see the child as an age, as a four—year—old, a three-year-old 01’3 five—year—old, see them as individuals and is the them as the fa ct individuals and is the them as the fact that you as a teacher can have an impact, doing something as simple as...a an impact, doing something as simple as... a lot of the time the stigma is that they are just playing or colouring in. but there is always a purpose, so it might be that they are mixing colours or painting yellow for a purpose, or it might have some special education needs children or doing the sensory aspect, and i think if we remember that every child deserves an outstanding and world—class education, that is what we can provide, and that is what i think future teachers can think about doing, and even teachers who have been teaching for 1015 years, create a learning journey and lifelong learners which will hopefully

continue when they start doing their gcses and carrying on forward. continue when they start doing their gcses and carrying on forwardm does seem amazing, doesn‘t it? we are talking about 98% being women, which is crazy. how quickly can that be turned around ? which is crazy. how quickly can that be turned around? again, it needs to come down to some positive emotion. the government looked at lack of males and lack of male teachers coming into the profession, so they put a lot of bursaries out there. i think it is important to push those down in the early years, to get those role models in. you talk about the stigma. when you tell people the job you do, what sort of reaction do you get? they don't understand it. you say early years, and they say are you playing? die zeit no, i am not playing. i have always wanted my children to have the same experience as as the outstanding children at wymondham, the school i work out, do. i want early years to have the same experience and love of learning, to create poor and wonder, is what i always say to my friends —— create awe and wonder. one of my

children taking their coats by themselves, singing a song, those little steps make it incredible. through play, education through play. will they be watching it this morning? yes, my teacher is going to play it for them. hello, morning? yes, my teacher is going to play it forthem. hello, mr christie‘s class. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we need to create a bit more awe and wonder. what are you going to do? i don‘t know, i will think about it. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m charlotte franks. a man has been shot dead in north—west london overnight. police opened a murder investigation after finding the victim, who is believed to have been in his 30s. a second man is being treated in hospital for gunshot injuries. police were called to cumberland road, outside queensbury tube station, just after 9:00pm last night. no arrests have been made. a hotspot of knife, gun and other weapon seizures has been identified

along a 10—mile stretch of road in north london. gang activity has been blamed for the concentration running through hackney, haringey and enfield, recorded since january last year. the road is also said to be an escape route out of london towards the m25 for criminals looking to make a getaway. there have been eight violent deaths in the area so far this year. it‘s the same sort of area where there are very high levels of child poverty, where there‘s high levels of deprivation. and the a10 is a fast road out of london to the m25. so if you wanted to get away, as it were, as an offender, this isn‘t a bad place to be offending on. a road in kings langley was evacuated last night after a suspected unexploded world war ii bomb was discovered under a bridge over the grand union canal. the specialist army bomb disposal unit were called—in to water lane to remove the device. residents were eventually allowed

back into their homes once the area was made safe. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tube this morning. on the trains, there is disruption on great northern services between moorgate and stevenage and kings cross and peterborough. onto the roads, and in mill hill, traffic is building on the approaches to apex corner from the a1. the greenford roundabout is partially blocked by bridge maintenance work at the junction with the greenford flyover. let‘s have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a rather grey, cloudy start this morning, and if you don‘t have the rain already, i‘m afraid it‘s on its way. so turning wet, but the good news is, if you can be patient, later on this afternoon turning brighter and drier for most. now, first thing this morning,

yes, it is rather grey. the rain sometimes quite heavy. it‘s a cold front — it sweeps through, blows through, actually. quite a breezy day — a south—westerly wind but through the afternoon will start to clear. some showers in its wake, but also some drier, brighter spells, and some sunshine, as well, before it sets. the temperature today getting up to 14 celsius, so quite a pleasant evening as those showers will start to die out, and overnight the cloud disappears, as well, leading to a dry, clear night. the minimum temperature, though, quite chilly. down to two or three celsius in one or two spots. especially outside the m25, out towards the countryside, temperatures on the ground could get a little bit lower. but it‘s good news on the ground, especially as we head into the bank holiday weekend. plenty of dry weather, some sunshine, and temperatures into the bank holiday weekend getting up in the low 20s. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. hello.

this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. an ultimatum for the prime minister as a powerful group of conservative mps demand she drops a key brexit proposal. pro—brexit campaigners call for plans for a customs partnership with the eu to be abandoned saying its riddled with fundamental problems. good morning. it‘s wednesday the second of may. also this morning: as more than 2,000 nhs patients of a neurology consultant in belfast are recalled for a case review, a helpline for dr michael watt‘s private patients is also issued. new features for facebook. mark zuckerberg reveals enhanced privacy controls and a dating app. in sport, 1,200 police on the streets, and fans told take buses to the stadium as liverpool and roma meet in the champions league, amid hightened security in the italian capital.

technology has changed the way we shop on line. can it do the same for the high street as well? i am at europe‘s largest retail expo, finding out how things are changing. #there‘ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of dover. and at 101, dame vera lynn is nominated for two classic brit awards 80 years after she released herfirst single. and carol has the weather. good morning. a band of heavy rain and blustery winds moving west to east across the uk. as it clears, behind it, blue skies and sunny

spells, but some showers, some of which will be heavy with hail and thunder. good morning. first, our main story. brexit—supporting conservative mps have delivered what‘s been described as an ultimatum to theresa may to try to persuade her to abandon one of her options for future customs arrangements with the eu. a 30—page document passed to bbc news criticises the prime minister‘s preferred option of a post—brexit customs partnership with the eu. our political correspondent, ben wright, joins us from from westminster, ben how significant is this for the prime minister? good morning. it is a reminder theresa may not only has to negotiate rates it with eu countries in brussels, but yet again negotiate brexit with her own tory party. —— brexit. the biggest issue right now is how the uk will trade with the eu outside of the single market to be

what custom agreement will there be? the biggest single market for us is the eu. there are two options floating around whitehall. theresa may‘s preferred idea is this thing called a customs partnership which would mean effectively the uk mirroring eu customs agreements for things coming into the uk but also giving us the ability to set our own tariffs. it is believed this will be discussed at the cabinet committee in charge of brexit today. big players are behind her idea, including philip hammond, greg clark, and others. some of the brexiteer members may be more sceptical. i think the fact you see brexiteers on the tory backbench sending this document in number 10

outlining why they think the customs partnership is a rubbish idea shows they are prepared to issue an ultimatum and go after theresa may if they believe she is not executing the kind of brexit they want to see. many think there should be a customs union like we currently have with the eu, something labour is saying is the only solution to keeping things like the border between northern ireland and ireland a nonissue. don't you. later on we will talk to david lidington and jacob rees—mogg who are both on different sides of this discussion. the belfast health trust has apologised for having to recall 2,500 patients after launching an investigation into the work of a consultant neurologist. concerns were raised by other doctors about dr michael watt‘s management of patients with conditions including epilepsy and ms. dr watt is currently not actively practising, but is still an employee of the trust. ben ando reports. where it says here...

so far, the belfast trust has had to send out recall letters to around 2,500 patients after a review was carried out into the diagnoses made and treatments proposed by dr michael watt, a consultant neurologist. it‘s led to uncertainty and worried. what has this all been about? why did nobody spot this earlier? why did nobody stop this earlier? why did i have to go through this for so long? dr watt also treated patients privately, and in the wake of this review, the ulster independent clinic told the bbc this. but whether nhs or private, the central message is that patients who are worried should get in touch. whilst we hope that this will only affect a very small number

of patients, the change in diagnosis could potentially be very significant. and we understand that this must be incredibly anxious for them and we are deeply sorry for any distress that has been caused. dr michael watt has not seen any patients since june last year. it‘s not yet known how many may have been given a wrong diagnosis or unnecessary drugs. ben ando, bbc news. if you‘ve been affected by any of these issues the belfast health trust and the ulster independent clinic has set up an advice and support line. the numbers are on the screen below. 0h, the numbers are on the screen below. oh, we haven‘t got them. we‘ll get them to you later. apologies for

that. the commons speakerjohn bercow, has been accused of bullying, by his former private secretary. angus sinclair told newsnight he was undermined and faced angry outbursts from mr bercow who denies the allegations. i think our problem was that he would not communicate. it was like we had to best guess what he wanted, and that would always lead to mistakes. and this happened a number of times, and it seemed to be more frequent. and the speaker responded in a way which i can only say is bullying, that is, to show anger and to thump the table, to say that somebody has failed in front of others. it seemed to get more frequent. a spokesman for the speaker‘s office said this. "mr speaker strenuously denies that there is any substance to any of these allegation. john bercow has a superb team of dedicated, effective and long—serving staff, five of whom have worked for him very happily for a combined total of over 40 years." facebook‘s chief executive, mark zuckerberg, has announced

that the social network is to begin offering its own dating service. facebook has come under heavy criticism in recent weeks after users‘ data was found to have been missused by the political consultancy firm cambridge analytica. our technology correspondent, rory cellan—jones, reports. it had been an intense year. now mark zuckerberg had the tricky task with sharing that things were about to get at. but first another apology. what happened with cambridge analytica was a major breach of trust. an app developer took data that people had shared with them and sold at. he promised action had been taken to stop that from happening again and there was a new way for users to control how closely they were tracked on facebook. it is a simple control where you can clear your browsing history, what you clicked on and we are going to call it clear history. but for all the apologies and promises to do better, the mission to take

facebook into ever more areas of lives continues. a new dating service was announced with plenty of privacy baked in, of course. he had two audiences, the 5000 developers in the hall worried about their businesses and the 2 billion or so facebook users around the world worried about their privacy. let‘s see what the developers thought. the audience is a little less well attended this year. the applause was pretty tepid. i think people are expecting more frankly, from facebook than this. the whole world is watching and is curious as to what he had to say, a lot of it was very pr but at the same time trying to motivate developers. i know developers have issues because he closes some things but it is better for the world since data was breached. these events used to be all about the onward march of technology, now in less innocent times, facebook is having to prove that it is making our lives better, not worse. forces‘ sweetheart dame vera lynn has been nominated for two classic brit awards at the age of 101.

it‘s 80 years since she released her debut single. our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson, has more. # we‘ll meet again, don‘t know where, don‘t know when... dame vera lynn has received awards throughout her career. in 1945, she was given both the war medal and the burma star for entertaining the troops. but now at the age of 101 she finds herself nominated in two competitive categories at the classic brit awards. it‘s on the back of the success of the album vera lynn 100, released last year, it featured re—orchestrated versions of some of the best—known songs and digitally created duets with the likes of the host of pointless, alexander armstrong. # there‘ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of dover... the album was only kept off number one by ed sheerin and drake. the classic brits say that what she has achieved in the year of her 100th birthday means she is more than worthy of her nominations. she‘s a legend, an icon, she spans a whole century,

nearly, of entertaining the uk. obviously in wartime most famously. but even as recently as 2009 she topped the charts. the oldest person ever to top the official charts. # but i know we'll meet again some sunny day... yes, she was the forces sweetheart and now almost 80 years later vera lynn is the darling of the classic brit awards. colin paterson, bbc news. just wonderful. 101. ijust love that story. the ugly side of football was on show last week when liverpool hosted roma in the champions league semi—final at anfield. on a night marred by violence, reds fan, sean cox, was left in a critical condition after being attacked by a group of roma ultras outside the ground. italian and merseyside police have

launched a large—scale security operation ahead of tonight‘s second leg clash in rome. let‘s go live now to katie walderman at liverpool airport. a number offans a number of fans have already left this morning. very busy and a lot of excitement. how many fans are worried about what might happen in rome tonight? there is a sense of cautious optimism at liverpooljohn lennon airport. hundreds if not thousands of fans are expected to pass through with a number of chartered flights due to depart in the next few hours or so. 5000 supporters are expected to make the trip to the italian capital for the champions league semi—final second leg against roma. obviously, the concern is for those fans following the violence we saw outside anfield,

with sean injured. two men have been charged in connection with that incident, but it has left some fans feeling anxious here today. italian police have said they can guarantee the safety of liverpool fans providing they stick to the security arrangements. we have two fans here. do the measures in place go far enough for you? they seem to. it is a champions league semi—final. that is what the vast majority of people are going to see. it is important to remember through all of the competition this year there has not beena competition this year there has not been a single liverpool fan arrested. are you confident italian police will handle things? in there own way, i am sure they will. what are your predictions?” own way, i am sure they will. what are your predictions? i cannot wait. i think we can get the away win 2—1. some cautious this morning but not enough to put anyone off. thank you.

it is good to see fans in good spirits. geoff pearson from manchester university specialises in studying football violence and sports law. thank you forjoining us. there are obviously security concerns. tel is a little bit about the history of these roma fans, because they do have a bit of a chequered past, that they? that's right, there is a history of antagonism between roma fa ns history of antagonism between roma fans and english fans, and between italian fans and english fans, but it seems to be rome in particular that there are attacks, usually unprovoked attacks, on english supporters. and also problems in terms of the italian policing. and our english fans a target because of why english fans have always been a target? historical hooliganism from the 1970s and 1980s? that's right, and english fans are still seen as legitimate targets because of that history of hooliganism. we saw that in marseille at the european

championships, but it seems to be a particular problem in italy because of the rivalry with some of the club sides. some of the details are really shocking, because of for example the use of belts. that's right, and this is unheard of among football fa ns right, and this is unheard of among football fans from this country. i am not sure of the details in this match, but in this fans have been asked to remove their belts before, it is not every single match that that happens. we say it is a huge security operation, but as you well know, when you go to football matches sometimes you can‘t police an entire city, can you? and if you ta ke an entire city, can you? and if you take care of the area around the ground, sometimes the violence and the scuffles might move somewhere else. it is a huge operation, thousands of police officers involved in rome tonight, but it is difficult to get it right every

time. to a certain extent, but most of the attacks on the night before the match had taken place in the same sorts of areas of rome, and previously those haven‘t been policed well enough by the italian authorities. which is why fans have been told to avoid those areas in the build—up to the night‘s game. yes, but really it is a major european city. the police should be able to guarantee the safety of tourists visiting. and there is real concern from tourists going out there. what is your advice? u nfortu nately there. what is your advice? unfortunately it is an incredibly high—risk football match away from home. probably the lowest risk way to get to the stadium is to go on that bus convoy which is being put on by the authorities. but u nfortu nately on by the authorities. but unfortunately that has been attacked in the past as well. and are we still in the bad old days in some ways with regard to violence? well, it is certainly clear that this reputation for hooliganism is becoming very difficult to shake off for english supporters. it doesn‘t matter how well—behaved english fans

are when they travel abroad, and they travel abroad really regularly... . they become targets, is that what you are saying? that's right, they are seen as legitimate targets by very small numbers of gangs and hooligan groups. thank you for that. the hope is that when we watch bbc breakfast, win or lose, we are talking about the football and not about somebody suffering from any sort of football violence. if you have just turned any sort of football violence. if you havejust turned on any sort of football violence. if you have just turned on your television, it is wednesday morning, if you are just clearing the sleep from your eyes. thank you for telling us it is wednesday. here is carol with a look at this morning‘s weather. good morning. if you arejust stepping outside you will notice it is raining across many parts of the uk. we have a band of rain moving from the west towards the east. as it clears we are looking at sunshine and showers behind it. some of the showers will be heavy, especially across scotland and northern

ireland. you can see this big sway the cloud across the uk. the weather front producing the rain is blustery around it, and ahead of it, but behind the wind changes to a north—westerly direction, a cool direction for us so today will feel cooler than it did yesterday. so there goes the rain, moving out of eastern scotland. last to clear east anglia and kent, it won‘t be you and the late this afternoon. behind the band of rain we are looking at sunny skies developing. also some showers across skies developing. also some showers a cross m ost skies developing. also some showers across most of england and wales, they will be well scattered so depending on your point of view you will be unlikely to catch one. across northern ireland in scotland they will be more frequent, and here they will be more frequent, and here they will be heavy with some hail and some thunder and lightning. with the change of wind direction it will feel cool, but the temperatures are no great shakes. they are lower than they should be at this stage in early may. as we move on through the evening and overnight, a lot of clear skies. a ridge of high pressure will kill off a lot of the showers, and then we have another

system coming in from the atlantic. this time it is a week warm front, and by the end of the night, as well is all this cloud coming into the west, it will be producing some light, patchy rain across the west of northern ireland and also western parts of scotland. tomorrow, then, we start off with a lot of sunshine. but the cloud will be building in all the time from the west as that warm front approaches, taking more rain with it. mostly across scotland and northern ireland. later in the day we could see some drizzly rain across west wales and north—west england, but tomorrow the temperatures will pick up once again, and that is the trend as we go right through until next week. on friday we start off on a bright note in the east, the cloud continuing to cross us in the east, the cloud continuing to cross us with that weather front. there will still be brighter breaks amongst that cloud nonetheless, and some patchy rain and drizzle across north—west scotland. even so, the temperature is still rising that it more. the bank holiday weekend is looking quite promising the most of us. looking quite promising the most of us. warming up quite nicely, mostly

dry, some weather fronts trying to get into the north—west of scotland at times, and some sunshine. bright in the east, cloud in the west, but holes in that cloud mean we will see sunny spells and some patchy rain at times across north—west scotland. temperatures getting up to 20 or 21, and it could get a little bit higher than that in the south—east as we go through the bank holiday weekend. generally, north to south, we are looking at mid—teens to high teens. so not too shabby. not at all. i look forward to the weekend, just got to get through the next few days. abortion is set to be decriminalised on the isle of man, making the island one of the world‘s most liberal places for reproductive rights. under existing laws, a pregnancy can only be terminated if it is the result of rape or because of mental health concerns. but pro—life campaigners say highly deceptive language was used to get the bill through, and are concerned that the new law goes too far. if there are two lives in danger, we

will save the life of the person we can save. what we are talking about elective abortion, very specifically about elective abortion. we‘re not talking about those very, very rare circumstances when the life of the mother in danger, ectopic pregnancy, for example. you are talking about elective abortion, and nearly 90% of abortions are abortions of convenience, if i can put it in layman‘s terms. joining us now is stephanie kelsey from the campaign for abortion law modernisation. it is one of those emotive issues which creates really strong opinions on both sides of the debate. can you explain exactly what the changes will be? yes, at the moment on the isle of man, abortion is legal, but so isle of man, abortion is legal, but so restrictive that it is virtually impossible to obtain on the isle of man. so at the moment women are

forced to travel to the uk for an abortion if they can afford it, and thatis abortion if they can afford it, and that is very expensive so disconnect against women who can‘t afford it. if they are not able to do that because of money reasons or it is they can‘t obtain childcare or they have someone else to look after, they have to go online and order safe medication, which is illegal on the isle of man, and can be confiscated. so what the new bill aims to do is to make abortion available on request up to 14 weeks. just one doctor will have to sign off on that, making it quite simple for women. the majority of abortions are carried out very early in the uk. and so that provision, we think, will cover the majority of women. after 14 weeks there is a range of circumstances under which women can still get an abortion, up to 24 weeks, and then there is a provision

after 24 weeks for those rare cases. that is for when the mother‘s life is in danger or when there is an impairment which is so serious that a child would not survive. what is your response... we heard from one campaigner, what is your response to the concerned that these will become abortions of convenience? yes, i think he is underestimating the amount of thought that women put into the decision to have an abortion. certainly this bill has been very well thought out, and debated to the tiniest detail, so that there are restrictions on women after 14 weeks, and before that, abortion is treated as part of women‘s healthcare, and that is the provision which will affect most women on the isle of man. you say so much detail has gone into exactly where you position this. why such a dramatic change? well, in england,

in the uk, your bill dates back to 1967, so the bill in the uk could arguably do with an update. on the isle of man, our law is even more restrictive. so this is a bill for now, it is a bill for 2018 and the future. i am interested as well, because we were talking last week about access zones around clinics. it also legislates where people will be prevented from harassment outside clinics. that is quite a change. be prevented from harassment outside clinics. that is quite a changem isa clinics. that is quite a changem is a change. it doesn‘t prevent people‘s right to protest, people can protest wherever they like except around the hospital, which is where abortions will be taking place, and if medics who are involved in an abortion on request and access zones and protection zone around their house, that can be protected as well. thank you very much for talking to us this morning. let us know what you think about that. you can get in contact with us via the usual means, on facebook, twitter, and most people still send

us an e—mail. twitter, and most people still send us an e-mail. we still get e-mails, definitely we do. we have been talking about technology and how it might change our shopping habits. ben is at retail business technology expo at olympia, london. welcome, this is the biggest of its kind in europe, and there are all sorts of things going on, looking at how they will change our shopping experience. i met pepper a little earlier, shall we fist bump? let‘s go. so me and pepper, my new friend who is changing all sorts of things in the retail environment. maybe making it easier for people to perhaps use all the benefits that they get from shopping online but do it in they get from shopping online but do itina they get from shopping online but do it in a store. we have seen all sorts of new inventions and this place is full of them. there are loads of exhibitors looking at how they can fight back against that threat from online technology. of

course we know that more of us are shopping online, and the high—street says it will fight back and use some of that same technology to get us backin of that same technology to get us back in the stores. i will speak to some of the people affected, looking at some of the new gadgets and inventions which have been created to help in that fight back. i think it is fair i let pepper do the next bit. from both of us, take it away. two before that, let‘s get the news, travel and weather where you are watching breakfast this morning. good morning from bbc london news, i‘m charlotte franks. a man has been shot dead in north—west london overnight. police opened a murder investigation after finding the victim, who is believed to have been in his 30s. a second man is being treated in hospital for gunshot injuries. police were called to cumberland road, outside queensbury tube station just after 9:00pm last night. no arrests have been made. a hotspot of knife, gun and other weapon seizures has been identified along a 10—mile stretch

of road in north london. gang activity has been blamed for the concentration running through hackney, haringey and enfield recorded since january last year. the road is also said to be an escape route out of london. there have been eight violent deaths in the area so far this year. it‘s the same sort of area where there are very high levels of child poverty, where there‘s high levels of deprivation. and the a10 is a fast road out of london to the m25. so if you wanted to get away, as it were, as an offender, this isn‘t a bad place to be offending on. a road in kings langley was evacuated last night after a suspected unexploded world war ii bomb was discovered under a bridge over the grand union canal. the specialist army bomb disposal unit were called in to water lane to remove the device. residents were eventually allowed back into their homes once the area was made safe. let‘s have a look at the travel situation now.

there is a part suspension on the district line and minor delays on the circle line due to a faulty train at high street kensington. on the trains, there is disruption on great northern services between moorgate and stevenage and kings cross and peterborough. onto the roads, traffic is building on the m25 anti—clockwise from junction 17 at maple cross to junction 15 for the m4. the greenford roundabout is partially blocked by bridge maintenance work at the junction with the greenford flyover. let‘s have a check on the weather now, with kate kinsella. good morning. it‘s a rather grey, cloudy start this morning, and if you don‘t have the rain already, i‘m afraid it is on its way. so turning wet, but the good news is, if you can be patient, later on this afternoon turning brighter and drier for most. now, first thing this morning, yes, it is rather grey. the rain sometimes quite heavy. it‘s a cold front — it sweeps through, blows through, actually. quite a breezy day — a south—westerly wind,

but through the afternoon it will start to clear. some showers in its wake, but also some drier, brighter spells, and some sunshine, as well, before it sets. the temperature today getting up to 14 celsius, so quite a pleasant evening as those showers will start to die out, and overnight the cloud disappears, as well, leading to a dry, clear night. the minimum temperature, though, quite chilly. down to two or three celsius in one or two spots. especially outside the m25, out towards the countryside, temperatures on the ground could get a little bit lower. but it‘s good news on the ground, especially as we head into the bank holiday weekend. plenty of dry weather, some sunshine, and temperatures into the bank holiday weekend getting up in the low 20s. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now, though, it is back to louise and dan.