another referendum -- commitment to another referendum —— change uk. the two main parties will be wandering around in no man's land. lastly of course we know european elections, a lot of people not that fussed about them. it is a free hit for many people to abandon their traditional party loyalties. there is a real possibility i think ofa there is a real possibility i think of a seismic shock to the two main parties next week. the big question is whether that shock is enough to jolt the two main parties out of their current deadlock over brexit. norman, many thanks. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. high, bank holiday weekend approaching. this is what we got last year. a record—breaker. 29 celsius on may day. this year we could be breaking records but perhaps not necessarily for the

right reasons. it could be chilly with temperatures in some places are barely getting up to 13 celsius. mostly dry. the culprit is a cold front slowly meandering south across the country as we speak. to the south we are still in that milder airso we are south we are still in that milder air so we are not noticing it quite just yet. for the rest of the afternoon we have some cloud and showery outbreaks of rain moving their way across northern england to east anglia. to the north of that the cloud will break with some sunny spells. a scattering of showers. quite windy. particularly in the far north of scotland. some of those showers a bit wintry in higher ground. factoring in the wind here it will feel quite warm this afternoon full. to the south 1a or 15. that front will continue to push its way across southern coastal countries tonight. here it stays cloudy. elsewhere clearer skies will allow for a widespread light frost for many northern and western areas. temperatures hover close to freezing. it will be a pretty chilly

start to our saturday morning. lots of sunshine around first thing but it is the wind that is the real feature to the weather. as we go into the afternoon, that wind will really be blustery. gusting 45 or 50 mph in exposed coasts. driving in some showers of the north sea as well. along the east coast it will feel disappointing. some of those showers will push that further inland. sheltered western areas a little more light winds, the best of the drier and brighter weather. you might see the best of the warmth but don't get too excited, 11—111. high pressure will start to build and drip to bit further east into sunday. that will allow showers to die offa sunday. that will allow showers to die off a little. sunday will be a quieter day. it will start quite promising. the cloud will quickly build up and it will be a rather grey afternoon. fingers crossed it will be mostly dry. a good deal of what we like to say usable weather in the forecast. highs of 9—13. still breezy with a few scattered

showers in the far north of scotland. as we go into bank holiday monday, a?, scotland. as we go into bank holiday monday, a? , we scotland. as we go into bank holiday monday, a?, we might see a few scattered showers through northern england, lincolnshire and east anglia. we need to keep an eye on that one. generally speaking, for a bank holiday weekend it could be a lot better but it could be a lot worse. louise, thank you. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... the conservatives and labour lose hundreds of council seats across england with voters apparently fed up england with voters apparently fed up with the brexit deadlock at westminster. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. it's 1:30pm and here's your latest sports news.

the first delivery for england went for four. that began at 12:a5pm. that much has been reduced to 45 overs each. england won the toss and opted to bowl. the barbados born player is making his first match. england are struggling to make the breakthrough as they are currently 55 for no loss. the coverage continues on radio. a huge blow for liverpool with the confirmation that naby keita will be out for at least two months with a thigh injury suffered in the champions league defeat at barcelona. he will miss the rest of the season and is doubtful for the africa cup of nations, which starts on june the 21st in egypt. liverpool — without keita — will travel to newcastle this weekend. a win at stjames‘ park

would see them go back jurgen klopp is taking nothing for granted though. the only thing we can do is beat newcastle, and that's unbelievably difficult. that is our problem. not what other teams are doing on monday night, that's not our problem. we need to find a way to beat newcastle. we respect them so much raphael is doing any credible job there again. the english football league says it's aware of laurence bassini's quotes this morning saying he's "in control" of bolton wanderers, despite the club saying the takeover was off. bassini has told various news outlets today he is now in control of bolton — the club are yet to comment. the efl say they remain in contact with representatives from both parties. meanwhile bolton's game against brentford, which was postponed after the players refused to play over unpaid wages, has been scrapped. brentford have been awarded a 1—0

win and the three points. caster semenya is set to run in the 800 metres in the diamond league meeting in doha later, just 48 hours since the court of arbitration for sport dismissed her challenge against the iaaf‘s new rules, which restrict testosterone levels in female runners. it will be an interesting night, because this whole meat has been dominated by this issue with the court of arbitration for sport making a decision about the level of testosterone in runners was up will this be her last i'm competing at elite level? this is the same venue. . . elite level? this is the same venue... she was hoping to defend her title. will she still be able to

do that? will sheet take the medication to lower her testosterone levels ? medication to lower her testosterone levels? she posted some pictures on social media yesterday suggesting she might be willing to walk away. the other option is to compete at the world championship at a longer distance, one not in placated by the ruling. it will be interesting because she has a lot on her mind. will she pull out some defiant message at the race, what will she do afterwards? she has not spoken to the media since the ruling, but she has posted on social media. a big night for her on friday night and some big decisions to make as far as her career is concerned. david gilbert has a 10—6 lead over

john higgins in the snooker. favourite judd trump is level with qualifier gary wilson in the semifinals of the world snooker championships in sheffield. they resume at 2:30pm this afternoon. england and ireland in that one day match in the cricket. it is currently 55—1. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. let's revisit the results of the local elections. we've heard from all the political parties in reaction to the results which analysts say look like a response to national politics and indeed a backlash to the deadlock at westminster over brexit. well, this afternoon the prime minister has been speaking at the welsh conservative conference. as she took to the stage she faced a heckler calling for her resignation —

let's take a listen. applause i'm not sure that was the right clip, but i will bring that to you later. the heckler was escorted out of the hole and the prime continued, addressing her party's disappointing results. this is a difficult time for our party, deselection results are a symptom of that. we have the privilege of governing party at a momentous time. we have a responsibility to deliver something truly historic. what is momentous and historic is seldom simple and

straightforward. there was ice message from yesterday's elections, to both us and the labour party, just get on and deliver brexit. i said whenl just get on and deliver brexit. i said when i ran to lead our party that britain and can should make a success that britain and can should make a success of brexit. that means leaving the eu and setting the uk on a course for a brighter future. the best way to do that is by leaving with a deal. not everyone agrees. there are some who do not accept the referendum result. they say they should be a second referendum. their aim is to stop brexit. i disagree with them. if you give people a choice and they make a clear decision, you have a duty to act on it.

that means leaving the eu so we can spend our money as we choose, interpret our laws. and make trade deals around the world. the trade deals around the world. the trade deal we have negotiated delivers that. there are those who want to give up on it and leave without a deal. i disagree with them as well. leaving with a good deal we have negotiated, which works for the uk, is the very best possible outcome. majorities in two countries of our united kingdom voted to leave, the others voted to remain. we need a brexit that works for the whole united kingdom and our deal does. parliament has made it clear it will

do everything in its power to prevent a no deal exit from happening, but despite nine out of ten conservative mps supporting the deal, due to some joining other parties, it was not able to get over the line. some want to stop brexit, others think it does not match up to what their idea of brexit might be. leaving the eu with the deal that works for britain is the best possible outcome available to us fiow. possible outcome available to us now. that's why were now reaching across the house of commons to build across the house of commons to build a majority for brexit. our goal is to deliver brexit so we can move our country forward. that was the prime ministers speaking earlier. let's go back to that moment when she was heckled by a conservative party activist who called in her to resign.

applause thank you. thank you, everybody. why don't you resign? the national convention doesn't want you, we don't want you. we don't want you. get out, get out. all chant: out, out, out, out, out! applause that was the prime minister being heckled by one conservative party activist, calling on her to resign. the labour leaderjeremy corbyn was challenged this morning on whether it had been a "bad night" for his party. we lost 80 councillors, and i'm very sorry about that. i thank them for their services. and that's a bad night for labour. wait a minute. you're too excited. the conservatives lost 500 and lost

control of a lot of councils. losing seats at this point in the electoral cycle is not a good night for labour. we have won trafford to an overall majority, we have swings to labour in a number of councils across the whole of the country. that gives us a basis on which we can win marginal seats, such as swindon, such as thurrock and other places, and i'm looking forward to an election in which we do that. but also only half of the results of come in. trafford is the exception of the night, though. you lost control of bolsover, you lost control of hartlepool, wirral, walsall. these are labour heartlands. i'm very sorry we lost them. we'll fight back and we'll win them back. that's the whole point behind it. what we are doing here is putting forward an agenda of anti—austerity and also putting out that local authorities have born the brunt of the austerity agenda, which has been foisted upon them by the conservatives and the lib dems, when they were in coalition together.

that was jeremy corbyn reacting that wasjeremy corbyn reacting to the results. this is what liberal democrat leader sir vince cable had to say to supporters in chelmsford this morning. well, i'm just celebrating a really great result here in chelmsford, essex. but this story across the country... you know, the lib dems were written off at one point, but we're coming back very, very strongly. we are the big winners of the night throughout the country. you know, rural, urban, cities, suburban... vote brexit! a large number of gains. brexit! i don't know whether that was a supporter or an opponent, but it's a bit late now. but these are the best results for us for 15 years. if we add another council to the nine we have already gained, it will be the best result for a quarter of a century. i'm afraid the bad news is we've got to move onto another election in three weeks' time, so we're going to have to keep working. the european elections. we are very clear about our

message — every vote for the liberal democrats is a vote for stopping brexit. absolutely clear, unambiguous, honest. we expect to do well. we are clearly the dominant successful remain party, and we expect everybody to get behind us in that important election. so thank you for all the work you've done. a brilliant result. and it's a great result for the party nationally. thank you very much. cheering vince cable therefore the liberal democrats. the co—leader of the greens, jonathan bartley, said the results were phenomenalfor his party, and the outcome of a lot of hard work. he dismissed suggestions the green gains were part of a protest vote. in the last nine council elections, we have gained in eight. it's been very, very consistent. 50, over the last nine years, we've gone up and up and up to that position as the fourth party now in local government. so we know that this is not a flash in the pan,

this is something very concrete which we are building and building. also we knew from the doorsteps what was going to happen in these elections. we are breaking records. remember that the base we are coming from is in 2015, those are the comparable elections four years ago, the seats in which we are fighting again. that was when we had our own record—breaking general election result. so the bar was already very high, and then to have these kind of gains in this kind of context, i think, is very reassuring and shows how much progress we are making. speculation is now mounting about what could happen in the upcoming euro elections. professor tony travers, who specialises in local government at the london school of economics, says the degree to which brexit plays a role in today's election results, is significant. there is a fascinating hypothetical, something we can't quite answer in these elections. if the brexit party and macro change uk stood in these elections, i suspect they would have

damaged the conservatives and labour even more than they have been damaged in these elections so far. i think we will get to the euro elections, the brexit party will do significantly better than ukip has donein significantly better than ukip has done in these elections. it is fascinating that, despite brexit being an overlay for local elections, it looks like most of the disenchantment with the political system at westminster has fractured between the liberal democrats, independents, greens, it's gone all over the place, but not so much to ukip. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. a brexit backlash in the local elections — both the conservatives and labour are punished at the polls. the big winners have been smaller parties like the liberal democrats, greens and also independent candidates. one of the most powerful cyclones to hit india for years batters

the north east coast with winds of over 120 miles per hour, a million people flee their homes. i'm jamie robertson. in the business news: hsbc prepares the ground for a round of cost—cutting, even as the bank posted a 31%jump in profits. europe's largest bank made £4.8 billion before tax in the three months to march, up from £3.69 billion in the same period a year earlier. the uk treasury says it will now keep one pence and two pence coins in circulation. it faced a backlash last year when it said the coins were practically obsolete. despite the rise of contactless payments, 2.2 million people in the uk are still reliant on cash, particularly the elderly, vulnerable, and those living in rural areas. the owner of the lakeside and trafford centre shopping centres, intu, has cut its forecast

for rental income, blaming the retail downturn. intu said 2019 would be "challenging" due to a rise in rescue deals, as stores struggle to pay rent. a year ago the chancelor philip hammond argued that one penny and two pence coins were obsolete and only good for hoarding injamjars. today he's relented and said they are not, as we thought, going to to be wihdrawn. cash has become a big issue for consumers because many outlets are no longer accepting cash as a form of payment. debit cards overtook cash for the first time in 2017. it's also a problem for rural communities, where bank branches have been closing.

let's talk to david chaplin, head of campaigns at which. let's go through the first question. why didn't they get rid of the 1p and 2p pieces? they are a bit obsolete, are they? ithink and 2p pieces? they are a bit obsolete, are they? i think he has recognised that many people do rely on cash and we know that 25 million people say that without cash, they would struggle. we hear stories from people who run small businesses, who say that half the transactions are still in cash. i understand that about cash as a concept, fine. but what about 1p and 2p pieces? as cash, they are pretty useless, even if you keep cash. if we are going to protect the cash infrastructure in the uk, we need to address the triple challenge that consumers face, bank branch closures. we know

that 60 among our closing. the drop—off of free to use atms, which research this week showed that thousands of close since the beginning of this year. thirdly, as many services we one line, a lot of people don't have that access to good quality broadband or mobile to make full use of those services. we need the government to focus on that issue now that they have made the announcement about coins and notes. i get your point that cash has a pa rt i get your point that cash has a part to play in society, for many communities which rely on it, but i still don't quite understand about where the 1p and 2p comes in. surely we could just continue with cash quite happily, without those copper coins that clog up the system. you will have to put that to the chancellor when he comes to your programme. we think that people should have access to cash. people

would struggle without it. if you get off the tube and you drop a penny in a charity box, that is something you would not be able to do if you didn't have those comments will stop but what about the idea of a cashless society? do you see that happening was up we will have to ta ke happening was up we will have to take ourtime in happening was up we will have to take our time in getting there, but we will get there eventually, won't we? it does concern some people, but let me be clear. we are not against digital payments or online payment systems was up many people use those and we would like banks to do more to help their customers be aware of those services. that's something that this group, now that the treasurer has said —— now that the chancellor has set it up, will have to look at. one of the province about cash is it is expensive to run, transporting it, renewing it, not just coins but run, transporting it, renewing it, notjust coins but paper money. it ta kes a notjust coins but paper money. it takes a lot to look after it. so

far, that has happened with consent. what we are seeing now is that if these free to use atms and other banking services continue to close at the rate they have been, that infrastructure that you talked about could be at risk. people still rely on cash in their everyday lives, so it would be wrong for that change to happen without proper government oversight. thank you so much. and some other stories today. the founder of insys therapeutichohn kapoor has become the first pharmaceutical boss to be convicted in a case linked to the us opioid crisis. a boston jury found kapoor and four colleagues conspired to bribe doctors to prescribe addictive painkillers, often to patients who didn't need them. the former billionaire was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy for his role in a scheme which also misled insurers. shares of vegan burger maker beyond meat soared on their wall street debut as investors bet on the growing

popularity of plant—based foods. the stock closed up 163% on the first day of trading, valuing the california company at close to $3.8 billion. the individual shares went from $25 each to close at $65.75. shares in adidas have been up as much as 7% after the german sportswear company reported double—digit sales increases in greater china and e—commerce. global sales increased 6% to 5.88 billion euros. if your cutting costs and making lots of money anyway, that is good for your shares, as hsbc have found. tesla has been talking about a shortage of minerals. a shortage of things like copper, nickel, and they

think that will be good for the mining shares was that news has pushed it up because they thought there was going to be more demand about it. the pound is it it'll be cut today against the euro. the ftse up cut today against the euro. the ftse upa cut today against the euro. the ftse up a small amount, not a huge amount that's the business. more about the elections coming up. now it's time for a look at the weather. today has been a tale of two halves, cold and brighter to the north, mild but more cloudy to the south because of the weather front that continues to move southwards was of the winds pick up in scotland and come from the north, with a cold arctic source. it is a cold, bright but blustery afternoon. south of that, a week weather front continues to produce clouds and showery outbreaks

of rain this afternoon as it sinks south. further north, sunny spells, a scattering of showers over the high ground. a wintry flavour in that as well. breezy for all but windy into the far north of scotland. just exacerbating the cold feel. it will feel disappointing here. highest values of 15 celsius in front of that front. this guys will continue to clear overnight, widespread frost develops for many areas into the north and west. it will be eight start to saturday morning from hopefully a sunny want to start with. the remnants of the front eases away to the south—west was up front eases away to the south—west was up some front eases away to the south—west was up some sunshine coming through, but the wince are a key feature, driving in some showers of the north and east coast and with gusts of winds reaching 50 miles an hour on exposed coast, that will make it feel really raw. it could also drive

showers further inland was not sheltered areas the best in terms of the drier, sunnier moments was up we could see 1a degrees, but disappointing of the east coast to stop some good news because as we move into sunday, high pressurejust moves further east and kills off most of those showers, and also the wince will ease slightly. sunday should be a better day, drierfor all. cloud for the afternoon, but with lighter winds, it should feel more pleasant out there as well. always the risk of some showers in the far north of scotland. highs of between nine and 13 degrees was moving into bank holiday monday, the potential for some showers to develop, but a good deal of dry weather, some bit of a nuisance. you will need to keep an eye on the forecast for that. whatever you are doing, enjoy.

good afternoon. welcome back to the bbc election centre. we've had more than half the results in for the local elections, and so far they make grim reading for both labour and the conservatives, who've faced a brexit backlash in the polls. the liberal democrats have been the main beneficiaries of this. look at this. a liberal democrat

majority! they look