this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall, the headlines: a 17—year—old boy is shot dead in south london. his mother appeals for an end to the violence in the capital this year. let my son he the last and be an example to everyone, just let it stop! tributes and messages of support for former manchester united manager sir alex ferguson, who remains in intensive care after surgery for a brain haemorrhage. a new customs partnership with the european union is still on the table, according to the business secretary, greg clark. and in sports news — celebrations on the blue side of the city. manchester city lift the trophy and are crowned premier league champions. and adieu, arsene. tributes are paid to the gunners boss in his final home game for arsenal, where his side thrashed burnley. and coming up in half an hour, the travel show heads to windsor ahead of the royal wedding. good evening and

welcome to bbc news. the mother of a 17—year—old shot dead in south london has paid tribute to her son and called for an end to the recent violence in the city. rhyhiem ainsworth barton was attacked in southwark yesterday evening. his mother, pretana morgan, said he wasn't in a gang and that she "couldn't have asked for a better son". there have been more than 60 alleged murders in london so far this year. this lunchtime, two boys aged 15 and 12 became the latest victims of shootings. they were wounded within minutes of each other on a street in harrow. charlotte gallagher reports. 17—year—old rhyhiem ainsworth barton, performing in a rap video.

another young victim of violent crime in london. 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, involving a car and a moped, around the suburban streets, just minutes before the fatal shots were fired. one woman narrowly avoided being shot. the bullet went through her window instead. 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? yeah, you could see the hole. they said that the bullet‘s embedded in the wall. with police investigating more than 60 murders so far this year. many are believed to be gang—related. rhyhiem's family say

he was a good boy who aspired to work with children. even though she's grieving, his mother 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! this afternoon, his friend paid tribute. even if he didn't know you, he would still say hi to you. he is not that kind of person, in his area, if you walked past, he would say hi, a really lovely person. a family grief stricken, a community in shock as violent crime in london shows no sign of slowing down. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. well, a little i spoke to charlotte gallagher, who attended this evening's police news conference about the murder. i began by asking her if detectives were making much progress in their search for the killer. police were saying they haven't

arrested anyone, they've not made any arrests at the moment, and are still very much in the search process. we saw fingertip searches being carried out around the estate where rhyhiem lived. now, in the last hour or so, police gave an update about rhyhiem's murder, and i spoke to the officer leading the investigation. well, we're doing all we can, as i said. the local officers are out with the specialist colleagues, we have intelligence led operations, and we're doing all we can physically, legally, to make sure we address these problems, being extremely proactive to pick up anyone that we know is carrying a weapon. so section 60 is a good step forward, it enables officers to have that search power, and we will be as effective as we possibly can. the commissioner knows the issues, she's made it a sort of key issue for her tenure as commissioner, working extremely hard with the communities, and as i say, this is a community issue that we need to work together. the police can do so much to arrest and stop and search, but we need to work together, share that information and intelligence we can address this knife crime and violent behaviour. do you have enough police, though, to police these areas where we are getting incidents like this?

i'm more than happy that my staff and my colleagues are working as hard as they can to address theseissues locally and across the capital. we've been told that there was some kind of car and moped chase through this residential area in broad daylight, and shots were fired notjust at rhyhiem but people randomly in their garden. what is your reaction to that? that is incredibly worrying, isn't it? well, as i said, it is a fast—paced, early investigation, we are addressing those issues as quickly as possible. the homicide team are the best in the uk, if not the world, and they're doing all they can to make sure that we arrest the suspects as quickly as possible. what reassurances can you give to that community who are right now thinking, "oh, it is probably going to happen again," rhyhiem's mother saying, you know, "we've got cameras, but people don't seem to be caught" — what reassurances can you give them? well, we got staff are dealing with these issues, as i said, using section 60, which is a very strong power. we are making sure we use it effectively, we have officers out with the support of specialist units as well, but again, if they have information, they need to speak with local offices. if they are not happy to speak to police, go through crimestoppers on the number i gave to make sure

that if they share that intelligence, we will work on it and make sure we address the issues. of course, this latest death, charlotte, itjust further increases the pressure on the police after the number of murders in the capital, as we knew earlier in the year, had exceeded those in new york. i know, i mean more than 60 people have been murdered now in london so far this year. the majority of them, we believe, do involve gangs, and a lot of these people that are getting killed our young people. we saw a teenage girl being shot in tottenham, and then last night rhyhiem, 17 years old, a young boy being killed in southwark. and it is notjust his family that are grieving today, the entire community are horrified that a young boy was killed there, and also they are so disturbed by the nature of the crime, the fact that someone was apparently driving around in broad daylight, randomly firing a gun out of their car. you know, and they were saying that at the time it was obviously a very hot, sunny afternoon,

there were young children playing outside with their families and shots were being fired. and when we were there today, we were seeing families outside playing in the sun, you know, lovely day, and police are needing to give reassurances to those people who want and need reassurance is so desperately now. charlotte gallagher reporting from south london. and as were reported, the police are continuing to investigate two non—fatal shootings in harrow in north—west london. two boys, aged 12 and 15, were shot a short time apart on the high street in wealdstone, just after quarter past one this afternoon. both are being treated for gunshot wounds in hospital. a 20—year—old man has died after being stabbed in liverpool city centre. police and paramedics were called to the hanover street area at around 4am this morning. merseyside police are appealing for witnesses. and we'll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow's front pages

at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. our guests joining me tonight are the parliamentaryjournalist tony grew and the entertainment journalist caroline frost. sir alex ferguson is to spend a second night in intensive care, recovering from a brain haemorrhage. some of the biggest names in football have been sending messages of support for the former manchester united manager, who underwent emergency surgery yesterday. 0ur sports correspondent david 0rnstein has the latest. last seen in public looking fit and well 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: another ex—manchester united star, cristiano ronaldo, wrote: everybody at match of the day sends our best wishes to sir alex ferguson. the flood of good wishes unrelenting. he is one of the most iconic figures

in football in the last 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, so i'm not surprised at all at the outpouring of support for him. he was admitted to salford royal hospital yesterday and had emergency surgery for a brain haemorrhage. the procedure is said to have gone well, but a period of intensive care will follow. the focus will be on when he starts to regain consciousness. his neurological state will be assessed repeatedly, and he will be only transitioned to an area of care which requires less support when he is starting to regain his independence and he is stable. at old trafford, supporters spoke of their admiration for sir alex. he's 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 this. i am a leeds supporter,

but i respect sir alex and what he has done for football, the greatest football manager of all time. this is where sir alex ferguson is revered the most, a stand is named after him, and there is a statue in his honour. his status is legendary. he led manchester united to an incredible 38 trophies in 26 years, an all—time great of the game at home and abroad, renowned for his tenacity and fighting spirit. but now sir alex ferguson faces perhaps his biggest challenge of all. the business secretary, greg clark, has confirmed that a so—called customs partnership with brussels after brexit is still on the table. it could mean britain collecting tariffs on behalf of the eu on all goods arriving in the uk that are destined for europe. he says any new deal must minimise friction, allow free trade agreements with other countries, and avoid

a hard border with ireland. but the proposal is fiercely opposed by leading brexiteers, who say it effectively means the uk will remain in the european union. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth reports. when the big beasts of government gathered last week, they couldn't agree on a post—brexit trade plan. several opposed the prime minister's preferred option, leading some brexiteers to think they'd killed it off. not so, said the business secretary today. he came out arguing for a close customs deal with the eu, saying thousands of jobs depended on it. actually, you have to have in mind the futurejobs, but also the very importantjobs of people today. and perhaps stoking tensions with brexit backing tories further, he said arrangements could take longer than planned. whichever option is chosen, it will take some time to have them put in place and available. so what are the choices? one option, a customs partnership, would mean on behalf of brussels the uk collects tariffs on goods

coming into britain that are destined for the eu. the second, a highly streamlined arrangement, would aim to minimise checks on trade at the irish border using technology and other schemes. that's what brexiteers favour, claiming those who think it won't work are just scaremongering. project fear has been so thoroughly discredited that you would have thought it would come to an end by now. we trade successfully all over the world. the delays on goods coming into southampton are tiny. and we will have control of goods coming into this country. that prompted tough talk from fellow tories. i'm sorry, i don't think that these are... these ideologues, i don't think they represent the best interests of british business, and therefore our economy, and therefore the people of this country. and theresa needs to sort them out and see them off. the problem for the prime minister is whichever way she turns she is likely to upset somebody. number ten has officials working on the options, but this complex customs conundrum

will not be easily solved with such deep divisions in her party. meanwhile, labour is convinced it can pile on the pressure by winning support for its customs plan. actually, quite a lot of the conservatives are going to follow us in this. we remain in 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. you have just demonstrated that. in addition to that, it will get us the tariff—free trade that we want. 0vercoming barriers here is one thing. but then the pm must convince brussels of her plan. and with a crucial meeting of eu leaders injune, the clock is ticking. alex forsyth, bbc news, westminster. the fugitive jamie acourt could be back in the uk very soon, after he declined to fight his extradition from spain. the national crime agency confirmed today that mr acourt, who is wanted here on suspicion of drugs offences, had not launched a legal challenge against the move. he was one of the original suspects in the murder of the black teenager stephen lawrence.

he has always denied any involvement. tom burridge sent this update from barcelona. this was a long police investigation, intelligence led, between officers here in spain and in britain, and eventually he was arrested at that gym in barcelona on friday. we understand that when he gets back to britain, he won't necessarily be arrested — it's not necessary, because it's an extradition, but he will be questioned by officers from the metropolitan police, because he is wanted in britain on suspicion of being involved in supplying around £4 million worth of cannabis. now, the other thing to note, of course, about jamie acourt is he was one of the original suspects in the murder of stephen lawrence back in 1983, but he's never been charged in connection with the murder of the black teenager, and he has always denied any involvement in the killing. 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 is due to appear in court in 0magh on monday. the headlines on bbc news. a 17—year—old boy is shot dead in south london. police appeal for information from the local community. tributes and messages of support for former manchester united manager sir alex ferguson, who remains in intensive care after surgery for a brain haemorrhage. a new "customs partnership" with the european union is still on the table, according to the business secretary, greg clark. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's huw. hello, good evening. manchester city have celebrated the premier league title in front of their home fans at the etihad stadium.

the trophy was held aloft by captain vincent kompany. it's their third premier league title in seven years, and first under manager pep guardiola. it is, of course, two trophies this season, after the league cup win back in february. the race for a place in next season's champions league has continued this afternoon. fifth—placed 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. an important three points for chelsea. it was watched by drew savage. antonio conte has been suffering from difficult second season syndrome at chelsea. it does not help when players get in each other‘s way at a crucial moment. bakayoko and giroud summing up their start to the match. liverpool looked the team more likely. and sadio mane the man more likely to score. but the mood of a match

can swing rapidly — a turn by victor moses, a classic centre—forward's header by 0livier giroud, and 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 former chelsea youngster dominic solanke. but conte's team had done enough. they still have something left to play for. drew savage, bbc news. we must be pleased, because i think we played in a good game, a great side, great commitment of the players to follow a plan, and then we have to hope that one team could

slip, it won't be easy to get two points from last two games, but must do this. i hate the result, but i'm pretty much fine with the performance. i know exactly what the boys have invested so far, sol know exactly what the boys have invested so far, so i cannot be angry, not even disappointed. it was like you really tried everything today, now we will fight again, we have one week to prepare for the next game, which is very important, to be honest, and then we play our final. 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 for theirformer home highbury into the emirates. he was given a brilliant send—off too, with arsenal beating burnley 5—0. it is impossible, unless you are

com pletely it is impossible, unless you are completely robotic, not to be emotional about that, 22 years of total commitment and togetherness. and it finishes on a day like that, overall i would like to thank everybody, you know, people have been great, in supporting the team, andi been great, in supporting the team, and i have the luxury to manage them for 22 years at the same club, so i can only say thank you, i am grateful for that, and i can only say thank you, i am gratefulfor that, and i hope, as i said, iam a gratefulfor that, and i hope, as i said, i am a fan above all, and i will remain a fan. cardiff city are celebrating promotion to the premier league after a goalless d raw against reading saw them clinch the second automatic promotion spot on the last day fo the season. fulham lost their first league game in 2a to miss out on the top flight for now. they face derby in the play—offs, while aston villa will face middlesbrough in the other semifinal.

at the bottom, bolton scored two goals in the last three minutes to come from behind to beat nottingham forest. they moved out of the relegation zone on the final day, but defeats for both burton and barnsley mean they go down to league one. the final of the world snooker championship is under way in sheffield between two former champions, mark williams and john higgins. these are our live pictures. it's been an intriguing contest. two—time champion williams made a brilliant start, going 5—1 up before higgins took the last two frames of the afternoon session. 0ne each so far in the evening means williams now leads 6—4. but higgins is well on his way to making that 6—5, the first to 18 as the winner, you can watch that on

bbc two or the bbc sport website and app. cycling now, and team sky rider chris froome remians 38 seconds off the lead giro d'italia after today's third. elia viviani won a second straight stage, while australia's rohan dennis retains the overall lead. meanwhile, the final stage at the tour de yorkshire was won by frenchman stephane rossetto. the 2016 olympic road race champion and pre—race favourite, greg van avermaet, held on to win the overall title by nine seconds. that's all the sport for now. as many as 1500 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 that 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 was not compromised. the doctors‘ union, the british medical association, says the mistake is appalling.

afghan interpreters who worked with british troops fighting the taliban, are appealing to the government for help to bring theirfamilies to the uk to join them. on friday the home secretary, sajid javid, said former translators, who were given permits to live in britain for five years, wouldn't have to pay for the right to stay longer. but many are still waiting to be reunited with their wives and children. our home affairs correspondent leila nathoo has more. abdul wakil is now bringing up his eldest son alone. it's been more than two years since he came to the uk from afghanistan, where he worked as an interpreter with the british army. but he says it was too expensive for him to bring the rest of his family with him at the same time, and now he and his son are suffering without them. they told me that you can take your family later. but when i came here, and i found out it was so tough, when i saw my son, he was struggling. he was distressed. he told one of his class—fellows he was going to harm himself

because he's missing his mum and missing his brother. several hundred afghans were employed as translators by british troops during the conflict in their country. their faces here are obscured, as many were under threat from the taliban for their choice. some, who are deemed to have faced particular danger in their roles, were offered the option of resettlement in the uk. earlier this week, the new home secretary, sajid javid, announced that those who had been given five—year visas would be able to settle here permanently without having to pay the required fee of more than £2000. that has been welcomed by mohammad hares, who chairs a group that represents afghan interpreters like him in britain. he says he and his former colleagues have long felt ignored. when we came over here, nobody even welcomed us. "we welcome you, you are a representative from the army, you have done a lot back in afghanistan, we would just like to thank you." nobody was there. so we felt kind of alone, in a new country, a new culture.

he now wants to see families reunited. sajid javid has promised a fair and humane immigration system, one of his first acts after taking charge here was to waive the fees for afghan interpreters wanting to live in the uk permanently. the government says it will look at trying to make it easier for their families to join them. leila nathoo, bbc news, the home office. six people have been injured in the turkish capital ankara, after dramatic flash floods engulfed the streets of one district. this man managed to cling onto the bonnet of a car to survive the deluge, and others had to scramble to safety, as their vehicles were swept away. officials in hawaii say there've been new lava cracks in the ground, as mount kilauea continues to erupt. these new fissures and the existing cracks are emitting hazardous sulphur dioxide fumes, and more people are being moved out of their homes. a number of properties have already been destroyed. as you can see here, the huge piles of molten rock give

an idea ofjust how active the volcano currently is. there are still no reports of any deaths or serious injuries. commemorations have taken place on the scottish island of islay to mark the 100th 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 0tranto in 1918. from islay, here's our correspondent glenn campbell. as islay remembered the twin tragedies of 1918 at the american monument on the island, a naval tribute by three warships from britain, germany and the us completed with a wreath—laying at sea. when the 0tranto went down off the west coast of islay, 500 men were thrown into the cold

atlantic in hurricane conditions. badly damaged, torn to pieces on a reef, every man for himself. but they hardly stood a chance. only 21 made it ashore allowed. despite not being able to swim, johns roberts‘ father was one of the lucky few. he had his life vest on and ended up at the cliff over here. 0nshore, 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 0tranto 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.

it's been a glorious day on the weather front, with more sunshine to come tomorrow. retailers are hoping shoppers will be tempted, after the wash—out that was the easter bank holiday weekend. our business correspondent joe lynam reports. this is how some garden centres looked last month. easter was a financial and meteorological wash—out for many retailers. what a difference a month makes. sunshine tends to bring out the shoppers and part—time gardeners. we have just moved we havejust moved back we have just moved back from living abroad, we have got a garden that needs a reinvigorating. this is an opportunity, on a day like this, you are outside, but you also doing something. and what will they be buying? why, busy lizzie plants, of course. they disappeared six years ago but are back this weekend and expected to fly off the shelves. retailers need a good week after a

quarter in which many businesses we re forced quarter in which many businesses were forced to close down entirely. i don't think one long bank holiday weekend with nice weather is going to make up for all the problems that are taking place in the retail sector. it will go some way and will be a good weekend, but it is not going to change the structural changes going on and a bad easter is not going to be offset by one bank holiday weekend. but this month is unusual. it has two bank holidays, a tour de yorkshire. champions league and fa cup finals and the small matter of a royal wedding. with the weather considerably drier and brighter than it with the weather considerably drier and thlide?’ weekénu‘, £5?— 1 east ,, with the weather considerably drier and thlide?’ weekénu‘, retailers est ,, with the weather considerably drier and thlide?’ waeifi, retailers will ,, bank holiday weekend, retailers will certainly be hoping to make a when the sunshine is. even if that means selling products that consumers might not already done might usually consider. and stav can tell us more about the weather for the bank holiday.

hello there. well, away from the north—west corner of scotland, it's been a glorious day for most of the country, plenty of sunshine around, and a top temperature of 26 celsius in northolt, in the north—west of london. but much of england and wales has seen unbroken sunshine, with temperatures into the low to mid 20s celsius. a fine end of the day, and then overnight skies will be clear for the bulk of the country. again, for the north north—west corner of scotland, more cloud here, the odd spot of rain, maybe a bit of low cloud and mist affecting irish sea coasts. quite a cool night to come across these inside of england, but it won't be long before the temperatures rise quickly into bank holiday monday, another glorious one, very warm and sunny. the exception is cloud and outbreaks of rain across the north and west of scotland, maybe some low cloud and mist affecting irish sea coasts, temperatures could reach 27 or 28 celsius summer in the south—east, making it a record—breaking early may bank holiday. but as the week continues to progress, things will be cooling down from the west, with some rain at times,