this is bbc news. the headlines... sir alex ferguson suffers a brain haemorrhage — he remains in intensive care after undergoing emergency surgery. messages of support from the game's big names, including david beckham — signed by sir alex at 16 — who wrote: "keep fighting boss", and also from everton manager sam alla rdyce. i hope he's in good hands and i hope the operation is a major success, because, you know, as a personal friend it's. . .you know. i hope he has a full recovery. jamie acourt — who's wanted over alleged drugs offences — has accepted his extradition to britain. his transfer to the uk could now happen very soon. a 17—year—old boy has been shot dead in south london. one resident said her neighbour narrowly dodged bullets from what appeared to be a drive—by shooting. a guy in a car, shooting randomly, had shot from a moving car, and just missed her, and hit the window of herfront room. more than 1,000 doctors

have job offers withdrawn because of a clerical blunder. also in the next hour... a baby prince at home. kensington palace release new family photos of prince louis, including one with his sister princess charlotte, taken by the duchess of cambridge. and ‘the week in parliament‘ takes a closer look in sport, cardiff city are on track for promotion to the premier league at the school and stays the same. they will secure the place in the championship. and ‘the week in parliament‘ takes a closer look at the triggering of article 50. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news.

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. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnsteen reports. he is one of the greatest figures that football, indeed sport, has ever seen. among the many messages of support, david beckham said, keep fighting, boss, sending prayers and luck to cathy and the whole family. another ex—manchester united star, cristiano ronaldo, wrote: everyone at match of the day send oui’ everyone at match of the day send our best wishes to sir alex ferguson.

he's probably the most iconic figure in football in the past 30 years. if you add that to the fact that he is such an important role model for so many people around the world, he has captured the world, and he is a national institution, really, and they're not surprised that the outpouring of support for him. yesterday, he was admitted to salford royal hospital. the 76—year—old had emergency surgery for a 76—year—old had emergency surgery fora brain 76—year—old had emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. the procedure is said to have gone very well, pretty period of intensive ca re well, pretty period of intensive care will follow. the focus will be when he to regain consciousness. his neurological state will be assessed repeatedly, and he will only be transition to an area of care which requires less support when he is starting to regain his independence. at old trafford, supporters spoke of their admiration for sir alex. he isa their admiration for sir alex. he is a legend, and he has been for the whole club. even though he isn't running the club now, i think a lot of people will feel less.”

running the club now, i think a lot of people will feel less. i was so sad to hear about sir alex. i have beena fan sad to hear about sir alex. i have been a fan for 45 years. i'm in leeds supporter, but obviously, i respect sir alex and why he has done for football. the greatest football manager of all time. sir alex ferguson is revered at manchester united, leading the club to an astonishing 38 trophies and 26 yea rs, astonishing 38 trophies and 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. let's get the very latest now with 0livia richwald who's at old trafford. 0livia, is there any update? i'm afraid not. there is no update and there hasn't been since last night, when manchester united issued a statement. we gather he is still in intensive care, but that is not unexpected, given that he has had a brain haemorrhage and major surgery. here at manchester united, he is a

bit of a legend. 26 years, he was the manager, winning 38 trophies, and it is hoped he can feel the warmth emanating from here at old trafford and around the world. he is just three miles away, at salford royal hospital. you heard some of the tributes paid to him on social media, from david beckham and cristiano ronaldo, but there have also been well wishes from other former players. the retired goalkeeper peter schmeichel wrote, when this one. ruud van this or i wrote, keep fighting, boss, you a lwa ys wrote, keep fighting, boss, you always have done. and mikael silvestre wrote, come on, boss, we love you. there has also been support from rival clubs here in the north—west of england. manchester city are big rivals who are playing later today, many of the team have wished sir alex ferguson a speedy recovery 0 n wished sir alex ferguson a speedy recovery on twitter and also from the club itself. meanwhile, liverpool have written, great rival, great friend, who supported us during one of our most difficult times. we hope for a full recovery. he has ourfull times. we hope for a full recovery. he has our full support. times. we hope for a full recovery. he has ourfull support. the theme

in these well wishes is, he is the boss, the disciplinarian, the no—nonsense man who is determined to win and found success throughout his career, and everyone here hopes that it is that attitude to win that will help them now in this very personal battle. 0livia rich wild at old trafford, thank you for that. joining me now is the football writer michael grant, author of the book fergie rises, how the world's greatest football manager was made at aberdeen. so how did he rise? ta kers at aberdeen. so how did he rise? takers do that. he arrived at aberdeen in 1978, and he was actually very unproven. he was quite actually very unproven. he was quite a big gamble by aberdeen, strange as it seems to say now, because they we re it seems to say now, because they were the second biggest team in the country at the time and he was coming from st mirren park who were towards the bottom of the division, and he had been sacked by st mirren. it was seen as quite a big gamble by

aberdeen to take on this young tear away glaswegian manager north when they were on the brink of maybe winning things themselves, but it turned out to be an inspired and visionary decision by aberdeen, which was gloriously vindicated over the next 8.5 years. did he ever change his management style ? players who played under him at man united, who also experienced them at aberdeen like gordon strachan, said he actually mellowed at united, so even though you have the hairdryer and the famous fergie temper and the controlling genius that we saw, really all of that had probably been even harder and even more raw at aberdeen, in that period from 78—86. aberdeen, in that period from 78—86. a lot of what he did at aberdeen and a lot of the way he did it was to be

repeated on a bigger scale at united. he took down rangers and celtic in scottish football. he then, of course, went to united, and ove rca m e then, of course, went to united, and overcame liverpool, who had been the dominant club, and was then able to fend off arsenal and chelsea. but lot of what he did the way he did it was evident from those years at aberdeen. and you described there, his quite tough management style. what was it that commanded respect from players? how was it they never rebelled against him? well, funnily enough, there were some early —— there was some early descent at aberdeen from players who had been there before and did not necessarily ta ke there before and did not necessarily take his man management style in the first few months. at that point, he was still unproven. i think ferguson is very easy to light. players found him very easy to like and responded to him. his man management is one of

the genius elements he had. it wasn't just about bullying the genius elements he had. it wasn'tjust about bullying players and shouting at them and putting the fear of god and shouting at them and putting the fearof god in and shouting at them and putting the fear of god in them. there was that, of course, but he was much more than that. the book i wrote interviewed a lot of his former players at aberdeen, and the one message that came across was how much they enjoyed being under him. it was good fun being under alex ferguson. every day was an adventure, every day, you didn't know quite what was coming. they look back at it, even the guys who didn't particularly get on with him well, all of them look back at it as —— look back on him as a pivotalfigure in their it as —— look back on him as a pivotal figure in their football careers. and the first signs of concern was when his manager son darren missed the doncaster match against wigan. how close is the family, and as his career has developed, how did he manage to balance the two, their work and the family side of things?

it is pretty all—consuming, being the manager of man united, i would imagine. 0nly the manager of man united, i would imagine. only in the last five years of his retirement, really, did he give, or was he able to give his wife and kids the time that he felt that they deserved. he said when he retired that his wife cathy had made a lot of sacrifices for him throughout their life together, now was her time to get something back. he has had five years of retirement so he has had five years of retirement so far, and hopefully there is more to come. but in terms of being influential in his son's life, of course he has been. it was probably unfair pressure on darren ferguson to emulate his dad or to be seen as being the next fedi. that was never going to be a realistic expectation on darren. —— the next fergie. but fergie has been very supportive and of his other sons as well, in their lines of work, but obviously, you

have to make sacrifices when you are managing a club as big as manchester united, because it is all consuming and global. thank you very much for that, michael grant. you are watching bbc news. 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. tom burridge is in barcelona and has more details. this was a long police investigation, intelligence led, between offices here in spain and britain, and eventually, he was arrested at the gym in barcelona on friday. we understand when he gets back to britain, he won't necessarily be arrested. it will be necessary as it is an extradition, but he will be questioned by met police officers, as he is wanted in

britain on suspicion of being involved in supplying around £4 million worth of cannabis. the other thing to note about him is that he was one of the original suspect in the murder of stephen lawrence back in1993, the murder of stephen lawrence back in 1993, but he has never been charged in connection with the murder of the black teenager, and he has always denied any involvement in the killing. a teenage boy in south london has died after being shot. 17—year—old 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 home. people living here say there was a chase around the suburban streets, involving a car and 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 came out of our house and our house was a crime scene and it was like, "what the hell?" and where that window is boarded up, there, that's where a gunshot went in, you think? yes, you could see the hole. they said that the bullet‘s embedded in the wall. even though she's now grieving, rhyhiem's mother, pretana morgan, wanted to make a plea for the violence to stop. make my son be the last and be an example to everyone. just let it 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. i can speak now to our reporter charlotte gallagher, who's at the scene in south london.

0bviously, police activity still behind you. what is going on? so this is the estate where rhyhiem lived, and if you can see in the grass verge behind those detectives, their right to specialist police officers doing fingertip searches through the grass verge trying to find some more evidence. rhyhiem was killed just minutes from here, as you heard in the package, just minutes from his house. and there is a real community in shock here, not just at the death of vote—macro, but at the randomness of a car chase around the streets, people firing randomly into the air. a woman gardening in theirfront randomly into the air. a woman gardening in their front garden was nearly shot. so dangerous seen here on the streets of south london, and

rhyhiem is now the 60th person to be murdered in londonjust this rhyhiem is now the 60th person to be murdered in london just this year. so, very, very grim toll so far, and the mayor sadiq khan has said his thoughts are with the family, obviously, he is appealing for anyone who knows about this crime to come forward. charlotte, thank you very much. 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 royal college of physicians said the error meant medics who'd been scored on their suitability for posts as registrars were given the wrong marks. the college has apologised and says patient safety had not been compromised. the doctors' union, the british medical association, said the mistake was appalling. 0ur correspondent andy moore is here. just how appalling is the mistake? what has the reaction been? just imagine you are in a situation where you are offered a job, and a couple of weeks later, you find out that offer has been withdrawn. this was

thejob you offer has been withdrawn. this was the job you thought you would start in august or september. so everybody agrees, this is a terrible mess. the royal college of physicians who oversee the process say they are deeply sorry. it was not a computer error this time, but human error transferring schools and interviews from one system to another. the british medical association, the union on behalf of its members, is hopping mad. it says that it can't understand how this happened. individual doctors, some of them, have apparently been in tears. they have apparently been in tears. they have been contacting the bbc. they say, for example, they turned down otherjobs say, for example, they turned down other jobs because they say, for example, they turned down otherjobs because they thought say, for example, they turned down other jobs because they thought they had this firm offer. they say they have taken out home loans home in london because they thought they would be able to stay in this area, and know what is going to happen. the process does not start again for another week, so the uncertainty continues. a lot of anger too about the timing of the announcement, which was made late on friday afternoon, just before the bank

holiday. 0ne doctor said it was sheer cowardice. member of the couege sheer cowardice. member of the college said that theyjust sheer cowardice. member of the college said that they just wanted to get the news out as soon as possible. do they know of anyone affected has any comeback on this? the royal of physician says a small minority of these jobs are non—retractable, which busy mobley means that there is a firm commitment —— presumably means there isa commitment —— presumably means there is a firm commitment. but you think, that means most of the jobs, they can that means most of the jobs, they ca n retra ct that means most of the jobs, they can retract and that is what they intend to do, and the whole system will start again. i think the british medical association says they will be seeking full compensation for their members, so i think they have a different regard on whether these are firm contracts or not. thank you very much for that. it is 2:17 p:m.. let's take you through the headlines. 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. a 17—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 20—year—old man has died after he was found with stab 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. 0ur political correspondent, nick eardley reports. how should we trade

with the eu after we leave? the government remains divided. some want a customs partnership where we collect tariffs 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, where many made clear their opposition to the customs partnership idea. this morning, though, the business secretary said it was very much still alive. the partnership is still on the table, still a live option. yes. whichever option is chosen, it will take some time to have them put in place and available. and he warned getting it wrong could cost jobs. so with less than a year to go 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'm sorry, i don't think that these ideologues,

i don't think they represent the best interests of british business and therefore our economy and therefore the people of our country, and teresa needs to sort them out and see them off. some in europe have cast doubt on whether they have even agreed to such proposals. labour say a customs union, similar to the current one but giving the uk more of a say, is the only option. i think actually quite a lot of the conservatives are going to 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 i think is intractable, and you have just demonstrated that. in addition to that it will get us the tariff free trade that we want. 0pposing sides continue to trade arguments on this key brexit question. nick eardley, bbc news. well, nickjoins me now. nick, brexit again, following the story. a lot of confusion, but what

is it doing to the party? how divisive is this proving? it can be quite a driver issue, counted? customs partnerships versus maximum facilitation versus customs union. it is important, though, it is one of the main outstanding brexit issues that the government don't seem to agree on. i think you can seem to agree on. i think you can see from what we heard there from jacob riis mark, from anna soubry, and from others who agree with either of them that it is a real advice of issue within the party. as i also mentioned in the peace there, there was a meeting of ministers in this earlier in the week where they we re this earlier in the week where they were fairly evenly divided between those who want to go for theresa may's prepared option, the costas partnership —— preferred option, and those who say, that would not be honouring a result of the referendum. the truth is, there are pluses and negatives to both, and the government and ministers and the

people would expect them to have sorted it out before now. we are almost two years from the referendum, we are a year until we leave. the government still struggles to have a clear position on this. the truth is, they probably have a few months to sort it, but they are negotiating this with europe, and it is not like if the government comes to a position, that is what happens. they need to negotiating with brussels, and there are many in brussels who look at the two options on the table and say, look, they put nonsense. so, sooner rather than later. —— they are both nonsense. talking about coherent positions, labour were criticised for their stance on brexit and some say they were punished for that in the local elections. what has been their take on this? about a customs union, they have a policy that they

wa nt to union, they have a policy that they want to stay in a customs union, not the current customs union, a new customs union that they would negotiate with brussels, which would allow the uk to have a say and not just be a rule take, so brussels negotiate with the rest of the world. that does not mean labour is a nest of singing birds, though. there are divisions in the party, ones which we are likely to see in the coming week, such as the european economic area, in other words, the single market. there are those on the labour benches who favour staying in a form of single market was believed. the leadership is against that, and there has been a row brewing about that this morning, with senior labour peers saying that it was complete cowardice that the party had not adopted a more pro—eu stance. the party leadership rubbish at that, but a sign that it is notjust the conservatives who have issues on this. next, thank you very much. andrew marr — who you've just

seen on his programme this morning on bbc1— 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. the headlines on 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. 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 0magh 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. for the first time in nine years, lebanese voters are choosing a new parliament. today's 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. officials in hawaii say there have been no new outbreaks of lava 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 princess charlotte. 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 just three days old. and here, a tender moment with his sister princess charlotte on her third birthday, both photos taken by their mother. the first images of prince louis who is fifth in line to the throne 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 all the kind messages they have received following the birth of prince louis. we showed the pictures to visitors to the palace. 0h, isn't he cute, yeah. yeah, that's the new baby. we're from the united states. he‘s handsome. he doesn't look like other babies. i have had to newborns in my family. all children are lovely and cute.

like my dog! catherine, one of the world‘s most photographed people, is considered a talented amateur photographer herself. the next big event for the royals will be the marriage of prince harry and meghan markle this month. william and catherine will be there. but prince louis, who will be less than four weeks old, will stay at home. simon jones, bbc news, kensington palace. 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 defense 0rganisation says five homes the hawaiian civil defense 0rganisation 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 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. pretty flowers! 0k, pretty flowers! ok, so how is that whether looking? phil can tell us. phil. sparkling. for the most part, yes indeed, and really quite warm. temperatures widely across parts of inland england and wales, well into the low 20s or so. this is just to the south and east of leeds, and there are no great problems save for the north west of

scotla nd problems save for the north west of scotland and irish sea coast. i emphasise that it is only some. it has been that way all weekend. the highest temperatures probably down towards the south—east, and in the midlands, topping out around 25. barbecue evening, certainly. this is monday. we‘re going to do it all over again, pretty much. the mist and fog might not be in the same locations. same frontal location in scotland. monday is the day we could set a new record. you probably heard the story. 27 on the cards. it may crumble on tuesday getting into the western side of the british isles. violent rain, heat further easterby had. —— further east to be had. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. 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 writes "keep fighting boss". jamie acourt — who is wanted over alleged drugs offences —

has accepted his extradition to britain, according a spanish high court official. his transfer to the uk could now happen very soon. a 17—year—old boy has been shot dead in south london. 0ne resident said her neighbour narrowly dodged bullets from what appeared to be a drive—by shooting.