as many times as possible. i haven't, actually. she went to world cups. supermarkets are also under pressure i didn't go to any world cups, and i to get rid of unnecessary packaging inside their stores. got left out of the last stage. the front line in the war 1998, i got left out. on plastics is notjust being fought at the checkouts, probably the best man in england to do thatjob, but also on the shelves. or to actually try and understand john maguire, bbc news, south wales. how a player can feel. success breeds success in sport. now it's time for a look media coverage, sponsorship at the weather with louise lear. hello there. and participation figures could all rest on how the england sunny spells and scattered showers teams perform this summer. for the start of may across the country. so how much pressure is resting turning much colder as we move on the two head coaches? towards the bank holiday weekend. we can get through a family meal the main concentration so far today in 30 minutes because we've for those showers have got other things to do. been the further west. you know, it's not about it's actually a weather savouring the moment. front, a weak affair, it's about, let's just get this job and that's just pepped up those showers, particularly this done and get out of here. morning, across parts of north—west england we're going to create a legacy and south—west scotland. whether we win or lose, but if we win, we'll create an even bigger legacy. no matter the ups and downs of this summer, the nation's sporting success rests on one family's fortune, and team neville but with a little more sunshine will be flying the flag for england. in sheltered eastern areas, we may well see some showers jo currie, bbc news. here through the rest of the afternoon. sunny spells and showers

to the east, thicker cloud from that frontal system out to the west, good luck to both the nevilles. so with the sunshine, temperatures will reach the high teens, 17 degrees in places. more cloud and showers, 13 or 1a celsius. that is how we will finish off wednesday afternoon. time for a look at the weather then the showers will fade away with louise lear. it is beautiful out there at the and we will see skies moment, especially across the clearing from the west. that will allow temperatures to fall away, perhaps overnight down south—east, the east anglia corner. down to lows of five, but this where the front is bringing showery outbreaks of rain for the nine or 10 degrees. rest of england. we could see some tomorrow morning, brighter skies late in the another showery day. afternoon. the best of the sunshine into northern ireland, and again in sunny spells and scattered that south—east corner, but we can't rule out a rogue sharp shower, but showers for most of us. temperatures already into the mid teens, so high teens not out of the question. some of the showers will some of the showers could turn heavy start to fade away through the with thunder in there. evening, and that week where the the only exception is the far north fund will push its way into east of scotland, this front will bring anglia and the south—east corner, more cloud and gradually introduce cold air. mid to high teens the highest value. don't get too excited, no but this weather front will be significant rain for the gardens. the main culprit for change and behind it, clearerskies, over the next few days. temperatures falling away, and a weather front will bring more cloud it continues to sink south and open and rain into the far north of

scotland. that will be a player the floodgates for this northerly later on this week. it has some significance as well. but for wind which will pick up, tomorrow it is a lovely start, some gusts in excess of 30 miles sunshine coming through, and then we and 50mph in the northern isles. really start to see some showers making it feel quite bitter. patchy outbreaks of rain. developing as the heat builds, ahead of the weather front we will see high plenty builds, plenty of sunny temperatures of 15 degrees. spells tomorrow, the only exception behind it the cold front being scotland which has some colder is doing itsjob in introducing cold airfrom the being scotland which has some colder air from the weather front, and yet air, so single figures. it really will start to drag down, this sharp, may be sundry downpours tomorrow, the only exception being scotla nd factor in the wind, it tomorrow, the only exception being scotland which has some colder air will feel quite bitter. from the weather front, and yes it but cold air pushes really will start to drag down, this across the country for the start of the weekend and it will be breezy as well. there will be some dry weather but it will be noticeably colder, colder over the next couple of days, fingers crossed just that little bit so colder over the next couple of days, $03 colder over the next couple of days, so a shock to the system as we approach the bank holiday weekend. milder from monday onwards. it is weakening all the time, producing, and to the south of the front, will be rain in the south—east corner. to the north, temperature starting to fall away, these are daytime maximum the temperatures potentially into the teams, although there will be rain in the south—east corner. to the north, temperature starting to fall away, these are daytime maximum for

the start of the bank holiday weekend, so what a contrast in comparison to the easter long weekend that we just seven or 8 degrees, for 5 degrees down on where they should be now for this time of year. and that cold source spills all the way across the country for the start of the bank holiday weekend, so what a contrast in comparison to the easter long weekend that we that said, there will be a good deal of dry weather in the story, but temperatures are going to struggle, so it will the wind will be strong on saturday and then slowly start, a bit of a shock to the system if you compare it to easter, cooler, colder, dry for most of us, but the wind will be strong on saturday and then slowly start to that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me hello, you're watching afternoon live. i'm simon mccoy. today at two... good afternoon. a landmark ruling in the world of sport.

south african athlete caster semenya loses an appeal against new rules restricting testosterone levels in female runners. 50 weeks in jail for the wikileaks founderjulian assange for breaching his bail by hiding in the ecuadoran embassy. after violent clashes in venezuela, president nicolas maduro goes on tv to say a coup attempt against him has failed. tottenham say they followed all the right concussion protocols in allowing jan vertonghen to return labour once again under to the pitch following a head injury the spotlight over anti—semitism in their champions league semi final as the party tries to put the focus defeat to ajax last night. donny van de beek scored the winner on its climate—change policies. for the dutch side on a night when spurs couldn't make the most of home advantage. here's the house of commons but the game's major talking point wherejeremy corbyn has urged mps came when vertonghen was involved in a clash of heads to declare a national climate emergency. with his central defensive partner toby alderweireld. researchers hail an ‘astonishing' the belgian was treated reduction in obesity among some on the pitch, briefly went off, but then moments after returning to the field he signalled to the spurs bench that he couldn't carry on. vertonghen then looked visibly distressed as he left the pitch, but his manager mauricio pochettino says things were more relaxed after the game, and it shouldn't be too much of an issue. well, the brain injury charity headway have criticised the way that vertonghen‘s head injury was dealt with. their spokesperson luke griggs says concussion is a big problem that's still not being taken seriously enough. it is hugely concerning and so

disappointing that we continue to have this discussion about whether football is doing enough to protect players from the dangers of concussion. clearly, a player has had a serious blow to the head and in serious distress. millions of people around the world see him of play. it is very concerning, was that the right decision? what message does it send to millions of amateur and junior players across the world. uefa protocol says in the event of suspected concussion, play will stop... spurs say they followed the protocol so what needs to change do you think? it is important to say that concussions are notoriously difficult to diagnose correctly in a short space of time.

the signs could be hidden and require a player to be asked whether they are feeling nauseus, their vision is blurred oi’ whether they have any signs of confusion. whether that might be symptoms may delay in the manifestation, for several hours and even days later. that is why the three minutes assessment on the pitch, under the gaze of thousands of fans, is not effective. the time has come to introduce concussion substitutions to allow players to be assessed off the pitch and in a better environment by independent doctors. what do you mean exactly? take the example of rugby which is had the system in place for a number of years. a substitute goes on while the injured player is taken off and assessed for a longer period, at least ten minutes to get a better idea

of what is happening. if they are fit to come back on, they go back on and replace the temporary substitute. it works in rugby and we see no reason why it will not work for football. tonight it's the turn of liverpool. they go to barcelona for their semi final first leg. the reds are aiming to reach their second final in a row. but it won't be easy, they take on a barca side who haven't lost at home in 31 champions league matches. meanwhile the club have condemned the behaviour of a man seen pushing people into the fountains in barcelona. two videos have been posted online, and the club say it's "totally u na cce pta ble". to the world snooker championships in sheffield where gary wilson is the first man to make it through to the semi finals. he beat two—time finalist ali carter by 13 frames to nine at the crucible, finishing it off with this brilliant long red from way back in the baulk area. wilson, who's from tyneside, is a qualifier, and has only ever made it as far as the first

round before this. these are live pictures from the crucible where 2010 winner john higgins is now leading neil robertson. you can watch it live now on bbc two and via the bbc sport website. i'll have more for you in the next hour. thank you very much. theresa may faced questions on people using foodbanks and the elderly missing out on social care at pmqs today. the leader of the labour party, jeremy corbyn, questioned the prime minister on her record of tackling social injustice in the country, with theresa may responding that she wanted ‘everyone to have the opportunity to reach their potential whatever their background'. well, let's get some more reaction to pmqs now with our assistant political editor, norman smith. good afternoon. hello there. thank

you. a funny old pmqs today, didn't really kick off. no mention of the brexit word. everyone knows local elections are tomorrow and i suspect party whips to those asking questions, ease off on brexit, no one likes it so it was a mixed bag. all sorts of local constituency questions as everyone waits to see how the local elections unfold. i am joined by the labour mp and a conservative and snp mp. local elections tend to get a low turnout, do they matter? absolutely they matter. they matter to constituents around the country who are expecting around the country who are expecting a cancel to protect them and work for them. a cancel to protect them and work forthem. i a cancel to protect them and work for them. i have found pmqs quite interesting, jeremy corbyn going on

about social mobility and the job in life expectancy. in communities like mine, that is something which impacts on us, it is notjust the north— south divide it is also between city and signed. the idea that four million children are living in poverty, these issues resonate. you don't have elections in scotland but do you think people will be voting today on local issues, how far will brexit insured? brexit will dominate the agenda. we don't have local elections but we have european elections. the view from scotland, which will be shared with people from other nations is that westminster has been in a chaotic position over brexit. we have seen the failure of this place to function properly and they are dismayed with that. they are looking now, within scotland enemy, to see

the place of scotland in europe secured. there have been dire assessments for the conservatives in the selection, some say you could lose 800 seats, does that bid up with what you are hearing? we had a very high watermark on the 2013 election. —— 2015. the conservatives w011 election. —— 2015. the conservatives won a lot of seats. against that, it is really difficult to tell. the windsor brexit blew through everything, depending on whether you leave or remain, has a different impact. i have gone round her district and it is district elections so have the things that tracy mentioned in note the responsibility of district councils. they are responsible for local services, including car parks,

housing, benefits around high zinc but not for a lot of other things. —— benefits around housing. when i go to doorsteps, i was pleasantly surprised, there was a lot of sympathy, people were saying theresa may is trying everything she can and trying to do with brexit in a hung parliament is nuts and she is not getting anywhere because the parties are not accepting the result of their referendum. vacancy it for what it says. i impressed you actually got on the doorstep because talking to one of your associates he said the local association had warned them to stay away because they were not keen on tory mps and other national politicians. they did replace my picture with a picture of a dustbin which i thought was an improvement. i used to be a district councillor before i was an mp, so

all the district councillors i went out with where former colleagues so they know me well and said, come out. we have been around various areas andi out. we have been around various areas and i have done meetings and puppeteers across the district. sometimes people just go to talk about brexit and they get annoyed and frustrated about it but when you talk about issues, the kind of understand... all right, we have been talking about the extent to which brexit has thrown everything else of the table, no one is discussing anything else in this parliament is moribund if we're not talking about parliament, a lot of people talk about it being a zombie parliament, that fair?|j people talk about it being a zombie parliament, that fair? i disagree. from a labour point of view, we asked for this backbench debate today on climate emergency. in my role as shadow early years minister,

we have pushed for abandoning baseline assessments, the social ca re baseline assessments, the social care statement which came out this week were 160,000 people are living without a care package who need it. 50,000 of those people are living with dementia and do not have a care package. we are determined to the government to account so from a labour point of view we are still pressing and doing thejob labour point of view we are still pressing and doing the job which labour point of view we are still pressing and doing thejob which is required of us which is to be an opposition. but from a legislative point of view, there is nothing happening? it is absolutely a zombie parliament. you have a tory party unable to function as a gum —— government. you have a labour party which cannot agree about their position in europe. they came yesterday... they failed to support their meps yesterday. that is not to. unable to nail it down so of course there is no legislation going through this place to at the moment, there is no common sense across the

benches for the way forward which is why people in scotland are turning to the only way to protect their livelihoods is to be an independent nation within europe. one of the consequences of this dominance of brexit, many big issues, whether social care, housing or the environment, arejust having social care, housing or the environment, are just having to social care, housing or the environment, arejust having to be put to one side which is one of the unseen cost of brexit. what a year of use on brexit? we have actually built more homes this year before any other year, even with brexit. obviously there is a long—term plan for the nhs going on in the background but things like social care, you are correct, try to come up care, you are correct, try to come up with the correct, difficult policies have not been getting the attention they deserve. i sit on the domestic abuse bill committee, things are still going through. we had the offensive weapons built so

things are still going through. terms of the economy, despite brexit, we have 3.9% unemployment which is almost astonishing, the economy is doing so well, despite all of this. and yet 4 million children in poverty? i think it is the within the cat the numbers. they say more people than ever before are in work but it is relevant poverty. —— they look at the numbers.|j in work but it is relevant poverty. -- they look at the numbers. i think it will be full throttle back to brexit by quarter past three this afternoon because the prime minister will be back in front of the liaison committee, 90 minutes of grilling by the chairman, and it is yes, brexit. and you will be watching every minutes. in a moment we'll have all the business news. first, the headlines on bbc news... south african olympic champion caster semenya has lost an appeal against

the world's athletics governing body over its ruling to limit testosterone levels in female runners. the wikilea ks co—founder julian assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in jail for breaching bail conditions. venezuelan president nicolas maduro defiantly vows to stay on — after calls for a military uprising by the opposition leader. now the business news. free—to—use cash machines have been disappearing at a rapid rate across the uk, according to a new study. nearly 1,700 machines started charging for withdrawals in the first three months of the year, with the majority starting to charge in march, according to the consumer lobby group which? it could mean the country losing 13% of its free atms in only a few months. the warmer weather over easter helped boost sales at retail giant next, sales in the 1st quarter were £10 million more than predicted. the news comes as many other high

street names continue to struggle . the failed bid to merge with rival asda cost sainsbury‘s £46 million, the supermarket giant has said. in april, a proposed merger between sainsbury‘s and asda was blocked by the uk's competition watchdog overfears it would raise prices for consumers. sainsbury‘s said that like—for—like sales growth slowed in the fourth quarter, especially over the christmas period. it added it would accelerate investment in its stores and technology. lets get more on that story now — the struggles sainsbury‘s is facing. the supermarket chain is fighting hard on many fronts — trying to compete against aggressive low—price rivals and a resurgent tesco, while at the same time finding the money to improve its stores, reduce debt and maintain dividend payments to shareholders.0nce you include restructuring costs and a £46 million hit on the failed deal with asda, statutory profits were down one—third to £219 million

for the year to march — a tiny number for a company that has annual sales of £32 billion. joining me live now is clare bailey, independent retail expert and founder of retailchampion.co.uk. counting the cost foreseen bodies of this failed bid to merge with its rival asda. did it surprise you that it cost that much? yes, it is a lot of cost but it was a huge project and something of a gamble, i was surprised by the ruling on this because the whole purpose of the proposed merger was to allow both plans to become more competitive on price, to then reading the markets share they have been losing over the yea rs share they have been losing over the years to audi and little. so now they need another strut —— strategy, perhaps improving stores, stores without tails being trialled in

london in particular, will be seen more of that because that is also a gamble? yes, it is. the difficulty is competition on prices really aggressive from the discount supermarkets so the only other way to compete and regain market share and get customer loyalty is to develop an exceptional customer experience. when you are between discount and top end, it is difficult to raise yourself to the light of the most innovative retailers. what you think the strategy will be? middle—of—the—road or towards luxury brands rather than competing with low—cost rivals? or towards luxury brands rather than competing with low-cost rivals? they will find it difficult to compete with low—cost across—the—board. they are known well for high quality and food products. as long as they can —— concentrate on delivering the best quality of third and reassuring

customers, their mantra has always been third first, although now they have the argos kiosk as well, then hopefully they will be able to reawa ken customer hopefully they will be able to reawaken customer excitement hopefully they will be able to reawa ken customer excitement rather than allowing them to adjust to the little and audi shops of this world. thank you very much. to drift to the little shops. —— lidl and aldi shops. the guardian paper recorded an operating profit of £0.8m for 2018—19: its first such profit in two decades and the culmination of one of the most significant turnarounds in recent british media history. chief executive david pemsel and editor—in—chief katharine viner were appointed in 2015 — and their strategy of asking readers for voluntary subscriptions appears to be reaping rewards. sales of apple's iphones fell at their steepest—ever rate, according to data for the three months to the end of march.

the firm said revenue from the iphone dropped by 17%, compared with the same period a year earlier, to $31bn. however, apple chief executive tim cook said sales were stronger towards the end of march, including in china where it cut iphone prices to boost demand. including in china where it cut former google boss including in china where it cut eric schmidt will leave the board of its parent company alphabet in june. mr schmidt stepped down as chairman of the alphabet board last year but remained on the board. he will continue to advise the firm on technical matters. the 64—year—old has played a crucial role in the development of google from a small california start—up to the global business. let us take the cat how the markets are doing. just about in negative territory there, since we's share price had increased, up by 4%, investors interested in what the chief executive had to say about investment in new stores. next share price up marginally as well. but so

for now. but so for now. that's all the business news. thank you very much. despite the introduction of charges, more than a billion plastic bags are still sold every year in the uk. britain's major supermarkets have all signed up to targets aimed at reducing the amount of plastic they use, so how are they going to do it? john maguire‘s been to wales to find out. our shopping habits have changed in recent years. bags for life really are here to stay. i won't pay 5p for a plastic bag. if it doesn't come free, i go outside the shop. but i've always got my own bags. yeah, and you carry those with you wherever you go — neverforget? neverforget — one in my bag, and one in the back of the car. normally i bring a plastic bag, or i've got the disposable bags, so i put all my veg in. i always buy single—use veg, rather than bags. so you take it to the next level. yes.

consumer pressure means that all the main supermarkets have pledged to cut the use of plastics. in wales, an early adopter of restrictions, lidl, is running a trial removing all of its cheap single—use bags, to be replaced by this heavy—duty variety. what we've seen is actually a trend of, since we've reduced our single—use bags from sale, that more customers are starting to buy the reusable ones. so we really want to see if we can make a difference, make a change, a positive step forward, so hence we're starting this trial today to see how our customers respond to that. uk government figures show a huge 86% drop in throwaway bags since the charging scheme was introduced in england five years ago. an average shopper once bought 140 bags per year. that is now down to 19. but still, 1 billion were sold between 2017 and 2018. so could paper provide a solution? this factory in ebbw vale produces

paper bags for various shops, but groceries provide a specific challenge. morrisons says they can hold 16 kg, so let's put them to the test. confident? iam, yes. 100%? very. so we have 16 bags of sugar, obviously a kilo each. the bag should take 16 kilos. yes, it will. look at that, just about fits. one last one on the top. yeah. here you go — bend the knees, not the back. there we go. it says the bag is easier to recycle than plastic, but with the same carbon footprint when manufactured. well, we've made sure when we're sourcing and making this paper bag that it is equivalent to our plastic bag, so that when the customers are choosing the plastic—free alternative, they can be confident that it is just as good for the environment. waste experts say products are evolving constantly, but as yet,

there is no one—size—fits—all. really it boils down to how many times you're going to reuse the bag. so a cotton bag needs to be reused 131 times before it's equivalent to its plastic bag. so really, it's very much about choosing a bag that you like, 00:26:18,089 --> 2147483051:49:53,759 that you're likely to take with you, 2147483051:49:53,759 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 that you're going to reuse