,be half way through, so i will be finishing it. thank you. thank you very much. natalie‘s book is called "a thousand ships". you should read it. stay with us, the headlines are coming up. good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today. brexit backlash — the conservatives suffer their worst local election performance for nearly 25 years, senior cabinet ministers plead for unity.

ceremonies take place in thailand as part of three days of events marking the coronation of the new king. iand i and live at euston station where rail passengers are facing disruption this weekend. i will have the latest. they said they'd live forever, now the kids from fame are making a comeback. a record breaking day ahead at wembley. west ham are looking to cause an upset and beat the might of manchester city, in the women's fa cup final, with over 50 thousand tickets sold. a full forecast in about 15 minutes.

it's saturday, may the 4th. our top story: after its worst local election performance in nearly 25 years, conservative cabinet ministers are calling for the party to unite. 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. let's speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley, whojoins us from our london newsroom. not surprising that this bloody nose that has been dealt to both the main parties is now reverberating. absolutely. the conservatives took an absolute hammering yesterday, it is their worst local election result ina is their worst local election result in a quarter of a century. 1,300 councillors lost in that vote on thursday. understandably there is no a lot of questions about what the party does next, to try and regain

some of that ground. both the prime minister and the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, who didn't have a great night either, are blaming tentlike. they both think the voters are unhappy that it is not sorted out yet. they are going to resume talks next week to try and find some kind of compromise to get through parliament. you heard david gauke earlier saying he thinks that is now the most likely way the country could get through the brexit process. i have to say, forfrom simple to get that sorted. firstly because many tories are really unhappy with the plan and aren't changing their mind. secondly because there are some labour politicians looking at the local election results and saying, look who did well, the lib dems and the greens, to parties who want another referendum on tentlike and ultimately not to leave the european union. many in the labour party are concluding, let's look at what they have done and we might benefit from it, too. the hope that perhaps the

local elections would provide some sort of brexit epiphany does not seem to have materialised. thank you. in a few moments, we'll be speaking to the liberal democrat leader, sir vince cable. that's at ten—past—nine. north korea has 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. 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. 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. rail passengers are being warned to expect disruption to theirjourneys this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets underway. one of the uk's busiest stations, london euston, will be closed completely. 0ur reporter, leigh milner, is there for us this morning. all on her own. how much disruption is expected? yes, quite a bit much to be honest. this one is closed, along with many others across the country, especially on the west coast main line. this effect some stations between london and glasgow. just be

careful of that. that's because of hundreds of engineering projects going on throughout the may bank holiday weekend. rail bosses say fewer passengers travel during these type of weekends. elsewhere engineering works will affect south—western railway trains from london waterloo to clapham junction and barnes. there's also disruption on thames link services to and from london st pancras. if you are from essex, just remember buses will be replacing trains from shenfield to south bend. in addition network rail say other operators including virgin trains and london north—western railway will also be affected. just be careful. if you are planning on travelling by train, as always, check before you travel. thank you. good advice. 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. ceremonies are getting under way in thailand, to mark the coronation of its new king. 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. could this be the uk's oldest duck? this is ernie, who turned 21 this week. his owner, chloe timberlake, believes he may now be a record holder. the guinness book of world records lists the oldest duck as a 20—year—old mallard from berkshire. chloe says ernie has slowed down in his older age, but is still enjoying life.

i've got myjoke wrong earlier. i quoted someone about how you age a duck. i said you put them in the microwave and see if its bill weather is. it's not that, how do you train a duck to be a soul singer, you put it in the microwave until its bill withers. we ask this morning how you age a duck. we got was a lot of duck chokes. but we like chokes. how do you age a duck, you cannot. french for duck. david says just ask chris waddle. enough! nine minutes past nine. back to reality! while the local election results may have been a disappointment for the conservatives and labour, it's been a more positive story for the liberal democrats. they made considerable gains, and took control of ten councils. party leader, sir vince cable, joins us now from southampton.

good morning. thank you very much for joining good morning. thank you very much forjoining us. a good day for you, a good result. it was brilliant. it was actually the best result we have had in the a0 years of our existence asa had in the a0 years of our existence as a party. it was very gratifying. i think it was 11 councils rather than ten but let's not quibble, it was very big numbers. it didn't come out of the blue, it was a product of a lot of hard work over months and people beavering away at the grassroots, developing community politics. there were big national factors involved. it was a local campaigning as well that help to get us campaigning as well that help to get us through. there's always going to be the question, is this a vote for the liberal democrats or is this a vote of dissatisfaction with the conservatives and the labour party? how do you assess that? what does your research show you? it's a vca mixture of negative and positive,

that's true in any election. —— it's obviously a mixture. we did well in certain areas where we have been campaigning. we built up a reputation for competence. they weren't necessarily in remain areas, for example, we made some advances in sunderland where we are doing quite well. brexit central, if you like. that was the product of a small group of dedicated volunteers who have done really well against a complacent labour council. the general story was that it was in the big tory areas that we did particularly well. that was partly reflecting the unpopularity of the government. do you think traditional orformer lib dems government. do you think traditional or former lib dems voters government. do you think traditional orformer lib dems voters have, i'd use this word carefully, forgiven the lib dems for being in coalition in government and for going with some policies that went against lib dems policy? there is an element of that. i never believed that it was quite as simple a matter of people punishing us. a lot of people

thought the coalition government was very successful compared with the chaos we have at the moment. it was a period of real progress. but that is history, there's no point going back over that again. what had happened was that we had a couple of bad general elections. 2015, 2017, people had written us off prematurely. i think they have now been proved wrong and we are clearly a majorforce. in the coming european elections, we will demonstrate that again. we are very clearly the leading remain party. we expect to do well on the basis of that. you say your fleet -- my clearly the leading remain party, will that still be the case when change uk put itself up for the european elections? they are also a remain party. it would have been much better, to be frank, if all the three remain parties had worked together in a common team, but this proved not possible and the

regulations make it very difficult. no, they are completely unproven, we have a long history of support for europe. we have been campaigning for three years for a people's vote. we have a big organisation. we are very successful, as we demonstrated yesterday. when people are trying to make their minds up which of the remain parties they want to vote for, they would and should go for us. knowing that every vote is a vote to stop brexit. it is a simple, honest message. we have been reporting today about pressure onto reza mae to set a date for her departure. and then there's been lots of conversations, we spoke to david gauke earlier about maintaining stability. —— pressure on therese ma. you have announce that you are stepping down as leader. that doesn't offer much stability in terms of when voters are looking for this, when it comes to the liberal democrats. are looking for this, when it comes to the liberal democratslj are looking for this, when it comes to the liberal democrats. i made the point some time ago that i wanted to move on with an orderly succession.

and would be retiring at making way for the next generation. this weekend is not the time for me to be going into all the mechanics of that. i will be moving on in due course but it will, unlike theresa may, he was being pushed out, i will be doing it in a planned and orderly way and there will be plenty of stability. i have some excellent collea g u es stability. i have some excellent colleagues who can move up and do thejob. colleagues who can move up and do the job. when is due course? i'm not exactly naming dates. why not? because we have the real priority at the moment which is to get on with these european elections. i will be leading us through that. will be be leading us through that. will be be leading the lib dems through a general election? if the parliament ru ns general election? if the parliament runs its course then i won't, no, indeed. if we have an early general election, it could well happen. there could be a confidence motion in the next few weeks. anything is

possible. i will be doing exactly what you suggested in those circumstances, providing stability and leading our party through it. serva nts and leading our party through it. servants cable, thank you very much for talking to us this morning. —— vince cable. here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. good morning. we have a bit of a mixed bag of weather through the bank holiday weekend. this is the picture this morning in perth and kinross. blue skies, sunshine but lying snow on the ground. wintry flurries across higher ground in scotland, and we will continue to see wintry showers across scotland through the bank holiday. things turning colder but it's a mix of sunshine and showers. the winds today will be easing over the next few days. if you can get out of the wind it won't feel too bad. cloud in the south and south—west, clearing away over the next few hours. lots of sunshine on the map. most of the

showers in the east. eastern england, southern and eastern scotland. some sunshine will return to the northern half of scotland, but let's take a look at the wind speed. these are the gusts of wind. a5 to 50 mph along the coast. down the east coast of england, too. really windy combined with some heavy showers, there could be thunder across central and eastern england. the south—west of england, wales and northern ireland should steer clear of the showers through the day. brighter and drier here but temperatures only eight to 13 degrees. particularly chilly where you are exposed to that northerly wind around the eastern coasts. showers fading for most of us overnight, so clearing skies, more cloud from the north—west but it is going to be a cold night. gardeners ta ke going to be a cold night. gardeners take notes, a touch of grass frost likely sunday morning. an area of high pressure building from the west on sunday. that will mean fewer showers compared to today. it won't be quite as windy by tomorrow. still

could catch the shower for east anglia, the far south—east. more cloud bringing showery rain and further hill snow over at the high ground of scotland. clouding over from the north but for the bulk of england and wales, not a bad day on sunday. top temperatures 9013 degrees. a little less cold feeling than today. monday, more of the same. the cloud and rain pushing further south through northern ireland into parts of northern england, the midlands. either side of that some sunshine, especially the further north you are. temperatures nine to 12 degrees. not great for the time of year. low pressure approaching from the west. things turning more unsettled through the course of next week. wet and windy weather through tweak. things will be staying fairly cool. for many of us we could do with some rainfall because it has been a very dry spring so far. thank you.

unless urgent action is taken, the rare and varied wildlife of madagascar could soon be lost forever. that's the warning from an international team of scientists. they're concerned at the ongoing loss of natural habitats in the region. so what can be done to help? gerardo garcia is a curator at chester zoo, and joins us now. are you all right? excuse me! i will start. what is going on at the moment in the region that is causing so much concern? it is a very fast process of deforestation and extinction of the species. madagascar, if we don't take action quickly, we lose it forever. what wildlife should we be concerned about? we have a whole range of

species you can only see in madagascar. such as lee morris, chameleons, frogs, our bad trees, or kids. 90% of all diversity of the species you can see in madagascar but nowhere else in the world. if you lose it, you lose it forever. 0ur reporter hasjust you lose it, you lose it forever. 0ur reporter has just been out there. there is a special programme on bbc news later. some of the things she has seen and the work going on. when my kids were really young, there was that movie, madagascar, a celebration of the wildlife of the island. but we still don't really know much about it. there are still a lot of species we need to discover. species discovery, the new descriptions are coming out every single time. sometimes it is too late whereby the time you describe, they have already gone. what is hurting the island? sigh unlike the major problem is

unsustainable deforestation, illegal logging, illegal hunting. sigh unlike this combination. what are the authorities doing to tackle it? it is one of the poorest countries in africa. we need legislation and developing more regional approaches oi'i developing more regional approaches on how to save the species. that is the aim of this project. when they hear about this project and see the work you are doing, do you get the impression that the government is receptive? is it listening to you? it is receptive, willing. it probably doesn't have enough resources and support. we need legal reinforcement of the trade but also empowering the community. we needed to work much more, not simply put it like a passive attitude. they are pa rt of like a passive attitude. they are part of the solution. this is a global problem. you are focused on madagascar but what about global

environment? this is an international team of environmentalists and scientists that have made this warning. what help can be given from around the world ? help can be given from around the world? it happens everywhere so madagascar is not an exception. we will be seeing very soon the report about biodiversity, madagascar is the tip of the iceberg. we need to start thinking about working in different aspects, tackle the problem in different ways. start about species and habitat recovery, but also the driving changes, commercial and trade. we have to approach the solutions in different ways, not just approach the solutions in different ways, notjust one. good like with it. thank you so much. thank you. -- good luck. you're watching breakfast from bbc news, it's . time now for a look at the newspapers. historian tessa dunlop is here to tell us what's caught her eye. we'll speak to tessa in a minute. first let's look at 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 1300 councillors. 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. lets talk to tessa, find out what she has picked out. a big double page spread there in the telegraph.

this conservative paper, the telegraph. your party has been given a throw grabbing. you try and focus oi'i a throw grabbing. you try and focus ona a throw grabbing. you try and focus on a bright spot on the horizon and they have picked onjeremy hunt who seems a long way removed from fights ofjunior doctors. this seems a long way removed from fights of junior doctors. this is seems a long way removed from fights ofjunior doctors. this is him walking up the steps of a plane in africa on a tour. that is the ultimate statesman pose. almost presidential, with his very good looking and much younger chinese wife. they have really focused on this. talking about the way in which she makes him more himself. the clothes she wears, how they met. when she was in china and he was building his extraordinarily successful business that he sold for £14 million. i have learned so much more about jeremy hunt. £14 million. i have learned so much more aboutjeremy hunt. he couldn't be further removed from the local elections. this piece is kind of

staging him as a leader. looking at the family and seeing that the image that's going to be presented if. yes, especially when relations between britain and china, little bit uncomfortable after five g. didn't e1 say she was japanese? yes, once when he was on tour in china. -- didn't once when he was on tour in china. —— didn't he say she was. once when he was on tour in china. -- didn't he say she was. he got his wife's ethnicity in a muddle. homeopathy peace in the times. might or considering compulsory vaccinations. they have done a sort of survey. —— whitehall might be considering. this person is recommending her treatments instead of standard vaccinations. they are considering going ahead and insisting that children are vaccinated because it puts other children at risk. my dad nearly died

of measles so i feel quite strongly. we have forgotten how dangerous these diseases are. what happens to your dad? we these diseases are. what happens to your dad ? we have these diseases are. what happens to your dad? we have had this conversation last week on the sofa with a doctor, talking about when you think about measles, youth gets just a few spots. like chickenpox and months. sigh unlike you could have died. it was horrible. he had a very hands—off mother, she never once visited him. the exception being when he got measles. that was a sign of how ill he was. she went, they haven't even given you a clean handkerchief! the bottom line is it can be a killer. it can make you infertile. measles are horrible. why would you do that? more from the times. the uncharismatic european leader we hear a lot of is now, this

is looking at the upcoming european elections and a couple of weeks. junkojunker elections and a couple of weeks. junko junker has said elections and a couple of weeks. junkojunker has said the problem with the eu is we have lost our libido. —— jean—claude young her. five years after the second world war, how really it was sort of frisky and in love with itself, the eu. after 60 frisky and in love with itself, the eu. after60 years, frisky and in love with itself, the eu. after 60 years, i don't think it's so much has even a good night kiss between the countries. the surrounding story is about the rise of the far right, focusing on italy, references to mussolini. although you see the rise of the far right in almost all these european countries, when you pull their voters, they all say they still want to remain in the eu. line of duty. can i watch this series and start here? yes. i'm going to go back to the beginning

because this is series five, the finale this sunday, i'm going to go back and watch. you can start this one straightaway. it is self—contained? sigh unlike they are also intricately knitted together as well as independent locks. no spoilers, guys! it does say that people are now so scared of spoilers because people are watching in their owi'i because people are watching in their own time. this paper says in big letters, no spoilers. i have never read such a detailed article in the sun. it is picking up on the mood of the nation. this is one of the most watched programmes. i can't imagine how the viewing figures are going to be this sunday. they were 8 million.

this one is 90 minutes. that's what the bank holiday is for, to recover from the night before. you should log onto social media, charlie and i did a spoof of line of duty yesterday. we had the actor who plays steve arnold. sigh unlike what cflash? a —— what is he like in person? -- what is he like in person? this has been a life changing morning, i will start watching! we are going to find out if you have any new recipes as well. we are on until 10am this morning. and then saturday morning kitchen. good morning, how are we? very well. we are hungry. sigh unlike today we have a very special

guest, the fabulous singerjames morrison. you have an album coming out. we have some fantastic food.|j can't wait, i'm hungry. sigh unlike what would be your food heaven? can't wait, i'm hungry. sigh unlike what would be yourfood heaven? i love chicken. you can eat it with everything. we have our food tell which we can talk about later. we have two amazing chefs, rosie birkett. i'm doing an asparagus tart with a nutty buckwheat pastry. very seasonal. and the italian peacock of cooking. i'm doing a rosemary stick skewered with monkfish, capers and tomatoes. the man himself with the drinks trolley. are drinking an amazing english wine from devon. and

i'm absolute steal from italy which i shall reveal later. and you can choose at home what james will be eating. we will see you all at 10am. have a brilliant show. we will have the headlines and just a minute, stay with us. hello, this is breakfast withjon kay and naga munchetty. coming up before 10am. find out how mike got on when he tried his hand at the mounted games.

plus all the other sport and the weather. but first at 9:30am, a summary of this morning's main news. senior conservatives are calling for unity, after the party's worst local election performance in nearly 25 years. 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. votes are still being counted in northern ireland, where a62 seats are being contested in 11 council areas. the full results may not be confirmed until late tonight. so far, much like in the rest of the uk, smaller parties have been making some gains. 0ur correspondent, john campbell joins us now from belfast. what strikes you from the results so far? in respect not much is going to change. the dup will be the largest

unionist party and sinn fein will be the largest national party and no councils will change hands. but what is interesting is the surge of the alliance party. it does not define itself as nationalist or as unionist and it has done well in belfast. it is picking up seats where it has not had a presence in years. it is going to have a seat on the daddy cancel where it is not had a seat for about ao where it is not had a seat for about a0 yea rs. where it is not had a seat for about a0 years. the socialist people before profit party is going to pick up before profit party is going to pick upafew before profit party is going to pick up a few seats before. so you're going to have a more pluralist belfast city council. the dup has also had its first openly gay counsellor in alison bennington.

not everyone is happy about this. 0ne politician said that someone who is openly gay may change the party's policy on gay marriage. thank you very much. ceremonies are getting under way in thailand, to mark the coronation of its new king. 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. north korea has 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. cyclone fani has hit india's eastern coastline, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 mph eight people have reportedly been killed, and more than1 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 under way. 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. you have been warned. good luck if you're making that journey you have been warned. good luck if you're making thatjourney today. 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 has 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 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 says it is "aware of the incident" and is gathering information. those are the main stories this morning. and now on to sport. ijust i just wanted to see what you are reading on. it is that they women's fa cup. the biggest, most attended ever. such a fascinating line—up as well. west ham have never been in the final before, against manchester city. manchester city are unbeaten all season as well. can a western? it is one of the big stories. 0ver

30,000 tickets already sold. 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. 0ur 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 were awarded a spot in the super league super league and now they are just 90 minutes away from their first major trophy. the main aim when we first came into it was to just survive in the league and stay in it and we did that by christmas and obviously then, i remember talking to the girls and saying, girls, we can have a good cup run. it will be a fantastic story, regardless of what happens if we win, we lose,

i am so proud to be a west ham player. standing in their way are the 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 the players they have as part of their squad 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. for many of these west ham players, it will be the biggest crowd they will play in front of. we will go to wembley on friday, visit the dress room, visit 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. for some of these players, it could be the start of a very successful summer. that match is live on bbc one around

7:30pm this evening. everton boosted their hopes of a place in the europa league next season, after a ath straight home win. they beat burnley 2—0 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. the double olympic champion caster semenya says "no human can stop her from running", after victory in the 800 metres at the diamond league meeting, in doha. 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 in doha in september? yeah, of course, i will be here. what will i see you running? are you going to be running eight? ar you going to be running five? what are you going to do? it doesn't matter at the moment. you know the situation. it doesn't matter at the moment. with a situation like this, you can never, you know, tell the future, but the only thing that you know is that

you'll 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 that i want to be in. and it's really unfortunate the way it's played out, but i think we'll all agree that it's good that there's some sort of solution and no one's going to agree, unfortunately. and it's in no means that i'm over the moon by the decision at all. it's not like that, it'sjust 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 a7 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 1a3. 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. 0h, oh, that had a reaction. a good trick shot. trump won four frames in a row with some fluent snooker and will resume tomorrow leading by 9 frames to 7. 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—1a 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 danan, 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 veeb. 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 bee—dale. chris lawless was the top briton claiming third for team ineos. the race finishes in leeds tomorrow. 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 a near miss with another rider, meant he lost momentum...france's meant he lost momentum, france's davide 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 a7 in the world. may be signs of a comeback now. it's the sport that involves doing wacky races on horse back and this week it's one of the highlights of the mounted games calendar, when the home nations battle it out for the title at 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. there is more imagination on display here than at the grand nationals. come on, come on, get over those stepping stones. the mounted games were started in 1956 by prince philip the duke of edinburgh to create a fun competition for, quote, ordinary kids with ordinary ponies now the 250 mounted games clubs across the uk. it's a great combination of the fun sports, the silly sports but it's spectacular stunt racing all the time they do this, their riding is improving

which is what it's all about. you have to have quite good balance and good set 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 off a moving horse. marcus makes it look so easy. while i, well,... jog on the spot, aim for it like a trampoline, two feet. two feet? run, run, run. that's it. keep that left hand going. it may have only been a pony but i was nowhere near. it's not going to stop me climbing on in the traditional manner. it's a tight turn, i've done it. it's notjust the horse that has to perform. and we're over. thankfully some races,

you don't have to be on the pony. it's the trust and teamwork in this event. i hand it to alex and off again. there are very agile and it's all about being paired with a pony, working with the pony. the pony and the rider working together, they are jumping on and off at great speeds so they need to trust their ponies and trust each other. this week, the teamwork of all the home nations will be put to the test, be it the balloon race, stacking parcels, the sword run, sock run, or 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. completely blind. how are we going? ina straight line? yeah. no poles in the way. we finished?

hello. can i take this off? where's my back end? it's one of the best things that make me any cow costume? if i can do it, anyone can go and have a go and join in dividing the mounted games. evenif join in dividing the mounted games. even if you just do it depends on that. you can go along to your local p°ny that. you can go along to your local pony club, you do not need to have your own horse. we all loved school sports... net do you need to get your feet into the steps? dig need to get ijust pent into the air. everyone has got that today. you get to go.

that would take hours to practice. but it shows how difficult it is and they do it at speed. without singh thinking about it. off and on. —— without thinking about it. so you will see the home internationals doing it next week. thank you very much indeed. this time last year we we re much indeed. this time last year we were bathing in sunshine. —— week here's sarah with a look at this morning's weather. we are not going to see those temperatures from last. this could potentially be the coldest bank holiday monday on record. if you do not mind that things are looking a bit chilly, there is some sunshine. it is going to be mostly dry. this isa it is going to be mostly dry. this is a beautiful picture, bluebells and blue skies in derbyshire. lots of blue skies around at the moment if you're hoping to god for a walk.

0ver if you're hoping to god for a walk. over the weekend things are turning colder. —— if you're hoping to go for a walk. thing is easing through sunday and monday. we have some showers this morning, mainly for eastern england and eastern scotland as well. those showers respond with further inland through the day. some of the showers at the higher ground in scotland have been falling as snow already summer sunshine returning to the northern half of scotla nd returning to the northern half of scotland to the afternoon. the wind speed, you will certainly notice it wherever you are around the east coast, some of the cuts could be about 30 mph. combine that with some of these are heady blustery showers. —— some of the gas could be around 50 mph. temperatures today around about eight or 1a degrees. it will feel colder that when you're exposed to the northerly winds around the east coast. into this evening and tonight, most of the shower sped away and under those clear skies it is going to be a cold night. a

degree of or two above freezing in our towns, but it could be around freezing —— sub zero in the countryside. a nudge of high pressure coming in from the west insta ntly. pressure coming in from the west instantly. they whence will not be as strong. there will be more cloud pushing in across scotland and northern ireland. some snow flurries across the higher ground. much of england and wales having a pretty decent day. it's not going to be particularly warm, temperatures are ten to 13 degrees. a little below parfor ten to 13 degrees. a little below par for the ten to 13 degrees. a little below parfor the time of ten to 13 degrees. a little below par for the time of year, the they resent the sand on comedy central is quite strong this time year, still some high levels of ub. bank holiday monday, a few showers —— temperatures around about nine to 12 degrees. looking ahead, into next week we will start to see low pressure approaching from the

atla ntic to pressure approaching from the atlantic to stop that hopping is quite unsettled weather because of its kind in quite wet and windy and its kind in quite wet and windy and it will be seen quite cool. after a dry april, many of us could do with a bit of rain fell. thank you. it is my grammar weather? for the first time in more than 30 years, the kids from ‘fame' are to be reunited on stage for two special charity perfomances. the tv show was massive in the 805. i remember looking forward to every episode. now eight of the original cast have been tracked down by a detective from liverpool, who wanted to make her childhood dream of seeing them

perform come true. here's our entertainment correspondent, colin paterson. # fame! the kids from fame. performing in the uk for the first time in more than 35 years. # people will see me and cry. # fame! # i'm gonna make it to heaven. it was a great show. a great show and a great concept, great characters. plus watching dance is fun. i could watch it all day. you have dreams. you want fame? well, fame costs and this is where you begin to pay. a spin off from the movie, the tv series began on bbc one in 1982. it was a phenomenon in the uk. the soundtrack spent 12 weeks at number one, they were regulars on top of the pops. number three, the kids from fame.

the kids from fame. high fidelity made it to numberfive in the singles chart. they even ended the year playing london's royal albert hall. the kids from fame have turned television fiction into fact. there was another tour the following year but fame ended in 1987 and many thought they would never see them live again. until a detective inspector in the merseyside police managed to reunite the cast for two charity shows this weekend. i've loved it since i was a kid, since i was 11. it was everything to me when i was growing up. it was my dream and it has been surreal to think that that dream actually is happening right now. to be part of that with those guys is... it's like an alternative universe. # high fidelity. and now her childhood

heroes are in liverpool. i get to be with this group of people who i am indelibly connected to. we were a family. we worked 12 hours a day and when we went doing that we were in the studio. we were a family. for better or for worse. and we were not too shabby, i must say. and we've kind of gone back to that age. back to being kids again. we definitely see each other and we fall into our old habits. that little kid stuff. # fame, i'm gonna live for ever. # baby, remember my name. last—minute rehearsals are taking place. back—up provided by the lma in liverpool. the reason i am a dancer is because of fame. so it is surreal. absolutely surreal to be here with the actual cast. and, amazingly, we have gotten

through a whole report on fame without mentioning legwarmers. remember my name. colin patterson, liverpool. right here is where you start paying... in sweat. that was a great story. are you a good reader as a child? yes, but it is a nightmare these days. there are so many distractions. trying to get your kid to be interested in books and cuddle up to be interested in books and cuddle up to to be interested in books and cuddle uptoa to be interested in books and cuddle up to a story is a challenge, isn't it? there may be an answer. a dad has gone viral online, and even appeared on an american chat show, after a video of him rapping the children's favourite ‘the gruffalo' to his daughter, was viewed millions of times.

jacob also known as mc grammar — joins us now. what made you to this?|j what made you to this? ijust enjoy music and sometimes it can be difficult to get my young daughters engaged any bidding for a long time to stop sometimes we switch a story time, wrap, sing a song. books should be essential to every child's upbringing. ifirmly should be essential to every child's upbringing. i firmly believe that and asa upbringing. i firmly believe that and as a teacher i want to promote that to every parent. that is my daughter ellie, she had three. and chloe. they just love daughter ellie, she had three. and chloe. theyjust love story time. it has added a new dimension to our mother books. you're selling yourself as mc grammar? can we have

a bit of mc grammar on the mac? imagine we are eager daughters imagine we are mc grammar, naga, john. the folks in the mess and the mostly good. where are you going... i'm going to have lunch with a grapnel. a glottal? what is a gruffalo? —— a gruffalo. his favourite food is roasted box. silly old fox. there is no such thing as a gruffalo. someone has

made the gruffalo to children many times, that was brilliant. part of it is telling children that now? may be it could be sung at a slower pace as well. there are no limits to this. does your daughter wrap with you? —— rap. this. does your daughter wrap with you? -- rap. the will she has to initiatives like this... young children her unable to beat, they can still access the text and early can still access the text and early cani can still access the text and early can i wrap the whole gruffalo of my heart, but she cannot read. so promoting books... she can rap the g ruffalo of promoting books... she can rap the gruffalo of my heart. so sharing pics with your whole family is so important. can be but the experience of going on the ellen degeneres

show? it was a whirlwind. my wife posted a video and then after that it went viral. alan calder is up and we flew over to la and went on the show —— ellen called us up. she is so kind and she understands teachers and how important ourjob is and... it and that your passion is connecting with kids now, maybe not in the way the kids have done it, but it is and adapting story to story time. when you have feelings and emotions and you can't express yourself and articulate your thoughts with accuracy, it is not a nice place to be. so if i can get kids to connect to music, loving blokes and exploring vocabulary, and loving line which, —— loving books. everyone is loving it.

that's all from breakfast for today. roger and rachel are here tomorrow from 6am. have a good day. bye bye.

this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 10am: fed up with the brexit deadlock, senior conservatives call for unity, after the party suffers its worst results in english local elections for nearly 25 years. we need to be listening to these results from these local elections, which has a say are about to deliver brea ks which has a say are about to deliver breaks it, but not this particular form of briggs. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. here, rail passengers face disruption to theirjourneys this weekend, as bank holiday engineering work gets underway. thailand's new king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace — marking his official accession to the throne. and in half an hour the travel show visits the caribbean island