cullum to artists ranging from jamie cullum to liam gallagher, who is headlining, and so many more liam gallagher, who is headlining, and so many more on liam gallagher, who is headlining, and so many more on what the bbc hopes will be one of the biggest weekends of music the uk has ever seen. good job keeping your voice above that, thank you lizo mzimba in an increasingly noisy belfast. what a fantastic weekend it looks. helen willetts, the weather looked lovely? beautiful in belfast and perth but i'm concerned about thunderstorms for coventry and swansea on sunday. beautifully sunny in belfast, we will keep the sunshine for the rest of the day and clear skies until evening, perth looks fine and dry with a breeze coming in, just the outside chance that some rain will creep towards the borders of scotla nd creep towards the borders of scotland but really unlucky to see that in perth. the clear skies here, but the rain is with us across england and wales. this was fort augusta at about half an hourago, this was fort augusta at about half an hour ago, beautiful. this was fort augusta at about half an hourago, beautiful. contrast that with staffordshire, what a

difference. our rain band has moved northwards. whilst it is clearing southern and eastern areas and we will seize on showing which could brew upa will seize on showing which could brew up a storm, we have the rain in northern england, across wales towards the south—west. cooler yet, quite a keen breeze near the north sea coast and low cloud, lovely and warm inland, 20 223 celsius and muqqy warm inland, 20 223 celsius and muggy in out. showery rain easing down this evening and overnight, we will keep a lot of moisture so it could turn out quite murky with fog around and quite close, we have the high humidity in the south. any showers further north is and we will see the low cloud returning. we keep these silly through the weekend, but for the most part it will be very warm. it could be the second bank holiday weekend in a row to break records but it will be touch and go. it will be warm. there will be some showers thunderstorms across southern areas, particularly tomorrow morning. low cloud in the north, mist and fog to clear in the

morning but it looks dry tomorrow gci’oss morning but it looks dry tomorrow across wales, the midlands, northern england and the south—west in particular. another lovely day further north, some sea fret around in the north sea on the east coast of scotland, beautifully sunny inland. asi of scotland, beautifully sunny inland. as i mentioned, we have swa nsea inland. as i mentioned, we have swansea starting later in the day, thatis swansea starting later in the day, that is the biggest weekend. storm is coming from the south later in the day, that is a concern. they continue to move across southern areas to saturday evening, saturday night into sunday. it looks like the more unsettled day of the weekend. some of those storms with torrential blood for scotland and northern ireland we are seeing lovely weather, low 20s, 25 or 26, possibly 2728 into bank holiday monday in the south, but it is the risk of storms in the south, perhaps one moving to northern ireland by monday. if you're travelling this weekend, lots of sporting events, the biggest

weekend, lots going on as it heads into half term for some. some of those torrential downpours could cause flash flooding, the warnings on the website. a busy weekend, thank you. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... the disgraced us film producer harvey weinstein hands himself in to police in new york — and is charged with rape and sexual assault, in relation to two women. now wejoin the now we join the news teams where you are. goodbye. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. pakistan are in a good position to build a big first innings lead at lunch on day two of the first test against england against lords. the home side did manage couple of breakthroughs. but pakistan are just 48 runs behind. joe wilson is at lords for us.

joe, the tourists have managed to keep england at arm's lenghth. i think so. what we saw here was a typical morning session on a second day of their test match when patients was the order of the date from the batting and bowling teams. england got a couple of wickets and they have been relieved to get rid of ali for 15 because he looked well set but the context of the first first—innings performance from england, really they needed something sensational to happen with the ball today and it did not. the other wicket to fall for this the other wicket to fall for this the other batsmen not out overnight. an intriguing package of playjus't after lunch when joe intriguing package of playjus't after lunch whenjoe root intriguing package of playjus't after lunch when joe root threw the ball to best. i think the pakistani batsmen will try to go after dominic best so does joe root

batsmen will try to go after dominic best so doesjoe root have the patience and the confidence to trust his 20 year off—spinner? that is an intriguing element of the play that lies ahead. pakistan could be in a very strong position by the close today. rory mcilroy has surged into the lead at pga championship at wentworth. he carded a seven under par 65 in his second round to move five shots clear. he's 12 under par overall after his bogey—free round today. mcilroy‘s closest challengers back on 8 under. liverpool fans from all over the world continue to arrive in kiev for the champions league final. while some still face the prospect of being stranded due to cancelled flights. those who have made it to the ukrainian capital for the match tomorrow night against real madrid will be joined over the next few hours by those who have travelled over

land from liverpool. while there's still confusion over three cancelled flights mean some 1,000 supporters might not be able to get to the match. european boxing champion natasha gale has been ruled out of defending her title next month for disciplinary reasons. she hasn't fought since exiting the commonwealth games at the quarterfinals while representing england. gb‘s boxing performance director rob mccracken says gale is the subject of a disciplinary process and feels it's better for her and the team that she does not travel to bulgaria. it is around conduct and interacting with her colleagues and the support staff and the coaches, really. you do get this in sport. you get quite readily but it probably reached the point where it was deemed unacceptable point where it was deemed u na cce pta ble by point where it was deemed unacceptable by the programme and thatis unacceptable by the programme and that is where we're at. there is a way forward, without a doubt, and hopefully she will be up and running $0011 hopefully she will be up and running soon and back the programme. defending pro14 champions scarlets have been given a boost ahead of saturday's final against leinster as leigh halfpenny has been declared fit for the match.

halfpenny will start at full—back after missing the semifinal with a hamstring injury. meanwhilejonny sexton has been named in leinster‘s team as the club look to do the double after becoming european champions ealrier this month. just to let you know before i go that the giro d'italia is entering a very fascinating final stage with simon yates having done so well to get a particularly impressive lead before yesterday's stage but now another developing stage of some difficulty for simon yates today. he is well down. it is another mountain stage and he was hoping to be the first briton to win the giro d'italia and he is struggling as it could be a crucial day and i will bring you more on that and everything else including the cricket very shortly at the bbc sport website. i will be back shortly. thank you. let's return to the hollywood mogul harvey weinstein who has been charged with rape,

and other sexual offences, including a criminal sex act, against two women. these are the images of him arriving at the police station in new york a short while ago. dozens of women have made allegations against the 66—year—old. weinstein has always denied non—consensual sex. film critic anna smith welcomed harvey weinstein‘s surrender and told us it was a long—waited moment in film industry. this is the moment everyone has been waiting for since the news first broke in october. it was the biggest thing to happen in the film industry for a very long time and it has also kick—started a new wave of the

feminist movement. all eyes will be on this and it will be absolutely fascinating to see how it plays out. we need to keep banging the drum and we need to keep the flame alive in this campaign and it is extremely important and it has many ramifications across all industries, is not industry, and many other ongoing cases. i was at a film festival recently and it was definitely a different flavour to it this year when we had a wonderful protest on the steps with 82 women in the industry and there was much more talk about representation and people of colour on film and it seems to be also on the sidelines there was less of the feeling that men were on the yacht is trying to seduce women and it still goes on but i think everyone is a little bit more careful about how they behave now in the film industry and beyond andi now in the film industry and beyond and i think it is a hugely important thing. the ramifications continue across the film industry in terms of the films being made and people are

more aware of female film directors needed to be given better opportunities and so it is big large. we will talk more about that story after 2pm. scotland's first minister and snp leader nicola sturgeon says a new report out today will restart the debate about scottish independence. the sustainable growth commission, which was established by the snp to look at future economic prospects, will set out proposals for a so—called come to scotland package as part of efforts to boost the country's population. but opposition parties say the snp‘s pursuit of independence is doing nothing for scotland's economy. the report says scotland should keep sterling for the first few years after independence in order to provide certainty and stability, with the bank of england continuing to set interest rates and other monetary policies. the report also contains detailed plans to help fund continuing uk debt to promote respect and good order towards the rest of the united kingdom. and in a bid to drive immigration and population growth, the report recommends that highly skilled migrant workers should

receive a tax relief. i think ithink in i think in time it is entirely credible that an independent scotla nd credible that an independent scotland would want to move to its own currency and that would be considered to be in the best interests of scotland and the people of scotla nd interests of scotland and the people of scotland but even the most ardent supporters of that position recognise that there would require to bea recognise that there would require to be a period of preparation and transition, a period in which we establish the infrastructure required to support a scottish currency and set up a scottish bank. a period in which we would require to establish credibility in the financial markets and we would require to get our public finances onto a stronger footing than westminster has managed over many yea rs westminster has managed over many years so westminster has managed over many years so the report sets out a useful pathway and a clear test that could be applied to the creation of a scottish currency and recommends that we start the work in terms of

establishing a scottish central bank andi establishing a scottish central bank and i would expect that this would be one part of the report and i am sure all of the report would be like this and the snp would want to consider it very carefully and debate it very closely. borisjohnson has said the kremlin thinks it can act without impunity and they will hold russia responsible for the downing of mh 17. they are now certain that russia is responsible for the deployment of the surface—to—air missile system that brought the plane down. 298 people were killed when the flight was shot down over ukraine. voters in the irish republic are at the polls today to vote in a landmark referendum about whether the country should end the criminalisation of abortion. many people have travelled home

from abroad, in order to vote. the ban on almost all pregnancy terminations was enshrined in the constitution 35 years ago. prince william will become the first member of the royal family to make an official visit to israel and the palestinian territories. the duke of cambridge will begin a five—day trip to the middle east next month before heading to tel aviv, ramallah and jerusalem. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the prince would be welcomed on an "historic visit". a leading cancer scientist says the serious failures in england's breast cancer screening programme go back further, and affected more women than previously thought. hundreds of thousands of women were not invited for a scan when they were aged between 68 and 71. here's our health and science correspondent james gallagher. screening helps spot breast cancer early. women aged 50—70 should be offered a mammogram every three years but it was revealed computer problems meant some invites were never sent and the failure may have shortened 270 lives. tragically there are likely to be

some people in this group who would have been alive today if the failure had not happened. officials said the problem started in 2009 but new research shows it goes back to 2005, some four years earlier. the government had estimated 450,000 women were not invited for their final scan but now scientists say tens of thousands more women may have been affected. it's taken 13 years to spot that we did not implement the policy the way we said we were going to do it. things need to change to make sure that we work out what we are doing and it is somebody‘s job to actually inspect, to collect the data, inspect the data and make sure we are doing things right. public health england rejected the findings seeing the analysis was flawed and that an independent review will look at all aspects of the breast screening service.

in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first, the headlines on bbc news: the american film producer harvey weinstein is charged with rape and a sexual assault against two women after handing himself into police in new york a man who attacked a 96—year—old d—day veteran with a claw hammer is found guilty of attempted murder. north korea says it's still willing to speak to donald trump at any time in any form, after the us president called off a planned summit. business news now. bought for £350 million, sold for a pound. afterjust two years the diy chain homebase has been sold by its australian owner wesfarmers. the buyer is the restructuring specialist hilco, which rescued

music chain hmv in 2013. its thought future restructuring could result in store closures and more job losses. the uk economy grew atjust 0.1% in the first three months of the year, thanks, in part, to the cold snap, the so—called beast from the east. the office for national statistics said a major drag was growth in the construction sector falling by 2.7%, compared with an initial estimate of 3.3%. as you've been hearing, new european data protection laws come into force today — the general data protection regulation. and its effects are already being felt with a number of high—profile us news websites becoming temporarily unavailable in europe. the chicago times and la times were among those posting messages saying they were currently unavailable in most countries. so tougher data privacy rules

come into effect today. and it's going to have an impact on any organisation handling personal information linked to eu residents. whether you own a business, run a charity, or have signed up to newsletters via social media or online shopping websites, this is very likely going to affect you one way or another. joining us now is kate bevan, the editor of which computing. is it literally everybody? there must be quite a number of people who will not be particularly affected by this and are ignoring it all? ignoring it and not being affected by it are two different things. any eu citizen is affected by it and thatis eu citizen is affected by it and that is a lot of people. it is a huge impact. in terms of very small businesses for two or three people working for them, do they have to be careful about how they use their contact list and e—mail lists.

careful about how they use their contact list and e-mail lists. they should have been careful with even before today kicked in. we had days to get ready for this and it came into effect two days ago and this is the end of the sunset period when regulations are properly applied today and the regime applies today so today and the regime applies today so it should not have come as a surprise to people. a huge penalty when they get it wrong. surprise to people. a huge penalty when they get it wronglj surprise to people. a huge penalty when they get it wrong. i think we will not see huge penalties in the uk. the information commissioner is on the record of saying they are not in the business of imposing huge punitive fines. when you think about it even under the previous regime in 1998 when the maximum fine was £500,000 you almost never saw anyone getting find anything like that so don't hold your breath for enormous fines. tell me about the position in which you are giving a company to use your data. i am getting different types of e—mail, one says to tick the box to say wanted and another says if you don't tick the box we assume you want it anyway.

which is valid? are they both valid the second one is not valid and it has not been for ages. under the privacy directive that has been in force since 2003 that kind of opting out content is not valid anyway so it is wrong. consent is only one of the six lawful basis for processing data anyway. it is possible you should not even get those e—mails. we have to leave it there. thank you very much forjoining us. that is all the business news. we'rejust going to return to the story that has dominated out of new york in the last couple of hours because we know in the last few minutes the confirmation that harvey weinstein has been charged with rape and this was him leaving the police station in new yorkjust in the last few minutes. let us see if it says anything. lots of questions from journalists and cameramen and the crowds there. it looks like he was

smiling. we know that he has posted bail of $1 million. it was talked about before we even went in this morning that he would be free on bail but it would cost $1 million and he has now been charged with rape and sexual abuse and sexual misconduct and those charges relate to two women. finally, after eight continual months of allegations from dozens and dozens of women within the film industry, today harvey weinstein is driven away from the police station in new york, charged with rape. we do not yet know and we have not been told yet when any trial might take place. perhaps the information will emerge a little later today but possibly not for some time. he has been charged so those charges have now been formally

levelled against the film producer harvey weinstein, a man so incredibly powerful in hollywood for so incredibly powerful in hollywood for so many years. he is now charged with rape and has been forced to surrender his passport as well. in terms of news at home, we have been hearing in the last few minutes from south yorkshire police that a 15—year—old boy has been charged following the stabbing to death... i apologise i have the wrong information. a 15—year—old boy has died in sheffield, following a stabbing. we are now hearing from the police, i understand, that a teenage boy is in police custody in connection with that incident so a teenage boy in custody following the death of a 15—year—old. that is in the sheffield last night. that is

what is emerging from the police at the moment and we might get more details or clarification of that as well but certainly we know that a 15—year—old died last night. president trump has pardoned boxing's first black heavyweight champion, convicted in 1913 of taking his white girlfriend across state lines. jackjohnson was arrested in 1912 with lucille cameron, a white woman who would later become his wife. he was world heavyweight title holder from 1908 until 1915. mr trump was joined in the oval office by rocky star, sylvester stallone, and boxer lennox lewis. he said the move corrected a historic us wrong to jackjohnson. today, as president, i have issued an executive grant of clemency, a full pardon posthumously tojohn arthur "jack" johnson. he was known as jackjohnson. the first african—american heavyweight champion of the world, a truly great fighter, had a tough life. president trump at—bats signing.

ariana grande has revealed a tattoo tribute to the victims of the manchester arena bombing. the pop star posted a picture of a small manchester bee, which she's had tattooed behind her ear. last year 22 people lost their lives when a suicide bomber detonated a device after the singer had finished performing. she posted this image online today. it is the symbol of manchester. the french army is marking the 100th anniversary of britain's royal air force with a ceremony in paris later. a team from the uk has been rebuilding two original first world war planes

at the invalides military site for the occasion. hugh schofield reports from the french capital. an avro 50a from the yorkshire air museum. they've been putting it back together in the courtyard of the french army museum, in the invalides, along with a french plane, a spads vii. the avro was one of the planes flown by british pilots over france in world war i and here they are celebrating notjust 100 years of the raf but also 100 years of cooperation in air warfare between the uk and france. the familiar insignia of the royal air force instantly reminiscent of the french national flag, and why is it like that? in the first world war, the planes of the new raf had to be easily identifiable by their french allies. it was in france that the raf

was in effect created. by 1918 there were 50 british squadrons with a headquarters in saint—0mer near calais. the first planes were only for reconnaissance but then some took up machine guns to take potshots at the germans. they responded and warfare had begun. back then, flying, let alone fighting in the air, was still very much in its infancy. the biggest thing is they didn't have parachutes. many young pilots fell to their death. they were also surrounded high—octane aviation fuel so if there was a fire and it is wood and linen, it went woof. it was pretty horrific, actually. there were very brave people to fly. today there is to be a ceremony and a flypast here to mark the centenary. bands from the two countries had been rehearsing. 100 years on, the two forces continue to work closely together despite brexit. today, it is supersonicjets and cruise missiles againstjihadis. air warfare has indeed come a long way since the avro 504. hugh schofield, bbc news, paris.

time for a look at the weather. hello. the bank holiday weekend and the start of the half term for some of the biggest weekend as well has already started in belfast and in perth. it should be a lovely afternoon and evening in belfast and perth and the very outside chance of a shower creeping in. this is the rain here on top of the cloud and a very different complexion to the weather in england and were. for much of scotland and northern ireland it remained sunny in the afternoon. this was taken about one hour ago, isn't it beautiful? contrast that with the rain that is coming down in staffordshire. it is afar coming down in staffordshire. it is a far cloudier affairfor coming down in staffordshire. it is a far cloudier affair for the rest of the afternoon and northern england and wales and the

south—west. the sunshine is breaking through the clouds in the south and east and it is warm and humid and those ingredients could prove the old home—grown storm here as well. the low 20s further north and really quite pleasant and call night. the showers come and go for the north of the country but they tend to diminish, as does the rain that we have at the moment but we could pull in showers again into southern counties later. it is humid so it could be a muggy night and with rain around there could be mist and fog as we head towards the morning. the humidity and the heat continues to build this weekend and we have been talking for much of the week that it could be record—breaking and the second record—breaking bank holiday ina second record—breaking bank holiday in a row. it will be touch and go but it will be warm. with the warmth and humidity there is a risk of storms but it looks dry tomorrow for the likes of wales and northern england and the ;— 7 iii:

44mg one " éfiizz j. meg one for éfiizz’ 4.11mi: wt— ri— ”in iirili—i _ hopefully it steers clear ireland. hopefully it steers clear of and we will bit that will r at times it feel at times - it feel rather are on the up. and j are on the up. we | not for g we | not for all g we | not for all but g we| not for all but where downpours. not for all but where they occur there could be flash flooding and they continue during the day on sunday and the heat is still with us and given the fact that we will have more clout around we might not reach 28th that we need to reach the record—breaking temperature again. into the bank holiday you can see for yourself, and risk of more cloud and showers and risk of more cloud and showers and thunderstorms around so just to be aware if you are taking to the roads there is a lot going on and a very busy weekend. warnings in force already and they are on the website. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm martine croxall. the hollywood film producer —

harvey weinstein — is charged with rape and sexual assault against two women — after handing himself into police in new york a man who attacked a 96—year—old d—day veteran with a claw hammer is found guilty of attempted murder. north korea says it's still willing to speak to donald trump at any time in any form, after the us president called off a planned summit. just why are you getting all those emails from companies asking you to stay? it's all down to changes in data law — we'll be answering your questions on gdpr in half an hour. coming up on afternoon live all the sport — hugh. liverpool fans trying to get to kiev. that is right. most will be travelling thousands of miles and many will be spending thousands of