this is bbc news, the latest headlines, a 17—year—old boy shot deadin headlines, a 17—year—old boy shot dead in south london. rhyhiem ainsworth barton is among dozens of people who have been killed in the city this year. sir alex ferguson is in intensive care after emergency surgery in intensive care after emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage were stopped some of the biggest names in sport have been sending messages of support. a new customs partnership with the european union, after the uk leaves, is still on the table. that's according to the business secretary, greg clark. petition fugitive jamie a court, who is wa nted fugitive jamie a court, who is wanted over alleged drugs offences, has accepted his extradition to britain. his transfer to the uk could now happen very soon. and coming up in this week's edition of meet the author, the american author madeleine miller on taking inspiration from greek mythology for her new novel. for now, though, on bbc news, it is sports day.

hello and welcome to sportsday — our main headlines. neil warnock works his magic once again... his eighth career promotion sees his cardiff city side return to the premie league... manchester city lift that title today. that is despite a goalless draw against huddersfield. john higgins trails mark williams by two frames after the snooker world championship final got underway at the crucible. good evening, another day of ups and downs across sport... cardiff city have sealed the second automatic—promotion spot

in the championship... it means they willjoin wolves in the premier league next season. neil warnock‘s side sealed a place in the top flight with a goalless draw at home to reading. james burford has more. some 0—0 draws are quickly forgotten, others will stay in the memory forever, and if you are a cardiff supporter, or owner, vincent tan, this was the most glorious of goldust rules. a better result than fulham's would confirm promotion. an early penalty might have settled carder‘s nerves but leandro bacuna's shove went unpunished but soon the bluebirds‘s fans were singing anyway as the news came through that fulham we re as the news came through that fulham were losing at birmingham. you'll won a keen to wrap up a record eight promotion urged his side forward, the cardiff city stadium held its collective breath asjunior hoilett went close, but promotion were still in their handscomb of the celebrations continued, fulham now

2-1 celebrations continued, fulham now 2—1 down, a question of watching and waiting. a goal would have eased those butterflies. maybe they should have done better than this. the promotion party was onlyjust getting going. really for neil warnock. he says taking cardiff back to the premier league is his greatest achievement. well, that point for cardiff means fulham settle for a play off spot — they'll face derby county in the semi finals, while aston villa take on middlesbrough... the first legs are on the 11th and 12th of may... well, at the bottom of the table, bolton scored goals in the last three minutes to come from behind to beat nottingham forest — theyjump out of the relegation zone on the final day — but defeats for both burton and barnsley mean they go down to league one. manchester city have been crowned premier league champions, with the trophy presented at the etihad this afternoon. but their truimphant season finished on a rather dud note on the pitch, as they were held to a goalless

draw with huddersfield. adam wild reports. manchester city, premier league champions! rarely has a title been so champions! rarely has a title been so richly deserved, rarely has it been so, heads of the won. such has been so, heads of the won. such has been their dominance this season that this occasion was never going to be more than a celebration, a coronation for one of the finest sides the premier league has seen. their final sides the premier league has seen. theirfinal home sides the premier league has seen. their final home game sides the premier league has seen. theirfinal home game of sides the premier league has seen. their final home game of their dazzling season began with a guard of honour. few would deny them their day in the sun. manchester city's brilliance has ensured there would be for them at least now late—season drama, a brilliance only seen in clashes against huddersfield. the ha rd clashes against huddersfield. the hard work done long before today. for the visitors, well, the battle continues, each point now priceless in theirfight continues, each point now priceless in their fight to stay amongst such esteemed company. so any drama was all there is, a well earned draw

giving them their own good reason to celebrate, playing their part in pep guardiola's party, a celebration that has been a long time coming. adam wilde, bbc news. you never know what is going to happen, you don't know. just to prepare the team well, and the title isa prepare the team well, and the title is a consequence. prepare the team well, and the title is a consequence. but i was not sure, this season, the previous season sure, this season, the previous season and all my career in barcelona and munich, so i have respect, so now i am happy because we did it. the race for a place in next season's champions league has continued this afternoon... chelsea are still able to catch both spurs and jurgen klopp's liverpool, who antonio conte got the better of at stamford bridge, with a 1—0 win.. it was watched by drew savage... antonio conte has been suffering from difficult second season syndrome at chelsea, an affliction few managers seem syndrome at chelsea, an affliction few managers seem to survive. it doesn't help when players get in each other‘s way at a crucial moment. bakayoko and giroud summing

up moment. bakayoko and giroud summing up their start of the match. liverpool at the team more likely, and sadio mane, the man more likely, to score. the mood of a match can swing rapidly, a ten by victor moses, classic centre forward play by olivier giroud. it was advantage chelsea. they were the better side from then on, but another goal was slow to arrive. despite the best and most spectacular efforts of marcos alonso. from then on, defending was the name of the game for chelsea, all about denying liverpool the equaliser that would have confirmed their champions league place. the last chance fell to teenage striker solanke, but conte's team had done enough. they still have something to play for. there was an emotional day and a piece of history for those who went to the emirates stadium today as arsene wenger led the team for his final home game. he's been in charge for nearly 22 years and oversaw the move from theirformer home highbury into the emirates.

he was given a brilliant send—off too with arsenal beating burnley 5—0, helped by a brace from pierre emerick aubameyang. scottish premiership champions celtic came from behind to hand hearts theirfirst home defeat of the season. a headerfrom dedryck boyata levelled the game at tynecastle after a great touch from moussa dembele made it 2—1 after half time. brendan rodgers' side ended it 3—1 thanks to a late finish from scott sinclair. the final of the world snooker championship got under way at the crucible this afternoon. between two former champions, mark williams and john higgins. williams leads 5—3 after the opening session at the crucible. he took the first four frames of the match but higgins pulled one back with the first century break of the contest. williams did restore his four—frame advantage. before higgins salvaged the last two

frames of the session. and you can watch that evening session, which starts at seven o'clock on bbc two. also on the bbc sport website and app. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now and four time motogp world champion marc marquez made it back to back victories at his home race injerez. there was disappointment for britain's cal crutchlow — who crashed out, having started pole... he drops to eighth in the standings... marquez‘s day was made even better, when his main title rivals; andrea dovizioso, jorge lorenzo and dani pedrosa all—white kigen out with eight days to go. —— all wiped each other out. having claimed victory in a dramatic sprint finish yesterday, italian rider elia viviani once

again left it late to win the third stage of the giro d'italia. team sky rider chris froome finished further back in the main peleton, as did australia's rohan dennis, who retains the overall lead. the final stage at the tour de yorkshire was won by frenchman stephane rossetto... greg van avermaet, the 2016 olympic road race champion and pre—race favourite held on to win the overall title by nine seconds. now, to boxing news and tony bellew is targeting money—spinning fights with tyson fury and andre ward. after stopping david haye in the fifth round of their heavyweight contest last night, bellew knocked down haye three times on his way to a second win in 11! months over his rival in london. bellew said he would meet british former world champion fury at heavyweight, but only if the bout happened soon. new zealand'sjonelle price has won this year's badminton horse trials, beating briton‘s oliver townend into second place to deny him the grand slam of eventing.

lizzie greenwood—hughes was iun gloucestershire for us. this year's badminton has been won bya this year's badminton has been won by a female rider for the first time inii by a female rider for the first time in” years, by a female rider for the first time in 11 years, congratulations. it is nice to break that spell. they female rider on a female horse. you came third, it was a fantastic ride view, roles. yes, all star bea is a fantastic jumper. we just had view, roles. yes, all star bea is a fantasticjumper. we just had a bit ofa fantasticjumper. we just had a bit of a funny cantor, but he tried his heart out after that. i was definitely nervous and i definitely rode like i was nervous, so i was very happy to be today. rode like i was nervous, so i was very happy to be for oday. rode like i was nervous, so i was very happy to be -, for oday. down after the dressage gone to win the boldest and but havergene. te.winr.the,rbeldesteand! the richest of them all. yes, we we re the richest of them all. yes, we were a long way down but the scores are very close. really delivered on

all three phases. it was tough out there, there was the heat, the sticky ground. it has been unseasonably warm, anyone in england well now it has been like the middle of blooming winter until wednesday, s0 of blooming winter until wednesday, so out of sorts to have this blistering hot saturday and sunday, but the horse coped remarkably well. ros, with the british perspective, you did so well in the top ten and then got on the european gold winning team for england, it is the world championships this year, i don't want to speak too soon but you should be a shoo—in for the team ain? should be a shoo—in for the team again? it is why we work for and aimed towards but badminton was our spring aim and we can't be more delighted with this week. we will get home, replan the rest of the season and see what happens but that is not my decision, so we willjust keep working and hope we can get better and better. jonelle price, flying the flag for notjust your family but of course new zealand. it

has been an equitable time for you and you only had a baby, how long ago? he is eight months old, i was pregnant here last year sitting on the sidelines, incredibly frustrated, so it is nice to be back here, and certainly in this position. someone said to me yesterday you are the fastest mum in the world and you are now for the first time a badminton winner, graduation is to you jonelle and ros. it has been interesting this showjumping, if you rule changes that made it much tighter, the weather has been shining for us, and it has been a wonderful year, congratulations. sean levi today become the first blackjockey to win one of british flat racing's five ‘classics'. he took the 66—1 outsider ‘billesdon brook‘ to victory in the one—thousand guineas at newmarket. .. coming home ahead of ‘7 to i‘ shot laurens, with the favourite "happily" back in third. "billesdon brook" also has the honour of becoming the longest—odds winner in the race's 204—year history. a great result for cardiff today,

just a draw, but they have been promoted to the premier league. we will have much more reaction in sports day at 7:30pm, including arsene wenger adjust addressing the crowd now at the emirates. coming up next, it is meet the author. weekley how can a writer make us care about a creature from greek mythology born of the gods asa it's a challenge for any novelist. madeline miller did it first with achilles, now she tells the story of the great sorceress and enchantress, circe, who leads us through many of the great stories of mythology, behaving badly — like she so often did — but at the same time emerging as a figure with human qualities, including of course vulnerability. who will win many readers‘ sympathy

because she is an individual trying to make sense of a very troubled world. welcome. what is the trick in humanizing an immortal nymph like circe? well, i think i've always found that these ancient myths really resonate with un—human nature, in that they are very timeless in what they are looking at, and i absolutely felt that as i was approaching circe. here she is. yes, she's a goddess, yes, she is a nymph, but she lives in a world where she is the pawn of much more powerful people than herself, and she's on the receiving end. she doesn't have a lot of control initially over what she can do with her life and where she can go,

and i think we can all relate to feeling in the grip of larger powers than ourselves. nonetheless you have to bring them to life. they've got to be something more than statues in a museum, and if we're going to meet odysseus and prometheus and all these people who've got more than walk—on parts in the story, they need to come off the wall, don't they? absolutely, and one of the things i love about the ancient myths is that when we talk about these greek heroes we use the word hero today to talk about someone who often is a moral exemplar. the ancient greek heroes were not moral exemplars at all. they were very complex, they had huge strengths and also huge faults, and so i really wanted to honour that in all of the characters — particularly circe — to make her a person that is three—dimensional, complex with those flaws and strengths as well. and of course you turn her into a figure who still has the powers, immortality and the ability to turn people into pigs and other things if she wants to and doesn't like them, which she uses,

but you give her a humanity. it's a dangerous game. you know, she changes nappies. you are a high school classics teacher by trade. do you ever think i'm letting this side down? i certainly have worried about the classics police and getting kicked out of the classics club, but i think that most classicists agree that the stories live because they are retold and they have been retold so many times over the years in so many contradictory ways and that's why they are still with us. and it's no accident that they've been told, because they are fundamental stories. folk myths, same thing. exactly. and i think that there is no such thing as an objective, definitive version of a myth. i think they invite us in to retell them. so, what about her? what sort of person do you think she becomes in your hands?

well, i wanted her to be a character who is really forged by being downtrodden very early on in her life, and i think sometimes that can drive people towards then treading on others, but i think it can also draw great empathy and pity for others, and i think that's the way circe goes. and the downtrodden nature that you reveal is very much connected with herfemininity. yes. this is a world, the ancient greek mythological world is a world that's not kind to women at all. it is not kind to a lot of people, men and women, but in particular as a woman and one of these lower—level nymphs, you are prey. i would not suggest for a second that this is a tract or a great political statement, but it's undoubtedly a book deeply informed by a feminist perspective in the world, isn't it? yes, i really wanted to take this female character and put her at the centre of her own epic. women have traditionally not been the subject of epics. their lives have not been seen

as important enough for an epic, and so just as odysseus gets his epic i wanted this to be her epicjourney. and in a way, the humanizing of these mythological figures has to do with the revelation of her, what do we call them, psychological struggles or something? that is, to come back to the very beginning of our conversation, that is the trick. that's what makes her tick. and for me that always comes originally with asking questions. so, the great mystery of circe is why is she turning men into pigs? how do you come to that point in your life? homer does not tell us, odysseus never asks her, and so i think it's really ripe for exploration. i don't believe that people do things just because or on a whim, i think people have reasons for what they do. and what is your explanation in her character? without giving too much away... indeed, yes. i think she feels very

betrayed and assaulted and abused at one point, and she lashes out in response to that. so, really it's vengeance for her. the ancient world is very, very distant now for people. notjust because of the timeline, but because it sort of is slipping away. the days when the children went to school and many of them learnt latin as just the inevitable thing, have long gone. there is great enthusiasm for the classics in many schools, of course teachers are determined to keep them alive, but it's changed day, isn't it? it is changing. although as a high school teacher myself, one thing that i'm always struck by is when i do get children in the classroom and i do start talking about the myths, they are immediately gripped. i think these stories are so exciting and filled with huge emotions and things that they can identify with that i think if you can give myth the chance,

that children will run towards them. do you see yourself as some kind of classics evangelist here? i know you are writing a work of fiction and of the imagination in a way, but you are doing more than that. you are saying look, here are great stories and i'm trying to breathe a particular kind of new life and shed some new light on them. it's always really exciting to me whenever someone comes and says i read your book and it made me go back to homer. that is, for me, the ultimate compliment. i want these novels to be for everyone. but with circe, you made the point earlier that there's so much that is not explained that you've got the gift of the unknown to play with. yes, and as it turns out she has this whole wonderful back story that has absolutely nothing to do with odysseus. she is the aunt og the minotaur, daughter of the sun god helios, she has a connection to prometheus, she's his cousin and all of these... obviously sort of bringing everybody in. like some huge cast of a broadway musical.

they are all there. if you have the opportunity to write a minotaur birth scene i feel you have to take it. absolutely. it's interesting, the struggle between somebody who is in touch with the world of the gods in the ancient conception and the world of humanity. it's the kind of thing that wagner struggled with in the ring. how do you make this connection work? it is a big thing to take on. that really comes right out of homer, that he has this beautiful detail about her that she is the dread goddess who speaks like a human, and so i think naturally she is that bridge. she has a sort of a foot in each world. and that is the curse, of course? yes, yes. i mean if you are just one thing or the other you get on with it, but if you are stuck transporting yourself between these two worlds

of a human understanding and the kind of eternal life of the gods how do you handle it? as you say it is kind of a curse because it means that you never fully belong anywhere, but it also gives you a very interesting perspective on each of those things. you can stand back and kind of come to see them for their faults and their strengths as well. you don't belong anywhere, but nonetheless in your conception of her you have a life that is in its own bizarre way very enriching. yes. one of the major themes of the odyssey is odysseus has this intense longing for home, and he wants to find his home in ithaca. it is a journey. yes, it is. and i wanted her to have that same sense of searching for home, except she has to create that home. she has to make it for herself. and does she do it? she does. madeline miller, author of circe, thank you very much. thank you so much for having me. time for us to update you on how the

rest of the holiday weekend will pan out across the british isles, into the first part of the forthcoming week. a glorious end to the day in most parts of the british isles, after a very, very acceptable sunday. one or two exceptions, here is the first, around the irish sea coast from some of the mist and fog has been really quite stubborn, but it has not been wall—to—wall. the weight towards the north—western corner of scotland, you are a bit closer to a weather front, the high pressure not doing enough to keep that offshore. so it has been a bit ofa that offshore. so it has been a bit of a nuisance there, the mist and fog still lingers through the course of the evening and overnight. but elsewhere it is a pretty still, quiet sort of night, not a cold one, although, you may be looking at

around three or 4 degrees in the countryside. here are other running, bank holiday monday, a bit of a rerun, if the truth were known, of saturday and sunday. so are a lot of fine and dry weather in many inland areas. was still have the mist and murk some of these coasts bordering on to the irish sea, the front still close to the north and west of scotla nd close to the north and west of scotland but even here in places there will be some dry weather with a bit of brightness, a bit cooler on the eastern coast, butjust inland, 24 the eastern coast, butjust inland, 2a in norwich, london could get up to around 27 degrees or so. things change certainly as we get to tuesday across central and western parts of the british isles. the odd moderate burst of rain, ahead of them, the restore some heat to be had, 25, 26 as you see, but cooler, pressure conditions tried coming from the atlantic. we will complete the transition from the heat of the holiday weekend for some into something slyly fresher, not colder, as we move something slyly fresher, not colder, as we move out of tuesday on into wednesday. eventually that band of

cloud wednesday. eventually that band of clou d m oves wednesday. eventually that band of cloud moves away from the eastern shores and we are left for another dry day across eastern areas but slightly tempered, those temperatures. in the west, no disguising the fact a new set of weather fronts, cloud, disguising the fact a new set of weatherfronts, cloud, wind and rain, temperatures closer to ii, 12, 13, rather rain, temperatures closer to 11, 12, 13, rather than 20 anything at all. the forthcoming week it turns a bit cooler, the bulk of the rain across northern and western parts of the british isles, the best of the dry weather in the south—east. this is bbc news, the headlines at 7pm. a 17—year—old boy is shot dead in london. his mother appeals for an end to the violence in the capital. that my son be the last, and be an example to everyone. just let it stop! tributes and messages of support for sir alex ferguson, who remains in intensive care after surgery remains in intensive care after surgery for a brain hemorrhage. a

new customs partnership with the european union is still on the table, according to the business secretary gleick —— greg clark. in sports news, celebrations on the blue side of the city as manchester city lift the trophy and crowned premier league champions. cardiff city willjoin premier league champions. cardiff city will join manchester city after winning promotion to the premier league at the expense of fulham.