this is bbc news. the headlines — former manchester united manager, sir alex ferguson, has emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. his club say the operation went well. support has flooded in from fans and friends. i hope he is in good hands and i hope the operation is a major success hope the operation is a major success because hope the operation is a major success because as a hope the operation is a major success because as a personal friend, x, you know, i hope he has a full recovery. british fugitive, jamie acourt, has been remanded in custody by a spanish judge after being arrested in barcelona on drugs charges. russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, is arrested as he tries to address a protest against president putin. an erupting volcano in hawaii has triggered a series of earthquakes, including the most powerful tremor to hit the state since 1975. and in half an hour, we'll be taking a look at tomorrow's front pages.

including how the news of sir alex ferguson's emergency operation has been covered. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. sir alex ferguson, the most successful manager in british football history, is recovering in intensive care tonight after undergoing emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. manchester united said the operation went "very well" but that he now needed a period of intensive care to help his recovery. our sports correspondent david ornstein reports. this was sir alex ferguson only last sunday, in high spirits and seemingly good health. but tonight news emerged that the 76—year—old had been admitted to hospital, a statement released by manchester

united read sir alex ferguson has undergone emergency surgery today for a brain hammer it. the procedure has gone very well but he needs a period of intensive care to optimise his recovery. speculation began when his son, darren, manager of doncaster rovers was absent from their match against wigan athletic today with the club saying it was for family reasons. sir alex ferguson retired as manchester united manager in may, 2013, after winning an incredible 38 trophies in 26 years. the scott famously won the trouble of premier league, fa cup and champions league trophies in 1999, the same year he was knighted. gordon taylor, boss of the professional footballers association said: "all our thoughts umpires are with you sir alex,

god bless", as messages of support poured in from across the football community. i hope he is in good hands and the operation is a success, because as a personal friend, i hope he has a full recovery. sir alex ferguson is one of the greatest figures the game has ever known. his success at old trafford earning him legendary status, the hope is he will win this battle off the pitch as he did so often on it. david ornstein, bbc news. and we'll have much more on sir alex in our sports bulletin in ten minutes time. one of britain's most wanted men, arrested yesterday in barcelona, has been denied bail by a judge in spain ahead of extradition proceedings. jamie acourt had evaded the police for two years. mr acourt, who's wanted for alleged drugs offences, was one of the original suspects in the murder of the teenager, stephen lawrence, 25 years ago. he's always denied involvement. from barcelona, tom burridge sent this report. he was a top target for spanish and british police.

today, jamie acourt is finally in police custody. he was arrested at this gym in central barcelona. spanish police tell me that when officers moved in, mr acourt claimed he was an italian tourist. simon macdonald was at the gym. the story, the gossip is that that there were actually police officers working out in the gym, to keep an eye on him, to make sure that he did not run away. undercover? undercover, yeah. he saw the police operation happen. so, what i saw was, a convergence of the different police officers. i guess, a pincer operation, to use the terminology and then the next minute they were escorting him out, with his hands behind his back, in handcuffs. was there any drama at all? no, no drama whatsoever. in fact, it was very silent, a little bit eerie. the gym is near the sagrada familia cathedral. police think he was living nearby. there are few places in spain better than central barcelona

if you are a foreigner and you want to blend in. i am told by a senior spanish police source, that jamie acourt was using false names. he had protection and he was moving around spain, spending time in parts of the country full of tourists. mr acourt was trying to keep a low profile in spain, obviously. he knew he was wanted and he has been trying to keep a low profile. we have been on his trail, using intelligence methods. jamie acourt was one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence. the teenager was stabbed to death in an unprovoked racist attack in 1993. five years later, mr acourt, seen here in a black suit and sunglasses, gave evidence at a public enquiry. he has always denied he was involved. tonight, jamie acourt is in custody in spain after he was denied bail. he is suspected of supplying drugs on a large scale.

more than 1,000 russian activists have been arrested while protesting against vladimir putin's forthcoming inauguration for a fourth term as president. among those seized was opposition leader alexei navalny. from moscow, steve rosenberg sent this report. this was the reaction to a protest against the president in moscow. riot police pushed demonstrators off pushkin square. the protesters had been shouting, "down with the tsar!" they demanded that vladimir putin serves a fourth term as president in jail. police detained more than 1000 people. "do we need a tsar?" asked the opposition leader alexei navalny who had organised the protest. "no", they shouted. soon after, police dragged him away too. earlier in the square,

russian nationalists supporting president putin vowed to prevent a ukraine style revolution in russia. the anti—government protesters shouted them down. on paper at least, vladimir putin has little to fear from a street protest. a recent survey found that the vast majority of russians had no desire to take part in a political demonstrations. and yet, any public display of dissent makes the russian government nervous. that is because the kremlin has seen a people power force political change in countries on russia's doorstep. hence, this less than subtle hint from those in power here. that critics of the authorities can expect an even tougher time in president putin's fourth term in the kremlin. there have been protests in france, with opponents of president emmanuel macron

marching through paris. police beefed up security in the french capital as thousands gathered to protest against the president's economic and social reforms. separate rallies marking may day earlier this week turned violent in places, causing damage. a london hospital has criticised donald trump after he appeared to compare them to war zones because of the levels of knife crime. the us president used the example to defend us gun laws at a meeting of the national rifle association. but in a statement the royal london hospital said while knife violence was a serious issue for london, the suggestion that guns were part of the solution was "ridiculous." simonjones reports. can we have some quiet for the handover, please? this is the hospital it is believed donald trump has likened to a war zone. the royal london. bbc cameras recently saw how it treats many of the capital's stabbing victims.

the patients we are seeing now have more severe injuries, they have more injuries per person and they are getting younger. dr martin griffiths told the bbc recently how some of his colleagues had likened their work to being in a military hospital. it appears that may have come to the attention of the president at the national rifle association convention in texas. i recently read a story that in london, which has unbelievably tough gun laws, a once very prestigious hospital, right in the middle, is like a war zone for horrible stabbing wounds. the hospital has hit back, saying it is proud of its excellent trauma care. a senior surgeon insisted that gunshot wounds are twice as lethal as knife injuries and some mps watched president trump's words with dismay. he shouldn't have said it. it is really a disgrace to compare our admittedly increasing levels of knife crime and the government needs to tackle that, with the astronomical levels of gun crime that you see in america.

donald trump will visit the uk injuly. he has been invited to go to the royal london hospital himself to see what they are doing to tackle violence. simon jones, bbc news. the governor of hawaii has declared a state of emergency after a series of powerful earthquakes hit one of the islands. the epicentre was beneath the erupting volcano, mt kilauea. the 6.9 magnitude quake sent people fleeing from buildings and briefly cut power supplies. charlotte gallagher reports. a ribbon of thick lather flows through the forests. molten liquid destroying anything in its path. laver has been surging across the island since thursday, sometimes shooting up to 100 feet in the air. it was really smoking bad, you could

smell it in the air. we are going to get cut off. residence grabbed what they could. i smell that and ran around the corner and that's when i ran intoa around the corner and that's when i ran into a military officer who told me it was smoking and sure enough, one of my favourite streets were on fire. more than 100,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. those who refused that no one will rescue them because of the toxic smoke suffocating the area. these deep cracks have appeared on roads and streets. residents say it felt like a giant snake was moving under their houses. you can feel the heat coming from the ground. yeah, there is heat coming up. there is love there. —— there's wrote to them. this is work

is coming from. mount kilauea. normally tourists can go right up to the room. now it is only safe viewed from the air. much of the landscape is now scorched earth with homes, businesses and forests destroyed. police in northern ireland are exploring a possible homophobic motive for an attack on a 38—year—old woman with a cordless drill. the victim, from strabane, is in a critical condition. a 17—year—old man is being questioned. police have appealed for witnesses. declan harvey reports. a possible homophobic attack and certainly a brutal one, say police. the victim, a 38—year—old woman, was making her way along here, railway street. it's one of the main roads into the town centre. when her attacker appeared. what happened next has been described to us as like something from a horrorfilm. from what i've learned of the detail, this is a horrendous, monstrous, brutal attack.

certainly one of the worst incidents i have learned since becoming an mla for this area. the entire community of stabane and beyond are shocked and horrified at what they've learned has happened to a young woman last night. the cordless drill inflicted injuries understood to be extremely serious. the woman's condition today, critical but stable. we were having the craic and having a laugh. when i left, 15 minutes before the incident, i went home because i was tired. i got a call this morning to say what happened across the street. i couldn't believe it. it was really distressing. police arrested a 17—year—old a short distance from here. he's being questioned by detectives. those detectives are also appealing to anyone who may have mobile phone or dashcam footage from the area last night. declan harvey, bbc newsline, stra bane, county tyrone. more than 2500 brain cancer patients

have been seen by the consultant doctor michael watt and were contacted doctor michael watt and were co nta cted by doctor michael watt and were contacted by the belfast trust after doctors raised concerns about the care he was given. there were fears these patients were misdiagnosed. 200 additional clinics we i’e misdiagnosed. 200 additional clinics were set up in northern ireland to review patients who were treated by a consultant urologist doctor michael watt. it follows a year—long independent investigation. julian manors was diagnosed with nerve damage and other conditions 12 years ago. she is one of the patients who has received a letter offering a new appointment with a different consultant. i don't know what to expect. i don't know what they are going to tell me. you put your life

into somebody‘s hands, basically. the trust says 2000 patients have been contacted already with more being sent letters every day. but with patients' records and —— spread across the health service, this is complex and time—consuming. all of which, the trust admits, is extremely stressful for patients and theirfamilies. more than 10,000 calls have been made to a helpline after it was revealed 450,000 women hadn't been invited to screenings. the hotline was set up on wednesday after an it error meant women aged between 68 and 71 were not invited to a routine breast screening. an independent review is being launched. the headlines: former manchester united manager sir alex ferguson has emergency sui’gei’y united manager sir alex ferguson has emergency surgery for united manager sir alex ferguson has emergency sui’gei’y for a united manager sir alex ferguson has emergency surgery for a rain haemorrhage. british fugitive jamie acourt is denied bail by a spanish

judge, after being arrested in barcelona for alleged drugs offences. russian opposition leader alex in a valley is arrested as he tries to address a protest against president putin. —— alexi madani. —— navalny. former manchester united manager sir alex ferguson has had emergency sui’gei’y alex ferguson has had emergency surgery for a rain haemorrhage. the clu bs surgery for a rain haemorrhage. the clubs of the procedure went very well. ferguson will now undergo a period of intensive care to optimise his recovery. well—wishers have come in from across football. these are some examples from united. captain michael carrick saying he was devastated to learn the news. his teammate ashley young said he was gutted and sent his thoughts and prayers to the ferguson family. and peter schmeichel, the goalkeeper in ferguson's famous treble winning side in 1999 and urged his former

boss to please be strong and wind this one. ferguson's family have asked for prissy at this time. on to today's football action. chelsea beat arsenal 3—1 to win the women's fa cup in front of a new record crowd for the competition at wembley. all four goals came in the second half. ramona bachman scoring two chelsea, while fran kirby also got on the scoresheet. arsenal did manage to pull one back through vivian medina, but it was chelsea who were the pre— match favourites who were the pre— match favourites who prevailed to lift the women's fa cup for who prevailed to lift the women's fa cupfora who prevailed to lift the women's fa cup for a second time. it's an amazing feeling. i think every footballer dreams one day to play at wembley. right now, this is the best feeling. it is great to win the individual awards but the main ones are the ones you win with your teams. i've been looking forward to this ever since we got through city. i had this ever since we got through city. ihada this ever since we got through city. i had a feeling we would do well today, maybe we would win, that is

itioi'e today, maybe we would win, that is more important to me. it has been adam at a gay in the premier league with the battle to stay up taking several twists and turns. —— a dramatic day in the premier league. stoke city is definitely down, their 10—year stay in the top flight ended after a 2—1 defeat at home to crystal palace. i said before, if the lads had been playing properly, they wouldn't have been in the position they were in. we have to bounce back up. the club is too big, the support is too big. so, yeah, everybody says it is over and everything is done. this club has to bounce back. a match for southampton at everton in the teatime kick—off. should southampton have won they would have relegated west brom. they took the lead through nathan redmond before everton scored a deflect had.

some day be's effort with the last kick of the match. that point move southampton out of the relegation zone. the draw means west brom still survive as well in the premier league for the moment. jake livermore scrambled in a late goal to beat tottenham at the hawthorns. it means interim manager darren moore is now unbeaten in his five matches in charge. here are the other results of the day. swansea have dropped into the bottom three after their 1—0 defeat at bournemouth. west ham are safe after their 2—0 win at leicester. watford beat newcastle 2—1 at vicarage road. in the scottish premiership dundee have all but secured their place in the top flight for next season after a 1—0 win over hamilton. elsewhere, second placed aberdeen shared a goalless draw with hibernian. saint johnstone thrashed motherwell 5—1 and david bates scored the only goal of the game, as rangers beat, make to move within a point of second place. wasps secured third spot in

by place. wasps secured third spot in rugby union's premiership with a bonus point victory over newcastle falcons at kingston park on the last day of the regular season. here are the scores from the day. they move on to meet second placed saracens in the play—off semifinals. newcastle and a fourth in the table. they will play the leaders, exeter chiefs, in the other semi. exit of it in good shape ahead of that match. they enjoyed a bonus point win today at harlequins. in the guinness pro 1a, munster overcame edinburgh 20— 16. they progress to an away semi—final against their irish rivals leinster, while the scarlet ‘s one 43— eight. that was against the cheetahs. elliot viviana has won the second stage of the giro d'italia. the italian fought his way through on the sprint to the finish line in tel aviv. he claims the second giro d'italia stage victory of his career. chris froome has recovered

from his poor start yesterday. he crossed the line in the main field. but he does remain at 38 seconds behind the australian rohan dennis, who has taken the leads pink jersey. tomorrow is the final stage in israel before the race resumes in italy on tuesday. the may day bank holiday means the final stages of the world snooker championship, of coui’se. the world snooker championship, of course. earlier todayjohn higgins beat karin wilson 17— 13 to secure his place in the final. who will he play? either barry hawkins mark williams. these are live pictures from the crucible. williams has come from the crucible. williams has come from behind in that match. he was trailing 13— 11 going into the evening session, and he now leads by one frame, 16— 15. just one frame away from victory. of course, he is away from victory. of course, he is a two—time champion. he has been runner—up on one other occasion. that match continues over on bbc two. you can watch the closing stages or you two. you can watch the closing stages 01’ you can two. you can watch the closing stages or you can follow it on the bbc sport website or app. finally,

tony bellew has once again beaten david hake, with a fifth round stoppage in their heavyweight fight at london's 02 arena. you can find more on that and all of our other stories on the bbc sport website. a woman has been allowed to enter a japanese traditional bullfighting ring for the first time after a ban was lifted in a bid to modernise the sport. 0rganisers say the decision is a sign of the times. courtney bembridge reports. for centuries, it has been a space reserved only for men. 0nce purified with salt and rice wine, women were not allowed to enter the traditional bullfighting ring. until today, when yuki araki became the first woman to lead her animal into the fight as crowds watched on. translation: lead her animal into the fight as crowds watched on. translationzlj lead her animal into the fight as crowds watched on. translation: i am so crowds watched on. translation: i am so happy that the locals welcomed me in this way. these sport, known as

togu, differs from its spanish counterpart. there is no matador and the bulls are not kill. they spend the bulls are not kill. they spend the match locking horns, trying to push each other backwards. it is not the only of japan's traditional sports being encouraged to be more inclusive. sumo wrestling was heavily criticised last month after two women who rushed into the ring to help a man who collapsed were ordered out. the head ofjapan‘s sumo association later apologised to the women. up to one in five children in the uk has been exposed to domestic abuse at home, according to domestic abuse at home, according to figures from the nspcc. now a new project between the police and schools means that teachers are alerted to any incident which involves violence, so that children receive support. head teachers want the project to be compulsory. arrow to cage and correspondent has more.

he would storm of shouting and then i would hear a door slam and i would flinch and i would go and check the children. they would be hiding in their rooms. for years, this mother and their children suffered domestic abuse. like many, she kept it a secret. before the school knew, a couple of times i have sent them into school quite upset and i had to tell the teacher it was a rushed morning, it had been difficult at home, and that was all i ever said. that changed thanks to operation encompass. a phone call made by the school to police which alerts teachers of a child involved in and domestic abuse incidents the night before. how important was that first phone call to the teacher? it felt quite like changing for me. when i made the decision to be completely open and honest and pour my heart out. i often said to the children, if we have had a difficult weekend we we i’e if we have had a difficult weekend we were feeling a bit sad, i would often say, you know, you can always talk to your teachers. that is a safe race to talk. they don't have

to tell mummy daddy. that was really reassuring for me. operation and compass was set up in plymouth by had teacher elizabeth carney howarth and her husband david, a former police sergeant. she was frustrated that often teachers were not in —— not notified of incidents of domestic abuse until months later.|j know before that child even steps through from the pavement onto the school gate. there is no point trying to them on the carpet in the classroom and say, guess what, we are going to learn about adverts today, when they are anxious, worried about what is going on at home, worried about going home. so the first thing as a school that we need to do is actually make sure that that child is in the right physical and emotional state to actually access their learning during the school day. it is estimated one in five children have in exposed to domestic abuse in the uk, and 130,000 children live in households where there is violence and high risk domestic use. the 33 police forces that are part of

operation and compass maker, on average, ovei’ operation and compass maker, on average, over 1500 calls a day. something as simple as a phone call has changed the lives of many children. but operation operencompass has shown there is also scope to do much more. the next step is to see how we could expand it to cover other types of environments. to make sure that we are not excluding those groups of children from the protection that this scheme offers. head teachers are calling for operation encompass to be compulsory for all schools and police forces in england and wales. a conversation which means children don't have to suffer in silence. a nasa mission to study the composition of mars has begun its six—monthjourney to composition of mars has begun its six—month journey to the planet. the rocket is carrying a probe which will help scientists find out what

is inside mars beneath its crust. science correspondent victoria gil reports. right on time, shrouded in fog, at four 5am local time, the rocket carrying nasa's mars insight philander, launched from vandenberg air force base on the california coast. this, the us space agency says, is not just coast. this, the us space agency says, is notjust another mission to the red planet, but a journey back in time, probing beneath the surface of mars for the first time, insight willaim to take of mars for the first time, insight will aim to take the pulse of the planets to work out how it formed more than 11.5 billion years ago. once it has unfolded its vital solar panels, the robotic lander will carefully put down its own scientific instruments, which will not deep structure of the planet. these will take the temperature of mars and analyse the structure of its core. one instrument, a size

monitor, will pick up signals from martian as —— martian earthquakes, 01’ martian as —— martian earthquakes, or marsquakes. the most recent missions have been looking for water at habitability. this particular one is looking at how the planet itself is looking at how the planet itself is made up, how it is built. earth and mars formed at the same time, probably by similar processes, so this mission could also shed light on why the two planets are so different. beyond a trip to mars, scientists say this is a mission to oui’ scientists say this is a mission to our solar system's past, peering beneath mars' surfers could also help us understand how earth, the moon and even used and exoplanets around other stars involved. —— distant exoplanets. let's get a look at the weather forecast now. what a glorious start to the bank holiday weekend, lots of sunshine up and down the country, a top temperature of 2a degrees reached in hampshire. after a lovely day on saturday there we i’e after a lovely day on saturday there were glorious sunsets up and down the uk, like this glorious one in

wakefield in west yorkshire, but it wasn't fine everywhere. we had low cloud and sea mist in the irish sea. this will be plaguing the irish sea coast once again on sunday, but elsewhere, you can see it will be a lovely and sunny day. very warm. probably better to the central belt of scotland, we continue to sea breezes and rain to the final. in. temperatures touching 25 in some spots. warmer still as we head into bank holiday monday. warm, dry off the near constant. again, it will be a glorious sunny day for most areas. a bit of low cloud and sea mist in the irish sea coastal areas, and they few showers across the north and west of scotland. maybe some cool sea breezes there. that will be taken east cool sea breezes there. that will be ta ken east and cool sea breezes there. that will be taken east and north—east into scotland. only 12 or 13 degrees in aberdeen. further self —— south, up to 25 or 26 in the south—east of england. this will be in early may bank holiday record, breaking the previous record of 2a degrees, which

was reached in hampshire back in 1999. now, into tuesday. we start to see some 1999. now, into tuesday. we start to see some subtle changes. this area of low pressure begins to push off. their week—old front is to the western side of the uk. the high p i’essu i’e western side of the uk. the high pressure holds on further east. it really will be an east— west split. fine and sunny for much of the country. this week weather to bring some rain to northern ireland and western scotland, maybe the odd spot in north—west england. further south, no more than a band of cloud which will thin and break. so another nice day in the east of england, even a hot day, some places could get up to 28. further west it will be cooler. into wednesday, the next area of low pressure will have morkel. it is going to bring stronger winds, particularly across western scotland, northern ireland, and much more active weather fronts. again, it will be a nice, fine start. outbreaks of pretty heavy rain pushing into northern ireland and the west of scotland as the day wears on. the best