good afternoon. the former labour cabinet minister tessa jowell, who campaigned to raise awareness of brain cancer following her diagnosis a year ago, has died. she was 70. a leading light in tony blair's government, tessa jowell was also instrumental in bringing the olympics to london in 2012. this morning mr blair praised her courage and dignity in publicly confronting her cancer, saying her efforts to raise awareness were a lasting tribute to a lifetime of public service. leila nathoo looks back at her life. the games of the 30th olympiad in 2012 are awarded to the city of london. the words they wanted to hear. london had won the contest to host the 2012 olympics and it was tessa jowell who championed the bid from the start. i am tessa jowell, olympic minister. she went on to oversee preparations for the games. and laid the foundations for the capital's greatest sporting event. tessa jane helen douglas jowell.

tessa jowell was first elected to parliament in 1992 in the south london seat of dulwich after spending time as a social worker and counsellor. she was then one ofjust 60 female mps in the commons. a new labour stalwart, tessa jowell was a popular figure in all circles, but was one of tony blair's strongest supporters. her impact on politics was enormous. everything she touched, she turned to gold in some way, whether it was advancing equal pay for women, starting surestart, which is an immense programme for children in our country, or of course bringing the olympics to britain. and she did everything with the same passion, determination, verve, ability and charm. after spells as public health and then education minister, she joined the cabinet in 2001 as culture secretary, overseeing the relaxation of gambling and licensing laws and persuading her colleagues to back the olympic pitch. tessa jowell continued to serve

on labour's front bench under gordon brown and after the party lost power in 2010. she left the commons in 2015 and stood to be labour's candidate for london mayor, though she lost out to sadiq khan. not long after entering the house of lords, ladyjowell revealed she had been diagnosed with a brain tumour. she later gave a moving speech to peers about her condition. in the end, what gives a life meaning is not only how it is lived but how it draws to a close. dame tessa jowell, who's died at the age of 70. at least ten people have been killed and more than a0 injured in bomb attacks on three churches in indonesia. police say the attacks were carried out by the members of one family,

including four children, one a girl aged nine, who blew themselves up at the three sites. rebecca henschke reports. a wave of blasts, timed and coordinated to hit those coming to sunday mass. authorities say the work of one family. the mother, with two daughters, blew herself up at one church. the father and sons at the other two. translation: from our information from the east java provincial police, there are three churches so far which were attacked, including on diponegoro street. indonesia's intelligence agencies says islamic state inspired group jemaah ansharut daulah, orjad, is believed to be behind the bombings. today's church attacks come just days after police ended a riot and hostage taking by convicted terrorists at a maximum

security facility outside of the capital, jakarta. five police officers were killed by the inmates in the 36—hour—long siege, sparking the president to call for calm. translation: i need to emphasise that the nation and all the people are never afraid and will never give the slightest room to terrorism and also to efforts to undermine the security of the country. indonesia is largely a tolerant, pluralist nation. but there is concern about rising intolerance. rebecca henschke, bbc news, jakarta. theresa may says people who supported leaving the eu will get the brexit they voted for and reaffirmed her commitment to britain leaving the customs union. she's moved to reassure voters in a sunday newspaper article as her cabinet considers two different options for our future trading relations.

but this morning while appearing to back the prime minister, the environment secretary michael gove admitted he had doubts about a customs partnership with the eu. here's our political correspondent tom barton. once again, with her cabinet divided, the prime minister is defending her approach to brexiters. telling voters in the sunday times article, you can trust me to deliver, adding: on the most difficult issue, we will leave the customs union, but acknowledging there will have to be compromises. the crime that has laid out a very clear flight path for us. today the man sent out to defend that position wasn't being very supportive. michael gove appearing to back comments by the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, that comments by the foreign secretary, boris johnson, that the comments by the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, that the prime minister's preferred option, clusters partnership with the eu, was crazy. boris pointed out that because it is novel, that no model like this exists, they have got to be significant questions over the deliverability of it on time. more

than that, a new customs partnership requires the british government to act as a tax collector and the effective delivery of regulation for the european union. the reason these arrangements matter is because the uk wants to avoid the introduction of customs checks here at the border between northern ireland and the republic. the irish deputy prime minister making it clear today that using technology to solve the customs problems would lead to a hardboard customs problems would lead to a ha rdboa rd and ireland's customs problems would lead to a hardboard and ireland's only a cce pta ble hardboard and ireland's only acceptable option would be a customs partnership. in our view, if we can have a shared customs territory, some kind of customs partnership, which is british government language, we think that can be the basis of a negotiation to find a way forward. labour backs staying in the customs union and says the government's approach to brexit has been a shambles. we are in a farcical situation at the moment. nearly two years after the referendum, the cabinet is fighting

over two customs options, neither of which frankly are workable, neither of which are acceptable to the eu, and if either was put to the vote in parliament, would probably not carry a majority. theresa may will meet her most senior ministers for a brea kfast her most senior ministers for a breakfast meeting on tuesday as she tries to find a solution that the cabinet, parliament and the eu will accept. tom burton, bbc news. dozens of eu nationals are suing the uk government for damages amounting to hundreds of thousands of pounds after they were illegally detained and deported for sleeping rough. two years ago the home office began systematically removing european nationals sleeping rough here, despite many having the right to be in the uk and being in work. the high court ruled last year that the policy was illegal. police in paris say a 21—year—old man who killed one person and injured several others in a knife attack last night was on a list of people thought to be a threat to national security. so—called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the attack by the man who police say is a french citizen born in chechnya.

a song inspired by the #metoo movement triumphed at eurovision last night. the song toy by netta won for israel on a night when britain once again failed to trouble the scoreboard much. and our entry surie had to recover from dealing with a protester who stormed the stage during her song, as david sillito reports. # forever, remember. eurovision, and the uk's surie was more than halfway through her song when suddenly a protester appeared and grabbed the microphone. nazis of the uk media, we demand freedom! seconds later, the mic back in her hand, it was as if nothing had happened. # through the storm. the protester, who has invaded other british tv programmes in the past, was taken into police custody. the whole crowd gathered round. like, the response of eurovision, it was just amazing. she carried on, went through, finished like a true brit.

so douze points for an extraordinary recovery, but not quite enough to make a splash on the eurovision scoreboard. but, for israel, exultation at netta's victory. clucking. # look at me, i'm a beautiful creature. netta's joyful clucking, in a song inspired by the #metoo movement, ended up being a convincing winner when the public‘s vote came through. israel wins with 529 points! for netta, who said she was overwhelmed to even make it to eurovision, it was more than clearjust how much this meant to her. thank you! i love my country! next timejerusalem! david sillito, bbc news, lisbon. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at 5.30. bye for now. you're watching

the bbc news channel. let's return now to our main story. the former labour cabinet minister tessa jowell has died at the age of 70. she'd been diagnosed with brain cancer in may 2017. dame tessa was a leading figure in the government of tony blair, serving as minister for culture and sport. she was also a driving force behind london's successful bid to host the olympics in 2012. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn has been speaking about her legacy. i think ithink in i think in government, pushing for sure start, which made such a difference to so many children posed by clients, the idea that all our children can achieve things together, and you bring the family

in haswell, so it is that sense of community, she brought back to it. that is one of the greatest achievements. the other was working with a very wide range of people to help bring the olympics to london and see it all the way through, and i have never forgotten her earnestly at a meeting with the parliamentary labour party about how well we will do at tae kwon do. i am pretty sure that 99% of the people in the room did not have a clue what that was. but she said that such conviction, yes, absolutely, very good. she had a great determination in sport, and you get the playing field now, young kids out on a sunday morning, play football, that is a good legacy. the former prime minister tony blair has been speaking to the bbc about his memories of dame tessa. has been speaking to the bbc everything she touched, she turned to gold in some way. whether it was advancing equal pay for women, starting sure start

for children in our country, bringing the olympics to britain. she did everything with the same passion, determination and charm, she was a unique politician but a really dear friend. everybody who was a friend of hers knew that they could rely on her, whatever their circumstances, whatever happened, she would always be there for them. when she first suggested that we bid for the olympics, there was a lot of opposition inside government. i was advised we did not have a chance of winning the bid. i remember sitting in the garden in downing street one morning, she asked to see me. shejust looked at me very directly when i was saying, i don't think, i'm not really sure, is it a good idea? shejust said, this is a country that should always have the highest ambition. i cannot guarantee you that we will win this bid, but i can guarantee you that we do have a chance and i will give it everything

i've got. this is something that you as prime minister should support for the country. and she literally convinced me in that conversation, so i went back afterwards and said, ok, we will go with this, and the rest is history. in the area of health, before we got into government and afterwards, she was really the first senior politician that said that the idea of public health, and otherwise how you improve the nation's general health, and prevent illness, was as important as how you cure illness. she really made that her thing within first the opposition of an and then government. in the last months of her life, she became involved in this big global cancer initiative, and was absolutely typical of her. she literally spent all the hours she was able at the same time as obviously suffering her own illness,

to make sure that this initiative got support from the government and other governments, and i can tell you from the people in a global initiative, who were involved with her, they were absolutely amazed by her commitment and her endeavour, and her selflessness, because she knew she was dying. i swear by almighty god that i will be... her legacy is going to be obviously the things she achieved in public health, sure start, bringing the olympics and making it a success, what she did for cancer in those last months of her life, all of this were big achievements, but the other legacy i think and hope will be that for the cynicism of politics, this is someone who actually hard to be cynical about. she was a committed public servant. if anyone wants to know what politics can achieve, they can look at her life and how she lived it,

and how she ended it. as a testimony to all that is best in politics. for me, she was one of my closest and dearest friends. politics is not a very easy environment in which friendships can thrive and survive. but she was my friend throughout my time in politics. in opposition, in government, after i left office. she was always the same. she was always true and loyal and decent and wise. tributes for dame tessa jowell continue to be shared on social media. labour mp emily thornberry tweeted: nicky morgan has said:

and her daughter—in—law ella woodward tweeted: dame tessa jowell, who has died, aged 70. dozens of rough sleepers from eu countries are to receive thousands of pounds in compensation after being illegally detained and deported. figures obtained by the bbc reveal that, in the 12 months to may last year, almost 700 people were targeted, despite some of them being able to prove that they were working. jon ironmonger has more. tomas lusas is from lithuania.

for nine years, he has been living, working and paying taxes in england, but a low point in 2016 found him on the streets in west london. recently i was sleeping here... he was woken one morning by immigration officers, and quickly bundled into a van to be deported. it is really hard to stand up after that, you know, because all of those handcuffs, all of this immigration thing, all of those officers who don't even want to help you, chat with you. tomas was detained for 19 days under a home office policy that the high court ruled in december was illegal and discriminatory. what was life like in a detention centre for you? jail — you don't know the end of the sentence. i didn't know i was going to spend a night in this. he was later awarded £10,000 in damages, but others like him are now entitled to a pay—out. law firms tell us that the home office is in the process of settling at least 45 such claims. the true number is

likely to be higher. figures obtained by the bbc reveal that, in the year to may 2017, nearly 700 homeless eea nationals were illegally detained. is helping to curb a rise in homelessness. but rough sleepers are being targeted even if they were in work, even if they had a permanent right of residence. eu law is very clear and very robust, but the policy was a flimsy attempt to misuse the law, simply to meet immigration targets. the home office told us it had ceased all actions on the immigration status of the citizens because of rough sleeping and their claims for compensation would be considered on a case—by—case basis. he now has a new

place to stay and a second chance to make his home in the uk. a businessman, who grew up in a council house and was the son of a joiner, has topped this year's sunday times rich list. sirjim ratcliffe is worth an estimated £21 billion. he founded the chemical firm ineos, which runs the grangemouth refinery near falkirk. he is the first british—born individual to top the list in 15 years. our business correspondent joe lynam is here. he's a bit of an over achiever. yes, apart from being a billionaire, he in his 60s as a triathlete and a full ironman triathlete. she is super fit. full ironman triathlete. she is superfit. he full ironman triathlete. she is super fit. he was full ironman triathlete. she is superfit. he was involved in the creation of the daily mile. if you area creation of the daily mile. if you are a parent of kids in many schools in this country do will be aware that. it is to get kids out and about and more physical exercise, running around the yard, everything all day for 15 minutes, it is called the daily mile. originated in scotla nd the daily mile. originated in

scotland where his business is, in grangemouth. he is now try to resurrect the land rover defender, the original boxy land rover, from the original boxy land rover, from the 60s and 70s. it has been wound down by its owner, jagger, he has bought the rights and is now turning it into a more accessible car. that is just it into a more accessible car. that isjust some of it into a more accessible car. that is just some of the things he is doing. and lots of other things he has not got round to. just like ours, if we had the money, it would work out. some people's fortunes have slipped a bit in the last. said philip green, one a bit of buzz back best—known retailers, has seen £787 million knocked off his value, according to the sunday times rich list. he is still worth £2 billion, so list. he is still worth £2 billion, so he's not short of money. one of the reasons for the follow—up evaluated to make a donation to the pension fund for phs. £2 billion

compare to 21 seems like pocket change, doesn't that? only 1111 women on this list, but one of the very richest is charlene taken value heineken, which you need to be rich with a name like that. matri portuguese and dutch name, the errors for the dutch range i'd heineken. the clue was in the name. having lived in theirfellas, i don't think it is that common in the netherlands. they have bought various different beers, big beer brands, so have value has gone up to £1.8 billion, according to the sunday times, over the last year she is worth 11.1. the highest—ranking female billionaire on the list, coming in at number six. but are they happy? matri i am sure they are relatively content. a picture of the queen's official consent for prince harry's marriage to meghan markle has been released.

the formal record is handwritten by one of the crown office's own artists, and signed ‘elizabeth r' by the queen. it will be presented to the couple after their wedding next weekend. and with less than a week to go until the royal wedding, some children at an american school here in the uk are offering meghan markle advice on the best to adapt to life in britain. i have never seen i have never seen a i have never seen a princess or a prince before. now i have. fish this is bbc news — coming up in the next few minutes: the travel show is in the philippines, braving public transport in the traffic chaos of manila. do.

paul the weekend is looking better for most of them part one. eastern errors are looking drier, willacy sums sunshine, but in glorious bells of sunshine to begin the day further west tha n of sunshine to begin the day further west than across wales. through the afternoon that rain across northern areas, particularly funny and far more familiar than scotland, will clear away and become confided in northern isles and most places will be dry. this weather front on the eastern side bringing rain, it will continue to move northwards and also clear away from the east coast. more cloud around generally across eastern areas, some mist and merck also, but the rain at least across the made up of scotland will become confided that was in northern isles. it was better afternoon. much of england and wales finance tribe and

sunny spells and sunshine per northern ireland. temperatures reaching highs of around 16—18dc. feeling pleasant in the strong may sunshine. this evening the rain becomes confined to what shetland, and it lingers for a bit there. this weather front returning eastern coastal areas by the end of the night, bringing the odd shower and a bit of cloud for the western side of northern ireland, but for most it will be a clear night and drive. chile has well. into monday, high pressure building and managing with this area of high pressure across scandinavia, keeping those weather systems at bay. looking fine and dry for most of buzz on monday, bad weather front but continue to bring eight a few showers to east anglia and the south—east, but as it moves westwards, it will begin to fizzle out and become no more than a band of cloud. some cloud pushing into the north west of scotland, into western pa rt of the north west of scotland, into western part of northern ireland, the odd shall i come up for most pay lovely day, lots of sunshine and warm, top temperatures of 21

celsius. tuesday looking even better, losing the cloud, but this weather front biggest push into the west of scotland and northern ireland, some rain on it, cooler air behind, only ten or 11 celsius for stornoway. head of it a lovely warm david templeton is potentially 22 or 23 celsius. staying fine for most of this upcoming week thanks to high pressure. wind will be light, plenty of sunshine, it. one and then cooled down a bit midweek onwards. this is bbc news, our latest headlines: dame tessa jowell has died at the age of 70, she was diagnosed with a brain tumour in may last year. dame tessa was first elected as an mp in 1992 and went on to serve as culture secretary for labour, she played a major role in the 2012 london olympics. former prime minister tony blair and labour mp harriet harman are among those who've paid tribute today. she did everything with the same passion, determination, verve, ability and charm, so she was a unique politician

but she was a really dear friend. she did her politics in a different style, by befriending people. she befriended the powerless because she wanted to support them and she befriended the powerful because she wanted them to defend the powerless. one person has been killed and four wounded in a suspected terror attack in paris — the suspect, who was carrying a knife, was shot dead by police. indonesian police say a mother and father and their children carried out the three church bombings that killed at least eleven people. israel have won the eurovision song contest — singer netta lifted the trophy at last night's final in lisbon. sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. the premier league season comes to a close today — with all 20 teams kicking

off at 3pm. manchester city are already champions, stoke city and west brom already relegated — so attention turns to who can grab the final champions league spot. chelsea need a win at newcastle, and also hope that liverpool lose at home to brighton to secure a place. liverpool managerjugen klopp is looking forward to the challenge... still exciting, three games that weekend where it's going for the big things. maybe four. we are of that will stop you can't think it would have been nice if, so that's my frustration makes no sense, i'm not frustrated about that. we are frustrated about that. we are frustrated about that. we are frustrated about a view things but that's long ago, now we have the chance to play against brighton. and there's still one spot in the relegation zone to be confirmed today too. swansea look likely to end their six years spell in the top flight. they need to beat already relegated stoke and hope for a southampton defeat to champions manchester city. . .with a ten goal swing too.