good morning — welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. brexit backlash — the conservatives suffer their worst local election performance for nearly 25 years, senior cabinet ministers plead for unity. cyclone fani bears down on north—east india — more than1 million people are evacuated from their homes. ceremonies are taking place good morning — welcome in thailand as part of three days to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. brexit backlash — the conservatives suffer their worst local election performance for nearly 25 years, senior cabinet ministers plead for unity. cyclone fani bears down on north—east india — more thani million people are evacuated from their homes. ceremonies are taking place in thailand as part of three days of events marking the coronation of the new king. and i am live at euston station where hundreds of passengers will

face disruption for the bank holiday. "no human, can stop me from running"...that‘s the declaration from caster semenya, after winning the 800 metres at the doha diamond league meeting, amidst continued speculation over her future in the sport. the weather is looking a bit mixed through the bank holiday weekend. although a bit colder, there will be sunshine and if few showers around as well. full forecast in 15 minutes. it's saturday may the 4th. our top story. there are heavy losses for labour. let's speak to our political correspondent nick eardley who joins us correspondent nick eardley who joins us from the london newsroom.

nick eardley, whojoins us from our london newsroom. it's taken a while to get a proper view of the entire situation. and it's not a good one for the conservatives in particular. it's expected a lot of wounds will have been licked because this is the worst performance by the party in a quarter of a century. 1300 counsellors down on the results from four years ago and that has led to a lot of pressure as you say within the party, a lot of debate about the brexit strategy and at the same time, the labour party didn't have a good night either. at this stage, you would expect them to do really well, given the tall —— tories have beenin well, given the tall —— tories have been in powerfor nine years. if you are hoping this would lead to some sort of epiphany somewhere on brexit, i'm not sure that will happenjust yet brexit, i'm not sure that will happen just yet because the prime minister has made clear she thinks the government now needs to get on

with brexit. labour hinting that they want something similar but when you look at the performance of the lib dems and the greens, both of them did extremely well, some are saying that's the way to suspect there will be a lot of debate that needs to come. we will debated here throughout the morning. we will be speaking to thejustice secretary. 0ther we will be speaking to thejustice secretary. other party leaders and seniorfigures as well. cyclone fani has hit india's eastern coastline, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles eight people have reportedly been killed, and more than one million more have been evacuated from their homes. richard forrest reports. as cyclone fani bowed up india's east coast, towns and cities further north were preparing for it to hit. in west bengal, trains were chained

to the tracks as the state's rail network was closed down, causing travel misery for thousands. and at kolkata's airport, everyone hoping to travel was out of luck with every flight cancelled. i'm going to ranchi. so now our flight has been cancelled so we have to stay here with two children. i need to go to delhi and start my preparations for my exams but i'm not able to catch flight today and even i'm not able to book flight for tomorrow, day after tomorrow and 3—4 days ahead. fani, one of the biggest storms to come out of the bay of bengal in the past decade, made landfall in puri before heading north—east towards kolkata and moving on to bangladesh. more than a million people were evacuated from the low—lying coastal areas. and this is why. winds of 200km/h have ripped down trees and torn roofs of buildings. electricity poles have been toppled and windows

blown out. weather forecasters say fani is weakening but still poses a major threat as it heads to bangladesh. officials in india say their mass evacuation efforts appear to have been successful and now their attention will turn to assessing the true scale of the damage in rural areas. richard forrest, bbc news. north korea has reportedly test fired several short—range missiles overnight. it's the first major weapons test since the failed summit between donald trump and kimjong—un in february. the united states says it's monitoring the situation. a passenger plane with more than 100 people on board, has slipped off the runway into a river, next to jacksonville airport in florida. the local mayor says that everyone on board the boeing 737 is "alive and accounted for", and that the plane was not submerged. boeing say they're "aware of the incident" and are gathering information.

rail passengers are being warned to expect disruptions. london euston will be closed completely. 0ur reporter was there this morning. the bank holidays are supposed to be one of joy but when bank holidays are supposed to be one ofjoy but when it comes to travel, there's quite of misery out there. good morning. good morning. they just like to take all the joy away from us. a couple of days off and then this happens. as you can see behind me, the gates are closed here at euston station and that's because there will be major disruption over there will be major disruption over the bank holiday weekend. why? rail bosses say that fuel passengers actually travel during bank holiday weekends. let us run through some of disruptions. some stations will be closed between london and glasgow, elsewhere engineering works will

affect south—western railway trains from london waterloo. there is also disruption on thameslink services to and from london st pancras international. travelling from essex like i will be? buses replacing trains between shenfield and south bend for courier. network rail say other operators including virgin trains and london northwestern will also be affected while work in preparation for hs2 is carried out. 0nly preparation for hs2 is carried out. only a couple of weeks ago that we had other line closures during the easter weekend but i have more bad news for you. the next bank holiday weekend, there will also be further disruptions so as always, the advice we are always given is checked for we are always given is checked for we travel. thanks very much.

police are stepping up security at mosques across the uk, in response to fears that they could be targetted during ramadan, which begins this weekend. there's been concern over safety among some in the muslim community, following the new zealand and sri lanka attacks. for mosques foi’ mosques across for mosques across the country, the focus on this year's ramadan is on worshippers safety as well as spirituality. for mosques like this and others across the country, ramadan is one of the most important and busiest times of the year. thousands of worshippers gather for special prayers every single night during the month of fasting. in the mosque kitchen, this mum says following recent attacks on places of worship, some in her community in east london are really worried. people are scared, you know, they are afraid to come to the mosque of the kids are afraid. and it's the

areas where mostly women and children pray that have now been identified in safety assessments as needing extra security. mosque leaders say they have a duty to protect their congregation. the world for us changed after christchurch and the reality kicked in that it happened there, it could most certainly happen here and we have to be prepared for it. we completely understand why people feel the way they do. i'm here to reassure them we have no information or intelligence to suggest anybody at the uk is in specific wrist and i wa nt at the uk is in specific wrist and i want to make sure they feel safe and supported the uk policing in their worship. nevertheless, extra layers of security will remain in place through our the islamic holy month with a message to remain alert not alarmed.

a three—day ceremony is getting underway in thailand, to mark the coronation of its new king. the event comes two years after the previous king died. he had been on the throne for seventy yea rs. let's take a look at some of the front pages. )the daily telegraph says the tories suffered their "worst loss since 1995" and says the prime pinisterfaces a "chorus of demands to quit" as the leader of the party. the times claims senior tories will tell theresa may she must set a departure date, after the conservative party lost more than thirteen—hundred councillors.

the picture there is a beluga whale which was suspected of being a russian spy. is that lovely. i can beat that in a minute. i have a shark for you. the daily express says voters used the election to "vent their anger" at the deadline for leaving the eu being missed. the guardian notes the conservatives suffered losses in strongholds from "chelmsford to surrey heath". it also features a photo of athlete caster semenya, saying "no human can stop me from running" following the controversial testosterone ruling this week. look at this. raising the stakes. it

looks like the originaljaws poster. this has been recreated by a drone photographer just off the this has been recreated by a drone photographerjust off the coast of mexico. it looks identical to the old being. ithink mexico. it looks identical to the old being. i think sharks are quite wonderful. as long as they are not near me, they are wonderful stop somethings are not nice. spiders. i have no issues with spiders. your nails, that's why. let's check the skies above written. the bank holiday weekend. good morning well, bank holiday weekend upon us and the

weather is looking a bit mixed out there. lots of people out camping, things are turning quite a bit colder than they have been but certainly not a right. some sunshine, some scattered showers in the brisk winds we got today will be easing. we start with a bit of cloud and rain in the south—west. a lot of sunshine at the plenty of showers for central and eastern parts. across scotland this afternoon, feeling pretty windy. some of those wind gusts around 40, 45 miles per hour. down towards the south—west of england. blustery showers further east and it will feel particularly blustery along the east coast. cambridge is out there with the northerly wind not great. 9— 14 degrees but it will feel chilly. lots of showers rattling as well. possibly even some sleet over the

higher ground. showers is a way as we head through this evening. the skies a cold night ahead. a touch of frost should clear away quickly and tomorrow is not looking too bad. an area of high pressure is building in. that will mean the wind will ease a bit. still quite street. cloud working in. when a bit of light patchy rain until snow. it should stay mostly dry with sunny spells and temperatures generally around 9— 14 degrees. cast your mind back to last year, the may bank holiday monday, 29 celsius in london. this year, what difference. temperatures on monday i set to reach just 13 degrees. it will feel different. through the day on monday, an area of cloud sinking

south so bit of a chi rain. some sunshine returning from the north and further south, mostly dries well. temperatures monday, 8— 12 degrees but there will be some sunshine around as well. things are set to turn a little more unsettled as we head on into next week, low pressure starts to move in from the atla ntic pressure starts to move in from the atlantic so i rather unsettled story next week. wet and windy and staying rather cool. i suppose because we had that lovely weather stop it doesn't make us feel better seeing what happened last year. it's not helpful to anyone. thank you very much, sarah. it is a bank holiday weekend, we might have guessed. unless urgent action is

taken, the rare and varied wildlife of madagascar could soon be lost for ever. that's the warning from an international team of scientists. they're concerned at the ongoing loss of natural habitats in the region. 0ur science correspondent, victoria gill has been to see what's already being done to help save the animal population. a tropical sanctuary. home to wildlife that lives nowhere else on earth stop but all this biodiversity, the life that thrives in this forest of madagascar is under threat. lemurs depend on primary old—growth forest like this. but across madagascar, 80% of the habitat has been cut down. the driver of that is agriculture./ and burn. burning forests to produce a plot of fertile soil. but here there isafarming plot of fertile soil. but here there is a farming revolution going on.

with the help of a malagasy charity, teenagers here are learning to grow food in a new and sustainable way. these lessons in weeding, pruning and maintaining the soil using compost and crop rotation to keep the same plot. translation: compost and crop rotation to keep the same plot. translatiosz compost and crop rotation to keep the same plot. translation: it is difficult with the traditional farming techniques because you move from one field to another and cut and burn trees. with the new method you stay in one place and it is much easier. translation: if the forest continues to be destroyed there will be less water to drink and there will be a lot of —— loss of habitat for the wildlife. lemurs will disappear or die out. today, the community is celebrating the newest group of recruits who will sign up to learn these new skills. and a training scheme will soon be brought to other villages in the region because as well as protecting the

forest, this way of farming is producing higher yields. critical in a community that relies entirely on what people can grow. the future of the forest depends on these young people. if the forest is lost many things will be lost such as soil fertility and there will be no more potable water to drink and the air will become not clean for the population. generations have farmed here. but with so little of its forest remaining, conservationist say the country is now on an environmental precipice. so while they are building their future environmental precipice. so while they are building theirfuture in one of the world ‘s poorest countries, this generation holds the survival of madagascar‘s unit biodiversity in their hands. fascinating pictures in that piece. lovely work. we'll be back with the headlines at 6:30.

now it's time for the film review with ben brown and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases, we've got mark kermode. what a surprise! what is your selection this week? we have long shot, which is a comedy starling seth rogen and charlize theron. we have tolkien, a biopic of the author of the lord of the rings books. and extremely wicked, shockingly evil and vile, in which ted bundy is played by zac efron. long shot, this is an american romantic comedy.

it's got the comedy like there's something about mary. on the other hand, political satire of wag the dog. seth rogen is a kind of slightly disreputable investigative journalist who is called in by charlize theron‘s secretary, because she is going to run for president and she needs someone to punch up her speeches to make them seem a little more funny, to grab the public‘s attention. it turns out ages and ages ago, she used to babysit for him and he had a huge crush on her. the question is, is his anarchic streak going to help or hinder her career? is she going to be put in touch with the idealism that fired her in her youth? are they going to be more than workmates? the answers to those questions aren't particular surprising, but what is lovely is the way in which they play out because on the one hand, he is kind of schlubby,

all over the place. she is totally the opposite. here's a clip. hey. i had some jokes i was going to run by you maybe if you have a second? what are you... what are you looking at? jesus! why would you just barge in here while i'm sleeping? you were sleeping? yes! i was micronapping! oh, that's what you call it? yes. sorry, i didn't realise you were sleeping. you were standing and your eyes were open. do you need something? i had some jokes i wrote i was gonna run by you. that was actually a really good nap. great. seemed really restful. micronapping! what i really like about this is... in the end, these kind of movies come down to whether the chemistry between the leads is good

and whether you like the characters. it is no surprise that seth rogen can play this role. this is a version of a role he's played many times. charlize theron, i don't think people think of comedy, and she is really funny in this, not least because she plays it straight faced enough that you believe in her kind of career politician character, but you also believe that character goes on an arc which involves reconnecting with the things that really matter. there is a fair amount of knock—about, gross out comedy. when the movie wants to be vulgar, it does not shy away from that, let's be honest about it. it works because it's got some great political satire, the fact the president in the movie is a tv actor who has gone into the white house but actually is not interested in policy, just in his ratings — which seems like such an absurd idea! i think that plays out really nicely. i like the idea of the two central characters... seth rogen doing it is not a surprise. charlize theron being quite as funny as she is is really rewarding. i laughed through it a couple of times. i laughed knowing i was embarrassed...

was anybody else laughing, or just you? it is a real crowd pleaser. tolkien? here's the thing. for someone who creates works of literature that are so incredibly inspiring, it's very difficult if you make a biopic about their life in which the writing of the biopic is solidly uninspiring. what this tries to do is to lead you through his life in a way that suggests that this is the beginning of all the ideas that we would see in the hobbit and lord of the rings. he has a group of friends, a fellowship. he is in love with someone he wants to give a ring. he moves from rural, an industrial landscape, to somewhere beautiful, like the shire, and the film kind of plays out on the battlefield, europe, where our central character sees terrible things which are meant to inspire the visions of mordor and helms deep. it is not bad, it is

really perfunctory. when you talk about something as creative and imaginates as the lord of the rings, it seems really odd to just be something which isjustjoining the dots. "this led to this, this led to this." i don't doubt for one minute the author's personal experience did inspire his work. i just don't think they played out in such a logically televisual fashion. presumably, tolkien fans want to see it. i actually think not. the tolkien estate have not been interested. they are not endorsing it. i don't think it will have anything like the audience like lord of the rings has. now, it is the story of the serial killer ted bundy — possibly the longest film title of the week, maybe the year, extremely wicked, shockingly evil and vile. which is the phrase the judge used at the end of the trial. the judge here played byjohn malkovic. ted bundy is zac efron.

who we see meeting and seducing the woman played by lily collins. she plays edith bracken in tolkien. what the film is not about is the crimes, which are utterly horrific. what it is about is the people around ted bundy who don't see him for what he is. here's a clip. i'm sorry, i have to pull an all—nighter tonight. all—nighter? i need to make sure i am the most prepared attorney in the courtroom once my trial starts. why did she choose you out of the lineup? my lawyer found out that the police showed her a picture of me, twice. that's not even the worst part. what happened in utah wasn't just dumb luck.

the police already had my name. someone gave it to them. someone gave your name to the authorities in utah? do you have any idea who would do that to you? do you see that car out there? it's been following me since i got back. either i'm going crazy, or i'm being setup. what did you make of zac efron‘s performance? i think efron‘s effort is terrific. i have always thought he is terrific all the way back to high school musical he is a versatile actor. this is directed by the director of the documentary series. it's really kind of a dramatic companion piece to that documentary series. as i said before, thankfully, it doesn't concentrate on the crimes. what it concentrates on is everything around it, people inveigled into his world.

and of course the televised court case. it became this huge media circus. john malkovich as the judge. efron is the film's strongest suit. i do think he's a really talented actor. i think that he manages to inhabit a number of different roles and what he gets here is the narcissism, the deceptiveness. the film is about how is it that this character the convinced people he was anything other than the title. i am not sure the film gets much beyond that. i don't think really tells us much else about him but i do think zac efron‘s performance is terrific. best out this week? eighth grade. i spoke about this last week. bo burnham's directorial debut. a 13—year—old girl growing up in the internet world. a generation called self—obsessed but really self—conscious. really good performance by elsie fisher. have you seen it yet? i have not seen it yet. i guarantee you it's one

of the films of the year. it is absolutely wonderful. i love it, and it's got so much empathy for its central character. i thought it was just wonderful. best dvd? approach with caution. this is piercing, a really twisted psycho thriller. there are some kronenberg in there, some lynch in there, it is... it isa it is a two hander with a brilliant performance by mia was a koski. but it's not for the faint of heart. i used to introduce extreme cinema on the television. even i went, "really?" it's genuinely alarming, often quite funny. really when it needs to turn, it really turns. and to be approached with extreme caution. but i liked it. just to conclude, which would you recommend if you had to pick one? i would go for long shot. it made me laugh all the way through, and there are so many comedies that do not do that.

i have a six laugh test. did i laugh six times? i thought it was five last time. standards are on the rise. it made you laugh six times. at least in the first ten minutes! fantastic. thank you very much indeed. that is it for both of us. thank you so much for watching. goodbye. connection owes this is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. senior conservatives are calling for unity, after the party's worst local election performance in nearly 25 yea rs. after losing 1,300 council seats, calls are growing for theresa may

to set a date for her departure. there were also heavy losses for labour, but big gains for smaller parties and independents. cyclone fani has hit india's eastern coastline, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. eight people have reportedly been killed, and more than one million have been evacuated from their homes. it's the most powerful storm to hit the region in years. rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption to theirjourneys this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets one of the uk's busiest routes, the west coast mainline, will be closed between london euston and milton keynes. there's also a reduced service for east midlands trains services into london st pancras. passengers are being asked to check theirjourneys before setting off and use alternative routes. ceremonies are getting underway in thailand, to mark the coronation of its new the rituals, taking place at the royal palace in bangkok, are intended to symbolise the transformation of the king into a divine being.

it comes after two years of mourning for the previous king, who ruled for 70 years. police are stepping up security at mosques across the uk, in response to fears that they could be targetted during ramadan, which begins this weekend. there's been concern over safety among some in the muslim community, following the new zealand and sri lanka attacks. police say there have been no specific threats, and people should continue to worship as normal. a grandmother has been jailed for six years, after becoming the ‘second in command' of a drugs gang headed by her two 51—year—old angela collingbourne, helped the group to sell nearly £3 million pounds of cocaine in newport. seven other members were also jailed for conspiracy to supply class a drugs. £10 million of government money is being shared out amongst schools in england, to help tackle bad behaviour. it involves teachers from schools, with a track record of improving poor discipline, being on hand to provide training and advice to others that may be struggling. the three year programme

launches next september. its something we ponder very carefully, how old ducks can get. ernie, and some fellow, turned 21 this week. his owner believes he may bea this week. his owner believes he may be a recordholder. guinness book of world records lists the oldest duck at the moment as a 20 year mallard from berkshire. chloe says ernie has slowed down in his older age but is still enjoying things. the question is, how do you age a duck? how do you tell the age of a duck? chloe says the duck is 21. we need a birth certificate. you know like when you

cut a tree, and i'm not saying to do this to a duck, you can see the rings. you found it quite amusing. not amusing, shocking. how do you age a duck? they don't go grey or bald. slow down a little bit. also, another question, we know dog years, seven another question, we know dog years, seve n yea rs another question, we know dog years, seven years to one human year. what are duck years? if anyone has these a nswe rs , are duck years? if anyone has these answers, please get in touch. that's what i'm concerned about this morning. if you have a duck that is older than 21. you've got some serious stuff to talk about? caster semenya on the track. after the ruling yesterday. quite an

interesting, admirable attitude. resilience and determination continue and not be put off. she was incredible last night. double olympic champion. double olympic champion caster semenya says "no human can stop her from running" after victory in the 800 metres at the doha diamond league meeting. it comes just two days after the south african lost a landmark case against athletics' governing body over plans to limit testosterone levels in female runners. the doha meet was semenya's final race before the iaaf‘s new rules come into force. i'm going to keep on doing what i do best, which is running. will i see you here? of course. what are you going to do? it doesn't matter at the moment. with a situation like this, you can never tell the future. the only thing you know is that you will be running. team gb athlete lynsey sharp, who finished ninth in that same 800

metres race in doha, says she's had death threats, for describing semenya's inclusion as unfair. that's not a position i want to be in. it's really unfortunate the way it's played out but i think we will all agree that it's good that there is some sort of solution and no—one is some sort of solution and no—one is going to agree, unfortunately. it's been a very long 11 years. meanwhile britain's dina asher—smith, began her season with an impressive win in the women's 200 metres. the european sprint—double champion, stormed to victory, in a world—leading time of 22.26 seconds. england survived a scare, to narrowly beat ireland by four wickets in the one—day international at malahide. josh little, upset the tourists on his debut taking four wickets, including that of england captain eoin morgan. however, an unbeaten half century, from ben foakes, and 47 not out, from tom curran helped guide the,

top—ranked one—day side, to a scrappy victory. the four time world snooker champion john higgins is fighting hard, to make it to an eighth final at the crucible in sheffield. he's had some fortune in his battle with david gilbert, who hadn't made it past the second round until this year. but he's also showed some of the old magic, with a break of 143. the scot won the final frame of the session, and will resume later trailing by 11 frames to 13. tournament favourite judd trump had the edge and some luck over qualifier gary wilson in the other semi. // trump won four frames in a row with some fluent snooker and will resume tomorrow leading by 9 frames to 7. it's always a key date in the diary for women's football, but today's fa cup final is set to break records. more than 50,000 tickets, have been sold for the fixture between west ham and manchester city — as the defending champions look

to do the double...over a team who are chasing a fairy tale, ending to their remarkable season. our reporterjo currie has more. just 12 months ago, west ham were playing in the third tier of women's football but after heavy investment from the club, they recruited a new squad of professional players and we re squad of professional players and were awarded a spot in the super league —— super league and now they arejust league —— super league and now they are just 19 league —— super league and now they arejust 19 minutes league —— super league and now they are just 19 minutes away from the first major trophy. the main aim when we first came into it was to just survive in the league and stay in itand just survive in the league and stay in it and we did that by christmas and obviously then, rm are talking to the girls and saying, goals, we can have a good cup run. regardless of what happens if we win, we lose, iamso of what happens if we win, we lose, i am so hard to be a west ham player. standing in their way other formidable champions manchester city who have already claimed the league cup this year and are yet to lose a domestic game all season so surely they will start as heavy favourites. i respect west ham for the journey they've been on this season and we

have to make sure we are on it and do the best performance we can. over 52,000 tickets have been sold, which will be a record. the many of these west ham players, it will be the biggest crowd they will play in front of. it will go to wembley on friday, visit the dress room, visit the stadium so we can get it out of the stadium so we can get it out of the way and they can concentrate on theirjobs. today's occasion comes just a month after the women's world cup gets under way in france. some of these players, it could be the start of a very successful summer. everton boosted their hopes of a place in the europa league next season, after a 4th straight home win. they beat burnley 2—nil at goodison park last night. everton move up to eighth, one point behind wolves in seventh — that's where they need to finish for a european place. leicester tigers took a big step towards survival in rugby union's premiership,

despite losing to harlequins at the stoop. quins go back into the top four with the win, but with the clock deep into the red, this try from michael fitzgerald snatched a vital losing bonus point for leicester. it means they only need one point from their final game against bath, while newcastle need to win both of theirs with two bonus points in each. warrington have kept up their pressure at the top of super league, after a hard fought 26—14 victory over castleford. this try from ben currie, sealing the victory which keeps them second, two points behind leaders st helens. wakefield are up to third with a win over huddersfield. victories too for catala ns and salford. britain's lizzie daynan, finished in the pack, on the opening stage of the women's tour de yorkshire. the former world champion was racing in britain for the first time since the birth of her daughter. the stage was won by dutch rider lorena viebes. britain's lizzy banks claimed the queen of the mountains jersey. rick zabel won the second stage

of the mens race the german taking the sprint finish in bedale. chris lawless was the top briton claiming third for team ineos. the race finishes in leeds on sunday. meanwhile, geraint thomas — in the black and blue jersey — narrowly missed out on taking stage three of the tour de romandie. he was one of the leaders going into the uphill finish but went backwards after a near—miss with another rider. france's david gaudu took his first world tour win. johanna konta has reached the first clay court final of her career, at the morocco open in rabat. the british number one beat the australian fourth seed, ajla tomljanovic in straight sets. konta hasn't won a tournament for two years and has dropped to 47 in the world. this is a great sport. you are such a good sport because you are not a great fan of horses, you've had some

dodgy experiences. well, yes. i give them the wrong signals. as someone who does ride horses and has learned, if you don't go in with confidence and you are the boss, the relationship is often the wrong start. they are beautiful. this is why you don't get on with horses. it's one of the highlights of the mounted games calendar stop is a brilliant event, the mountain games. the home nations battle it out and the royal windsor horse show. i went along to warwickshire to see what's involved in the mounted games.

and they're off. and back on again. the agility needed in the mounted games which has been testing the skills of young riders since the 19505. skills of young riders since the 1950s. there is more imagination on display here than at the grand national ‘s. come on, come on, get over those steppingstones. the mounted games was started in 1956 by prince philip the duke of edinburgh to create a fun competition for ordinary kids with ordinary ponies now the 250 mounted games clubs across the uk. it's a great combination of the fund sports, the silly sorts in the spectacular stunt reading —— racing all the time they do this, they are enjoying it which is what it's all about. you have to have quite good balance because you are turning at speed. falling off hurts quite a lot. what does it give you confidence wise? confidence, friends, a feeling of winning. while the mounted games are mainly for

children there is an adult section as well and this will be my trusty steed, lucy. come on, see the control? one of the first skills you learn is vaulting, jumping on and moving horse. marcus makes it look so moving horse. marcus makes it look so easy. while i, well,... name for it like a trampoline, two feet. that's it. keep that left—hand going. may have been a pony but i was nowhere near. it's a tight turn, i've done it. it's notjust the horde expect course that has to perform. and wherever. thankfully some races, you don't have to be on the pony. it's the trusted teamwork in this event. i handed to alex and off again. there are very agile and

is all about being paired with a pony. is all about being paired with a pony, working with the pony. the p°ny pony, working with the pony. the pony and the writer working together, they are jumping pony and the writer working together, they arejumping on pony and the writer working together, they are jumping on and off at great speeds to the need to trust that ponies and trust each other. two nations will be put at the test, be at the balloon race, stacking parcels, the sword run or even a sack race. come on. but they we re even a sack race. come on. but they were saving the most bizarre events, the milk race, until last. and there we are. can't see where we are going at all. how are we going? in a straight line? no polls in the way. we finished? hello. can i take this off? where's my backend?

i think ithinki i think i did better as the cow in the milk race. see how easy it is to get involved, even if you have limited writing skills? anyone can get involved. —— riding skills. if you don't have your own horse you can go across to a pony club session and try it out. well done, mike. you can see is this week at the horse show in windsor. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. do not compare to better times in the past. it is the order of the morning. this is the view this morning, a beautiful morning in essex with blue sky around and sunshine. it will not feel warm over the next few days so things feel colder than they have

been but it looks mostly dry. a few showers around today and the brisk wind that we have today will ease over the next few days. through this morning after a chilly start you can see a lot of sunshine on the map. eastern of england and eastern scotla nd eastern of england and eastern scotland that was the most showers. north and west it should stay dry. sunshine returns to the scotland this afternoon but look at these wind gusts, 40, 50 mile—per—hour especially along the east coast. some showers are heavy with hail mixed in as well as those blustery wind. towards the west you will stay dry. northern ireland, wales, south—west of england, 13 or 14 degrees, a little cooler in the eastex specially when you are exposed. keep those northerly winds through this evening and tonight with a couple of showers lingering in the east. further west it looks dry, clear and chilly. temperatures falling to around one or two degrees

and even in our towns and cities it is likely to be sub zero. a touch of frost to start sunday morning not a bad day. high—pressure building and from the west and that means it will not be as breezy with fewer showers than today. a cool wind along the east coast. cloud for scotland and northern ireland with some patchy rain, bits of snow over the high ground here. temperature wise, 9— 14 degrees for most of us. this is what it looked like last year. 29 celsius compared to this bank holiday monday where we expect temperatures to reach around 13 degrees. significantly different than it felt last year which was a record breaker. this is bank holiday monday. some rain pushing across parts of northern england and northern ireland for a time. from the north we return to sunny skies and spells of sunshine along south coast as well. not a bad day, nine, 12 degrees, temperatures not great for the time of year but there will

be sunny spells around. and then as we had through the course of next week we have an area of low pressure moving its way in from the atlantic and that will bring us an unsettled speu and that will bring us an unsettled spell of weather later next week. it will turn wet and windy and remain cool but over the next few days at least if you are out of the breeze there will be lovely spells of sunshine. she is not happy. she is not happy with this comparison. shall i take it out next time? let's just do last is weather and forget this years. retro forecasting. that is the way forward. now it's time for click.

whenever you're out and about, your mobile phone communicates with the rest of the world through these. calls, messages and data are sent from masts like this to hundreds of phones within a few kilometres and each of those phones send calls and data back again. it's a lot of work for one mast to do and it kind of explains why if there are too many phones in any one area, things start to slow down. but it won't always be like this. our next mobile network will be the fifth generation, called 5g. and it will be very different to what's come before. 1g was about the analogue phone, allowing us to make calls to one another. 2g allowed us to do things like send sms text messages and do voice recording. 3g was about the promise of the smartphone, allowing us to access digital

broadband services. and 4g, which is what we've had since 2009, allowed us to do all those first three things but faster. 5g is like going from earth to mars. it's not a faster world, it's a different world. it's going to be a world that is connected, in which machines will be talking to each other and talking to you. and to achieve that, we are going to have lots and lots of antennae everywhere. from lamp posts, buildings, you name it, everything is going to have an antenna on it. and that's because there are billions and billions of new devices waiting to be connected that will communicate with each other, work with each other and make our lives easier in ways that we can't yet imagine. tv off, lights off. machine: tv off, light off. it will allow you to control your energy consumption in your smart home. it will allow your fridge to decide when to order groceries

for you and have them delivered by a self—driving truck. it will allow your dishwasher to decide when it washes dishes, your laundry machine decide when it washes clothes. so right now, we have to instruct our machines but in the 5g worlds, our machines might decide to communicate directly to us or with each other. the machines will start communicating simply to regulate the flow of human activity. your car is going to be connecting and thinking, interacting and communicating with every other sensor that happens that's walking down the street as it passes a building, as it passes a somebody on a bicycle. information from a traffic light three blocks down that you can't even see yet. it's going to be completely seamless. 5g will enable all these devices to have superfast data connections but we also need them to be stable connections as one device hops rapidly between all of these antennae. how rapidly? well, maybe this rapidly.

this is the millbrook 5g test bed. one of the things i'm testing here is how well 5g antennae can follow a moving target. there is an antenna and i'm the target. i am making a live video call to the computer trackside which is actually really hard to do when you're moving at speed. at 140 miles an hour, each antenna can only send stuff to my special 5g hotspot in the car for about four seconds and so here, each one has to form a beam which targets the car exactly and then hands over the service seamlessly to the next antenna, all without interrupting the video stream. the kind of technology that blu wireless is testing here will eventually enable high—speed trains to stay connected to the 5g network and provide superfast internet

to their passengers. to coverjust this small area, they are using 11 antennae here so if you want to blanket the whole uk with 5g, you are going to need a huge number of the things. i mean, this is a massive infrastructure rollout. and the scale of all this is something being grappled with around the world. in the us, verizon has stepped up its trials in us cities, albeit only over small areas. speeds, when it works, are impressive, although the trials are said to have had some teething problems. cities in south korea and china could well get the first meaningful services but what about if you're not in a city? well, back in the uk, jane copestake has been looking at what 5g might mean for rural areas. in this idyllic patch of british countryside, the birds are cheerfully singing and the cows

are peacefully grazing. but look closer and you will see there is something very different about these cows linking them to a unique experiment. this dairy farm in somerset is one of the first test spots for 5g in the uk. the cows are wearing sensors and all this data is being sent to the cloud and then back to the farmer who can make decisions based on this data. almost every task on this farm can be automated. these cows are queueing up patiently to be robotically milked. this system allows the cow to choose how many times a day and at what time it wants to be milked. the robot picks up on how much milk is coming from each of the cows udders and can control the sensitivity of the milking as well. the cows here come and go as they please, with little human interaction in their movements. so one of these cows has just taken itself for a massage. the feeding system is also done

by machine, and that's not all. there is even a robot that scrapes up excrement, putting it into these channels which can quietly operate around the cows so as not to disturb them. duncan forbes runs the farm. he's been working with cisco on this project which is part of the uk's 5g rural first strategy. the farm is chosen to demonstrate how 5g would help bring together the many different points of data across a herd of cows. low latency and the ability to cover large distances with 5g means that the cows can be monitored in real time, even if they're grazing in the field. what sensors is she wearing? can we see any of them? on the collar, there is a little black square that says "fa milk silent herdsman" on it so that's one of the sensors and it's an activity monitor. like a wearable, like a watch. yes, but the sort of thing it does is tell you when the cow was eating, so there's an inclinometer, so when her heads down, it says ok, she's eating.

she's got the green one, the transponder underneath her chin. and that's the one that controls the gates and so on inside the building. it's an electronic identity. the third one isjust inside her ear, the little white button on the top of the ears is holding the sensor. so these cows have got more sensors than you would necessarily have on an ordinary cow because we are trying it out, we are testing them and we are checking out their connectivity. here, we're on a dairy farm and we're using the technology to help us with our animals but we're also going to have sensors around the fields telling us what the soil moisture is, what the temperature of the soil is, measuring the grass growth, using satellites or hyperspectral imaging to measure how much grass we've got but also saying, maybe we don't need to use quite so much fertiliser. 5g could revolutionise the farming industry, connecting notjust the uk farms but farms around the world so best practices can be compared and new techniques developed.

imagine if you would be able to cross—correlate data, not only about how a cow is doing well, if it's sick within the farm but across multiple farms, across multiple areas. imagine the efficiency you could get if you were able to manage the robots based on the best possible efficient way of doing it instead ofjust within a farm. one of the biggest challenges for farming worldwide is the expected increase in world population where we're going to need to produce 70% more food than we were producing in 2009 by 2050. that's a massive increase. we've got to produce that food without additional impact on the environment, preferably less. a byproduct of bringing the 5g network outside of cities could be a revolution in connection speeds of the countryside. a recent national farmers' union survey showed only 17% of respondents reporting a reliable outdoor mobile

single and only 16% saying they had access to superfast broadband. the farmers here hope to make a strong economic case for bringing connectivity to all parts of the country, no matter how remote. hello, welcome to the week in tech. a drone has, for the first time, delivered a human organ. surgeons in maryland received a kidney transplant from about 3 miles away. and facebook ceo mark zuckerberg announced new measures to improve users privacy as he laughed off his company's recent failures. the strongest reputation on privacy right now. updates include a friend feed free of adverts and an encrypted messenger service. meanwhile, the uk government is preparing to plan new laws that will mean that all internet—connected devices need to have cyber security features built in. it proposes all devices sold in the uk come with unique passwords, state how long they will receive security updates for and provide contact details to report vulnerabilities.

we may have seen ai—generated bases before but how about entire—generated people? well, meet this lot. these photorealistic images by japanese company datagrid come complete with faces, hair and even outfits. and finally, if you haven't worked up an appetite for lab—grown meat, then how about a spot of lab—grown fish? singapore start—up shiok meats won't be scrimping on the shrimps after raising $4.6 million to keep working on their cell—based delights. but are you ready to dive in? and that's it for the shortcut of click for this week. the full version is up on iplayer where you can see our 5g adventures in china,

where we visit the most advanced manufacturer of 5g in the world and ask — 01:00:04,021 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 just who are huawei?