hello. this is breakfast, with ben thompson and mega munchetty. sir alex ferguson is in intensive care after having emergency surgery for a brain haemorrage. his former club manchester united says the operation went well but his family request privacy. messages of support have been pouring in from across the football world and beyond. david beckham, who was signed by sir alex at the age of 16, said, "keep fighting, boss." while cristiano ronaldo also tweeted, "my thoughts and prayers are with you, my dearfriend." we are live at old trafford where there is a calmness about the place as supporters eagerly await news of sir alex ferguson's condition. good morning.

it's sunday 6th of may. also this morning. the foreign secretary borisjohnson heads to washington to try to persuade the us not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. a baby prince at home. kensington palace releases new family photos of prince louis, taken by his mother the duchess of cambridge. from broccoli to brussels sprouts, it can be a struggle to get children to eat vegetables. lots of sunshine, some cloud in the west, we could see temperatures in the mid—20s. good morning. first, our main story. sir alex ferguson is in intensive care after emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage.

the former manchester united manager was rushed to hospital after falling ill at his home in cheshire. here's our sports news correspondent david ornstein. one of the greatest figures sport has ever seen, the messages of support for sir alex ferguson from all over the world testament to the regard in which she is held. this was the 76—year—old a week ago in high spirits, and seemingly in good health. but last night news emerged that the 76—year—old had been admitted to hospital, a statement released by manchester united red sir alex ferguson has undergone emergency surgery today for a brain haemorrhage. 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 yesterday, with the club saying it was forfamily reasons.

ina26 in a 26 year reign, sir alex ferguson led manchester united to an incredible 38 trophies, winning the treble of premiership, fa cup and champions league in 1999, the same year he was knighted. gordon taylor, boss of the professional footballers association said this. well—wishers poured in. everyone at match of the day sends our wishes to sir alex ferguson who has had emergency surgery sir alex ferguson who has had emergency surgery after suffering a brain haemorrhage, our thoughts are with his family. success at old trafford and him legendary status, the hope is he will win this battle of the pitch as he did so often on it. and david is at old trafford for us this morning. tributes pouring in from far and

wide, a man who has garnered great respect in the world of sport. and beyond, he transcends from sport into areas of society, sir alex ferguson is in a known all over the world. here, there is a stand named after him, a statue in his honour, a measure of the success he has had here and throughout his career. this place is very calm and quiet, fitting, as people await further news of his condition. at manchester united, he enjoyed such success, winning 38 trophies over 26 years, 12 premiership titles, two champions leagues, five fa cups, four —— and remains one of the most successful figures around the world. tributes have been pouring in, david beckham

paying tribute with a photo of the day he signed for manchester united, cristiano ronaldo and figures outside of sport. he is held the highest regard. everyone will be hoping sir alex ferguson makes a swift and successful recovery. and in a few minutes, we will speak to a consultant neurologist about the surgery sir alex had yesterday. that's at 7.10am. the foreign secretary boris johnson is heading to washington where he'll try to persuade the us not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. it was negotiated under barack obama's presidency, but mr trump has criticised the deal. let's get more detail on this from our political correspondent nick eardley who is in our london newsroom. nick, does mrjohnson have a realistic change of changing the president's opinion? president trump has been highly

critical, calling it insane and he has threatened to pull out. it is designed to limit sanctions against iran, in return for promises they will halt work on nuclear weapons. president trump has until friday to make a decision on whether he will waive those sanctions again for another year. boris johnson waive those sanctions again for another year. borisjohnson will be over as part of an international effort to persuade him this deal is worth sticking by. the uk, eu and other countries have thrown their weight behind it. borisjohnson will meet with the vice president, the national security adviser, and other top figures in the foreign affairs world, to persuade them to stick with it. thank you very much. meanwhile, the french government has criticised president trump for suggesting that the 2015 paris terror

attacks could have been stopped if people had guns. in a statement, the foreign ministry called on the american president to respect the memory of the victims. mr trump made the comments in a speech to the national rifle association where he also criticised the level of knife crime in london. it's emerged an aid worker on a scottish government—funded project in malawi was dismissed and reported to the police for abuse. tearfund, a christian charity, says the incident happened in 2009. the report says a senior staff member of a partner organisation sexually abused a 16—year—old girl. the charity said it had taken "swift and appropriate action" to help the teenager. up to 1500 junior doctors have had job offers withdrawn, following a mistake in the recruitment process. the royal college of physicians said human error was to blame in transferring data from one computer to another. it led to medics who'd been scored on their suitability for posts as registrars, being given the wrong marks.

the college has apologised and says patient safety had not been compromised. photographs of prince louis‘ first days at home have been released, including an image of the new royal baby being kissed by his older sister. the photos were taken by the duchess of cambridge at kensington palace when he was just three days old. simonjones reports. the newest member of the royal family, prince louis, pictured when he was three days old. here, a tender moment with his sister, on her third birthday, both photos taken by their mother. the first images of prince louis since he was presented to the world last month. the pictures were taken at kensington palace, the duke and duchess of cambridge said they were very pleased to share them, and thanked members of the public for the kind messages they have received following the birth of prince louis. we showed the pictures to visitors

to the palace. isn't he cute. yes, that's the new baby. we're from the united states. i have had to newborns in my family. all children are lovely and cute. like my dog! one of the world's most photographed people, catherine is considered a talented photographer herself. prince louis will stay at home for the next royal wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. let's return to our main story, and the news that sir alex ferguson, the former manager of manchester united, remains in intensive care after undergoing emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. let's talk about this with rustam salman, a consultant neurologist at edinburgh's western general hospital. hejoins us now. thanking you for talking to us. can

you explain what kind of brain haemorrhage, what other possibilities here sir alex ferguson they have suffered. there are two types of stroke, one due to blockage of a blood vessel in the brain, the other, bleeding from the brain, the other, bleeding from the blood vessel. there are different types of bleeding. they may occur outside the brain in the linings, or within the brain substance itself. in terms of those, what is the recovery process that follows. and what does the operation do? my thoughts are with sir alex and his family. brain haemorrhage can be a

devastating disease and the outcome depends where the bleeding is and the type. we are yet to find that out. if we assume he has had the most devastating form of brain haemorrhage within the brain, surgery is usually performed to relieve the pressure, take the blood out, and improve recovery. what kind of recovery period are you looking at? the people with bleeding into the brain, it is serious. the ten people like sir alex, four they died within a month. of the remaining six, four are disabled but two regained independence function within a year. 76 years old, i don't think it will be any surprise to say he has had a stressful job, be any surprise to say he has had a stressfuljob, manager of be any surprise to say he has had a stressful job, manager of manchester united, a legend in the sport. how does this stress impact on the

potential of this happening? stress is common in society. we often attributed it to any ill health we experience in stressful jobs. the major risk factors for it happening in brain haemorrhage are older age and high blood pressure. sir alex ferguson at 76 is at the average age at which brain haemorrhage strikes. and the impact of stress lead to this? i don't think it is proven. other risk factors are environmental. intensive care, what does that

involve getting him back on his feet? he will be carefully monitored and supported for his recovery from brain surgery. he will be nursed to minimise risk of convocation. the focus will be on when he starts to regain consciousness. his state will be assessed repeatedly. he will be transitioned to an area of care which requires less support only when he regains independence and is stable. that is what we are hoping will happen, that he makes a good recovery. it isa it is a glorious day outside if you arejust waking it is a glorious day outside if you are just waking up. it is a glorious day outside if you arejust waking up. bank holiday weekends shocker. not n ot ofte n not often we say glorious sunshine

and bank holiday weekend in the same sentence. some cloud around the irish sea coast and in the north of scotland. but for most places waking up scotland. but for most places waking up to this kind of sunrise. early morning mist clearing away, a warm day ahead with lots of sunshine for most. not everywhere. weather approaching northern scotland. more cloud, a few outbreaks of rain. for the bulk of the country, high pressure dominating the weather sitting out to the east. drawing in one continental air. early mist clears away. keeping this area of low cloud and mysterious and irish sea. temperature, dumfries & galloway. temperatures out there between 18—24. the rain for the

north west of scotland. western isles, northern isles. fine evening, enter the day, overnight stay largely dry. some mist and fog forming. temperatures dropping quite quickly overnight. first thing bank holiday monday, quite fresh particularly towards the east under clear skies. bank holiday monday in itself looks like a beautiful day for many parts of the country. sunshine for the bulk of england and wales. scotland and northern ireland, some more cloud but glorious days of sunshine coming through. temperatures in the south 26-27dc. through. temperatures in the south 26—27dc. cooler for through. temperatures in the south 26—27dc. coolerfor north—east through. temperatures in the south 26—27dc. cooler for north—east of england and eastern scotland as we draw the breeze in. tuesday is fine and warm for many. cloud moving from west to east, a few spots of rain. cooler conditions behind the front. 15 in belfast but 26—27 towards the

south east on tuesday. a slight change into the middle of the week as high pressure eases towards the east and lower pressure starts to move on from the atlantic. bumping into the high pressure, not moving through in a hurry. through wednesday, wetter and windy. particularly... southend east, warmer and sunnier. temperatures not as warm, 12—19 by the time we get to the middle of the week. over the next few days, many of us enjoy the warm bank holiday sunshine. glorious, sarah. the cartoon character popeye was credited for boosting spinach sales in america with his green vegetable—fuelled antics during the great depression. i believed in his ability, popeye, with the can of spinach. it is the kind of publicity the campaign that veg power will be hoping to achieve as it sets

out to make mushrooms and mangetout more appealing. let's talk about this with gp and nutritional expert, dr rangan chattterjee. joe us about this campaign. quite a few big names behind it. jamie oliver, dutifully witting style. creating a big fund, more advertising money buying vegetables. we should eat more vegetables, that is not news. 80% of children not eating enough vegetables. 90 5% cashback 95% of teenagers. guidelines are five a day. there are huge health benefits. the point we need is to make vegetables appealing, cool and attractive for people. —— hugh

fearnley—whittingstall. john hegarty one of the biggest names behind advertising is behind this. all those parents watching struggling to get their children to eat vegetables, because we are competing againstan vegetables, because we are competing against an industry ofjunk food advertising. a lot of money spent making those foods attractive. we need to make vegetables more attractive. is it teaching people how to use vegetables. there are ways to buy processed foods as a meal ready. a combination of measures. a fund that we are trying to get support from retailers, the food industry, and lots of support is pouring in. the public are getting behind crowdfunds. we're taking donations from the public to boost up that fund. also with that people are getting access to recipes from celebrity chefs. exciting ways

to get vegetables into your kitchen and your children's to get vegetables into your kitchen and your child ren's mouths. to get vegetables into your kitchen and your children's mouths. it is real practical ways as well as advertising to get children eating more vegetables. amazing statistics. by more vegetables. amazing statistics. by the power of marketing and i found this incredible, the british summerfruits found this incredible, the british summer fruits association launched a campaign in 2002, sales rose from 370 million quid to 1.3 billion from advertising. the power of advertising. the power of advertising. a food advertising executive told d'amato advertising and thought that goes into junk food, making it attractive, is incredible. what about blueberries being a super food, getting incredible. what about blueberries being a superfood, getting it on fault. it became part of everyone's brea kfast. fault. it became part of everyone's breakfast. not even everyone liked blueberries. you thought, i need my blueberries. you thought, i need my

blueberries. what is the vegetable like that? we have loads of ideas. carrots, red peppers. but it is that one thing, isn't it? the one vegetable to spark off the craze, i suppose. they all have magical health properties, if we're honest. sometimes you have to promote the one. the point is here, i am not an advertising expert. we will get the top brains behind the funds. as a father, i am a general practitioner but i also am a father trying to get my children to eat vegetables. you can get them chopping in the kitchen from an early age. the best way for me and a lot of my patients and theirfamilies is me and a lot of my patients and their families is to gameify vegetables. my children a few days ago on our vegetable charts, my son

did not have red. so he grabs red peppers and shove them down his throat. not because daddy said. but because he wanted them on the chart. lots of gps are using the rainbow charts. there are some as a free resource in the public domain. to get people eating more vegetables. what is a portion? we're talking about five portions a day. carrots, peppers, how many? most people talk about a fist sized portion. i prepare to focus on colours. i say, try and get as many colours as you can. the weather is great, people having salads, see how many different colours of things you can get, count them up. it is good for children and adults, guys. thank

you. the andrew marr programme is on bbc one this morning at nine o'clock. andrew, what have you got coming up? have you had your vegetables? i certainly have. i have the red pepper himself, john mcdonnell the channel chancellor —— shadow chancellor. people will be arguing about the customs union this week. i have the woman, arlene foster, who has theresa may's majority in her hand. and talking to greg clark, one of the dominant remain voices. i have a wonderful actor alfred molina on the show. fantastic music from mozart. a humdinger. always a humdinger. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. it's time now for a look at the newspapers. tv and entertainment journalist

emma bullimore is here to tell us what's caught her eye. we'll speak to emma in a moment. first let's look at the front pages. we'll start with the sunday mirror which focuses soley on sir alex ferguson, saying the football legend is fighting for his life after suffering a brain haemorrhage. the sunday times has an analysis showing how much britain's knife crime has spread from the cities to the suburbs, using recent figures from the home office. the sun also focuses on the story dominating most of the headlines this morning, the former manchester united boss sir alex ferguson who was rushed to hospital yesterday. the observer claims aides of president donald trump hired private intellingence in a campaign to target individuals in the obama administration — and also a lovely beach shot of south wales where temperatures are expected to reach 28 degrees tomorrow. the sunday express centres on prince louis getting a kiss

from his big sister, in a photo taken by his mother the duchess of cambridge. and the sunday telegraph says theresa may faces being publicly denounced by members of the cabinet, if she compromises too much on the customs deal with the eu in what they refer to as a "hybird" proposal. tv and entertainment journalist emma bullimore joins us to give an insight into what's inside the papers. this is the eno banning food, the english national opera. they say people are bringing in water but it is actually vodka. i go to the theatre a lot and i do not find it a problem, drunken and anti—social behaviour. in the town and city centre it is probably not there. just for musicals, they say. my kind of crowd. they have chess on at the

moment. popular production. i was priced out of tickets. the idea that you get there having paid so much ticket, you bring a sealed bottle of water and maybe chocolates, no, no, you cannot bring those in. anti them out, bring those away. then you have to buy them in the bar, costing a lot of money. we know eno were trying to fill the seats when it was quieter. they talk about trying to make it attractive but this kind of thing just angers people. it is frustrating. if they say it is about alcohol, why can't you bring maltesers in? did you watch who wa nts to maltesers in? did you watch who wants to be a millionaire?m maltesers in? did you watch who wants to be a millionaire? it is a week—long thing. no chris tarrant, it isjeremy clarkson. week—long thing. no chris tarrant, it is jeremy clarkson. he says he

loves it clever crying were no guns are involved. a smart crime. the idea you would be so confident about making that happen. people thought it was an odd choice for him as a host but he did well, clearly he loves the show. you have phone a friend, ask the audience, 50—50. loves the show. you have phone a friend, ask the audience, 50-50. now you can ask the coach. he said he is a risk! —— ask the host. as it stood the test of time? people love the format. you could win £1 million in 15 questions, it seems so easy. oxford oxbridge in a race to unroll state

pupils. i was the first person in my family to go to university. i went to oxford and a state school. people are not applying. cambridge have gone about this idea of a foundation year. to me, that would put me off applying, and extra year of tuition fees and living costs. you do like it isa fees and living costs. you do like it is a special class? i will play devil's advocate. if there are lots of people doing it, great. and getting people into an environment they are not used to. when i was applying, when you are not used to that at all, from a state school environment, was a real shock. it is

about making sure they are co mforta ble about making sure they are comfortable with different ways of teaching, not just comfortable with different ways of teaching, notjust academically. but in terms of open days, i speak to state school pupils, they think it is not for me. that is what you have to work on. not spending an extra year there. i think it is segregation, making people feel different. to help bring them up to speed and ease the transition to the man's —— demands of a cambridge degree. they say. i am not very confident about being out on the road. iam confident about being out on the road. i am worried about traffic. but when you are cycling, you can hear the cars come by. not if they are electric. everyone thinks, electric, brilliant, save the environment. and 20 mph, they are basically silent. if you have your

headphones on, not paying attention, this is a problem for the visually impaired community. they cannot hear them coming. —— you cannot hear them coming. should they artificially generates an engine, a siren or something? and not sure what to knows that should be, but they are solving that problem. 9 million predicted to be on the roads by 2030. i mentioned cycling but also pedestrians is the real issue. great to talk to you, emma. see you in one hour. stay with us, headlines coming up. we're here on the bbc news channel until nine this morning. but this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and naga

munchetty. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. sir alex ferguson remains in intensive care this morning after suffering a brain haemorrhage yesterday. the former manchester united manager was rushed to hospitalfor emergency surgery after falling ill at his home in cheshire. david beckham and ronaldo are among a number of sporting stars to wish the 76—year—old scot a speedy recovery. the foreign secretary borisjohnson is heading to washington, where he'll try to persuade the us not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. the deal was negotiated during barack obama's presidency but mr trump has criticised it, claiming it is flawed because it doesn't cover the development of ballistic missiles. the french government has criticised president trump for suggesting that the 2015 paris terror attacks could have been stopped if people had guns. in a statement, the foreign ministry called on the american president to respect the memory of the victims.

mr trump made the comments in a speech to the national rifle association where he also criticised the level of knife crime in london. up to 1,500 junior doctors have had job offers withdrawn, following a mistake in the recruitment process. the royal college of physicians said human error was to blame during the transfer of data from one computer to another. it led to medics who'd been scored on their suitability for posts as registrars, being given the wrong marks. the college has apologised and says patient safety had not been compromised. it's emerged an aid worker on a scottish government—funded project in malawi was dismissed and reported to the police for abuse. tearfund, a christian charity, says the incident happened in 2009. the report says a senior staff member of a partner organisation sexually abused a 16—year—old girl. the charity said it had taken "swift and appropriate action" to help the teenager. photographs of prince louis's first days at home, including a picture

of him being cuddled by his big sister, have been released by his parents. the newest member of the royal family was photographed by the duchess of cambridge at kensington palace when he was just three days old. in addition to the image of him receiving a kiss from princess charlotte, the prince is also pictured propped up on a white cushion. what a cutie! gorgeous pictures of flowers this morning. a dazzling display of tulips, the largest of its kind in the uk, has created a blaze of colour on the norfolk landscape. and this is what more than 12 million of them look like. but this weekend, they're set for the chop. more than 60 million tulips are grown here but the crop is for bulbs, rather than cut flowers, to sell to supermarkets next year. beautiful. i'm sort of fascinated

what happens to those flowers. what do you reckon happens? there is a really big vase in the sky. but they are so nice! you can chop them down just to their bulbs. but find out what's happening in sport now, only one story that is really happening. the front and back pages are talking about this, a man who is a giant not just in full all but in sport, sir alex ferguson, his name resonates right across the world, he is left britain's most successful football manager, it isn't a surprise that this did shock people when he was rushed to hospital yesterday afternoon and it isn'tjust fans of manchester united who have been getting in touch, it is former players, former colleagues, managers, and other teams as well using the hashtag #footballfamily which sums up the ocean people are feeling and we can get more from this from our sports chloroformed and —— correspondence, david, so

many messages of support, mentioning the #footballfamily and it isn't just united fans have been getting in touch? but the really interesting point. sir alex ferguson really does transcend sport and society as a whole, even the tributes have been flowing in from manchester united's fiercest rivals is that it is the impact this is hard. when he arrived, this is 1986, it at old trafford, he said he wanted to knock in the most accessible team, liverpool, off their perth and there was this fierce rivalry but respect too because liverpool sent a message on social media saying a great rival but also a great friend who supported this club during its most difficult time. —— off their perch. . but his in reference to the support that sir alex ferguson provided to liverpool after the hillsborough tragedy. he was one of the first ripple on the telephone to

the first ripple on the telephone to the manager and dalgliesh. the city rivals that sir alex ferguson was called with the neighbours now so successful they said: david, thank you. we'll have the latest on sir alex's condition and reaction throughout the morning. now, we've had plenty of action this weekend but yesterday, it was all about chelsea ladies who won the women's fa cup for the second time. they beat their london rivals arsenal 3—1 in front of a record crowd at wembley. jo currie was watching. in women's football, the crowds are growing, and the stars are shining. chelsea's manager, emma hayes, is due to have twins soon but when your team wins the cup, it's hard to stay away. it's the fourth year running the women's finals have come to wembley. new faces at the home of football made it a record attendance. arsenal and chelsea both have superstar quality but it took until the second half to see it. the change of ends brought

a change in ambition. for ramona bachmann, this was the start of a cup—winning performance. but if her first was emphatic, her second goal struck lucky — a heavy deflection putting chelsea in charge. arsenal briefly made a game of it when they pulled a goal back. but fittingly, the season's standout player would decide its show piece. fran kirby, voted the best by her peers, with a strike to seal it. with her individual awards, now her team has the honours. so it's one trophy down for chelsea but they'll be hoping to add to it later this month with the league title as well. a record crowd watched this final at wembley this afternoon and the team and the sport is hoping that that is just the start. jo curry, bbc news, wembley. meanwhile, it was a day of twists and turns in the battle to stay in the premier league, ending in heartbreak for stoke city whose 10—year stay in the premier league ended following defeat to crystal palace yesterday afternoon.

west bromwich albion survived the drop — for now, anyway — after they beat tottenham, and fellow strugglers southampton drew at everton. adam wild rounds up the action. after a decade amongst football's elite, stoke city's stay in the premier league is finally over. defeat to crystal palace, the final blow. reality, hitting home in north staffordshire. we have to bounce back up, the club has to bounce back up. it's too big, and the support's too big. and, as i say, it's in a really good place infrastructure—wise that it can do that. so, everybody says it's over and everything's done, and this football club has to bounce back up. even with the odds against them, the day started with just a little hope. win at all costs, now or never. stoke's equation could not be clearer. only a win would do, and when shaqiri put them ahead, well, feelings were different. but as so often this season, everything fell apart. first, an equaliser.

and then, the moment everyone knew the game was up. and the trapdoor is firmly staring stoke in the face! for west brom, the situation was even more perilous. seconds away from a draw against spurs that would have seen them relegated, another twist in this astonishing tale. and is it in? it is! west brom have hope! incredible! and they can barely believe it! but while they celebrated, they knew their future was still not in their hands. a win for fellow strugglers swansea would have relegated swansea anyway, but a single goal for bournemouth was enough. and so, attention turned to goodison park. southampton fans in fine voice, victory against everton would have sent west brom down. and they would have been fearing the worst when nathan redmond put saints in front.

but a day of extraordinary drama came down to the very final kick. oh, i don't believe it! west brom, incredibly, saved twice in the same day. the fight to stay in the premier league goes on. adam wild, bbc news. in the scottish premiership, aberdeen held on to second place after a 0—0 draw with hibs while dundee's place in the top flight is all but safe for next season — they beat hamilton accies1—0. kevin holt with the goal there. there were also wins for stjohnstone and rangers. tony bellew beat david haye again in their rematch last night. the former cruiserweight world champion twice knocked down the former heavyweight world champion before the referee stopped the fight in the fifth round. bellew, who was again the underdog with the bookmakers, looked close to tears as he celebrated his victory while haye's future in the sport will now be in doubt after conceding he would have to retire if he suffered another defeat. my first words to him when he held me — i wasjust a bit

emotional while i was on my knees on the canvas — and he came over to me and he said, "brother, you done me. everything was right and you just beat me." and i said "please stop." "please stop." this is a very unforgiving sport. it is a young man's game. it is a young man's game for a fighter with the attributes that david haye relies on. the premiership rugby union play—off semifinals have been confirmed. regular season leaders exeter take on newcastle, while second place saracens will play wasps. wasps secured third place as they ran in six tries to earn a bonus point victory over newcastle at kingston park yesterday. elsewhere, leicester beat sale to qualify for the champions cup. munster beat edinburgh 20 points to 16 to set up an away pro 1a semifinal against irish rivals leinster. scarlets stayed on course to defend their title by thrashing cheetahs 43 points to 8 in their play—off quarterfinal in llanelli.

they'll play glasgow away in their pro 1a semifinal. mark williams will face john higgins in the final of snooker‘s world championship. williams beat barry hawkins late last night in sheffield. it finished 17—15 to the welshman who will be going for a third world title. he faces four—time champion john higgins after he beat kyren wilson. all the action across the bbc from 2 o'clock this afternoon. looking forward to that. to a onwards. hopefully not another late night. there is a choice this afternoon, do you sit inside and watch the super or go outside and enjoy the weather? just bring your phone. it is now app as well. can you wedge and watching tv on your phone? when it is bright you cannot see it. get a little umbrella. is it

on the radio as well? the wireless? the wireless, that will do. paddle board? have you ever gone paddle boarding? it looks very hard, i've a lwa ys boarding? it looks very hard, i've always wanted to do it. if that meant i would be good at it? sterling! a low centre of gravity. some are doing it to highlight the impact of the plastic some might think what would i do to prevent this? hand out pamphlets question might go to your mp? and has decided to paddle around wales. we spent 60 days at the —— pc and 60 days at sea, matthew richards met him at the end ofan sea, matthew richards met him at the end of an epic voyage. after two months and more than 1000 kilometres, sharne is back where she started, since margie has been

paddling down english border through the bristol channel and right the welsh coast to end up back. hello holyhead coastguard. very well, i am off the water! i have finished! ray! the other she has crossed the finish line on her epic and arduous journey she can reflect on her main aim to save herself the path of coastline and waterways blighted by the bits of plastic and packaging that many of plastic and packaging that many of us throw away. from one end of the country to another there has been speculation and singer richard enjoy and shame has been to be her best to keep it that way by picking up best to keep it that way by picking up litter she finds. polystyrene and brings bottles have been the most trouble at flotsam and jetsam that she has made many new friends or her journey, inspired to do their best to prevent waste. the people have been so kind along the way, the generosity have been happily fantastic and a lot of people feel inspired about what i'm doing and they are all making a pledge to give up they are all making a pledge to give up single use plastic which was my

mission on this trip. we have done beach cleaning and my whole expedition has been single use plastic free. if i can do it for two months, there is no excuses for other people. relief to four sian's pa rents other people. relief to four sian's parents who followed her progress and were there to welcome her back on dry land. i piggot has given people an insight into what can be done if you put your mind to it, from being a city girl to a water baby, walk on water ——i think it has given people. while she was away, the uk government announced a plastic scheme for bottles and cans in england to cover but the welsh government considers it is doing the same, sian is hoping won't be long before it also gets on board. matthew richards there on the great story, reporting from wales. quite windy there. really hard to stay up. the stable with the waves and the wind. which you want to do is that in the sunshine. you could do it

this weekend! hi, sarah! you certainly could, a beautiful day for paddle boarding and if you have any outdoor activities planned it is looking almost people pretty glorious. a look at the details now. blue skies. a beautiful start to the day. high pressure keeping things dry for much of the country. warming up after a fresh start. some areas of cloud drifting around. this front will be a troublemaker for the north of scotla nd will be a troublemaker for the north of scotland in particular. high pressure to the east dominating much of the country. areas of cloud and fog in the irish sea lapping onshore in the north—west, wales, the isle of man, and cornwall as well. in this area you may well see some cloud and fog. elsewhere, a beautiful day. lots of sunshine and

winds, 2a degrees. the warmest spots, 18— 22. rain in the north—west sticking around until the evening. a dry evening and overnight as well for many. clear skies and a chilly night. temperatures will be quite high by day but drop quickly overnight. single figures, especially in the east. it is likely to bea especially in the east. it is likely to be a record—breaking early may bank holiday monday in terms of high temperatures. lots of sunshine. fog and cloud in the irish sea are less so compared to recently. improving in the west of wales. likely to see temperatures reaching 26— 27 in central and eastern parts. tuesday, keeping warm sunshine for many parts of central england and western england as well. further west, a front moving in. introducing cooler

conditions. temperatures, 15 in belfast and 27 in london. things turn unsettled during the middle of the week. this area of low pressure approaching from the west on wednesday. a decent day for many of us on wednesday. a decent day for many of us on wednesday, especially in england and wales. not as warm as recent days the temperatures up to 19- 22 in recent days the temperatures up to 19— 22 in some spots. more cool and breezy with rain in the west. this area of low pressure and the associated fronts easing away. enjoyed the glorious weather for the bank holiday. some rain in the north—west. turning cooler. sunniest in the south—east. north—west. turning cooler. sunniest in the south-east. thank you. none of that rain, thank you very much. we'll be back with the headlines shortly. but now it's time for click with spencer kelly

on bbc. we are becoming aware of how much data we give away our habits online can say a lot about our personalities, but when we're out and about, what does our behaviour in the real world say about us? well, in the uk, we're all getting used to the fact that we're being filmed by cctv a lot of the time. but although a human can tell a lot about a person just by looking at video footage, that is a really hard job for a computer to do. that said, this system is having a pretty good guess at who it's

looking at right now. it's a very flattering guess, actually, but probably no worse than a human would guess, given the same footage. this system is an artificial intelligence that researchers at southampton university have trained to estimate the gender, age and a description of everyone that falls under the gaze of their test cameras. so we have millions of images, different types of people captured from different environments from all around the world, and we hand—label these. so they are labelled by human beings as male or female, or 16—30, and then the magic part is that we can feed these into a machine, into a computer, to learn what it means to look male, what it means to look female, just from the visual cues alone. the team are pitching this at retailers as an improved way of measuring footfall. instead ofjust counting the number of customers who come into a store, this can tell shop owners whether the right kind of people, the shop's target audience, are being drawn in. rather than know that 100 people came in and they sold 50 things,

we can tell them that 50 people of their target demographic came in and they sold 50 things, so now they know how well they are converting certain types of people, that they may be targeting to see products to. retailers would get a breakdown through each day of the most popular spots in store and the most popular routes taken through the store by each type of customer. and with this high street view here, i guess you can see also which shop windows are more grabby and how long people dwell on different areas. so in this example, we can see carphone warehouse actually has a higher proportion of females walking past it than gap on the other side of the road, which might indicate that maybe gap should move their placement along the high street because actually this side of the street sees more of its target demographic. this kind of profiling of humans by computer systems has many uses, from this kind of anonymised retail analysis to other areas that might say more about us as people.

one of the more controversial uses for al is in policing. marc cieslak travelled to durham to find out more. peterlee police station in county durham, the early hours of the morning. the man pictured here in the station's cctv — let's call him steve — has been arrested for possession of heroin. arrest is on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance. here in durham, the police are trying a! software which could help make decisions about suspects being held in custody. arrest is on suspicion of possession of a controlled substance. here in durham, the police are trying a! software which could help make decisions about suspects being held in custody. leave your shoes there and we'll just do a quick search. after steve has been processed, the custody sergeant will enter his details into a system called the harm assessment risk tool, or hart for short. it is an artificial intelligence tool designed to help custody sergeants make decisions about what to do with a suspect. what it does algorithmically, it's used all of our data to tell us

who's high risk of re—offending, medium risk of re—offending, and low risk of re—offending. it's not absolutely perfect but it gives us a real clear indication of who might commit crime in the future. the ai is trying to identify repeat offenders who, rather than being sent to court, will be entered into a rehabilitation scheme called checkpoint. this is the first time an a! system like this has been used in the uk. so i put my name in here. the system is now searching for the prisoner called meecham. the sergeant will click on the list. the system has decided that i am a low risk as a detainee, and that is the screen the sergeant would be presented with. and it says "low—risk — the subject is not likely to commit any offence in the next 2a months." what happens next? so it can go either way, really. so if the sergeant has decided that this person will be remanded in custody, they'll be charged, they'll be refused bail, and will go to the next available court, which would generally be the next morning.

it's a different story for steve. he has a long list of previous convictions, including drug possession, assault and driving offences. do you want a solicitor? nah. the ai assesses the data durham constabulary holds on him and makes its recommendation. he can only enter checkpoint if it rates him as a moderate risk. everyone that i've spoken to who works with the hart project is very keen to stress the information that it provides is advisory only and that a human custody sergeant makes all final decisions. but the use of this technology in general is, for some people, a cause for concern. this kind of artificial intelligence system in policing relies on big data. and that means that people's privacy is at risk, and it risks us moving more towards a surveillance state. but it also risks discrimination because patterns that exist in data already risk being perpetuated and repeated and there is very little accountability over it. cambridge university's criminology lab is the birthplace of the technology being used by the police in durham. it has been in development

for five years. the decisions that hart makes are based on historical data. it uses this information to predict future outcomes. our artificial intelligence regards as whether it's criminaljustice or somewhere else, is building, it's looking to the past and the patterns that were observed in the past to predict the future. and we know the past wasn't perfect. human beings were making decisions. and, by the way, human beings are making predictions at every stage in the criminaljustice system, from the first time we had thief—takers in the bow street runners. back in peterlee's police station, steve has been assessed and accepted into the checkpoint programme. he ended up spending around eight hours in police custody. i'll grab my stuff and i'll come round the front and we'll give you a lift. what's the future for this kind of technology? in terms of how i see it developing, i think over the next five years, i think there will be a proliferation of these

kind of tools. i think going forward, society will come to accept them more. but the human beings, government, society, needs to stamp its foot little bit about it. and the reason — the reason i say that is because we need to have more regulation. a few years back, wearables became the buzzword. but this year, there has been a lot of talk about hearables. now, that could mean a personal training session or real—time translation directly into a pair of earbuds. but this week, i'm putting to the test a few devices that aim to give you a hearing test and, as a result, optimise what you are listening to. there are various causes of different type of hearing impairment, so we could have a hearing loss through ageing, it could be through noise—induced hearing element as well. but can some headphones balance this out, and do we actually

need them to? i popped into one of our peaceful radio studios to find out. so first of all, i have these audera headphones. now, i need to do a hearing test to create my profile. what we're doing here is finding the quietest part of my audible range throughout all the different frequencies. it takes about ten minutes to go through this whole process for a full range of sound on both ears. ok, so the results of my test. i can tell that each ear seems to hear differently from each other but beyond that, obviously, it doesn't mean a huge amount. but what i can do now is i can put the headphones to the test. shouts: ok, sorry if i'm shouting! this is at 0% now! let's apply 50%! well, it sounds a lot cleaner!

the sound is a lot sharper! you can hear each element of the sound really clearly! the clarity at 100% is pretty good. what do the experts make of the concept? with the auderas, it uses a basic form of pure tone audiometry. this is something that we perform every day in the clinic and it involves presenting different pitches and different tones and then measuring how loud we have to make it in order for someone to be able to hear it. auderas are stating that they take that into account with the settings on the headphones, and then incorporate that, giving extra sound in the areas to compensate for any hearing loss. the mimi music app works in a similar way and has been around a few years. after creating your ear print, it aims to optimise the music you listen to through any wired headphones. here i have the nurophone headphones which look pretty interesting for a start as they're sort of in—ear and over—ear. but they work differently. instead of asking you whether

you can hear something, they do the test for you, and they do it in just 60 seconds. they claim to do so by sending sound waves into your ear which will trigger a reaction, sending electrical impulses to your brain and sound waves back out your ear. it's through measuring them that the app will create what it calls your hearing signature. in my not—very—scientific experiment here, i am noticing a much bigger difference between the generic and the personalised in these headphones. the music sounds totally different. it's different parts of the music that sound louder. and that's mixed in with just a real clear, crisp sound. but our expert had some questions over this upgrade of sound quality. they do give you the opportunity with the headphones to be able to compare the generic settings with those taking into account your personal profile. there was a hugely marked difference between those two things when i actually tested them out on my hearing, which actually prompted me to go downstairs and use our diagnostic oto—acoustic emission test and see if i had normally functioning ears, which i did, so in terms of the reliability of that, in terms of the accuracy of how they actually come to those

conclusions, i'm not entirely sure. but would i want either of these over another pair of headphones at the same price point? maybe the fact is that i don't need them. if my hearing was a little more damaged, there would be greater rewards to reap. and that is it for the shortcut of click this week. the full version is up on iplayer, and we are also on facebook and twitter. thanks for watching and we will see you soon. hello this is breakfast, with ben thompson and naga munchetty. sir alex ferguson is in intensive care after having emergency surgery for a brain haemorrage. his former club, manchester united says the operation went well but his family request privacy. messages of support have been pouring in from across the football world and beyond. david beckham who was signed by sir alex at the age of 16 said ‘keep fighting boss' — his former team mate cristiano ronaldo also tweeted ‘my thoughts and prayers are with you, my dear friend.‘ we are alive at old trafford weather

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