liked cricket is a long-term who liked cricket is a long—term challenge for the sport. finding a tea m challenge for the sport. finding a team to win a test match was the immediate issue at lord's. 15 minutes into the summer, that was mark stoneman removed for four. opening summer, that was mark stoneman removed forfour. opening batsman is a recurring problem for england as pakistan know. now batting the eternal alastair cook and joe root, the calm heads. hang on, was that close 7 the calm heads. hang on, was that close? very. but you have to stay positive while you're still in. a little nudge and watch the ball run between the fielders. cook has been doing that for a dozen years in test matches. and our‘s play, england we re matches. and our‘s play, england were going ok but one of the great truths of this ground in this sport, you can't lose concentration. not even for a second. one rash shot and joe root was court, boom indeed. stand—by for ali's celebration again as malan fell, england 113—3. by lunch on the first day of the new summer, england found themselves

looking to caucus they have done so many times before. joe wilson, abc news, at lord's. —— looking to cook. now the weather with helen willetts. we've got some rain, that's the reason i'm concerned about lord's. you can see in herefordshire earlier the rain was coming down. we've had some thundery rain and you can see also we had the low cloud once again near the east coast but you can see the showers gathering to the south and east and we've got more coming into was east anglia as well. the afternoon is far from settled if you like across the southern half of the uk and that is the way it is set to stay. warm still despite more cloud and the rain and certainly warm away from the east coast across scotland in the beautiful sunshine, northern ireland may catch a late shower but some lovely weather to end the day. overnight the low cloud comes back into many central and eastern areas but the rain really develops further south. the humidity rises. it's going to be a warm night and we

could have some mist and mcquoid rain clears late in the night. that's because we have this weather system starting to push north, more in the wings for the weekend. much of the northern half of the uk will see the best of the sunshine again tomorrow. in fact for the next few days. it looks as if the rain will be into parts of northern england tomorrow as well as england and wales further south and there could be some quite heavy and thundery downpours in their as well. hopefully things will start to dry up hopefully things will start to dry up towards the south—east and east anglia later but that it could encourage home—grown shower with the heat. northern ireland and scotland, once the low cloud has cleared to the east coast it should be a beautiful day. it will be cool and cloudy for some of the eastern coasts, 10—11, with the onshore breeze, compared with 22—23 land. we'll see some home—grown shower is potentially for some, a lot of fine, dry weather. it's warm where we have the rain, just a cloudy feel across northern england compared with

today, where we have lots of lovely sunshine. the showers continue through friday night and into saturday, gradually easing because we've got the next pulse of potentially thundery showers running across the channel again over southern areas. saturday is almost a repeat performance, mist and murk bursting, beautiful sunshine coming out, a bit chilly near north sea coasts, and the risk of intense showers, storms potentially sunday, saturday night into sunday. always the risk we are going to get some disruptive weather, potentially very heavy rain in southern areas, whilst we keep them warm sand the best of the sunshine in the north. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... a couple from london have been found guilty of murdering their french au pair and burning her body in their garden. and burning her body that's all from the bbc news at one. and burning her body on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's

1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. time for some sport on bbc news. england have had a shaky start to the opening test against pakistan at lord's. they're 72 for three at lunch. that's after winning the toss and choosing to bat. mark stoneman was bowled by mohammed abbas in only the fourth over of the day. and captain joe root followed not long after — they scored just four runs each. dawid malan's the other man out. alastair cook's still there on 46 alongsidejonny bairstow. some liverpool fans have already started the journey to kiev for saturday night's champions league final against real madrid. this group of around 200 boarded coaches near anfield before seven o'clock this morning for what's certain to be an exhausting journey to ukraine. it'll take them through belgium, germany and poland, before arriving some time on saturday morning, so a trip of around 48 hours, hence the stock of supplies being taken on board.

former arsenal midfielder robert pires believes arsene wenger‘s philosophy will live on under the club's new manager. unai emery has taken over after wenger‘s near—22 year reign and pires claims the spaniard likes to play the same kind of football... and he's also happy to help him do that as one of his coaching staff if asked. ican i can propose my help because i know the guys, i know the group and squad andi the guys, i know the group and squad and i think i can help the new manager and i can help arsenal because i had a very good feeling with the players carla so he wants to work together, i will say yes, no problem, i am to work together, i will say yes, no problem, iam ready. cameron norrie has reached the first atp tour semi final claiming the biggest win of his career so far to do it. the british player is ranked number 102 in the world and beat americanjohn isner to make

the last four of the lyon open, where he'll play kazakhstan's mikhail kukushkin or frenchman gilles simon. norrie only played his first professional match on red clay in february this year. and daniel ricciardo led max verstappen to a red bull one—two in first practice at the monaco grand prix. red bull have secured only one pole position in the past five years. but their form here suggests they may be the team to beat this weekend — it could be they're enjoying the new pink hyper—soft tyres, which made their f1 debut today. championship leader lewis hamilton was third in his mercedes — he's 17 points clear at the top of the standings. that's all the sport for now. we will hear... more now on news that an army sergeant has been found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute and sabotaging a gas valve at their home. let's go live to winshester crown court where a detective from wiltshire police is giving a statement let's here from the police and the

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officers and experts that have bring today's successful prosecution. i hope we have brought him to justice and give help to those finding themselves in coercive relationships. this is like the one highlighted here. often from the outside the abuse is not obvious because there are no physical clues such as bruises or cuts, but the victims are suffering financial abuse has —— can bejust as traumatising. if you find yourself in that situation, please seek help, there are many that can help you. emile cilliers is judy there are many that can help you. emile cilliers isjudy be sentenced ata emile cilliers isjudy be sentenced at a later date. crown advocate. this was an extremely complex case. prosecution had to prove that emile cilliers intended to murder his wife and two separate occasions. the first occasion was at their home in 2015

when he loosened a gas valve is intending to kill his wife in the expectation that she would turn on the cooker and cause an explosion. his two young children in the house also. the second occasion was at an airfield where his wife victoria, against all odds, survived a fall. he had planned her death and he took the opportunity to take his child to the opportunity to take his child to the toilet to sabotage his deep parachute. he wanted to stab at deploying when she tried to open the parachute. his clear intention, as decided by thejury parachute. his clear intention, as decided by the jury what, was to murder his wife. they built an investigation to build a compelling case against him. one of the essential aspects of the prosecution

was to eliminate any suggestion of accident or negligence on the part of the army parachute association. it became apparent early on that the only possible cause of the failure of both the main and the reserve had to be down to deliberate human intervention. the evidence all pointed to emile cilliers, the man with the motive and the opportunity to commit these cold and calculated attem pts to commit these cold and calculated atte m pts to to commit these cold and calculated attempts to murder his wife. the jury attempts to murder his wife. the jury heard details of his coercive behaviour towards his wife and his continued manipulation of all the women in his life to satisfy his own desires, whetherfinancial women in his life to satisfy his own desires, whether financial or sexual. he showed complete and utter co nte m pt sexual. he showed complete and utter contempt for his wife and this culminated in his desire to have her dead. whether that be to start a new life with his lover or benefit financially from the death of victoria or both. we hope that this

conviction will allow victoria to move on with her life. we do not doubt the ordeal that the investigation and trial has been for her and her family and investigation and trial has been for her and herfamily and we investigation and trial has been for her and her family and we further hope that in as far is as possible she can put this behind her. thank you. mr franklin, with regards to the parachute attempted sabotage, how close did you get to getting away with it? he tried very hard, it was due to jude diligence of the assertion bringing it to our attention as it could be passed off off as an accident so is definitely calculated and there was opportunity of him getting away with it. we saw the wife give evidence. how is she after surviving the fall, what is her state of life now? we cannot underestimate the ordeal she was put through, she has been made to give evidence twice on top of all the trauma she suffered from the horrendous fall where it is a

miracle that she survived. physically she is well, but she's obviously still traumatised. it is a very difficult time for her and can imagine it will continue to be so. i think the real danger with emile cilliers is his cold, calculated and done for financial and sexual motives and there was no consideration of his wife or anyone else. he served his own needs and that makes him a very dangerous man in my opinion. so, unsurprisingly, extremely strong state m e nts so, unsurprisingly, extremely strong statements from the police and the crown prosecution service following the conviction of emile cilliers. convicted of the attempted murder of his wife. the couple had children and you heard from both the police and you heard from both the police and the cps, both of them using the

words cold and calculated and striking as well that both of them talked about the coercive nature of that relationship. the coercive control still relatively new in the law and very striking that the police said that if you are watching this and you are in a coercive relationship, please seek help, there are people who can help you. and making the point that emile cilliers stood to benefit financially from the death of his wife and in terms of relationships with other women. no sentencing today, he will not be sentenced today. that'll come at a later date. tens of thousands of people are being blackmailed online after being tricked into performing sex acts which are secretly filmed. figures from the national crime agency show reported cases of so—called "sextortion" have more than tripled in the past three years, although the real number of victims is thought to be higher. my colleague chloe tilley discussed the topic withjon pearn,

a victim of attempted sextortion, roy sinclair, from the anti—kidnap and extortion unit at the national crime agency, joanne bocko, the cyber protection officer for avon and somerset police and ron reilly, whose nephew daniel killed himself after he had been a victim of blackmailing by a gang based in the philippines. she asked jon pearn about what happened to him? ijust befriended someone by mistake and got chatting to the person and and mentioned about going on skype. and that is when it all curtailed off. obviously the woman showed me things and that, and the next thing i know i am being blackmailed for £500, which i thought was quite funny because i did not have £500. and i basically told him where to go, i wasn't interested. with which they got quite narky

and wanted to show my nieces and nephews and everything the details they brought down. i said, "show them, i will only laugh." so i didn't really do nothing. i just feel sorry for the victims, to be honest, the ones that have killed themselves, i wish their stories could have gone out earlier. stay with us, john, because i am interested to hear your thoughts on what everyone has got to say here. and i want to bring in ron, if i can. ron, tell me what happened to your nephew. daniel, basically exactly the same as the chap has told you there. daniel was on the internet, thought he was speaking to a 17—year—old girl. it turned out to be an actual gang in the philippines he was speaking to and they have done exactly the same. they basically took pictures of daniel and threatened to send them to all the family, to his friends, to

everybody in his e—mail. they had hacked his e—mail account. and tried to extort him for money. when daniel did not pay them, they basically told daniel to go and kill himself. because they were going to send everything to everybody. but what the chap said before, has the right idea. if they do try it, just don't pay them. just don't pay them, they are not worth it. was daniel able to talk to anybody about this, did anybody know about this? nobody had a clue. daniel's death was effectively the start of everything that is happening now, where suddenly everybody is taking note because people are starting to die from it. and the police in scotland were really, really good, the police down south were really good, and the problem we have now is the philippines and the fact that the philippines are basically point blank refusing at the moment to cooperate, even though they did at first.

they have had a change of regime there and they are basically not cooperating any more. roy, would you agree, roy sinclair, would you agree with that assessment that the problem is there needs to be help and support from the countries where these gangs are based? yeah, totally, but there is help and support available. we are doing work at the moment in the philippines now with law enforcement there and they are agreeing to get involved with us and do their own prosecution around these gangs. we have done work in morocco as well that has seen a reduction in the offenders because of arrests there, significant arrests of organised crime gangs over there. so the work is taking place overseas, but we need victims to come forward, which we understand is a difficult thing to do, but with their information, we can pass it onto foreign law enforcement and get people prosecuted. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc news... two men have been convicted of murdering four children after throwing petrol bombs into their home when the family was asleep

an army sergeant is found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute. north korea appears to have blown up tunnels at its only nuclear test site ahead of a planned meeting between kimjong un and president trump. i'm ben bland. in the business news... uk retail sales rose by more than expected last month — up by 1.6% — as consumers resumed spending after the cold weather earlier in the year. only department stores reported a fall in sales — down 0.9%. experts say the rise is due to a weak start to the year, rather than a rebound in consumer spending. and global trade tensions could be about to shift up a gear. the trump administration has launched an investigation into car and truck imports. it could lead to new us tariffs similar to those imposed on imported steel and aluminium back in march. president trump says the imports could threaten national security.

deutsche bank has said it will slash its global workforce by 7,000 as part of a restructuring effort to cut costs and boost profits. the bank said that it will lose up to 25% of staff in its equities and trading businesses. and more on those job cuts at deutsche bank, and bank, germany's biggest lender. deutsche has announced that it will cut more than 7,000 jobs to try to return to profit. the bank said it would reduce global staffing levels from just over 97,000 to "well below 90,000". the bank employs 8500 people in the uk and about 66,000 people in europe — including 42,000 in germany. it has 21,000 staff in asia and about 10,000 in north america. it's not yet revealed which countries would be affected by thejob cuts. neil wilson, chief market

analyst at markets.com, can give us some more insight on this story. do we know anything more about the specifics? at the melody we're looking at some in the uk but may be largely us focused because what the bank is doing is retention from the us market, it has suffered at the hands of the big us investment they have gone toe to toe with them and really failed so it is retrenching out of the us and i think we will see the majority of the job losses over there. the bank had already flagged up there. the bank had already flagged up thatjob cuts were on the way, that they would be painful and unavoidable, the words of the chief executive. is there is —— is this the scale they were anticipating? it would is broadly in line with the

restructuring plans of the previous ceo had laid out but had not carried out quickly enough for the board and shareholders. it is broadly in line with what we expected. they do need to cut costs quite significantly in order to improve their margins and i think it is a case of they are pulling back from the us market in order to focus more on the european market and so we are sorted in line with what we thought. when big firms announced job goes to cut losses are boost profits, the share price often goes up. looking at their shares now, they are down. you think investors still aren't convinced? deutsche bank bashing has been going ona deutsche bank bashing has been going on a long time, the share price has been burned on the side for a long time. —— going on the slide. whilst

it is good to see them try to cut costs i do not think there is much confidence in how they are going to drive revenue growth going forward. thank you very much. check your e—mail today? how many e—mails have you had? tougher data privacy rules come into effect tomorrow — and it has a huge impact on any organisation that handles personal information linked to eu residents. the general data protection regulation — as it's called — is pretty complex and it looks like many firms are still struggling to understand what it means for them, even at this late stage. we've got a really helpful quiz on our website which looks at the new law and what it could mean for you. head to our website to see this.

the ftse 100 is down heading towards lunchtime. that better—than—expected retail sales data for april has given sterling a boost, but when the pound goes up in value that puts pressure on the ftse100. lots of companies listed trade abroad and earn money in foreign currencies — and it means they get less in pounds when they convert those earnings. bright spots to be found among commodities — and paddy power betfair was a top gainer after the gambling company sealed the merger of its us business with fantasy sports company fanduel, in a move to target the us sports betting market that is set to open up. and outside the ftse100 — wizz air shares heading to the skies — after an increase in passenger numbers and soaring profits. up up almost 5%. i would love to do the quiz on the website but i am too busy responding to all the e—mail! it isa busy responding to all the e—mail! it is a deluge. thank you very much,

ben. just as surfing becomes an olympic sport, it could be facing a radical change. because a new type of surfboard has been developed. it's called a foilboard, built on principles of air flight. russel trott has the story. in this workshop in a small town, a kind of sporting revolution is taking place. dave and his colleagues are perfecting a new kind of surfboard. somewhere along the line, i took my engineering talents, coupled them with the surfboard, and stand—up paddleboard design work i was doing and we came up with the hydrofoil surfboard, stand—up paddleboard, like you see in the background here. high—tech, computer—designed, but needs testing on the waves. cue the beach boys. # let's go surfing now, everybody's learning how # come on on safari with me...#. of course, technically, it's not surfboarding, it's foilboarding.

either way, it's quite a ride. you feel like a little kid, you know? you're having so much fun. like, today, we went out and it's probably the worst conditions and we had a blast. the board works like a hydrofoil. the wing under the water helps it rise up into the air as it gains speed. and because there's less drag, it can travel much faster, even on the smallest of waves. just a lot of lift, you are literally feeling like what an aeroplane wing would do when it lifts up, you feel it in your body under your feet. the foilboard is by no means perfect, you'll still fall off every so often. and it's probably a little more awkward to carry home. a butterfly which became extinct

in england more than a0 years ago is being reintroduced. chequered skipper butterflies are being released at a secret location in northamptonshire. it's hoped they will mate and lay the foundations for a new english population. time for a look at the weather. let's join helen for the forecast. some good prospects if you live across the northern half of the country, lovely sunny skies. we are here in the highlands and there is barely a cloud in the sky. a beautiful afternoon. a little damp further south. this was a couple of hours ago in herefordshire. very much represents what is happening in the south and wales. you can see here there are thundery showers,

more waiting in the wings across the country as we go across the day. a variety of weather is out there, but in the sunshine it is warm, even with the cloud in the south. through this evening and over now —— night, thundery showers in southern and eastern areas, developing and heading northwards. warm in the south, misty low cloud returning to central and eastern areas, but a bit cool under the glens. the good thing about the north is we have high pressure, but our weather in the south introducing the showery rain is pushing further north tomorrow so it will bring a different complexion to the weather tomorrow. further south, further rain and potential for it to be thundery. it may well then brighten up in southern and eastern areas as we had through the afternoon. further north, missed and

murk, particularly near the east coast. it will be there through the morning rush hour, possibly missed and fog through southern areas through the rush—hour. the whole zone of rain looks widespread and... where we do dry and brighten up, we can have home—grown thunderstorms, the heat and humidity high, at temperatures up to 23 degrees. beautiful in northern ireland and much of scotland. tomorrow night, the weather system still with us, it wea ke ns the weather system still with us, it weakens and in saturday we start misty and murky but plenty of sunshine. going through the day, we will be watching storms across the channel developed and moved northwards so must likely to see them in the southern half of the country. it will be cool on the east coast and looks like the stars could get their act together and be torrential through saturday and sunday. it is not look nice through the southern half of the country but it looks like scotland and northern

ireland will see the best of the weekend sunshine. temperatures rise to set up the storms as the intensity to the storms. summarising, in the bank holiday, sunniest weather will be in the north, warm and moggy in the south and scattered thunderstorms as well. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. today at 2.00pm: two men are convicted of murdering four children in a petrol bomb attack as they slept in their beds. an army sergeant is found guilty of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute. north korea appears to have blown up tunnels at its only nuclear test site. a couple are facing jail for murdering their french au pair, sophie lionnet, and burning her body in their garden. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh ferris. england are taking on pakistan in first test of the summer. england's winter in test cricket

was certainly testing with no wins in either australia or new zealand, so this summer represents a chance to make amends. it's day one of the first test against pakistan.