good morning. welcome to breakfast, with rachel burden and roger johnson. our headlines today: let's do a deal — the prime minister appeals to jeremy corbyn to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit. the illegal puppy trade exposed. the treasury recovers almost £5.5 million in unpaid taxes in an operation to tackle dodgy dog breeders. the premier league title race is going down to the last day of the season — but liverpool left it very late to beat newcastle. they're on top again and the pressure is back on manchester city. good morning. our bank holiday weather continues on a chilly note.

some sunshine today in the south. claudia skies in the north. —— cloudier. i will have a full forecast coming up shortly. the prime minister has urged the labour leaderjeremy corbyn to work with her to break the brexit deadlock, telling him: "let's do a deal". writing in the mail on sunday, theresa may claims the local election results show people are fed up with the failure of both main parties to find a way to honour the result of the referendum. nick eardleyjoins us from our london newsroom. this is really tricky, isn't it, for both sides? we know that. jeremy corbyn will have to work out differences within his own party, as well theresa may. how will they come to some kind of agreement?m well theresa may. how will they come to some kind of agreement? it would all be based on the government moving closer to labour's position. that is what labour is demanding. it thinks it is getting some of the things it wants but not everything. but as you say, even if the government under labour can compromise, it is hugely difficult

for them to sell it to their respective parties. —— government and labour. the conservatives will go crazy if the prime minister says, yes, we will agree to a customs union or something similar to it. the tories have warned well over 100 mps could refuse to like that. on the labour side, if there is any deal but does not involve another referendum, they will be dozens upon dozens referendum, they will be dozens upon d oze ns of referendum, they will be dozens upon dozens of labour mps who would not support that. so when those talks resume on tuesday, although the two sides think they are getting closer, there are still huge issues to solve, not least of which is party discipline. and the other thing worth bearing in mind, nick, is that if they do get to some kind of deal that there needs to get through the house of commons as a whole. exactly. that is the big calculation they will have to make. if we are right, and there are dozens from each side who would refuse to back some sort of compromise or fudge on oui’ some sort of compromise or fudge on our future trading relationship with

europe, it is possible that will not get through the house of commons and the two sides quite simply will not agree to something which they are not absolutely confident will get through. we are not there yet. there is nothing signed on the dotted line. we will be hearing from john mcdonald later this morning, the man who is leading the talks with the labour party in some sense, so we might get some idea from him about how close labour are to signing up. it seems like there is still some way to go. thank you, nick. as you mentioned, john mcdonald will be on marr later this morning. police commissioners are calling on prosecutors to withdraw a controversial new form forcing victims of crime, including rape complainants, to hand over their mobile phones or risk their attacker walking free. the association of police and crime commissioners says the policy risks undermining the criminaljustice system. andy moore reports. these are the new consent forms that could be used by the police, asking victims of crime, including rape victims, to allow their mobile

phones and other data to be examined. campaigners have described them as a digital strip search. support from the view that the police have gone too far has come from an unusual source, the police and crime commissioners who are elected by us to hold police forces to account. the forms were introduced after a series of scandals were vital evidence held on social media was not handed over to rape defendants. they were seen as an attempt to improve the thoroughness of investigations. police said data would only be examined where it was relevant to an enquiry. but the association of police and crime commissioners opposes the move. david lloyd, the organisation's lead on criminal justice, told the observer newspaper: the police and crime commissioners

say that in some cases, material unconnected to the rape case has been obtained by officers and used to undermine the complainant. the police say they are trying to balance the sounds justice —— balance the sounds justice —— balance privacy and justice. those whose job it is to oversee the police say that on this occasion they have got that balance wrong. dog breeders selling puppies on the black market have been forced to pay back more than £5 million pounds in tax as part of a clampdown on illegal puppy farming. customs officers found fraudsters making huge profits by breeding puppies on a mass scale with little regard for their welfare. simonjones reports. distressed dogs kept in appalling conditions by breeders not paying their taxes, treating animals as a commodity rather than with humanity, selling them on in huge numbers. the impact of the illegal puppy trade on dogsis impact of the illegal puppy trade on dogs is one of absolute misery and animal welfare problems, from disease to over breeding, it really

does cause suffering, and some of these people are moving dogs around, travelling great distances when they are sick and injured, and it really isa are sick and injured, and it really is a miserable trade. a task force from hm revenue and customs, set up in 2015, has recovered almost £5.5 million in lost taxes. it identified 257 separate cases of tax evasion gci’oss 257 separate cases of tax evasion across the uk. 0ne puppy breeder in scotla nd across the uk. 0ne puppy breeder in scotland was handed a bill of £425,000. animal scotland was handed a bill of £105,000. animal welfare groups say tens of thousands of puppies are being reared in unregulated conditions. the task force as it has made inroads into what it calls a brutal trade, but it is a growing problem. —— task force says. government was unable to say how many of the breeders who had been we re many of the breeders who had been were still operating. the advice from the rspca for anybody considering buying a dog is to do

your research on the person selling it, or to consider a rescue dog. 16 people have been killed and thousands have been left homeless by cyclone fani, one of the most powerful storms to hit india in 20 years. more than 10,000 villages have been damaged by the cyclone, which made landfall on friday, but indian officials say the early evacuation of more than a million people saved many lives. militants in the gaza strip have fired more than 200 rockets into israel, the army says, prompting air strikes and tank fire on the palestinian territory. officials say three israelis were wounded by the rockets, while israeli fire killed four palestinians, including a mother and her baby daughter. the violence follows a truce in the run—up to the israeli elections. the newly—crowned king of thailand has been granting titles to members of the royal family on the second day of elaborate ceremonies marking his coronation. he's expected to take part in a grand procession on the streets of bangkok later today. 0ur correspondent laura bicker sent this update.

injusta injust a few in just a few hours, one of the most powerful monarchs in the world will parade through the streets of bangkok. they are starting to arrive in the hundreds. they are expecting around 200,000 people to line the streets. the newly anointed and crowned king rama x will be carried through the streets in what is called a palin queen. —— palinquin. it isa called a palin queen. —— palinquin. it is a kind of chariot carried by 16 men. it is being carried in temperatures of 38 celsius. very difficult. they will change every 500 metres. he will visit three sacred temples and pay his respects to the ashes of his ancestors. when he is carried through the streets, it will be about seven kilometres of the route. we are expecting to see scenes of people getting a glimpse of this new king. he is seen as more remote than his well loved father, and far more controversial. he has

spent much time in munich with his 13—year—old son. he is very, very close to the military, and military which has overthrown two governments in the past 13 years in thailand. what people here are wondering is, what is this powerful monarchs going to do? but what these ceremonies will do over the next few days is cement and anchor his place at the head of one of the most powerful dynasties. a rare brooch has been uncovered in norfolk. the 800—year—old treasure features two lions and is studded with two pink stones. it was found in a freshly ploughed field by a newly qualified archaeologist, but it wasn't his first find. mr lucking unearthed a anglo—saxon pendant worth £145,000 when he was still a student in 2014. beautiful, isn't it? i was reading today that that discovery, the initial fined, helped

today that that discovery, the initialfined, helped him find his first house. not bad for a bit of digging around. mr lucking. well done. welcome to the programme. it is 6:10am here on bbc breakfast. indian officials say the early evacuation of more than a million people in the path of cyclone fani saved many lives. but the storm was the strongest to hit india in 20 years, and has killed 16 people, causing widespread destruction. we can now speak to pankaj anand, director of programmes at 0xfam india. thank you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to us this morning. we are very grateful to you. this was a lucky escape, in many ways, wasn't it? for so many people. i think it was, many ways, wasn't it? for so many people. ithink it was, because many ways, wasn't it? for so many people. i think it was, because of the accumulated actions of the government, that they put in a very

strong evacuation plan. i think all credit goes to the government. they have done a wonderfuljob, a marvellous job. and fear death toll, only 16 people. in previous examples of cyclones which have hit the country, it has been much, much worse, hasn't it? 10,000 people died a few years ago in a cyclone. yes. this is attributed to the evacuation the government has done. 0therwise the government has done. 0therwise the loss of life would have been much more. but, you know, as you report the number of deaths, i am hearing now from my sources that the number of deaths has gone up to 43, ifi number of deaths has gone up to 43, if i were to believe the local media in 0rissa. that is interesting, and worrying, as more places are reached by rescue teams. extremely worrying. just explain what the priorities are now? so, the priorities are

basically temporary shelters, dry food and hygiene kits, so that we can stop the spread of diseases. these are our top parities. and these are also the priorities for 0xfam. —— these are our top priorities. does it make it more difficult for 0xfam, notwithstanding the fact that you have just suggested, sadly, the death toll may rise, but because the warning systems were so good and a million people were taken to safety, does it make it more difficult for you to get the international community to lend its support now? no, i think the international community does understand that the first task of saving lives has been done. now the second most important thing to do is to rebuild lives. you know, people have lost their homes, they have lost whatever little assets they had, and most importantly, their

livelihood. so i think 0xfam and other agencies will stay put for a long duration in 0rissa, and rebuilding lives should be the most important thing now. pankaj anand, we are very grateful for your taking the time to talk to us this morning. good luck. that was pankaj anand, the director of programmes for 0xfam in india. let's look at the front pages. the sunday times reports on a "last—ditch" attempt by the prime minister to deliver brexit by agreeing a deal with labour. it pictures freddie mercury from queen, and reports the band are now richer than the actual queen. the observer also leads with brexit. they have had a real revival with bohemian rhapsody. my kids, they are not the queen generation, but they love it, they are playing along. the observer also leads with brexit.

the other front page story is on controversial new forms being used by police which ask people reporting some crimes to hand over their phones as evidence. the sunday mirror claims to have fresh details on a alleged new suspect in the disappearence of madeleine mccann. and the mail on sunday uses its front page to criticise dame emma thompson for flying to new york afterjoining the recent climate change protests in london. it also prints childhood photos of meghan markle as she herself waits for her baby to be born. we are told, though we don't know for sure, that the baby was due... last week. monday. one week overdue. standby. often these things happen ona standby. often these things happen on a sunday morning. some news may come through, it may not. i heard

emma thompson interviewed on the radio, at the time, and she did make the point that she does still fly but she is trying to fly less. there are also ways of carbon offsetting your flying as well, which, it doesn't necessarily completely negate the damage, but at least it is one way of addressing the impact it has. indeed. let's get the bank holiday weekend weather. it has been really cold, sunny in parts but there has been a chill in the hour, hasn't there? good morning. under clear skies overnight haemorrhages have fallen to minus three degrees in some areas. if you are camping this bank holiday weekend you know about that. a frosty start to today. fewer showers and lighter winds than they we re showers and lighter winds than they were yesterday. not a bad day, if you don't mind wrapping up. higher pressure moving in from the north—west. with the location of that high pressure, it is drawing in the cold northerly winds, so you can

see the blue colours on the map. the cold air mass are still with us. the chilly start to this morning. many of us should see sunshine. further north we have cloud pushing in on that north—westerly wind. scotland, northern ireland, clouding over through the day. one or two showers coming out of the cloud in northern ireland, perhaps someone northern england. not as windy as yesterday. still some breezy conditions, especially around the north and east coast. top temperatures around 9—13. a little below par for the time of year. showers in scotland later in the day. it is stage iv of the tour to yorkshire between halifax and leeds. we expect skies to be fairly cloudy. cool for cyclists and spectators alike. we will see the showers continue to push south across scotland. some of them falling as snow. by the early hours of monday it is a cold start to the

day. there will be more cloud around. temperatures around 3— four for most of us to start bank holiday monday. is the next cold front pushing south during bank holiday monday. that will bring a line of cloud with showers pushing out of southern scotland, northern ireland, and parts of northern england as well. some showers reaching lincolnshire and east anglia late in the day. either side of that dry weather was spells of sunshine. further wintry flurries pushing into the north of scotland later in the day. towards the south there should be spells of sunshine and temperatures 9—13. not great for the bank holiday monday. it stays rather cloudy and cool into tuesday. further showers across northern ireland, northern england, and snow flurries across scotland. still rather cool, only 7—14 on tuesday. rain works in from the south—west later in the day. that sets us up for a fairly wet and windy spell of weather through the middle part of the week. low pressure moving in

from the south—west, bringing the strong winds and rain as well. it will be welcome for some because it has been dry through much of april and early may. extending more u nsettled. and early may. extending more unsettled. if you don't mind bringing your warm coat there will be dry and fine without there today. back to you both. we will do our best to find it. thank you very much. we'll be back with the headlines at 6:30am. now it's time for the film review with ben brown and mark kermode. hello and welcome to the film review here on bbc news. taking us through this week's cinema releases, we've got mark kermode. what a surprise! what is your selection this week? we have long shot, which is a comedy starring 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 isa it is a weird mixture. it has a gross out slapstick 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 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! but you laughed. 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 thejokes. but i've really enjoyed it. was anybody else laughing, or just you? it is a real crowd pleaser. tolkien? here's the thing. if somebody 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's in love with someone he wants to give a ring. he moves from rural, an industrial landscape,

to somewhere beautiful, like the shire, and the film kind of plays out on the battlefield, europe, where our central character sees terrible things which are meant to inspire the visions of mordor and helms deep. it is not bad, it is really perfunctory. when you talk about something as creative and imaginary as the lord of the rings, it seems really odd to just be something which isjust joining 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 ploddingly 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 say it is nothing to do with them. just that they are not endorsing it. i don't think it will have anything like the audience like lord of the rings has. now, it is the story of the serial killer ted bundy — possibly the longest film title of the week, maybe the year, extremely wicked, shockingly evil and vile. which is the phrase the judge used at the end of the trial. the judge here played byjohn 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 mention this week — she plays edith bratt 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

at the law library. all—nighter? i need to make sure i am the most prepared attorney in the courtroom once my trial starts. why did she pick you out of the lineup? my lawyer found out that the police showed her a picture beforehand — twice. of course i looked familiar. 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 byjoe berlinger, 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 who became sympathetic towards him. and of course the televised court case. it became this huge media circus. john malkovich as the judge. efron is the film's strongest suit. i do think he's a really talented actor. i think that he manages to inhabit a number of different roles and what he gets here is the narcissism, the deceptiveness. the film is about how is it that this character the convinced people he was anything other than the title. i am not sure the film gets much beyond that. i don't think really tells us much else about him but i do think zac efron‘s performance is terrific. best out this week?

eighth grade. i spoke about this last week. i love it. bo burnham's feature debut. a 13—year—old girl growing up in the internet world. a generation called self—obsessed but just self—conscious. a wonderful score. really good performance by elsie fisher. have you seen it yet? iam i am really looking forward to seeing it. i have not seen it yet. i am 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 wasikowska. 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 loved six times. i thought it was five last time. six! ilaughed... 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, this is breakfast with rogerjohnson and rachel burden. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the prime minister has urged the labour leaderjeremy corbyn to work with her to break the brexit deadlock. writing in the mail on sunday, theresa may claims the local election results show people are fed up with the failure of both main parties to find a way to honour the result of the referendum. talks between labour and the conservatives are to resume on tuesday. dog breeders selling puppies on the black market have been forced

to pay back more than five million pounds in tax as part of a clampdown on illegal puppy farming. customs officers found fraudsters making huge profits by breeding puppies on a mass scale with little regard for their welfare. 0ne dealer was charged more than £400,000. police commissioners are calling on prosecutors to withdraw a controversial new form forcing victims of crime, including rape complainants, to hand over their mobile phones or risk their attacker walking free. the move was seen as an attempt to improve the thorougness of investigations but the association of police and crime commissioners says it risks undermining the criminaljustice system. militants in the gaza strip have continued to fire rockets towards israel after a day of violence in which palestinian officials say four people were killed by israeli strikes. israel said it had responded by targeting a hamas headquarters and a tunnel.

the newly—crowned king of thailand has been granting titles to members 16 people have been killed and thousands left homeless after cyclone fani devastated the coast of india. indian officials say the early evacuation of more than a million people saved many lives. the newly—crowned king of thailand has been granting titles to members of the royal family on the second day of elaborate ceremonies marking his coronation. he's the country's first new monarch in nearly seven decades and large crowds are expected to gather on the streets of bangkok later today for a royal procession. the three days of events are intended to symbolise the transformation of the king into a divine being. an investigation has begun into why an aircraft carrying 143 passengers slid off a runway in florida and into a river. the boeing 737 had been chartered

by the us military to bring personnel from guantanamo bay in cuba to a military base nearjacksonville. 0fficals say no—one was badly hurt. it isa it is a miracle. it could have ended very... we could be talking about a different story this evening, so i think there is a lot to say about, you know, the professionalism of the folks that helped the passengers off the plane. there is a lot to say about that because it could be a lot worse. asda has been criticised for trying to push through changes to the contracts of thousands of its workers. more than 150 mps have signed a letter saying the new terms could leave employees worse off. asda says the move will bring the company in line with industry standards. egyptian archaeologists have announced the discovery of a burial ground near the pyramids at giza that is four—and—a—half thousand years old. the site includes several tombs, with the oldest appearing to have belonged to two very senior officials. it's believed that both men served the pharaoh who built the second

largest of the pyramids. the way that they are preserved so beautifully thousands of years later is extraordinary. it is 6:33 a.m. good morning if you havejustjoined us. let's catch up with the sport. liverpool in the yo—yo title race in the premier league. just flipping and flopping, it is going to go down to the wire. ijust and flopping, it is going to go down to the wire. i just thought that defeated barcelona would knock the stuffing out of them, because they we re stuffing out of them, because they were heading for a draw against newcastle, which would have handed the initiative back to manchester city. they could have wrapped it up. they play tomorrow. but it will go down to the final day. the premier league title race will go down to the final day, but it looked as though liverpool had blown it at newcastle last night. they were drawing 2—2 inside the last five minutes but divock 0rigi popped up wqith what could be a priceless winner. jim lumsden reports.

liverpool arrived keen to put their champions league difficulties with barcelona to one side. virgil van dijk did barcelona to one side. virgil van dijkdidjust barcelona to one side. virgil van dijk did just that after ten minutes. virgilvan dijk! all alone! the lead didn't last long. christian are to firing home an equaliser. just when newcastle looks like there might be capable of creating an upset, mohamed salah tried to put them in their place. writer bernita's side were not to be told. they continued to cause local problems. as the hour approached, solomon rondon made it 2—2. worrying scenes as mo salah took a blow to bed and was removed from the pitch. his site had created little since the first half, but with a few minutes left, new life was breathed into the title race courtesy of divock 0rigi. into the title race courtesy of divock origi. these boys deliver and deliver and deliver. so how can you

feel pressure when you know you do your best? when the boys do their best, then we have to see, what is the outcome, but so far, 94 points, come on. so, yet another change at the top. now it is over to you, manchester city. this one is going to the wire. also going down to the last day of the season is the race for the last two champions league places, third and fourth. tottenham could have sewn up one of those, but had two players sent off as they were beaten 1—0 at bournemouth. they had plenty of chances to win it but self—destructed either side of half time. son heung—min was sent off for the first time in his career and juan foyth was also shown a straight red just a couple of minutes after coming on at half—time. they looked to have held on for what could have been an important point but nathan ake's injury time header saw them come

away with nothing. that will have given hope to arsenal, chelsea and manchester, who all play today. the relegation battle is all over. cardiff had to win to keep themselves alive but lost 3—2 at home to crystal palace. they were never really in it, trailing 2—1 at half—time. andros townsend scored palace's third. cardiff pulled one back but they go straight back down to the championship after their promotion last season. misery there would have sparked celebrations in brighton, who cardiff were trying to catch but down they go with fulham and huddersfield. we got relegated. probably been one of the best managerial seasons i've ever had in my life. the problems we have had to put up with, you know, but has cropped up through the season has been pretty amazing, really. i have nothing but praise for everybody, really. they have just got behind us. and did make such a difference, when you hear the crowd like that. i don't think anybody else could have envisaged

the crowd like that when we got relegated. yes, we are reaching the time of the season. celtic are scottish premiership champions for an eighth year in a row. they sealed it with a 3—0 win at aberdeen. it was 1—0 at halftime but they put the game out of sight after the break to take the title with two games to spare. 0dsonne edouard scored their third at pittodrie. neil lennon's side can still complete the treble treble, another clean sweep of domestic trophies. yesterday was one of the biggest occasions in the women's footballing calendar, the final of the fa cup at wembley. in the end, it was a comfortable 3—0 win for manchester city over west ham, redemption after missing out on the wsl title. goals from keira walsh, georgia stanway and lauren hemp in a dominant second half saw them lift the women's fa cup for a second time in three years. four—time champion john higgins is through to the final of the world snooker championship after an epic final frame victory over david gilbert. higgins fought back from five frames down as he beat gilbert 17—16. it's the third year in a row that

higgins has made the final, and the eighth of his career. three years running, i've lost the latter two, i would dearly love to when it third time lucky. yeah, just trying to save it, really get out there and enjoy it and savour it. it is not going to last forever. higgins will face judd trump in a repeat of the 2011 final. trump beat qualifier gary wilson by 17 frames to 11 to reach his second world championships final. the best of 35 final begins at 2:00 on bbc two today. newcastle falcons have been relegated from rugby union's premiership. they lost at gloucester yesterday. they are 10 points behind leicester tigers with one game left. the top two played each other yesterday. saracens beat exeter 38—7,

but both fielded under—strength sides because they are sure of a home semi—final in the play—offs. two second half tries from dom morris saw sarries take a bonus point. they now turn their attention to next weekend's european champions cup final against leinster. british number one johanna konta missed out on her first wta clay—court title as she was beaten in three sets by greece's maria sakkari in the morocco 0pen final. konta had led by a set and a break before sakkari fought back to win 10 of the 11 final games to seal victory and her first wta tour title in ra bat. it was the british number one's first final since 2017, and her first ever on clay. despite the loss, konta's moves back up to 41st in the world rankings. the 11—2 shot magna grecia won the first classic of the flat race season, the 2,000 guineas at newmarket. magna grecia was steered home by donnacha o'brien and trained by his father aidan. the result gave 0'brien senior a tenth victory in the 1,000 guineas.

king of change came in second at 66 to 1, with skardu third at 8 to 1. britain's chris lawless fears the final stage of the tour de yorkshire will be too tough for him to win the race. the team ineos rider claimed the leader's blue jersey despite being beaten to the stage victory in scarborough yesterday by denmark's alexander kamp. he says his climbing has improved this year, but the hilly final stage to leeds "might be a bit far of a stretch". dutch rider marianne vos claimed overall victory in the women's race after winning the second stage from bridlington to scarborough. three—time world road race champion vos sprinted clear of her two closest rivals to win the 82—mile stage. and britain's geraint thomas moved up to fourth overall at the tour of romandy in switzerland. the tour de france champion came fourth on the fourth stage which was won by race leader

and defending champion primoz roglitch. britain's jamie chadwick has won the first race of motor racing's new wseries. it's aiming to provide female drivers with a greater chance of competing at the highest level. chadwick started from pole in hockenheim in germany and beat compatriot alice powell to the chequered flag. spain's marta garcia was third. that is your lot now. yes, that's wseries, some people think it is a goodidea wseries, some people think it is a good idea having an all women series, other think that the men series, other think that the men series, or men's motor racing will just say, you have your women series and you can go and compete about.|j am and you can go and compete about.” am sure they will be a woman who brea ks am sure they will be a woman who breaks throughout some stage. no reason why not. it's the tale of the whale that's had experts baffled. this beluga whale was found off the coast of norway with a russian harness strapped to it, along with a gopro attachment and a "st petersburg" label. the equipment prompted extraordinary claims the marine mammal is a spy for the russians, but now there are fears it may not be able

to fend for itself. jorgen ree wiig was one of the first fishermen to find it and joins us now from his boat in finnmark. thank you for your time this morning. how is this wail at the moment? i know you have been keeping an eye on it. at the moment it is in the city of hammerfest. lots of people are going there to see the wailand it is people are going there to see the wail and it is seeking contact with humans. —— the whale. when you first saw the wail and saw this harness attached to it, what on earth was going through your mind? it isa earth was going through your mind? it is a really nice, beautiful whale. i had never seen this on the coast of norway before. i was quite

happy to see the whale, but of course it has this harness. and i was thinking, we have to remove this harness, because it shouldn't have a harness. how difficult an operation was that? presumably you're called in assistance at that stage? yeah, i was the assistance that was called in by the fishermen, i am not a fisherman. i work for the government of norway and we are specially trained to free wales from fishing gearand trained to free wales from fishing gear and stuff like that. a really difficult operation. but we have been trained, as i said, and also we have special equipment for freeing whales. so you managed it. you can see from the pictures we have been observing, it looks like this whale is quite comfortable around human contact. is quite comfortable around human co nta ct. we is quite comfortable around human contact. we don't really know how this whale ended up where registered and why it had this harness. but there is a suggestion that whales are used for military training by some countries. what is your theory, the story behind this whale? yeah,

it could be that it was trained by the military. we know that the russians and also the americans, they train whales for this purpose, and we know that both countries have done it with beluga whales. but also, it could be that it is from a commercial company, that somebody kept it in containment and then, because russia is going to go shut down another wail facilities in eastern russia, maybe somebody panicked and just let the whale loose or maybe it escaped from somewhere. clearly, they are highly intelligent animals, beautiful animals to look out. there are serious ethical concerns with exploiting whales in this way? yes, i think it is not right to do it, but some people do it. it is a big ethical question, yeah. finally, i know that you are keen, that you tried to help guide this wail back

to its natural home. where is that, do you think? how will you assist in the process? it is really hard to know where it comes from. you have sometimes, in the summertime, beluga whales coming down to the coast of norway. i am whales coming down to the coast of norway. iam hoping it willjoin other beluga whales when they are down here, but it is hard to tell. they live up in the arctic. so maybe it is to be taken back there. but it is really ha rd it is to be taken back there. but it is really hard to put it back in nature. yes, for sure. i know people will be tracking its story. thank you for talking to us. that isjorgen that is jorgen ree that isjorgen ree wiig. it is so beautiful. how can you strap anything onto it? it is disgusting, really. in good hands. while you we re really. in good hands. while you were talking, i was fixated by the icicles melting behind your guest. i don't know if you noticed. 0bviously

warming up in a particular part of norway this morning. how is it here? a bit chilly, isn't it, sarah? good morning to you. certainly a chilly start to the day. to compensate we have got some sunshine around. this beautiful sunrise comes from a weather watcher in guernsey this morning. clear skies there. weather watcher in guernsey this morning. clearskies there. more cloud across the country. today after that cold frosty start to the day there will be fewer showers than there were yesterday and lighter winds. not a bad day. if you have outdoor plans. dry weather. high pressure has been building in from the west, that will be in charge. it is still drawing in these cold winds, the northerly wind bringing us the blue colours, the colder together that has been with for the past day or so. it is cold, but sunshine particularly across parts of wales, southern england, was east anglia as well. more cloud drifting in from the north—west as we had through the day. that could bring the odd isolated shower deposit northern england, babs northern ireland. heavy showers for the north

of ireland. some turning to snow over the islands. these winds are not going to be as strong as they we re not going to be as strong as they were yesterday. you will notice the strength of the breeze, particularly the north and east. temperatures 9-13 at the north and east. temperatures 9—13 at best. there will be spells of sunshine. as the tour de yorkshire continues between halifax and leeds. we are looking at cloudy skies. a passing after michelle. predominately dry and rather chilly for the cyclists and the spectators as well —— predominantly a dry afternoon. pushing further south by the end of the afternoon. more cloud than last night. it will not be as cold. temperatures 2—3. could be just below freezing for some places. damages of —3 last night, so not as chilly. into bank holiday monday, this cold front south. that will bring clouded showers to parts of southern scotland, northern england, and northern ireland. claire and working in from the north and

bringing some wintry flurries to the higher parts of scotland. further south we should be mostly dry. some spells of sunshine across southern england and wales. she was working into east anglia late in the day. temperatures 9—13. not great for the time of year. it says fairly cool and cloudy into tuesday. further showers cropping up through the day. more persistent rain working in from the south—west. it stays cool as we look ahead into tuesday and wednesday. we are looking at a fairly unsettled picture through the coming week. you can see the deep area of low pressure working in from the south—west through tuesday and into wednesday. that will bring rain, particularly across southern parts of the uk. windy conditions as well. after a dry april some of that will be welcome rainfall. back to you both. thank you very much. some people are braving barbecues this weekend. we will be back with the headlines at seven o'clock. now it's time for click.

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

1g was about the analogue phone, allowing us to make calls to one another. 2g allowed us to do things like send sms text messages and do voice recording. 3g was about the promise of the smartphone, allowing us to access digital broadband services. and 4g, which is what we've had since 2009, allowed us to do all those first three things but faster. 5g is like going from earth to mars. it's not a faster world, it's a different world. it's going to be a world that is connected, in which machines will be talking to each other and talking to you. and to achieve that, we are going to have lots and lots of antennae everywhere. from lamp posts, buildings, you name it, everything is going to have an antenna on it. and that's because there are billions and billions of new devices waiting to be connected that will communicate with each other, work with each other and make our lives easier in ways that we can't yet imagine.

tv off, lights off. machine: tv off, light off. it will allow you to control your energy consumption in your smart home. it will allow your fridge to decide when to order groceries for you and have them delivered by a self—driving truck. it will allow your dishwasher to decide when it washes dishes, your laundry machine decide when it washes clothes. so right now, we have to instruct our machines but in the 5g worlds, our machines might decide to communicate directly to us or with each other. the machines will start communicating simply to regulate the flow of human activity. your car is going to be connecting and thinking, interacting and communicating with every other sensor that happens that's walking down the street as it passes a building, as it passes a somebody on a bicycle. information from a traffic light three blocks down that you can't even see yet. it's going to be

completely seamless. 5g will enable all these devices to have superfast data connections but we also need them to be stable connections as one device hops rapidly between all of these antennae. how rapidly? well, maybe this rapidly. this is the millbrook 5g test bed. one of the things i'm testing here is how well 5g antennae can follow a moving target. there is an antenna and i'm the target. i am making a live video call to the computer trackside which is actually really hard to do when you're moving at speed. at 140 miles an hour, each antenna can only send stuff to my special 5g hotspot in the car for about four seconds and so here, each one has to form a beam which targets the car exactly and then hands over the service seamlessly to the next antenna, all without interrupting the video stream. the kind of technology that

blu wireless is testing here will eventually enable high—speed trains to stay connected to the 5g network and provide superfast internet to their passengers. to coverjust this small area, they are using 11 antennae here so if you want to blanket the whole uk with 5g, you are going to need a huge number of the things. i mean, this is a massive infrastructure rollout. and the scale of all this is something being grappled with around the world. in the us, verizon has stepped up its trials in us cities, albeit only over small areas. speeds, when it works, are impressive, although the trials are said to have had some teething problems. cities in south korea and china could well get the first meaningful

services but what about if you're not in a city? well, back in the uk, jane copestake has been looking at what 5g might mean for rural areas. in this idyllic patch of british countryside, the birds are cheerfully singing and the cows are peacefully grazing. but look closer and you will see there is something very different about these cows linking them to a unique experiment. this dairy farm in somerset is one of the first test spots for 5g in the uk. the cows are wearing sensors and all this data is being sent to the cloud and then back to the farmer who can make decisions based on this data. almost every task on this farm can be automated. these cows are queueing up patiently to be robotically milked. this system allows the cow to choose how many times a day and at what time it wants to be milked. the robot picks up on how much milk is coming from each of the cows udders and can control the sensitivity of the milking as well.

the cows here come and go as they please, with little human interaction in their movements. so one of these cows has just taken itself for a massage. the feeding system is also done by machine, and that's not all. there is even a robot that scrapes up excrement, putting it into these channels which can quietly operate around the cows so as not to disturb them. duncan forbes runs the farm. he's been working with cisco on this project which is part of the uk's 5g rural first strategy. the farm is chosen to demonstrate how 5g would help bring together the many different points of data across a herd of cows. low latency and the ability to cover large distances with 5g means that the cows can be monitored in real time, even if they're grazing in the field. what sensors is she wearing? can we see any of them? 0n the collar, there is a little black square that says "fa milk silent herdsman" on it so that's one

of the sensors and it's an activity monitor. like a wearable, like a watch. yes, but the sort of thing it does is tell you when the cow was eating, so there's an inclinometer, so when her heads down, it says 0k, she's eating. she's got the green one, the transponder underneath her chin. and that's the one that controls the gates and so on inside the building. it's an electronic identity. the third one isjust inside her rear, the little white button on the top of the ears is holding the sensor. so these cows have got more sensors than you would necessarily have on an ordinary cow because we are trying it out, we are testing them and we are checking out their connectivity. here, we're on a dairy farm and we're using the technology to help us with our animals but we're also going to have sensors around the fields telling us what the soil moisture is, what the temperature of the soil is, measuring the grass growth, using satellites or hyperspectral imaging to measure how much grass we've got but also saying, maybe we don't need to use

quite so much fertiliser. 5g could revolutionise the farming industry, connecting notjust the uk farms but farms around the world so best practices can be compared and new techniques developed. imagine if you would be able to cross—correlate data, not only about how a cow is doing well, if it's sick within the farm but across multiple farms, across multiple areas. imagine the efficiency you could get if you were able to manage the robots based on the best possible efficient way of doing it instead ofjust within a farm. one of the biggest challenges for farming worldwide is the expected increase in world population where we're going to need to produce 70% more food than we were producing in 2009 by 2050. that's a massive increase. we've got to produce that food without additional impact on the environment, preferably less. a byproduct of bringing the 5g network outside of cities could be

a revolution in connection speeds of the countryside. a recent national farmers' union survey showed only 17% of respondents reporting a reliable outdoor mobile signal and only 16% saying they had access to superfast broadband. the farmers here hope to make a strong economic case for bringing connectivity to all parts of the country, no matter how remote. hello, welcome to the week in tech. a drone has, for the first time, delivered a human organ. surgeons in maryland received a kidney transplant from about 3 miles away. and facebook ceo mark zuckerberg announced new measures to improve users' privacy as he laughed off his company's recent failures. the strongest reputation on privacy right now. updates include a friend feed free of adverts and an encrypted messenger service. meanwhile, the uk government is preparing to plan new laws that

will mean that all internet—connected devices need to have cyber security features built in. it proposes all devices sold in the uk come with unique passwords, state how long they will receive security updates for and provide contact details to report vulnerabilities. we may have seen ai—generated bases before but how about entire—generated people? well, meet this lot. these photorealistic images by japanese company datagrid come complete with faces, hair and even outfits. and finally, if you haven't worked up an appetite for lab—grown meat, then how about a spot of lab—grown fish? singapore start—up shiok meats won't be scrimping on the shrimps after raising $4.6 million to keep working on their cell—based delights. but are you ready to dive in?

and that's it for the shortcut of this week. and that's it for the shortcut of click for this week. the full version is up on iplayer where you can see our 5g adventures in china, where we visit the most advanced manufacturer of 5g in the world and ask — just who are huawei? good morning. welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and roger johnson. 0ur headlines today: let's do a deal — the prime minister appeals to jeremy corbyn to resolve their differences and help her deliver brexit.

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