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we are heading for some this weekend, but that doesn't mean it will be dry. this beautiful picture from cornwall. it's a little different in hartlepool this morning, low cloud, you can see on the satellite picture coming off the north sea, and easterly. thankfully the may sunshine is quite strong back to the coast. business as usual, bar that low cloud, back to the coast. business as usual, barthat low cloud, rather cool weather. then a possibility of a view showers in the east as late as yesterday, probably 20 to 23 again, feeling quite warm. that breeze will continue to blow more moisture to the night. the chance of thunderstorms. coolerfurther moisture to the night. the chance of thunderstorms. cooler further north than we will have the return of the

mist and low cloud, east of the mountains. it will continue to pick up mountains. it will continue to pick up humidity across southern areas, courtesy of these plumes of moisture coming in from across the western side of europe which means there's more chances of showers, not as sunny as it's been today. as we go through the day, that breeze pushes the showers further west, not a wash—out but there will be heavy downpours around. not as warm but it will feel quite close. except again near the north sea coast, still warm inland now. low cloud persisting, still warm weather we have showers in the south and they continue through tomorrow evening and overnight. you can get the idea, there is a weather front across the country, meandering slowly northwards, giving lots of rain in

areas. the south should brighten up and dry up. we mightjust add a little bit of saharan threat here, feeling cool with that onshore breeze. still warm despite all that rain. into the weekend, it gets more humid. drawing this warm up from iberia and france, we also draw at low pressure. there is an increased risk of thundery downpours but big showers around as the heat builds. we will keep you posted. that's all from the bbc news at one — watching bbc news. the time is 133.

iam all of watching bbc news. the time is 133. i am all of foster from the bbc sports centre. in the next half an hour we will hear from arsenal's new manager unai emery. the club confirmed this morning that the former paris saint germain manager will take over from arsene wenger, the club praising the spaniards "exciting, progressive style of football that fits arsenal perfectly". let's cross live to the emirates now and speak to our correspondent david ornstein. good afternoon to you, david. emery had a couple of seasons at psg. he won a bet. add a couple of good seasons at seville before that. do you think his cv stands at the op expectations of that club behind you? i think the general feeling that of the available candidates on the market, it blew my end ray —— unai emery was really best they could do. he won the domestic trouble last season, a cup in the

previous season, as trouble last season, a cup in the previous season, as well. five trophies in his two seasons in the french capital. he did fail to get past the last 16 of the champions league, going out to barcelona and real madrid respectively. but you could say the same about pep guardiola at majesty. prior to that, he was sevilla's manager. he won three consecutive era police titles. arsenal are currently competing in that competition. he will have to bring them to a higher level here at arsenal, because there is a fairly big rebuilding job to do for a team that finished six and have not won the title since 2004 and are currently out of the champions league. if feeling that he was the right decision, he was unanimous choice of arsenal's decision—makers, and we should hear from choice of arsenal's decision—makers, and we should hearfrom him within the next hour. you mention the champions league, the failure in paris, ultimately left to arsene wenger‘s departure —— to unai

emery‘s departure, there. it is a differentjob. getting them back into that top four readily, i guess? that will be the parties for unai emery. especially with a poor defensive record and away from home, arsenal were all for last season, it is fairto arsenal were all for last season, it is fair to say. his budgets will be limited. we are told around £15 million to spend on new signings which is in sharp contrast to the lavish spending it psg. he will want to get the best out of the likes of ozil, alexandre lacazette and parent rick obama yang. there are suggestions that a conference call was held and staff addressing him in english. his name of the manager's offers and being presented with a

book of arsenal's history. by gazebo is -- book of arsenal's history. by gazebo is —— gazidis. the owner. book of arsenal's history. by gazebo is -- gazidis. the owner. we will get reaction to that news conference across the rest of the afternoon on bbc news. wayne rooney will have talks with dc united in washington in the next 24 hours. the mls club have reached a deal in principle with rooney — he's broken away from a family holiday in the caribbean to find out more about the club. everton have given him permission to hold talks even though he has a year left on his contract at goodison park. one of south africa's greatest batsmen, former captain ab de villiers, is retirning from international cricket. he's been a huge figure in the proteas side for over a decade. he played 114 test matches, 228 odis and 78 t20's. he broke the news with a video message across social media. i wanted to let you know that i have

decided to retire from all international cricket with immediate effect. after 114 test matches, 220 81—day internationals, and 78t20 international, it is time for others to ta ke international, it is time for others to take over. i have had my turn, andi to take over. i have had my turn, and i am tired. this is a task decision, and i would like to retire whilst still playing decent cricket. it's now feels the right time to step aside. i like that, to be honest, i am tired. i step aside. i like that, to be honest, iam tired. i know step aside. i like that, to be honest, i am tired. i know how he feels. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. oxford university says it needs to do more to improve its student diversity after releasing figures which showed thatjust 2% of its new students were black. overall, the number of ethnic minority students being admitted is rising, as ross hawkins reports. oxford university, gateway

to thousands of brilliant careers but who gets to study here? figures from the university today show of its new undergraduates from the uk, almost 18% were from an ethnic minority background, more than in the past. just over 60% of students were from state schools, that is up, but private schools only educate a tiny minority of children. almost half came from london or the southeast compared to just 2% from the north—east of england. the labour mp david lambie has accused oxford of social apartheid when he revealed some of their colleges took no black students in some years. these figures show 2% of new students last year were black. starting from right across all the colleges, the number of black students we have taken in has improved. 1.9% of our undergraduates are from an african and caribbean heritage. if you look at the pool we are fishing in and we're finding these talented students, only 1.8% come from that black background.

it is a small pool, we have to work hard to encourage them to apply. although there are issues there is an attitude and appetite for change. that is a real effort on the part of the university to engage with student societies like the oxford ac5 to really enhance how they engage with bme commnities from around the uk. the university says it is evolving fast but perhaps too slowly to meet the public‘s expectations. a mother has beenjailed a mother has been jailed at birmingham crown court for four and a half yea rs birmingham crown court for four and a half years after duping her teenage daughter to go to pakistan and forcing her to marry. the daughter was told she was going to pakistan for what she thought was a family holiday, but was forced to sign marriage papers. the conviction is the first successful prosecution of its kind. in a moment, we will

have a summary of the business news this hour. marks & spencer suffers a big fall in annual profits linked to the cost of a store closure programme. a woman who threw acid at her former partner which led him to end his life is jailed for 12 years. in his first speech as home secretary sajid javid assures police officers he'll provide the resources they need. hello. this is the business news: consumer price inflation fell to 2.496 in consumer price inflation fell to 2.4% in april. it is the lowest it has been since march last year. this will ease pressure on the bank of england to raise interest rates. we have just been hearing that marks and spencer have seen a big fall in profits. they fell by almost two thirds to £67 million. more on this ina thirds to £67 million. more on this in a moment. if you are going

abroad, make sure that you do your sums before you change money. three tech firms including the currency fund, transfer wise, recommended tonne reckon we are paying thousands of hidden fees. as we have been hearing, bad news the marks & spencer. annual profits fell by almost two thirds to around £67 million. sales of food, clothing and home where, they all fell. the companies claimed to close about 100 stores over the next four years, which it says is absolutely vital for its future. 21 stores have already been closed, and these relocation of 14 more closures was announced yesterday. relocation of 14 more closures was announced yesterdaylj relocation of 14 more closures was announced yesterday. i think the statement today demonstrates why it is urgent that we transform this business. we have been for a long time losing

customers, and we need to change what we do. that transformation programme that i have been outlining since september is part of that process. joining us now is george macdonald. what is the company got to do to get out of this trouble?” think it has two addressing a lot of issues, and huge change going on in retail, with the rise of online shopping, and things like store closures, and m and s is also lost a bid of its resonance, and that has come amid much greater competition, whether it is from retailers like prime mark in fashion, orfrom aldi and all the big supermarkets going again. it would probably acknowledge

that it has been far too inward looking. it has not really taken proper stock of how consumers are changing. is it too old-fashioned? well, you can say it is an absolutely fantastic great british institution, but it needs to be very careful not to go out of fashion. that is why the ceo was talking about trying to reconnect with that site and younger family shopper, that they want the new value, the quality style and fashion, quality in food. quality style and fashion, quality infood. so, quality style and fashion, quality in food. so, no quality style and fashion, quality infood. so, no means quality style and fashion, quality in food. so, no means write it off, but it cannot afford to stand still. is it suffering from the wider decline in high street retail? that is definitely part of it. you look at some of the places that these stores are closing. they are not the healthiest high—street in britain.

places like central manchester, all that street in london, those are big shopping destinations, but sadly for a lot of different reasons, many high street are under pressure from everything from increasing business rates to people increasingly choosing to shop online.” rates to people increasingly choosing to shop online. i was going to ask you about this. is marks & spencer doing enough to capitalise on line? it has not done so far. the ceo acknowledged today that it has been behind the curve. so really taking advantage of what online can offer is high on their agenda. that will be everything from making their website better, there's really simply things like the page is loading faster. and building what retailers often time as seamless experience, so that the bricks and mortar shops and digital opportunity work hand in hand rather than in opposition to one another. ok thank

you very much. we will come back to this again, i am sure. the cost of living has fallen slightly. this is according to official figures. consumer price inflation fell to about 2.4% in april. it is likely down from the 2.5% recorded in march. we are now less likely to see a rise in interest rates in the next few months. one economist reckons it could also have an impact on real wages. inflation has gone down a little bit further in april, which is great news for households in the sense that real wages are likely to increase, and we are seeing a little bit of a breathing space, but we wouldn't expect wages to go up to the earlier level that we had. we potentially would see wages going by maybe 3% throughout this year. that catch maybe 396 throughout this year. that catch up with what the market are

doing. the ftse is cooling off. that is because of increased fears about the possibility of a trade war between the us and china. m and s shares, well, they are on the way up even though profits on the down. investors are properly hopeful by the compa ny‘s plans investors are properly hopeful by the company's plans to revitalise it is future. standard chartered. it is exporting a... that is it from me. the nhs dominated today's prime minister's questions in westminster with the prime minister, theresa may, challenged on outsourcing. let's get reaction to today's exchanges in the house of commons from our assistant political editor norman smith who is in westminster. sometimes out of pmqs you have almost no notes, and today was one of those days. why? why? because it

was all a bit bitty. we didn't learn much. the main clashes over the health service. it was, you know, a bit shouted, and really didn't get very far. mr corbyn accusing mrs me of allowing what the nhs to go out to the private sector. mrs may retorted that a lot of that was run by labour. letters have a listen to some of the exchanges. every general election they have made claims about privatisation and games about funding cuts. what has every elected conservative government and ? funding cuts. what has every elected conservative government and? we have protected the nhs. we have protected the nhs, we have improved the nhs services, we have put more funding into the nhs and we have ensured that we remain true to the founding principle of the nhs, that it is free at the point of delivery. that

was mrs me. let's have a listen to jeremy corbyn on the nhs. this year is the 70th birthday of the national health service. i page a bit to all of its staff over those 70 years, but the nhs reaches this milestone with the worst a and he waits on record. the worst delays for cancer referrals on record. falling numbers of gps, falling numbers of nurses, and the longest funding squeeze we have ever seen. so, let's mull over the exchanges in pmqs, i am joined by some guests. where are the liberal democrats on the private sector? to think there should be a role for the private sector in the nhs? our view is patient focused. the car about the outcomes. it should be free at the point of use.

we think there is possibly a place, but it needs to work for patience, and in places like oxygen for example, we have lost services to the private sector, the services have been worse. what is the point? i think it is happening because of cost pressures, rather than driving quality up, and we do need to strike a new balance in my view? you would like to phase out the perpetrator? we believe that the nhs should be in public hands, and that politicians should be publicly accountable for any failing that exist within it. there are some comments that labour's shadow health secretary has said that there is a rather the private sector, but that is where the public capacity cannot manage, and that is where that would come in. the reality is under the conservatives, £9 million worth of nhs contracts out of the private sector, and invariably, they are filling those patients. we have got a situation my area where my trust

has gone into that'll measure to the second time. it is not working under the tories, so whatever measures the by minister has in place, they are not working of the people of this country. yet i member the huge expansion was actually begun under tony blair. under the last labour government, but we're talking about a tiny, tiny percentage. it we have not seen the free fraud that we have seen and the tory government, and we know that some of those on the frontbenchers have got interested in those private companies. is there a role for the private sector? clearly. we need to develop... as andy burnham says, it has to be free at the point of delivery, but we have to have most efficient use of funds. i have to have most efficient use of funds. lam have to have most efficient use of funds. i am afraid to say that i wishjeremy corbyn funds. i am afraid to say that i wish jeremy corbyn would do his research, because he is complaining about the role of private contractors, and guinea pigs is going up is in wales. the guy has

more waffle than a waffle house and doesn't do his research. but a broader point, regardless of the detailfor broader point, regardless of the detail for who broader point, regardless of the detailfor who is responsible for excessively private sector, is public opinion now running against involving the private sector? i'm thinking notjust of the nhs, but the carillion saga, you think of the east coast main line, in the court of public opinion, is the private sector now on the back foot? the private sector developers capacity, value for money, patient care, passenger experience, and when not, let's not have it. this is a common—sense solution. it is not it illogical. i sit on a committee, and that's not always true. we have seen multiple times that this has failed. we're not just looking at multiple times that this has failed. we're notjust looking at carillion, it all the major providers of government, because we are serious concerns about the way that these contracts are being managed by the government. i think there is a problem and we must not shy away

from it and learned those lessons.” absolutely agree. we don't want to go back to the days of new labour when people were charging £700 to change a light bulb in a hospital. where we have private contractors they have to deliver, and people on public committees need to point at whether false. letsjust move on another issue, which is brexit. we heard from vince cable effectively accusing labour of being the handmaidens of hard brexit. how difficult would it be for you? i would say. i needed to make that point, the pointed and brexit is, labour is not enabling the government in any way. it has its

own ideas about how brexiter would be undertaken and that is bad having jobs first bilic said. in my constituency, what people worry about it comes to brexit is the tories are mismanaging it, they are too busy fighting between themselves. theresa may is fighting a rearguard action against her own members who are trying to destabilise her. the debate on a canister brexit is a disaster. on this question which is coming up, we know it has been discussed, some of your formerly that followed tory mps are asking, you are going to have to stay pa rt are asking, you are going to have to stay part of it. where do you stand on its? i want a proper brexit. the labour party are pretty shambolic combos. there are pressures within the conservative party as well. some of this is to step forward and one

step back. we will be out of the customs union and we will make the best possible deal with europe. i am half english, half german and i want a close relationship with the european union and they want is to respect the results of the referendum. the labour front bench is talking about a referendum on that final deal, theresa may said that final deal, theresa may said that in her answer. that is not true. if you look at the positions of labour and the conservatives on this, they want out of the customs union, they want out of the single market. if people, for example, in lewisham east want to send a message to the labour party, the thing to do would be to vote liberal democrat. how would you respond to those who say we have voted on it, we've had the highest number of people voting for brexit. but eve you are staying in the customs union, you are showing two fingers to them. look at

the mass. every family has lost £900 asa the mass. every family has lost £900 as a result of this. the initial vote was the first step, we are now going through negotiations. we are seeing the economy going down. people deserve a final say on the final deal. i do think that is undemocratic. we will have to leave it there. we could go on about brexit foray long time. we always return to brexit because itjust never goes away. what else is there? norman smith, many thanks. — a look at the weather now. some beautiful weather out there and beautiful here in cornwall. there have been some differences in the weather today. we've had a beautiful sunshine across many west end, seven areas which we have had quite a bit of cloud around across the eastern side of the country but such is the

strength of the mason sheng, this is the cloud in hartlepool, such is the strength of the may sunshine most of this hanging around the sea. the other fly in the ointment is a sharp shower every now and then. this evening and overnight, there is an increase in risk that we will see a few thundery showers in the south. the onset again or the return of that misty low cloud. quite cool under the clearing skies across scotland. but with this little bundle of low pressure starting to push maes d our way, we will find the humidity is increasing. push maes d our way, we will find the hum this 5 increasing. push maes d our way, we will find the hum this mist ‘easing. push maes d our way, we will find the hum this mist and ng. push maes d our way, we will find the hum this mist and low cloud, meister. this mist and low cloud, chilly weather will take its time to retreat to the north chilly weather will take its time to re1 have o the north chilly weather will take its time to re1 have £3; cloud 7 77777 7 77 777 7 chilly weather will take its time to re1 have £3; cloud 7 77777 7 in 7 chilly weather will take its time to re1 have ééémnd 7 777777 in777 7 chilly weather will take its time to re1 have £3; (and - showers i chilly weather will take its time to re1 have £3; (and - showers but doesn't look like a wash—out. it doesn't look like a wash—out. there are showers making their way

eastwards. perhaps the late one for northern ireland. but away from that rather cool north sea coast with the cloud, it will be another lovely day. an abundance of sunshine. no 20s in the south despite more cloud but the showers will continue. at the same tank mcelroy promises to be drier. further north away from the north sea coast where we stand to lose the sea breeze as they go through friday, said beautiful sunshine to come. it gets warmer still as we head into the weekend. the humidity rises. we will pull up some warm airfrom iberia. that is not to say it will be dry. it won't be whacked for all, there will be

some big thunderstorms around particularly across england and wales. the best of the sunshine this weekend will be north. hello. you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm: marks and spencer's profits plummet, down more than 60%, as the retailer pays the price for closing stores. the fact is that customers' shopping habits are changing. we've said that we believe we'll have a third of our business online within the next five years and that trend isn't going away. a woman who threw acid at herformer partner, which led to him ending his life, has been jailed for life

with a minimum term of 12 years. three weeks into the job, home secretary sajid javid promises to reset the relationship between the government and police. let's reset the relationship between the government and the police. i'll give you the tools, the powers and the back—up that you need to get the job done. running out of water — a warning england faces shortages by 2050, with enough waterfor 20 million people lost through leaks every day.