last 20 years, not so good. time, i thought, last 20 years, not so good. time, ithought, to last 20 years, not so good. time, i thought, to talk to dr eurovision. paul really has a ph.d. in eurovision. i think there is a problem with perception. we don't ta ke problem with perception. we don't take it seriously enough? yes, people think the music is rubbish. there is some good talent in this contest but we don't see it in the same way. and our odds this year? 200 to one. but remember, there is a lwa ys 200 to one. but remember, there is always hope. have you thought about if you win? i'll probablyjust spontaneously combust into glitter and feathers because that is eurovision. david sillito, bbc news, lisbon. time for a look at the weather. sadly the weather is not much to

sing about this weekend, not laughter last weekend's treat. we do have some sunshine and it will not bea have some sunshine and it will not be a wash—out, the weekend. it is an east— west split. we have the cloud in bed in the west. rain for much of the morning across northern ireland, courtesy of this weather front. it has got us a bit of a headache over the weekend as forecasters try to figure out where it is going to sit and how much rain it will bring. it is bringing rain in northern ireland at the moment, creeping into the western side of scotland, england and wales. the east will see some beautiful temperatures. we may get 20 in london. cool and windy further west. as we go through the evening, late sunshine across northern ireland. perhaps cornwall as well. the weather front gets weaker as it moves east. it would stop the temperature fall we had last night across parts of the east. northern ireland could have a touch of ground frost. it means a lovely start to

the day for northern ireland, wales, for parts of scotland. lots of cloud from the weather front in the east. it'll strike and bright for a lot of the time until showers appear in the south and west. heavy and thundery, potentially. this area of rain is tied in with the same weather front. 16 to 18. we are around about average for the time of the year. however, if you are having an outside party in the south and east tomorrow evening, it could be quite wet. this is the weather front we talked about. potentially another pulse of will push its way northwards into northern england. this is where our questions arise at the weekend. how far north is it going? as we go through saturday night it pushes through part of scotland. not a particularly cold night. under starry skies, scotland. not a particularly cold night. understarry skies, chilly. this weather front is giving us a headache because it is coming into high—pressure across scandinavia. look how cold it is across the alps.

some pulses of rain by the time it gets to us will push northwards. if it sits into the north sea, it will make a vast difference in eastern england and scotland. at the moment it looks like affecting the eastern pa rt it looks like affecting the eastern part of the uk with the west seem a few showers but probably the driest weather. most of us will get one fine, bright day this weekend. it will not be warm. the weather settles down at the beginning of next week. not that one but at least it looks drier. thank you. that's all from the bbc news at one. so, it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. have a good afternoon. good afternoon. here is the latest

from the bbc sports centre. gareth southgate will name his england squad on thursday. the fa will name a squad on thursday. the fa will name 345 squad on thursday. the fa will name a 45 man provisional squad to fifa, and then southgate will tell them his "cup 27,227; “” i asked to leave wayne rooney has not asked to leave everton, according to their manager sam allardyce. everton, according to their manager sam alla rdyce. he everton, according to their manager sam allardyce. he has been linked with a move to dc united in america's mls. rooney has been thought to agree the deal in principle, but has not signed it. this is what allardyce had to say. there appears to be interest from dc united. where that is, whether alive and well wayne lies with it, i can't argue the moment. —— i can't tell you at the moment. 0nly argue the moment. —— i can't tell you at the moment. only after have spoken to him today can i tell you where the situation lies. wayne rooney has not asked to leave, and neither has wayne rooney had a confrontation with me or we have not

beenin confrontation with me or we have not been in any difficult situations since i have been here, because we are two adults and we talked. since i have been here, because we are two adults and we talkedm since i have been here, because we are two adults and we talked. it is are two adults and we talked. it is a big day for kyle edmund, who plays for a place in the semifinals in the madrid 0pen for a place in the semifinals in the madrid open this evening. these the british and one with andy murray injured, and his success in spain means he will leave into the world's top 20 for the very first time, as our correspondent told me earlier. edmund is having a good year. around the time you turn 23, i don't think people expected him to reach the semifinals of the australian open this year, beating record travel along the way. he has been an atp final as well, now, his first masters final. this is the top tier tournaments on the men's tour just beneath the grand slam, that is on clay, which is significant, because even though he has shown he isa because even though he has shown he is a hard—core player, he looks a different animal on clay. he is a different animal on clay. he is a different animal on clay. he is a different animal indeed. he hits the ball so powerfully, and he looks

incredibly impressive when he imposes himself on matches on the surface. and his opponent, dennis shapivalov, a very talented teenager, beat milos raonic in the last round, so this will be a tight contest gimmick yes, and shapivalov is very charismatic with his floppy blond hair. he is only 19 years of age, and already, these developing quite a rivalry. they have played four times quite a rivalry. they have played fourtimes in18 quite a rivalry. they have played four times in 18 months. two matches stick out. one was last year's us 0pen. edmund retired with a neck injury when shapivalov was a bit ahead on points, and then perhaps more famously, the davis cup in 0ttawa last year, edmund was com pletely 0ttawa last year, edmund was completely on top on route to winning that marriage and winning for great britain when shapivalov was default it by hitting a ball in angen was default it by hitting a ball in anger, he thought, high into the stands, but instead, he managed to smash it into the eye of the umpire and asa smash it into the eye of the umpire and as a result list is qualified. so these two could have many, many matches over many, many years.

it has been an eventful start of the formula 1 weekend with some high profile spin outs in the first qualifying. daniel ricciardo is was? — an already to play pakistan in their first test, and it has started raining in malahide and not stopped since. there has been no play at all this morning. thing is crossed it im proves this morning. thing is crossed it improves this afternoon. that is all the sports are now. find out more on all of those stories on oui’ out more on all of those stories on our website. i will be back with more for you on afternoon live at two o'clock. like you very much. catherine downes with the latest sport. good afternoon. you're watching bbc news. it is1:37 p:m..

it is 1:37 p:m.. let's talk for the next few minutes about a story that has emerged only in the last hour or so. has emerged only in the last hour or so. in the last hour or so, we have had that announcement that the prime minister has reversed a decision not to appoint additional members of the the panel that will be discussing the panel that will be discussing the grenfell tower fire. this the panel that will be discussing the grenfell towerfire. this is the panel that will be discussing the grenfell tower fire. this is the g re nfell tower the grenfell tower fire. this is the grenfell tower enquiry, of course. we have heard in the last little while from the government that there will be additional members appointed to sit on that panel. they will sit alongside, of course, sir martin moore—bick, the retired high court judge who will be chairing that panel. this of course all follows on from the horrific tragedy of the g re nfell tower from the horrific tragedy of the grenfell tower fire, which took place in west london lastjune. we are edging up to a very grim one—year anniversary of that fire, that killed so many people and left

so that killed so many people and left so many other people, of course, without anywhere to live. let's speak now to some members of the g re nfell speak now to some members of the grenfell united community group, made up of families who either escaped the fire that night or who lost loved ones in the devastation. good afternoon to both of you. thank you so much for talking to us. it looks like you are standing somewhere very noisy, so i hope you can hear me. that i would like both of your response to the news that there will be additional people sitting on this panel. yes, i mean, we are extremely pleased. we are relieved. we are disappointed that we have had to go through all of this to get the prime minister to listen, but she has listened, and we thank herfor listen, but she has listened, and we thank her for taking our considerations seriously, and we now have the panel members, and it is extremely important for the public enquiry. it is a massive step

forward for us. sandra, there had been a real campaign to try to get a more representative panel, a more diverse panel. explain what has been going on. yes, i think there has beena going on. yes, i think there has been a slight misunderstanding in what our intentions have been, and what our intentions have been, and what has been reported, but what we wa nt what has been reported, but what we want is an independent panel of experts rather than what has been put in the media, that we wanted people from the community. that is really not the case. we want an impartial and independent panel who will be able to look at all the factors that led to the fire and the circumstances around it. 0k, circumstances around it. ok, so you want an impartial and independent panel. do you both feel 110w independent panel. do you both feel now that this is what you have got, and that from your perspective, the serious and important work and get under way?

absolutely, and this panel is now going to help massively in the public enquiry into uncovering not only why did this fire happened, but how it happened. and of course to make the recommendations so that this never happens again. we are very lucky to be working with an organisation like grenfell united, who have done such fantastic work. this is just who have done such fantastic work. this isjust a who have done such fantastic work. this is just a small element of the work that has gone into the fight for justice work that has gone into the fight forjustice and the fifa grenfell tower but it is a big step forward for us. we have campaigned a lot, and with the help of members of parliament that into metres last week, and stormzy, and adele, and like i mentioned, these wonderful people of grenfell united, and the people of grenfell united, and the people who lost loved ones on that night, we now have a panel, we're moving positively in the right direction, and let's hope that the enquiry will uncover the truth now. i think it is important to add also that on tuesday, we met with over

100 people in macro and listening to oui’ 100 people in macro and listening to our stories —— over 100 mp5, and we hope this will manifest in their support at the debate on monday the 14th. we hope people will come and join us outside westminster to show their support for our fight. and everybody‘s story is different, of course, in terms of what happened that night, but the people you talk to, how are the people who survived that fire doing? are there still people living in temporary accommodation? how are people faring? they are at different stages of their grieving journey. the people that lost loved ones. we are just there to support each other. we are all in the same condition. some people lost their homes, others lost

family members, and it is a difficult journey, and we family members, and it is a difficultjourney, and we have family members, and it is a difficult journey, and we have the year anniversary coming up very soon, and that will start bringing back lots of painful memories for people, and we are just there to support each other. well, i really appreciate your time. thank you very much for talking to us and varying with the sound issues. thank you very much for your swift reaction. from the grenfell united community group. asi group. as i say, then use only emerged in the last hour so, so there will be much more, i'm sure, throughout the afternoon here. a report into the suitability of homes for disabled people in the uk has found thatjust 7% of houses available for rent were of an acceptable standard. research from the equality and human rights commission found that some disabled people feel trapped inside their own homes. 0ur reporter, ellis palmer went to derby to try and find a house. no.

...no. renting as a disabled person can be a bit of a nightmare. the first difficulty is finding a place, as we found in derby. i went to see seven letting agents in the city's and told them all i was looking for a property with a step—free bathroom. not one had a single place for me to view. i asked the equalities and human rights commission if my experience was commonplace. the accommodation for disabled people in this country is not acceptable. it is not accessible, in the main, and the properties are not capable of being adapted. we want disabled people to be able to live independently, because by that means, they can contribute their full potential to society. the uk government says it is providing local councils with £1 billion to give out as grants to landlords to adapt homes. and the association

of residential letting agents says landlords are obliged to take this up if asked. the money can be used to both make changes or remove them if needed. my experience in derby today has left me feeling disappointed but not surprised, as i have faced the situation in various uk cities before. and yes, there is a broader social shift and cultural change as unless there is a broader social shift and cultural change as well as a legal change, the situation is not going to get any betterfor young renters like me. and we have special coverage of the issues experienced by people who rent their homes all day here in bbc news. just to bring you news coming from

police scotland in the past few minutes. they are telling is that a body recovered on wednesday evening is that of the singer who had been missing for a number of days, scott hutchison, the singer from the missing for a number of days, scott hutchison, the singerfrom the indie group frightened rabbits. police scotla nd group frightened rabbits. police scotland confirming that the body recovered from port edgar near edinburgh is that of the singer. and thatis edinburgh is that of the singer. and that is just through from the police. in the moment, we will have all the latest business news this hour. first, just a reminder of the day's headlines. the head of the health service in the irish republic is standing down following failures in a cervical cancer screening programme. expanding grammar schools. the government says it will spend £50 million to help existing english grammar schools take on more pupils. and can it be the end forjunk food

adverts? the mayor of london wants to ban them on the city's public transport network. hello there. here is the business news. regulators say he failed to act with due skill, care and diligence when the bank received an anonymous letter back in 2016. he says he accepts theirjudgment. npower is the latest energy company to raise their prizes. they will go up to raise their prizes. they will go up by to raise their prizes. they will go up by 3% next month, putting up the average price by around £611 per year. the move affects 1 average price by around £611 per year. the move affects1 million people. potholes are costing insurers and drivers £1 million a month. the aa says that is the amount it is costing to fixed vehicles damaged by bad roads. the

number of claims so far this year is the same as for the whole of last year. there was a time when renting your home was mainly associated with the young, but that has now changed. the proportion of people aged between 35 and 5a who now rent privately has doubled in the last decade. now there are worries about what that will mean when people who are older retire and can no longer afford their rents. joining us now is richard lambert, the boss of the national landlords association. thanks forjoining us. we are seeing a rise in older people renting and people generally renting. this is surely good news for landlords?“ there are plenty of people chasing properties, then, yes, that is good news for landlords in that sense that there is a good market out there. but landlords are also under pressure, because the chancellor rewrote the economic 20 change the taxation rules, which was george

0sborne, taxation rules, which was george osborne, and as a result of that, landlords' profitability is under quite a lot of pressure, so we're seeing more landlords selling properties these days than buying. but surely there is greater demand for rental properties, it means landlords have more power to pick and choose who they meant to? that is true. because there are more bupa looking for properties than there are properties available, that situation is probably going to get tighter —— more people looking for properties. we are certainly seeing that, and that will probably be exacerbated. i think the people who have found the problem hit than the ha rd est a re have found the problem hit than the hardest are the ones in receipt of benefits. we found in 2010 to remember surveys that they were saying that there were about 40% of them letting to tenants in receipt of housing benefit. in the last four yea rs, of housing benefit. in the last four years, that has dropped down to about 18—20%, and i suspect with the roll—out of full—service universal credit, it will drop down further. soa credit, it will drop down further. so a squeeze there, obviously. are we seeing landlords take advantage

of this general move towards renting by hiking rents? no, rents are pretty much going up over by the rate of inflation across the country. there has been a particular pressure in london, but that is because it is the most expensive and highest demand market in the country. you do see packets of increases in other cities, but overall, rents are moving pretty much in line with inflation. in fa ct, much in line with inflation. in fact, we suspect we are seeing the london market topping out because we have started to see some drop—off in demand in some drop—off in rents as a result over the last six months or so. a result over the last six months or so. let's go back to those older renters. will they be able to afford their rent is when they require? is something your association is particularly worried about?“ something your association is particularly worried about? it is an issue we are starting to worry about. we know the demographics of renters a re about. we know the demographics of renters are changing. we know the majority of people aspire to sometimes in their lives to buy

property, but economic circumstances may conspire against them. there is also concern about how peoples pensions in this country, a lot of people depend on the ownership of the property to fund their retirement, so there are a number of questions there were dead of the anyone has thought through. we're only just starting to anyone has thought through. we're onlyjust starting to get into that whole debate stop which i'm sure we will see more of is the year goes on. think you're a much. let's catch up with the more business news now. the owners of the property search website zoopla, who also own you switch and prime location being bought by an american equity firm. silverla ke bought by an american equity firm. silverlake are paying more than £3 million francis criticised american sanctions on iran. they say that they should not have to paver donald trump's decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with iran. and he has

a lwa ys nuclear deal with iran. and he has always been known as a fashionista, but now it is official. david beckham has been made an ambassador for the british fashion council. let's have a quick look at the markets. the ftse100 starts the day in positive territory. itv shares have done quite well because there is speculation it could be a possible ta keover speculation it could be a possible takeover target. that has been fuelled by interesting sky from fox and comcast. zp g, which owns the zoopla and uswitch, uswitch has seen its share price rise after news could be bought by a private equity firm. and political tensions in iran keep those at highs. thank you very much. just to use a news coming through from the foreign office, which tells us it is investigating reports that two britons have been kidnapped in the democratic republic of congo. this is thought to have happened in a city just north of is thought to have happened in a cityjust north of the city of goma,

and the foreign office says local media say that a female wildlife ranger who was with the two britons has been killed. so it would appear that a female wildlife ranger has been killed and two british people have been kidnapped in the national park in the democratic republic of congo. the foreign office still investigating these reports. it says there may be an update from the foreign office later in the day. we are edging up to 1:53 p:m.. the street party is a uniquely british tradition, bringing communities together for coronations, weddings and jubilees. and there'll be no exception next weekend for the wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. some councils are encouraging them by waiving street closure fees. so what's the secret to holding the perfect royal street party? jayne mccubbin has been finding out: welcome to platt street, where the locals are all

getting very excited. this is sharon, who is responsible for the street party comms. i have been doing some of the communication, i've ordered some of the flags. chris is on cocktails. i'm afraid so, probably not a good idea putting a glaswegian in charge of the bar, maybe that's why i got the role. alan is helping with the food. we're having a vegetarian cassoulet. loads of different vegetables, there is a healthy option as well to make up for the fact we're drinking so much. and this is michelle. my party role is chief bossy person. you've encoutered chris's cocktails. indeed, yes. very hospitable. but the key street party organisers are peter and andy. the secret is to pace yourself with chris's cocktails. are you royalists or are you in it for the kitsch? both, i would say, both for me.

surely there is nothing more kitsch than a royal wedding street party? and there's a strong street party tradition right here on platt street. this was ve day. fast forward 66 years and this was platt street on william and kate's wedding. now they're getting ready for harry and meghan. what is it about a royal wedding, sharon? it brings everyone together, it brings hope for the future, everyone is happy even if it's only for a day, especially in miserable times. there's been batch cooking aplenty... enough chilli for 80 people. special outfits have been acquired... these will be for the big day. i moved here on my own six years ago after getting divorced. i am lucky to live somewhere so nice and friendly, it's about community and enjoying and celebrating the royal family, obviously.

is this a clipboard? it's an official clipboard, it's clipboard business. and when you take a party this seriously, organising the party is a bit of a party in itself. cheers! how's it all coming along? i think it's going fine, very well organised, i would say, and i have a family from malaysia coming tojoin us, too. so that will be lovely. brilliant, that's amazing. just for the... year. what do they make of the royal family? harry and meghan? i think they love the royal family. all the way from malaysia, not to windsor but platt street. quite possibly the second best party in town come may 19th. excellent! well, still a week to go. plenty more stories like that to

come, i'm sure. let's look at the weather prospects just now. perhaps not for the royal weekend, that would be mean! see how it is looking this weekend. this weekend's forecast is enough of a headache! of course, we will be looking at that very closely after we get through this weekend, because there is some uncertainty as to what is going to happen this weekend, because we have a stalling weather front. at the moment, the weather is beautiful here, but across northern ireland, menacing clouds, rain clouds, we have had quite a bit of rain from clouds, we have had quite a bit of rainfrom our clouds, we have had quite a bit of rain from our weather front already. this is the same with a fund that is going to cause us weather forecasting problems or we —— all we can. as we head towards this weekend, we still have sunshine in the east. cloud and weakening rain pushes eastwards. not as gold for the eastern side of the uk tonight,

though we could see a spot of ground frost and parts of northern ireland, for example, under starry skies. we could see mist and fog around first thing in the morning. cloud contaminate our weather picture, if you like, tomorrow. how much, how thick, and how great. dry weather for most of the uk for most of the day. sharp showers in the west, slow, heavy, thundery ones, and in the latter part of the afternoon, this band of rain is likely to edge up this band of rain is likely to edge up across this band of rain is likely to edge up across the channel and give some fairly hefty rain. i'm told to the moonwalk tomorrow in london, so that not look great. as we go through the evening, further pulses of rain, and this is the big question mark. because that area of rain is pushing across scandinavia, it grinds to a whole. if it does that in the north sea, obviously it will give a very different complexion to our weather, but at the moment, looks as if it will grind to a halt across the east of the uk, so nota

will grind to a halt across the east of the uk, so not a cold night through saturday night, but a soggy start, potentially, to sunday across eastern england, northern england, and parts of scotland. the best of the sunshine will be the west of scotland, northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england. but if this system starts to move away and push north—eastward, that would allow more showers to develop in the south and west. but again, it is that as many saturday at the moment. 16 and 17 is about average for the time of year, but as i said, it all depends on whether weather system lies. into next week, little bump of high pressure coming in will squeeze out the rain, meaning a lot of dry infine out the rain, meaning a lot of dry in fine weather to come. however, still a question mark of the rain this weekend, and we will as ever keep you updated. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm ben brown.

the government presses ahead with plans to expand existing grammar schools in england — labour calls it a vanity project. after more than 200 women were wrongly given the all clear for cervical cancer, ireland's health minister says the public must be told who knew what when. my my children are going to grow up and start asking questions and why did mum die, if nobody is held accountable, they will take on the hatred and the fear and i don't want that. the prime minister splits her cabinet into two groups to consider options for customs arrangements after britain leaves the eu. junk food adverts could be banned on london's tubes and buses, as the mayor tries to tackle what he calls the ticking time