you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's 11 am and these are the main stories this morning: police in northern ireland release new footage of the man they suspect is behind the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee in londonderry. debenhams names 22 of the 50 stores it plans to close at the start of next year — putting 1,200 jobs at risk. britain's top civil servant demands co—operation with his inquiry into leaked discussions from a national security council meeting about the chinese telecoms giant huawei. the duke of cambridge meets survivors of last month's mosque attacks in christchurch, and speaks of his personal experience of grief. i've had reasons myself to reflect on grief and sudden pain and loss in my own life. and in my role i've often seen up close the sorrows of others

in moments of tragedy as i have today. two people are injured in a huge explosion at the tata steel plant in port talbot overnight. and a charity warns council tax debt in england and wales is escalating as more people fall behind with their payments. good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. police investigating the murder of lyra mckee in northern ireland have released new footage of the suspected gunman, immediately before and after the killing. the victim, a 29—year—old journalist, was shot dead by dissident republicans as she observed rioting in londonderry last week. releasing footage of the suspect, the officer leading the investigation into lyra's murder said the local community know who this suspect is, and called

for help in identifying them. we can get more on this with our ireland correspondent chris page who is in belfast for us. tell us more of what the police had to say. it'sjust over one week since the murder, which has generated such a shock, grief, anger even, here in northern ireland. the killing of a 29—year—old journalist, lyra mckee, during rioting of the creggan area of londonderry last week. the dissident republican group, the group known as the new ira are behind the killing. police had given a detailed update on their investigation, they have released images of several people who they wa nt to images of several people who they want to identify, including this man, they believe he is the gunman who killed lyra mckee. we are going to hear from the police news conference now, just to warn you, there will be some flash

photography. let's hear from there will be some flash photography. let's hearfrom the detective leading the investigation. i want to find the people who murdered lyra mckee. i believe that the information that could help us to bring those responsible for her murder tojustice lies within the community. on thursday night of last week, about 100 people were on the ground watching the disorder as it unfolded. people saw the gunman and his associates. i think people within the community know who they are and i'm asking them today to come forward to help us. i am releasing footage today from the night of lyra's murder. and i want to appeal to anyone who recognises or knows these people to talk to us. about one minute before lyra was murdered, three men walked across central drive from the direction of the shops. here, you can see these men. at the front, you can see a man circled, he is carrying a crate of petrol bombs. behind him, you can see two other men.

the man on the inside, nearest to the wall, is the next tallest. you'll see this on the footage shortly. the man on the inside is wearing dark skinnyjeans, blue nike trainers with a white tick, and a white sole. he's a camouflage scarf or other covering across his face. i believe that the public know who he is. in other footage, you can see he can be seen holding a petrol bomb and in the new light, his clothing is now clearly visible. as he walked along the footpath, he was accompanied by the third man. you will see from the footage that he is shorter than both of the other men and is of stocky build. it is my belief that he is the gunman that fired indiscriminately into the crowd and placed the community and police officers at risk. i believe he is the person that took the life of lyra mckee. you can see he is wearing dark clothing and in the new light

on this footage, you can see his clothing more clearly. i believe the people in the community know who this individual is. i recognise that people living in creggan may feel it's difficult to come forward to speak to police. today, i want to provide a personal reassurance that we are able to deal with those issues sensitively. at lyra's funeral on wednesday, we heard many messages about the potential for a better future. but as i said previously, such sentiment will all be in vain it collectively, we cannot tackle the malign influences that some individuals continue to exert over our communities. i am really grateful to the crimestoppers charity for supporting our efforts, to unlock the information that i believe rests within the community. the substantial reward that they have offered is a recognition of the challenges that some within the community may feel that they face. to date, we have received

widespread public support, and this includes more than 140 people who have provided images, footage and other information via our major incident public portal. however, community intelligence and information is not evidence. such information simply gets me through the door, but it doesn't get me to the door of the courtroom. i need people to contact my team to talk to us about what they know. so, pressure there on the community. let's have another question to chris, because the pressure is not just on the public, the pressure is now only isn't it? well, that's right, northern ireland has been without a devolved government now for more than two years. during that course of time, there have been warnings from the likes of some senior police officers, community leaders, church leaders, that the

political vacuum and instability could be exploited by dissident republican groups who are opposed to the peace process. those fears have been heightened, they have grown since the murder of lyra mckee. there was one remarkable moment during lyra mckee's funeral this week, it was attended by mayor and her irish counterpart, the irish taoiseach, a priest addressed the citizens from northern ireland, and he commended them for showing unity in the condemnation of lyra mckee's murder, but he also posed a question. he asked, why did it take the death of a 29—year—old woman to bring politicians to that point? he got a standing that seemed to ca ptu re got a standing that seemed to capture the public mood, the british and irish governments have held low key meetings with the northern ireland parties this week and today, this afternoon, it is understood that the northern ireland secretary,

karen bradley, and the irish foreign minister will announce that they have plans for a new talks process to try and restore devolved government, which would beginjust after the council elections, which will be held here on tuesday, on thursday, rather, of next week. it is important to remember that nobody is important to remember that nobody is really suggesting that if power—sharing instalment came back, then violence would end. but it is about narrowing the ground of the parliamentary groups stand on, it is about sending a symbolic message that northern ireland is all about a peaceful and a stable future. it is also worth remembering that there have been plenty of calls, very public and local calls, for politicians to do everything they can, to get back round the table and into government with each other. the dup and sinn fein, the two main parties here, have said they want the institutions back. but their public statements over the last 2a hours have also indicated they haven't softened their positions on any of the issues which have so far

divided them. so getting an agreement as ever in northern ireland will be far from straightforward. thank you, we will come back to you later in the day for another update. the head of the civil service has begun a formal inquiry into a leak from a meeting of the national security council. sir mark sedwill has written to ministers and reportedly asked them to confess or deny leaking reports that the government had agreed to allow chinese firm huawei to help build britain's new 56 network. some have been quick to deny that they were involved in the leak. the home secretary sajid javid said it was completely unacceptable, and defence secretary gavin williamson said, "neither i nor any of my team have divulged information from the national security council." the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt also denied any involvement, saying the leak was utterly appalling. our political correspondent chris mason has been following events in westminster. there are meant to be certain rooms in westminster where discretion isn'tjust a nice thing to have, it's a legal necessity, and that is why there is such

a row about this leak from the national security council, it has never happened before and yet, details and quite specific details, emerged in the daily telegraph the other day, shortly after that meeting. now, that report suggested that there were five cabinet ministers who had effectively said to the prime minister, we disagree with your vision for involving huawei in the sg network, this souped up version of the mobile internet that is coming. now, so we are told, the role of huawei potentially was going to be relatively limited, but these five ministers made the argument that they thought it could be an issue for national security. now, all five of them have either denied involvement or have been very critical of the idea of a leak. there are clearly plenty of others around that table as well, both ministers and civil servants, and those in the security services. and now there is a guessing game going on and frankly, that's all it is at the moment,

to try and find out who did it. and there is a real sense of anxiety and disappointment in the security community, and amongst former civil servants, that this could have happened. this is incredibly serious, actually, this is a complete outrage. i set up the national security council on behalf of the coalition government back in 2010. it's a very special body, it has the most senior beasts from the cabinet, the prime minister, deputy prime minister, chancellors, home secretaries, foreign secretaries, all of that, defence secretaries, and the heads of the intelligence departments. whenever a meeting starts, you start with the head of the joint intelligence committee assessing the intelligence evidence. you know, this is very highly classified material, this is very serious. that was lord gus o'donnell, former cabinet secretary speaking there — and after 11.30 we'll be hearing from sir malcolm rifkind — former

defence and foreign secretary. debenhams has named the 22 of the 50 stores it plans to close by 2020, putting 1,200 jobs at risk. the company say that all stores will remain open for the rest of 2019, including the christmas trading period. the named closures are the first phase of wider plans to shut around 50 of their 166 stores to save the struggling firm from collapse. i think it is no surprise there are troubles in the high street, and that isn't unique to debenhams. what we are trying to do is make sure there is a sustainable future. we have to address the fact that they went in some of our stores are quite high and that some of those stories will need to close over the next 3—5 yea rs. we will need to close over the next 3—5 years. we talked about this back in 0ctober years. we talked about this back in october 2018, so it shouldn't be a surprise. no one likes to close stores, and indeed, it's something that none of us indeed, it's something that none of us want to do, and we have talked to oui’ us want to do, and we have talked to

our staff this morning, they have been briefed, and we will do our utmost to minimise the 1200 jobs that are at risk of redundancy by trying to redeploy them into differentjobs over the next period of time. there are no stores that will close on 29 tyne —— in 2019, they will close in 2020, so we will keep redundancy to a minimum. our business correspondent rob young is with me. tells more about the strategic rethink. it has been on the cards for a rethink. it has been on the cards fora time, rethink. it has been on the cards for a time, that debenhams stores will close next year. people just a few months ago expected a dozen or so few months ago expected a dozen or so to close, so the figure of 22 is clearly a lot higher than that and the list has been published today, it is on the bbc website. it includes some towns, places like wolverhampton, which have already lost bhs, stand to lose house of fraser, and down a —— now they are being told they will lose debenhams. 22 stores will close after

christmas, christmas being key for any trader. we expect about 1200 workers will be affected by that, although debenhams said they hope to redeploy those staff where they can. a redeploy, if they are closing a store in a city that isn't a large city, that may be tricky. at may be difficult, and may revolve moving to other stores. this is more of a restructure will issue for debenhams. debenhams has had a number of problems in recent years. pretty much all retailers say they think their rental bill and business rates bills are unsustainably high, but debenhams also has huge debt, more than £700 million worth of debt today, that is an awful lot of money for any retailer to cope with. but also, debenhams have failed to move with the times. it didn't keep up with the times. it didn't keep up with the times. it didn't keep up with the changes that were taking place in the world of retail, as we spend more and more money online and trends on the high street have been

changing. so the company is saying that it has to go through with this restructuring programme to ensure its survival, it is one of our old est its survival, it is one of our oldest retailers and traces its roots back to the 1770s —— to the 70s, and it wants a sustainable future. it is by no means clear that this restructuring will go ahead, because it needs the approval of 75% of its creditors, which includes the landlords, and an awful lot of landlords, and an awful lot of landlords are being told that we will stay in one of your stores, but you might have to cut our rent by half. that is a painful ask for commercial landlords. on that question, the question of rent for department stores, if they are going to survive, do landlords need to be more realistic about what is attainable in terms of rent? landlords say that companies freely entered into commercial arrangements several years ago, they knew what the rent was and they should stick to them. but relate to others —— retailers say that it has changed

and landlords should take their share of the pain, too. this is not the first time a big retailer has entered into one of these kinds of restructurings, where landlords are asked to cut their rent bill. commercial landlords have had enough, so they may put up a fight. thank you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news: police in northern ireland release new footage of the man they suspect is behind the murder of the journalist lyra mckee in londonderry. debenhams names 22 of the 50 stores it plans to close at the start of next year — putting 1,200 jobs at risk. britain's top civil servant demands co—operation with his inquiry into leaked discussions from a national security council meeting about the chinese telecoms giant huawei. and in sport: shaun murphy is back on the table trying to fight back in his second round match against australia's neil robertson at the world snooker championship in sheffield. but it's not going well he's now 7—4 down. the first to 13 frames wins. first practise for the azerbajan

grand prix is cancelled is damaged by a loose manhole cover. george russel‘s williams was damaged on the street circuit in baku and then the recovery truck ran into a bridge. steph houghton leads a trio of manchester city players in the professional footballers‘ association's team of the year. there are also three players each from chelsea and arsenal. i'll be back with more on those stories after half past. emergency services are attending the tata steelworks in port talbot after several loud explosions in the early hours. south wales police say the blasts appear to have been caused by molten metal falling off a train and setting fire to several buildings. two people suffered minor injuries and tata says an investigation is under way. 0ur reporterjordan davies has been following the story. police were called here in the early hours of the morning, after multiple reports to this huge

explosion, local people reporting a massive blast, some people saying a series of blasts that sounded like thunder. and there were extraordinary images on social media as a ball of light appearing over port talbot, the flames, a helicopter above the plant, and what appears to be a large mushroom cloud that appeared in the wake of this explosion. some local people saying the blast shook their houses. we have heard from tata steel that a train carrying molten metal into one of the workshops here caused a series of fires. there was a spillage of liquid iron. tata steel say the fire here has been extinguished. we are hearing now that all emergency services have left the plant, and the plant has reopened and there is no ongoing risk to the local area. tata say all employees have been accounted for, there are no serious injuries.

south wales police say there were two casualties with minor injuries. and there has been reaction, including from the local mp for aberavon, who has called on tata steel to carry out a full review of what happened here, a full review of safety at the plant, and he says this raises concerns about safety at the plant. now, tata steel say a full investigation is under way and the plant is now reopened. this is clearly a sprawling complex here, and it is difficult, really, to underestimate the importance of this plant to the local economy and tojobs in the area. but certainly, it seems like this was a serious incident, but without any serious injury. lance davies, who was woken in the night by a loud bang from the plant, told us what he saw. at 3:35am, what i believed was thunder, that's what woke me up, and then i heard one loud explosion that drew my attention to the window, and then another two

big explosions followed after that, which was a big ball of fire, and a big mushroom cloud. i just couldn't believe what i was seeing it was something you see out of a film. about two and a half minutes, i couldn't really put a time limit on it, but it was minutes after the explosion and the big mushroom of smoke, the wind was actually blowing in the direction of my house, and i had the window open, i had to shut it because i thought it was raining, but it was obviously in parts of the explosion and the stuff that was travelling in the smoke. 0ne missed council tax payment in england and wales can escalate to more than £2000 worth of debt within weeks, according to citizen's advice. the charity says when someone falls behind on their council tax payments they can become liable for the whole year's bill. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has more. unpaid council tax is a growing problem. it's the biggest issue for people

contacting citizens advice with worries about debt, and last year there was more than £3 billion of outstanding bills. mps and the national audit office have criticised local councils for the way they try and get that money back, through aggressive bailiffs and external companies. now citizens advice say the rules for how the debts are calculated needs to change to stop debt spiralling. in england and wales, if someone misses a payment they become liable for the cost of the rest of the year's bill within a fortnight. at this point in the financial year, an average missed payment of £167 results in a bill for the full year's charge, plus court costs and bailiff fees. within a few months, people could be facing debts of more than £2000. citizens advice say that debt can be crippling. last year, around £500 million of additional fees and charges

were added on people's council tax debt. and for an average person who does fall behind, that looks like about £300 in fees and charges, which doesn't help the person repay their debt and actually doesn't help the council, because that money will have to be recovered as well as the arrears that they owe. government say they expect councils to be sympathetic to those in genuine hardship. the local government association in england and wales say councils have faced huge budget cuts and anyone having trouble paying their bills should get in touch with their local authority. but citizens advice say that 2 million households facing council debts are being pushed further into the red, rather than helped out of it. sri lanka's president says the hunt is on for dozens of suspects linked just a couple of lines from

stormont, the spokeswoman for theresa may has said it is more important than ever that northern ireland has a strong political leadership and is working for parties to restart talks as soon as possible. so, the prime minister attempting to help the parties in northern ireland restart talks and has emphasised the importance of that, as chris page was telling us, there are discussions about talks going on later today, we will bring you more later on that while we get it. another line on brexit, the prime minister's spokeswoman said it is right to continue talks with labour on brexit and more talks will happen next week. sri lanka's president says the hunt is on for dozens of suspects linked to the islamic state, who are still at large inside the country. president maithripala sirisena also said the islamist preacher who is believed to have planned the easter sunday's suicide bombings was killed in one of the attacks. leaders of the muslim community have called for friday prayers to be held in private forfear

of retaliatory attacks. 0ur correspondent nick beake has been following events from colombo. the british government have made this assessment, made the decision to change to the travel advice for britons coming here to sri lanka, saying, don't come unless absolutely necessary , saying, don't come unless absolutely necessary, and that will have been based on clear intelligence. the picture that is emerging here and has been developing through the week is still worrying, because we know that the authorities here have released the images of six or seven suspects, key suspects they want to track down. this morning, we get a revelation from the president saying that he believes in the weeks before the attacks, there were 130 to 140 individuals who he described as being linked to is, the so—called islamic state group. that is of great concern, and he has said that there is now a manhunt for 70 of those individuals. so, dozens of people being sought by the

authorities, that explains why there is still a state of emergency here, why some 7000 members of the military are involved in security operations, and why the likes of the british government is saying we really think there may be more attacks here. cyclone kenneth has made landfall in northern mozambique, a country still recovering from another huge storm. kenneth struck around the port town of pemba late on thursday. mozambique's national institute of disaster management said 30,000 people had been evacuated from areas likely to be hit. last month, cyclone idai caused hundreds of deaths in the region. earlier, the bbc‘s southern africa correspondent, nomsa maseko, gave us the latest on cyclone kenneth, which made landfall in mozambique yesterday. you are quite right to say that cyclone kenneth made landfall last night, but it has now been downgraded into a tropical depression, but that wins are also

dying down, but the fear now is that rain will still continue over the next four days, especially heavy rain. aid agencies have raised concerns about areas which are prone to flooding and mudslides. but the government in mozambique has said that tens of thousands of people have already been evacuated and have left their homes, because of possible flooding in that region. when you looked at cyclone idai, it sounded and even looked like a disaster management was not prepared for the disaster that had happened. but this time around, they seem much more prepared, because they evacuated people out of their homes much earlier and there were earlier warnings in the area, but also what could help to lessen the impact is the fact that the province where the cyclone hit is not as populated as

in beira, where cyclone idai hit. what is also a concern is that that province is a difficult one to be working in, because of islamist insurgency, which could hamper help arriving and sorting out or helping people, or evacuating even the least that are still in that area. a police cordon remains in place around tiffanys in sloane square, after smash—and—grab raiders drove a van into the front of the shop before making off with jewellery. police say a van was reported to have been driven into the front of the high—end jewellers in west london before a number of people on mopeds stole items from the shop window. the thieves then fled, leaving the van behind at the scene. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. it isn't looking great as we go into the weekend, we have some pretty u nsettled the weekend, we have some pretty unsettled conditions over the next

few days. this morning, we started with some sunshine, but gradually, the sunshine is disappearing as the band of showery rain it spreads in across western areas. it will spread eastwards, but across east anglia, the far south—east of england and north—east of scotland, it will remaina dry north—east of scotland, it will remain a dry and bright into this afternoon. some bright skies coming into wales and south—west later on. maximum temperature is about 13—16. three tonight and into saturday, we have storm hannah living its way in across the uk. the wind particularly strong across parts of wales and southern areas of england. during the early part of saturday morning, we could see gusts of 60—70 mph in wales and south—west of england, but widely across southern and central areas of england during saturday, gusts still 40 40—50, rain and feeling much cooler compared to last weekend.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines... police in northern ireland release new footage of the man they suspect is behind the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee in londonderry. i believe the people in the community know who this individual is. i recognise that people living in creggan may feel it is difficult to come forward to speak to police. today, i want to provide a personal reassurance that we are able to deal with those issues sensitively. debenhams names 22 of the 50 stores it plans to close at the start of next year, putting 1,200 jobs at risk. britain's top civil servant demands co—operation with his inquiry into leaked discussions from a national security council meeting about the chinese telecoms giant huawei. the duke of cambridge meets survivors of last month's mosque attacks in christchurch, and speaks of his personal experience of grief.

two people are injured in a huge explosion at the tata steel plant in port talbot overnight. sport now. good morning. we're starting at the crucible where the second round continues in the world snooker championship. and on the table now is england's shaun murphy who's trying to continue his recovery against australia's neil robertson. these are live pictures from bbc 2. murphy was 3—0 down in the first session yesterday, not scoring a single point in those first three frames. he pulled it back to 5—3 down overnight but it's not going to plan this morning. robertson now leads 7—4. the first to 13 frames wins. both of these players are former

winners of the world championship so it isa winners of the world championship so it is a good one to watch. slow going. there's been plenty of drama in first practise at the azerbajan grand prix after a williams car hit a loose man—hole cover causing the session to be abandoned. george russell's car was damaged by the drain cover and then doused in hydraulic fluid after the recovery truck had crashed into a bridge. baku is a street circuit so there are plenty of drains along the track. they're now all being checked before second practsie starts this afternoon. they also need to make sure the bridge is sctructually sound after the trucks collision. 0nto football, and there are just three games left in one of the most exciting premier league title races in years, can liverpool reclaim top spot tonight? they're one point behind city and they play huddersfield at anfield later knowing it's out of their hands if city win all their remaining games, not thatjurgen klopp will have any regrets if they‘ re pipped to the title. isaid, if i said, if we will do it, we will do

it. if we don't do it, they will be no regret if we give our best. i saw that the whole season from the boys. the season, it is only the first step in that area, it isn't our finish. last year, they play together. we started this year with this team and we will carry on and we will see. is this a good omen? liverpool have beaten city to one trophy this season, the fa youth cup. thanks in part to the cousin of former liverpool star steven gerrard. this was bobby duncan's equaliser, one we're sure gerrard would be proud of. it took the game to extra time and to penalties with liverpool captain paul glatzel scoring the winning spot kick. raheem sterling was honoured at last night's sport industry awards for the work he's doing in tackling the ongoing issue of racism in football. gareth southgte, on hand to present the award, said sterling's had a massive impact on british society. he's faced racial abuse on the pitch

this season and has been pushing the authorities to take a tougher stand off it. you have to set examples, you know, for younger kids younger than me. the next generation coming through, you have to set an example. i had people like steven gerard around me, looking at him and thinking what i can do within myself to be have the person he was. you take little things each year and then you try to develop and become better notjust on the field but off it as well. nine players from the top three sides in the wsl are in the professional footballers‘ association's team of the year. steph houghton leads a trio of manchester city players that also includes demi stokes and nikita parris. there are also three players each from chelsea and arsenal. that's all the sport for now.

you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. let's return to the news that the head of the civil service, has begun a formal inquiry into a leak from a meeting of the national security council. sir mark sedwill has written to ministers and reportedly asked them to confess or deny leaking reports that the government had agreed to allow chinese firm huawei to help build britain's new 5g network. numerous members of the council have been quick to deny their involemen. 0ur political correspondent chris mason joins us now from westminster. who is saying yes and who is saying no? there is a collective whodunnit question being asked in westminster this morning. no further information from downing street, we had a morning briefing from the prime minister's official spokesperson. they said next to nothing about

this. you wouldn't expect them to comment on this and sure enough, they haven't. what is intriguing is that the daily telegraph reported there were five months of the cabinet who had disagreed with the prime minister's instinct that they suggested a roll—out on a limited basis was worthwhile. all five of those ministers have denied any involvement or been very critical of the idea of a league being a wise thing from this. it's worth emphasising that lea ks at westminster happen all the time, politicians talking to journalists him private. the distinction here is this is a body, an inner sanctum of government, where classified information is shared where there is afar information is shared where there is a far higher expectation of discretion and they would be in a conventional political meeting. let's talk about this and discuss it further with se malcolm rifkind, the former chair of the security committee. we were talking about

huawei, your committee looked into this organisation, but firstly on this organisation, but firstly on this question of the expectation of discretion, your committee involves that as well, your former committee. give mea that as well, your former committee. give me a sense of your reaction that this kind of information has emerged out of this? you're understating the problem. this isn't an expectation of discretion, it is an expectation of discretion, it is a legal obligation, you are breaking the criminal law if you disclose information you have received which is classified. even the cabinet as a whole doesn't have access to top—secret information. only those ministers who need to know, and those who are sitting on the national security council are there because they do need to know. if, and it is a huge if, ifany because they do need to know. if, and it is a huge if, if any of them disclosed information, and it's not just disclosing a secret, some bit of ha rd just disclosing a secret, some bit of hard information, what is important about the national security council is it is the

presence of the chiefs of the intelligence agencies who don't just give facts, put judgments. intelligence agencies who don't just give facts, putjudgments. it is these judgments that are even more important than some of the facts. how bad is this? it depends on what happened. all we know at the moment isa happened. all we know at the moment is a newspaper got a story, we don't know if this story was correct. you said earlier that the report in the newspaper, you correctly said, was five ministers have said to have disagreed with the prime minister announced or decided it. we don't have the system of government, this isn't like the president of the united states who can make whatever decision he or she wants. if it was to the six ministers were there including the prime minister and five disagreed, there is no way the prime minister could have overruled them. there's something wrong with them. there's something wrong with the story but it doesn't remove the fa ct the story but it doesn't remove the fact that there may have then strong differences of view with the prime minister on one side and some ministers on the other. it could

have been a politician does reveal the fact, it could have been one of the fact, it could have been one of the officials. that is also a possibility, it has been known in the past. what we also don't know is that whoever did this, did they deliberately preach a secret? or was itjust casual language deliberately preach a secret? or was it just casual language with a journalist when the journalist extracted from some of the generalisations being made what seemed to be the core of a good story. is it any excuse, is it any excuse that this effectively exposes a policy row, a disagreement about an approach to a particular issue, as opposed to the disclosure of secret information? even though that discussion was taking place in a supposedly secret contest. —— context. the issue is not do we want to expose ourselves to hacking by the chinese government through

huawei? nobody wants that, nobody supports that. the issue in the uk is different from the issue of the usa and australia. we already have huawei in the uk working with british telecom on telecommunications. they've been there for some years. we investigated that. arising out of that period, what is called a cell was created manned by our people and answerable to our government who monitor on a daily basis whether huawei is behaving themselves. so farasl huawei is behaving themselves. so faras i am huawei is behaving themselves. so far as i am aware, they haven't found any obvious examples of abuse. that opens up the question which some argue, including some of the intelligence agencies, we can manage the problem but others say the risk is too great and we must not do that. in a sentence, given your examination of this issue, where it is yourjudgment like in terms of whether or not this proposed idea would be a good one are not?m

whether or not this proposed idea would be a good one are not? if i was 011 would be a good one are not? if i was on the national security council i would actually look to the intelligence agencies, particularly gchq, to intelligence agencies, particularly gcho, to give me the technical advice which only they can guess as to how confident they are they could manage huawei's involvement, that huawei, even if it was instructed by the chinese government, couldn't carry out abuse without being found out. the last thing he where we want to do is found to have been abusing their position, they'd never get another contract in the world. the question isn't what huawei once, it is whether they are under the chinese government and whether we would find that out. i would be influenced by gcho. would find that out. i would be influenced by gchq. thanks for talking to us. is this conversation goes on, with lots of questions are not many answers about whodunnit, finalfor not many answers about whodunnit, final for the. not many answers about whodunnit,

finalfor the. we're not many answers about whodunnit, final for the. we're talking about something from brexit! mps were back in parliament this week following the easter recess with no end in sight of the brexit deadlock. some say it has created unprecedented pressure in the workplace. in response, the mental health charity mind has written to all mps, to offer support. here's nina warhurst. order, order! i have woken up at four in the morning thinking about brexit. this horrid and torrid affair in british politics. it's been a massive strain. i can no longer sit for this party. it is probably having an impact on mp5 more than they would care to admit some of them. i could shut as loudly as anybody but let's try... in your 2.5 decades in parliament, have you known mental pressure like this? no. when you take a battering time and again and again and again, then at some stage you start to think, whoa. but some people will watching and thinking, you signed up to this,

you cannot complain about the pressure, it's yourjob. a lot of people suffer from stress, i know that. a lot of people listening to this interview will say, "hey, i've got a stressfuljob," but this has been stressful and over a long period of time. it has taken people, i think, to breaking point almost. we wrote to 296 mps asking them if they felt their mental health had been affected and, of the 57 who responded, 17 said it had and most of them asked for their comments to remain anonymous. "i've not suffered with depression for several years but it feels like a matter of time, being pitted against my friends and away from my family — it's isolating." "lack of sleep, cancelling plans, divisions between friends, mental and physical health is affected." "i've never suffered with anxiety before but now i can feel my heart and my chest — it's stopping me sleeping." the leader of the house andrea leadsom told us she is aware that mps are feeling the weight of brexit and that their health is a priority,

pointing to the house of common's free helpline and counselling services. and, after conversations with several mps who are struggling, the mental health charity, mind, wrote to all of them offering support. there are certain types of workplaces, of which westminster is probably one of the best or worst examples, where the added pressure puts additional emphasis on your mental health. the visibility, the high—profile nature of the work, and then when you add in a particular crisis situation then that can all take its toll on workplaces. people are exhausted. people are exhausted, i think, mistakes will be made. this cheshire mp knows what it is like to feel out of control. he suffered a breakdown several years ago and he is worried that mps are now being pushed too far. has this prolonged pressure taken its toll on your mental wellbeing? yes, for definite.

i'm aware of some of the trigger points and how to manage that, but of course, if those that are controlling the environment and the business of the house of commons are not aware of it, it makes things a bit more challenging. the pressures is on — mps know thatjune will mark three years since the referendum, when the brexit process began. what they can't tell us when or how it will end. nina warhurst, bbc news in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. we are going to go straight over to the lib dems who are launching their campaign for the european elections. there is their leader stepping up to the podium, vince cable. welcome to this launch. the launch of the european elections by the liberal democrats is with a simple message. it is, stop brexit. it is simple, it

is uncomplicated, it unambiguous. when not a thing and butting, it is honest. that is the message that we will be taking to their country. in an election which a lot of people are asking, why are we having it? 0ther are asking, why are we having it? other people are cross and confused, why are we having the selection? the reason we are having this election is because the promoters of brexit can't agree amongst themselves was brexit is. and what they want it to be. we've got numerous versions of what brexit is supposed to look like. we've got the government deal, we've got the more extreme versions favoured by the majority of people in the conservative party and the parties to the right of it. we've got ajeremy parties to the right of it. we've got a jeremy corbyn's version of

brexit, which he is trying to stitch up brexit, which he is trying to stitch up their negotiations with theresa may. at least three. the consequence isa may. at least three. the consequence is a mess. we've got a country now ina is a mess. we've got a country now in a state of paralysis, in a parliament that is gridlocked, civil service isn't functioning, there is no government. the big priorities are not being addressed. the country is demoralised. we have to find a way out of it. we have got to go back to the people and say to them, look, brexit, now you have seen it, is this what you voted for? 0r look, brexit, now you have seen it, is this what you voted for? or would you rather remain within the european union? in that campaign, we are the party of remain. we are very clear that whatever form of brexit

emerges, if it ever emerges, is bound to leave us poorer, less influential, less safe than we are at the moment. you may remember that the original referendum was conducted on the issue of the nhs. it is now abundantly clear if you have a poorer, smaller economy that are have a poorer, smaller economy that a re less have a poorer, smaller economy that are less resources for the nhs. we now know that if there is less cooperation on security, we are a more dangerous place. the world has become more dangerous place since the referendum took place, we've got vladimir putin, donald trump running a mock, and it is much safer to be within the european union. what we will be arguing in these elections is that if you believe that, if you wa nt to is that if you believe that, if you want to stop brexit, if you want to remain, you should vote for the liberal democrats. why vote for the liberal democrats. why vote for the liberal democrats? we always have

been the party for europe. it is a long tradition, goes back to paddy ashdown, royjenkins, long tradition, goes back to paddy ashdown, roy jenkins, charles kennedy, we made the case for britain as a european country. when the referendum happened we were the first people to argue that was not the last word. i recall when i was inaugurated as leader a couple of yea rs inaugurated as leader a couple of years ago, introducing the phrase, exit from brexit. it is regarded at the time as a bit wacky. it is never going to happen. actually, now, it is the mainstream and the bookmakers who are generally better forecasters think it is the outcome. i believe against that background we can make

the case in the way that we have before. we have been right, i was a member of parliament when charles kennedy was leader and we were faced with the iraq war. at the time, we we re with the iraq war. at the time, we were regarded as way out on a limb, and patriotic and we were vindicated and patriotic and we were vindicated and we were proved right. that is why i believe we will be right about europe and we will be vindicated. that is why... applause i have a couple of regrets about these elections. the first regret is that we are not standing on a common platform with the other remain parties. to stop brexit. it is true

that the brexit parties are also divided but we should be standing together. the millions of people in this country who wanted to remain, would expect us to stand together. it hasn't happened, the liberal democrats have made it clear we were happy to work with others, it wasn't reciprocated and we are going our own way. as the strongest of the remain parties, we will do well. it isa remain parties, we will do well. it is a pity, i regret we are not doing a combined campaign. my other regret is that we have got to elections taking place at the same time. we have got a very important local elections taking place across england. these matter, the quality of government locally matters. it is something we as a party take seriously and we do well. we've got

5000 councillors and candidates out there competing in these elections. i want us all in this audience to devote the next week to campaigning on their behalf, because their campaign matters. if we do welcome andi campaign matters. if we do welcome and i think we are going to do well, that will be the clearest message of our strength as a party and it will carry as commit will give us the momentum into the european elections which will follow. let me come back to our very clear message. every vote for the liberal democrats is a vote for the liberal democrats is a vote to stop brexit. thank you. applause thank you everybody.

he is happy to take questions. if we start here. making stop brexit your soul focus is paying into the idea that there is paying into the idea that there is this vote instead of a second referendum. if the brexit party, uk and perhaps the conservatives came out on top of the liberal democrats and change uk and the greens, would you accept that as a result and what would be the impact be on your course for a second referendum?m isn't a proxy vote because we are going to have a variety of parties campaigning for remain. we want to come after the european elections, to get back to the issue of having a peoples vote. that is the only way of resolving the issue in which there is a question on the ballot

paper, do you wish to remain body wish to proceed with brexit? that'll bea wish to proceed with brexit? that'll be a question that'll have to be answered. the european elections will give people a sense of what they feel about it, they will not give us a clear answer that question. can youjust give us a clear answer that question. can you just pass the microphone along. bbc news, a significant proportion of voters dislike brexit and want a new referendum. why do you think your party is performing as poorly as it is in the polls? if i may, you have reached out to the new party, change uk, and offered partnership, they rebuffed you. are they coming after your votes? has that made a difficult election all but impossible? on the first point, i'm not sure i agree with you. the polls are all over the place, same show as in quitea are all over the place, same show as in quite a healthy position and the medium is about 50% up on when i took over the leadership of the

party. we are doing significantly well in the local elections that we have had across the country over the last couple of years. we average about 20%. we will see next thursday whether your proposition is true. i think we will do very well and i level of support will be shown to have been significantly underestimated. as for the second point, i think it was unfortunate that we had the publication of that document from the change uk. my understanding is they have disowned it, i hope so, because there are millions of people in the country who are craving an alternative to the extremes they are getting on the right and left from the tory party and the labour party. they do want people to come together who have a more moderate, centrist approach to

politics. we want to be part of that. i think it will happen. it is u nfortu nate that. i think it will happen. it is unfortunate that we are not working together in this election, but i think that will happen. we shouldn't allow ourselves, i think, allow other people anyway to be obsessed by what sigmund freud called the narcissism of small differences. 0n the narcissism of small differences we will leave it. that was the liberal democrat leader launching the campaign by the party for the european elections which will take place towards the end of next month. we carried speeches from the leaders of the other main parties. vince cable saying our message is stop brexit, we are the party of remain. the lib dem there on the way to european elections.

much more information on the elections both sets and the uk parties involved on the website. now time for a look at the weather. last week was michael centre will be a distant memory tomorrow. we've got an settled weather. —— last week's hot weather. lots of sunshine in north yorkshire. this is the recent satellite imagery. you can see this cloud has been moving in from the west and that cloud continues to spread further. we will have showery rain. so showers here this afternoon. some brighter skies across wales and the south—west of england, maximum temperatures

getting at about 14 degrees. it is through tonight, we've got storm hanna moving through. this area of low pressure, this is tom hannah. —— storm hanna. that is going to bring some particularly strong winds, gusts of 60, 70 mph around the coasts of wales. into saturday, some strong winds across southern areas of england, gusts up to 50 mph even inland. with that, some heavy rain starting to move through. a soggy starter saturday morning and the rain will stick around for most of the day across wales and into northern england and the midlands. some are showering for northern ireland, dry of the southern pass but the strong winds will continue, these costs will be up to perhaps 50 miles per hour. temperatures, on

saturday, 9—13 celsius. very different to last saturday. the storm will move into the north sea and then we've got this ridge of high pressure developing, going into sunday. that will calm things down considerably. they will be lighter winds, showery rain moving its way from northern ireland into west wales and the south. but for most of us on wales and the south. but for most of us on sunday it will be dry with a fairamount of us on sunday it will be dry with a fair amount of cloud. brighter skies developing and temperatures will be higher compared to saturday. we'll get up to 15 degrees. if you are running on the london marathon on sunday, much better conditions compared to saturday. not going to be too hot either.

you're watching bbc newsroom live, these are today's main stories: police in northern ireland release new footage of the man they suspect is behind the murder of the journalist lyra mckee in londonderry. i believe that people in the community know who this individual is. i recognise that people living in creggan may feel it's difficult to come forward to speak to police. today, i want to provide a personal reassurance that we are able to deal with those issues sensitively. debenhams names 22 of the 50 stores it plans to close at the start of next year — putting 1,200 jobs at risk. britain's top civil servant demands co—operation with his inquiry into leaks of classified discussions about the chinese telecoms giant huawei. the duke of cambridge meets survivors of last month's mosque

attacks in christchurch, and speaks of his personal experience of grief. i've had reasons myself to reflect on grief and sudden pain and loss in my own life. and in my role, i've often seen up close the sorrows of others in moments of tragedy, as i have today. and two people are injured in a huge explosion at the tata steel plant in port talbot overnight. good afternoon, welcome to bbc newsroom live. police investigating the murder of lyra mckee in northern ireland have released new footage of the suspected gunman, immediately before and after the killing. the victim, a 29—year—old journalist, was shot dead by dissident republicans as she observed rioting in londonderry last week.

releasing footage of the suspect, the officer leading the investigation into lyra's murder said the local community know who this suspect is, and called for help in identifying them. we can get more on this with our ireland correspondent chris page who is in belfast for us. an important development, chris. yes, it was. this morning, the police gave her detailed update into their investigation of the murder of lyra mckee, which happened just over one week ago. she was shot dead last thursday by a gunman from the dissident republican organisation, the new ira, and it happened during rioting in the creggan area of londonderry. police have today released some footage from the night, they have released in particular some pictures of people who they want help to identify. they say there are about 100 people around the area where the shooting happened, and they still think there

are people who could come forward to help them. in particular, they have identified or have footage of three men, one of them is carrying a crate of petrol bombs, and one of the men, circled here, they believe he was the gunman who fired the shots which killed lyra mckee. the focus of the police investigation is on the community in the creggan area of londonderry, it is an area which has been seen as a strongly nationalist and republican, and there has been hostility towards policing. the police have said they have received a strong and positive response from the public, more than 140 people have contacted them through an online portal they have set up for people to get in touch. they say they still need more information in order to try and bring lyra a's killer is to book. let's now hear from the detective who is leading

the investigation. i believe on the night that the police where the intended target of this attack. whether this individual set out to kill the police are set out to provide himself a platform in terms of a terrorist organisation at this stage for me is unclear. but i believe that the gunman will carry a very heavy conscience as a result of lyra mckee's murder, and particularly when you see the very public outpouring of support there has been and the very public condemnation that there has been of his actions. there has certainly been a huge sense of shock, grief and anger in northern ireland in the seven days since lyra was killed. the 29—year—old journalist already acclaimed for her writing and tipped for great things in the future. among the new details the police talked about at that news conference was the fact that they have fore nsically was the fact that they have forensically analysed some of the bullets at the scene and they believe the weapon which was used was a believe the weapon which was used wasa similar believe the weapon which was used was a similar calibre to ebutt weapon which had been used in paramilitary style shootings in the

area in the recent past. notjust pressure on the public to come forward , pressure on the public to come forward, but pressure is now on the politicians that that shared horror, sense of outrage, will drive moves back to power—sharing at stormont. that's right, the power—sharing devolved government that stormont collapsed more than two years ago now, no ministers in place, civil serva nts now, no ministers in place, civil servants have been running with an on itand servants have been running with an on it and because they are not ministers, they don't have the power to ta ke ministers, they don't have the power to take major decisions. there has been a really big impact on public services and life in general in northern ireland, particularly those working in the public sector. in the wa ke working in the public sector. in the wake of lyra mckee and's water, there has been a growing call from there has been a growing call from the public, community leaders for more work to be done to restore power—sharing, because the presence ofa power—sharing, because the presence of a devolved government at stormont, a power—sharing government, is one of the key building blocks of the peace process , building blocks of the peace process, it is a symbolic message and a powerful message that northern

ireland wants a stable and peaceful future. so it is about narrowing the ground that dissident republicans stand on, if you like. the british and irish governments will this afternoon announced a new talks process with the parties, that is expected to begin after council elections, which will be held here in northern ireland on thursday. the dup and sinn fein, the two main parties in northern ireland, in their public statements of the last 24 hours haven't really shown any sign of softening their positions on the key issues that divide them, so any talks process will be a difficult one, there is no doubt about that. it is also worth remembering that nobody would suggest that if stormont was brought back, it would mean that dissident republican violence would end completely, but it would be about sending a message and a signal to them that the days of violence in northern ireland are gone. and issue you said, narrowing the grand full

stop thank you, chris. —— narrowing the ground. debenhams has named the 22 of the 50 stores it plans to close by 2020, putting 1,200 jobs at risk. the company say that all stores will remain open for the rest of 2019, including the christmas trading period. the named closures are the first phase of wider plans to shut around 50 of their 166 stores to save the struggling firm from collapse. here's what rachel 0sborne, debenhams' chief financial officer, had to say. i think it is no surprise there are troubles in the high street, and that isn't unique to debenhams. what we are trying to do is make sure there is a sustainable future for debenhams. we have to address the fact that the rent in some of our stores is quite high and that some of those stores will need to close over the next 3—5 years. we talked about this back in october 2018, so it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. no one likes to close stores, and indeed, it's something that none of us want to do, and we have talked to our staff this morning, they have been briefed, and we will do our utmost

to minimise the 1200 jobs that are at risk of redundancy by trying to redeploy them into differentjobs over the next period of time. there are no stores that will close in 2019, they will close in 2020, so we will keep compulsory redundancy to an absolute minimum. with me now is the retail expert claire bailey. thank you forjoining us. how do you read this? is that the victim of biggerforces or is it an read this? is that the victim of bigger forces or is it an unforced error that has caused this?” bigger forces or is it an unforced error that has caused this? i think if we look at the whole of the department store sector over the last 12—18 months, the demise of house of fraser, we have seen debenhams are putting huge reductions in profits, evenjohn lewis has suffered. that falls against waves of closures from marks & spencer and the ministration of bhs three years ago. it tells us that the format of retailing is no longer as desirable as it used to be. as a result, debenhams are

having to take stock of their wider estate, closing down these approximate 50 stores in order to remove the loss—making part of the business, to allow them self cash flow available to turn around and improve the remaining stores, protecting the long—term future for the business. looking at the names of the initial 22 names released this morning, what do you define from that? it will be a number of factors. they will have been negotiating with landowners to see if they can get rent reductions, and they will have looked at other ways to cut costs to find out where are the top 50 list well performing stories, or perhaps the top 50 and in this case, the first wave is 22, to then shut down or stop because perhaps they have an agreement with the landlord to close out sooner rather than later, which will save them costs in rent. it is far wider than just looking at if the story makes sales, which might be something the staff are concerned about. 0r something the staff are concerned about. or they might not appreciate is the rent, rates, utilities,

internal revamp costs, and the type of sales they are making are not of the highest profit product. for this consideration is going to the mix before a retailer can decide which store to close. do you think that for the landlords, this is a moment for the landlords, this is a moment for them to think, we have to let some of these high street big names out of their existing contracts, because they are unsustainable? out of their existing contracts, because they are unsustainable7m isa because they are unsustainable7m is a difficult one for landlords, because the minute they allow a lease to be terminated, they then become liable for the business rates burden, which obviously nobody wa nts. burden, which obviously nobody wants. some landlords are often investors and sit behind pension funds, which has a knock on elsewhere in the economy. what we need to see is landlords being more creative with the way they let the space. we have already seen planning restrictions around change of use, allowing space to be redeployed for leisure and hospitality purposes, and while there will be a negative impact on the high street on the short term when debenhams closes next year, we now have one year for the landlords and debenhams

themselves to work together with local communities to find new occupiers, to keep the high streets vibrant. but also perhaps more releva nt to vibrant. but also perhaps more relevant to the modern consumer stocks know what that looked like? many things, perhaps. i have seen many departments was being mixed into retail and small cinema spaces, and the kind of activities that bring people out, so you might see restau ra nts, bring people out, so you might see restaurants, cinema, retailer is a mixed unit. it is a day out rather than just mixed unit. it is a day out rather thanjust shopping. mixed unit. it is a day out rather than just shopping. for a mixed unit. it is a day out rather thanjust shopping. fora number of these locations, that might be the way forward. thank you forjoining us. the head of the civil service has begun a formal inquiry into a leak from a meeting of the national security council. sir mark sedwill has written to ministers and reportedly asked them to confess or deny leaking reports that the government had agreed to allow chinese firm huawei to help build britain's new 5g network. some have been quick to deny that they were involved in the leak. the home secretary sajid javid said it was "completely unacceptable". defence secretary gavin williamson said "neither i nor any of my team have divulged information

from the national security council." the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt also denied any involvement, saying the leak was "utterly appalling". sir malcolm rifkind served as both defence and foreign secretary and gave his reaction to the leak. it is not an expectation of discretion, it is a legal obligation, you are breaking the criminal law if you disclose information you have received which is classified. even the cabinet as a whole doesn't have access to top—secret information. only those ministers who need to know, and those who are sitting on the national security council, are there because they do need to know. if, and it is a huge if, if any of them disclosed information, and it's notjust disclosing a secret, some bit of hard information, because what is important about the national security council is it also has the presence of the chiefs of the intelligence agencies who don'tjust give facts, butjudgments.

it is these judgments that are sometimes even more important than the facts. 0ur political correspondent jessica parkerjoins us. how is this informal investigation getting on? well, it isjust under way, we don't know the details yet in terms of exactly how it will be carried out, but there are some big questions around this issue. of course, who may have leaked this information, how they might have done it and whether this leak enquiry will get anywhere, because as we have heard of the last 24 hours, there is form for sometimes link enquiries do not produce results. in terms of who did it, a number of people present at that meeting had issued a strong denials. terms of how, we don't know how this lea k terms of how, we don't know how this leak came about, whether somebody came out of the national security council meeting and picked up the phone to a journalist or whether it

might have been a more piecemeal exercise on behalf of the journalist who picked up this story. there are a lot of questions about this leak, but it has caused universal outreach here in westminster that it has happened at all. it is seen as a breakdown in terms of cabinet discipline, and of course, there has been concern about what it will say to our allies across the globe about how reliable we are when it comes to sensitive security information. and of course, it resonates with the underlying leadership uncertainty, and the question that the motive may not have been a public interest motive, we just don't know, the motive, we just don't know, the motive may have been a political power emotive. we don't know who lea ked power emotive. we don't know who leaked this, now of course, the suspicion immediately seemed to fall upon politicians who were present at that meeting, but it is worth pointing out that it wouldn't have just been politicians present at the national security council meeting. there are a couple of theories floating around as to why a politician may have leaked information, perhaps they may have

deep concerns about this idea of involving huawei in the 5g network. the other piece of speculation could be that it is a potential leadership contender hoping to succeed theresa may and hoping they will be tough on china. of course, that we then go back to this point that we really don't know who leaked the information, how it was leaked and the enquiry is now getting under way to get to the bottom of that. we don't even know if the enquiry will be successful. lots of question, when you have more answers, we will come back to you. the government in sri lanka say they fear that the easter sunday attacks will cost the country up to $1.5 billion in tourism losses. the authorities there remain under huge pressure to dismantle the terror network behind the attacks which killed more than 250 people. president sirisena confirmed that around 70 suspects are still at large. authorities now say an islamist preacher suspected of orchestrating the easter bombings died in one of the attacks. zahran hashim led the attack on the shangri—la hotel in colombo, accompanied by a second bomber.

this video of cctv images from the hotel show the suspects moments before the blast. security has been tightened in sri lanka's muslim communities after sporadic reports of revenge attacks and threats. heavily armed members of the security forces were a highly visible presence at friday prayers in mosques across the country. 0ur correspondent nick beake is in colombo. a very tense nation. obviously, people would be reassured if they felt all the suspects were under arrest. how is the investigation going? on the one hand, you might think it reassuring to hear that the alleged mastermind is dead. the authorities confirmed he was one of the suicide bombers at the weekend. soon after that, we got this revelation from the president

talking about the wider threat that sri lanka faces from jihadist groups. he said that the intelligence reaching him suggested there were between 130—140 individuals who in his words were linked to eis, the islamic state group, so called. 0f linked to eis, the islamic state group, so called. of those people, around 70 had been detained and another 70 still at large. we already knew there was a great manhunt under way in sri lanka to find anyone related to the atrocities at the weekend. it now seems there are dozens of other people who are linked to this specific plot, whether they are maybe people who have gone to syria and returned or whether they are people who may have their own plans to carry out their own attacks, they may have been planning them, and now after what happened at the weekend, they bring forward the idea of carrying them out. there is so much now for sri lanka to come to terms

with. we mentioned a moment to go the relationships between faith communities and ethnic communities. also, the enormous economic impact sri lanka is so dependent on, like tourism. absolutely, in the last ten yea rs, tourism. absolutely, in the last ten years, the tourist industry here has really flourished. before that, 25 yea rs of really flourished. before that, 25 years of a bloody, brutal civil war. it really emerge as a destination where people were flocking to. britain is made up the third largest wit behind visitors from india and china, so in the medium to long term, the authorities are really worried about the economic impact it will have. in the short term, it is the real concern on the security, the real concern on the security, the fact that everyone is warning about future attacks. and of course, the grim process of burying the dead, that continues, so many people, about 250 is the official

figure, but dozens of families bereaved and looking to the future, real concern about the damage done to the tourist industry here. thank you, nick. sport now, here's lizzie. we're starting at the crucible where the second round continues in the world snooker championship. england's shaun murphy is trying to continue his recovery against australia's neil robertson. both former crucible champions and on form — this should be a tight match. but murphy was 5—3 down overnight after a very poor start in the first session. this morning — robertson increased his lead to 7—4 but after some clever safety play murphy has pulled a frame back and it's currently 7—5 with the first to 13 frames the winner. well, these are live pictures from sheffield right now and on the other table is the amateurjames cahill who sensationally knocked out ronnie 0'sullivan in the first round. cahill is trying to do the same to stephen maguire — they resumed at 3—2 to maguire. and it's now 4—2 to maguire.

asi as i said, best to 13 frames is the winner, and he hasjust made it 5—2, so he is three frames up. first 13 will win and go through to the third round. there's was a bizarre incident in first practice at the azerbajan grand prix after a williams car hit a loose man—hole cover. causing the session to be abandoned. george russell's car was damaged by the drain cover and then doused in hydraulic fluid after the recovery truck hit a bridge on its way to him. baku is a street circuit so there are plenty of drains along the track. they're now all being checked before second practsie starts this afternoon. they also need to make sure the bridge is structually sound. 0nto football and there are just three games left in one of the most exciting premier league title races in years, can liverpool reclaim top spot tonight? they're one point behind city and they play huddersfield at anfield later knowing it's out of their hands if city win all their remaining games, not thatjurgen klopp will have any regrets if they‘ re pipped to the title.

i said it, isaid it, if i said it, if we will do it, we will, and if we won't do it, we will have no regrets, as long as we a lwa ys have no regrets, as long as we always give our best effort. i saw that the whole season from the boys, but still, the season and where we end up is only the first step in that area, it won't be the finish, so, for the last year, they played together that we started this year with this team. and we will carry on and we will see. nine players from the top three sides in the wsl are in the professional footballers‘ association's team of the year. england captain steph houghton leads a trio of manchester city players that also includes demi stokes and nikita parris. there are also three players each from chelsea and arsenal. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that‘s bbc.co.uk/sport. emergency services are attending the tata steelworks in port talbot after several loud explosions in the early hours.

south wales police say the blasts appear to have been caused by molten metal falling off a train and setting fire to several buildings. two people suffered minor injuries and tata says an investigation is under way. 0ur reporterjordan davies has been following the story. police were called here in the early hours of the morning, after multiple reports to this huge explosion, local people reporting a massive blast, some people saying a series of blasts that sounded like thunder. and there were extraordinary images on social media as a ball of light appearing over port talbot, the flames, a helicopter above the plant, and what appears to be a large mushroom cloud that appeared in the wake of this explosion. some local people saying the blast shook their houses. we have heard from tata steel that a train carrying molten metal into one of the workshops here caused a series of fires. there was a spillage of liquid iron. tata steel say the fire

here has been extinguished. we are hearing now that all emergency services have left the plant, and the plant has reopened and there is no ongoing risk to the local area. tata say all employees have been accounted for, there are no serious injuries. south wales police say there were two casualties with minor injuries. and there has been reaction, including from the local mp for aberavon, who has called on tata steel to carry out a full review of what happened here, a full review of safety at the plant, and he says this raises concerns about safety at the plant. now, tata steel say a full investigation is under way and the plant is now reopened. this is clearly a sprawling complex here, and it is difficult, really, to underestimate the importance of this plant to the local economy and tojobs in the area. but certainly, it seems like this was a serious incident, but without any serious injury.

lance davies, who was woken in the night by a loud bang from the plant, told us what he saw. at 3:35am, what i believed was thunder, that‘s what woke me up, and then i heard one loud explosion that drew my attention to the window, and then another two big explosions followed after that, which was a big ball of fire, and a big mushroom cloud. i just couldn‘t believe what i was seeing it was something you see out of a film. about two and a half minutes, i couldn‘t really put a time limit on it, but it was minutes after the explosion and the big mushroom of smoke, the wind was actually blowing in the direction of my house, and i had the window open, i had to shut it because i thought it was raining, but it was obviously in parts of the explosion and the stuff that was travelling in the smoke. 0ne missed council tax payment

in england and wales can escalate to more than £2000 worth of debt within weeks, according to citizens advice. the charity says when someone falls behind on their council tax payments they can become liable for the whole year‘s bill. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has more. unpaid council tax is a growing problem. it‘s the biggest issue for people contacting citizens advice with worries about debt, and last year there was more than £3 billion of outstanding bills. mps and the national audit office have criticised local councils for the way they try and get that money back, through aggressive bailiffs and external companies. now citizens advice say the rules for how the debts are calculated needs to change to stop debt spiralling. in england and wales, if someone misses a payment they become liable for the cost of the rest of the year‘s bill within a fortnight. at this point in the financial year, an average

missed payment of £167 results in a bill for the full year‘s charge, plus court costs and bailiff fees. within a few months, people could be facing debts of more than £2000. citizens advice say that debt can be crippling. last year, around £500 million of additional fees and charges were added on people‘s council tax debt. and for an average person who does fall behind, that looks like about £300 in fees and charges, which doesn‘t help the person repay their debt and actually doesn‘t help the council, because that money will have to be recovered as well as the arrears that they owe. government say they expect councils to be sympathetic to those genuine hardship. the local government association in england and wales say councils have faced huge budget cuts and anyone having trouble paying their bills should get in touch with their local authority. but citizens advice say that 2 million households facing council debts are being pushed further into the red, rather than

helped out of it. let‘s return to the news that the head of the civil service has begun a formal inquiry into a leak from a meeting of the national security council. about whether to allow chinese firm huawei to allow britain to built its sg huawei to allow britain to built its 5g network. in the past few moments , the chancellor phillip hammond has given his reaction to the inquiry. there has never been a leak in the national security council before, so it is important we get to the bottom of what happened here. it is not about the substance of what was a p pa re ntly about the substance of what was apparently leaked, shattering of information, but it is important that we protect the principle that nothing that goes on in national security council meetings must ever be repeated outside the room. that

was the chancellor from beijing, and the heat is on in terms of that requiring, we will hear more later. —— in terms of that enquiry. a police cordon remains in place around tiffanys in west london after smash—and—grab raiders drove a van into the front of the shop before making off with jewellery. a number of people on mopeds stole items from the high—end jewellery store after the crash. the van was left behind at the scene. now it‘s time for a look at the weather. this time last week, we were recommending a beautiful easter weekend with some record—breaking ones, but it is all change with rain in the forecast and the wind is set to strengthen. they wind will push across southern scotland, northern england, down to the midlands into the isle of wight. to the east of that, we may keep some sunshine into the north—east of scotland as well. we will see temperatures 14—17, but under the cloud, the rain and increasing wind, it will feel much colder than we had seven days ago.

the wind will strengthen, in fact, overnight, we will see low pressure, this is storm hannah. in the south of that, we will see the strongest of that, we will see the strongest of the wind, gusts of up to 70 mph, with stronger wind transferring a little bit further east as we go through the morning. it will bring cloud, wind and rain, so all in all, it isn‘t going to be a great day for spending time outside for the first half of your weekend.

this is bbc news. our latest headlines... police in northern ireland release new footage of the man they suspect is behind the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee in londonderry. i believe the people in the community know who this individual is. i recognise that people living in creggan may feel it is difficult to come forward to speak to police. today, i want to provide

a personal reassurance that we are able to deal with those issues sensitively. debenhams names 22 of the 50 stores it plans to close at the start of next year — putting 1,200 jobs at risk. britain‘s top civil servant demands co—operation with his inquiry into leaked discussions from a national security council meeting about the chinese telecoms giant huawei. the duke of cambridge meets survivors of last month‘s mosque attacks in christchurch, and speaks of his personal experience of grief. two people are injured in a huge explosion at the tata steel plant in port talbot overnight. the liberal democrats are the latest party to launch their campaign for the european elections. the liberal democrats say they will fight the elections as an unapologetically pro—european party, european elections take place nextr month, on the 23rd of may. their leader sir vince cable says

the party‘s ambtion is ‘no less than to "stop brexit". the launch of the european elections by the liberal democrats is with a simple message. which is, stop brexit. it is simple, it is uncomplicated, it is unambiguous. we are not ifing and betting, it is honest. that is the message we will be taking to the country. in an election which people are asking, why are we having it? other people across and confused. why are we having this election? the reason we‘re having election is because the promoters of brexit can‘t agree amongst themselves was brexit is. and what they want it to be. we‘ve

got numerous versions of water brexit is supposed to look like. we‘ve got the government deal, we‘ve got the more extreme versions favoured by the majority of people in the conservative party and the parties to the right of it. we have got ajeremy parties to the right of it. we have got a jeremy corbyn‘s version of brexit which he is now trying to stitch up their negotiations with theresa may. at least three. the consequence is theresa may. at least three. the consequence is a theresa may. at least three. the consequence is a must. the lib dem leader launching his campaign for the european elections. and there‘s much more information on the european elections and the uk parties involved on our website. the duke of cambridge has been meeting survivors of the christchurch terror attack on the second day of his visit to new zealand. 50 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on worshippers in march. at the al noor mosque, the duke of cambridge called the attacks an "unspeakable act of hate".

now, when i woke up in london on the morning of the 15th of march, i could not believe the news. an act of unspeakable hate had unfolded in new zealand, a country of peace. and it had unfolded in christchurch, a city that has endured so much more than its fair share of hardship. and when it was confirmed that 50 new zealand muslims had been killed, murdered while peacefully worshipping, again, ijust could not believe the news. i have been visiting new zealand since before i could walk. i have stood alongside new zealanders in moments of joy and celebration. and i have stood alongside new zealanders in the city in moments of real pain, after loved ones, homes and livelihoods have been lost after the 2011 earthquake.

and what i have known of new zealanders from the earliest moments of my life is that you are a people who look out to the world with optimism. i have had reasons myself to reflect on grief and sudden pain and loss in my own life. and in my role i‘ve often seen up close the sorrow of others in moments of tragedy, as i have today. what i have realised is that, of course, grief can change your outlook. you don‘t ever forget the shock, the sadness and pain. but i do not believe that grief changes who you are. grief, if you let it, will reveal who are. it can reveal depths that you did not know you had. to the people of new zealand and the people of christchurch, to our muslim community and all those who have rallied to its side, i stand with you in gratitude

for what you have taught the world these past weeks. i stand with you in optimism about the future of this great city. i stand with you in grief for those who have lost, and with support for those who survived. i stand with you in firm belief that the forces of love will always prevail over forces of hate. mps were back in parliament this week following the easter recess with no end in sight around the brexit deadlock. some say it has created unprecedented pressure in the workplace. in response, the mental health charity mind has written to all mps, to offer support. here‘s nina warhurst. order, order! i have woken up at four in the morning thinking about brexit. this horrid and torrid affair in british politics. it's been a massive strain.

i can no longer sit for this party. it is probably having an impact on mp5 more than they would care to admit some of them. i could shut as loudly as anybody but let's try... in your 2.5 decades in parliament, have you known mental pressure like this? no. when you take a battering time and again and again and again, then at some stage you start to think, whoa. but some people will watching and thinking, you signed up to this, you cannot complain about the pressure, it‘s yourjob. a lot of people suffer from stress, i know that. a lot of people listening to this interview will say, "hey, i've got a stressfuljob," but this has been stressful and over a long period of time. it has taken people, i think, to breaking point almost. we wrote to 296 mps asking them if they felt their mental health had been affected and, of the 57 who responded, 17 said it had and most of them asked for their comments to remain anonymous. "i‘ve not suffered with depression

for several years but it feels like a matter of time, being pitted against my friends and away from my family — it‘s isolating." "lack of sleep, cancelling plans, divisions between friends, mental and physical health is affected." "i‘ve never suffered with anxiety before but now i can feel my heart in my chest — it‘s stopping me sleeping." the leader of the house andrea leadsom told us she is aware that mps are feeling the weight of brexit and that their health is a priority, pointing to the house of common‘s free helpline and counselling services. and, after conversations with several mps who are struggling, the mental health charity, mind, wrote to all of them offering support. there are certain types of workplaces, of which westminster is probably one of the best or worst examples, where the added pressure puts additional emphasis on your mental health. the visibility, the high—profile nature of the work, and then when you add in a particular crisis situation

then that can all take its toll on workplaces. people are exhausted. people are exhausted, i think, mistakes will be made. this cheshire mp knows what it is like to feel out of control. he suffered a breakdown several years ago and he is worried that mps are now being pushed too far. has this prolonged pressure taken its toll on your mental wellbeing? yes, for definite. i'm aware of some of the trigger points and how to manage that, but of course, if those that are controlling the environment and the business of the house of commons are not aware of it, it makes things a bit more challenging. the pressures is on — mps know thatjune will mark three years since the referendum, when the brexit process began. what they can‘t tell us is when or how it will end. nina warhurst, bbc news the father of the premier league footballer emiliano sala, who was killed in a plane crash earlier this year, has died three

months after his son‘s death. horacio sala who was 58, suffered a heart attack on tuesday. his son was killed injanuary. the argentine footballer was on his way to his new club cardiff city when his plane crashed over the english channel. teachers‘ union leaders have dismissed as a "non—starter" a warning from the health secretary, matt hancock, that he won‘t rule out banning any children who aren‘t vaccinated for measles from going to school. the general secretary of the association of school and college leaders, geoff barton, said that sending six year olds home, when there are already concerns about non—attendance rates, is not practicable. mr barton was taking alongside gp, dr caroline dollery, who told my colleague chloe tilley that many people had forgotten just how dangerous measles can be. i personally as a junior doctor many

years back, have seen children i have seen children badly affected, brain damage, encephalitis, meningitis. people tend to think about these conditions as a bit like chickenpox but it‘s not, it‘s much worse. it‘s really important to understand that. you can understand why people also get anxious about immunisations. the truth is, it is important to allow people access to the right information and to come to a judgment. it‘s actually really important for people to understand a concept called herd immunity. measles is a good example. for every case of measles, 90 people contracted measles from that one case. you spread that without any symptoms. you don‘t actually develop any symptoms of measles and for three days you are spreading the disease. it is highly contagious. what happens if you vaccinate, if you get 95% of the population vaccinated, you protect

the population. as an example, newborn babies are really vulnerable to these conditions because they can‘t have the mmr. if you do not vaccinate your children, you are contributing to severe illness and death of young babies. equally, the elderly and people on chemotherapy. we know that when the vaccination rates drop below 95%, those are the people who will suffer. stay with us for a moment because i want to bring in ben and jeff barton. i said in the introduction, you are a father of four... i am actually a father of three. my wife will be pleased! your youngest is four, do you think that pa rents youngest is four, do you think that parents should potentially be told, if you have a vaccinated your child, they are not going to school. —— if you have not. i have read on this

andl you have not. i have read on this and i agree with the union idea that you are punishing children for their parents mistakes. that said, your medical colleague has adequately and very appropriately explained the situation. for me, it is a no—brainer, obviously i have read things on the internet, i have made an informed decision by listening to health professionals, medical experts, ijust think that health professionals, medical experts, i just think that what health professionals, medical experts, ijust think that what is more important is people stop spreading their internet nonsense. i am afraid! spreading their internet nonsense. i am afraid i agree withjames o'brien, there are no two sites, there is only one side and that is science. i'm not going to risk my children all three of them, i have an 11—year—old, children all three of them, i have anii—year—old, a children all three of them, i have an 11—year—old, a seven—year—old and an 11—year—old, a seven—year—old and a four—year—old, i am not going to risk them to three extraordinarily

dangerous conditions. you talked about andrew wakefield whose views we re about andrew wakefield whose views were discredited. i want to bring in geoff barton. from a teacher‘s perspective, is its practical... it is practical. i got an information sheet asking of my children had been vaccinated? school could sheet asking of my children had been vaccinated ? school could enforce sheet asking of my children had been vaccinated? school could enforce if the government decided to exclude children who haven‘t been vaccinated from school. it is only a matter of weeks since i was here because head teachers are being accused of excluding too many young people. at the same time we got the health secretary himself saying that some young people shouldn't be in school. it would be an irritation for school leaders today. if we can learn from the best international practice, we are not seeing young people currently in school are going to be sent home at the age of six because they haven't been vaccinated. it would be a foolish thing to do. there has to be a form of

registration to incentivise parents. this has to be about education. how would that work? how would you incentivise? would that work? how would you ince ntivise ? that would that work? how would you incentivise? that is why we need to learn from italy, we need to learn from france. a colleague said when she put her child into a ski resort crash in france she had to provide evidence that child had been vaccinated. what happens if parents say i haven't vaccinated my child? the off the cuff remark we had yesterday has opened an important issue that we need to see the evidence as to how this would work in practice. our main responsibility is to keep all children safe but we don't want children at home who might be at more risk if they weren't in might be at more risk if they we ren't in school. the headlines on bbc news... police in northern ireland release new footage of the man they suspect is behind the murder of the journalist, lyra mckee in londonderry.

debenhams names 22 of the 50 stores it plans to close at the start of next year — putting 1,200 jobs at risk. britain‘s top civil servant demands co—operation with his inquiry into leaked discussions from a national security council meeting about the chinese telecoms giant huawei. the snp‘s spring conference gets under way in edinburgh tomorrow. it comes just days after scottish first minister and party leader nicola sturgeon said she wanted to see another independence referendum by 2021, if brexit goes ahead. she‘s been speaking today to our scotland editor sarah smith.. .(tx sor) brexit is a profound change for scotla nd brexit is a profound change for scotland and the whole of the uk. it will have damaging consequences for decades to come. the people of scotla nd decades to come. the people of scotland surely must have the ability to choose, whether they want to a cce pt ability to choose, whether they want

to accept that‘s par for the future or to opt for a different path which is to be an independent european nation, able to protect our relationships across the british isles but play a full part in the eu as well. and to protect our economy and society. he wants an independence referendum with the next two years, yet you know that is virtually impossible because you say you want the fog of brexit to have cleared before people can make an informed choice, that it may not have happened, and the westminster events have made it clear they were not give you the permission to hold that referendum. his government has zero authority, it changes its mind every day. it‘s were that is where it is not its bond. there were other government in westminster should give you a referendum. they think it is acceptable in any democracy to

block the right of the people of scotla nd block the right of the people of scotland to choose. wouldn't it be honest to admit is not going to happen. you are committed to doing it but it‘s not going to happen. you‘re expecting me to accept an undemocratic position. i don‘t think anybody in scotland should accept that. people in scotland who oppose independence which is entirely legitimate, many if not most of those people would accept it is for the scottish people to decide and the scottish people to decide and the timing of our choice should be for the scottish parliament is not for the scottish parliament is not for westminster tic—tac—toe tab there is a debate about currency. can you give me the doorstep answer, what currency would you use? we would keep the pound until we moved toa would keep the pound until we moved to a scottish currency. we will have a central bank that is well informed that transition. until then, the poundin that transition. until then, the

pound in your pockets will be the pound in your pockets will be the poundin pound in your pockets will be the pound in your pockets will be the pound in your pockets will be the pound in your pocket that the not a snappy pound in your pocket that the not a snappy election explanation. i thought it was. you don‘t often see donald trump rubbing shoulders with ainsley harriott, darren day and noel edmonds. but you might have done if you‘re a fan of christopher spence, the artist better known as cold war steve. his bizarre collages, which mix global leaders with british celebrities, have become a huge internet hit. back in vision)now he‘s putting on a gallery exhibition, with the help of some teenagers. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson has been to find out more. cold war steve started making digital collages on his mobile phone during his daily bus ride to hisjob in the probation service. it started as a coping mechanism for me and then the fact that it has become popular, is fantastic. but overriding, i want it to be funny and amusing more than anything. he has more than 160,000 online followers and produces a new work about life

and brexit—dominated britain almost every day. normally featuring a mixture of global leaders, sport stars and figures from the entertainment world. and he has even used a topless dan walker. 0ne character who appears in every montage is the actor steve mcfadden, phil mitchell in east enders. he‘s used with complete reverence, really. he is me in them, he is the everyman in them, with his existential angsts, yeah, looking bewildered or annoyed orjust... "can‘t take any more". his latest project at the whitworth art gallery, in manchester, is rather different — a collaboration with pupils from the fred longworth high school. they were inspired by his pictures to make their own digital collages on the theme of what it is like to be a teenager in britain in 2019. i focussed on racism as a teenager in britain because, like, throughout my whole

lifetime i have been facing different questions that people do not think are racist but are racist. it's about loads of great british people, so it's got like winston churchill, but it is mainly about politics so it is like saying a second referendum could solve everything. i am a big advocate for mental health and students being pressurised into being perfect students, so i wanted to show it and i am going to do it through a performance where i am going to be sticking a smile over my friends‘ screaming face to show that they feel they have to be fake, and show that they are not actually feeling stressed and angry. and then the making of a life montage... what i am doing a dystopian post— brexit jeremy kyle. ..with the pupils suggesting who should go in. before long, mary berry had joined little mix and as for who was essential... definitely ali—a because he is a youtuber

and i really like youtubers. it‘s just fun to see him being included with all the other mainstream celebrities. although cold war steve was thrilled at least one tv legend has crossed generations. i was pleased to see that they all knew who noel edmonds was so that was a relief. colin patterson, bbc news. unless you‘ve been living under a stone somewhere, you‘ll know that prince harry and his wife meghan markle are about to have a baby. there are plenty of rumours about dates, names and plans for the royal birth. 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell takes a look at what we know, and what we don‘t. we don‘t know how long the birth is going to take, because nobody knows how long a birth is going to take when it starts. here‘s what we do know about the impending royal birth — and what we don‘t.

we know very little actual detail. so the due date, they haven‘t given us, but that‘s not unusual. she‘s told somebody it‘s due end of april, beginning of may. do we know where meghan‘s going to have the baby? the simple answer is no, we don‘t. the options are a home birth, they‘ve just moved into frogmore cottage. and although we think it‘s different from recent royal births, actually, traditionally, the queen had all of her children either in buckingham palace or clarence house. but if she didn‘t, a hospital might be seen as a better bet. in which case, frimley park hospital, which is very close by, which is sophie wessex had her two children. when you switch on the telly hoping to see the first pictures of harry and meghan‘s new baby you might expect to see me and various other royal correspondents outside this hospital door, but you‘d be wrong. we‘re not expecting this big photocall in front of banks of photographers, it‘s going to be very private. that‘s totally at the decision of harry and meghan. but there‘s something

about harry and meghan, they have a stardust that appeals to people who maybe haven‘t even been that interested in the royal family before. so on the day, my klaxon will go off on my mobile phone, i‘ll rush to wherever we have to go. we would expect that to be in windsor, because clearly that‘s where the family‘s new home is. and you‘ll be seeing people like me standing in front of a load of trees and we will be waiting for the news as well of hundreds of millions, potentially, people around the world. do we know about nationality? we don‘t know about nationality. could have dual nationality. we don‘t know a name. meghan and harry probably have slightly more leeway. in reality, because he‘s seventh in line — he or she is the seventh in line to the throne. i don‘t want to say he. because that sounds like i‘ve got knowledge, doesn‘t it? and i haven‘t. i did get what the bookies said. they said the latest favourite name is grace. but diana is also in there for obvious reasons, as is elizabeth and there‘s alice and victoria for the traditionalists. if it‘s a girl.

it‘s not automatically going to be a prince or princess. the queen, however, could decide that harry‘s children could have that title. it‘s not definite. we will have to wait and see on that one. they have kept things very private. i think not least because of megan‘s difficult relationship i think not least because of meghan‘s difficult relationship with thomas markle, herfather, who is going to be this baby‘s grandfather. we do know that for harry, he‘s had a very, very complicated relationship, i think, with the press over the years. he wants to protect meghan as much as possible. and he certainly wants to protect his child. and a cat has adopted four baby squirrels. the orphaned baby squirrels were brought to a park in southern crimea by a visitor when they were just four weeks old. pusha the cat, who already had four kittens, was cautious about adopting them at first. but they got used to one another and now the cats and squirrels live together as one

big, happy family. in a moment it‘s time for the one o‘clock news with ben brown but first it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon king. there suspension to be found and it feels pleasant out there. the favourite spot would be in the east but there also some rain that has been moving on from the west in the last couple of hours putting out of cornwall and devon, pushing across wales, north—west england are seeing some heavier bass. easing into northern ireland with showers. we keep that wet weather out of the west, sheltered eastern area seeing the best of some sunshine along with northern scotland, with a little bit of shelter and son you should see temperatures into the high teens potentially. caught underneath the cloud and the rain, with a bit more ofa cloud and the rain, with a bit more of a breeze, it is a disappointing feel. now, deep area of low pressure and started moving, you can see it

spiralling in. this is storm hannah andi spiralling in. this is storm hannah and i will continue to bring damaging gusts of wind through the early hours of saturday morning. also, heavy rain as it moves through north wales, the midlands and the north wales, the midlands and the north of england. as the low pressure m oves north of england. as the low pressure moves along the southern flank, down across wales into south—west england, we will see strong winds first thing on saturday. that is worth bearing in mind. at this time of year with three starting to come into full leaf, it could be an issue. —— trees. the strongest of the wind is starting to transfer into central and eastern parts of england. it is going to be a windy starter saturday, they will be some rain around as well, some heavy across north wales, the midland stretching up north wales, the midland stretching up to the north of england and northern ireland. pushing towards the scottish borders. the far north of scotla nd the scottish borders. the far north of scotland should stay dry on saturday and they should be an improvement across central parts of england with sunny spells, but a

cooler feel, 9—13 at the best. that‘ll be a shock to the system, particularly when you factor in those blustery winds which will continue through much of the day. as we move out of saturday, that area of low pressure will drift away. we will see this brief ridge developing. more rain coming in from the west. the further west you live on sunday, you could see some rain. a quieter day elsewhere. just that little bit warmer.

police release pictures of the man they believe killed the journalist lyra mckee in londonderry. he‘s described as a short, stocky man. detectives are appealing for help from the public to identify him. i believe that the gunman will carry a very heavy conscience as a result of lyra mckee‘s murder, and particularly when you see the very public outpouring of support there has been and the very public condemnation that there has been of his actions. the killing of 29—year—old lyra mckee has brought fresh attempts to restore power—sharing in northern ireland. we‘ll be live at stormont. also this lunchtime. confess or deny — reports of an ultimatum to ministers as an investigation begins into who leaked secrets from the government‘s national security council. debenhams confirms plans to close up to 22 stores,