hello, this is breakfast, with steph mcgovern and chris mason. ireland is on the verge of history after its referendum on abortion. exit polls suggest a landslide win for those who've been campaigning to end the country's near—total ban on terminations. good morning, it's saturday 26th may. also this morning... harvey weinstein is released on a million—dollar bail after being charged with rape, as his accusers say it's time for justice to prevail. allez, allez, allez. countdown to kick off. the excitement builds for liverpool fans in kiev. fans are beginning to flood into the city at credit day ahead of liverpool's chance to stop real

madrid from winning a third consecutive champions league title. elsewhere in sport, one briton‘s despair is another‘s joy. chris froome storms into the lead at the giro d'italia as long—time leader simon yates crumbles with two stages left. and sir richard branson insists his dreams of space travel remain alive. i don't know if he'll go into space in that suit and jacket combo! we'll hear from him as he tells the bbc he's in training to be an astronaut at the age of 67. and matt has the weather. good morning, matt. good morning. sunshine is set to break through the morning, misty for many this bank holiday weekend but always be on guard for one or two thunderstorms. i'll have the full forecast in 15 minutes. see you then. see you then. first, our main story. exit polls suggest people in ireland have voted strongly in favour of liberalising the country's laws on abortion. reports also indicate an exceptionally high turnout, with many people travelling from abroad to cast their vote. the official result is expected this afternoon. our ireland correspondent chris page has more.

this referendum is a significant and symbolic moment for ireland. this country was once regarded as the most socially conservative in western europe. currently, abortions are only legal if a woman's life is substantially at risk, but every year several thousand women go abroad, mainly to britain, to have terminations. voters have been asked whether they want to remove the eighth amendment of ireland's constitution, which says an unborn child has the same right to life as a pregnant woman. people have died because of the eighth amendment and we can't have any access to safe abortion care unless we repeal the eighth amendment. people say that, you know, they're pro—choice and want to repel the eight but they're kind of like blanket statements. people don't say, well, what does that really mean? that will give power for one human to end the life of another human, and i don't think that that is just. if the majority votes yes, the government plans to bring forward new legislation.

abortions would be allowed for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant, and in some circumstances afterwards. last night, two exit polls for the irish times newspaper and the national broadcaster rte suggested almost 70% have voted for a change in the law. 68 to 32. 68 to 32, yeah, yeah. applause. counting is beginning this morning, the results expected to be announced late this afternoon. chris page, bbc news, dublin. let's get the latest from chris now at dublin castle, which is where the result will officially be announced this afternoon. good morning. it would be a bigger shock if the exit poll was wrong at this stage, given the size of what it's suggesting is the majority here. what's the reaction be like in the papers this morning? this is potentially a huge moment ireland. the irish times, which commissioned one of those exit polls last night, saying it projected a landslide vote

to repeal the eighth amendment. another newspaper, the irish independent, saying confidently that it's a yes. as we now affect the eighth amendment, the effective constitutional ban on abortions, is removed, then that paves the way for government to pass a new law on abortion that would permit termination into the woman is 12 weeks present and in some circumstances weeks present and in some ci rcu msta nces after weeks present and in some circumstances after that, for example if an unborn child is diagnosed with a condition which means it's likely to die in the womb oi’ means it's likely to die in the womb or shortly after birth. while most a nalysts or shortly after birth. while most a na lysts ha d or shortly after birth. while most analysts had thought the yes campaign would win, very few if any have predicted a victory on the scale predicted by the exit polls. of the other part of this story is the implications for northern ireland. that's right, in northern ireland. that's right, in northern ireland abortions are only allowed if there is serious or permanent risk to a woman's health. a

loosening of the law here in the irish republic would certainly lead to an increased debate north of the border and in fact that has already started on the basis of those exit polls. naomi long tweeted, if the exit polls are right, this is an incredible result for together for yes. i will now turn to us, yet againa yes. i will now turn to us, yet again a place apart. behind gb, behind ireland. the largest party are opposed to a change in the law but if the irish movement winds this referendum here today, then i think we can see more calls for the law to be changed in northern ireland, to. thanks very much. that result will be out this afternoon and a bit later in the programme, in about five minutes, we will speak to two women on both sides of the debate on their thoughts. more than 4,000 liverpool fans are expected to fly to kiev from the city ahead of tonight's champions league final. jurgen klopp's side take on the current holders real madrid after only entering the competition through the play—off rounds. some fans have been forced to change their travel plans after two plane operators cancelled

four flights this week. however the atmosphere is building in the ukrainian capital. friends of ours have had flights cancelled. they have managed to get rearranged flights and rearranged to get here and stuff like that. we are here, we are ready for it, and we are coming to win it, mate. so emotional, it's been amazing. we've had a great trip. it'sjust exciting. and what's the feeling about the match from the liverpool fans? the fans are going to be shouting and singing. so you're going to win? we're going to win, yes. that is optimism. in the next few minutes. lots of fun is still making their way there so we will meet them later in the programme. let's look at the other stories. it was on, then it was off — and now it could be back on again. president trump has issued an optimistic statement

about the prospects of a summit with the north korean leader kim jong—un. just a few days after abruptly announcing that the summit was off, mr trump said both sides were now having what he described as "very productive talks". here's our north america editor, jon sopel. as the north koreans said charges to their only known nuclear test site, it seemed that all hopes of a summit went up in smoke at about the same time that these buildings were blasted to smithereens. the explosions taking place just as donald trump was pulling the plug on his planned meeting with kim jong—un, citing north korea's a tremendous anger and open hostility. thatin tremendous anger and open hostility. that in turn provoked some fairly open hostility towards the us president in south korea. but that was a whole 2a hours ago, and a lot can change in that time. 0vernight, the north koreans if it two offered a conciliatory statement, saying... and that was music to donald trump's

yea rs. and that was music to donald trump's years. you remember the summit that was off? well, it mightjust now be back on. wheel see what happened. it could even be that well. we are talking to them now. they very much wa nt to talking to them now. they very much want to do it, we want to do it, we'll see what happens. at the pentagon, the defence secretary, far from rattling sabres, was talking up the possibility, to. possibly some good news from the korea summit. . today kim jong—un was striking an unusually relaxed pose by pictures released by the north korean news agency. a floppy hat, white jacket, looking toward the world as though he was quite enjoying himself. donald trump, who loves drama, too,

might be enjoying it, well. but for all the atmospherics might have improved, substantial policy differences remain. a spokesman insisting that north korea must commit to the quick denuclearisation of the korean peninsular. who would bet on how this is going to turn out? former hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein has been released on $1 million bail after being charged in new york with rape and sexual abuse. mr weinstein also agreed to wear a gps tracker and to surrender his passport after turning himself in to police on friday. he denies non—consensual sex and his lawyer said he would plead not guilty. rose mcgowan was one of the first people to go public with allegations about weinstein. he tied with god for thanks at the oscars. and to see that constantly, and to live in that town — i was there by myself since i was 15 — and to see people just lay wreaths at his feet even though they knew, today is a good day. this is a big strike into the heart of abuse of power and it shows people worldwide,

which was what i was hoping the whole time, that this cannot and will not stand. some tsb customers are still having problems making online payments five weeks after the bank first reported problems. a number of current account customers and some business clients are unable to fully access their accounts online or via the mobile app. the bank has also admitted to the bbc that there has been a rise in fraud incidents. the problems started when the bank switched its it systems. sir richard branson has told the bbc he's training to be an astronaut. the virgin boss, who for years has been working on his own commercial space programme, is hoping to take his first trip in a matter of months. ben ando reports. first, it was planes. then boats. then balloons. train horn blares. and then trains.

but 1.5 decades ago, sir richard branson set his sights even higher, creating virgin galactic with the aim of offering affordable space tourism — affordable, that is, if you could afford the $250,000 ticket price. now, at the age of 67, sir richard has revealed that he is training hard, ready to be fired into space. i am going for my astronaut training, going for my fitness training, going through centrifuge and other training so that my body can cope, hopefully cope well with it when i get into space. how are you getting on? so far, so good. i like to keep fit anyway, so, but no, i mean, to go into space, if you are going to really enjoy your experience, the fitter you can be, the better. when he launched virgin galactic, sir richard expected to be spaceborne by 2010 but technical problems and the disastrous crash in 2014 in which a test pilot died have caused delay on delay. and the competition is catching up, with entrepreneur elon musk

and jeff bezos, the founder of amazon, now apparently leading a charge to get paying tourists into orbit. sir richard knows in this privatised space race, the countdown is on. a lot of ambition there, i like that. that little bit of video with the rocket going up, i assumed that was sped up. wouldn't you go? no, definitely not. we've talked a lot about the volcano in hawaii. it's causing more problems. a tide of molten rock has turned a street in hawaii into a volcanic wasteland as the number of homes destroyed by the erupting volcano soared and authorities told residents to flee a surge of lava. incredible pictures coming from

hawaii there. some 2,200 acres of land have been destroyed by lava since the 3rd of may, in what is likely to be the most destructive eruption of kilauea in more than a century. that's extraordinary. you could almost feel the heat of that lava, just looking at the pictures. absolutely nothing in its way is going to survive an encounter with it, it's extraordinary. 8:13am. liverpool legend bill shankly, famously declared that football was more important than life and death, and we all know some fans go to impressive lengths to show their devotion to their club. tonight's champions league final has forced some liverpool supporters to really test their loyalty with nightmare journeys to kiev. ian haslam is atjohn lennon airport for us. good morning. look at that, the flags are there and the crests are... you can almost feel the excitement. yes, you certainly can.

4000 fans making their way to kiev today. as you can see, the flags in the background, the live bird in the bar behind us. follow me into the pub area where more bands are waiting to get on their flight. a number of flights leaving in the next couple of hours or so. 0ne star attraction here, we couldn't get both allah himself, liverpool's star striker, but we have got the next best thing. the two—dimensional cutout is proving quite a hit. have you got a seat for him on the plane? i have, but i was thinking of putting him on the wing instead. i have, but i was thinking of putting him on the wing insteadlj see putting him on the wing instead.” see what you did. tell us about this man. he's been incredible. they are having problems with the flights but seve you can get there. have you been to a final before? yes, yes.

this is my sixth european cup final, seventh altogether. tonight, 50—50, i reckon. got a chance. a very good chance. thank you very much for joining us. let's come round here if we do is be to one or two more fans. you confidence? always. give us eight score prediction. 3-1. love a bit of confidence. you watched ed shearer last night. yes, got back out one o'clock this morning. —— ed sheeran. you are having a few drinks. wetting the whistle. don't get too drunk, you'll spoil the game. you are looking after him. how are you feeling? you look nervous. i'm really nervous at its the whole day, the excitement, the bulls of the bands and i can't wait to get to kiev and join

the bands and i can't wait to get to kiev andjoin in the bands and i can't wait to get to kiev and join in with the atmosphere. it's a 3.5 hour flight. i presume that will fly by because there will be so much singing and everything going on. there will, it's going to be great. first one we've been to go looking forward to it. proper day out with this one. fantastic. after ed sheeran, what can top that? lets peter robb intruderfrom the can top that? lets peter robb intruder from the airport. as you probably have heard, a number of flights, three flights, have been cancelled over the past couple of days, meaning hundreds of liverpool supporters have ever sews sadly been stranded. they had tickets for the final and couldn't go. thankfully things are running as normal today, i think. things are going really well. we have got probably three quarters of the way through this and will the fans the next hour or so. will the fans come back victorious tomorrow? we'll find out from 7:45pm as liverpool ta ke find out from 7:45pm as liverpool take on real madrid aiming for the sixth european title. back to you. we wa nt sixth european title. back to you. we want to know what's in your bag but don't show itjust in case.

i was just but don't show itjust in case. i wasjust thinking, but don't show itjust in case. i was just thinking, watching but don't show itjust in case. i wasjust thinking, watching us, you wouldn't want to be an everton fan who had just happened to book a flight fan who had just happened to book a flight to go on holiday and you turn up flight to go on holiday and you turn up to that carnival of bonn ahead of the champions league final. let's get the latest from fans who have made it to kiev with hugh woozencroft. hugh? the sun is shining, as well. yes, good morning. it's very much warming up good morning. it's very much warming up here in terms of the temperature but also the atmosphere because a huge number of fans are coming in to kiev today. we've been here for the last few days. we haven't seen many fans. we are expecting around 100,000 fans here over the weekend for the game, but at least 40% of those will be coming in via those late flights, coaches, trains, and driving in from all over the world and europe. just to see a glimpse of that much later on and to be a part of that atmosphere. it should be a mouthwatering clash between real madrid and liverpool. in terms of confidence, the liverpool boss

jurgen klopp thinks real madrid will be very confident, they are going for a third straight title. it would be their fourth for a third straight title. it would be theirfourth in for a third straight title. it would be their fourth in the last five yea rs be their fourth in the last five years and they will be confident. maybe ask you got but not at the end of 90 minutes, says maybe ask you got but not at the end of 90 minutes, sasturgen clock. the funds are making it clear who they think will win this one. cheering singing. there we are, a fairly clear perspective of the real madrid bands. we are the bbc, we have to reflect both sides. i got reflect both sides. igota reflect both sides. i got a quick question. quite a few people are having a drink in the airport, what is the time, do you reckon, it's ok to have a pint? i'm being a bit boring here but i'm kind of thinking lunchtime. ayew? 0h, being a bit boring here but i'm kind of thinking lunchtime. ayew? oh, no! i thought you'd be more fun!” of thinking lunchtime. ayew? oh, no! i thought you'd be more fun! i am a

crashing bore. matt, if you are on holiday, going to the match... he looks like he's just finished a quick shot of whiskey. these early starts, you have to get them through somehow. my holiday begins the second the bags are packed away in the airport. we've shown both sides of the football argument. both sides of the weather forecast this bank holiday weekend. a lot of sunshine and warmth around for many, but pack an umbrella... particular across england and wales. some nasty thunderstorms at times but they only form a small portion of your weekend in total. we had in showers across southern areas of england and wales, very misty and mickey and grace died. showers more confined to south—west —— very misty and murky and grey day. low cloud is hugging the coast of the north and north—east of scotland but much of scotland, northern ireland, well broken cloud is not clear blue skies. lovely day in store. 25 degrees in the north—west highlands, cool down the north sea coast. could

hit 26-27 in cool down the north sea coast. could hit 26—27 in london. looking good after the rain this morning if you are going to the cricket. if you're going to swansea for the... biggest weekend, radio one in control in swa nsea, weekend, radio one in control in swansea, but we have some thunderstorms here, thunderstorms late morning, early afternoon and then clearing, potentially more severe storms pushing up from france across the southern counties of england and wales. freak was lining, gusty winds, hayles. they could be flash flooding, too. not hitting eve ryo ne flash flooding, too. not hitting everyone but keep your eye out for them. they will push their way through to the midlands as we go through to the midlands as we go through the night, maybe north wales into the early hours. much of the northern half of the uk dry, clear skies, some mist and low cloud forming and a bit cooler compared with the muggy conditions across the south. into sunday, a few showers on going from the night—time across parts of england and wales. a few may drift towards northern ireland, especially later in the day, but noticed the showers and store cards will loss. it and miss, sunshine in

between, but they could be nasty thunderstorms. better day to the south—west of england. for much of northern england, scotland, and a good part of northern ireland, as other fine one with lots of sunshine. temperatures into the mid—20s. how do we compare with the rest of europe? we are not alone in thunderstorms. lots across france, alpine regions, inland spain and portugal. temperatures around the coast comparable with what we'll see here. generally around the mid—20s, but a bit cool in the algarve. temperatures 20 or 21 degrees. bank holiday monday, the shift storms towards northern england, southern scotla nd towards northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. not eve ryo ne scotland and northern ireland. not everyone will see them. for north of scotland, particularly north—west highlands, another cracker of a day. across central and southern parts of inward and wales, was in china around on monday with more places staying dry. some sunshine, one or two storms, overall not a horrendous weekend of whether bank holiday wise. let me take you to the middle east before i go. this big swell of cloud is a rare severe tropical

cyclone which made landfall through the night across parts of a man and it has dropped so far in the past day or so two years worth of rainfall. extensive flooding there. i wasn't expecting you to end with that! anything we need to worry about heading our way? not our way and even those going to do buy, you may see clouds but it should hopefully state largely dry for you. very good. thank you very much. thank you, matt. fora very good. thank you very much. thank you, matt. for a single might. don't start spreading rumours about him! you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's time now for a look at the newspapers. astrophysicist carole mundell is here to tell us what's caught her eye. didn't we've got you here and we're talking about richard branson and him wanting to get two space, what are your thoughts? is it possible for a are your thoughts? is it possible fora man of are your thoughts? is it possible for a man of 67 to train to be an astronaut? were putting it in

context, he's speaking about space tourism. it's a different kettle of fish are preparing to go into space for a short period of time and being a professional astronaut, the likes of what tim peake did. he will obviously have two increases fitness which he says he's doing and also get the training to experience the extra g force. when they are launched and accelerate through the atmosphere, the forces on the human body because of that acceleration is is much stronger and several times stronger than the gravity of earth and that can make you feel sick. how do you train? they put you in centrifuge machines. if you spend around like the fairground attractions and feel the extra g force. they give you anti—sickness drugs. would you be tempted if commercial space travel became viable? frankly, no. i'm an astrophysicist so i love to use telescopes on the ground to look up at the distant regions of the universe. i am at the distant regions of the universe. iam happy at the distant regions of the universe. i am happy to let other

people pioneer that. keep your feet on the ground. shall we look at what has caught your eye in the papers? a story we spoke about so much about the plastic problem of pollution and you picked out a story there about being forced to play more that would prepare one for a badge without plastic packaging. some consumer groups have done studies in all of oui’ groups have done studies in all of our major supermarket trends as to whether you buy your fruit severally. if consumers want to respond to the major plastic pollution problem by buying our apples ina pollution problem by buying our apples in a traditional way, putting them ina apples in a traditional way, putting them in a paper bag, it seems that when they are pre—packaged, maybe four apples in when they are pre—packaged, maybe fourapples ina when they are pre—packaged, maybe four apples in a plastic bag together, but is the cheaper way to do it so it's really hard as a consumer to be ethical if you are actually having to pay extra. there is some actually having to pay extra. there is some pressure 110w actually having to pay extra. there is some pressure now on actually having to pay extra. there is some pressure now on the supermarkets to think about their pricing. but then, it's probably cheaper and more efficient to buy in bulk packaging everything in the factories rather than handled the products listed. lets look in the

guardian. the oldest case of dandruff found on a dinosaur from 125 million years ago. i feel sorry for the dinosaur. lydia ‘s life, got away with it, nobody knows it. all these years later, he or she is rumble. trust scientists and physicist to use their technology to find the truth out. this is a really nice study. it's a ridiculous piece of work on some fossils in china and this is using abuse of equipment called an electron microscope. these are very special kinds of microscopes that let you look at the very fine detail and scientists have found little flakes of skin associated with this feathered dinosaur very similar to our modern—day birds. it's actually not... i don't know if it was a social problem or not but were birds it isa social problem or not but were birds it is a special kind of cell that is rich in keratin and allows them to develop their plumage. these were not efficient at flying but their plumage will deliver growth for heat and attracting mates. what is amazing is we are still finding things out. is thatjust because the

technology is getting better? 0bviously traditional studies were finding big bony dinosaurs that were falling out of cliffs and limestone structures. nowadays we have the technology to find these very fine dinosaurs, so actually finding fossil evidence of feathers themselves and tiny little dinosaurs that previously we maybe wouldn't have recognised as part of the fossil record. and then the modern technology being able to sample these things without destroying them. let's look into the inside pages of the financial times. help me out here because i don't understand the headline. usb is rivals have sonic weapons. what's this about? this is a story about some american diplomats abroad that fell sick and it follows a similar illness mystery on this, really, of similar... the us ambassador in cuba. this is a suggestion that this isa cuba. this is a suggestion that this is a sound —based weapon that is below the frequency of human hearing that can produce symptoms of

dizziness and sickness and lack of sleep. very hard to prove, and the americans are claiming this may be a risk for the nationals overseas. we we re risk for the nationals overseas. we were talking a few moments ago about the new frontiers of science and i guess this is the equivalent, but used as a weapon, a tool of war. that's right and the us military, police forces, have been developing these kinds of techniques. mainly they say because they want to use them to maybe control crowds. they use them in the battlefield to minimise traditional weapons of war and there is 95 gigahertz radiation that will penetrate a few lays down into the skin and give an intense burning sensation to make targets move back. how far-away do you have to be from someone in order to do this? pretty close for that weapon. also, equipment is very big and so it hasn't been used in the battlefield because it's too big. the worry is rival countries are militarising this. thejury the worry is rival countries are militarising this. the jury is still out as to whether that is what is

happening. it's fascinating, isn't it, the things that can happen? it doesn't sound real. carole will be back with us. coming up in the next half hour... # yesterday you said i'm the one. # but now you say you're done.# i'm going to interrupt the singing. thousands of fans will see them perform their perfect pop at the biggest weekend later — but before that years & years will be talking to us here on breakfast. we'll be live in swansea in just a few minutes' time. stay with us, headlines coming up. a hello, this is breakfast a with steph mcgovern and chris mason. coming up before nine matt will have the weather for you. but first a summary of this morning's main news. exit polls suggest people in ireland have voted strongly in favour of liberalising the country's laws on abortion. reports also indicate an exceptionally high turnout, with many people travelling from abroad to cast their vote. the official result is expected this afternoon.

president trump has issued an optimistic statement about the prospects of a summit with the north korean leader kim jong—un. just a few days after abruptly announcing that the summit was off, mr trump said both sides were now having what he described as "very productive talks". south korea welcomed the prospect of an about—turn — saying it was watching developments carefully. former hollywood film mogul harvey weinstein has been released on $1 million bail after being charged in new york with rape and sexual abuse. mr weinstein also agreed to wear a gps tracker and to surrender his passport after turning himself in to police on friday. he denies non—consensual sex and his lawyer said review he would plead not guilty. a government programme aimed at protecting afghan civilians who worked as interpreters for the british army has been called a "dismalfailure" by mps. the defence committee says not a single person potentially at risk from the taliban had been resettled in the uk so far via the intimidation scheme.

the ministry of defence said it would take note of the criticism. some tsb customers are still having problems making online payments five weeks after the bank first reported problems. a number of current account customers and some business clients are unable to fully access their accounts online or via the mobile app. the bank has also admitted to the bbc that there has been a rise in fraud incidents. the problems started when tsb switched its it systems. a tide of molten rock has turned a street in hawaii into a volcanic wasteland as the number of homes destroyed by the erupting volcano soared and authorities told residents to flee a surge of lava. some 2,200 acres of land have been destroyed by lava since the third of may, in what is likely to be the most destructive eruption of kilauea in more than a century.

in an! do you have a type of clothing you hate? i think i'm fairly open—minded. tiny, tight, swimming trunks have been rated as the uk's most hated piece of clothing. most commonly known as speedos of course — although other brands of trunks are available — more than two thirds of briton‘s surveyed said they couldn't stand them. that includes three quarters of all women. disproportionately, women really don't like these. our most famous wearer is probably tom daley, who you can see here. some of the other clothes people don't like according to this yougov survey... leather trousers, flares and jackets with elbow patches.

flyers! could you conceivably where all those things together? trunks over the trousers! may be just the elbow patches, not the top. you have to have speedos the sports like synchronised swimming. apologies if you're eating your brea kfast. apologies if you're eating your breakfast. also for surf boat rowing. you have to work very short speedos in. but also anybody going on holiday to france, i'm told, you're supposed to work speedos rather than baggy trunks in the pool brilliant skills from the

synchronised swimmers there. so much excitement for today's match. some fans are already there. some arejust crossing match. some fans are already there. some are just crossing into the borderjust some are just crossing into the border just now. some are just crossing into the borderjust now. liverpool against real madrid in kiev. the likes of most sallow fur liverpool. let's get to kiev to kiev then, and a date with european destiny kiev for liverpool...their first champions league final in 13 years. but they'll have to get past a real madrid side who've won the competition for the last two seasons. hugh woozencroft is in the ukranian capital for us. good morning. it looks beautiful there. 0h, there. oh, dear. not much contact there with you. he our picture has frozen.

but he did look good in the sun. but we've been hearing from lots of different players, and the fans will be very important to the liverpool tea m be very important to the liverpool team tonight. the fans are a massive pa rt team tonight. the fans are a massive part of this club, a massive part of liverpool and they have played a massive part in us getting this far in this competition. i'm sure madrid have a lot of fans as well and i'm not sure how many will be here tomorrow but hopefully our fans can create an atmosphere like they have at similarto create an atmosphere like they have at similar to anfield because it has made a big difference to us throughout the competition. i think this time... hi, q. yes, iam i think this time... hi, q. yes, i am moving. i think this time... hi, q. yes, iam moving. so many fans arriving ahead of what is sure to be arriving ahead of what is sure to be a huge match later. you mentioned the length of time it has been since

liverpool last one champions league. spanning affair back in 2005, coming from three goals down. you mentioned a date with destiny, destiny on that evening, many people lives is the greatest european cup final of all time. some people i've been speaking to believe tonight could be the same sort of match, real madrid, we know their pedigree, they are going for a third consecutive champions league title. they could win four of the last five years as well. it would be a stunning feat. cristiano ronaldo scored 50 goals this season, that is whojurgen klopp scored 50 goals this season, that is who jurgen klopp and scored 50 goals this season, that is whojurgen klopp and his men will have to stop if they are to win their sixth european cup title. but a good omen for them is it is a repeat of the 81 european cup final and on that occasion liverpool were the victors. we'll see if they can do it again this evening. and if you want for that night's

match if you want to follow night's match tonight's match, bbc radio 5live have you covered. kelly cates has all the build up from 5pm and then at 7:45 it is real madrid versus liverpool, commentated by alan green and john murray. to wembley. where there's another big match as aston villa play fulham in the championship play off final a match that could be worth £280 million to the winner. the villa boss steve bruce says days like today, make the job worthwhile. there's times when it's a difficult job and a lonelyjob and this morning i had breakfast on my own. as soon as i get near the staff... doi as soon as i get near the staff... do i smell? but certainly, you look back at the big occasions and hopefully it is another big occasion. it is only a big occasion if you win. the reward for keeping southampton in the premier league, is a new three year contract for mark hughes. the former stoke boss, signed a short term deal on the south coast, in march, with the club, in real danger

of relegation, but a revival in their last five games, meant, they pulled off a great escape, despite losing their last match of the season. a brit has the chance to make cycling history this weekend, but it's not the one that we expected. simon yates had led for 13 stages, of the giro d'italia, but he fell way down the field in a remarkable stage yesterday, as chris froome stormed into the lead. he's got a 40—second lead, now going into the penultimate stage today, as he tries to become the first british man to win the giro. they had a difficult winter in australia, and if the last couple of days are anything to go by then england's cricketers are going to have a difficult summer too, because pakistan remain in complete control, of the first test, after the second day at lords. they ended the day on 350 for eight, a lead of 166, after england were bowled out forjust 184 on the opening day. england took late wickets but the visitors remain big favourites to win the first test of the summer. there are two huge club rugby

finals, taking place today. scarlets head to dublin with the aim of stopping european champions leinster, in the pro 14 at six o'clock. before that at three, the two outstanding teams in english club rugby meet in the premiership final at twickenham as exeter and saracens go head to head. exeter are the current champions, in a third final in as many years, with saracens attempting to lift the title they won against the chiefs two years ago. a couple of years ago we gave them too much of a lead at the start and in the second half we probably gave ourselves too much to do. we are definitely aware of that but i think we are a much better side than we we re we are a much better side than we were two years ago. rory mcilroy is in fine form at the pga championship at wentworth he leads after the second round, on 12 under par, three shots ahead of his nearest rival. he produced a seven under par round of 65. can't say the same for thomas pieters of belgium — who couldn't hide his frustration

after two dropped shots through his opening three holes. snapping his club round his neck like a piece of celery! he said sometimes hejust gets mad. do you get replaced the club would you just have to play with the small one? now how are your layu ps? — your —— your ollie —— yourollie ups? the world's biggest skateboard competition, comes to the uk for the first time this weekend. london's copper box arena, is hosting the first leg of the, street league skateboarding world tour. i've been downto the queen elizabeth olympic park to see what's in store. the greatest skateboarding road show on earth has finally arrived in the uk and this

is what the crowds packed into the copper box can expect this weekend as skateboarding basks in the glory of becoming an olympic sport. a team of 40 flown in from the usa are spending three days getting the copper box transformed into this world cup skateboarding venue, and with the sport making its debut at the olympics in two years' time in tokyo, it seems rather fitting that for the first time it comes to the uk, it is being held in a former 0lympic venue. one of the stars of the show will be the first woman to win the world title, leticia bufoni, who has come a long way since she started skateboarding on the streets of brazil, aged nine. being here in the olympic stadium it is amazing, you know, you get the little feeling of the olympics, you know? the olympics is gonna be in two years so it is good to have these little feelings. this really is the most important event that we have in skateboarding right now.

what i love about the skateboarding is the freedom. every contest feels like my first contest because i get really nervous. not as nervous as those getting back on the board for the first time in quite a while, even when learning from one of britain's best. so korahn, i've got the pads on, the helmet — you may not need them but certainly i do. sign off. you got the board at our feet then. you just wanna take a push. yep. and have a little skateboard. 0h! that's it, that's it. bend the knees? hello? well, the rise in street skateboarding is down to accessibility. as long as it is safe, you've a flat bit of ground and a hill, you can do it anywhere. it gives you the ultimate freedom. but it's not going in a straight line. street skateboarding is all about the tricks, as korahn gayle showed me at the iconic southbank skate venue. i like street league because it's street—style skating, so it's on a street—style course, basically, with handrails, stairs, ledges, that kind of thing. so the first trick you need, really,

for skating is just to do an ollie. yeah, you need an ollie because then you can ollie up curbs, or ollie onto a ledge to do a grind or you can try and flip the board and go a kick flip, so, yeah, you need the ollie. the board sticks to your feet! how does the board stay with your feet and mine is, of course, left behind? so basically, when you're trying to do an ollie, you arejumping up and you're pressing the back, which lifts the back up, and then with your front foot, you slide it, so then it pulls the back up. my favourite trick is probably switch heelflips. they feel good. it can take years to master the tricks. and please, don't try this at home without guidance and full protective gear. but thanks to its new 0lympic status, there will be nine street league events around the world this year — more chance than ever before to show the world how far this sport has come. you can see live coverage,

of the street league's opening event of the season, from the copper box, this weekend on the bbc red red button and bbc sport 0nline. it's the women's final at 7.30 this evening, and tomorrow the men's final. i think you do a good dismount. it has a flourish. but the board won't stick to my feet. those tricks can ta ke stick to my feet. those tricks can take quite a while to master so please don't try that in your backyard today! plenty of bruised knees on the road to perfection. it's 8.45 and you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning... ireland looks set to liberalise its abortion laws, as exit polls suggest the country has voted strongly in favour of change. many people travelled from abroad to cast their vote in the referendum. thousands of liverpool fans are heading to kiev for tonight's

champions league final. many have faced disruption though, with a number of cancelled flights. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. that cloud is huge. it is a bit ominous and it is a sign of some of you will see some rain through this bank halliday weekend. just a slight wet weather plan in place those dark clouds come your way. whilst there will be a lot of warmth there is the ongoing risk of thunderstorms especially over the next couple of days over the southern half of england and wales. it is here where we have some showers this morning. they stretch across east anglia through the midlands to the south—west, a few heavy bursts towards the south—western corner as we go to late morning, early afternoon. much of time in the north

of england it will be dry, sunny and northern ireland. the rest of scotland, sunshine this afternoon, highs around 25 degrees will stop down the east coast a little cooler but after a great start lots of sunshine through this afternoon. good news for those heading to the cricket. we have sunshine breaking out as we go through to the second half of today. for those of you heading to swansea, radio 1 half of today. for those of you heading to swansea, radio1 in control of the biggest weekend. the chance of some hefty downpours, and the odd rumble of thunder. the first batch of showers will be around lunchtime, then sun need for a time but as we head into the evening we could see even more severe storms pushing out to northern france. possibly flash flooding, frequent lightning. and these drift into the

midlands overnight. missed and low cloud forming again but clear skies around towards the north—west side temperatures drop back into single figures compared to the humid conditions we will see across southern areas of england. into tomorrow, sunday will start with a few showers across east central southern parts of england and wales, may be pushing through into northern ireland. much of the far north of england, and scotland, long sunny spells, warm where you have the sunshine, but sporadic thunderstorms breaking out across wales, central and southern england. some sunshine in between and feeling pretty humid. we compare with europe? there will be some showers across spain portugal, into france, and temperatures fairly comparable to what we have here. a little cooler across the aircraft,. the bank holiday monday in the uk, southern

parts of scotland, northern england, north wales, northern ireland, showers. some sunshine in between. in the north—west highlands of scotla nd in the north—west highlands of scotland they will have the best of the weekend weather, blue skies, and southern parts of england and wales after the threat of storms today and tomorrow, monday looks largely dry at the moment, lots of sunshine around through the day and wherever you are, once the sunshine is out, it is going to feel pretty warm. it feels like a club sandwich, a bit of everything. you can't have plain sailing on a bank holiday weekend in the uk! when the bosses of tsb decided to switch over the high street bank's it systems five weeks ago they could not, in their worst nightmares, have predicted the chaos that would follow. thousands of customers are still unable to access their accounts online and now the bank has admitted it is seeing an increase in fraud. paul lewis from radio 4's

money box has been speaking to some of the victims. it's been a right carry on! is quite incredible is still not sorted. right carry on is perhaps a kind way of putting it. i think perhaps chaos might bea of putting it. i think perhaps chaos might be a better one. the thing we are seeing which is worrying, is a growing number of people who are being robbed, basically, their money is being stolen from their accounts by thieves. tsb has admitted to us is that it has seen an increase in fraud though it won't say exactly how much. the latest version of this fraud is what is called a sim swap, the sim card in your phone, because the sim card in your phone, because the final stage of moving money to a new person like a criminal is that the bank sends you an authentication

code on your mobile phone, and the idea is that must be you because you have your phone, but criminals have found a way to persuade mobile phone providers that they are you and say they have broken their phone and persuade the provider to send them a new sim registered with that number and cut off the old one. so that means they put it in a phone and they get those authentication m essa 9 es they get those authentication messages and they can move money to themselves. and it seems to be happening more and more. we spoke to two or three people this week to whom that has happened, they have lost over £10,000. habit using the problem is? we can't say because tsb won't give us any figures, but they did say was increasing. certainly a lot of people have come to us and whereas to a three weeks ago they we re whereas to a three weeks ago they were coming to us because they didn't have access to their accounts, now they're coming with cou nts accounts, now they're coming with counts of fraud and you can tell in a way how big it is because the

fraud lines are overwhelmed, we have had stories of people waiting for, five, six, seven hours to get through a fraud line. even one lesson through a fraud line. even one lesso n we nt through a fraud line. even one lesson went into his branch to report something and the branch of dsp could not get through to its own fraud line! there was one man who actually watched his money leaving his account while he was hanging on the fraud line. i think it really is a serious problem and tsb has got to get to grips with it and at the moment it doesn't seem to be. what are tsb actually saying about this? as you might expect, they are saying they've seen at increase but their systems a re they've seen at increase but their systems are safe. fraudsters are looking to take advanced systems like these but they say customers who have been victims of fraud as a direct result of their it issues would be left out of pocket. certainly some of our listeners have been refunded, one man was even given an extra £360 by way of compensation, though he did have to fight for that. is there anything customers can do try to stop this?

what can you do? you have to try to report it, obviously, but the key clue that summary has taken your phone over is that it stops working. there are people who are constantly on their phone and would at once, there are others who may be just use it to make calls once every few hours, once a day, and just an hour 01’ so hours, once a day, and just an hour or so of hours, once a day, and just an hour orso ofa hours, once a day, and just an hour or so of a phone in taking over is plenty for the thieves to take the money. so keep an eye on your phone, check it is working, perhaps be like some of those obsessives who are checking it all the time. as soon as it goes off, this is probably happening to you, and this is the moment you have to take great care, ring the phone company. but then of course you may not be able to get through to the bank, but what from what tsb tells us you will eventually get your money back. thank you very much. you can hear about this story on money box on bbc radio 4 about this story on money box on bbc radio4and about this story on money box on bbc radio 4 and that is noon today. it's being billed as bbc

music's biggest weekend — with huge name stars to back that up. ed sheeran, taylor swift and sam smith arejust a few of those performing in swansea this weekend. let's have a look at what fans can expect. # i'm in love with the shape of you... # we all have a hunger... # i say, don't you know # you say... # i'm not too good at goodbyes... # she fell under my spell # and for the way you make me feel # you always keep it real # the players going to play, play, play # the haters going to hate, hate, hate... # i'm just going to shake, sheikh,

shake... #. we can speak to our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba who is in swansea this morning for day two of the festival. iamjoined by i am joined by ollie alexanders. however excited i? i'm a little nervous. it's our first proper show in about six months. a brand-new show. i am looking forward to it. and this is the first time fans will be able to see this world you have created from one of your latest releases. yes. all new, all singing, all dancing show. it is based on this world called palo santo, this fictional universe, and we want to create that on stage with people. it is again be the first time we roll that out. how challenging has that

been? choreography, all the concepts into it... our choreographer has created this very conceptual performance with these amazing dancers and performance visuals and so much going on. we have never done a show like this. i'm sure something will go wrong because that is just the way it goes, but i'm hoping nothing crazy will happen. and of course it will be introduced by somebody very special. yes, we have judi dench, who is lending her voice for a little bit of our palo santa experience. she is kind of like the queen ‘s android of palo santo. experience. she is kind of like the queen 's android of palo santo. tell us, how did you first meet her, it was on the stage? i actually did a play with her quite a few years ago and she is everything you would want her to be, she is so nice and funny

and really cheeky, she isjust amazing. and we sort of became friends. i have read that you actually got a laptop stolen when you were doing that production and what happened after that? basically, whilst i was doing this play my flat got broken into and lots of our staff got taken, and judy found out and she one day when i turned up to the theatre, she gave me this laptop. and i try to give it back to her that she would not take it. she was like, i'm replacing your laptop. and then i had a laptop thatjudi dench gave me. what is it like doing these huge concerts in front of tens of thousands of people who might not necessarily know your music because they are here to see a huge range of artists? in a way it is good because i like artists? in a way it is good because ilikea artists? in a way it is good because i like a challenge, and you know that a festival like this or any festival you have to win over people in the crowd, people who aren't familiar with you or your music, so

you have to give the best show possible. well, best of luck, ollie. we will be here for the rest of the morning. ed sheerin will be here on the big stage, taylor swift will be on later. back to you. thanks. it's nice to see someone who is clearly a start but he is obviously nervous and think things might go wrong, i'm sure they won't. it's that sense of being human, you assume people on the stage must be ian ‘s nerves. it's good to see him being so honest. there's plenty more to come here on breakfast — we'll be live with liverpool fans in kiev and liverpool ahead of tonight's huge final and we'll be back in swansea with stars from the "biggest weekend". we'll be back with the headlines in a few moments. stay with us.

hello, this is breakfast with steph mcgovern and chris mason. ireland is on the verge of history after its referendum on abortion. exit polls suggest a landslide win for those who've been campaigning to end the country's near—total ban on terminations. good morning, it's saturday 26th may. also this morning... harvey weinstein is released on a million—dollar bail after being charged with rape as his accusers say it's time for justice to prevail.