with two of the three the room with two of the three treasures. there is no imperial japan, crown for japan's treasures. there is no imperial japan, crown forjapan‘s family, they have a sacred mirror, a sword and a gem. he will return two of them shortly, they will be and a gem. he will return two of them shortly, they will he inherited by his eldest them shortly, they will be inherited by his eldest son, crown prince naruhito, on wednesday. we are also expected to hear from naruhito, on wednesday. we are also expected to hearfrom prime minister shinzo abe, to make a comment about the 30 years of this era, and we will hear from emperor akihito, the 30 years of this era, and we will hearfrom emperor akihito, his last speech as emperor. as you can see now, we are seeing last speech as emperor. as you can see now, we are seeing live pictures inside the imperial palace, emperor akihito and empress michiko walking into the room. you can see the two treasures being brought into the room. they are the symbols of japan's imperial family. they

room. they are the symbols of japan's imperialfamily. they will be returning them before they are inherited by his eldest son, crown prince naruhito, on wednesday. we will soon hear from prince naruhito, on wednesday. we will soon hearfrom prime minister shinzo abe before we hear from emperor akihito in his last speech that he makes as the emperor. there are over 300 guests inside that room to mark this very historic day. this is the first application in over two centuries, the last time it happened was in 1817. i can really tell personally the difference in the mood from the last transition when emperor akihito took to the throne 30 years ago, the entire country was mourning the death of the previous emperor, whereas this time it is a very different mood, a mood of celebration. you can talk to people on the street very much looking forward to the new era to begin, the translation of the new era into

english its beautiful harmony. it was announced a while ago and we we re was announced a while ago and we were walking around tokyo yesterday, you can find the name everywhere. on the poster and even some cafe is have started making latte out with the name of the erroneous. the country is about two is very historic moment. urc and live pictures from inside the imperial palace in tokyo. you can see the sword and the gent being presented in front of emperor akihito and empress michiko. he was the first emperor, or the first crown prince back then, to marry a common, a nonroyalfamily back then, to marry a common, a nonroyal family member, which back then, to marry a common, a nonroyalfamily member, which really made history. they raise their children, they had two.

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translation: the emperor will abdicate, according to the law. the 30th year of his era. we lived together for 30 years. his majesty

a lwa ys together for 30 years. his majesty always praise for peace and prosperity of the nation, and his service was served to the country and nation. our country prospered and nation. our country prospered and enjoyed peace, but we also suffered natural disasters. in these occasions, his majesty the emperor and empress always gave comfort to the nation and gave courage to tomorrow. today we have the day of abdication. however, we always remember the days of the emperor giving us great service to the

nation. we look back on the days of the emperor akihito, and then we will build new future for the next generation, their majesties emperor and empress will live healthy and prosperous future. we thank has to their service and the rest of their lives —— we thank wholeheartedly to their service.

translation: today i will fulfil my duty as emperor. now prime minister

shinzo abe gave the great, honourable speech to us. since enthroned men, 30 years have passed andi enthroned men, 30 years have passed and i served as emperor for 30 yea rs, and i served as emperor for 30 years, andi and i served as emperor for 30 years, and i already received the nation's love and wholehearted support and i will thank the nation who supported me in my duty as emperor. from tomorrow, i restart. we will start the new imperial era

of reiwa, dyson seeley hope —— we sincerely hope —— and i sincerely hope, we sincerely hope that prosperity and peace of the new era. and i wish japan prosperity and peace of the new era. and i wishjapan and the world peace and prosperity.

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studio: you're watching bbc news at 9am, as we look at this historic ceremony taking place in the imperial palace in tokyo as the japanese emperor, emperor akihito, abdicates. it is the first time in more than two centuries that a

japanese emperor has abdicated. that is his eldest son, who will succeed him tomorrow, crown prince naruhito, watching on as the ceremony unfolds. the 85—year—old emperor announced a couple of years ago that he felt he could not continue to give what this role required, and the japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, thanking him wholeheartedly for his service. that short speech his last public speech as emperor before the crown prince assumes the role tomorrow.

that poignant, final bile as he leaves the room —— that poignant, final bow as he leaves the room, followed by crown prince naruhito, who will become emperor tomorrow. his father formally retains the title emperor until midnight japanese time. here, the public inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal, considered one of the biggest treatment disasters in the history of the nhs, will start hearing evidence from witnesses this morning. around 3000 patients have died since the 1970s after being given infected blood. the government has announced an increase in financial support for some of those affected. our health correspondent

sophie hutchinson reports. it's impossible to know exactly how many thousands of patients the nhs treated with bad blood in the ‘70s and ‘80s. estimates suggest 5,000 people with diseases like haemophilia, but possibly as many as 30,000 others who received blood transfusions. they were infected with life—limiting diseases such as hepatitis and hiv. when they told me what they had done to me, i stood at a motorway bridge to jump off it. that film was how the infected blood inquiry opened last autumn. since then, its officials have been working to prepare for today — the beginning of the evidence from those infected. this, for the first time ever, is the time when people's personal testimonies are going to be heard, the infected and the affected, about how this has devastated and traumatised their lives, and the fact that so many of these people have led quiet lives of desperation away from the camera,

because of the stigma around it all, because of health, the disastrous health consequences they've suffered. it's believed at least 3,000 people infected in this scandal have now died. those left behind and others infected want answers about how and why such dangerous blood was used by the nhs. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. here with me now is tony farrugia, whose father barry was one of the many victims of the tainted blood scandal. thank you so much forjoining us on this day, and your two uncles, victor and david have also died? and also a cousin is currently affected with hepatitis c and stage two, he is still alive but daily life is a struggle. to take this back to the beginning of this part of your story, your father had beginning of this part of your story, yourfather had haemophilia,

that was how he became infected. what age where you at that time?|j was what age where you at that time?” was seven years old when my father was seven years old when my father was first changed from relatively safe treatment to factor eight, and he was infected with hepatitis b and, we believe, exposed to hepatitis c on his first infusion in 1977, so i would have been six years old. and subsequently he was then infected with, we believe, in 1981, with hiv, from documents in his medical notes, we believe they were aware by 1983 but he was not told until 1985. he was, aware by 1983 but he was not told until1985. he was, however, aware by 1983 but he was not told until 1985. he was, however, told in july 84 that he had contracted non—a, non—b from these projects. at which point the relationship in the family took a terrible twist and i was removed from the family home and

taken into was removed from the family home and ta ken into care was removed from the family home and taken into care and my father sectioned under the mental health act. my brother was then removed, my twin brother, from the family home, two days after and also placed into care. it has had a catastrophic... devastating toll on your family? other members of the family, we have lost both uncles, one to hiv, want to hepatitis c, we have been burying our dead for 33 years and it is not over. we welcome today and also pleased it is finally starting. had such a young age, going back to the time you are telling us about, you can hardly have understood what was happening to your family? he was never told of the race, he was never warned, even when they knew he was infected he was not told. —— he was never told of the risk. where you reunited with your family? yes, but

26 years after my father died. the base you have done lots of work to raise awareness of the contaminated blood scandal, for a long time you felt it was not getting the attention it deserved? when it first broke in the 80s and we realised my father was infected, we were told after my father passed away we should go away and forget it ever happens, it was an accident, that is what we did. i only picked it up againa what we did. i only picked it up again a decade ago when i received an e—mail from my again a decade ago when i received an e—mailfrom my dad's again a decade ago when i received an e—mail from my dad's sister pointing me to the campaign group tainted blood, ispent pointing me to the campaign group tainted blood, i spent two years trawling through their timeline of what we believe has gone on and it is horrific, shocking. others will you give evidence to the inquiry? i have not been called yet, that is not disabled not be, i hope i will be called, my story is shocking, not

just because of the infections to my father, the fatty perception that we never saw him again, but the after—effect of the family. —— the fa ct after—effect of the family. —— the fact that we never saw him again and he was sectioned. what do you want to see come out of this that will make you say it was a worthwhile exercise? my father's death has been recorded falsely in history as an accident. it was not. we hope the inquiry will get to the bottom of why this happened, who was responsible, what was known. we have not had that before, we have been com pletely not had that before, we have been completely ignored by the department of health on any requests for information and we welcome this inquiry as the way forward. thank you for telling us your story, tony. it is utterly shocking and devastating what happened to your dad, your uncles and cousin and, ultimately, to you as the children

of this family. we wish you well and perhaps we will talk to you again as the inquiry progresses.” perhaps we will talk to you again as the inquiry progresses. i would like that, thank you very much. rail bosses are calling for a major shake—up of the way our trains are run, including scrapping the current franchise system and taking control away from the government. my colleague ben thompson is at birmingham's new street station this morning. tell us more. good morning. welcome to the station, the morning rush—hour is still well under way. you are right, it has been dubbed the biggest shake—up of our railways and a generation, all sorts of proposals going forward to a big government with you that will report backin government with you that will report back in the autumn, looking at ticketing, stations, the services, may be more competition on some of the most popular railroads. but will it really deliver? today is the day the rail companies are issuing their proposals on how they think the

future of the rail network should look. let introduce robert nisbet from the rail delivery organisation. there are so many reviews and overhauls of the rail network, in the past they have not delivered. what makes this one different? the purview of the whole review as the entire rail industry, this is the first time a review like this has been opened up. we think this is a once ina been opened up. we think this is a once in a generation opportunity to restructure, to replan the railway to the benefit of the customer. we think at the moment the customer has kind of been lost in it all and what we want to see is the franchising system, which we think it's too rigid, replaced by some more agile contracts that would look at what customers in various parts of the country needs, with an overarching body making sure it is properly policed. in most industries, more

competition and more providers is good news, it makes them perform better and if you do not compete you do not survive, that does not work for the railways, we have finite numbers of tracks and stations? about one size does not fit all, so what a commuter needs from their rail service is very different from what a student needs going to see their parents on an intercity route. we are looking at different types of contract, so in a city region may be something like london with the tfl style concession contracts, the traveller knows the mayor is in charge, if things are going wrong they can e—mail the mayor. where there is the element of competition, perhaps companies playing off each other and offering a service that people can vote without wallets. if they want one style of service they can pick that, otherwise they will go elsewhere, putting the customer at the heart. in other areas were suggesting outcome based contracts

based on what passengers want. you could potentially set a level of customer satisfaction and the company would have to achieve that but you would not be over specifying how they did it. all of that with overeight —— how they did it. all of that with over eight —— overarching body policing it and sorting out the trade—offs could make it work much better and glue it together with a reform of thousands. this isjust reshuffling what you already have, it is already in your gift to change some of these things. passengers do not care, they just some of these things. passengers do not care, theyjust want some of these things. passengers do not care, they just want trains that run on time, fire ticket prices and not to have to stand on long journeys. how can you commit to that? we are feeding into this review with a basic message that one size does not fit all. we believe the current franchise system is too inflexible for how people live their lives. we had a big easy affairs

consultation, so changing the system so consultation, so changing the system so that when you buy your ticket you will get the best fare for your journey. that is what passengers want, they do not care what is under the bonnet, they wanted to work effectively. i donor how the internetworks but i can use google. we want to make sure this is a much easier system for people to use, we all acknowledge passengers, the train operating companies and the government, that things need to change, the current franchise system has to be replaced, that is what we are feeding into the williams review. this is notjust sitting in a room who have come up with these proposals, we have spoken to passenger groups, companies, local communities, as well as looking at how trains operated other countries to see if there is best practice we can take. we think these are the best proposals we can put forward to the government with you. thank you, robert nisbet. that is the view from

the organisation representing the rail companies, they're putting forward their plans. some people are pre—empting calls from the labour party to nationalise the network and return to an idea of a system running along the lines of british rail. those proposals go forward to the williams review, you will hear a lot about it in the coming months, the government will decide what outcome we have and what the future of the railways will look like in the autumn. thank you, ben thompson in birmingham. victims of anti—social behaviour are being left to suffer in silence, according to a new report. the victims commissioner for england and wales, baroness newlove, says petty low level crime is still being played down or ignored by the authorities. our home affairs correspondent peter cooke reports. anti—social behaviour remains a daily problem across our towns and cities. this latest report paints a picture of little having changed in more

than a decade. we've got to address the issue of cuts to the public services and to police, but also the fact that, you know, in 2007, there was better funding for police and then, there still was no action. since her husband's death in 2007, baroness newlove has championed measures to cut anti—social behaviour. garry newlove was attacked outside their home in warrington when he tried to stop a gang vandalising his car. the report says the police and local councils often treat incidents in isolation and ignore the underlying causes. society has not, you know, it's become — it's gone away. we don't talk about it. it hasn't gone away. it has been bubbling, as has knife crime, been bubbling, and if you don't have a safe community to live in, the morale for everybody, and everyone has moved away, it maybe makes you think "well, nobody‘s interested in what we are going through." recommendations include giving those affected the same entitlement to support as other crime victims, and making it a legal requirement for those in authority to more actively promote what is called the community trigger process — that is the means by which people

can ask them to review the responses to complaints. we've been working quite hard nationally to understand why the community trigger is not getting used as much as it should, and certainly from a policing perspective, we recognise that it's perhaps not publicised as widely as it should be. the local government association said councils took their role in tackling the problem extremely seriously and trying to ensure that any action was quick and effective. peter cooke, bbc news. and i have baroness newlove with me today. it is very good to have you with us. u nfortu nately it is very good to have you with us. unfortunately your assessment of the last 12 years as you say that, depressingly, little has changed since your husband garry was killed by those youths that were vandalising his car. why do you think that is the case? because i have spoken to victims append down the country, from their experience

that police are not coming out because they see it as low level and the fact that the housing and local authorities, in a sense, are not connected. you cannot speak to a human being, it is all online. nobody feels things have changed. listening to the severity of the crimes of anti—social behaviour is a worry for me. let's talk about the policing response, police see it as low—level. is that what they really think or is it because of cuts to policing, resources being stretched, that they do not respond to it in the way you would like? police say it isa the way you would like? police say it is a low—level crime and while i have been on this journey and as victims commissioner i do not appreciate that anti—social behaviour, which i think is anti—social abuse, is seen as low—level crime. garry lost his life

through this, the severity can escalate and the escalation of violence i have heard from people up and down the country, we are talking about drugs coming through advent, the smell of drugs, prostitution, dealing with county lines and people cuckooing, basically when they take over the homes of vulnerable people. there is a legislation piece in local the community trigger, three complaints they should act and seek a panel review to make sure that victim gets the support they need. iam not victim gets the support they need. i am not sure many people know about this community trigger process, i was not very familiar with the term. you are doing your bit to publicise h? yes, i have been working on this review with nottingham trent university and nobody knows about

it, but there is legislation. i admit it is not a very nice name and i think there should be action on the first occasion and you should not have to wait for free, but when you phone up for the police, and they don't come out all they ask you to make notes of what is going on, it brings you back to previous days. i appreciate there are austerity cuts, they were betterfunded in 2007, but at the same time it does not stop the agencies supporting the people that need supported and the internal issues to be addressed internally, because people need that support. housing associations and some perpetrators, you know, they will flash the letters from the housing to say i had six months before you do anything, it escalates again. i have many victims whose health has really deteriorated. they can't go to work, they don't feel safe in their homes. the cost to the

public purse escalates even more, which is why i am publishing my final report and am still passionate. anti—social behaviour is not low—level crime. it can impact anybody and we had to ensure that we get the support that is fair, which is why my recommendations are us in government to take this seriously, we are already seeing a rise in knife crime and drug crime. this is, as you say, your last report as victims commissioner. you sound disillusioned, pessimistic, as my assessment of what you are saying right or do you feel there is an opportunity to turn this around?” think it's a bit of everything, i'm passionate about anti—social behaviour, you only have to ask my office, get me started on that, i feel it's very important when i go around the country, i had police officers say they are dealing with anti—social behaviour and actually, i meet the victims who tell me

com pletely i meet the victims who tell me completely different. so yes, i am passionate about anti—social behaviour. our communities should feel safe and healthy and they and that will embrace people to come forward. they are the eyes and ears forward. they are the eyes and ears for intelligence for police, they ought to have the respect and they need services, listen to them, they are the people who live there on a daily basis and they don't want to be told by people who don't live in their backyard so yes, i am very passionate, very angry at times because these are human lives and that's why there's more work to be done. yes, the government is listening but i'm saying i want action because until you get action, nothing will change. baroness, thank you. ina nothing will change. baroness, thank you. in a moment, we'll look at the weather forecast, but first, you. in a moment, we'll look at the weatherforecast, but first, let's find out what victoria derbyshire has coming up in her programme. we've learnt another 150 victims of the contaminated blood scandal may have died since the inquiry was

announced. as the hearings begin today, we tell the tragic story of steve who died last year from organ failure, he received contaminated blood in the late 70s. failure, he received contaminated blood in the late 705. so many warnings from as early as the 19505. they were ignored. how any government can put a small, vulnerable part of the community at 5uch vulnerable part of the community at such a severe ri5k, vulnerable part of the community at such a severe risk, and who was responsible? and for those responsible, i would like them to never enjoy a night '5 sleep ever again. for what they did. join us at 10am, on the bbc news channel and online. now it's time for a look at the weather. here is simon king. good morning. an east—west split in the weather today. in the east,

starting off misty and murky, fog patches across eastern england and scotland, that will clear to leave sunny spells across the east and central areas but in the west, patchy rain moving out of northern ireland, spreading to western scotland, eventually west wales and south—west england. temperatures here 12—15d, elsewhere, slightly warmer than yesterday, temperatures reaching 17—19 possibly 20 degrees in the south—east. patchy rain continuing to move very slowly eastwards. overnight temperatures will get down to generally 8—9d, not as cold as it was last night. during wednesday, some patchy rain moving its way from west to east but sunny spells in between, a bit cooler. goodbye. hello. this is bbc news

with annita mcveigh. the headlines... the worst treatment scandal in the history of the nhs — an inquiry will hear evidence of how thousands of patients were given contaminated blood. the first japanese monarch to abdicate in more than two centuries, emperor akihito, steps down from his throne. a nightmare for victims of anti—social behaviour — a new report says they're ‘suffering in silence'. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. it's been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the nhs. in the 1970s and 80s more than 2,000 people were killed when contaminated blood products were given to haemophiliacs and others. well, today a public inquiry will start to hear about some of the human tales behind those statistics. stories like that of

david robinson, who contracted hepatitis c during dental surgery in 1978. earlier this morning, bbc breakfast spoke to david's widow kay and their daughter rachael. i was aware of the treatment he received in 1978, iwas i was aware of the treatment he received in 1978, i was absolutely thrilled, it was leading—edge treatment and he didn't bleed during his dental extraction which was the object of the exercise, he was perfectly well. although he had health issues in later years, nothing major that we would trouble a doctor with, you know, we would be curious, the skin would peel on the palm of his hands or whatever and it wasn't until 1995 that we were actually told by the haemophilia unit that he was infected. but did you have concerns, you talked about some . . . ye5, you have concerns, you talked about some yes, of you have concerns, you talked about some . . . yes, of course.

you have concerns, you talked about some yes, of course. later on, he came home very angry one day and accused me of deliberately buying wash powder that made him h. of course, i hadn't. and he had really, really bad breath. and he was a very meticulously clean man. and it was odd. and his tummy was very distended as well, but as you get older, you tend to take bodily changes a bit, you don't examine them clinically, do you? what would make the difference for you, do you think? honesty. honesty. the powers that be have made this so complicated. it was known and has been known for a long time. it would have been easy with hindsight, to actually stand up and say, we are sorry. whoever we is. but it's been made into such a mysterious, i don't

know, big mess. by not acknowledging that somebody or some department, along the way, made a mistake. officials in the united states say they are working to confirm whether a video released yesterday — which appears to show the leader of the so called islamic state group — is genuine. it's the first sighting of abu bakr al—baghdadi since 2014. reports had suggested that he'd been badly injured or even killed. just over a year after the 12 person board of the social mobility commission resigned — complaining that the government was too focused on brexit to make progress towards the fairer britain promised by the prime minister — the new commisison is publishing its first annual report. it's expected to warn that social mobility has stagnated over the past four years. damian hinds spoke to today's mishal husain this morning. he said the government is committed to improving the situation. this is a good report,

it's a thorough report that the commission has done, and i welcome it very much. we will take very, very seriously its analysis and its recommendations, and that's a very important input to what we do. we talk about social mobility not moving very much over this five year period. actually, social mobility is a very difficult thing to move, and actually we've had social immobility issues in this country for decades, for generations. and actually, it's quite difficult to measure movement over relatively short periods of time. we're talking usually about a generation. and so i'm really focused on making sure that this generation, as it comes through school, as it comes through education, does have all the opportunities that it can... as dame martina said, the proof of that will be in your willingness to take on board her recommendations. so let's just go through some of the ones that she mentioned. will you introduce a student premium for 16 to 19—year—olds, so there's more money for disadvantaged young people coming into further education? i totally recognise what dame martina says

about further education, and the college sector doesn't always get as much attention and focus as the school sector as a very important part of our education. we are investing in t—levels as a quality vocational technical alternative... that's rather different. will you bring in a student premium, as there is a pupil premium? hang on, it's not entirely different. it is a different point, but still... well, she's making a specific recommendation and i'm wondering whether you are prepared to implement it. it's still very important, mishal, it's very important that we make sure there is a quality alternative in technical and vocational education to the academic route, and t—levels are at the heart of that, so its higher technical learning. so you are not prepared to make a commitment on that one. what about paying the voluntary living wage? the government as an employer, how about paying the voluntary living wage? just before we move off the last, mishal, i don't think you expected me to come onto the radio this morning and say immediately... the report doesn't come out until later this morning, and immediately... you've seen it already. ..make changes in government policy, but we do take these points extremely seriously and i think the principle at the heart of what dame martina is saying there is, first of all,

the college sector, the fe college sector, needs more attention, i agree with that. and secondly, the principle that you need to put more effort and more resourcing behind children and students from disadvantaged backgrounds, i agree with that. you must have given some thought to your view on the recommendations that you knew she was going to make? that's exactly what we have been doing with the pupil premium. let's take a look at what's dominating some of the front pages of this morning's papers. i'm sorry, i'm not sure we have the images for you but let me just tell you what they are saying. the times reports that cambridge university has begun a two year inquiry into into historic links to the slave trade. the daily telegraph's headline today is: ‘why must we pay to report a crime?‘ it comes as baroness newlove warns that victims of anti—social behaviour

are being forced to pay to report offences to the police. and following the move to get victims of crime to hand over their phones to police — the daily mail leads with warnings from campaigners that rapists could escape justice unless the plans are scrapped. the strange discovery of a whale wearing a harness off norway's far north east coast has rasied suspicions of russia's military using the mammals as part of a special ops force. the beluga whale was found wearing a strap that could hold a camera — near the small fishing village of inga. georgina smyth has more. a friendly encounter or something more sinister? approaching norwegian fishing vessels, an inquisitive beluga whale wearing a strange harness. the tame creature could be fed by hand and would swim alongside moving vessels. curious to know what the whale was strapped into, a local fisherman pulled on a survival suit and jumped in. translation: there were clips on the harness, like these, that were on the whale. we tried to reach those

clips and open them. my colleague and i tried to do this for quite some time. the harness had a hold for a camera and, inside the strap, was written, "equipment of saint petersburg". marine experts believe the whale probably escaped from the russian navy, which has a long history of using marine mammals for warfare and spying. dolphins are trained at various facilities across russia to analyse and protect sea beds and reportedly kill foreign divers. a russian military spokesperson played down the concerns on this underwater agent but did not deny it may have been one of theirs. georgina smyth, bbc news. fascinating story. let's take a look at what you are reading and watching on the bbc news app. the first three stories, stories on the most read, we have already covered those today. the application of the japanese

emperor, the ceremony taking place this morning. the beginning of evidence being given to the infected blood public inquiry. we heard from the son of a man who died just a little while ago, telling his terrible story, how that has impacted his family, his two uncles dying as well. and in third, the anti—social behaviour story, we spoke to baroness new love, the victims commissioner, a short time ago. moving down, most watched, a story from iraq. centred around the city of basra, last summer, more than 100,000 people were taken to hospital after falling ill because of the city ‘s water supply, problems with the water supply. at the same time, the areas marsh is shrunk to a quarter of their original size and this film with our

correspondent martin patients, who speaks to a self described water keeper, who talks about his efforts to improve water quality. let me just take it down as well, the supermarket with no tills, a sainsbury‘s local in london, trialling the use of no tills in its shop, customers have to scan and pay for items using an app, cash not allowed, no other types of payments and finally, four, thames valley police and hampshire police putting officers on buses to try and catch drivers using their mobile phones. height advantage that the boss gives them makes it easierfor them to spot drivers who are using their mobiles. and that's it for the morning briefing. let's catch up with the sports news, with a full roundup, here's sally nugent. good morning, what is your disney pixar

acknowledge like? yes, that is buzz lightyear from toy story next to tottenham manager mauricio pochettino. here's why. the spurs boss says he's living the dream , and has even invoked buzz ahead of their champions league semi final first leg against ajax. tonight they'll be without both son hyeung—min, who's suspended, and the injured harry kane for the club's biggest night in the european cup for more than half a century. pochettino says his players can anchieve anything you need to settle your dreams. to infinity and beyond. beyond, no? so it is not so difficult to accept and i think when you are ambitious and you want — you want to achieve big things, you need to settle your dream, and i always was a dreamer. ajax have been acquainting themselves with the new tottenham stadium. erik ten hag's side twice drew with bayern munich in the group phase and since have eliminated real madrid and italian champions juventus.

spurs' match tonight is featured on all the back pages. pochettino's attempts to evoke the spirit of buzz lightyear ahead of tonight's match at the tottenham hotspur stadium are reflected on several of the back pages today. the sun goes with ‘joy story‘ reporting that pochettino has told his players to "reach for the moon". the times also features pochettino. it quotes the manager as saying that reaching the champions league semi final is more important than winning a domestic trophy. the paper also reports that batsmen alex hales has accused the england and wales cricket board of ‘betrayal‘ after he was withdrawn from england‘s limited overs squads for the summer. and the express features spurs, as well as suggesting that paris st germain could bid more than 90 million pounds to lure goalkeeper david de gea away from manchester united there are reports in the papers this morning that manchester united are lining up their former player rio ferdinand to return to the club. ferdinand is said to have had a meeting with ed woodward,

executive vice chairman, to discuss a return as director of football or something similar. the former player has been working as a tv pundit since he retired. the result of caster semenya‘s landmark case against athletics‘ governing body will be published tomorrowthe double olympic 800m champion is challenging the iaaf over its regulation restricting testosterone levels in female runners. the rule will apply to women in track events from 400 metres up to the mile. team gb speed skater elise christie has opened up about her struggle with mental health in the hope that it will encourage other athletes to talk more openly about the subject. in an instagram post earlier this month, elise revealed that she suffered with depression and anxiety for two years, but is now feeling like herself again. the reason behind the post and the

motivation for at that date was the fa ct motivation for at that date was the fact that there is a lot of other athletes going through this, a lot of normal humans, people going through the same thing and i wanted to show that firstly, it‘s ok to feel like that and to need the medication and that was one thing i didn‘t want to come across as, it‘s fine to be on medication but also, there‘s points i felt like there no way out, i was never going to get of them, i was never going to feel better and here i am, you know, i feel like myself for the first time in about, i was on medication for two years, but it was probably around four years i haven‘t felt like me. it was a gradual deterioration and that was the first day. i felt like it deterioration and that was the first day. ifelt like it had deterioration and that was the first day. i felt like it had to deterioration and that was the first day. ifelt like it had to be deterioration and that was the first day. i felt like it had to be done that day because it was raw emotion, it was the truth, you know? and if you‘ve been affected by any of the issues in that report, there are a number of organisations and websites that can offer you advice and support. you can find them listed on the bbc‘s actionline website at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

world number seven judd trump is through to the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship. trump surged into a 5—1 lead, against ding junhui of china before ding recovered , but trump won six frames in a row to take the match 13—9 ali carter survived a tense shoot—out on the black to book his place in the last 8. carter also won six consecutive frames as he beat zhou yuelong of china 13—9. the quarterfinals get underway in around a quarter of an hour. kyren wilson‘s up against david gilbert and judd trump is taking on stephen maguire. it‘s live across the bbc, including bbc2 at 10 o clock this morning. later this evening, you can listen to tottenham‘s champions league semi final first leg against ajax on radio 5 live. coverage starts at 7 this evening with kick off at 8

just before i go, peter crouch the 6 foot 7 burnley and former england striker is well known for his ability to poke fun at himself. take a look at this. he‘s posted this on social media in reference to the rather gangly pfa players player of the year award. crouch said "extremely proud to be the pfa player of the year trophy. he‘s got a point not the most flattering! in answer to your earlier question, my disney knowledge is pretty good, better than my snooker knowledge. we will see you later. labour‘s ruling national executive committee will hold a crucial meeting today to finalise the party‘s manifesto for next month‘s european elections. labour‘s leader, jeremy corbyn, is facing pressure to commit to a referendum on any final brexit deal. let‘s go over to westminster now to and talk to our assistant poitical

editor, norman smith. norman, will he commit? i doubt it very much. i think what we will get today are hours and hours of debate. there will then be a vote in which the expectation is the nec will side with jeremy corbyn the expectation is the nec will side withjeremy corbyn to rebuff efforts to get the labour party to commit to another brexit referendum in all circumstances. and what we will end up circumstances. and what we will end up with is another re—versioning of what we already have which is namely, labour is committed to a brexit referendum if there is a nodal possibility or on mrs may‘s deal. two outcomes, frankly, that are extremely unlikely because parliament is never going to vote for no deal and mrs may‘s deal doesn‘t look like it‘s getting through the commons. the efforts to try and get mr corbin to shift, i mean, there are plenty of people who have been pressing to try and get labour to commit, jeremy corbyn, as

we know, deeply resistant to the idea because of his fears that it would split his party, it would divide those who backed leave from remain, it would risk losing those leaf supporting voters in northern and midland constituencies and it would make it much more likely, many more leaves supporting voters simply abandoning the party for the brexit party led by nigel farage. i surmise jeremy corbyn will not shift and he will have the votes to ensure he doesn‘t have to. will have the votes to ensure he doesn't have to. risks if he doesn't shift, you talk about the risks if he did, he is between the devil and the deep blue sea and this, isn‘t he? he is, his strategy for the past two and have use has been a delicate balancing act, there‘s been a bit of mood music, language which both sides can cling on to and you know, i suspect that‘s where we will end up i suspect that‘s where we will end up with today. it will be another formulation of words which gives eve ryo ne formulation of words which gives everyone something to keep everyone on board and that has been a

strategy which in comparison to the tories, has actually worked rather well because it has helped mask some of the tensions and divisions within labour in comparison to the blood and gore on the tory sites are what i suspect we will end up as tonight asa i suspect we will end up as tonight as a restatement of the party‘s existing policy but at the same time, there will be a suggestion that only brexit referendum in any circumstances, well, that‘s an option that might be lived out, possibly, where to come about some day, in other words, they won‘t firmly close the door to another brexit referendum in all circumstances, but they are certainly not going to commit to norman, thank you. thirty—eight people are confirmed to have died since cyclone kenneth hit northern mozambique on thursday. meteorologists warn the latest tropical storm could dump twice as much rain as cyclone idai, which last month killed about one thousand people in mozambique, malawi and zimbabwe. the worst affected region is in and around the city of pemba on the north—eastern coast

of mozambique, from where lebo diseko sent this report. you may be able to see some of the water behind me but this area we are staying is fearing a lot better than local neighbourhoods for ordinary people live. there, we have seen pictures of huge cracks in roads, on our way pictures of huge cracks in roads, on ourway in pictures of huge cracks in roads, on our way in people were telling us about the state of some of the houses which are pretty badly constructed, made of home made bricks, that sort of thing, which had been disintegrating under the weight of the rain. one of the aid agencies were telling me about a mother who went back to her home to see the state of things there, the wall collapsed and ended up killing one of her children. some of the places where people had been evacuated to or also taking on water, some people have had to be moved more than once. in terms of the weather, we‘ve already had one down this morning, this kind of changeable weather is really

hampering aid efforts. yesterday, the un thought they would be able to get a plane up to one of the affected islands, had to turn back. it's affected islands, had to turn back. it‘s a difficult situation, very changeable, we are expecting storms, thunderstorms later today and height winds as well. tributes have been paid to the american film director, john singleton, who died at the age of fifty—one. he suffered a stroke a fortnight ago. in 1991, john singleton became the youngest person — and the first african american — to be nominated for an oscar for best director, for his film boyz n the hood. the time is approaching 10am, time for a weather update with simon king. good morning. some misty and murky conditions across the east, quite an eerie scene in derby this morning. further west, a

quite an eerie scene in derby this morning. furtherwest, a bank quite an eerie scene in derby this morning. further west, a bank of cloud, this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain. ahead of that, we have brightness, sunshine, mainly reserved for parts of scotland, north—west england, through the midlands and central and southern england. the fog and low cloud in the east will continue to lift and break up to give warm sunny spells stop this zone of cloud and patchy rain continuing in northern ireland, western scotland, one or two spots of rain in west wales and the south—west of england. maximum temperatures higher than yesterday, 14-18 temperatures higher than yesterday, 14—18 perhaps 19 degrees in the south—east. chillier than that in the west. we go through tonight and continue with this zone of cloudy and damp weather, outbreaks of rain here, mild night compared to last night, temperatures up at around 7-10d. night, temperatures up at around 7—10d. throughout wednesday, we still have this zone of cloud, wet weather in the west, it will break up, a bank of showers moving

eastwards, you notice by the end of the afternoon some showers moving into eastern areas of england. still some bright skies here, is an of cloud before bright skies come in across the west later in the day. this weak weather front eventually clears, the attention turns to the cold front moving its way southwards as we go into thursday. that will introduce much colder air. throughout thursday a lot of cloud around, some brighter spells, also some showers tending to develop and come more frequent during the afternoon. temperatures for many 14-17d, afternoon. temperatures for many 14—17d, notice in the far north of scotla nd 14—17d, notice in the far north of scotland the temperature is starting to come down as this cold front moves through, nine or 10 degrees, into the end of the week you see the cold front replacing the warmer orange colours, this colder blue indicating or take air, temperatures dropping down as we start the bank holiday weekend. some sunshine

around, watch out for overnight frosts and by monday, the temperature is starting to come up again, reaching 15—17d. that‘s it from me. goodbye.

hello, it‘s tuesday, it‘s ten o‘clock, i‘m victoria derbyshire. good morning. we‘ve learned that another 150 victims of the contaminated blood scandal may have died since a public inquiry was first announced two years ago. as the hearings begin today, we‘ll hear the story of steve diamond, who died last year. steve‘s dying words were that he wanted them to repent. i promised him they would and that‘s a promise i intend to keep. maternity services under one health board in south wales are placed into special measures, after an external review identified "serious failings". there were a string of stillbirths and neonatal deaths at two hospitals

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