good morning. welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and ben thompson. our headlines today: cosmetic clinics are accused of fuelling a mental health epidemic. england's top doctor tells firms they need to do more to protect vulnerable clients. sri lanka's security forces say at least 15 people, including some children, have been killed during gun battles with suspected islamist militants. fresh talks to try to break the political deadlock in northern ireland are welcomed by the white house following the death of lyra mckee. more than 90 labour politicians demand thatjeremy corbyn commits to another referendum in the european election.

good morning. 5—star liverpool go top again. they thrash huddersfield at anfield to overtake manchester city again, so the pressure is now on city to respond at burnley tomorrow. plus: push—ups, press—ups, sprints and squats — i'll be finding out what it takes to make a crossfit champion. and in weather, the stormy set to bring many of us so windy, wet and cool day. i will have all the details right here on breakfast. it's saturday 27th april. our top story: clinics that provide cosmetic procedures, such as fillers and botox injections, are helping to fuel a mental health and anxiety epidemic — that's according to the medical director of nhs england. professor stephen powis is calling for an official register of all providers, and for better training to protect vulnerable clients from quick fixes, as our global health correspondent richard galpin reports.

cosmetic procedures like botox injections and fillers are popular and easily available. notjust in clinics but also in high—street outlets. the nhs is concerned there isa link outlets. the nhs is concerned there is a link between young people's mental health and these kinds of procedures. 25% of mental health and these kinds of procedures. 2596 of youngsters are worried about their appearance, 50% are worried about their weight, and we know that the evidence is if you've got those concerns, if you are feeling pressure or bombarded around idealised body image, but you we re around idealised body image, but you were more likely to seek procedures but you are also then more likely to be dissatisfied with the outcome of those procedures. to try to tackle this, the nhs wants all those providing cosmetic procedures to sign up to an online training programme. teaching them how to recognise the signs and symptoms of vulnerability and mental ill—health.

and ensuring they tell customers where to get help if they show signs of being vulnerable. but the course is voluntary and so far, only 10% of providers have signed up for the training. richard galpin, bbc news. politicians in northern ireland have been urged to do everything they can to restore power sharing when they take part in fresh talks next month. the united states welcomed the news, saying it supported efforts to break the political deadlock, which has been in place since 2017. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. at lyra mckee's funeral the words of barter —— father martin mcgill shamed politicians for failing to reconcile their differences to restore devolution. at his first interview since the addressee urged politicians to listen to the people. i get the sense that people want our

politicians to move and they want them to move now and by that i mean in terms of entering into the talks and ina in terms of entering into the talks and in a way that will actually bring a positive result at the end of them. political adversaries in northern ireland have been brought together by the death of the journalist who was shot during writing in londonderry. more than two years since power—sharing collapsed in northern ireland, yesterday, the british and irish governments announced that in the wa ke governments announced that in the wake of her death, there would be fresh discussions to try to reach a new power—sharing agreement, beginning after the local elections next week. the parties to help them do that. but repeated rounds of talks have previously failed and big sticking points between the parties remain. emma vardy, bbc news. sri lankan security forces have exchanged fire with suspected islamic state militants in the east of the country. reports say 15 bodies, including six children, have been found in a house where the gun battle took place. we'rejoined now from colombo

by anbarasan ethirajan. just bring us up—to—date with what we have heard this morning, reports of the gun battle with suspected islamist militants, what more do we know because there is a serious death toll there. the security forces started this shootout late last night and the residents told us it lasted for a couple of hours and no—one was allowed to go to the site, police imposed a curfew soon after the second fight and this morning, army officials took a group of journalists to the morning, army officials took a group ofjournalists to the place and they said 15 people had been killed in the shootout, they found the bodies of these 15 people, including women and children, and they think six of these men who were found dead were suspected islamist and they were planning to carry out further attacks and the women and children are believed to be the family members of these is a —— suspected islamist but we have no way of

confirming this information but it follows a raid on another house in the same region, in the eastern part of sri lanka, with this particular district, amparo, where muslims live in considerable numbers, and they found explosives, suicide vest, and also a bomb —— ampara. this follows also a bomb —— ampara. this follows a series of raids on the country following the easter sunday bombings in which 250 people were killed, a radical preacherfrom in which 250 people were killed, a radical preacher from the eastern pa rt radical preacher from the eastern part of sri lanka said he was the mastermind of these attacks. he released a video showing that he was the support of the islamic state group. for now, thank you, we will get more from you later in the programme. but of course is the investigation continuing, as you heard, after the bombings on easter sunday. more on that a little later. more than 90 labour mps and meps, including a number of shadow ministers, have signed a letter demanding the party commits to holding another referendum on any brexit deal. we're joined from our london newsroom by our political correspondent susanna mendonca.

susanna, how much of a problem do you think this is going to be for the labour leader? they are in a difficult position because they have a party where the membership very much supports the idea of another referendum at there are voters, labour voters in key marginal seats in the north of england for example, where people there supported brexit and so, the labour leader has mps who, sure, want him to commit to this idea of another referendum there are others who are concerned that actually within the european election manifesto if they make the commitment to clear, it may work the other way. in terms of mps who come out in support for another referendum, we have for example the shadow foreign secretary who said labour needs to say it would put any deal to another boat and we also have tom watson the deputy leader of the labour party, saying labour

cannot just the labour party, saying labour cannotjust sit the labour party, saying labour cannot just sit on the labour party, saying labour cannotjust sit on the fence if the labour party, saying labour cannot just sit on the fence if they wa nt to cannot just sit on the fence if they want to compete with the brexit party which may take labour votes and so they have another side of things but on the other side, shallow cabinet members actually think it would make more sense for the party not to commit to another referendum so it is a difficult position for the party to be in but in terms of their official edition they did say that if no deal was done, if a general election cannot be sparked, everything would be on the table, including the idea of a confirm a tree recommended, but it isa confirm a tree recommended, but it is a key sticking point, a leaflet went out earlier in the week where the labour party did not mention another referendum and it is something a lot of mps think needs to be on the table, needs to be a clear message and felt was not clear enough so a of pressure on the labour leader. thank you, susanna. aid agencies have raised concerns about the effect of heavy rain on communities prone to flooding and landslides after a powerful cyclone hit mozambique. up to 80cm of rain is expected to fall in the coming days and 30,000 people have already been evacuated after homes collapsed and the power supply was cut off.

cyclone kenneth made landfall on thursday with wind speeds equivalent to a category 4 hurricane. it's 20 years since the american—born, british—based, oscar—winning director stanley kubrick died. for the first time in the uk, a major exhibition exploring his film—making is being held at the design museum in london. when they were released, many of his films, including a clockwork orange, 2001: a space odyssey and dr strangelove were seen as ahead of their time and still resonate today. 0ur arts editor will gompertz reports. you are entering a stanley kubrick experience, a world of single—point perspective and almost obsessive attention to detail. if film—making was the art form of the 20th century, then stanley kubrick was its da vinci. a fine artist with a mechanical eye who produced celluloid masterpieces,

from barry lyndon to a clockwork orange. malcolm mcdowell starred in the film. 0k, malcolm. the sports car he drove takes the lead in the exhibition. the last time i did this, i think i was in my 20s. oh, my god! what's the matter, will? are you having a problem? my feet are stuck... i'm in. good man, 0k. how did kubrick differ to other directors? i asked him, "how do you direct?" he said, "well, i know... i don't know what i want, but i do know what i don't want." and how, wow, that was true. and i think that's why he did a lot of takes. luckily with me, he never really did that many takes. 0n barry lyndon, i heard he went up to 100 takes. the exhibition charts kubrick's near 50—year career, from his earliest days earning

a living as a chess player and a photographer to the short films he made as a young auteur, in which he did pretty much everything. each of his major movies is given a gallery, telling its story, presenting the processes, props and people with whom kubrick collaborated. this is where most of the show‘s contents have come from — the film—maker's home and h0 in hertfordshire, which was a sort of kubrick studios. ok, so this library was the screening room. this was a workroom. so the steenbeck was over there, the control table was over here. what connection was he wanting to make with the audience? he wanted to tell stories that made people think. he didn't spoon—feed you what you should think about his movie. and that's why, 50 years down the road, people are still discussing and talking about them. the exhibition ends with his oscar—winning sci—fi classic 2001: a space odyssey, complete with a space station v installation and a range of archive material that brings us as close as we are ever going to get to understanding this master film—maker.

will gompertz, bbc news. are you an aspiring secret agent? if so, can you crack the message behind this picture? the cia has blown its cover on instagram with an intriguing mission to accomplish. it was their first post on the social media site. captioned "i spy with my little eye," the post shows a desk scattered with curiously placed objects, from a curly grey wig to a pile of foreign banknotes. all of these things are in some way obviously connected with cia operations so you have to work out how many of those you can spot. there are one or two slightly hidden m essa 9 es there are one or two slightly hidden messages there, aren't there? have to look closely, maybe start in the top right with the map of china, one of the us‘s biggest photos when it comes to like intelligence and spying so that indication there, then you look at things on the desk,

what the pictures may be. time on the clock is significant. we will not tell you now, maybe you could look at it and work it out for yourselves but there were one or two hidden meanings there. clever, if you get all ten i think you get a job at the cia. i don't know. we will find out. around 500,000 people in the uk have a debilitating form of heart failure that doctors don't know very much about. the condition stops the heart from relaxing, meaning the muscles become too stiff to function properly. now, researchers are looking into how to diagnose and treat the condition. here's our science correspondent richard westcott. around 500,000 people have a type of heart failure we know very little about. it's called hefpef and this isa about. it's called hefpef and this is a new study to find out what makes it tick. i didn't realise i

had a heart condition and i thought, why, i'm so fit. i've done so much gardening, at cetera, i don't believe it. so you are quite good working on the flat but not the inclines. definitely. wright as well as the physical tests, will be asking patients about their lives. ifi asking patients about their lives. if i said could you walk to the shop and back again? i couldn't. this is and back again? i couldn't. this is an interesting group that is left to their own devices, there is not any evidence—based treatment therapies for them so it's really interesting to try to find out what would help them. it wasn't long ago that some clinicians doubted that hfpef even existed. it might be common but it's ha rd to existed. it might be common but it's hard to rise, symptoms similar to more recognised types of heart failure or other conditions but there is a key difference. a normal heart muscle needs to be able to expand and contract to pump the

blood. around half the people with heart failure have a muscle to loose but they know how to diagnose and treat that. the other half have a muscle it's gone thick and goes to tight and that is the one they need to find out a lot more about. this is one of the more obvious signs we see. this bluejet here is blood leaking back because this valve should be closing but it's not and that can occur because the heart muscle has become thickened. we know that there are things we can do for this group of patients and it's just ensuring there is a systematic way of diagnosing and managing that people are more aware of and they know right, if we get the blood washer controlled, if we control their diabetes, if perhaps we make sure they are doing more physical activity, then we can actually improve them. researchers will study around 200 patients for a year. improve them. researchers will study around 200 patients for a yearlj hope they find the reason why we go downhill like we are. i'm quite pleased, actually, that i had that

call from fay last year, when she askedif call from fay last year, when she asked if i would come and participate in research because it must help the future. they will then recommend new ways to identify and look after the hundreds of thousands who suffer. richard westcott, bbc news. here's matt with a look at this morning's weather. it's pretty feisty but windy out there. some pretty volatile wins on there. some pretty volatile wins on the map. what is going on? i will indeed. good morning. i like the expression feisty. a great way to describe today. nothing exceptional but storm hannah ‘s move in off the atla ntic but storm hannah ‘s move in off the atlantic with some issues, possible will travel disruption and minor damage to trees and buildings. wins strengthen through this morning. wins pick through the night in north—west wales. western wales

seeing the strongest of the wind gusts and will continue to do so through the coming hours. storm hannah, moving onto the atlantic. the swell of cloud strongest wins on the southern flanks. in excess of 40, 50 miles the southern flanks. in excess of 40,50 miles per hour in some parts of the western coasts, irish sea coasts, 60, 70 miles per hour. some travel disruptions. to add to that, we got rain around. turning wetter, north—west england, the northwest midlands, where some of the wettest spots will be. not too much rain along with southern counties north—east england and parts of southern and northern scotland. some of those in northern scotland and all in all, a pretty chilly day. 25 last saturday. through this

afternoon, strom the strongest winds will be around liverpool bay. 50 or 60 miles per hour. across eastern parts of england. that will gradually ease away. there are skies developing. a bit of a call like to ta ke developing. a bit of a call like to take this into sunday morning. northern ireland, prone to a touch of frost. still breezy enough around six, seven degrees as storm hannah continues to push away and wins for lighter. it's all good news. those running the london marathon and spectating, wanted to light showers but all in all, temperatures perfect for the long run. as for the rest of us, compared to today, much quieter day, lighter away from eastern coasts. some sunny spells. barely cloudy, northern ireland in the parts of wales in south—west

england, patchy rain developing. highest across the north—west highlands. highs around 16 wins certainly lighter. into next week, after a dry start, it will turn a little bit showery and chillier later on. certainly for today, warm winds around england, wales and northern ireland. we were spalled with the incredible weather last weekend. perfect timing for bank holiday but we are paying for it now. you can't have one thing without the other. we'll have the headlines at 6:30, but first, it's time for the film review with ben brown and mark kermode.

hello there, welcome to the film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's releases, mark kermode. mark, you got something for everyone this week, haven't you? we have. we have eighth grade, the debut feature from bo burnham. avengers: endgame — the saga comes to a conclusion. and bel canto, a trouble drama starring julianne moore. so, eighth grade. just to be clear — because there's a different system in the united states — this is 14—year—olds? exactly. and bel canto, a trouble drama starring julianne moore. so, eighth grade. just to be clear — because there's a different system in the united states — this is 14—year—olds? exactly. it's the end of middle school, and it stars elsie fisher is kayla, a 13—year—old coming to the end of her eighth grade. and she is socially anxious in person. we see these shots of her moving through the corridors of school. everybody else is moving this way, she's moving that way. she finds it quite difficult to communicate with her peers in person. she's crushingly voted "most quiet"

in class at the end of the year. but she has a second life online. there is a version of herself that she puts out online in which she posts cute, happy selfies. she does video blogs, vlogs, of self—help videos of how to put yourself out there and how to be more confident, how to be yourself. and the fact that no—one appears to be watching these videos — we see the video count as one, two, five, zero — doesn't matter, because in a way, she's kind of using that to talk to herself. she's also using her phone and her headphones to avoid conversation with her father, because she has brilliantly observed, slightly sort of scrapie relation with her father, who she finds painfully embarrassing. here's a clip. can you not look like that, please? what? like what? just, like, the way you're looking. looking at the road? you can look at the road, dad! i obviously didn't mean that!

just, like, don't be weird and quiet while you do it. sorry. hey, how was the...? no! you were being quiet, which is fine. just, like, don't be weird and quiet. cos, like, i look over at you and i think you're about to drive us into a tree or something. and then i get really freaked out and then i can't text my friends, sojust, like, be quiet and drive and don't look weird and sad. please. 0k. he sighs. that's worse. now don't be weird, mark! the trailer says you're going to fall in love with elsie fisher. do we fall in love with her? i fell in love with the whole film. it's directed by bo burnham, who started out his career as an internet comedian doing songs, comedy sketches, and many which are very, very brilliant. and what this manages to show you the life of this 13—year—old, who is painfully anxious, who was absolutely beset by anxiety about her peer group. it depicts a life in a completely sympathetic way which understands, for a start, the specifics of her life. bo burnham said that this is a film

about a generation who have grown up in a culture they did not create which demands that they put a version of themselves out there online, and he said very specifically when he was receiving one of many awards that it was a generation referred to as somehow self—obsessed, but in fact what they are it's self—conscious. and the brilliant thing about this film is it looks like he's listened to those people. it look like he's actually understood their experience. he gets the specifics of growing up in this generation z, the post—millenial generation. but as with all great coming—of—age movies, if you get the specifics right, the universality will take care of itself. the real genius of its film is not only that it's funny, and dark, and moving, and heartbreaking, and uplifting, and there is kindness, and there is cruelty all mixed together. but no matter who you are, you can watch this film and see, in that central character, a version of yourself, or someone you understand.

i mean, i have nothing in common with that lead character, but the pain and the anguish that she goes through is really, really universal. i think this is one of the best films of the year. it came out in america last year. it was one of the films that barack 0bama listed as one of his favourite films of 2018. it's really wonderful. and in a week in which we have bigger blockbusters coming out, for me, this is the one to seek out. i think anyone with a beating heart will love this film. this is one of those films like mary poppins which is going to if you don't love this, we don't have anything further to say to each other. a real film for today. speaking of blockbusters, we have avengers: endgame, which is only three hours and one minute long. yes, and a little bit of that is the credit, but it is pretty much three hours long. this is the end part of infinity war, and it is concluding the saga which is played out over a series of films. it picks up at the and of infinity war, which has ended in disaster, and the beginning of the film

is sombre in tone. actually differently sombre, i think. reminded me of things like logan. film is a very much a three—act structure, each act with a very different flavour. i don't want to say anything at all about the plot, because if people want to go and see it at the weekend, don't want to spoil anything. it is very impressive that in the film of this kind of size, of this kind of visual spectacle, with this number of characters that they have to deal with, that actually, what it manages to do is it manages to make you care about the characters when they're on—screen. i laughed more times than i have done in many alleged comedies. there were two moments in the film in which i teared up. bear in mind, i'm not that much emotionally vested in the story, but there were two moments which worked, which struck me as being universal. i do think that you do have to have seen the previous films. there's always a lot of discussion about, "can i see it?" you can do, but the more of the other ones you have seen, the more invested you are, the more you're going to get out of it. although there are moments because of the sheer elements it is dealing with, it feels perhaps slightly baggy or kind of... it is impressive that through all that, amidst all the visual spectacle, amidst everything else, it is the characters that

are actually at the centre of it, and it does have an emotional heart. it has an emotional core and i don't think any fans will feel let down. even i, who is quite emotionally removed from this, was touched by enough to be moved to tears in places. 0k, bel canto, which is a hostage siege south america based on a novel. yes, a very popular novel, which apparently is very good. i haven't read the novel. i have seen the film. julianne moore is an opera singer who agrees to give a highly—paid concert. ken watanabe is the industrialist who is in this country, who is there because he is theoretically going to be involved in building a factory. actually, he's there to julianna moore sing. when guerrillas take over the building, they do so because they think the president is there. when they realise the president

isn't there, they realise that the best asset they have is julianne moore. they wantjulianne moore to sing for them. she won't play ball. here's a clip. the government has turned off the water to this house to make things more uncomfortable for us. i gathered that. we need water. my comrade wants to shoot someone just to show the government who is in charge, but i have another thought. what's that? i want you to sing. i want you to sing loud enough that these animals outside can hear it. what good would that do? it might remind them what is at stake. 0h. no. i won't sing. not for you. he says to do what you're told. or what, he'll shoot me? you kept one woman, one american, una americana. you shoot me, what do you think will happen to you and your people? i don't think i need to do what you say. i have to say with such a huge

amount of international talent on screen, and julianne moore, who i think is generally wonderful, and it was based on a well—respected book, it's a shame that the film itself is so misjudged. it seemed to be, on the one hand torn between being a serious trauma and on the other hand, being a soap opera. there's a subplot about the president not being there because he is staying at home to watch a soap opera on television. i have to say on some points, you think that is what you're watching. i did go into it, thinking, this is good quality actors and good quality stuff, and then just sitting there thinking, "at what point is this going to stop looking like a creaky television drama?" the answer is, never. it's a real shame because, as i said, i'm a big fan of many of the people involved, but it is a real disappointment. oh, dear. all right. thank you. best out? from me, mid—905. a film you'll really struggle to find in theatres. a coming—of—age drama byjonah hill. a companion piece to eighth grade. also very empathetic. some have compared it to kids, but it's clearly different because it's made by somebody who actually understands the kids. i know you're a big fan also of... wild rose!

jessie buckley! it's a such a great story about someone using country music to speak those inner truths — three chords and the truth, which country music is meant to be. i think it gets right to the heart of that and it's uplifting. i've seen it with a crowd. people really do end up punching the air, and a lovely cameo by whispering bob harris! one of the very few people who has earned the right to play himself in utterly glowing terms, because he really is that nice. she's a great actress, and a belting voice. have you seen beast? she is so brilliant. she is really, really terrific in that. and lastly, best dvd. being frank, the chris sievey story. i know if you ever saw frank sidebottom play live... i had the great honour of sharing stage with frank sidebottom. this is chris sievey, who was a sort of brilliant sort of pop song composer who was in a great pop band that never got the recognition they deserve, and suddenly achieved unexpected fame as frank sidebottom,

a character wearing a papier—mache head and talking as if he had a nose clip on his nose. and it's a really brilliantly made movie, because it has absolutely brilliant archive footage. it is made out of absolute love and affection for chris sievey, and the way this alter ego sort of became something he never expected it to be. i thought it was really moving and really touching. love it when you talk through your nose, mark. thank you very much! thank you very much. that is it for this week. thank you so much for watching. from both of us, goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and rachel burden. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. clinics that provide cosmetic procedures, such as fillers and botox injections, are helping to fuel a mental health and anxiety epidemic. that's according to the medical director of nhs england. professor stephen powis is calling for an official register of all providers and for better training to protect vulnerable clients from quick fixes. nhs england says only 100 out of 1,000 cosmetic practitioners are currently registered.

sri lankan security forces have exchanged fire with suspected islamic state militants in the east of the country. reports say 15 bodies, including six children, have been found in a house where the gun battle took place. the country has remained on high alert since the easter suicide attacks on churches and hotels that killed 253 people and injured more than 500. politicians in northern ireland have been urged to do everything they can to restore power—sharing when they take part in fresh talks next month. the coalition government at stormont broke down in january 2017 and since then, the two main parties — the democratic unionists and sinn fein — have been unable to reach agreement on a range of issues. father martin magill, who led journalist lyra mckee's funeral service, stressed the need for peace and a resolution.

get the sense that people want our politicians to move and they want them to move now and by that i mean in terms of entering into those talks and a way that will actually bring a positive result at the end of them. cyclone kenneth smashed into northern mozambique barely a month after a previous cyclone cut a path of destruction through the country, as well as malawi and zimbabwe, leaving more than 1,000 people dead. the cyclone hit on thursday with 140mph winds, flattening thousands of homes and flooding low—lying areas. we're joined now from nampula by matt carter from the international federation of red cross. it is good to have you on the programme and thank you forjoining us. programme and thank you forjoining us. we understand the winds are easing but it is the rain and flooding that could now cause serious problems. yes, absolutely. 0vernight we have received reports of heavy rain in the area in the far north of mozambique which is set to

be, forecast to be a prolonged spell of heavy rain and obviously after people have lost their homes in heavy winds the last thing they want his standing and flooding. further south, about six weeks ago after the last cyclone, we saw an outbreak of cholera and other waterborne diseases and the worry is in the short term about —— about that being replicated up north. thus a sense of what work you are able to carry out now, one would imagine difficult conditions in which to work. exactly. it is worth saying the mozambique red cross are present at every province of mozambique and in the days leading up to the cyclone they had teams on the ground, local volunteers, carrying out early warning messaging where possible to alert people but the cyclone was coming and what they could do to best prepare. and in the last day or so the same teams of been carried

out investigations to check out the scale of the damage and then communicate that to our team which was set up to deal with the last cyclone. i mean, we can look at the pictures of the last cycle and heating which was a real problem because it caused so much devastation then and this one coming so soon devastation then and this one coming so soon after that, very few areas have had any opportunity to rebuild shelter. i mean, it is worth saying that the cyclone has hit a pretty geographically distinct area, you know, but mozambique is not set up, it is completely unprecedented to have two such large cyclones in such a short space of time and particularly in the north, they have not had a cyclone of this magnitude in this era. we are worried about flash floods and waterborne disease and over the next few days, late last night i got news in one district having 90% of their homes destroyed so it is quite serious. the red cross, including myself, are

trying to get on the ground, up in the north, as quickly as we can. absolutely, some important work. matt, thank you for explaining that and best wishes with the work that you must carry out now. more than 90 labour mps and meps, including a number of shadow ministers, have signed a letter demanding the party commits to holding another referendum on any brexit deal. labour's ruling national executive will meet on tuesday to finalise the pa rty‘s manifesto for the european elections, which are due to take place in less than four weeks' time. a birthday message from the white house to melania trump has gone viral on twitter. here it is. the white house wished the first lady a happy 49th birthday, alongside a picture of her sitting alone on a sofa as nearly 20 photographers circled her. but people quickly began to mock the photo, which was taken during a meeting between

donald trump and the czech prime minister in march. many have branded the picture choice "strange" and "weird". it does not look particularly festive or happy. she just looks so lonely, doesn't she? and like she is almost kind of under attack. i don't know what the subliminal message from the white house was meant to be on all of that. if there was meant to be one. there were quite a lot of things around her. it has been photoshopped quite a few times, we will have a look at all of the memes later. now, he is not lonely, mike is surrounded by friends. clearly, we are keeping our distance. i know ben likes to stretch out when i do the sport. don't mind me! in the football, liveable cannot do anymore, they are doing what they had to do, beating huddersfield. a

strong message to send out. absolutely! it is like a game of poker between these high class players. they next play tomorrow. it's a case of who blinks first in this unprecedented title race, so it's now up to manchester city, now one point behind to respond, at burnley tomorrow. andy swiss reports. liverpool, liverpool, liverpool! there may be the underdogs in the title race that you would scarcely have guessed it. liverpool fans in a bullish mood hoping for a winter mmp bullish mood hoping for a winter ramp up the pressure on rivals city. and the host could afford to be confident. their opponents huddersfield, after all, are rock bottom of the table but surely, even those could not have dreamt of a start quite like this. liveable ahead after just 15 seconds, start quite like this. liveable ahead afterjust 15 seconds, blink and you had missed it, but no—one minded. you can plop soon had plenty more to celebrate as his players

made it oh so simple, the second simple courtesy of study are money and just before the break, most seller added a sumptuous third and any lingering nerves had long since vanished —— jurgen klopp surely, any lingering nerves had long since vanished ——jurgen klopp surely, it was now just a vanished ——jurgen klopp surely, it was nowjust a case of how many and while liverpool were not quite at their best, they did not need to be, mane with his second of the night as his side coasted to the most co mforta ble his side coasted to the most comfortable of wins. just what enfield had hoped for and it was all rounded off by sala, 5—0 thumping and for now at least uberpool go top, their premier league title dream is still very much alive. so job done here for liverpool that they will know that manchester city still have the game in hand and if they win it against only on sunday, they win it against only on sunday, they will go back on top of the table with just two matches remaining so this enthralling title race, it seems, is heading right to the wire. andy swiss, bbc news, anfield.

it is an outstanding group of players, obviously, and tonight they did again very well against hu ntersville did again very well against huntersville side i have to say much better than the result shows because we had really to work hard in a lot of situations so they defended well but especially they had proper counter attacks and they played in short spaces and they got set pieces and all this other stuff. it was really work and so we needed to be patient as well. the boys were that. and they scored wonderful goals. england's danny rose says he's lost for words after uefa's decision to force montenegro to play their next home match behind closed doors. no fans will be allowed in to watch their next euro qualifier against kosovo after their supporters racially abused england players during the 5—1victory in montenegro last month. rose says it's not harsh enough. bolton have confirmed their match against brentford today in the championship is off because their players are refusing to play again until their wages are paid. bolton have already been relegated to league one,

and were hoping a prospective new owner would sort the dispute. the players have apologised to fans, saying their decision wasn't ta ken lightly. the football league will now look at what to do next. england cricketer alex hales has been suspended following an "off—field incident. " hales missed nottinghamshire's 0ne—day cup games last week for what the county described as "personal reasons". whilst the issue is not cricket—related, hales accepted that it was right that he was suspended. it's been a dramatic start to the formula one weekend in azerbaijan. george russell's williams hit a loose manhole cover, causing the first practice session to be abandoned. what's more, the car was covered in fluid after the recovery truck hit a bridge on its way back to the pits. the two ferraris were quickest. ahead of the final day of the jump racing season, richard johnson rode his 200th winner as he celebrates a fourth champion jockey title. he reached the milestone, in a season, for only the second time in his career at perth yesterday. he also achieved the same

feat three years ago. and bryony frost has been passed fit to ride today and will be crowned conditional champion — the title forjockeys under the age of 26. frost broke her collarbone after becoming the first female jockey to win a grade 1 race at the cheltenham festival over fences. she'll ride present man in today's gold cup. world snooker champion mark williams has been taken to hospital with chest pains while playing in his second—round world championship match at the crucible. the welshman fell ill after his session against david gilbert and is trailing 5—3. —— the welshman fell ill after his second session against david gilbert and is trailing 5—3. williams has tweeted "doctors don't think it's my heart" and should resume playing later today. newcastle falcons remain bottom of rugby union's premiership after losing 31 points to 17 to northampton. elsewhere, sale jumped to sixth in the league as they beat bath is a try—less game. aj macginty kicked both sale's penalties to keep their faint hopes of a top four finish alive.

seven years ago to the day, i reported on the emerging alternative gym sport known as crossfit, which requires speed, agility, strength and gymnastic skills. now, many of the top athletes have turned professional and i've been to meet some of the british team in manchester, who are preparing for the world crossfit games, to find out why they can now claim to be the fittest athletes on earth. elliott is the uk's fittest man while jamie is the fittest woman in new zealand. it comes to the sport of cross fit. when they get married next winter, it should be some bomb. jamie is on another level to me at the minute but i will get her. on some things but other things, it depends, i prefer gymnastics and elliott likes running and growing.

all the talk stuff. cross fit started in the usa in in the early and aims to test an athlete's strength, speed, balance, agility and stamina across a of challenges. what makes the cross fit game so unique for the athletes is they don't know what competition they are going to be facing until the event itself so they do have to be prepared for anything and certainly brings out the inner athlete in me. for instance, in 2015 it was pegboard thrown into the mix and athletes did not know what to do and indeed only a handful managed to com plete indeed only a handful managed to complete this event. 0k, indeed only a handful managed to complete this event. ok, thanks paul. great. that was so high! at the elite level the witty team heading to the world championships includes athletes of different ages.

iam 41. i includes athletes of different ages. i am 41. i got into cross fit about six years ago so pretty late. but i have never looked back at a different sport. it gets you going and that and you can like really push yourself to do things you never thought you could do.|j push yourself to do things you never thought you could do. i feel like cross fit gives people a chance who are left out, the chance to prove themselves. leading the way for the uk since the sport started his formerfirefighter sam, uk since the sport started his former firefighter sam, world champion in 2013 and still going strong now she is a full—time professional. while also helping to promote the benefits of her sport to all. the beauty of cross fit is we ta ke all. the beauty of cross fit is we take functional movements, so if you arejust doing it take functional movements, so if you are just doing it for fitness, it is going to make you fit for life. like sandbags over... so when you are doing the gardening, it will feel so much easier. you are right. ijoined a club for people after work and we started with warm—ups and then competed in teams of two and luckily i was paired with ex—marine andy,

you take it in turns with your partner to complete challenges master, you hope, than the other teams and variety is the name of the game as you work out all of your body. i have been struggling since having my second child and my body has felt like a bag of worms so i have a back ache and it is mainly i guessjust generally have a back ache and it is mainly i guess just generally feeling stronger in myself and i don't get backache anymore which is great. there we go. the end of the most gruelling routine. i'm done. that's it. it serves me right to try to keep up with those regular cross fit people. you did not look completely out of place which is a feat in itself! i had a little bit of help. it is quite frenetic, isn't it mr mark it is about your own fitness though because i was partnered with an ex—marine and together... so you we re ex—marine and together... so you were on a par? exactly. so we were

able to keep up with the couple in the little competition we had but right now, people are in crossfit gems across the country doing their thing. there is loads to talk about with that. nice to see you then. right, it's time for a look at the weather this morning. after that beautiful weather last weekend, it's bit more feisty. it certainly is. no better word, feisty —— feisty. a good morning to you. storm hanna rolled its way in through the night. no major problems associated, they could still be some travel disruption around and a bit of minor damage. check out the latest details if you're about to head out. we saw wins top 60,70 miles an hour. particularly western ales, —— western wales. we'll see the strongest of the wind through this

morning. let me show you what happened. the swell of cloud is a tell—tale sign. the core of it pushing into northern england. wrapped in around this area of cloud. northern ireland into north—western wales, some of the strongest of the wins, nifty, 60, 70 miles per hour. gail is developing through this morning. adding insult to injury, over the sunshine of last week, we need some of this rain. this is where we could see a lot of surface water. southern counties of england, certainly more sunshine compared with this morning. some of the best of the weather be found in scotland. heavy and thundery showers moving through. 14 degrees possible. compare that to parts of northern

ireland, north—west england in the midlands where we see around eight or nine degrees. the strongest winds to in the day around irish sea coasts this as we finish the day with some heavy rain. rain showers spread across other parts of england and wales through the night becoming more confined to eastern areas. a cool start to sunday as wins for lighter. temperature is low enough for a touch of frost. tonight, much quieter, storm hanna, for those runners in london. —— storm hannah. spectators, take a waterproof but temperatures way down on last year's record making values. plenty of cloud across east anglia, the south—east. clouding up to the west later on. we could see some patchy rain or drizzle. for many, drier, brighter day with a bit more

sunshine developing in a touch warmer, eyes may be around 16 in the highlands where it will be warmest as we go to next week, wins always lighter steer, breezy as to costs eastern parts of england but still not as bad as it will be today through the week ahead, it looks like after a dry start, we see more showers turn up as we go through the week. turning cooler was well after left. but certainly today, windy. back to you. we'll keep an eye on all of that. good news if you are running the london marathon. we'll have the headlines at 7:00. now, though, it's time for click with spencer kelly. when was the last time you wrote a letter — actually handwrote one?

i know, right? it is all about tippy—tappy typing these days, isn't it. well, 0mar mehtab has been looking at a way machine learning could help write things for you, in your own script. but is it good enough to fool the human eye? is my handwriting really that bad? yes. yeah, it is. meet hemingway. this little robot is doing something that i hate — writing a letter. but this one is particularly special, because it is doing it in my style of handwriting. this is writing in exactly my style. and the way hemingway here learnt how to write in my style was i sent this piece of paper and with a sample text. this took me 15 minutes to write, hemingway can do it in two. after sending through my written

text, the handwriting company scans it and put it through its machine learning algorithm to figure out how i write my letters. so the interesting thing about our tech is we mimic what humans do. humans are completely unique, every time you write a character it is going to be a tiny bit different, and we pick up on those nuances, so our technology will learn how you do those and will also mimic all the variation you apply to this, and generate more on top of it. it is notjust printing the words on paper, it is applying pressure at certain points where i apply pressure. it is being able to do that. the g, i do a g like that without a curl at the bottom, so does this. just subtle little things, it has got it down to a t. this is wicked, look at that. it's all very impressive, and even if i write underneath the robot's lines, you can see the results are very similar. there are small details like little flicks of the pen that

set mine apart. but why would anyone want a handwritten letter nowadays? so it might seem a bit counterintuitive, but the noise — you get so many emails a day, and you barely read half of them. it is about cutting through that noise and adding a personal touch. so we work with big political organisations, they send them out, hotels use it for adding a personal touch, or maybe even your exams. to see how convincing this robot really is, i have brought in graphologist adam brand to see if he can tell which is which. the bottom one is written by a human being. the top one is mechanical. 0h! laughs. yeah, that is me. was it easy to tell which one was which? it has got the spacing right, it's got the angles right, it has got the form right, but what it is fundamentally missing is the fluency. the little nick there and there. what can you tell from my handwriting about me? there is some lovely things going on here, the sensitivity, the fluency, the need for information, the mental enthusiasm.

does it mean that everything you can tell with my handwriting you can tell from theirs? you can tell a lot from theirs, but in terms of actual identification, it lacks soul. is there potential for misuse as it currently stands? there are security problems, clearly. but it is too easy to pick up the fact that one is mechanical and the other is by a human being. you know, you are the first ever person that has been positive about my handwriting. the handwriting company plans to improve the system so in future you can print your handwritten letters at home, tell your smart home assistant to write something up, and even write with a particular emotion, like light and flowing for happy, and intense

pressure for angry. but until then, it is cursed with my cursive. now then, blockbuster film season is fast approaching so we thought we'd look at the amazing effort that went into creating the world of one of the big children's films of the year, dumbo. this is tim burton's reimagined take on a disney classic where some of the individual frames took 36 hours to render. and now, introducing our world—famous flying elephant! i think initially when i came onboard, my focus was, what's dumbo going to look like, what are the practical considerations as well as the design considerations, how does tim really want to realise him as a character? even though tim wanted something that was completely photo—real, his unusual design wasn't going to sit well within a perfectly real world so we chose not to shoot location, we shot everything on stage,

controlled the lighting and the set design, it was very important that we created not only this beautiful downtrodden character for the movie with the sort of unusual proportions but he also lived in a world that was equally designed to suit his character and look as well. dumbo's animation is incredibly subtle, it's very contained and most of his emotion is read either through his eyes or a subtlety in the body language so you are seeing quite a lot of work to sort of find the look and while we were filming, we were do everything we can to make sure we get as much in camera as possible and the suit is provided for the kids to stroke but to make that interaction work, we added cgi hay on top of him so they are brushing his hands, it's something to knock off and when we first meet dumbo and he tumbles out of the train carriage, we had a starting point from a stunt performer rolling down the ramp but ultimately we had to create a large volume of hay for him to interact with and slide off his head and body. similarly, water interaction, we did a combination of generating a lot of computer—generated foam and water elements to sit over our dumbo and a number of practical elements against foam

elements, against black which we could then add to in the final process. welcome to the medici family circus where anything is possible! notjust dumbo but the adult elephant in the show, they all require an extensive rigging process so the animation team, they firstly have a really good skeletal structure that they can move the joints around and allow them to move as naturally as possible, but there are also

all the muscles on top of the skeleton and the skin, which all has to interact. one of the key things i wanted to make sure we did was to really capture the subtlety of motion you get in elephant skin which is incredibly loose and stretchy, the way it expands, it creates all thse different patterns of wrinkles and some of the details really important to capture and we ended up having to embark on a whole new way of creating a sort of skin simulation for want of a better word. right wing. check. left wing. check. prepare for take—off! fa ntastic stuff. now then, i've come to east london where i'm about to make my own great escape. hi, welcome to 0therworld. would you like to come with me? looking nothing at all

like an episode of black mirror, this is a virtual reality arcade with a difference. step in one of the 14 pods, put on the garb, and you will be transported to 0therworld. i find myself on an island where i am free to wander about. i'm sliding down the slide. i like the way that you walk in this game. you squeeze your triggers and then you just do a walking motion with your hands. being in your own private pod means the environment is controllable and as you wander into different climates, a rumble pad under your feet and heat lamps and fans which subtly change the temperature make this a multisensory experience.

you can feel the heat on the back of my head now because i'm facing away from the sun. i do like that. put simply, 0therworld is a way to play many different vr games all in one place. from frantic shoot—em—ups to more serene experiences. but instead of choosing them from a menu, here, you wander the islands, just as you wander around a themepark looking for different rides. the idea is that you don'tjust walk around this landscape, you find these pods and inside each one is a vr game so i'm going into one called space pirate trainer. there are 16 games currently available and in the future, the 0therworld team will allow you to convert points won in—game into real—world tokens to spend on the bar. and although i think my performance is definitely something that belongs behind closed doors, it's also possible share your experience with your friends and other pods. i want to know what they're doing and that other pod! now, 0therworld is not finished and it's not locked down. it's in continual development in the slightly less glamorous workshop just around the corner.

we are always going to bring improvements or taking away features that people don't like, or fixing things, and it's this very fluid development we have an active sandbox literally around the corner of customers going in and using it all day. with £1 million worth of investment so far, 0therworld certainly looks the part but as one of the first vr arcades in the uk, it's probably too early to tell if it can keep enough people coming through its doors to keep things afloat. laughing in other pod. that's it for the short cut of click this week from 0therworld. the full version is on iplayer, and don't forget, we live on social media. you'll find us there throughout the week on facebook, instagram, youtube and twitter at @bbcclick.