this is bbc news. the headlines at five. former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forced out — after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections. police say the leak of information from the national security council about chinese tech giant huawei — didn't breach the official secrets act — so isn't a criminal offence. cyclone fonny causes destruction in india and bangladesh — bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. thailand's new king is crowned at bangkok's grand palace — marking his official accession to the throne. a record 52,000 fans are set to watch the women's fa cup final at wembley — as manchester city take on west ham in half an hour.

good afternoon. the former tory leader iain duncan smith has said the prime minister must say she will resign "very soon", after the party suffered heavy losses in the english local elections. speaking to the radio station lbc, he referred to theresa may as a "caretaker pm". more than 1300 conservative councillors lost their seats. labour failed to make the gains it had hoped for. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley reports. urgently seeking a solution. tories mulling over devastating local election results, trying to find a way to solve the party's troubles. these members are in scotland.

there were not any elections here this week but many agree failing to deliver brexit is behind the election drubbing. this former leader has had enough. he believes theresa may has lost her authority and has to go now. we have in a sense a kind of caretaker prime minister at the moment, you could argue a caretaker leader of the labour party but a caretaker prime minister and therefore, i think making fundamental decisions about where we go with this would be a big mistake. the conservatives always knew that voters were likely to give them a bloody nose this week, but the extent, losing 1300 councillors, was worse than they feared. because of that, some are saying their patience has run out. it is not the first time we have heard senior tories calling for theresa may to go. in the past, she has simply ignored their calls but it is another reminder that many in the conservative party think theresa may simply can't deliver. 0thers, though, say there should be compromise with labour to make sure brexit is delivered. i think we do need a mood

for compromise but compromise often involves looking at the different positions of different groups and coming up with something in between. clearly, i have supported the prime minister's deal which i think is better. but there are options in between. talks between the government and opposition will resume early next week. sources tell me there are still substantial differences. but after labour had a tough time at the polls, too, jeremy corbyn says there is impetus to get a deal done. but opinion in labour is split. some pointer losses in brexit supporting areas and say failing to deliver would a breach of trust. i think we have got to leave because we had a referendum, we asked people if they wanted to leave the eu, and by a small majority, they said they did and we said we would honour the result. but many labour mps are arguing the exact opposite. the party needs to back another referendum and ultimately, staying in the eu. they point to huge gains at the local elections for the greens and the big winners,

the liberal democrats. i think there were some local factors but there is no doubt the big nationalfactor was the issue of brexit. the liberal democrats have been against brexit and campaigning against it, campaigning for a final say for the british people for the last nearly three years. i think people have heard that now from the liberal democrats, that we are the stop brexit party. these elections have caused a big questions for a government struggling to deliver brexit. answering them won't necessarily be easy. just to bring you a little bit of breaking news here. following the decision by the metropolitan police that the leaking of information from the national security council did not amount to a criminal offence. we are now hearing from the former defence secretary kevin williamson who is described an investigation into the leak as a shabby and

discredited witchhunt. it is also called for a proper, full and impartial investigation into it. we'll have more on this story we speak to our correspondent simon jones and so stay with us for that. the cross community alliance party has made significant gains in northern ireland's local government election. the dup and sinn fein remain the largest parties, each taking around twenty five per cent of first preference votes. however alliance sharply increased their share of the vote to almost 12%. 0ther cross community parties, such as the greens, also made gains. talks aimed at reviving northern ireland's power sharing administration are due to be held next week. joining me from our belfast newsroom is our correspondentjohn campbell. just take us through those figures and what that says about the

political environment in northern ireland. unsurprisingly, the dup and others remain the biggest parties. sinn fein is the biggest nationalist party. they have been a surge for the centre—right alliance party. adding 5% and pushing out beyond belfast. they want a seat on the derry city council. so that they have not done in almost a0 years. the greens in a socialist people before profit before belfast and derry. that's the really interesting result i think in this election. the alliance leader would say that people really have become sick of the two blocks. also the first is

their first openly gay candidate elected. why is this so significant? in most parts of the uk lesbian being elected is not going to be a story. but they are a party with roots in fundamentalist religion. they have not been friendly to gay people in the past. this time out they selected an openly gay woman and that's been seen as quite significant. the leadership of dup seem very content with that. others in the party still hold the fundamentalist religion and they think even the fact that she has been selected would indicate that they might be thinking about reversing their policy of opposing 93v reversing their policy of opposing gay marriage. the party today have given no indication of that but it's possible they may be testing the water to see if that's something you

might want to do. gay marriage is one of the issues that will feature in the talks aiming at the government in northern ireland. just how much hope is there about the talks starting next week? some of the party speaking today are very sceptical that she has been a short talks process because there will be in another election cycle for the european elections. thank you very much for that. he will be speaking to you later. just to remind you of the breaking news. a story developing through the day following the sacking of the defence secretary. we heard from the metropolitan police that they have no intention of investigating the offence and gabby williamson has

described the investigation into that leak as a shabby and discredited. it witchhunt and calling for proper, full and impartial investigation into it. remind us how we got here. our correspondent simonjones is here. there has been some sharply differing versions of events. 0n the one hand, you have the prime minister saying there was compelling evidence that gavin williamson was behind the leak. he said he was not the source, he did not disclose the information. 0pposition politicians say the best way is the police to carry out independent investigation into this and today we have heard as you say from the metropolitan police. if you have spoken to the cabinet about what was discussed and

at this security meeting. was leaked to the media and the metropolitan police have concluded they did not breach the secrets act and did not amount to misconduct and so their conclusion is stark. no crime is been committed and is not a police matter. he said is not going quietly on this one. he wants a full independent investigation because he says he is convinced he would be cleared. what is going to do is put more pressure on the prime minister to give details about what exactly that compelling evidence as he put it was. she just wants this to go away now. how likely is it that gather williamson can push for a police investigation? they're saying quite clearly they're not going to investigate further in this. what he's determined to do is clear his name. he saying whether it's the

police or someone else, not the cabinet office because he is thinking that investigation is being described as a witchhunt and flood investigation but he wants someone from outside to look at the details evenif from outside to look at the details even if it's not the police and get the version of events that he wants to be cleared of what he is accused of. finally he has received a huge amount of support on social media. he's been quite active on social media and thanking people who have come to his support and come to his defence. his version of events versus the prime minister but he feels he's being judged far too quickly and that's why he believes someone quickly and that's why he believes someone from outside should take an independent look at this all. thank you very much. a 17—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenage girl in wiltshire. the victim — who's not been named — died at a property in calne yesterday afternoon. police say they will have a "significa nt presence" in the town over the weekend

as inquiries continue. up to 12 people have been killed by cyclone fani in the north—eastern indian state of 0disha. officials say the loss of life could have been far worse — had they not evacuated more than i million people from their homes. cyclone fani came ashore near the city of puri, in 0disha yesterday. but as the storm continued across india and into bangladesh — its winds have calmed — and its power has reduced significantly. angus crawford reports. the strongest cyclone to hit india in five years. wind and rain tore through the state of 0disha. gusts hit more than 120 miles an hour, destroying homes and businesses... ..uprooting trees, cutting roads, destroying communications. this man says it doesn't matter what preparations we made, houses and shops,

everything is destroyed. but more than a million people were evacuated from the storm's path, kept safe in shelters. the numbers of deaths and injuries remain low. now, a time to assess the damage, clear and rebuild. workers start by unblocking the roads. an officer coordinating efforts says his teams are responding to reports wherever they come from. cyclone fani has decreased in strength and moved north. prompt action did save lives, but still it leaves mile after mile of low—lying areas flooded, crops, villages, livelihoods destroyed. angus crawford, bbc news. israel says it has responded with air strikes after palestinian

militants fired 150 rockets in southern israel. at least one palestinian has been killed and two israelis have been injured in the exchange of fire. israel has closed a number of border crossings in response to the rockets. our news correspondent jon donnisonjoins us. how worrying is this current situation? is the most serious escalation in violence for several months. they do happen fairly regularly and said they have been covering the middle east for almost ten yea rs covering the middle east for almost ten years and every now and again you get these flare—ups we have not had a major conflict of war but we do get these flare—ups and we've had 150 rockets flying out of gaza and most of those were shot down and some israeli houses being hit in the

israelis responding with air strikes, tank fire. it's always very difficult to say when did this start? there have been these protests on fridays and there were two palestinians killed, two civilians, two militants, and two is really shot and that's what seems to have led to this dramatic escalation. it is in their they're meant to be a cease—fire in place? if you were to say how many have the broken it would be in the dozens. so it's clearly not in place and i think these flare—ups come and go but there are a few constants. 0ne, there's absolutely no prospect of a broader peace between the israelis and the palestinians, there are

terrible relations between palestinian factions in gaza and the west bank. no unity between them and for the people living in gaza and the israelis living on that side of the israelis living on that side of the boundary life continues to be pretty miserable. we understand that israel has closed a number of crossings and have this blockade in place and just how much damage has the blockade had on those in the gaza strip? it's been devastating to the palestinian economy. we got unemployment running well over a0% and higher amongst young people. long periods where they are without power in the daytime for six, seven, eight, nine hours in the daytime. in the real thing that is shocking for me when i go to gaza is you have young palestinians who have never metan young palestinians who have never

met an israeli, never left the gaza strip and they have no interaction with israelis at all and so you really do feel the animosity between the two sides there's no prospect of that. do you think that israel is controlling their reaction very closely following the human investigation released back in february? there also hosting your revision later this month. so security concerns are very high. is there a degree of moderation in their reaction to these things being fired? they did get a lot of criticism when you had thousands of palestinians shot at regular friday protests. in this conflict there's a physical violent conflict and there's a pr battle as well on both sides. from the palestinian point of view the friday protests are just showing their resistance to israel's occupation. from the israeli point of view this see it as writing and

palestinian population being exploited by hamas in their militant aims. there is this kind of pr battle. it does seem as you suggest that israel has been somewhat more measured. thank you very much indeed. the time is 18 minutes past five. the headlines on bbc news. former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forced out — after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections. gather williamson claims he's the victim of a witchhunt after police say they want to investigate a leak from the national security council about chinese tech giant huawei. cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh —— bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125 miles per hour. manchester city take

on west ham united in the women's fa cup final this afternoon. i think it has already kicked off. the final is being held at wembley for the fifth consecutive year, just over a month before the world cup begins in france on sevenjune. our sports reporterjo currie is covering the match at wembley. absolutely. i'm pleased to say the sunshine has actually returned, in the last hour we have had rain and hail but former england goalkeeper over 50,000 fans affected here today. going to be an incredible crowd. to hear those numbers toted around in london 2012 the stadium was full. the atmosphere and how it made you feel in the pitch was unreal. his social feeling that they have been lucky to have today. manchester city against west ham. they won this in 2017 and going for

the cup double, there will start as favourites? no doubt. strong favourites? no doubt. strong favourites and have gone the whole season unbeaten. against a team that was already formed and we've done phenomenally well to get to that final. that will not go down without fighting. a year ago they were playing the third tier of women's football nelly stand just 90 minutes away from a first major trophy. i will have they done the last 12 months to get to this point? and wonderful story to form a professional team from scratch is not easy. matt came in to be a lead coach and manager. he has experience from managing abroad in america and formally manage the ripple and collectively got all the six rants and knowledge and network of players

from all of the world. his latest player that he brought him from south korea, he has really added a lot of strength just west tampa team. kick-off is at 5:30 p:m.. follow all the match on the red button. a plane with 1a3 people on board slid off a runway and into a river injacksonville, florida as it attempted to land during a thunderstorm. the chartered flight was carrying naval personnel from the us base at guantanamo bay — but none were seriously hurt. however — some pets are still on board the aircraft — and the authorities are waiting for the inspectors to deem the aircraft safe before they can retrieve the dogs and cats. the commanding officer of the naval air station says the cause of the incident is yet to be determined. it's a miracle. i could have ended... i could be talking about a different story this evening. so i think there is a lot to say about the professionalism of the folks that helped the passengers off the aeroplane. there's a lot to say about that

because it very well could be worse. thailand's king maha vajiralongkorn has been crowned in a three day ceremony. his coronation comes at a time of political uncertainty for the country. a general election was held in march, the first since the army took control in a coup five years ago. but a new government has yet to be declared. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. this is a sight that few thais have ever seen, a new king purifying himself with consecrated waters as he prepared to ascend to the throne. maha vajiralongkorn, or king rama x, as he's known more formally, became king in 2016 after the death of his father, who'd reigned for 70 long years. but he's waited until now to be crowned over three days of elaborate buddhist and hindu ceremony.

to many thais, the monarch is revered as an almost godlike figure, and some were on the streets, dressed in royal yellow, to see their king make the transition from the human to the almost divine. and, for many, this was a rare glimpse of a sovereign who spends much time abroad and has appeared more remote than his much—loved late father. at 66 years old, he spent his life preparing for this moment, placing a crown weighing more than seven kilograms on his head, issuing his first royal command. translation: i shall reign with righteousness, for the benefit and happiness of the people forever. king vajiralongkorn has had a colourful and at times controversial life. today, his fourth wife, whom he married only this week, was formally recognised as his new queen. he is protected by severe laws prohibiting any criticism, but some thais hope that

a crown prince who was seen by some as unpredictable will become a figure of stability for a country facing political uncertainty. for the king has real political influence. what will matter is his relationship with the army, which took power in a coup in 201a, and what role he might play in the balance between military and civilian rule that emerges from recent elections. for this king will be more than just a spiritual leader. james landale, bbc news. 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. the bbc asian network's, shabnam mahmood has more. four mosques foui’ mosques across four mosques across the country the focus of this year's ramadan is on

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 year. thousands of worshipers gather for special prayers every single night during the month of fasting. in the kitchen, this mother says following recent attacks on places of worship some in her community in east london are really worried. people are scared. they are afraid to come to the mosque, the kids are afraid. it is the areas were mostly women that have not been identified in safety assessments as needing extra security. mosque leaders said they have a duty to protect their congregation. the world changed after christ's church. the reality kicked in that happens they are, it could most certainly happen here. we have to be prepared for it. we

understand why people feel the way they do. are here to reassure them that suggest anybody in the uk is at specific risk. want to make sure that they feel safe and supported by uk policing in their worship. nevertheless, extra layers of security will remain in place throughout the islamic holy month with a message to remain alert but not alarmed. i wondering if you remember a certain dance show. for the first time in more than 30 years, the kids from fame are to be reunited on stage. the tv show was a massive hit in the ‘80s. now eight of the original cast are getting together for two special, charity shows — and it's all thanks to a detective from liverpool who tracked them down. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports.

the kids # 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 am indelibly connected to it.

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.

we need: in the lake where there, don't we? now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello there, ominous skies and a chilly feel for many of us at the start of this bank holiday weekend. yes, there has been some sunshine. beautiful shot there from the north coast of northern ireland. but we have also seen some impressive shower clouds. that was eastbourne earlier on. these shower clouds have been delivering some really intense downpours with some hail and some thunder mixed in, particularly across eastern england. some of the showers across scotland have been wintry. you can see from our weather watcher picture from the highlands smatterings of snow. there could be a bit more snow across scotland as this weekend wears on because we stay in the cold air. during this evening, showers will continue, they tend to fade by midnight in most places. so we are looking at dry weather with longer clear spells to take us into the early part of sunday. a bit of extra cloud into the north

of scotland through the night. so, here, not quite as cold as it was last night but away from the north of scotland — just about anywhere — we could see a touch of frost. those temperatures hovering perilously close to freezing. so we start sunday with high pressure still starting to build its way in but the high remains to the west of us and that will allow us to continue feeding in some cold air from the north. however whereas the winds today have been pretty brisk particularly for the east coast, the winds tomorrow won't be quite as strong. so it might not feel quite as chilly as it has done across eastern parts of england. there certainly won't be as many showers around tomorrow. and mixture of patchy cloud and sunny spells. a similar story for northern ireland. more generally cloudy conditions sinking in southwards across scotland with some outbreaks of rain and some hill snow into the far north later on. we will have lost that brisk wind as i say so maybe not feeling quite as chilly but at the temperatures still below par for this time of year. and then we look ahead

to bank holiday monday, our band of cloud and showery rain continues to drift southwards. ahead of it, southern england, south wales largely dry with some sunny spells, a mix of sunshine and wintry showers into north and scotland. still, pretty chilly. just 9 degrees in aberdeen and in newcastle. but the weather changes a little bit as we head deeper into the coming week. this area of low pressure approaching from the south west. some uncertainty about the exact track but it does bring the potential of some wet weather for some of us, maybe some windy weather as well particularly down towards the south on wednesday. before we get there, some sunshine, some showers, and a chilly bank holiday weekend.

hello this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. the headlines. former conservative party leader, iain duncan smith, says the prime minister must go now or be forced out after the party suffers heavy losses in the english local elections.

police say the leak of information from the national security council about chinese tech giant huawei isn't a criminal offence and won't launch an investigation. but former defence secretary gavin williamson claims he's a victim of a "witch hunt". cyclone fani causes destruction in india and bangladesh, bringing torrential rain and winds of up to 125mph. officials in gaza say at least one palestinian has been killed by israeli tanks and air strikes. israel says it launched the attacks after palestinian militants 150 missiles into their territory. for the sports round we are going to cross over.

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson. good evening. celtic have won an eighth consecutive scottish premiership title. they went into the game with aberdeen knowing a win would seal it, taking them beyond the reach of second placed rangers, and so it proved as they won 3—0 at pittodrie. as patrick gearey reports. 0n the day celtic could win who won the of i who won the of the ho won the of the european 3 of the european cup when inside two of the european cup when inside billy big neil and stevie charmer passed away. this one would be for them. a point against happening was all they needed for the title. at the don's were reluctant to give it. 0ne the don's were reluctant to give it. one that can cross growth and they should've squirted. they made good on that reprieve was up up on the back was mikell, with a good strike. another cross, another header, the difference between celtic and the reds was it was treated by the third goal—scorer. he was signed for a clu b goal—scorer. he was signed for a club record £9 million beyond the reach of any of their rivals. and the manager had fulfilled his brief,

and eight straight scottish title. i'm very, very privileged. the moments in your life and career and you to savour them. we have a fantastic lunch of players in there. and the quality is fantastic. so celtic reign supreme. the dumbness of scottish football for some and of course for others concerned. can anyone catch them ? course for others concerned. can anyone catch them? —— the greatness of scottish football. silverware will be won at wembley this afternoon in the women's fa cup final. manchester city up against west ham, in what could be a record crowd for this fixture. around 50,000 around 50 , 000 expected around 50,000 expected there. city the favourites, having just missed out on the league to arsenal. they are unbeaten. west ham very much the underdogs. they lost heavily to city 7—1 and 3-1. they lost heavily to city 7—1 and 3—1. around five minutes or so gone

and it remains goalless. you can watch it live on bbc one or via the bbc sport website. 0nto the premier league now. tottenham knew a win at bournemouth would seal champions league qualification heading into their semi—final second leg on wednesday, but it was a disastrous afternoon. they had two players sent off, losing 1—0 on the south coast. james burford reports. with one eye on wednesday's mammoth champions league final, many were surprised that the strong spur starting xi but eyebrows raised height when bournemouth‘s goalkeeper knaus. 19 euros mark travis. what you do for someone young? fire off a warning shot. just wide of the irishman‘s net. that little pick—up aside, this turned into a flawless keeping performance. travis frustrated some of tottenham's biggest stars. again, and again, spurs simply could not weigh a glove

on him. a fiery half with a flurry of yellows then produced a read. 0ften water for his school he lost it. but he was not the only one. but ona it. but he was not the only one. but on a half—time, he lasted only two and a half minutes. spurs down to nine, a chance for the cherries to blossom which they did. nathan's header despite the resistance sealed three points. the spurs chance for a top four place goes down to the final day. james burford, bbc news. i think we feel disappointed. it is very disappointing. we need to move on. nothing to say now. and we need to move on... we have to head to the finals. it is in our hands to be in a position. if not, no one from the

beginning of the season has played to be in the position that the way that we are today. cardiff must win to keep their slim hopes of avoiding relegation alive. they've just kicked off at home to crystal palace. it remains goalless. liverpool face newcastle this evening, more on that in a moment. earlier, west ham beat southampton thanks to two marko arnotovic goals and wolves beat fulham to guarantee a seventh—place finish, and look set to qualify for the europa league next season. still to come though, the two—horse race continues at the top of the table. it's liverpool's turn to go back top if they can beat newcastle this evening. failure to do so would mean manchester city could seal the title on monday if they beat leicester. newcastle of course are managed by liverpool's former champions league—winning manager rafael benitez. could he do them a favour you wonder? liverpool's current boss jurgen klopp has been in a philosophical mood ahead

of the match. ami am i happy in this moment incomplete was satisfied? no, because the seasonis was satisfied? no, because the season is not was satisfied? no, because the season is not over was satisfied? no, because the season is not over but then i look back on it and the performances... we showed the games we played, the goals we scored, so many things in so goals we scored, so many things in so many difficult situations, you do not even have 5% of our difficulties. but they are still there. generally not the boys, is it good, is not? these boys deliver, deliver and deliver. so that was amazing. absolutely amazing. still two games ago. when we look back then will see what we did. we have to do ourjob. my relationship with liverpool, the clu b my relationship with liverpool, the club and the fans, it's there. i was

there for six years, once and trophies very good years. but the same time, we have to do ourjobs. i'm sure thatjurgen klopp is in the same position to book is best for his fans and then we have 52,000 fans in ourstadium, his fans and then we have 52,000 fans in our stadium, it's the last home game of the season. so, i think everybody understands that we are professionals and we will try to do out professionals and we will try to do our best. it's been an extremely tense day at the foot of league two but macclesfield town, managed by sol campbell, have avoided relegation after a 1—1 draw against cambridge. that means that notts county, the oldest league club in the world and founding members of the football league, join yeovil in dropping out of the league. notts lost 3—1 at swindon. the favourite judd trump is just three frames away from his second world snooker championship final. this morning he extended his lead to 1a—10 over gary wilson. that match resumes at 7:30. let's cross live to

the other semifinal at the crucible now. and it's an epic. david gilbert and the veteran four—time champion john higgins gilbert beats 16 frames to 15. -- is first 17, not much left in this one. you can follow the action on the bbc sport website, app and red button. well worth tuning into. the 11—2 shot magna grecia won the first flat racing classic of the season, the 2000 guineas at newmarket. magna grecia was steered home by donnacha 0'brien, a horse trained by his dad aiden. how about that for a story. it gave 0'brien senior a tenth victory in the 2000 guineas. king of clay came in second at 66 to one, with skardu third at 8 to one. british number one johanna konta's has been beaten in the morocco 0pen final in three sets by maria sakkari.

this was konta's first final since 2017, and her first ever on clay. she took the first set comfortably 6—2. then she was a break up in the second, but it all fell apart with sakkari battling back taking the game overall 2—6, 6—a, 6—1. newcastle falcons have been relegated from rugby union's premiership today as the top two, saracens and exeter, met at allianz park. both were guaranteed a home semi—final spot in the play—offs. paul frostick reports. a clash between the top two sides in the premiership would normally have real significance. but they have both secured home semi—finals. so key names were arrested but for those who did get a rare start, the intensity wasn't lacking. the chiefs applying much of the first half

pressure but the windy conditions helped them into the hands of alex lillington. he had the first train the first 20 minutes. then the floodgates open. his second having not scored since november. it was the power of wallaby will skeleton that allowed nick tompkins to make it 21-0. and that allowed nick tompkins to make it 21—0. and two great scores from don morris were enough to secure a bonus point victory for them. they 110w bonus point victory for them. they now turned their attention to next weekend's european cup final. they do indeed, what a match that will be. confirmation of that 38—7 win for saracens. newcastle needed to beat gloucester to stand a chance of avoiding relegation but they lost 28—19. northampton regain possession of the final play—off place with a comfortable bonus—point victory against worcester. that's all the sport for now.

i'll be back with all the day's sport in full in sportsday at 6:30. next, it's the film review. 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. 0n 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, anarchic and 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 at the vulgarity of the jokes. 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 who 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 imaginative as the lord of the rings, it seems really odd tojust 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. they haven't said that they didn't like it, they havejust they haven't said that they didn't like it, they have just not seen in an distance and themselves. 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 malkovich. ted bundy is played by zac efron. who we see meeting and seducing the woman whose memoirs inspired this film, played by lily collins. her second role of the week — 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. ido i do think a sack after a manages that. 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'm going to on your recommendation. 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 is a two—hander with a brilliant performance by mia woskowski. 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. hello there, ominous skies and a chilly feel for many of us at the start of this bank holiday weekend. yes, there has been some sunshine. beautiful shot there from the north coast of northern ireland. but we have also seen some impressive shower clouds. that was eastbourne earlier on.

these shower clouds have been delivering some really intense downpours with some hail and some thunder mixed in, particularly across eastern england. some of the showers across scotland have been wintry. you can see from our weather watcher picture from the highlands smatterings of snow. there could be a bit more snow across scotland as this weekend wears on because we stay in the cold air. during this evening, showers will continue, they tend to fade by midnight in most places. so we are looking at dry weather with longer clear spells to take us into the early part of sunday. a bit of extra cloud into the north of scotland through the night. so, here, not quite as cold as it was last night but away from the north of scotland — just about anywhere — we could see a touch of frost. those temperatures hovering perilously close to freezing. so we start sunday with high pressure still starting to build its way in but the high remains to the west of us and that will allow us to continue feeding in some cold air from the north. however whereas the winds today have been pretty brisk particularly for the east coast, the winds tomorrow won't be quite as strong.

so it might not feel quite as chilly as it has done across eastern parts of england. there certainly won't be as many showers around tomorrow. and mixture of patchy cloud and sunny spells. a similar story for northern ireland. more generally cloudy conditions sinking in southwards across scotland with some outbreaks of rain and some hill snow into the far north later on. we will have lost that brisk wind as i say so maybe not feeling quite as chilly but at the temperatures still below par for this time of year. and then we look ahead to bank holiday monday, our band of cloud and showery rain continues to drift southwards. ahead of it, southern england, south wales largely dry with some sunny spells, a mix of sunshine and wintry showers into north and scotland. still, pretty chilly. just 9 degrees in aberdeen and in newcastle. but the weather changes a little bit as we head deeper into the coming week. this area of low pressure approaching from the south west. some uncertainty about the exact track but it does bring the potential of some wet weather for some of us, maybe some windy weather as well particularly down towards the south on wednesday. before we get there, some sunshine, some showers,

and a chilly bank holiday weekend.

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