good afternoon. some of the biggest names in football have been sending messages of support to the former manchester united manager sir alex ferguson — after he suffered a brain haemorrhage. sir alex is recovering in intensive care. he underwent emergency surgery yesterday. our sports correspondent david ornstein reports. last seen in public looking fit a week ago, news of sir alex ferguson's illness has rocked the world of football and beyond. among the many messages of support, david beckham said... while another ex—manchester united star, cristiano ronaldo, wrote... everyone at match of the day sends oui’ everyone at match of the day sends our best message to sir alex ferguson. the flood of good wishes unrelenting. he is the most iconic

"in the last 30 years. at that the fa ct "in the last 30 years. at that the fact he is such an important role model for so many people around the world, he is a national institution. i'm not surprised at all at the outpouring of support. he was yesterday admitted to salford royal hospital. the 67—year—old had emergency surgery hospital. the 67—year—old had emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. the procedure is said to have gone very well but a period of intensive care will follow. the focus will be on when he starts to regain consciousness, he will be, his neurological state will be assessed repeatedly, and he will be only transitioned to an error of ca re only transitioned to an error of care which requires less support when he is starting to regain his independence and he is stable. -- an area of care. supporters spoke of their admiration at old trafford. he isa their admiration at old trafford. he is a legend and he has been for the whole —— the whole club. even though he isn't running the club know, a lot of people will feel this.” he isn't running the club know, a lot of people will feel this. i was so lot of people will feel this. i was so sad to hear about him. i have beena fan

so sad to hear about him. i have been a fan for 45 years. so sad to hear about him. i have been a fan for 45 yearsli so sad to hear about him. i have been a fan for 45 years. i am a leeds supporter but i respect him and what he has done for football. the greatest football manager of all time. sir alex ferguson is revered at manchester united. leading the clu b to at manchester united. leading the club to an astonishing that a trophy in 26 years, an all—time great at home and abroad, renowned for his tenacity and fighting spirit. but now he faces a very different kind of test. it's impossible to overstate his standing in the game. he is something of a football institution in his own right and it is notable from those messages of support that they do not just is notable from those messages of support that they do notjust come from people of a manchester united persuasion, but also those of rival clu bs, persuasion, but also those of rival clubs, from the right —— wider sporting world and from society as a whole, this is a man who transcend so whole, this is a man who transcend so many spheres of life. there is a stand here named after him and a statue in his honour, that is an indicator of how much he means. his

legacy and impact are not in doubt but that hope is that there is still more to come, that we have not seen the last of sir alex ferguson. he remains in intensive care but the hope is he will pull through this battle. the business secretary, greg clark, has said that a new "customs partnership" with the european union after the uk leaves is still on the table. the idea is that britain would collect tariffs for the eu on all goods arriving in the uk which are destined for europe. it is fiercely opposed by leading brexit campaigners, who say it would effectively mean the uk would remain in the european union. our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. how should we trade with the eu after we leave? the government remains divided. some want a custom sponsorship where we collect tarriffs on the eu's behalf. others want a streamlined system as frictionless as possible but with some barriers. senior ministers held a crunch meeting on the issue this week when many made clear their opposition to the customs partnership idea. this morning, the business secretary said it was very much still alive. this partnership is

still a live option? yes, whichever option is chosen, it will take some time to have them put in place and available. he warned getting it wrong could cost jobs. with less than a year until we leave, the conservative battle on this issue only intensifies. a customs partnership is in a sense misnamed because it means single market as well as customs union and therefore we would not, in effect, be leaving the european union. i am sorry, i don't think they represent the best interests of british business and therefore our economy and the people of our country. sort them out and see them off. some in europe have cast doubt on whether they would even agree to such proposals. labour say a customs union similar to the current one would give the uk more of a say and is the only option. i think quite a lot of the conservatives

will follow us in this. we remain within the customs union during the transition period. we want to negotiate a customs union that will solve the northern ireland border problem which is intractable, and will get us the tariff free trade we want. opposing sides continue to trade oddments on this key brexit question. —— trade arguments. nick eardley, bbc news. a teenage boy in south london has died after being shot. rhyhiem ainsworth barton was discovered with critical injuries on warham street in southwark yesterday evening. the metropolitan police has asked for people in the area at the time of the shooting to contact them. charlotte gallagher reports. 17—year—old rhyhiem ainsworth barton, performing in a rap video. his family say he was with his friends, playing football in the sun, when he was shot dead, just minutes from his house. people living here say there was a chase around the suburban streets, involving a car and a moped, in the minutes before

the shots were fired. one woman narrowly avoided being shot. the bullet went through her window instead. this woman lives next door. we just wejust came we just came out of our house, and our house was a crime scene. where the window is boarded up, that's for a gunshot went in? yes. the bullets we re a gunshot went in? yes. the bullets were embedded in the wall. even though she is now grieving, rhyhiem's mother, pretana morgan, wanted to make a plea for the violence to stop. let my son be the last example to everyone. just let this stop. a family and community in shock that a young boy from here has become just the latest victim of london's gun and knife crime. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. a 20—year—old man has died after he was found with stab wounds in liverpool city

centre this morning. police and paramedics were called to hanover street at about 4am after receiving reports of an injured man. the man was taken to hospital, but later died from his injuries. spain's high court has told the bbc that jamie acourt has accepted his extradition back to the uk. he's wanted here on suspicion of drugs offences. mr acourt was one of the original suspects in the murder of the black teenager, stephen lawrence — he has always denied any involvement. as many as 1,500 junior doctors who were offered posts as registrars have had theirjob offers withdrawn, following a mistake in the recruitment process. the doctors' union, the british medical association, said the mistake was appalling. our correspondent andy moore is with me. what are the doctors saying?‘ what are the doctors saying? a lot of very angry doctors. everyone agrees this is a mess and should never have happened. the royal

couege never have happened. the royal college of physicians said they were deeply sorry. not a computer error this kind, a human process of transferring scores of interviews from one system to another. the bma are hopping mad on behalf of its members. some doctors are said to have been in tears. they have been contacting the bbc saying they made commitments on the basis of these job offers. some say they have turned down other job job offers. some say they have turned down otherjob offers. a lot of criticism of the timing of the announcement, late on a friday afternoon, doctors said that was sheer cowardice. andy moore with the latest on that controversial mistake. photographs of prince louis‘ first days at home have been released by his parents. here, he's receiving a kiss from his big sister, princess charlotte. the newest member of the royal family was photographed by their mother, kate, duchess of cambridge, at kensington palace when he was three days old. that's all for now. the next news on bbc one is at 5.35pm. bye for now.

let's return to our main story this afternoon. sir alex ferguson, the most successful manager in british football history, remains in hospital after undergoing emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. his former team manchester united said the operation went "very well" but that he now needed a period of intensive care. earlier i spoke to the football writer rob robertson. he explained how sir alex ferguson's time as aberdeen manager set the foundations for his illustrious career. he didn'tjust turn up the

manchester united, he did created a tea m manchester united, he did created a team at aberdeen. he created a team there. when he came to manchester united, he had great experience. he didn't go terribly well to begin with, and nowadays perhaps he would be at the door to begin with. but he was lucky they kept in there because we can all see the fergie effect on british, european and world football. can you break down what it was about that style, what he was looking for and players that gave him the talent pool to achieve such success? he had that hard work ethic. if you look at it, four of the best managers ever,

shankly, busby, jock stein and fergie all came from the same west coast pa rt fergie all came from the same west coast part of scotland. that is not coincidence. it is down to the work ethic they created in the attitude they were brought up with. they made clear to their players what they we re clear to their players what they were looking for. if they did not meet the standards that fergie and the others were looking for, they we re the others were looking for, they were out the door. there are no grey areas with fergie, you were with you we re areas with fergie, you were with you were not. he greeted players like willie miller at aberdeen, a player who started out as a striker and ended up one of the greatest sweepers in world football at the time. fergie could create talent, he could mould talent and bring out the best in players. you can even tell that now with the respect that are shown to him through social media, cristiano ronaldo sending tweets. it shows the respect he has. and the key to its success was he gave respect to the players he thought

worked with him, and they gave that respect back. they never wanted to let fergie down. that was the key. it is very clear the loyalty, the players who still speak to him with such affection, and the loyalty. but of course you could also be very blunt, especially with journalists, which sometimes we deserve as i'm sure we would admit, but that never make people treat him as an enemy. you knew where you stood with sir alex ferguson. he told you straight. you accepted it or you didn't. you would never think of him talking about you behind your back. he would tell it to you straight! if you didn't like it, tough. if you did like it, it strengthened un site. he did that at aberdeen when he took on the great real madrid, and he did

that at manchester united. there was no fooling him. he got on with it, straightforward. if you don't produce the goods, goodbye. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, is heading to washington where he'll try to persuade the us not to abandon the iran nuclear deal. the agreement saw iran receive relief on international sanctions in return for limitations to the country's controversial nuclear energy programme. countries in the middle east such as israel were worried the deal could result in the development of nuclear weapons. it was negotiated under barack obama's presidency but mr trump has criticised the deal, claiming it has flaws because it doesn't cover the development of ballistic missiles. mr trump must decide whether to renew the deal by next saturday — the next deadline for waiving sanctions. our washington correspondent, chris buckler reports.

in a series of visits to the white house, european leaders have been trying to get donald trump to listen to their concerns about his hardline stance on iran. he is going to be a great president of france — that's my prediction. despite the clear warmth with which she greeted emmanuel macron, french president, and the time he gave angela merkel, he is still threatening to abandon the international agreement to curb iran's nuclear programme. he believes the terms are far too lenient. he has said he will decide by saturday whether to impose sanctions on iran. the deadline fast approaching, borisjohnson is travelling to washington to test his powers of persuasion. he has met him before. he is not scheduled to speak with him directly on this trip. instead, he will speak to mike pence and a series of other white house officials. the foreign secretary will be very aware it is the president's mind he needs to change.

north korea has accused the united states of deliberately provoking pyongyang by suggesting sanctions won't be lifted until it gives up its nuclear weapons. north korea said washington was also aggravating the current good atmosphere by deploying military assets on the korean peninsula. north korea regularly criticises the united states, but there have been fewer attacks in recent weeks, amid plans for president trump to meet the north korean leader, kim jong—un. the headlines on bbc news: sir alex ferguson is in intensive care after emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. some of the biggest names in sport have sent messages of support, including david beckham, signed by sir alex at 16, who wrote: "keep fighting, boss". jamie acourt — who is wanted over alleged drugs offences — has accepted his extradition to britain, according an official at spain's high court. his transfer to the uk could now happen very soon. a17 year old boy has

died after being shot in southwark in south london — neighbours say bullets went through a window narrowly missing a woman in her garden. a 17—year—old boy has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent after a woman was attacked with an electric drill in straban in northern ireland. the 38—year—old victim suffered a "very serious" head injury and is in a stable condition in hospital. the teenager was also charged with possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and theft of a drill. he is due to appear in court in omagh on monday. three men have been injured in east london by what has been described as a noxious substance. the met police say officers were called to reports of a disturbance on kingsland high street in hackney. three men aged 17, 22 and 27 were taken to hospital. police say no arrests have been made. andrew marr has announced that he will have an operation this week to remove a malignant tumour on his kidney. his agent says that he is

expected to "make a full recovery and will be returning to the airwaves soon", but understandably andrew will not be hosting his weekly politics show while he recuperates. good wishes to him for a speedy recovery. for the first time in nine years, lebanese voters are choosing a new parliament. the election is being held under a new voting system aimed at moving the country to a more proportionally representative government. the country is beset by sectarian and political divisions, and overshadowed by the conflict in syria which has led to a mass influx of refugees. i spoke earlier to our reporter carine torbey who is in beirut today and asked her if we are going to see a new government in lebanon. despite the fact they have introduced a new voting law, introducing the concept of proportional representation in lebanon, very few people hopeful that by the end of the day we will

see a real breakthrough in terms of representation. probably many people are expecting more of the same. as you can see behind me, long queues of voters eager to cast their votes, have a say in the politics, after nine years since the last time they were able to do this. twice the current parliament has extended its mandate in the past. citing security reasons. fears of violence spilling over from syria. almost 1.5 million refugees who came into lebanon fleeing the war in syria. all these reasons given to extend the mandate of the current parliament were seen as unconvincing by many in the country and a stand back against a fragile democracy.

alternative groups campaigning under the umbrella of civil society, will they go for? or go for the same old establishment party, long ruling dynasties. some of them in power for decades now. officials in hawaii say there have been no new outbreaks of lava bubbling up from the ground, as mount kilauea continues to erupt. however, they do say that the existing fissures are continuing to emit hazardous fumes, and as you can see here, the huge piles of molten rock give an idea ofjust how active the volcano currently is. the hawaiin civil defence organisation says five homes have been destroyed, but there are still no reports of any deaths or serious injuries, and evacuation orders remain in force.

commemorations have taken place on the scottish island of islay to mark the hundredth anniversary of two first world war troopship disasters that took the lives of hundreds of american soldiers. princess anne took part in events to mark the sinking of the ss tuscania and hms otranto in 1918. from islay, here's our correspondent, glenn campbell. asa as a member the twin tragedies in the money went on the island, worships from britain, germany and the us patrolled its coast. they're unable to' naval tribute completed, —— their naval tribute completed. when the ship went down off pep—mac's coast, men were sent into the atlantic in the hurricane conditions. the ship was badly damaged in a collision, torn to pieces on a reef. it was every man for himself, but they hardly stood a

chance. only 21 made sure alive. john roberts' father was among the lucky few, despite not being able to swim. he had his life vest on and ended up at the cliff over here. onshore, the mcphee family saw the disaster unfold and rushed to help. it was said they went into the water seven times and each time pulled out a man. one of those men pulled to safety was 17—year—old private david roberts. 100 years on, his son has come to thank the family of his father's rescuer, fulfilling a long—held wish. this will be the last chance. i am 88 going on 89. i had to make it right now. it is a great honour to think that because of their acts and how courageous they were, there are people alive today who would not be had they not done the things they did. the sinking of the otranto

tested the people of the island to their limit. they were not without experience, because just eight months before, another troop ship carrying american soldiers across the atlantic to the war, the ss tuscania, was torpedoed off islay with a loss of 200 lives. islay buried hundreds of men, american soldiers and british crew. all the victims were remembered in a ceremony attended by the princess royal and the us ambassador. tributes were also pay to the islanders who found the courage and compassion to cope when mass casualties swept their shores. the future of a bright nine year old chess prodigy is dependent on his father's visa extension. shreyas royal, who came to uk in 2012 with his parents, has already represented britain in international championships. but his father's visa

expires in a few months. the family hopes that the home office can make a special consideration for their case — it says any further application will be dealt with on its merit in line with immigration rules. ishleen kaur has more. back from school and straight out with his chessboard. calm, composed, and disciplined, intelligent and sharp. that is how his parents describe nine—year—old shreyas. he was five years old when he made his first move on a chessboard, and the game has been his life ever since. the whole world. yes. that's what chess means to me. shreyas aspires to be the youngest world champion. he has already been in the top five worldwide rankings for under nine—year—olds. his coach julian simple believes he has the makings ofa simple believes he has the makings of a world champion to win the

trophy for britain. i offer you a draw. no thank you. an incredible visual perception of the board, and a tactical awareness which is quite amazing. but also a strong regard for the strategy of the game. there isa for the strategy of the game. there is a future world champion. shreyas moved to the uk with his parents in 2012, but his father's beazer will expire in september this year. this could mean checkmate for shreyas's aspirations here in the uk. india is widely believed to have given chest to the world, and having produced world champions, would india not be a good move? shreyas has started his chess career in england only. you can say that the foundation of chess that has built up for him is in england only, whatever the facilities, the support, from the

english federation here, he will not get that support in india. this boy is just get that support in india. this boy isjust nine—year is get that support in india. this boy is just nine—year is old. his family and the courts say he can be britain's first official world champion. a need to check with the home office if that can happen. take a look at these. 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. now let's get the weather. great weather for flowers. sarah is now let's get the weather. great weatherforflowers. sarah is at now let's get the weather. great weather for flowers. sarah is at the map. hello. temperatures have been

on the rise of the last few days, and we have warm and sunny weather in store for the remainder of the bicolour the weekend. this is the scene bicolour the weekend. this is the scene from one of our weather watchers in shropshire. digital blue skies, and the law that is the story for much of the country, not everywhere. some cloud and rain for the west of scotland and cloud and fog around the irish sea. some cloud for parts of the south west and wales. but most places sunny, dry and warm. temperatures 19—25. a sunny and dry evening if you have plans for a barbecue. dry overnight, but temperatures falling quickly and clear skies. a fresh darts to the bank holiday. a lovely day for most places. once again a bit of low cloud for guinness are the irish sea but less extensive than recent days. a touch cooler for north—east england and scotland. but it will be a bit full—day full stop ——

beautiful day. good afternoon. next we accompany throughout the morning. at the top of the hour we will have the latest news, dominated by sir alex ferguson and his battle for recovery to full health. we can now go to the sports centre for a full round—up of the sport. from the players to managers to fans, there's been an overwhelming amount of support for sir alex ferguson today. he's recovering from emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage and remains in intensive care. however, his former club, manchester united, say the operation went very well. just last weekend, sir alex was on the pitch at old trafford presenting his rival arsene wenger with a commemorative vase. the scot is widely regarded as britain's most successful football manager, winning 49 trophies, including 13 premier league titles.

the football association, fifa, uefa, clubs and fans have been sending messages of support. obviously a big shock, but the most important thing is to wish him well, and the family, and give them privacy. and let's hope that very soon privacy. and let's hope that very soon he is back to his best. you can't have been surprised by the outpouring of support over the last 24 hours to stop. not surprised at all. he is one of the most iconic figures in the ball over the last 40 yea rs, figures in the ball over the last 40 years, and he is such an important role model for people around the world. he has captured the world. he isa world. he has captured the world. he is a national institution, and i'm not surprised at all at the outpouring of support. it's the final day of the championship in england. top of the agenda, though, cardiff city's battle with fulham for automatic promotion.

cardiff need to beat reading to guarantee their spot — it's still o—o there — however if birmingham can sustain their 2—0 lead over fulham a draw could be enough. the final play—off place could go to derby, preston or millwall who all currently lead their matches 1—0 at half time. down at the other end — two out of reading, birmingham, barnsley, burton or bolton will be relegated. scottish champions celtic are at hearts. kyle lafferty put the home side in front but dedryck boyata has equalised. there's about half an hour left in that game. there has been another goaljust