right across the country. we've already got several hundred councillors, i'm anticipating that will go up. in london, barnett could well fall to labour and there'll be a lot of attention on tory flagship councils wandsworth and westminster. if the tories lose one or both of those, they will be celebrating at labour headquarters. outside the capital, swindon is a tory council that could give an early indication of which way the wind is blowing. swindon is also one of five places where people will need to bring id to be able to vote as part of a pilot scheme. you could say no two votes are cast for exactly the same reasons, but that won't stop the party searching the results for reasons to be cheerful or clues to what went wrong. and if you want to know any more about these elections, you can go to our website at bbc.co.uk/news. john pienaar. and if you want to see the results of those local elections you can join me for election 2018, a special election night programme on bbc one from a quarter to midnight tomorrow night. newsnight is coming up on bbc two.

here's emily. tonight, the speaker of the house is forced to defend his position, as downing street calls for a full investigation into allegations of bullying made on this programme. join me now on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. with no shortage of goals. that the highestsm- of the champions league. let's go live to rome with our sports correspondent david ornstein. liverpool still had a big lead, but

they had to make sure. they did indeed. it was a remarkable evening. with liverpool taking an early lead through, it seemed that that point to put the tides to bed. however, it was not to be in that exact plan. it was not to be in that exact plan. it was all about to unfold because after that, which were seeing now, roma equalised through and own goal. james milner, the inadvertent congress on that occasion. it was not long before liverpool were back in front, with a crucial header that would prove the difference. even though he did not know at the time. roma pulled another back to equalise the night, and then after that, we saw goals from the long—range strike. he did not really celebrate. later in the match, just towards the final few minutes, he actually got another goalfrom

final few minutes, he actually got another goal from the penalty spot. it was not enough to make a tense finish, because it was virtually the final kick of the game, this event full—time were such contrasting emotions. roma desolated but liverpool overjoyed. it really was a spectacular game of football. lots of talk before the game surrounded security, to this point, should the italian police take credit? yes, huge credit to the italian authorities. they seemed very well organised. there were about 1200 officers on duty, and it was an upscaled effort, we were told, from normal fixtures here at the stadium. fans normal fixtures here at the stadium. fa ns were normal fixtures here at the stadium. fans were given clear instructions when nichols travelled over not to display club colours, not to drink alcohol in public places, to respect monuments of national importance. and crucially, not to walk to the game under any circumstances. it was

quite extraordinary guidance for a game in 2018 in a large major city like rome, but it all passed off smoothly before the match. we are yet to see what happens afterwards, but it was a great atmosphere inside, with liverpool fans in full voice. also, roma cheering. this will be remembered for events eve nts o n events on the field and not off. tonight's result sets up a showpiece in kiev between liverpool and real madrid. toa to a very attacking sides. rinaldo for madrid, and mohammed 43 goals. 26th of may mtf should be a mouthwatering prospect. in excess of

16,000 tickets. madrid 12 time champions, they have won it for the last three years and four of the last three years and four of the last five, liverpool five time champions, going for six trophies in what will be there eight final. back and wait for the 26th of may, because this will be remembered for another famous night. a because this will be remembered for anotherfamous night. a great night forjurgen klopp. what a match we could well have in store? in madrid, with the arsenal side as they aim to set him off. arsene wenger is in madrid with his arsenal side, as they look to send him off with a first european title. but the task is tough, they gave away a precious away goal last week in their europa league 1—1 draw with atletico. in madrid for us ahead of the second leg is our sports correspondentjoe wilson. in the suburb of madrid, about 20 minutes drive, there is a place which you could drive by and missed,

maybe not aware of it even there. but what we have here is the training ground of the athletic madrid. the senior team in madrid, if you took athletic o madrid. the senior team in madrid, if you took athletic 0 fans. the point is, the table still has been in second place. a long way behind barcelona, but it is another reason for athletic oh to feel positive. adding to the mix is the sought after, who is trading here today as well. dressed in pink. there are players, reasons for arsenal to fill pretty good. the thai stance at 1—1. that after arsenal threw away a week 1-0 that after arsenal threw away a week 1—0 lead, for almost the entirety of the first leg, leading athletico in. they still could be, trying to think positive from an arsenal point of

view, a very famous night in europe will stop it comes to the end.|j would like to walk out of the last day, and focus on the last, and when myjob is finished, i will go from there. but i want to finish with this love story. we have one remark will gain this. it is not athletico to be quite as generous. on tuesday night. joe wilson, our correspondent. and now in cycling news. chris froome says he won't entertain the prospect of having his recent results wiped, after returning an adverse drugs test at last year's vuelta a espana. the four time tour de france winner is competing at the giro d'italia which starts tomorrow. it's his first grand tour since it was recorded he had elevated levels of an asthma medicine in his body. some have questioned whether he should be allowed to race in the event which starts

injerusalem, while the investigation is ongoing. we are in the middle of a process 110w. we are in the middle of a process now. the process which allows me to demonstrate i have done nothing wrong and that is precisely what i aim to do. ijust asked people to hang on until we get into the process. justin langer has been named australia's new cricket coach. langer will coach the side in all three formats and has signed a four—year deal which will include two ashes series, a world cup and a world t20 tournament. langer played 105 tests for australia scoring 23 centuries. langer has been head coach of western australia and the perth scorchers since november 2012. kyle edmund is through to the quarterfinals of the estoril open. the british number one beat teenage wild card alex de minaur in straight sets. he'll play world number 68 joao sousa in the quarterfinals. former world number one

novak djokovic admits his confidence has taken a blow after struggling for form in 2018 the 12—time the 12—time grand slam champion hasn't made it to the last eight in any of the five tournaments he's played this year, since returning from an elbow injury. he feels he's not too far away from an improvement though. after plant without pain on court, and that is the best news at the moment, as i had really great problems playing without it, causing significant pain. basically now it is all about elevating, and they are back on the team. i am very happy to have them alongside me because they know me very well, they know making very well, and me as a person, i believe it will somehow fall quickly into place, and better results already. john higgins is through to the semi finals of the world snooker

championship after beating judd trump in a dramatic encounter at sheffield's cruicible theatre. the scot twice trailed by two frames as the match swung between the two. but he drew on the experience that has seen him win four world titles to overcome the englishman taking the final frame of the match by 84 points to nil. he'll face kyren wilson for a place in the final. mark williams will face barry hawkins in the other semi. hawkins beat ding junhui convincingly before williams completed a 12 frames to eight win over ali carter earlier this evening. just before we go, a recap. they have made it through to the cup final, well they will face madrid. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the political commentator jane merrick and henry zeffman, political reporter for the times. they are both liverpool fans. we will be talking about that later. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the metro, it leads with the big news story of the last 24 hours, up to 270 women may have died of breast cancer because of a computer error that went unnoticed for almost a decade. "why did this happen?"

it carries a picture who said she developed cancer. the telegraph also cover the breastscreening scandal, likewise the daily express also discuss the breastscreening story, in what they call a "colossal" nhs failure marked by "incompetence" the times carry a picture of 76 year old trixie gough who died from breast cancer aged 76 after no screening letter arrived. the guardian follow suit, highlighting that 450,000 patients in england missed breast cancer screenings as a result of the it system error. and the ft focuses on chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond's plans to "sabotage the eu's10bn euros satellite venture" wide hello and the ft focuses on chancellor of the exchequer philip hammond's plans to "sabotage the eu's10bn euros satellite venture" wide hello the lead story is

scandal. nhs bungle, killed hundreds of women. this is the front page of the sun. absolutely appalling story. this is so distressing. we also used the word scandal, but this is a genuine scandal. so many women, as you say, and the estimates are up to 270 women could have died or had their lives shortened. all because of this computer glitch. there was an algorithm that went wrong in 2009. it was a long period of time. injeremy 2009. it was a long period of time. in jeremy hunt announced 2009. it was a long period of time. injeremy hunt announced today it was known about injanuary, so why has there been a delay? if you have women's lives being shortened

anyway, but it is just incredibly stiff stressing. henry, anyway beat is to get in early. if you're not getting screening letters, and the whole point of screening is to see if there is any possibility that this could be happening to you. terrible. absolutely. it is almost quite hard to know what to say about it. watching jeremy hunt today, it felt that way. no one knew this was coming, until jeremy hunt felt that way. no one knew this was coming, untiljeremy hunt said he was going to make a statement, and made it today. he basically stood there and said i am really sorry, this is what happened. we are going to send some letters to the people who were affected, but at this stage, there is nothing the government can do for the