this is bbc news. the headlines: northern ireland politicians are being urged to deliver on power—sharing talks, by the priest who received an ovation at lyra mckee‘s funeral. i get the sense that people want the politicians to move and they want them to move now. by that i mean entering into those talks and in a way that will bring a positive result at the end of them. 15 bodies and bomb—making equipment are recovered by sri lankan security forces who are hunting those behind the easter sunday attacks. cosmetics clinics offering "quick fixes" with treatments such as botox are accused by fuelling a mental health epidemic. nearly 100 labour mps and meps, including shadow ministers, are demanding thatjeremy corbyn backs another referendum on any brexit deal.

and click explores an artificial intelligence algorithm that helps expunge previous convictions for carrying marijuana. that's in half an hour here on bbc news. the catholic priest father martin magill, who criticised northern ireland's political leaders at the funeral of the journalist lyra mckee, has told the bbc that people want results from new talks, next month, to restore power—sharing at stormont. power—sharing broke down more than two years ago. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. at lyra mckee‘s funeral, the words of father martin magill received a standing ovation when he shamed politicians for failing to reconcile their

differences to restore devolution. why, in god's name, does it take the death of a 29—year—old woman with her whole life in front of her... applause in his first interview since the address, he 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 those 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 rioting in londonderry. more than two years since power—sharing collapsed in northern ireland, yesterday, the british and irish governments announced that in the wake of lyra's death, there would be fresh discussions to try to reach a new power—sharing agreement, beginning after the local elections next week. and we will work with all 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. i've been speaking to our correspondent julian fowler in belfast — and asked him how far apart the main parties are, ahead of any new talks. the problems that led to the suspension of stormont years ago have not progressed in any way despite the very public shows and displays of unity in the response to the killing of lyra mckee. we've seen a very bullish response from both the dup and sinn fein to the announcement of those talks, which will begin on may the 7th. while welcoming those talks, they've reallyjust restated their positions from the collapse of the previous talks process. arlene foster, the leader of the dup, she has called for a parallel process for devolution to be restored

while a separate talks process takes place to deal with the issues that remain unresolved, such as an irish language act and the legalisation of same—sex marriage, but sinn fein has rejected that. they say those issues need to be dealt with before any resolution of devolution. so really it is hard to see where the two governments will find compromise in this talks process, particularly as it begins in the middle of a european election campaign. as you say, european elections, and therefore that is merely going to add to the partisan nature of the politics at the moment, and make it even more polarised, not less, but is there a prospect that the two parties could emerge from that by the end of may, there are english local elections at the beginning of may, by the end of may when the europeans are out the way, in a position where the voters have delivered a verdict that forces their hand to some extent,

that if the dup and sinn fein vote were to be hit and there was a perception that it would be hit because they were failing to progress on power—sharing, is that the sort of thing that is likely to have an impact, or is it that the issues themselves are so difficult within the communities that there isn't actually a way through? the other thing to say is it is not just about the issues, it is also about the relationship between the dup and sinn fein. a breakdown in trust, really, that mandatory coalition, the parties have to share power together, and really we saw in the last months of stormont before the collapse, a real breakdown in those relationships and the smaller parties as well, who will also be involved in these talks, they were saying they were being excluded from all the big decisions that were taking place between the dup and sinn fein, so there is a lot of trust—building that needs to happen as part of this talks process as well as focusing on the issues. there is no detail yet

as to what the format these talks are going to take. we have been told there won't be an independent moderator, and although we have heard from the two governments saying this is a time for bold decisions, for risk—taking, it remains to be seen whether the parties are prepared to meet that challenge. 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. katy austin reports. the charred deathly quiet aftermath of a gun battle between suspected extremists and sri lankan police last night. it reportedly started when an armed group set off an explosion. afterwards 15 bodies were found.

among them police said six children and civilians caught in the crossfire. all week, security forces in sri lanka have been warning of further attacks — this huge amount of bomb—making equipment found in another raid nearby showed those fears were justified. an is flag was also found. following 80 path, the raid took place in the east of the country. as the army now focus on the security of the nation, those affected by the bombings are left with their private grief. this man's son confronted a bomber. that day, an unidentified

man came to the church and asked to meet the pastor. the bomber set off his palm. if he had gone inside, a lot more people would have died. that day, there was a sunday school, there were lots of small children. lots of small children would have died. in an interview with the bbc, the sri lankan prime minister was asked about what many see as the failings of the sri lankan government and why he had not been aware of the warnings of the attacks. unfortunately i didn't know of it. what do you do when you are out of the loop? you are talking about not being in the loop. you are the prime minister, you are number two at

the national security council. that is the critical issue, we have to find out why i wasn't in the loop, who was and who wasn't in the loop at the st anthony's shrine in colombo targeted in last weekend's blasts the clean—up is under way. but the catholic church across the country has cancelled all matches scheduled for this sunday amid concern there could be more attacks, a sign that the threat to sri lanka and its people's fear remain. ——cancelled all masses. rohan karr, the general manager of the cinnamon grand hotel, targeted last weekend, told the bbc‘s martin patience that the bomber had checked into the hotel the night before and the staff were not suspicious of their guest. a warning, some viewers may find some of this interview distressing. he behaved like a normal customer. he walked in the night before and we served him a welcome drink and he went up to his room, and he came down in the morning with a rucksack on his back and he went into the restaurant. he made sure he got a table right in the middle of the restaurant and he was walking around with this

rucksack on his back and he served his food with the rucksack, he ate food and the staff were watching this and wondered why he was walking around with his rucksack on, but we never thought this was the man who was going to kill us. he sat, ate, he waited for people to gather. when he saw a bigger crowd, he decided, this is a time to create maximum damage. when you came downstairs, what did you see? bodies, body parts all over the place. even in the pond, there was a hand, and we had to take some six—foot tables, break the legs and put the people on that and carry that to take them out of the restaurant.

five of your staff died, can you tell me a little bit about them? out of the five, four were actually on duty, working, one of them was the restaurant manager. then there was another lady. they come in the morning to do this sri lankan pancake. it was not even her day to work that day. her colleague who was a catholic wanted to go for the easter mass, so she volunteered to come and do is shift so that he might attend the mass. she unfortunately was one of them. was security too lax, not only here but across the country? this is a country that had high security for so many years. to be honest, after the war, i never thought we would be a target for terrorists, because even a terrorist can't be that bad, to hit back a country that has suffered for 30 years.

we did have security but we didn't watch for this. what is the future? obviously the tourism industry is going to be affected by this. definitely. we have people who are departing the country. we have travel warnings from all over the world and all the countries, and we don't blame them. now we are slowly but surely trying to stand on our own feet, regain confidence, and as of next week, tuesday, we will open to public, we will work hard. and i will make sure as long as i am here, and my team, that we will not let this destroy us.

dr mostafa naser, lecturer at edith cowan university, western australia, told me there should still be concern about repeat attacks in the country. war crimes were committed on both sides previously. we have sufficient reason to be concerned of whether thatis reason to be concerned of whether that is repeated, in case of this recent operation against... the suicide attack. so we have some reason to be concerned and obviously it is necessary to take action against terrorism, but obviously there must be respect to the

international humanitarian laws and principles. it should not be indiscriminate. we have already found there were six children killed during this attack, which is terrible. there are international treaties on the rights of the child, and the geneva convention, so we are committed to protecting the lives of children. i don't know whether it was unavoidable or not but obviously, the authorities should be careful of this and respectful to the humanitarian law principles during this sort of armed conflict. a senior health official has said clinics that provide cosmetic procedures, such as fillers and botox injections, are helping to fuel a mental health and anxiety epidemic. professor stephen powis, who's medical director of nhs england, is calling for an official register of all providers and for better training to protect vulnerable clients from quick fixes.

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. our global health correspondent richard galpin reports. the nhs is concerned there is a link between young people's mental health and these kinds of procedures. 25% 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, that you are 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. joining me now via webcam is ashton collins, director of save face, which is a national register of accredited practitioners who provide non—surgical cosmetic treatments. thank you for being with us this lunchtime. what do you make of these new requirements for those carrying out procedures to establish whether oi’ out procedures to establish whether or not somebody is ready for them mentally? as a voluntary registrar ourselves we wholeheartedly feel that more needs to be done to help vulnerable people and recognise the signs early on and channel them to appropriate professionals. we are

launching a series of face—to—face training which will comprise of a full day for our staff to tackle the signs and symptoms, what are the referral channels for patients, and what are the sort of behaviour is that these patients display? so that we can recognise that early on and make sure they are signposted to the appropriate channels. you mentioned you are having face—to—face training. ithink you are having face—to—face training. i think under the proposal that has been agreed, the government and nhs have agreed, it can be done online. yes, there is a certain amount that can be done online but what we are doing is looking at the whole spectrum of mental health but with a particular focus on body dysmorphia, and we are using a tried and tested body dysmorphia training course but with a specific focus on anaesthetic practice, and we feel face—to—face is important because it allows those practitioners to engage with mental health, lecturers to

role—play scenarios about what these specific behavioural problems are, and then to have that difficult conversation to perhaps suggest that they should seek mental health help. and it is a difficult conversation in any environment, particularly one where the client isn't ready yet to acknowledge their problems. i was talking to the doctor about this earlier and given the fact that the vast majority of people who carry these treatments and aren't registered with you or thejoint council for cosmetic procedures, isn't there a risk that all that happens is the patient sees a potential delay when you suggest they need a referral, and theyjust go to another practitioner who isn't registered and isn't so worried about the ethics of it? absolutely, and that is why in tandem with our

training course roll—out programme, we will be providing a series of patient workshops and consumer focused education campaigns to educate the public around may be whether to consider if you have got these symptoms and seek help from a mental health care professional, but you are right, there is a ways the danger that an unethical practitioner will receive a visit from the patient. have you found yourself in a situation where someone is keen for the procedure and you have had to either say to them, i'm sorry, we can't do it for these reasons, or you have done it but with reservations? i'm not a practitioner myself, i'm just a director of the register, but we have over 650 practitioners on our registers who go through the process of being accredited and they often reported that they have had to decline treatment on the basis that

the person isn't suitable because there could be underlying mental health problems, and we also deal with patients directly who have had negative experiences elsewhere, and come to us for help, and u nfortu nately a lot come to us for help, and unfortunately a lot of them do display symptoms of underlying mental health issues, and so there is appropriate channels for them to be referred to their gp or cognitive behavioural therapists, but yes, be referred to their gp or cognitive behaviouraltherapists, but yes, it is an issue that is growing. thank you. 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. earlier i spoke to our political correpsondent about why the letter was written. labour's ruling body, the nec, is going to be deciding on tuesday what goes in the manifesto for the european elections, which of course

are going to be held or are likely to be held next month unless the prime minister comes up with a deal. and so because they are going to be holding that meeting they will be deciding what goes on and they will have those meps and mps trying to get in there first and make clear that they want this are going to be held or are likely to be held next month unless the prime minister comes up with a deal. and so because they are going to be holding that meeting they will be deciding what goes on and they will have those meps and mps trying to get in there first and make clear that they want this confirmatory referendum to be part of the offer put to people. what has got some riled is that earlier on in the week there was a draft leaflet that would go out to homes across the country which didn't include any reference to a confirmatory referendum or any kind of referendum and that is something that labour mps had been riled about and some were very concerned about because they want to put across that message that they are a party that would actually offer some kind of say for people

on what the final deal is. the problem for labour is that while you have got mps who want that and you have got these 90 or so mps and meps have written this letter, you also have labour mps in constituencies where voters, labour voters, will have voted to leave the european union who are very concerned about the idea that you would include a confirmatory referendum because they say that is something that actually might lose them votes. and so that is the challenge for jeremy corbyn and the labour party. aid agencies have warned of the threat of flooding and landslides in mozambique, after a second powerful storm made landfall, following the devastation of cyclone idai in march. this week, cyclone kenneth struck on thursday in the northern cabo delgado region of mozambique. up to 80 centimetres 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. health officials in pakistan say they have suspended a nationwide anti—polio campaign, after a series of deadly attacks in the last week. a health worker, and two security officers, were killed in separate incidents. thousands of parents have refused to allow their children to be given the vaccine — officials are blaming

misinformation being spread on social media. in the uk, around half a million people have a debilitating form of heart failure that doctors know very little about. the condition stops the heart from relaxing, meaning the muscles become too stiff to function properly. now researchers at four british universities 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 hfpef 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 can't be — i've been a dancer, done so much, gardening, et cetera, i can't believe it. so you are quite good at walking on the flat but not the inclines? definitely. as well as the physical tests,

they will be asking patients about their lives. if i said, could you walk to the shop and back again? i couldn't. this is an interesting patient group that are pretty much left to their own devices, there are 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 hfpef even existed. it might be common, but it's hard to recognise. symptoms can be similar to more well—known types of heart failure or evern other conditions, but there is a key difference. a normal heart muscle needs to be able to expand and contract so it can pump the blood. around half the people with heart failure have a muscle that's too loose but they know how to diagnose that and treat it. the other half have a muscle that's gone thick and goes too 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 blue jet you see 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 that we can do for this group of patients and it's just ensuring that there's a systematic way of diagnosing and managing, that people are more aware of it, and they know, right, if we get the blood pressure 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. well, i hope they find the reason why we go downhill like we are and i'm quite pleased, actually, that i had that call from faye 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.

thousands of homes in ireland and hundreds in wales have been left without power, as storm hannah brought winds of over 80 miles per hour and heavy rain 0vernight. the met office has warned of traffic disruption and further power cuts in wales and central and southern england, as the storm moves across the uk. it's being claimed that some fitness trackers from leading brands are so inaccurate, they can be out by up to 11 miles when logging the distance of a marathon. the consumer group which? has published analysis of some of the most popular devices from big names in the market. the watchdog used a calibrated treadmill to compare different trackers logging the number of steps and distance travelled. it's warning some simply can't be relied upon. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. storm hannah may have peaked in strength through the night, but we could still see across much of england, wales and northern ireland, widespread gales, 50s mile an hour maybe 60 around some of these western coasts as we go through this afternoon.

the wind is lighter in scotland, some slow—moving, heavy and thundery showers here, but some will stay dry and bright. a bright afternoon through southern counties of england with only the odd isolated shower. persistent rain through parts of northern england, north wales, north west midlands and to the east of northern ireland. minor flooding and a cold day here, 7—9 degrees. north—west scotland, highs of around 14 degrees. into tonight the outbreaks of rain turn more showery, more of you become dry. we have a clear skies around and a chillier night, maybe even a touch of frost to lead us into a bright start to sunday morning. but it will cloud over through the day as it will in south—west wales, devon and cornwall, and the channel islands. patchy rain or drizzle moving in. cloud and a few showers in eastern england, with a bit of a breeze, that will be noticeable for those running the london marathon. nowhere near as hot as last year, though, but at least for many of you, warmer than today. bye for now.

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. northern ireland politicians are being urged to unite to deliver on power—sharing talks, by the priest who received an ovation at lyra mckee's funeral. 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 those talks and in a way that will actually bring a positive result at the end of them.

15 bodies and bomb making equipment are recovered by sri lankan security forces, who're hunting those behind the easter sunday attacks. england's top doctor is warning cosmetic clinics that they may be contributing to a mental health epidemic. professor stephen powis says the practitioners should have training to help them protect vulnerable clients from "quick fixes", such as botox. (port and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. we start with bolton wanderers who have now been told they must com plete have now been told they must complete their outstanding fixtures in the championship by the english football league even if it means playing there under 19 side for the match with brentford was called off last night after players said it would not play again until the received outstanding wages bolton have been told to rearrange their game at the earliest opportunity for the outgoing owner of the club has

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