that's something that england's not used to doing as a nation, never mind as a women's football team. i think what we've got to get used to is starting to feel like what it's like to win, i think that's what, kind of, america, germany, france, i think that's what carries them through those bad spells. they are champions, they've been champions. i think we've got to find a way of getting to that level, and winning this cup would put us in really good stead for going into a world cup. the lionesses‘ manager will make changes tonight, emphasising that he has belief in his squad. it's becoming increasingly clear that the pride also have belief in each other and mayjust be about to make their country proud. jo currie, bbc news, tampa. team! time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. hello, sophie. iwish hello, sophie. i wish i was doing the dog walk this morning, it was glorious. it was chilly but there

was lots of sunshine. mixed fortunes so was lots of sunshine. mixed fortunes so far, some of you had some rain, pretty miserable across the scottish borders. perhaps you will be splashing on the pedals if you are out with your family because the showers will keep going. just moving out of northern england head into the scottish borders as we speak, it is this little occlusion, but as we go through the latter stages of the day we need to bring your attention to this in the south—west, bringing wet and windy weather. newson showers are close to the scottish borders, sunshine elsewhere and presently warm in eastern england. the crowd gathers later, rain arrives and winds strengthen. wet and windy weather coming from this area of low pressure, not as severe as sunday but widely in excess of 50 mph or stronger unexposed coasts. a milder star turn towards england and wales, further north with

clearer skies, temperatures in the far north of scotland sitting below freezing. buy atm tomorrow it will be a wet and windy start, chilly in the far north of scotland, some early sunshine per temperatures just below freezing —— by eight o'clock tomorrow morning. some snow and gusts of wind widely in excess of a0 mph and maybe stronger, snow above a00 metres. lots of purge around and plenty of showers, towards the west, some pushing further inland through the afternoon. some heavy, possibly even century. the rain drifts steadily north into the far north of scotland, if you dodge the showers and keep sunshine we will have highs other 21a or 15. the northerly flow will chase the milder air back to the near continent, so by the end of the near continent, so by the end of the week it looks like it is getting

colder. some of the showers through the east coast will turn wintry to higher ground, a little bit colder on thursday, more sunshine coming through, colder still into the far north of scotland. rain returns for the second half of the weekend. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... britain's most senior police officer contradicts the prime minister over the rise in knife crime, saying there is a link between violent crime and cuts in the number of police. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. here's your latest sports news. proposals to merge two of welsh rugby union's most successful teams have been described as "deeply concerning" by the welsh rugby players union.

0spreys and scarlets could join up as soon as next season if the plans get the go—ahead at a meeting held by wales‘ professional game board this afternoon. the name of the team, where it would play and who would coach the regional side have still to be finalised. the wru also wants to introduce a side in north wales. but representatioves from wales‘ professional players union say they've been left in limbo, with no security over their futures. tottenham can lose to borussia dortmund in germany this evening and still qualify for the quarterfinals of the champions league — but spurs boss mauricio pochettino isn't thinking about that. they go to germany carrying a 3—0 lead from the first leg at wembley. no side have ever won a champions league home knockout game by that much and then been eliminated. but pochettino says they'll play to win this evening. we need to forget the third leg, to be focused on trying to beat

borussia dortmund here again. it must be our approach. we need to go to the pitch and not think, in the first leg, only to have a very good performance, very professional, and try to win the game. coverage starts on five live at 7pm, kick off at apm. england's women could make history tonight and win their first ever trophy. japan are the team standing between them and the shebelieves cup. they'll face them in their final game in florida this evening. the four team competition has added importance with the women's world cup later this summer. england's women could make history tonight and win their first ever trophy. you can watch how england get on this evening in tampa. there's live coverage on bbc four from ten o'clock. it's also available via the bbc sport website, app and connected tv. british number two katie boulter is one win away from the indian wells main draw after beating american allie kiick in qualifying. boulter won 7—5, 5—7,

6—2 in two hours and i9 minutes and will face switzerland's viktorija golubic in the second qualifying round later. formula e is set to return to the streets of london in 2020. the electric motorsport will hold the london e—prix at the excel arena and the surrounding docklands area. the last race was held in 2015 and 2016, when battersea park provided the stage for back—to—back season finales. 0rganisers were then forced to find a new location after protesters argued the event caused disruption and harmed the environment. ronnie 0'sullivan is through to the quarterfinals of the players championship. the five—time world champion was made to work for the win against barry hawkins, eventually coming through by six frames to four in preston. he'll face eitherjohn higgins or mark selby in the last eight. after his win, for some reason, he decided to put on an australian

accent in his post—match interviews. ijust i just feel totally positive. ijust feel totally positive. when you talk aussie, the aussies, they arejust winners, mate. you have got to love a winner. the english love a loser, but i am fed up being a loser, but i am fed up being a loser, so i am going to talk like a winner, like the aussies. get the ashes won, mate. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. more sport later during afternoon live. military helicopters searching for two missing climbers on one of the world's highest mountains have found "no sign" of them. british mountaineer tom ballard and his italian climbing partner daniele nardi, were attempting to scale the more than 8000 metre tall, nanga parbat in northern pakistan. theirfriends have raised nearly one—hundred—thousand—pounds to help fund the rescue operation. richard galpin has more.

a full—scale rescue team flew into nanga parbat yesterday afternoon. some of the spanish and pakistani climbers dropped off here at camp two to begin their search, on foot and using drones, ——one to begin their search, on foot and using drones, for tom ballard and daniele nardi. the two men had been waiting at base camp for weeks, for a indow of good weather to reach the summit in winter ——for a window of good weather to reach the summit in winter via a particularly hard new route. tom ballard is regarded as one of the world's finest alpinists. and his climbing partner, daniele nardi, has huge experience in the himalayas, climbing many of the world's peaks. but nine days ago, all contact was lost, and the first search mission last week, could not find any sign of them. for several days after, bad weather prevented further rescue attempts.

as a young boy, tom ballard was drawn into the climbing world by his mother, alison hargreaves, the first woman to climb everest unaided. she died soon afterwards on k2. like k2, nanga parbat lies in the far north of pakistan, and it is more than 8000 metres high. it also has a ferocious reputation. many have died trying to reach the summit, and tom ballard and daniele nardi had been facing temperatures of —35 celsius. so could they have survived so long in those conditions? richard galpin, bbc news, islamabad. the former chairman of the conservative party, sayeeda warsi, has accused the party of being "in denial" over islamophobia. baroness warsi says the party is not taking the problem seriously, despite repeated cases of being reported to party officials.

0ur assistant political editor, norman smith is at westminster. thanks very much. we have a sort of almost parallel controversy in the tory party as the labour party. the labour party engulfed in accusations of anti—semitism, the tory party facing accusations that they are in denial about the extent of islamophobia. baroness warsi joins me now. why do you say that?” islamophobia. baroness warsi joins me now. why do you say that? i have been raising this issue for over three years. i have raised it with three years. i have raised it with three successive chairmen, i wrote to the prime minister about it nearly two years ago. i have submitted a plethora of cases, brought these to the attention of the party, and yet the party continues to be in denial about the extent of the problem. what do they say when you cite cases? that they will deal with cases as they arise, but they have not dealt with members of parliament who retweeted tommy

robinson, who made islamophobic comments, who how's it —— who hosted islamophobics in the parliament. they have not dealt with candidates who have made vile comments like, muslims should not be in public life, should be removed from our schools, should be thrown off bridges, should be deported simply for raising the issue if —— make the issue of islamophobia. it goes on, linked groups, members, there is no sense of transparency about the process, [10 sense of transparency about the process, no detail on the number of cases being dealt with, and we have seen recently the case in harlow, peter lamb, where he was allegedly suspended. he was then brought back into the party and nobody knew about it. he was then apparently supported. he was supported by the national party and indeed the local party right through to this morning, and in the end, he resigned. the party failed to deal with it. i am saying to the party, initially for

two years privately, and more re ce ntly two years privately, and more recently publicly, you have to deal with this rot that has now set. you a former party chairman and you know the ins and outs of the party and you're aware of the disciplinary processes , you're aware of the disciplinary processes, so you're aware of the disciplinary processes, so why do you believe nothing is being done? the processes are not clear. they have apparently changed, according to brandon, who there is a panel, though we don't know what that is. we have no idea oi'i know what that is. we have no idea on what the outcome of those cases is, so there is this complete opacity, and the use of bureaucracy and process, so when i have submitted things to brandon and subsequently checked on whether those matters have been dealt with, he came back and said, you did not submit it in the right format. it is astonishing that a current party chairman would tell an x party chairman would tell an x party chairman that the right format wasn't used, rather than be appalled at the substance of the allegation

that was being made. you will have seen that was being made. you will have seen the row in the labour party, so how would you compare this to that? i don't like to compare, because if i was i don't like to compare, because if iwasa i don't like to compare, because if i was a british jewish i don't like to compare, because if i was a britishjewish person looking at what was happening in the labour party right now, i would be appalled. i am appalled that a british muslim when i look across to the british labour party and see what my jewish the british labour party and see what myjewish colleagues are going through. i think when we start to compare, we did not submit it in the right format. it is astonishing that a current party chairman would tell anx party a current party chairman would tell an x party chairman that the right format wasn't used, rather than be appalled at the substance of the allegation that was being made. you will have seen the row in the labour party, so how would you compare this to that? i don't like to compare, because if i was a britishjewish person looking at what was happening in the labour party right now, i would be appalled. i am appalled that a british muslim when i look across to the british labour party and see what myjewish colleagues are going through. i think when we start to compare, we demean both. that is why i have written today to mick davis, the chief executive of the party and the treasurer, someone who has served for many years as chairman of the jewish leadership council, who was knighted for his

services to the jewish holocaust commemoration, and i desperately need allies from within our party who are sadly in denial. we know one of the reasons why there was labour mps left the labour party was because of anti—semitism. would you consider your position in the conservative party because of the failure to tackle islamophobia?” will not be bullied and hounded out of my party simply because it has lost its way. i spent years as part of the detoxification process of making sure that my party was releva nt making sure that my party was relevant to today's britain. i have pounded the streets for my party, raised money for my party, and if it is going through a process of becoming like ukip again, it is my job to stand within the party and fight to bring it into the centre ground. we saw demonstrations in parliament square by members of the jewish community against the labour party — what has been the impact on the muslim community of these allegations? there have been to quite start reports out recently, one by hope not hate, polling people who said they voted conservative who espouse the most vile conspiracy

theories. many people felt there we re theories. many people felt there were no go zones in the united kingdom where they thought only shari low was practised. —— sharia law. the labour party is picking up the majority of the black and minority support. we have gone backwards from 2010. the number of seats we held in constituencies which had 30% or more black hyphenation minority electorate, i think it was about 27, but we have gone to about 16 or 17. we have gone backwards, so it is notjust morally wrong but politically wrong. we need to get our house in order. how much of this do you a tribute to theresa may? we know that the row in the labour party is put down tojeremy corbyn, and we know that under david

cameron there was a huge effort to modernise the tory party and reach out, which some believe has either stalled or gone into reverse, so how much of this is recent, and how much has been the result of mrs may's leadership? i think david cameron leaving has definitely put the party into reverse. i think theresa may's style of leadership is very different. i think she doesn't listen, fails to acknowledge when there is a problem, fails to tackle there is a problem, fails to tackle the problem head on, and i think it is probably symptomatic of the way in which her leadership has dealt with other matters. burying your head in the sand will not make problems go away, and the party, the prime minister and the chairman burying their heads in the sand on this issue of islamophobia is not going to make the matter go away. it saddens me that having tried to deal with this matter privately for so long, having tried to submit these cases to the party privately, through e—mails, we are only getting

results when we have trial by social media. and it shouldn't have to be like this. this cannot be a healthy way in which to deal with the scourge way in which to deal with the scourge of bigotry. sayeeda warsi, thank you very much for your time. fascinating to look at the parallels, but clearly, both parties now facing very significant criticism, labour obviously of anti—semitism, but it would now appearan anti—semitism, but it would now appear an emerging controversy and problem for the conservative party too with islamophobia. norman, thank you. in a moment, we'll have all the business news, but first, the headlines on bbc news: britain's top police officer says there is a link between cuts in police numbers and violent crime. a british man has become clear of hiv after a stem cell transplant he received the bone marrow stem cells almost three years ago. the fomer conservative chair — baroness warsi — says the party is in denial about islamophobia.

in the business news: struggling department store chain debenhams has issued another profit warning as sales continue to fall. the retailer says like—for—like sales at the firm in the six months to march were down 5.3%. it's also warned that forecasts for the year ahead will come in lower than expected. the former boss of nissan, carlos ghosn, has been granted bail by a tokyo court. but it's been set at one billion yen — that's around £7 million. japanese media reports said he could be released as early as tuesday. mr ghosn has been charged with financial misconduct but has consistently denied any wrongdoing. plans to cap the costs of buying domestic goods, including tvs and fridges, through so—called rent—to—own shops have been confirmed by the city watchdog. the financial conduct authority will limit how much interest customers pay to no more than the product's cost. so, if a cooker costs £300, they will pay no more than £300 interest on top of the purchase price.

some firms had been charging much more. this week is the government's annual celebration of apprenticeships, national apprenticeships week. today we ask whether enough is being done to support and encourage young people into apprenticeships. charles parker is chief executive of the baker dearing educational trust. the trust supports university technical colleges, which are britain 5 first employer—backed schools. thank you forjoining us. can you explain exactly what a university technical college is? it is an academy which provides a technical education for children from 1a—19 yea rs education for children from 1a—19 years old, so we take the children at key stage four, and after 16, key stage five. we have been doing it for about eight or nine years, there

are now around a8 of these utcs open in the country, and they take a license from my organisation, led by the great lord baker, whose idea this has been, and i am his man essentially, and my job this has been, and i am his man essentially, and myjob is to make these utcs happen, get them into the system and embedded. what kind of difference do they make to a young person? i know they give a certain number of hours with an employer. yellow might we specialise in project —based learning, and that is because employers control the governing bodies of every one of our schools. the employers are very much involved with the learning that they have at school. we have profound employer engagement, which is quite unlike anything you will find in any of the other 3000 english secondary schools. we are very small still, only a8, 50 of us, but we are doing

extremely well. mps are campaigning for other schools to follow this kind of model. what do you think are the benefits to young people to have this kind of choice in their education? well, there is more than one way to go after you are 18. the prevailing wisdom is that you only succeed if you go to university, and about 50% of 18—year—olds from schools do indeed do that. 0nly about 50% of 18—year—olds from schools do indeed do that. only 6% of school leavers start an apprenticeship, not with utcs, where apprenticeships are front and centre of what we do. for the fourth year running, we have had over 26% of our 18—year—olds start really good apprenticeships, and this can mean, if they go for a degree apprenticeship, which is an exciting development, is that they are employed as an apprentice. an apprentice is an employee, it is a job. but also, they are trained and they get an opportunity for a

degree. this can mean that four or five years later, they emerge having a very good degree, no debt, having been paid, and frankly, being well ahead of a lot of their colleagues who have just been ahead of a lot of their colleagues who havejust been normal undergraduates. charles parker, thanks for coming on. lots more on national apprenticeship week here on bbc news and on our website. in other business stories we've been following: president trump has set his sights on india, ending the country's preferential status with the us when it comes to tariffs and taxes. the current scheme allows certain products to enter the us duty—free but president trump says india had failed to assure the us that it will allow reasonable access to its markets, so is to impose retaliatory taxes. india said the us move would have a "minimal economic impact". the national audit office has criticised the government's flagship id scheme. a damning report says gov.uk verify has fallen well short of its target of 25 million users by 2020,

managing only 3.6 million so far. the government says challenges like these are to be expected when the government is working "at the forefront of new technology". a study into the amount people pay for mobile data has found that the uk has some of the most expensive prices in europe. the research, from price comparison site cable.co.uk, found that one gigabyte of data cost $0.26 in india but $6.66 in the uk. the us had one of the most expensive rates, with an average cost of $12.37 for the same amount of data. in london, the markets are up. more business from me throughout the afternoon. priced out by a new competitor and fighting for survival, how does a black cab driver feel about meeting the man who is literally driving him out of business? deregulation has allowed private hire drivers

from firms like uber to get a taxi licence in one city and then turn up in almost any town across the country. they ve been picking up business that was traditionally serviced by locally—licensed black cab drivers. bbc crossing divides , a bbc season bringing people together in a fragmented world, brought these two sides of the divide together in coventry to see whether they could find common ground. the last ten years, it's changed a lot, and the work has quietened down. 50% of my takings have gone down. i think there's a lot of animosity between uber and the black cab drivers. my name's barry. i've been a private hire driver for 30 years, licensed by birmingham. licensing laws at the moment allow us to work here. a lot of people say it's a loophole. my name is faisal riaz. i'm a3 years old, and i've been doing taxis in coventry 20 yea rs. i invested about £150,000 into this, and i saw this as my

retirement. i'm glad that we have this time to chat to each other. i got this 30 years ago, this license, and when i took it, there wasn't so much red tape as what there is to try and get this licence today. i don't really think there should be a knowledge test. any particular reason? because there's a lot of apps for navigation now that show you which roads are blocked, which detours to take. and a taxi driver, whether he is private hire or hackney carriage, should have that knowledge in his head. when you see a road closure, you should be able to evaluate where you are going to go next, not rely on the satnav. i come out to make a reasonable living. i'm not going to run around for £1 a mile like uber drivers do when it's normal fare, when it's flatlined. i run taxis. i give out taxis on hire. two of my drivers gave me the keys back because they were struggling to pay for the rent. the work hours have increased considerably. you are looking to do

1a hours minimum. the only thing that divides our trade is obviously because this guy is a hackney carriage driver, i am a private hire driver. that's the only thing that separates us. we both do the same job. i've got nothing against private hire drivers. we deal with the same people and we take the same abuse. getting a bit emotional there. personally, i've got nothing against private hire drivers. what i've got against is the company uber, the regulations and the government. this guy has got to put food on the table. he's got a family to feed. fortunately, my kids are grown up, so they don't live at home anymore. sometimes i do have this heartfelt feeling that i am taking the food out of your mouth. it is a horrible feeling. at the end of the day, we are both cabbies. that report was part

of crossing divides, a bbc season bringing people together in a fragmented world. and if you go to bbc. co. uk/crossingdivides you can try our interactive quiz to find out if you live in a social bubble. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise. after a beautiful start, the cloud is gathering. this is cornwall an hour or so ago. low is gathering. this is cornwall an hour or so ago. low pressure is gathering. this is cornwall an hour or so ago. low pressure will bring wet and windy weather in which will move north. a different story across northern ireland and the scottish borders. we have had some showers that have been there all morning, giving a grey, dull, damp story. this is the rain so far. you can see the showers merging together for longer spells of rain across the scottish boards will —— like the scottish boards will —— like the scottish borders. there is a

significant low gathering in the south—west, bringing cloud into cornwall and bringing wet and windy weather through the night tonight. ahead of it, clouding a little, east of england... 0vernight, the low pressure m oves of england... 0vernight, the low pressure moves through, a blanket of cloud, wind and rain pushing steadily to the north, some of the rain heavy, some of the wind gusting up rain heavy, some of the wind gusting up to 60 mph on exposed coast. there will be snow on higher ground. the far north of scotland keeps clearer skies, with a chilly start on wednesday morning. the low pressure will take its time to move steadily across the country, so it will be a windy day generally. the rain will be heavy and persistent across the borders and into central scotland. the far north, the northern isles, west of the great glen, sunshine after the chilly start. there will be snow above a00 metres in scotland, some of the rain heavy, and the wind gusting up to 50 mph

widely. the rain should move through northern ireland and northern england through the morning, then a trail of showers. 8am, a windy and cloudy start with scattered showers, which will continue to push to the west and east through the day. heavy and possibly thundery through the day. a milder afternoon, 13—15dc across england and wales, cold in the far north of scotland. the cold airwill the far north of scotland. the cold air will push its way steadily south and east, with the wind coming from and east, with the wind coming from a northerly direction from thursday onwards. from thursday, you will notice the difference in the feel of the weather. despite it being relatively dry and bright, we will see showers on the east coast, turning wintry to higher ground. cooler in scotland, and ten or 11 celsius will feel cooler in england. it will likely stay like that into the weekend.

hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at 2.00: the met police commissioner, cressida dick, contradicts theresa may, saying there is a link between a rise in knife crime and cuts in police numbers. i agree that there is some link between violent crime on the streets, obviously, and police numbers. of course there is, and i think everybody would see that. toyota and bmw issue stark warnings about the impact a no—deal brexit would have on their plants in the uk, including the famous mini factory in 0xfordshire. the former conservative chair, baroness warsi, says the party is in denial about islamophobia, and says theresa may has failed to deal with it. i think she doesn't listen. i think she fails to acknowledge when there is a problem. she fails to tackle that problem head on.