you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's 11 am and these are the main stories this morning: sri lanka observes a national day of mourning, as funerals take place for some of the hundreds of victims of the easter sunday bombings. under scrutiny about how much it knew ahead of the attacks, sri lanka's government has said they were carried out by two local islamist groups in response to the christchurch massacre. these cctv pictures show one of the alleged bombers walking up to saint sebastian's church where at least 110 people died. a 57—year—old woman is arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee in londonderry. as mps return to westminster — talks are due to resume between the government and labour as they try to break the brexit deadlock.

and the former celtic captain and manager, billy mcneill — the first briton to lift the european cup — has died at the age of 79. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. mass funerals have taken place in sri lanka for victims of the suicide bomb attacks on sunday. we can now cross to my colleague who is in colombo. that is right, it is certainly a day of mourning here in sri lanka, a state of emergency has been declared as well. but, the day of mourning saw three—minute silence

being observed earlier today at 8:30am, that was the moment that the first bomb went off on easter sunday. we have seen these mass burials taking place in the morning as well, some 30 coffins with open caskets, very disturbing scenes, we are told, some with children in them, they were buried this morning. there is another mass burials occurring just about right now, in fa ct, occurring just about right now, in fact, this is all taking place in st sebastian's church in negombo, which is north of where i am in colombo right now. meanwhile, we have a seen footage of emerging of one of the suspected bombers walking into the st sebastian's church on sunday. if we ta ke st sebastian's church on sunday. if we take a look at this footage, the man appears to the top left of the screen. he has a backpack and appears to ask a child, a man, screen. he has a backpack and appears to aska child, a man, a question before walking off towards

the church, which was of course packed for easter sunday celebrations. you can see from the footage that there were simply hundreds of people in that building. asi hundreds of people in that building. as i have been mentioning, burials have been taking place for the victims in negombo, many more funerals are due to take place over the next few days. this is the latest. daybreak at st sebastian's church in negombo. dozens were killed in the bombings here on easter sunday. today, many of those victims will be laid to rest amidst tight security. the vast majority of those killed in co—ordinated suicide attacks against churches and luxury hotels were local people, but there were also at least 30 victims from overseas, eight of them were britons. ben nicholson survived the blast at the shangri—la hotel but his wife anita, son alex, and daughter annabel were killed. mr nicholson said his children shared their mother's ability to light up the room. former firefighter bill harrop and his wife sally, a gp,

were from manchester. they died in the blasts at the cinnamon grand hotel. mr harrop‘s colleagues said he was a much—loved and respected colleague who will be greatly missed. the attacks have been blamed on the local islamist group national thowheeth jama'ath. there have been 2a arrests. but that group is said to have acted with the help of so—far unnamed international terrorists. 0ne minister called it a colossal failure of intelligence. the the intelligence never indicated an attack of this magnitude. they were talking about isolated incidents, not like this. and besides, there is no emergence in this country. we cannot get the armed forces to assistance, we can only depend on the police. sri lanka is wary of more attacks. this was a blast as police tried to defuse explosives inside a van.

no—one was hurt. interpol is deploying investigators to sri lanka. the us is closely monitoring the situation as the hunt for the foreign terrorists who may have masterminded these attacks gathers pace. andy moore, bbc news. we know that the latest death toll has risen, it is now 310 people who died from sunday's blast, more than 500 are injured as well. along with those, there are many missing bodies of loved ones, and sri lankans have been searching in wards to find out what has happened to their loved ones. clive has been speaking to some of them who have been hoping for news. at the police mock today, the living are looking for the dead. those

gathered cluster around the giant video screen as images appear. grotesque photographs of those they held dearest, still bloodied. it is a particular torment to learn not just that a loved one has died, but to see how they died. some of the injuries mean visual identification is impossible. this lady survived the attack on saint anthony's church, but her friend the attack on saint anthony's church, but herfriend in the attack on saint anthony's church, but her friend in the picture is still missing. translation: ijust translation: i just saw translation: ijust saw smoke translation: i just saw smoke and i translation: ijust saw smoke and i grabbed my daughter's hand and we both ran. when we got outside, we saw dead people. there were small children andi people. there were small children and i was covered in blood. people. there were small children and i was covered in bloodm people. there were small children and i was covered in blood. it was a global tragedy. these are swiss diplomats trying to find their citizens. but it is sri lanka, they

bear the heaviest weight of loss. local people must try to make sense of all this on a christian community left flailing for answers. it is a very emotional situation here, the local council must help these people who are broken into pieces. claiming the bodies of the dead and laying them to rest begins the healing process. this man witnessed the aftermath of the explosion that killed his brother—in—law. along with many others, it is the images of children that stick in the mind. translation: this is a terrible tragedy, it is unimaginable. there were bodies of small children. they were in such small children. they were in such small pieces that they couldn't be identified. i can't tell you how sad i feel. there has been no violence on this scale since the end of the civil war a decade ago.

as his brother—in—law‘s body begins its final journey, many as his brother—in—law‘s body begins its finaljourney, many now pray sunday's insanity isn't a sign of worse to come. we are getting some word on the ground that there has been a high alert issued by police stations that there is a van full of explosives that may potentially be on a road here in colombo somewhere, we don't know, but we are all being advised to return it to our hotels, to potentially take cover. so this is still a really active situation here, monday, a day after the attacks, we saw several devices being detonated, so there are still a lot of investigations taking place, security is out in full force and the soldiers on the road and there have been curfews every night as well that have been lifted in the morning. i should add that this is a

state of emergency, that was declared at midnight today, and that gives the sri lankan government sweeping powers to arrest or detain people that they deem suspects without a court order. so this is a really high stress situation. the prime minister will also hold a press c0 nfe re nce prime minister will also hold a press conference later this evening and we will be watching out for what he has to say. there has been a lot of anger amongst people here in sri la nka of anger amongst people here in sri lanka that the government may have been warned of these attacks as early as weeks ago and simply didn't act on it and didn't do very much about it. a row within the government, there is a rift between the president here and the prime minister, essentially saying that they don't get on, so as a result, they don't get on, so as a result, the prime minister wasn't informed and was kept in the dark during security briefings. so all of this has made people here are incredibly angry and there was a lot of

tension, these alerts keep going out and we are hearing various things on the ground and it is incredibly tense here. that was our reporter in colombo. police have arrested a 57—year—old woman in connection with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee in londonderry on thursday. the development comes after the so—called new ira admitted responsibility for the murder. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page had this update from belfast. well, we know that the suspect is 57, we know that she is a woman. it is not clear where she was arrested, but we do know that she has been taken for questioning to a police station here in belfast. she has been detained under the terrorism act, so she is the third person to be arrested by detectives here investigating the murder of lyra mckee who was shot dead in londonderry on thursday night. over the weekend, two teenagers, one aged 18, the other 19, were detained. they were released without charge on monday night, though.

the police investigation is continuing, the police are continuing to appeal for potential witnesses, for any information, particularly from members of the local community in the creggan area of derry, which is where lyra was fatally wounded during disturbances on thursday night. she was 29 and a freelance lighter, very well respected as a journalist, —— freelance writer, tipped for a very bright future, she had already made a name for herself, writing passionately about social issues, very personal pieces about her experience of growing up gay in northern ireland. she had also written plenty of times about the conflict in northern ireland, the troubles, and the impact it was still having on her generation, even though it is such a long time now, 21 years, since the good friday peace agreement was signed. so the widespread condemnation has continued to be uttered throughout the world, really, the us president bill clinton are among those who have been speaking, commenting about the murder

of lyra mckee, saying it is a reminder of how fragile the peace in northern ireland is. chris page reporting. brexit talks between the government and labour will resume this afternoon, as mps return to westminster after the easter break. cabinet ministers will meet senior opposition figures to try to break the deadlock over the prime minister's withdrawal agreement. but a number of tory mps are angry that labour is involved, and senior conservative backbenchers will meet later today to discuss their next moves. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. hello to you again, you were saying earlier that there is little sign of any progress in these brexit talks. of course, all of that is putting more pressure on theresa may's leadership, isn't it? there is almost a sense of exit being calm at the moment, and we seem to be drifting with no clear direction. it seems the government are pretty much

placing everything on getting some sort of outcome from the talks with the labour party, which will resume this afternoon. but i think most people outside of government to take the view that theresa may's is clutching at straws, if she thinks jeremy corbyn will come rushing to her rescue and provide a brexit deal she can live with. as it is, labour are saying the only agreement they could countenance is if the prime minister made the decision to accept a customs union, but we know that for many tory mps, that would be com pletely for many tory mps, that would be completely unacceptable. albeit, many are already up in arms about the site as theresa may and jeremy corbyn trying to work together. and we know that late this afternoon, the executive committee of the 1922 group of tory backbenchers will be meeting to discuss again whether they can change the rules surrounding a possible leadership contest. after, you remember, they tried to get one in december, and

failed, giving one year's grace. it now seems they are poised to have another go, with one member of the group this morning, nigel evans, saying he would like the prime minister to announce her departure date today. and so i find it hugely frustrating, my own view now is that i believe that we need fresh leadership and i hope that we are able to persuade theresa may that now is the time to go. she is reaching out, i know, to the labour party and to jeremy corbyn when she should have been reaching out to 17.4 million people. and, indeed, even people who voted remain in my own constituency have said to me, nigel, just get on with it. you said we were going to leave, why haven't we left? that was nigel evans speaking in a personal capacity, we will have to see what the rest of the committee decide. talking to some last night, i got the sense they are not minded

to do anything before the local elections in a couple of weeks. more likely is they could wait until the outcome of the european elections on the 23rd of may, which are threatening to be pretty grim for theresa may, and that could be the moment when the 22 decide that you really have to go or we will change the rules. although, oil ministers like the prisons minister, rory stewart this morning stressing that changing leader was not going to solve brexit. the key point is people need to, i feel, think two or three stages ahead and be careful what they wish for. the illusion here is that somehow the problem is the individual, the prime minister, and if they were just suddenly replaced by some charming figure, someone with the charm of alex salmond or george galloway or nigel farage, somehow the whole problem would go away. it wouldn't, because the problem isn't the prime minister, the problem is brexit. the problem is that the country is split almost straight down the middle on what it wants to do, and anybody who tries to take the difficult job of finding

a compromise solution, a brexit that is responsible and economically responsible, would be in trouble, and that's the challenge the prime minister is facing. but she deserves credit for that and praise, not blame. so, where do we go from here? i'm tempted to say we go round and round and round in circles. because of these talks end up with no new deal, then the next position number ten seem to be pursuing is having more votes in parliament to try and come to some sort of consensus about what mps could possibly vote for. but as we know, we have been there before and didn't break the deadlock. at the same time, brexiteers are banging on the door of downing street saying to theresa may, what you really need to do is revisit our ideas for using technology to get round the idea of a customs border. familiar terrain, tried that before, didn't provide a breakthrough. as i say, round and round we go. thank

you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news: a national day of mourning in sri lanka, as the first funerals take place for some of the more than 300 victims of easter sunday's bombings. a 57—year—old woman is arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee in londonderry. as mps return to westminster, talks are due to resume between the government and labour as they try to break the brexit deadlock. and in sport: the first briton to lift the european cup — billy mcneill — has died at the age of 79. mcneill led celtic when they beat inter milan in 1967. manchester united manager 0le gunnar solskjaer says he is the right man to turn around fortunes at old trafford after his side slumped to a 6th defeat in 8 games at the weekend. and amateurjames cahill is just 2 frames away from shocking 5—times winner ronnie 0'sullivan

in their first round match at the world snooker championship. i'll be back with more on those stories. there's a warning that a lack of english classes for migrants will harm the integration of communities, and fuel right—wing extremism after brexit. the muslim council of britain and the association of colleges have condemned a halving of funds over the last ten years. leigh milner reports. cup of tea. muna al—wadi from syria is one of 750,000 people in the uk that speaks little or no english. it's up to her 14—year—old daughter to help her. when she has an appointment in the doctor or dentist or anything i go with her to help her because she doesn't know the language. and when she goes sometimes shopping i go to help her. the government is spending

£50 million to help women like muna integrate better. £6 million is dedicated solely to this. here at this doctor's surgery, 80% of appointments have to be translated. and what language? lithuanian. they have recruited workers who speak 15 different languages. my spanish is not very good... is some patients bring their children to help, like this woman from venezuela, who has brought her 17—year—old daughter. we have ta ken 17—year—old daughter. we have taken people from the local community and tried to scale them to help out with our patients, translate and help with health care. don't you think this is discouraging people from learning english? we have to be able to communicate with our patients. if we don't communicate, it will put pressure on hospitals. bbc research shows there has been a 12% rise in the number of

people taking official english classes in the last three years, but thatis classes in the last three years, but that is still much lower than it was. the reason this community centre is so popular is because it is right next door to a mosque, where most of the migrant community live here in peterborough. but, the city is one of five places across the country the government has identified as needing help with integration. the people that have been here longer are more integrated. i think it is quite diverse. i think they don't want to live with us. it has never really felt like there has been a complete mash, maybe some more than others. 0verall, funding for courses has more than halved in a decorate. it is one that a lack of english classes will feel right wing extremism post brexit. classes will feel right wing extremism post brexitlj classes will feel right wing extremism post brexit. i think cuts we re extremism post brexit. i think cuts were a mistake, they made a mistake. the ministry for communities and local government are now in catch up mode. the government says it

recognises the pressures facing colleges and it will assess the funding in the next spending review. as for muna, she is gratefulfor her daughter's help with english. at least eight people have been killed in a powerful earthquake on the island of luzon in the philippines. dozens are feared trapped in buildings north of the capital, manila. the quake — magnitude 6.1 — caused structural damage to clark international airport and made office buildings sway in manila. colombian officials have announced the number of people killed in a landslide in the southwest of country has risen to at least 28. a rescue operation has been active since weeks of heavy rains caused a mudslide, which buried eight houses in the small town of rosas. at least two other people are unnacounted for. emergency teams are still trying to put out a fire on moorlands in west yorkshire, thought to have been caused by a disposable barbecue. the flames started on sunday evening

and quickly spread. the national trust, which looks after the site, says the area is of special importance, because of the birds which nest there. the trust says a recent £200,000 investment to preserve the habitat has now been lost. meanwhile, around 20 homes in north wales have been evacuated, as fire crews tackle a large mountain fire. the blaze is thought to have started behind quarry workings in an area overlooking the town of blaenau ffestiniog. 0ne eyewitness said the hillside looked like a volcano. within the next hour or so, its expected to be confirmed that president trump is to make a state visit to the uk. (tx the president was promised the visit by theresa may shortly after he was elected in 2016, but no date was set. it's thought the trip could now coincide with the 75th anniversary of the d—day landings injune. we will keep a close eye on whether

that official announcement is made. we arejust going that official announcement is made. we are just going to take you to bristol now, where lots of people are arriving and they are there for change uk, there is heidi allen, the interim leader of the group, as they launch their european election campaign. the group are saying that 3700 people applied to stand under change uk as meps. 895 are former labour activists, 105 x lib dems, 92 x green party members and former conservative mps as well, those figures from change uk. and hopefully we can see in a few minutes, racheljohnson, boris

johnson's sister, on the platform. we believe she is going to be a candidate and indeed, change uk saying that a number of household names will be standing as candidates for them in the european elections. so, we are expecting heidi allen, there she is, to speak first of all. and we will be bringing some of this to you. the party, the group, formed just eight weeks ago. it is a combination of labour, former labour and conservative mps dissatisfied with the direction of travel on brexit. there is the former labour mp, chris leslie. and here is heidi allen who is preparing to speak. good morning everybody, and particular thanks for the close—up shots on rachel there, i'm sure she is... she is looking tanned, so it's fine. welcome everyone and thank you for joining fine. welcome everyone and thank you forjoining us at this phenomenal

venue forjoining us at this phenomenal venuein forjoining us at this phenomenal venue in bristol. we the curious, and you may be curious, too, to know why we are here this morning. i will put you out of your misery. we are here to announce the official launch of our eu election campaign. so a very warm of our eu election campaign. so a very warm welcome on of our eu election campaign. so a very warm welcome on behalf of the whole team at change uk, the independent group. we are here today with a really simple message. if you are fed up with our broken politics, join us, get involved and let's change it together. it was just nine weeks ago that 11 mps, we decided to come together across the political demise and work together to form the independent group, and what a nine weeks it has been. eight mps resigned from the labour party and three of us from the conservatives. they were incredibly difficult decisions to take, but our parties had moved so far away from the centre ground of mainstream british politics, and despite all our best endeavours, we knew it was too late and we couldn't change them. so we

had no choice but to say enough is enough. since then, all the evidence shows that we did make the right decision. the conservatives have drifted yet further to the right, now so anti—europe and anti—business that conservative voters can barely recognise their party anymore. labour have to lead the country down, offering an effective opposition to a government at a time when the country needs it most. lacking leadership on brexit and still, still failing to tackle anti—semitism. but as an mp, you are ina anti—semitism. but as an mp, you are in a privileged position to do something about it. we knew it was our responsibility to act and give the country a better choice. last week, the electoral commission approved us to stand as a formal political party. applause that is something to celebrate.

when was the last time somebody uploaded a new political party? laughing you are supposed to boo at that point. with parliament in deadlock, and european elections scheduled for the 23rd of may, we are here to say, we stand ready. because these elections are a chance to send the clearest possible message — we demand a people's vote and the right to remain and campaign to remain in the european union. cheering and applause and we are not afraid to say it as clearly as that. so the call went out, we need a team and did you hear

us? from every corner of the uk and every background, 3700 people offered to stand as candidates. and i would like to thank every single one of them today for standing up and being prepared to be countered when their country needed them the most. because so many of you have no prior political affiliation at all, just like me when i decided to become an mp. but you are prepared to get stuck in, realising that democracy actually isn't somebody else's job. we will need your determination, support and patriotism in the hard coming weeks and beyond. and for that, we say thank you. today, i am very proud, like a proud mum, to

introduce our team. these, ladies and gentlemen, are our candidates. from all walks of life, right across the uk, teachers, nurses, leading professionals, carers, ex armed forces, public sector, private sector, people new to politics and seasoned politicians who have all concluded the same thing — that the old political parties have let them down. this is no rebel alliance, this is the home of the remain alliance. and just like us mps, many of our candidates have left their political parties tojoin us. candidates have left their political parties to join us. and just like us, they believe the british people wa nt us, they believe the british people want politicians to put the national interest first. not themselves, and together, we will fight for the

change that this country needs, based on evidence, not ideology. that is the evidence to tackle climate change, to tackle poverty and social injustice, and to tackle those health care challenges. right now, a brexit deal carved upjust to keep the two main parties intact, thatis keep the two main parties intact, that is not good enough either. we will do everything in our power to ensure that the united kingdom has a better choice for the future. this new party is standing up and speaking up for the mainstream britain that we all know ad today, we ask you to join us. when britain that we all know ad today, we ask you tojoin us. when i britain that we all know ad today, we ask you to join us. when i say us, i mean this fabulous team. i would like to introduce you to three of our european candidates. andrea cooper, one of our candidates in the north—west.

and we meant it when we said we were not just looking for and we meant it when we said we were notjust looking for candidates in the political bubble. she has worked for yea rs the political bubble. she has worked for years working with people in deprivation and she is also a yoga teacher. vicky here... now, vicky is a qualified teacher and she is going to be representing our south—eastern region. she had been a labour parliamentary candidate, a labour councillor, a labour chair and she is passionate about getting more women involved in politics. she also built a shed this weekend, i'm told. she had the hands to prove it. and painted as well. and finally we have gavin...

iam sure i am sure you will recognise him from his a0 years, billy, a0? his a0 year career in tv and journalism. he has interviewed everybody. he has interviewed angela merkel, bill clinton and dolly parton. as one of our candidate in london, he is going to be working a whole lot more than 95, ican to be working a whole lot more than 95, i can tell you. ladies and gentlemen, i would like you to put your hands together for gavin. applause thank you for coming. i am very, very proud to have been selected as a change uk candidate for london.

0ne a change uk candidate for london. one of the team for london for that great city. i have never been a memberofa great city. i have never been a member of a political party, but i am now. i have member of a political party, but i am now. i have never member of a political party, but i am now. i have never been a candidate in an election, but i am now. and i have never been seriously worried about the future of our country, but i am now. 0ur political system is a joke. it isa 0ur political system is a joke. it is a worldwide joke they are laughing at us, not with us, actors it is broken. we know that this country cannot possibly be strong abroad when it is weak at home. i wa nt abroad when it is weak at home. i want to help do whatever i can to start to change this. i have joined this rimane aligns for three reasons. , stop brexit, —— remain

alliance for three reasons, stop brexit, fix britton and irene —— fix britton and the first brexit, fix britton and irene —— fix britton and the first step is a peoples vote. we have to stop brexit now. as i campaign in london, i have a number of people in mind i also have a friend in mind, i'm not going to name him, but he is self—employed, he is in his 405 and he would describe himself as working class. he works six days a week, sometimes seven days a week, he pays his taxes and he loves this country. he voted leave. and he told me why. he told

me that they, the labour and conservative parties have done nothing much for him. and he stopped voting altogether. but he did vote in the 2016 referendum and he told me why again. to send a message to the political class and his message was that britain needs fixing and i agree with that message stop gavin esler there, one of change uk's candidates as it launches its candidates. more than 3700 people applied to be candidates for the party, which of course began as a combination of former labour and conservative mps. and from that they have selected a number of people,

including very well—known faces like gavin esler, also, behind him, mitchell johnson, gavin esler, also, behind him, mitchelljohnson, sister of boris johnson who will be standing as a candidate for the group. —— rachel johnson. we will get some more on that from our political correspondent in due course. the swedish teenage climate change activist, 16—year old greta thunberg, has urged british politicians to "listen to the scientists" on climate change. the swedish teenager, who inspired the school climate strikes movement, is expected to meet party leaders later today. she told nick robinson from bbc radio a's today programme that she did not expect to change their minds single—handedly, saying: "we need to do that together." greta, you're going to be meeting political leaders from all parties. do you think you can change their minds? no.

i mean, not me, not only me. but i, together with this school strike movement and everyone else can definitely do it. i maybe speak on the behalf of them, but i alone won't change them, but we need to do that together. and yet, in just a few months, you have gone from being a solitary swedish schoolgirl, sitting outside parliament, to what feels like a global movement. yes. i started school striking in august, the end of august, and since then i have school striked every friday. and this movement has become huge. it has escalated these last couple of months and, i mean, it's so big it's like over1 million students, 1.6 million

students, having school strikes for the climate. and it's unbelievable. i can't really take it in. i was going to say, one minute you're meeting the pope, you're speaking at the un, the european parliament, do you occasionally have to pinch yourself and say, how has this happened? yes, definitely. i can't really... because i'm so busy all the time, i always have things i must do, so i never really have time to sit and think through what is actually happening, so it's hard to sort of understand it. now, here in london, you went to speak to the people on the streets and you said you supported extinction rebellion. is it necessary, in your view, to disrupt things, break the rules a bit, like you do with your school strike? i mean, as long as it's non—violent, and i think that could definitely make a difference, it could change people's minds, make people become

more aware of the situation that we actually show that this is an emergency. this is an existential crisis and we must do everything we can to stop it. and then, of course, there are many methods you can use, but i think that disruption definitely has a lot of impact. you said something very striking the other day, you said, we need to panic, we can'tjust have a polite conversation about this anymore. what did you mean? i mean, by panic, i mean that we step out of our comfort zones and we realise what is actually going on. as i say, if your house is on fire and you want to keep your house from burning to the ground, then it does require some level of panic. you don't sit talking about insurance claims or rebuilding, renovations, then you do everything you can to put out the fire. the question then is what that is?

for individuals, for government? if these politicians later today say to you, what you want us to do, greta, what should we now do? then i would say, listen to the science. listen to the scientists. invite them to talk. they have many things, a lot of solutions that you can do. i am just speaking on behalf of them. i am trying to say what they have been saying for decades. and so, there are many things as an individual you can do. but i think the most important thing is that you, as i usually say, you make yourself aware of the situation and what is going on and, once you are aware, then talk to people, spread that information, because once you fully understand the consequences of the climate and ecological crisis, then you know what you must do and what habits you need to, we should change.

then you also put pressure on people in power so that they also will change. scores of extinction rebellion protesters have left a makeshift camp at marble arch to walk to parliament square. demonstrators carrying flags and banners set off earlier this morning. activists say it's a signal of a "renewed push" to have politicians answer the group's demands and inject fresh energy into the protests. and here are some live pictures above parliament square right now. you can see that line of people extinction rebellion protesters are moving towards parliament square from a marble arch as they continue their protests.

a man has been charged with causing the deaths of the people any crash. they all died at the scene in peterborough on the 1ath of april. he appeared at the magistrates' court on three counts of causing death by dangerous driving. the 26—year—old was bailed to appear before peterborough crown court next month. samsung has delayed the launch of its first folding smartphone, after early reviews showed the device needed "further improvements". several technology journalists who tested the galaxy fold before its official release reported problems with the screen. our technology correspondent chris fox says within 2a hours some of these devices went on the blink. at one case that there was something

underneath the screen that was pushing through. samsung took those devices back and had a look at what was going on. it said it claimed impact on an exposed part of the hinge and said that a foreign substance had entered one of the devices. it seems to be laying a bit of the blame on the reviewers there, but the reviewers say they did not handle the phones and any rough way, they just handled it handle the phones and any rough way, theyjust handled it regularly. it is unusual. samsung says these should be open and that might be able to open and close 200,000 times, that's what they had any lap times, that's what they had any lap time test. but a robot doing that in the lab is not the same as people doing it and putting it in their pockets and so on. i think of in £1800 of these are retailing at. these are absolutely premium bonds, so how embarrassing is this person is in? it is embarrassing because it is in? it is embarrassing because it is not a device to sell to the masses. it is positioning and meant

to position samsung is a great innovator. and for people to have a go on it. it is a bit of a pr exercise, so for it to go wrong is a disaster. it evokes memories of another botched launch, the samsung galaxy note seven. that became known as the exploding phone as the batteries overheated and airlines told people not to bring them on flights as it got so bad. it is another bit of an embarrassment. flights as it got so bad. it is another bit of an embarrassmentm was due to be lodged here early next month, but do we knew when the new lunch date will be? it has said it will announce a new lunch date in the next to back weeks. it has also cancelled some lunch date in china —— launch date. in some of the cases at the reviewers are peeled off part of the screen, so these screens are not glass like you would expect of a normal screen. these are made of plastic to bed. some thought that it could be peeled off like a

protective film. some of the reviewers yanked that off and broke the device. the good bit more clear labelling on there and saying don't put the —— do not pull this off. a national day of mourning in sri lanka, as the first funerals take place for some of the more than 300 victims of easter sunday's bombings. a 57—year—old woman is arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee in londonderry. as mps return to westminster — talks are due to resume between the government and labour as they try to break the brexit deadlock. welcome to the business news. the three biggest mobile operators — vodafone, ee and 02 — are failing to offer adequate levels of service and support, according to new research. the consumer group which? says this was despite the big operators often costing more than smaller rivals.

london's top transport boss should consider quitting according to a report into delays on london's crossrail. the project, to build a new railway underneath central london, was due to open in december 2018 but it might not open until 2020 at the earliest. a report by the london assembly has recommended transport for london commissioner mike brown should reflect "on whether he is fit to fulfil his role". the proportion of uk firms reporting a cyber—attack has jumped, despite most businesses admitting they are under—prepared for breaches, according to research from hiscox. the insurerfound 55% had faced an attack in 2019, up from a0% last year. vodafone has been rated as the uk's worst mobile network provider for the eighth year in a row, in consumer group which?'s eighth annual survey.

and ee and 02 also finished in the bottom three. virtual network provider giffgaff came top of the poll, ahead of utility warehouse and plusnet mobile. which? said the study proved that good "customer service" and "value for money" were important to people as natalie hitchins from which told us a little earlier. it's not a new picture and we have seen this trend over previous years. we run a mobile satisfaction survey of the year and this year, vodafone came last. they also came last last year. but not too far behind them where ee and 02. and, really, what was drawn together the theme for how the networks

are failing was a customer service, technical support and value for money. we don't see this with some of the smaller, lesser—known networks. so, in our research, the likes of giffgaff, utility warehouse and plusnet came out on top. they got resoundingly positive customer satisfaction figures and they also seem to be delivering where it really counts for consumers when it comes to value for money. these are big companies, they've been around for a long time, they have possibly been suffering from a touch of complacency creeping in. they have huge customer bases. however, customers are speaking loud and clear. they are not happy to stop whereas some of the newer, they are not happy, whereas some of the newer, lesser—known firms, such as giffgaff, i really getting it right. if you think about a company like vodafone, they have lots in their favour, they have big networks, they own their wireless communications infrastructure, they have physical stores, they have customer service centres. if you look at the company like giffgaff, it doesn't do that, but yet it is still really able to deliver. and vodafone has said it is saudi that people do not like it's a

service. in other business stories we've been following... former republican presidential hopeful herman cain has withdrawn from the race to join the board of america's central bank, the federal reserve. donald trump has said he would respect his decision despite mr trump previously saying mr cain was his preferrred choice to take the job. britain has broken its record for the longest continuous period without generating electricity from coal. national grid said that the coal—free period lasted more than 90 hours before coming to an end on monday afternoon. it is the longest period since the industrial revolution and breaks the previous record set in april 2018 of 76 hours and 10 minutes. telsa boss elon musk says robot taxis — with no human drivers — will be available in some us cities next year. in a presentation, mr musk also unveiled a new microchip for self driving cars made by samsung. it's hoped the chip will give tesla an edge over rivals when it comes to autonomous driving.

and now on the markets, the parent company of snapchat as some have copied its features. we also have results from twitter. it is contending with the rise of a fake news and how it is tackling that. there is an ongoing concern about the price of oil after the us said it will impose sanctions on iranian oil exports and any can countries that continue to trade with iran. prices tipping up. you can see it is that $7a per barrel. and crude is that $7a per barrel. and crude is that light crude is at 65 nearly $70 per barrel. the ftse 100 that light crude is at 65 nearly $70 per barrel. the ftse100 isjust up and £1 will buy you a dollar 30. as those back and negotiations continue.

that's all the business news. news just newsjust in in the news just in in the last couple of moments, the so—called islamic state group has claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks in sri lanka which claimed the lives on easter sunday. sri lanka's government has blamed the blasts on local islamist group, but there is considerable debate over whether they are responsible and of any assistance was given the to them outside. but islamic state, the so—called islamic state group are coming responsibility. there are calls for a change in the law, after a big increase in the number of dog attacks on livestock. farming unions are backing tougher fines for owners, and want greater legal protection forfarmers. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been to meet a couple in anglesey,

who lost eight sheep in a horrific attack. there's some distressing images in her report. rob was just basically shouting my name and saying, "come quick, come quick!" i said, "what's the problem, what's the problem?" he said, "we've had a dog attack." utter devastation. complete carnage, really. on that one day in march, thejoneses and a neighbouring farm lost ten lambs and seven ewes. their vet said it was the worst dog attack he'd ever seen. just utter devastation, i mean, you know... the injuries are...i mean.. dead sheep everywhere. it's just terrible. the pictures are that bad... we can't show them. we can't show them! so you know, these animals have had a taste for blood now. how do we know that they're not going to attack children if they are pets within a family environment? outside the joneses farm a poster warns owners to keep their dogs under control...

in what promises to be a record year for incidents. it is a growing concern — 113% increase in 2018 on livestock being worried by dogs, particularly. you want a change in the law, don't you. i need it strengthened, no doubt about it. there's no formal requirements for the police to record an incidence, believe it or not. so these figures, this increase, is just, it could just be the tip of the iceberg. that's right. a few miles up the north wales coast in prestatyn, we meet stella. she's here for obedience training. but... she doesn't always do what you want her to do? no, i'm afraid, she's a poodle! and she does have this zone where they like to run and run and run, they're very high energy. this is how we lose it all in the garden. few pet dogs will have the instinct to kill butjane, a trainer, tells me all have the instinct to chase and surprise. i bet you hear this all the time.

"oh, my dog would never do anything like that!" we do hear it all the time but every dog's different. every single dog, no matter how well trained, is unpredictable. the bottom line is, around livestock, a dog should be under control. always. wait! imagine your body's a brick wall. wait! today, she's teaching her owners one key command. strong voice, not "wait", "wait!" but the reality is that most incidents of animal worrying and attacks are by dogs which have strayed not just from a leash but probably from an unsecured garden. good girl! she's done it though, well done. she did it! good girl. and praise. worrying an animal even without attacking can still cause death through stress and could still cause a pregnant animal to miscarry. you may think that your dog wouldn't do anything like this but it's an animal at the end of the day

and you don't want this devastation on your own hands. we don't want people to be able to come and walk their dogs, we're not saying don't walk your dog, butjust be a responsible dog owner. jayne mccubbin, bbc news. take a look at these new photos of prince louis, released to mark his first birthday. the youngest child of the duke and duchess of cambridge is seen playing in the garden of the family's home, on the sandringham estate in norfolk. catherine took the pictures herself, earlier this month. now it's time for a look at the weather. there is quite a little bit of cloud at the moment. quite high level cloud. masking the sunshiny bit bit hazy for many of us at the moment easter monday we saw

record—breaking temperatures in some places. 25 degrees. this week it is going to turn a much cooler. today is really the last day of the warmth. we can see from the satellite imagery that we have some cloud, high level cloud streaming and across much of england and wales. it is now starting to thin and pick up a touch. bringing us a bit more in the way of sunshine, but we have some scenes like this. just a time ago. to give us a brighter, some sunnier intervals this afternoon. still some sunshine at times across scotland and northern ireland. with that, dry weather, with that sand and coming to a temperatures once again getting up to 23, maybe 2a celsius, but it will be colour across this north sea coast. and about 13 to 16 degrees here. well, it is going to be fairly quiet. there will be some clear spells. we will start to get some

heavy showers moving away into the far south and south—west of england. 0vernight temperatures are down to about six to 12 degrees. throughout wednesday, when this area of low pressure becomes the dominant weather feature. got this cold front moving northward and that introducing the showers. in the morning on wednesday, there showers will be focused across south—western parts of england and across south wales. gradually they will start to extend their way a little bit further northwards. throughout the morning, they will push their way up into the midlands and the south—east of england and they will turn increasingly heavy. there will be some thundery dampers mixed in with this band of charolais rain. pushing its way into northern england. it is then dry for much of scotland and for northern ireland. but for the rest of the week, you can see the yellows a nd rest of the week, you can see the yellows and oranges are being slowly replaced by the blues coming in from

the north—west. it is going to china much colder. as a going to thursday and the weekend. colder i say because temperatures may be about nine to 30 celsius on saturday because of a big difference. you can see quite a few principles there. you can see the weather turning much more unsettled with some showers, and much cooler compared to last weekend. goodbye.

you're watching bbc newsroom live — these are today's main stories: funerals take place in sri lanka for some of the hundreds of victims of the easter sunday bombings — the so—called islamic state group has claimed responsibility. on a day of national mourning, sri lanka's government is under scrutiny about how much it knew ahead of the attacks. these cctv pictures show one of the alleged bombers walking up to saint sebastian's church where at least 110 people died. a 57—year—old woman is arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee in londonderry. as mps return to westminster, talks are due to resume between the government and labour as they try to break the brexit deadlock. change uk — formerly known as the independent group —

officially launches their european election campaign. the swedish teenage enviromental activist, greta thunberg urges politicians to listen to scientists when it comes to the impacts of climate change. this is an emergency, this is an existential crisis, and we must do everything we can to stop it. and, a smile fit for a prince — these pictures have been released of prince louis, as he celebrates his first birthday. good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. in the last few minutes, so—called islamic state have claimed responsibility for the suicide

bombings in sri lanka — although there is no evidence to prove they are responsible for the attacks in sri lanka on sunday. the sri lankan defence minister has claimed the attacks were carried out in retaliation for the shootings at mosques in new zealand last month. a state of emergency has been declared across the country as mass funeral take place across the country as a day of national mourning is taking place. more than 300 people were killed and eight british nationals are known to have died in the sri lanka attacks. andy moore has this report. daybreak at st sebastian's church in negombo. dozens were killed in the bombings here on easter sunday. today, many of those victims will be laid to rest amidst tight security. the vast majority of those killed in co—ordinated suicide attacks against churches and luxury hotels were local people, but there were also at least 30 victims from overseas, eight of them were britons. ben nicholson survived the blast at the shangri—la hotel but his wife anita, son alex,

and daughter annabel were killed. mr nicholson said his children shared their mother's ability to light up the room. former firefighter bill harrop and his wife sally, a gp, were from manchester. they died in the blasts at the cinnamon grand hotel. mr harrop's colleagues said he was a much—loved and respected colleague who will be greatly missed. the attacks have been blamed on the local islamist group national thowheeth jama'ath. there have been 2a arrests. but that group is said to have acted with the help of so—far unnamed international terrorists. 0ne minister called it a colossal failure of intelligence. the intelligence never indicated an attack of this magnitude. they were talking about isolated incidents, not like this. and besides, there is no emergence in this country. we cannot get the armed forces to assistance, we can only depend on the police.

sri lanka is wary of more attacks. this was a blast as police tried to defuse explosives inside a van. no—one was hurt. interpol is deploying investigators to sri lanka. the us is closely monitoring the situation as the hunt for the foreign terrorists who may have masterminded these attacks gathers pace. andy moore, bbc news. cctv pictures have emerged which are thought to show one of the alleged bombers involved in the horrific sri lanka attacks. the bbc has not been able to verify these pictures which are being widely shared and broadcast, this man carrying a backpack, and who's been highlighted by another media organisation, is outside saint sebastian's church in negombo. there are different camera angles, it's been edited as we say by another organisation, but show him entering the church with the heavy pack.

at least 110 people are thought to have been killed in the saint sebastian church attack. and as we have been reporting this was one of several attacks on easter sunday around sri lanka. and today, as part of this national day of mourning, sri lanka's president st sebastian's church. hejoined mourners, walking through the wreckage at the church in negombo, where110 christians were killed on easter sunday. brexit talks between the government and labour will resume this afternoon, as mps return to westminster after the easter break. cabinet ministers will meet senior opposition figures to try to break the deadlock over the prime minister's withdrawal agreement. but a number of tory mps are angry that labour is involved,

and senior conservative backbenchers will meet later today to discuss their next moves. let's speak to our assistant political editor norman smith. first of all, what might those moves be? there is a lot of pressure on theresa may's leadership right now. we are told that the executive of the 1922 committee will meet tonight, which they are expected to consider whether there needs to be a change to the rules that could pave the way for another leadership challenge before next december. all of this, of course, as theresa may has started once again those talks with labour. some in downing street are still hopeful that they could perhaps provide a breakthrough and solve the brexit deadlock. i am joined by the former tory leader, iain duncan smith. what chance of success is there from the talks?m is difficult to see how there will bea is difficult to see how there will be a success, i am not in them. labour's agenda seems to be all over

the place at the moment. they say they want a customs union, but also fill alignment with the european single market, which is pretty mike the equivalent of being in but having no say. now they are talking about whether they want a referendum. they say unless they have a referendum, they won't agree on the other half says they won't. it is really a mess and i don't see how downing street is going to be able to produce a solution which unites parliament. certainly, they risk losing a very large swathes of their party, notjust risk losing a very large swathes of their party, not just those who voted against the agreement, they would then walk away on the basis of adherence to the customs union. sol think this is restful thinking. there is a way out, the government going to the eu and asking to be thrashed out of the alternative agreements to the backstop, that exists, do it now before the withdrawal agreement comes back. i think they would agree to that. and if they did, we could do it in two weeks and we would have a wholly different position for the government going back to the drawing board. downing street say they have

tried that, spent a lot of money and hours talking about it, it wasn't successful, it won't work. they are talking complete and utter nonsense. what they thrashed out was a process that had nothing to do with alternative arrangements full stop they have facilitated —— their facilitated customs arrangements we re facilitated customs arrangements were dead on the day of departure. that was months ago and this is a completely different process, based on existing customs routines and systems. there is no new technology required. that is already been ten hours of discussion with the government, and there is no their way have been able to do any thing else to accept it will work. it depends on what the eu is prepared to do, but they haven't even approach that yet. we have 70 said to them, do it, do it now and you could resolve this problem without having to go through this torturous rigmarole of talking to a labour party that frankly doesn't even know what it wants. what about theresa may's own position? you probably heard nigel evans saying he would

like to set a date for her departure today. that is a matter for the 22. at the moment, the prime minister says she is going, she said she will go after her agreement to settle. could that go on until october? personally, i would think it would bea personally, i would think it would be a good idea to set a much more specific date, regardless of what the outcomes of whatever these processes and negotiations are. what sort of timeframe? the big problem is the car crash of the european elections. i don't know a single conservative, not one conservative on the streets, in the houses, the associations, even here in parliament, not one conservative that wants to fight the euro elections. the problem with the euro elections. the problem with the euro elections is this, we are the only party occupying the space for brexit. if we fight the euro elections, we will have raised a brexit party, and that will be a nightmare for us. we got rid of ukip by having a referendum, quite rightly, and by getting a decision

made. what we don't want to do is resurrect the beast and say, look, the conservatives are the only reasonable and decent party that believes in brexit that can deliver this. we don't want to resurrect them in the eu. does that mean if you defy the euro elections, we believe that should be the moment theresa may should step aside? that isa theresa may should step aside? that is a matter for everybody else to discuss, i don't represent the party on this matter. all i say was that she said she was going, she gave an outline date, depending on the agreement, it is up to her and the 22 to decide whether they set a specific date. i think that would help, but that is a matter for them andl help, but that is a matter for them and i am not urging or pressurising one way or the other. i do simply say it is wholly feasible to get this withdrawal agreement resolved. the alternative arrangements work, they are not the same ones they put forward before, and for them to go against this is really despicable. what they should do that is engaged with the eu to say, let's do this now. germany and france want them to

do it, why is the british government not engaging? they should do it right now i do it as a matter of urgency. thank you forjoining us. at meeting of the 22 executives will be crucial, although i think the feeling amongst some of the members is that perhaps before the local elections is not the time to be causing any difficulties for theresa may. so this may have some way to go yet. thank you, norman. that helicopter that you could hear above norman as he spoke to iain duncan smith is the one that is bringing you these pictures of the extinction rebellion protesters who have left their makeshift camp at marble arch to walk to parliament square. they are carrying flags and banners and set off a little earlier, and they say that this is about a renewed push to have politicians answer the group's demands and inject fresh energy into their protests. so,

those images of the extinction rebellion protesters coming live to you now. police have arrested a 57—year—old woman in connection with the murder of the journalist lyra mckee in londonderry on thursday. the development comes after the so—called new ira admitted responsibility for the murder. our ireland correspondent chris page had this update from belfast. well, we know that the suspect is 57, we know that she is a woman. it is not clear where she was arrested, but we do know that she has been taken for questioning to a police station here in belfast. she has been detained under the terrorism act, so she is the third person to be arrested by detectives here investigating the murder of lyra mckee who was shot dead in londonderry on thursday night. over the weekend, two teenagers, one aged 18, the other 19, were detained. they were released without charge

on monday night, though. the police investigation is continuing, the police are continuing to appeal for potential witnesses, for any information, particularly from members of the local community in the creggan area of derry, which is where lyra was fatally wounded during disturbances on thursday night. she was 29 and a freelance writer, very well respected as a journalist, tipped for a very bright future, she had already made a name for herself, writing passionately about social issues, very personal pieces about her experience of growing up gay in northern ireland. she had also written plenty of times about the conflict in northern ireland, the troubles, and the impact it was still having on her generation, even though it is such a long time now, 21 years, since the good friday peace agreement was signed. so the widespread condemnation has continued to be uttered throughout the world, really, the us president bill clinton are among those

who have been speaking, commenting about the murder of lyra mckee, saying it is a reminder of how fragile the peace in northern ireland is. chris page there. the time is now approaching 12:15pm. the headlines on bbc news: funerals take place in sri lanka for some of the hundreds of victims of the easter sunday bombings — the so—called islamic state group has claimed responsibility. a 57—year—old woman is arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee in londonderry. as mps return to westminster, talks are due to resume between the government and labour as they try to break the brexit deadlock. sport now. good afternoon. sad news though this

morning... billy mcneill, the first british player to lift the european cup, has died at the age of 79. mcneill captained celtic when they beat inter milan in the 1967 final in lisbon — he also led the club to nine successive titles, seven scottish cups and six league cups. he had two spells as celtic manager and also had spells in charge of manchester city and aston villa. mcneill had been suffering from dementia, celtic say he "passed away surrounded by his family and loved ones". well, the tributes are sure to pour in over the day. celtic broke the news a little earlier with simply a picture saying rest in peace and ‘you'll never walk alone'. current celtic captain scott brown has tweeted — mcneill‘s former club manchester city, who he managed for three years in the 1980s, were quick to pay tribute to their former boss. and this from the scotland national team who mcneill represented 29 times, they describe him as a true icon

of scottish football. manchester united manager ole gunnar solskjaer says he is the right man to turn around fortunes at old trafford after his side slumped to a 6th defeat in 8 games at the weekend. united lost a—0 at everton on sunday and are now three points off top four in the premier league with four games to go. united play neighbours city on wednesday night. iam i am confident in my team and myself and that i will be ready to take this challenge on. i know it's a big challenge, and that is why i came in when i came in as well. i come in here, i'm going to say i will enjoy this, every single second. i don't like losing, but it is a great challenge and a challenge that all managers at this club have had. when you go through bad results, you still have to be confident enough to say, this is the way we are going to do it, and we are planning ahead.

the biggest of shocks could still be on the cards at the world snooker championship. amateurjames cahill, at the age ofjust 23, is level with world number one ronnie o'sullivan at 8 frames each in their first round match, after some uncharacteristic errors from the 5 time champion. cahill is the first amateur to qualify for the tournament and had his chances to take a 9—5 lead, but o'sullivan has fought back to square the match. these are our live pictures from bbc 2. ronnie o'sullivan is not really in the mood today, things haven't gone his way so far. not overly interested in the match, you can follow it on bbc two, the red button, the website and app as well. the youngster tries to secure what would be a huge, huge shock at the crucible in sheffield. you can follow it, as i say, on bbc two. he is well up on the scoreboard there, a1-8 in is well up on the scoreboard there, a1—8 in this frame, so likely to ta ke a1—8 in this frame, so likely to take a 9—8 lead. that is all the

sport for now, you can follow all those stories on our website. we will be back with more in the next hour, see you then. change uk — formerly known as the independent group — have launched their european election campaign. the new political party was formed by disaffected mps from labour and the conservatives. our political correspondent, nick eardley is in bristol. that launch is still going on, and nick, heidi allen, the interim leader, said this is no rebel alliance, this is the home of the remain alliance. what is your assessment of this launch? that is very much the challenge for change uk, to try and make themselves the natural home for remain supporters in the european elections, should they take place next month. that has been the message here, it is a firm plea to people who want another referendum and ultimately, to reverse at the brexit result, to get on—board with this party. very much

failing themselves as a choice away from nigel farage's brexit party, which of course launched about ten days ago. here is what heidi allen said when she launched the election campaign bit earlier. the conservatives have drifted yet further to the right, now so anti—europe and anti—business that conservative voters can barely recognise their party any more. labour has continued to let the country down, offering ineffective opposition to a government at the time when the country needs it most. lacking leadership on brexit, and still failing to tackle anti—semitism. but as an mp, you're ina anti—semitism. but as an mp, you're in a privileged position to do something about it. we knew it was our responsibility to act and give the country a better choice. last week, the electoral commission, they approved us to stand as a formal political party. that's something to celebrate.

nick, during her speech, nick, during herspeech, heidi allen emphasised the range of backgrounds the candidates come from for the european elections for change uk, and some well—known faces there. yes, former conservatives, former labour members in the audience. perhaps the most noticeable of them boris johnson's perhaps the most noticeable of them borisjohnson's sister, rachel johnson, she is a well—known author and journalist in her own right. she will be a candidate for the party next month. it is all part of saying that they have wide range of people stop it is a coalition of people who don't like the direction of uk politics, who don't want to leave the eu. i've got to say, that will not be an easy argument to win, there are other parties, the lib dems, the greens, the snp in scotland, very much making that argument as well. we have heard some noises from some on the remain side saying it will maybe split the vote. it is not totally clear who will emerge as the main remain player on

the 23rd of may. very much the pitch here is change uk want to be that party and that is what they are trying to achieve over the next few weeks. thank you forjoining us. son news to bring in from the courts, christopher davies, the conservative mp, has been fined one point £5,000 -- £1500 mp, has been fined one point £5,000 —— £1500 and ordered to carry out 50 hours community service for submitting two false expense. christopher davies, the conservative mp, has been fined £1500 for submitting two false expenses invoices. he was also ordered to carry out 50 hours of community service. at least eight people have been killed in a powerful earthquake on the island of luzon in the philippines. dozens are feared trapped in buildings north of the capital, manila. the quake — magnitude 6.1— caused structural damage

to clark international airport and made office buildings sway in manila. colombian officials have announced the number of people killed in a landslide in the southwest of country has risen to at least 28. a rescue operation has been active since weeks of heavy rains caused a mudslide, which buried eight houses in the small town of rosas. at least two other people are unnacounted for. there's a warning that a lack of english classes for migrants will harm the integration of communities, and fuel right—wing extremism after brexit. the muslim council of britain and the association of colleges have condemned a halving of funds over the last ten years. leigh milner reports. both: cup of tea. muna al—wadi from syria is one of 750,000 people in the uk that speaks little or no english. it's up to her 1a—year—old daughter to help her. when she has an appointment in

the doctor or dentist or anything, i go with her to help her because she doesn't know the language. and when she goes sometimes shopping i go to help her. the government is spending £50 million on integration, with £6 million solely dedicated to helping women like muna learn english. here at this doctor's surgery, they have a challenge — 80% of appointments have to be translated. what language? lithuanian. they have recruited workers who speak 15 different languages. you don't understand all the words? my spanish is not very good... but some patients bring their children to help, like this woman from venezuela, who has brought her 17—year—old daughter. we have taken people from the local community and trained them up and upskilled them to communicate with our patients, translate and also deliver health care. don't you think this is discouraging people from learning english? what can we do? we have to be able to communicate with our patients.

if we don't communicate, it will put pressure on hospitals. bbc research shows there has been a 12% rise in the number of people taking official english classes in the last three years, but that is still much lower than it was. the reason this community centre is so popular is because it is right next door to a mosque, where most of the migrant community live here in peterborough. but, the city is one of five places across the country the government has identified as needing help with integration. the people that have been here longer are more integrated. i think it is quite diverse. i don't think they want to live with us. it has never really felt like there has been a complete mesh, maybe some more than others. overall, funding for courses has more than halved in a decade. it is warned that a lack of english classes will fuel right—wing extremism post—brexit. i think cuts were a mistake, they remain a mistake.

the ministry for communities and local government are now in catch—up mode. the government says it recognises the pressures facing colleges and it will assess the funding in the next spending review. as for muna, she is gratefulfor her daughter's help with english. i help her so much! we have been telling you today that we are expecting a state visit by donald trump, the us president, to the uk. we can now go to our royal correspondent who is at buckingham palace. we havejust had an announcement from buckingham palace confirming the state visit, the secret rather slipped out from the secret rather slipped out from the white house late yesterday, but it is buckingham palace's invitation to the us president. he will come here with his wife on the 3rd of

may, sorry, the 3rd ofjune, until the 5th of june may, sorry, the 3rd ofjune, until the 5th ofjune for a state visit. you will remember he came here last summerand did a you will remember he came here last summer and did a working visit to the uk, that was very different from the uk, that was very different from the kind of state visit, which we will see him in central london. he avoided london last time, going to locations outside london, although did meet the queen. this time, he will be in the middle of a ceremonial london, making his way down the mall for what will be a state banquet in buckingham palace. asi state banquet in buckingham palace. as i say, earlyjune to coincide with his visit to europe to celebrate the 75th year since d—day landings. we have heard from the groups behind the protests last year when mrtrump groups behind the protests last year when mr trump visited, saying they will mobilise protesters again. as you say, this time round, he will be in central london, it will be a massive security operation no doubt. tell us more about how this state visit will differ from the visit

last year. it was all but said that last year. it was all but said that last time a donald trump avoided london, and he made it relatively clear he didn't particularly want to come if he was going to face protests. last time, he got a helicopter into london from stansted airport straight into the residence of the ambassador here, which is where he stayed overnight, and then he got a helicopter out to blenheim palace, where he had a dinner and then to see the queen no point did he make a serious road transport around london. in a state visit, road transport in central london is a key pa rt road transport in central london is a key part of it, e—mail most certainly be met —— he will most certainly be met —— he will most certainly be met at the back of whitehall, a traditional meeting point where the royal family meet visitors here. they will then make their way from horse guards parade to the mall, which is the grand ceremonial street right in the heart of london, leaving from trafalgar square all the way here to buckingham palace. there will be a

procession with almost certainly the house on calvary in the mail itself. sometimes, it is an open top coverage, sometimes the president's security don't want that and they go in the armoured presidential car. but a journey down the mall, and thatis but a journey down the mall, and that is where i suspect protesters will attempt to let their voices be heard. there have been protests in the past against us presidents and against other dignitaries visiting the uk on a state visit. again, it will be into the more private areas of buckingham palace for a state banquet, presumably for the normal numbers, about 100 people, and incredibly grand occasion and a sign of the appreciation of the queen and of the appreciation of the queen and of the appreciation of the queen and of the royal family for their visitor. no just as you speak, we are seeing reaction from the prime minister, theresa may, saying the uk and us have a deep and enduring partnership that is rooted in our common history and shared interests.

we are looking at images of the two of them now. this says 2018, but i think these may have been more recent. common history and shared interests, we do more together than any interests, we do more together than a ny two interests, we do more together than any two nations in the world and we are both safer and more prosperous before because of our cooperation. looking at those words, i think we should reflect, we have two leaders who are under huge pressure, both of them, domestically, but that relationship between the uk and us, irrespective of who the leader is, isa irrespective of who the leader is, is a much more enduring one. yes, the relationship is a very old one and a long one. it is also very deep and has its ups and downs. no question about it. it is always a briton who is very keen to get that very special relationship into any of the communications or discussions or press conferences that happens. britain is very keen to see that

phrase used by american presidents. it is worth remembering that the difficulty is that there were politically in the last visit when in an interview with the sun newspaper, the president are pretty much insulted the prime minister, rubbished her negotiating over brexit, praise her rival boris johnson and suggested that the country was losing its culture because of immigration. so, these visits have their pitfalls as well. but i think any visit is also a time to celebrate the links between the two countries, links that go back america throwing and re—establishing alliances down the centuries. thank you forjoining us. as the palace announces there will be a state visit by donald trump to the uk from the 3rd ofjune to the 5th ofjune. iamjust the 3rd ofjune to the 5th ofjune. i am just looking on twitter... i am looking at the royal family's announcement, i don't know if donald trump has tweeted about this yet,

let's find out from a washington correspondent. the white house has just released a statement saying that it looks forward to this visit and how this visit will reaffirm the special relationship. in terms of the sort of pomp and circumstance, there will be a bilateral meeting with, it says, theresa may, but the white house may not know how uncertainty theresa may's future is at the moment, but there will be a bilateral meeting with the prime minister of the day. the other thing that will come up during this trip is the question of course of a trade deal between the us and the uk post brexit. there may be a clear idea at that stage, what we do know is that there is a good deal of pressure here from various parts of the

economy, various here from various parts of the economy, various representation groups think they want a pretty tough to deal with britain. and whatever donald trump said about the nature of the deal will be incredibly important. i think, after brexit. there is a lot at stake, not just at the symbolism, not just brexit. there is a lot at stake, not just at the symbolism, notjust of the political relationship, and as johnny was saying, that is something that has been important in british—born policy since roosevelt and churchill. it is a central tenet of british foreign policy in terms of british foreign policy in terms of the national interest. and that is why this has been... i'm sure they have brought this about finally. it was planned really from almost the beginning of the presidency, about a week after donald trump took over, theresa may was the first felon leader to visit. she promised this —— first foreign leader to visit. now it is coming to

fruition. but it there will be key political ramifications to this visit. big discussions. he will probably meet large numbers of business leaders, as he did last time at blenheim palace, but now there will be something a bit more concrete to talk about perhaps, in terms of the upcoming uk, us trade relationship, which has long been promised as one of the dividends of brexit, if you like. and of course, donald trump, as any other world leader, likes things to look good when they travel abroad. asjohnny was reflecting when he came to the uk last year, he largely avoided being pictured anywhere near the protest because he was taken by helicopter from a, two protest because he was taken by helicopterfrom a, two b protest because he was taken by helicopter from a, two b to c. protest because he was taken by helicopterfrom a, two b to c. going to london, that will be harder to avoid, so his security team will be looking at some big challenges ahead, what they? yes, i would be surprised if they will not be on the ground in london very soon. they

have very significant advance teams who go ahead to the desk kind of stuff to do this kind of planning. there will be an awful lot of road closures. if you're going to banquet at buckingham palace, really, there is only really one way in and that is only really one way in and that is by caror is only really one way in and that is by car or by a horse—drawn carriage and that is down, through admiralty arch and down the mouth. that will be a huge planning exercise for the present‘s security staff. —— down the mall. last time there was that huge demonstration in parliament square and everything was by helicopter. they had this 12 feet high sort of orange balloon, shaped like donald trump, like a baby, if you remember. he won't want to be confronted with that, i don't think. his organisers here will do everything they can to try to avoid that kind of embarrassment. thank

you very much. the swedish teenage climate change activist, 16—year old greta thunberg, has urged british politicians to "listen to the scientists" on climate change. the swedish teenager, who inspired the school climate strikes movement, is expected to meet party leaders later today. she told nick robinson from bbc radio a's today programme that she did not expect to change their minds single—handedly, saying: "we need to do that together." greta, you're going to be meeting political leaders from all parties. do you think you can change their minds? no. i mean, not me, not only me. but i, together with this school strike movement and everyone else can definitely do it. i maybe speak on the behalf of them, but i alone won't change them, but we need to do that together.

and yet, in just a few months, you have gone from being a solitary swedish schoolgirl, sitting outside parliament, to what feels like a global movement. yes. i started school striking in august, the end of august, and since then i have school striked every friday. and this movement has become huge. it has escalated these last couple of months and, i mean, it's so big it's like over1 million students, 1.6 million students, having school strikes for the climate. and it's unbelievable. i can't really take it in. i was going to say, one minute you're meeting the pope, you're speaking at the un, the european parliament, do you occasionally have to pinch yourself and say, how has this happened? yes, definitely.

i can't really... because i'm so busy all the time, i always have things i must do, so i never really have time to sit and think through what is actually happening, so it's hard to sort of understand it. now, here in london, you went to speak to the people on the streets and you said you supported extinction rebellion. is it necessary, in your view, to disrupt things, break the rules a bit, like you do with your school strike? i mean, as long as it's non—violent, and i think that could definitely make a difference, it could change people's minds, make people become more aware of the situation that we actually show that this is an emergency. this is an existential crisis and we must do everything we can to stop it. and then, of course, there are many methods you can use,

but i think that disruption definitely has a lot of impact. you said something very striking the other day, you said, we need to panic, we can'tjust have a polite conversation about this anymore. what did you mean? i mean, by panic, i mean that we step out of our comfort zones and we realise what is actually going on. as i say, if your house is on fire and you want to keep your house from burning to the ground, then it does require some level of panic. you don't sit talking about insurance claims or rebuilding, renovations, then you do everything you can to put out the fire. the question then is what that is? for individuals, for government? if these politicians later today say to you, what you want us to do, greta, what should we now do? then i would say, listen to the science. listen to the scientists. invite them to talk. they have many things, a lot of solutions that you can do.

i am just speaking on behalf of them. i am trying to say what they have been saying for decades. and so, there are many things as an individual you can do. but i think the most important thing is that you, as i usually say, you make yourself aware of the situation and what is going on and, once you are aware, then talk to people, spread that information, because once you fully understand the consequences of the climate and ecological crisis, then you know what you must do and what habits you need to, we should change. then you also put pressure on people in power so that they also will change. a campaign to tackle "botched" cosmetic procedures is to be launched shortly by the government in england. it follows a rise in people seeking surgeries such as a "brazilian butt lift" abroad,

which has led to deaths. the victoria derbyshire programme has been speaking to people who have undergone cosmetic procedures and experts who are warning about the complications that can arise. my first procedure was at 17, i had my ears pinned back. and then, at19, i had a boob job and rhinoplasty. when i was on tv everyone was like, this was her before, this is her after, she's so fake, and i think it's such a shame. it's my choice it made me happier. i didn't think i was absolutely hideous. yeah, i could have had a narrower nose and thinner lips... i mean, bigger lips, but, i didn't look in but, i didn't look in the mirror and think, oh my god, aren't i hideous? and that's what i've been faced with since coming out, oh my god, look at you before. i had lip fillers done. and i think, for me personally, it comes down to curiosity. so i'm mixed race, my mum is indonesian, and i didn't quite inherit her luscious, full lips. so i guess throughout

my life it was always a point of curiosity, maybe a bit ofjealousy as well, i always wondered what would i look like had i inherited her lips. it's definitely a slippery slope, i have to say. so you would have more? yeah, i think so. i had my first range of cosmetic, noninvasive and invasive treatments from the age of 21. from 21? things like what? things like boobjob, nose job, botox, filler. i mean, like, it was intense. and it was addictive. and i question whether there is actually, whether anyone actually, is making that from a healthy place of actually knowing who they are and where their identity really lies. i had myjaw filler done and i kept getting it done, but it looked amazing on, like, a picture. and then i started filming myself for youtube and i was noticing i was turning my head a lot and it literally looked like i had an artificial lumpjust placed in my face. it wasn't even on myjawline. so i went and got it dissolved and my facejust looks so much better. so you've really got to be careful. yeah.

i've had botox and some cheek filler and lip filler, but i actually think the lip filler's were not, but my reasons filler's worn off, but my reasons for doing it well because, literally for ageing. because after i've had children and things like that, the moisture had dropped from my face, so it was literally to fill out. but personally i don't even agree with people having all this stuff done before the age of 30 because i think everybody is starting to look the same. fake boobs changed my life. they certainly put me on the market to be a glamour model and from there i made huge amounts of money and change my life from a very negative,... i mean, look at that. fine wine's got nothing on me, girl. look at that! but the question that danielle was raising, do you look like everyone else? i might look a bit like everybody else, but i'm 40 and fabulous and i feel it. and i know that i look good for my age. what i worry about is the younger girls who

are absolutely beautiful and perfect, stop doing stuff! literally, stop doing stuff! one mum and her daughter and the other day, the reason the daughter was brought in by mum, was that she was a patient already, having botox. she brought in the daughter because of the daughter was insisting to mum that she wanted to have a botox at 16 . 16? at 16. and the reason that mum brought her in to see me was to hope, and i think i did, talk out of having it. when i came off the love island, it was a daily influx of e—mails from doctors and also just salon the same, we want to offer you this, i got offe re d same, we want to offer you this, i got offered plastic filler for my nose, for myjob. i would even have it to the extent that they had already analysed my face from a photo and told me where i needed doing. how did that make you feel? that kind of makes it feel, while, someone thinks i need that done to my face. it is a good job that i have strong man a strong penny. i

asked, do any testing? where the for free? yes, because then i would put moated on social media. i have a young following so i'm definitely never do that. you see there is one type of women. there is one idea of what it is to be beautiful. it can have a very negative effect on young people, the stop you are nodding in agreement. it was angelina jolie before and now it is michelle keegan that everyone wants to look like. it changes. that is ok, because sometimes you cannot articulate how they want to look, but when people wa nt to they want to look, but when people want to look exactly like the person, it is a problem. it is not possible. it is about having an informed discussion why, with that person, sitting and having conversation about why this person wa nts conversation about why this person wants as? if you say no, this could

be someone else who says yes. wants as? if you say no, this could be someone else who says yeslj wants as? if you say no, this could be someone else who says yes. i had a buttock lift. it has made me feel so confident. it made me feel like the person i believed i could have been. with that procedure. what i don't agree with is what you were saying completely about it being down to reality tv stars and social media. i wasn't watching reality tv at seven years old, i was in school andl at seven years old, i was in school and i was being bullied for the way and i was being bullied for the way a lot of people want to be natural look. they do not want the over injected look. it is interesting because i also work in california and there, there was very definitely the trend towards over injections, puffed up faces, no wrinkles, no commitment. it is likely going the other way now. people are seeking a much more natural appearance. —— other way now. people are seeking a much more naturalappearance. —— no movement. if you do naturally, it's going to evolve and look great, but if you do too much it looks bizarre.

we are meant to age, look a little bit old, wrinkled. we are not meant to look 21 for the rest of our lives. it is ok to age. that was the discussion on the programme this morning. the headlines on bbc news... funerals take place in sri lanka for some of the hundreds of victims of the easter sunday bombings — the so—called islamic state group has claimed responsibility. buckingham palace says president trump will make an official state visit to the uk at the beginning ofjune. a 57—year—old woman is arrested in connection with the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee in londonderry. samsung has delayed the launch of its first folding smartphone, after early reviews showed the device needed "further improvements". several technology journalists who tested the galaxy fold before its official release reported problems with the screen.

our technology correspondent chris fox says within 2a hours some of these devices went on the blink. the screen is either switched off or had glitches on them and stopped working. in one case there was something underneath the screen that was pushing through. samsung took those devices back and had a look at what went wrong. it said it blamed impact on an exposed part of the hinge and said that a foreign substance had entered one of the devices. it seems to be laying a bit of the blame on the reviewers there, but the reviewers say they did not handle the phones and any rough way, theyjust handled it regularly. it is unusual. samsung says these devices should be able to open and close. a row by doing this any lab is should be open and that might be able to open and close 200,000 times, that's what they had any lap

time test. but a robot doing that in the lab is not the same as people doing it and putting it in their pockets and so on. i think of in £1800 of these are retailing at. these are absolutely premium bonds, so how embarrassing is this person these are absolutely premium phones, so how embarrassing is this person is it? it is embarrassing because it is not a device to sell to the masses. it is positioning and meant to position samsung is a great innovator. and for people to have a go on it. it is a bit of a pr exercise, so for it to go wrong is a disaster. it evokes memories of another botched launch, the samsung galaxy note 7. that became known as the exploding phone as the batteries overheated and airlines told people not to bring them on flights as it got so bad. it is another bit of an embarrassment. it was due to be lodged here early next launched here early next month, but do we knew when the new launch date will be? it has said it will announce a new launch date in the next to back weeks.

it has also cancelled some lunch date in china. in some of the cases the reviewers had peeled off part of the screen, so these screens are not glass like you would expect of a normal screen. these are made of plastic. some thought that it could be peeled off like a protective film. some of the reviewers yanked that off and broke the device. the good bit more clear labelling on there and saying don't put the —— do not pull this off. they're relatively cheap and sold in the billions, but disposable nappies are hard to recycle. they're one of the biggest sources of waste in the world. but now engineers have found ways of recovering the plastic and other materials from inside them, which can go on to be made into things like clothes pegs or cat litter. our science editor david shukman reports. time for yet another nappy change. this two—year—old gets a new one regularly. the world uses 187 billion of these every year and most end up burnt or in landfill. here in travizo in italy,

her mother says she cannot help adding to the mountains of nappy waste. i tried organic cotton but it was difficult with three little ones to keep up with that. now, just up the road there is a new attempt to do something with all those disposable nappies. they are brought to a special recycling centre. most of us would prefer not to think of dirty nappies but here they are welcomed. the first step is to reduce the smell. then there is the task of sterilisation. the nappies are put through a series of processes. the first step is to separate their contents which i sent their contents which are sent off to a sewerage farm. what is left is then sterilised with intense heat and steam before being dried out in this oven. i can feel the heat coming off it.

the material is then divided up to be resold to different industries. at the end of the process there are three different kinds of material. amazingly, by this stage they are all clean so they can be turned into everything from plastic clothes pegs to cat litter. the man who came up with this idea used to design nappies. when i was changing my young kid i always felt i was throwing away something useful because i know as a designer of the products, i know what i put in these products in the first place. so it did not seem right to throw away such valuable materials. another batch freshly sterilised. the project is supported by the world's largest maker of nappies, procter & gamble. it's under pressure to reduce its impact on the environment. so wants to open nappy recycling plants in britain

and around the world. maddalena's nappies will soon start to be recycled and the hope is that this idea will quickly catch on. there are calls for a change in the law, after a big increase in the number of dog attacks on livestock. farming unions are backing tougher fines for owners, and want greater legal protection forfarmers. breakfast‘s jayne mccubbin has been to meet a couple in anglesey, who lost eight sheep in a horrific attack. there's some distressing images in her report. rob was just basically shouting my name and saying, "come quick, come quick!" i said, "what's the problem, what's the problem?" he said, "we've had a dog attack." utter devastation. complete carnage, really. on that one day in march, thejoneses and a neighbouring farm

lost ten lambs and seven ewes. their vet said it was the worst dog attack he'd ever seen. just utter devastation, i mean, you know... the injuries are...i mean.. dead sheep everywhere. it's just terrible. the pictures are that bad... we can't show them. we can't show them! so you know, these animals have had a taste for blood now. how do we know that they're not going to attack children if they are pets within a family environment? outside the joneses farm a poster warns owners to keep their dogs under control... in what promises to be a record year for incidents. it is a growing concern — 113% increase in 2018 on livestock being worried by dogs, particularly. you want a change in the law, don't you? i need it strengthened, no doubt about it. there's no formal requirements for the police to record an incidence, believe it or not. so these figures, this increase, is just, it could just be

the tip of the iceberg? that's right. a few miles up the north wales coast in prestatyn, we meet stella. she's here for obedience training. but... she doesn't always do what you want her to do? no, i'm afraid, she's a poodle! and she does have this zone where they like to run and run and run, they're very high energy. this is how we lose it all in the garden. few pet dogs will have the instinct to kill butjane, a trainer, tells me all have the instinct to chase and surprise. i bet you hear this all the time. "oh, my dog would never do anything like that!" we do hear it all the time but every dog's different. every single dog, no matter how well trained, is unpredictable. the bottom line is, around livestock, a dog should be under control. always ? always. wait! imagine your body's a brick wall. wait! today, she's teaching her owners one key command. strong voice, not "wait", "wait!" but the reality is that most

incidents of animal worrying and attacks are by dogs which have strayed not just from a leash but probably from an unsecured garden. good girl! she's done it though, well done. she did it! good girl. and praise. worrying an animal even without attacking can still cause death through stress and could still cause a pregnant animal to miscarry. you may think that your dog wouldn't do anything like this but it's an animal at the end of the day and you don't want this devastation on your own hands. we don't want people to be able to come and walk their dogs, we're not saying don't walk your dog, butjust be a responsible dog owner. jayne mccubbin, bbc news.

in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news with ben brown in an easter weekend where we saw temperatures of 25 degrees, next weekend our temperatures will top out at 13. it is a much cooler feel. with some wind and rain at times. not much when met, but we are seeing cloud streaming its way up from the south, there. there is mostly sunk with quite wispy cloud. tiling should unchain his. small chance for a shower across the south—west of england. quite chilly where you are exposed to this wind. away from

these areas, again up into the 20s. for some of us, this is the last day of temperatures in the 20s for some time. during the scene and into tonight, many of us will stay dry. as the night wears on, some arena starts to show its hand across the south—west of england and into northern ireland pop as well. the could be some heavy and thundery dampers as this frontal system is not with tomorrow. low pressure very much in charge of the scene by this stage. across the northern half of the uk, there is going to be a lot of dry weather, plenty of cloud for eastern scotland and north—east england. this band of rain approaches from the south—west. ahead of that, we are likely to see some pretty heavy thundery dampers breaking it through the afternoon. —— downpours. maybe northern ireland and southern scotland, a scattering ofa and southern scotland, a scattering of a thundery and heavy downpours. that could make some very poor

travelling conditions. temperatures may be a little lower... that wind blowing all the warm air to the north—east. the rest of the week, we bring in increasingly cool atlantic air flow across the uk. plenty of showers on thursday, longer spells of rain, drifting northwards. some could be thundery. quite a breezy, if not windy day. look at the temperatures, 13 to 15 degrees. that rain continues through friday and into the weekend. thus temperatures are significantly lower with some wind and rain at times.

mass funerals for victims of the bomb attacks in sri lanka, as the death toll rises to 310. a day of national mourning has been declared, as the sri lankan government claims the attacks were a reprisal for the massacre of muslims at mosques in new zealand. these cctv pictures are thought to show one of the suicide bombers entering a church before detonating his device. we'll be live with our correspondent in colombo. also this lunchtime... pomp and ceremony for a president — it's confirmed donald trump will make a state visit to the uk injune. the murder of lyra mckee in londonderry — a 57—year—old woman