you're watching bbc news at 9am with me, annita mcveigh, in windsor. the headlines: congratulations from around the world for prince harry and meghan as they announce the birth of a baby boy. as every father and parent would ever say, your baby is absolutely amazing but this little thing is absolutely to die for so i am just over the moon. there's excitement here in windsor, as well as in meghan‘s home city of los angeles. we'll bring you live updates through the morning. i'm joanna gosling. the other main stories at 9am: cross—party talks to break the brexit deadlock are due to resume, after both the conservatives and labour

suffered disappointing results in last week's local elections. the inquest opens at the old bailey today into the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge attacks, almost two years ago. two reuters journalists, jailed in myanmar for their reporting on the rohingya crisis, have been freed. the who's who of the celebrity world hit the red carpet in new york last night, for the annual met gala. and in sport, manchester city are just one win away from back—to—back premier league titles, after vincent kompany‘s wonder goal against leicester last night.

good morning from windsor, where the arrival of a new heir to the throne was announced by a town crier yesterday, and, as the news flashed around the world, congratulations have been pouring in. especially from the us. the new york times declaring a royal baby and a sign of change. there was lots of speculation yesterday about whether this was a homebirth. on the grounds of the windsor estate. some suggestions over night that there is little boy was born in hospital and then the family quickly moved back

to their home. we have not had confirmation of that. the most important thing, as for any new family, is that mother and baby are both doing well. the duke and duchess of cambridge saying they cannot wait to meet the new addition to the family. news of baby sussex's birth has been disseminated far and wide, from the bt tower, in central london, to the broadcast media of many countries. it is official, it is a boy! the royal family has welcomed a new member with meghan markle giving birth to a baby boy. breaking news, prince harry hasjust made the announcement, it is a boy. but of baby sussex, of course, there has been no sign. it is now reported that meghan did go to hospital to have the birth induced, dashing her hopes of a home birth. the palace has so far offered no comment.

but after the birth had been announced, a clearly delighted harry said there would be a sight of their son in a couple of days. we'll be seeing you guys in probably two days' time as planned, as a family, to be able to share it with you guys so everyone can see the baby. among the things harry and meghan will have to decide now is, of course, a name, and whether they want their son to have a royal title. as a great—grandson of a monarch, he doesn't get one automatically. might these modern royals feel that the life of this anglo—american member of the british royal family would be easier without one? they have time to think about that. nicholas witchell, bbc news. well, reaction has been coming in from across the world.

former us first lady michelle obama took to twitter... elsewhere, meghan‘s former suits co—star patrickj adams said... perhaps the suggestion that this baby will be crossing the atlantic to connect with his roots. and how about this? disney tweeted this picture of a stained glass window with a sleeping beauty theme. as well wishes pour in from across the world, we've been in california,

where the duchess of sussex is from, asking people there what they make of the news. i think it's amazing and being a black woman i am really proud that we can have a royal black woman in leadership, so that's awesome. we are very happy about the news and we wish them all the best. and many more. may the royal family continue to thrive. a baby is a baby is a baby, right? but it's probably adorable. the la times saying that baby sussex has been born into an incredibly privileged position and saying we can hope that he will love eventually in a post—racial world so undoubtedly as that new york times comments reflect that is our hope that this royal baby is a sign of

change. you will remember with the birth of prince george and princess charlotte and prince louis and their pa rents charlotte and prince louis and their parents bringing those babies out onto the steps of the wing in london, publicly displaying to the world's media these new babies, that there was the opportunity to see as well visitors arriving to meet those new royal baby is. we do not know who, if any, new royal baby is. we do not know who, ifany, of new royal baby is. we do not know who, if any, of the royal family have been to meet baby sussex as yet. his grandparents on his father's side are due to travel today to germany for a four—day trip so we today to germany for a four—day trip so we do not know if they will have an opportunity meet this new baby before they leave for that four day visit but his maternal grandmother as they are staying with the royal couple at the cottage and giving

them the benefit of her experience asa them the benefit of her experience as a mother as they settle into parenthood. i thought it was brilliant how they did it yesterday because it saved people like us having to stand by and for our speculating. they just having to stand by and for our speculating. theyjust put it out. the way harry made the announcement was lovely particularly, anyone that has given birth was cheering when he saidi has given birth was cheering when he said i do not know how women do it. absolutely. i could not agree more. absolutely. i could not agree more. a lot of people have been reflecting on social media and elsewhere just how much emotional intelligence he displayed when he made those comments. clearly absolutely in awe of his wife meghan and there is no light coming into the world, saying he was incredibly proud of her ——

this new life.. seeing very publicly he wanted to become a father. interesting talking to people connected with the duke yesterday, the invicta schemes, —— the invictus games. talking to one of the charities benefiting from the birth, the royal couple saying they would like donations to go to those charities instead of gifts for the royal baby. i choked to the chief executive of a charity for seriously ill children and he said to me how well harry gets on with children and how at ease he is with young people and there is no doubt he will make a fantastic dad.

after a restful bank holiday weekend, politicians are back to work today, with a lot of activity expected in westminster. cross—party talks over brexit are set to recommence today as the prime minister hopes to end the impasse in parliament. philip hammond among those expected to be attending. reports in recent days have suggested mrs may is prepared to make concessions over labour's demand for a customs union with the eu. theresa may will have discussions with the chairman of the 1922 committee of tory backbenchers, graham brady, later today, as calls increase for her to set a firm resignation date. the prime minister has said she will step down if her withdrawal agreement is ratified, but, with the deadline for brexit extended to the end of october, has not yet made clear how long she intends to stay if no deal is reached. and the prime minister is also expected to chair a meeting of the cabinet today.

this will be the first time ministers have met since it was announced that the conservatives had lost 1300 councillors in the local elections last thursday. our assistant political editor norman smithjoins me now. a prime minister has rarely had so many elements to try to juggle at one time. true, but i think the hope is the local election results might perhaps as it were unstuck the logjam because of the sort of shock therapy administered certainly to therapy administered certainly to the tories and a lesser extent to labour. the hope is the brexit backlash from voters might concentrate the minds of theresa may and jeremy corbyn and force them into some sort of agreement. it is probably going to hinge onjeremy corbyn because the signs are that theresa may is desperate to do a deal. she has said as much in a newspaper article at the weekend.

the view of her team as there is no other option but to work with labour to try to get some sort of brexit agreement through because there is a fairly solid block of tories who seem determined to vote against whatever theresa may puts in front of them, so all eyes onjeremy corbyn and whether he is prepared to doa corbyn and whether he is prepared to do a deal. there are huge reasons why he would not want to do a deal, not least of which is the opera where he will almost certainly provoke on his own party. against that there are those around jeremy corbyn hill look at the local election results and warned that the party risks haemorrhaging votes in the north and the midlands if it did seem to be in any way fudging or blocking brexit. added to which of jeremy corbyn is to have a chance at the next election some of his supporters say they have to move the agenda onto austerity and they have to close down this ongoing row over brexit. there are reasons whyjeremy

corbyn, even though it is extraordinarily difficult, may be tempted to do a deal. as far theresa may time is running out for her with renewed nerves that seems to try to bring forward the timetable for another leadership contest with sir graham brady going to see her today to demand she spells out when she is going to quit, i'll be at the education secretary this morning saying do not expect much change from theresa may and just playing down this meeting with sir graham brady. the prime minister has already been clear and straightforward about what she will do, that she will see through this first phase of brexit, and we have had those discussions already. i do not think you should be too much into the fact the prime minister is meeting the chairman of the 1922 committee. it is normal and write those kinds of discussions take place and another one today.

those kinds of discussions take place and another one todaylj appreciate place and another one today.” appreciate it is routine that the circumstances are interesting and there is great pressure on your party and the prime minister to try to reach even more of a deal with the labour party. yes. circumstances are interesting, putting it mildly. circumstances are difficult at the moment. we have had disappointing local election results last week, disappointing for us, we lost some great councillors, ha rd—working councillors. disappointing for the labour party. the signal from the publicly voted in many ways as people do in local elections was disappointment, frustration, and wanting us to get on with it, and that means we have to find a way through and part of that is these discussions with the labour party. the difficulty far theresa may is that any deal with jeremy corbyn risks igniting a firestorm on the

tory backbenches because many tory mps take the view not only are they not happy about some sort of compromise on a customs union, they say doing a deal withjeremy corbyn would bolster his standing and authority with the electorate at a time when the tory central charge against him is that he is not to be trusted to not fit to be prime minister. if he is having to rescue brexit that undermines that whole argument. it is going to be an interesting day again. you will keep us updated. a fresh round of talks aimed at restoring devolution in northern ireland will begin later, in a bid to end nearly two and a half years of political deadlock. the talks were announced by the british and irish governments after the shooting dead of the journalist lyra mckee. the headlines on bbc news: congratulations from around the world for prince harry and meghan, as they announce the birth of a baby boy.

cross— party cross—party talks are due to resume after the conservatives and labour suffered disappointing results in last week's local elections. the inquest opens at the old bailey into the deaths of eight people killed in the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge terror attacks almost two years ago. manchester city one win away from retaining the premier league after an incredible goalfrom vincent premier league after an incredible goal from vincent company secured victory against leicester last night. liverpool have a big game tonight against barcelona in the champions league i need to overturn a 3—0 deficit. james haskell has announced he is to retire at the end of the season. he has been capped 77 times by england and plagued by injury. i will have more on those stories at 9:40am.

the inquests are expected to start today into the deaths of those who died in the london bridge and borough market attack almost two years ago. eight people were killed by three attackers, who were then shot dead by armed police. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has more details. it was the night of saturday june 3rd 2017. three men drove a hired van onto london bridge, killing two pedestrians, xavier thomas and christine archibald. they then got out and rampaged through the borough market area, stabbing to death another six people enjoying a summer saturday night out. sara zelenak, sebastien belanger, james mcmullan, alexandre pigeard, kirsty boden and ignacio echeverria. eventually the attackers were shot dead by police officers. the inquests, starting today, are being conducted by the chief coroner mark lucraft qc. of how each person died. the relatives of those killed

are looking for answers to two key questions. why were there no barriers to protect pedestrians on the bridge more than ten weeks after the westminster bridge attack? and how was it that khuram butt was able to prepare for and carry out such a murderous assault while he was still being being investigated by m15 for possible attack planning? the inquests will also hear details of acts of remarkable heroism by civilians and police officers that night. schools will be told to stop using exclusions to boost results from today, amid concerns thousands of children are disappearing from classroom registers. a government—backed inquiry led by the former children's minister, edward timpson, demands headteachers be accountable for the exam records of pupils they remove. our education correspondent, frankie mccamley, reports. ill—equipped to deal with his behavioural issues... jez benstoke's son had

behavioural issues. he left mainstream education and came to this alternative provision school. he is a kid who had been through the care system anyway, been through fostering, so he felt rejected, so when he came here, of course, it was not easy to start with but, for us as parents, the massive sense of relief that our kid was being accepted and that people were trying to understand him rather thanjust wanting him to behave. so you can see, this is somewhere where the parents... some children thrive outside of regular school, but there are concerns others are dropping out of the education system or being off—rolled, where schools informally remove poorly performing or badly behaved pupils to get better ofsted reports. a review by the former children's minister, edward timpson, looking into exclusions, found missed opportunities to keep children

in mainstream education. black caribbean pupils are most likely to be kicked out and those who have left school have a higher chance of being exposed to crime. mr timpson‘s report suggests making schools more accountable for pupils they exclude. the education secretary damian hinds says he will introduce all 30 report recommendations. frankie mccamley, bbc news. let's speak now to geoff barton, from the association of school and college leaders. what are your thoughts on this report? there is quite a lot in it. there is a lot and the first principle which edward thomson has stated and has been supported by the secretary of state is that head teachers need to retain the right permanently to exclude a student and thatis permanently to exclude a student and that is important for parents to know that if you have a child who is

defiant, abusive, you have done everything to try to keep that child but ultimately you have to have the sanction that that child has to go somewhere else. a second point which the report does not say disappointingly is that if you want to try to keep a child in education often that means you have to have members of staff who can work with them one—to—one, small groups, perhaps withdraw them from normal lessons and try to reintegrate them later. that comes at a cost and that is the area that is not mentioned, that if we had the proper resourcing we could probably get more young people in mainstream education. we could probably get more young people in mainstream educationm practice do you think much will change as a result of this? the report talks about making schools more accountable but if in the end there is not a way of managing people because the resources are not there and they are causing disruption will a skilljust resort to what is going on at the moment which is saying we cannot have that pupil any more? we need is a society

to ta ke pupil any more? we need is a society to take a broader view and for some young people may be being in a class of 3a year history or english or maths may be there are other ways younger people could be taught and maybe alternative provision and pupil referral units need to have higher status. the second point is that the idea of holding schools accountable for young people who may have left your skill perhaps because pa rents have left your skill perhaps because parents have wanted to move them somewhere else or wanted to home educate them, the idea of that pupil leaves your skill you are still accountable their results is a difficult notion. we will engage with the government and how that would work in practice but it is a tricky idea. it doesn't sound like you think in practice matches going to change. it would need resourcing. we would need to get higher status to alternative provision and accept some young people need to be taught

ina some young people need to be taught in a different environment. it will come down to needing to resource that properly. he has told the times he is unconvinced all exclusions are reasonable and fair. do you think that may be the case? that because schools do not have the resources they are resorting to this as a way ofa they are resorting to this as a way of a quick fix? we hear different stories about that. i was a head teacherfor stories about that. i was a head teacher for 15 years and if you wa nted teacher for 15 years and if you wanted to permanently exclude the young person there was a proper process that was challenged by the local authority, that could be challenged by an independent review body. what is being implied as there might be some informal exclusions whereby a head teacher says to the pa rents whereby a head teacher says to the parents your child is going to end up parents your child is going to end up permanently excluded, you would be better off if that child stayed at home. there are stories about that happening. i do not know what the evidence base is. that should not be happening. ofsted have said

we need a single register of all children, that would be one way that we can as a society keep tabs on every child and make sure every child is getting a good quality education. thank you. a man arrested on suspicion of abducting and raping three women in and around london is being investigated for other attacks involving nine more victims in north—west england. joseph mccann, who's 3a, was arrested on sunday night in cheshire, after two 14—year—old girls were abducted in congleton. police say they want to hear from anyone who believes they might have been approached by mr mccann, or who's had contact with him between february and may. two reuters journalists, jailed in myanmarfor breaking the official secrets act, have been unexpectedly freed from prison. their release was part of a presidential amnesty that also included thousands of other prisoners. as they walked out ofjail, one of them, wa lone, spoke to our correspondent, nick beake. inside in the prison and also around

the world people wishing to release us so i would like to say thank you very much for everything. i am really happy and excited to see my family and my colleagues and i can't wait to go to my newsroom 110w. let's talk to our south east asia correspondentjonathan head. he joins us from bangkok. this was unexpected. tell us more about why these and others have been released. we are not getting an explanation from the burmese government but it has been under sustained pressure pretty much since these men were arrested by the police in december 2017, more than 500 days ago. they had been carrying out a really hard hitting investigation into a massacre by the burmese military. they are trial went through to september when they we re went through to september when they were jailed for seven years. their appeals were rejected. there have been other amnesties about a month ago at the start of the burmese new

year and there had been thought they might be released then and that did not happen. worth remembering how many people of power have been campaigning for them, the eu, the united states, enormous pressure, and it seems it has cracked an absolute delight for the men's families, wa lone is able to hold his young daughter for the first time asa his young daughter for the first time as a free man, another has only been able to hold his daughter only with handcuffs before. the media was concerned about the signal that their imprisonment sent and what it said about declining media freedom in my and —— myanmar. pretty much anyone who's anyone in the world of showbiz, sport and fashion has been attending

the annual fundraising gala at the metropoitan museum of art. amongst the attendees in new york: cardi b, katy perry and lady gaga, to name just a few. this year's theme was "camp: notes on fashion". nada tawfik reports from manhattan. the met gala always delivers over the top looks, but this year's theme, a celebration of the camp aesthetic, inspired some of the most extravaga nt, fla m boya nt styles yet. lady gaga stole the spotlight early on. she took her time unveiling a total of four different outfits. on the met steps she gave a theatrical performance. lady gaga was the first to arrive. she is the co—chair of this year's met gala and this theme is arguably made for her. she set the bar very high. some understood camp better than others. katy perry wore a a0 pound chandelier and bill porter dazzled in golden wings. camp is the art of being extra. i love that the term is getting respect again because i think people have used it for a very long time

now as a pejorative so it's nice to sort of be reclaiming the wonder of it. others got a crash course in preparation. honestly i didn't know what it meant. i thought it meant i was going to get to wear some boots, some walking shorts and a t—shirt, but when they broke it down to me i said ok, give me the best sparkliest outfit here. i didn't know how crazy people would be here today but i was like i'm going to keep it low—key. formula 1 racing driver lewis hamilton sported a black metallic zigzag set that took 1500 hours to make. accessorising, i love accessorising, ijust love diamonds. they say diamonds are a women's best friend but i would disagree. i think they can be everyone's best friend. this year's playful theme made for a light—hearted red carpet. after all, camp means anything goes

and the bigger the better. police are investigating a video and whether it broke the law. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. it isa it is a fairly cloudy day for a lot of the uk. the sunnier skies will be on the far north and south and in between we are prone to showers and some of them will merge to give longer spells of rain and some of them could be heavy and wintry on higher ground. it is a cool day for the time of year particularly down the time of year particularly down the north sea coastline. ahead of it

where we have clearer skies in parts of scotla nd where we have clearer skies in parts of scotland and northern ireland we could have a touch of frost. tomorrow the rain progresses north again across northern england and get sent to northern ireland and much of scotland. behind it sunshine and showers and some of the showers could be thundery. a bit of cloud building and wintry showers on the hills but some kill with an onshore wind down the east coast.

hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: congratulations from around the world for prince harry and meghan, as they announce the birth of a baby boy. as every father and parent would ever say, you know, your baby is absolutely amazing, but this little thing is... is absolutely to die for, so i'm just over the moon. there's excitement in windsor — as well as in meghan‘s home city of los angeles. cross—party talks to break the brexit deadlock are due to resume after both the conservatives and labour suffered disappointing

results in last week's local elections. the inquest opens at the old bailey today, into the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge terror attacks, almost two years ago. two reuters journalists jailed in myanmar, for their reporting on the rohingya crisis, have been freed. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. a review has recommended that schools in england should be held accountable for pupils they exclude. the report says school league—table rankings should include the exam results of children who have been removed. the intention is to stop so—called "off—rolling", where schools exclude difficult or low—achieving pupils. the education secretary, damian hinds, told dan walker on bbc breakfast that the government would be tightening up guidance for schools. in this report from edward timpson, there isn't a sort of ideal number of exclusions, but there is a role for exclusions,

there always has been a role for exclusions. they are actually at a lower level today than they were ten years ago. but we have seen an increase, over the last few years. and what edward has done is talk to many different local authorities, schools, parents, to understand fully the variation in the system. and there is big variation between two schools in the same area and between two different areas. we're going to respond to this report in a number of different ways, including tightening up our guidance to schools, but also, taking up the biggest single recommendation, which is around changing the accountability system. so that, as it were, you know, the outcomes for kids, who are expelled, stay with the schools. so everybody is sort of... everybody is... everybody is aligned in the same way for the future of that child. i understand that, but to go back

to what i was asking you about, off—rolling, if that is an issue, isn't that a product of the pressure schools are under with things like league tables? look, schools do an amazing job and it can be a pressurejob. i very much accept that. we believe off—rolling is quite a small... you know... it happens in a minority of cases. the majority of schools are not doing it, but in the new ofsted framework, it is something they are going to be looking at. we will be tightening up the definitions. it is not legal to off—roll. you know, you can... there are only certain ways in which a child can leave a school roll and it should be done through the normal, formal processes. sometimes, people say there are some grey areas and i'm going to make sure that in our new guidance, when it comes out, there isn't room for misunderstanding of that. this isn't a big practice, we believe it is quite a small practice, but, nevertheless, it is one that is concerning and we are going to act. two reuters journalists jailed

in myanmar for their reporting on the rohingya crisis have been freed. they pair were released after a presidential amnesty, having spent more than 500 days in prison. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, told martha kearney on the today programme on bbc radio 4 that he welcomed the news. i think it's simply wonderful news, because this is a world where, last year, 99 journalists were killed, just for doing theirjob. and people are really worried about the decline in media freedom across the world. and here we have a glimmer of light. and i think listening to wa lone and kyaw soe oo's, reaction, saying theyjust want to get back to the newsroom, i think it's something that's going to make people feel really positive today in a world where there hasn't always been that kind of positive news. you yourself met their barrister, didn't you, amal clooney, who represented the two men while they were in prison. what more can you tell us about the role of the british government? well, first of all, amal clooney has

been absolutely tenacious on this. and she is a superb lawyer. she deserves enormous credit for this. but, actually, the foreign office has been working very hard on this. i lobbied aung san suu kyi personally, last september. and dan chugg, who is our ambassador in myanmar, who may be well—known to some of your listeners for being the ambassador who strummed his guitar on the bbc programme inside the foreign office. but, actually, he also does more serious things and i remember when i went to see aung san suu kyi, he gave me a one pager, explaining why we thought there hadn't been due process in the case of these two journalists. and aung san suu kyi is someone who has suffered a lack of due process herself in her life, as someone who has fought hard for democracy. does that make it all the more disappointing then when she hasn't stood up strongly enough or done enough to support the journalists

or spoken out against the... what happened to the rohingya minority? we have to give her credit, that, on this occasion, she said she would look into the lack of due process and she has and we've ended up with this presidential pardon. obviously, we hope this can be the start of a new chapter in our relations with myanmar and that same openness can apply to what's happening in the rakhine province with the rohingyas. the cause of this imprisonment was that these two reuters journalists wrote an article about what happened to the rohingyas, which obviously upset some people in authority. this story is being talked about across social media platforms. the hashtags #journalismisnotacrime and #myanmar are rising trends on twitter. here'sjust one from fellow reuters reporter andrew marshall, with a picture of thejournalists being reunited with theirfamilies. he says it's a joy to be able to finally retire the hashtag seeking their freedom.

the most read stories on the bbc news website. it's not the royal baby, it's that dress that lady gaga w0 re baby, it's that dress that lady gaga wore at the met gala last night and there are lots of pictures of some of the incredible outfits and make—up. there is lady gaga but i wa nt to make—up. there is lady gaga but i want to scroll through to some, real standouts. janelle monay the singer and lupita, the actress. this make up, it's quite hard to even focus on it, it's the most incredible make up thatis it, it's the most incredible make up that is on the actor ezra miller. he is holding up a mask of his face and the make up looks like his face, or distorted. there is katy perry dressed as a chandelier. lots on the website, quite an incredible spectacle what everyone was wearing last night. number three, congratulations poured in after the royal birth. a story about what theresa may is

going to be up to today, she's got a busy day, those talks with labour trying to find some sort of an agreement on brexit and she is meeting senior tories. there are calls for her to set out a clear timetable on when she's going to stand down. this story at number nine, interesting, particularly if you have teenagers. the social media effect is tiny in teenagers, according to a large study that has looked at 12,000 teenagers in the uk. the university of oxford research team has said that family, friends and school life all have a greater impact on well—being than social media. they say this study is more in—depth and robust than previous ones. what they want to look at now is exactly what it is that teenagers are doing online. to dig a little more deeply into the impact of that on teenagers. that is something that we will be talking about shortly here on the bbc news channel. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc

sport centre, here's sally. good morning... the premier league title race will go right to the wire after manchester city returned to the top with a 1—0 win over leicester. we have been saying it for quite a while. it was a nervy night at the etihad — but there was a collective sigh of relief orjoy in the 70th minute, when captain vincent kompany scored this superb goal — probably the most important of his career. city go into the last day of the season with a one—point lead over liverpool. it's in our hands, so we could not forget. we could have been ten points behind if we had lost against liverpool here, we were seven points behind. and we are in the last game. it's in our hands. we played against a very strong team. we found it difficult but, from the very start, i think we had the right intensity and the desire to go and win this game.

and then you have kasper in goal, making some very important saves. and you know, only i can defeat kasper, right? he's obviously quite pleased about that. let's have a look at some of this morning's back pages which not surprisingly are dominated by the dramatic events at the etihad last night. captain fantastic is the headline in the daily telegraph. there's also a line from barcelona's luis suarez further down who says he won't celebrate, if he scores against his former club at anfield tonight. similar theme in the guardian who go with captain marvel and also look ahead to the champions league clash between liverpool and barcelona. and in the times, surprise surprise, it's that man vincent kompany on the back. more on liverpool's game against barcelona at anfield tonight withjurgen klopp's side looking to overturn a 3—0 deficit from the first leg of their champions league semifinal. it's an even taller order given that they'll have to do it without mohammed salah and roberto firmino.

to be able to score four goals against barcelona, to go through after 90 minutes... doesn't make life easy, but still, as long as we have 11 players on the pitch, we will try it and everybody knows that and that is what's we want to show, nothing else. there will be plenty of build—up to tonight's game across the bbc. on sportsday on bbc news at 6:30pm we'll be live at anfield ahead of the game. and there will also be full match commentary on radio 5 live. some breaking rugby news, and in the last hour, james haskell has announced that he's to retire at the end of the season. haskell has been capped 77 times by england, but has been plagued by injuries, since joining northampton saints, last year. prior tojoining saints, the 34—year—old flanker spent most of his career with wasps. judd trump has claimed his first world championship title after a 18—9 victory overjohn higgins.

trump, at one point, threatened to wrap up victory before the final session. he had to wait until last night though for the win and £500,000 in prize money. it makes him the first player in history to win £1 million in a season. player in history to win my dad is the biggest snooker fan in the world — he watches every single game every time it's on tv, so it isjust inspiring to see his motivation in snooker. there have been some tough times, some bad losses, but i thinkjust the inspiration to really win it for him was what got me through it. tiger woods has been presented with america's highest civilian honour by the us president. the 15—time major winner was presented with the presidential medal of freedom from donald trump. and it looks like they both got dressed by the same tailor for the cermony at the white house. navy suits white shirts and red

ties. i think that was probably accidental, actually! there you go. proud moment for them both, i'm sure. the most bizarre sports story of the day. a swarm of bees delayed the start of a baseball game between the cincinnati reds and san francisco giants for nearly 20 minutes. the scoreboard informed the fans, "today's game is being delayed due to bees. we will continue to keep you updated". not something you want to read. umpires told players to remain near the dugout. there was a swarm of bees near the home plate. it's not the first time it's happened between these two teams. there was a 35—minute bee delay between the sides as far back as 1976. quite a long time ago. i hope you enjoyed that one. that's all the sport for now. more from the bbc

sport centre at 11:15am. we are live at anfield tonight, don't forget. back to you. that's so weird it has affected them twice, isn't it? thank you. the headlines on bbc news... congratulations from around the world for prince harry and meghan, as they announce the birth of a baby boy. are due to resume, after both the conservatives and labour suffered disappointing results in last week's local elections. the inquest opens at the old bailey today, into the deaths of eight people killed in the london bridge attacks, almost two years ago. remarkable young people from across britain and ireland are being recognised with rotary young citizen awards 2019. the awards honour the achievements and positive citizenship shown by young people through hard work,

inspirational ideas and a determination to help others and make a difference. each year, rotary clubs across britain and ireland nominate youngsters for the awards. the winners will be presented with their awards at rotary in britain and ireland's showcase conference in nottingham on sunday. throughout the week, we'll be hearing from the winners starting with eleven—year—old alana habergham—rice from rotherham, this is her story. the winners starting with 11—year—old alana habergham—rice from rotherham, this is her story. i'm alana and i'm11. i do alana's care and cakes, to make people smile. when i was about four or five, i was like, "i want to do something for charity". i decided to do a cake stall. as the years went on, it got into more and more and more and more and then it got to alana's care and cakes. everybody loves cake, so when they're not having a great time, we'll take them cake and it's like something nice to cheer them up. hello. you've been nominated for an alana's care and cakes. i take cakes to people to make them

smile when they are in a tough time and cheryl has nominated you for some buns. thank you. all right? thank you. that's all right. i think the best thing for me isjust seeing how happy it makes people, because that's all i want out of it. ijust want people to be happy. you've been nominated for some cake. thank you, darling. you've been nominated by nicole, because she said you were having a tough time recently, so she wanted to give you some cake. i have had a tough time, i lost my partner in january. look at that! hi, margaret, you've been nominated for some cake. my giddy aunt! are you coming in? bless you. she deserves it, she is always here for us and we lost my dad, last year and she's just been very brave. i didn't know nothing about it. surprise, surprise. the cakes are all free, to make people smile. if anybody says, "i'll

give you this money", we all give it to a little girl called daisy, she has cerebral palsy. she's eight, she is one of my best friends, so i can't think of a better place for the money to go to. she comes across as a really confident little girl, but that hides quite a lot of things. the vast majority of professionals we come across in school, etc, believe she is highly likely she is autistic but baking, she is autistic, but baking, along with singing, keep her massively calm, so we actively encourage her to keep doing it. there's never an age to start doing something that's kind for the community, because you can surely think of something that every age could do. and, for me, that's cakes. what a darling. alana was joined by another winner anastasia blease who explained more about the award. i was nominated because of my charity work, so i run something called alana's care and cakes, where i take cake to people,

free of charge, who are having a tough time. it's all free, we don't ask for a donation, but sometimes people do donate. someone donates £20 a month towards ingredients and then any other money goes towards a little girl called daisy with cerebral palsy. daisy is a little girl who is two years younger than me, but i met her when she first joined my school. she has very severe cerebral palsy and she's one of my closest friends. and a lot of herfunding isn't covered on the nhs. so, with all the fundraising we do, it helps to pay for her equipment. i've seen all the equipment and the treatment. you don't see the treatment, but you see the progress in daisy, when she's been on a treatment. it definitely feels good, because you know what you're doing is making a difference to someone. it definitely feels really nice to know that what you are doing is going to a good cause and it really helps her. i have been baking with my mum since i could walk and sit on a counter and help.

then when i was about four, i decided i wanted to do a cake stall to raise raise money for charity. then i did that for quite a number of years and then about two years ago, injanuary, istarted daisy‘s care and cakes. we get all sorts of reactions, crying, happiness, lost forwords, anything you can imagine, it's like a really nice emotion. i think anything you are passionate about you should always go ahead with it, because even though you are one person, you can make a difference. we saw anastacia.

14—year—old anastasia blease, seen there on the right, is a wheelchair basketball player, fast becoming a sporting hero after winning gold at a european tournament. born with spina bifida, she returned home with a gold medal from the european championships in france with team gb‘s junior women under 24s. she's the youngest player in the squad and only began playing six years ago. she has played nationally for wales under 15s team every year since she was nine. now, anastasia is being recognised for her achievements with the rotary young citizen wheelpower sports award 2019. she was nominated by the rotary club of flint and holywell, who helped her buy a bespoke sports wheelchair. let's hear from anastasia now. i've been nominated, because recently i've obviously been to the european championships with the gb under 24 squad and we won gold there, so that was an amazing achievement for me. and, recently, i was associated with flint and holywell rosary with flint and holywell rotary and they've helped me fund a new sports wheelchair, which i would be lost without. it's, like, all i use, so i'm really grateful for that

and i want to say thank you to them. and thank you to them for nominating me, because it means an awful lot, to be recognised for the sport, because it's an amazing sport. it's growing so much and it just deserves a lot more coverage than it gets. it has got support for those with disabilities. you can come in and have a go, but it's all inclusive, so if you haven't got a disability, you can come along and see what it's about. when i was younger and before my disability was as severe as it is now, i used to do swimming. and i did dancing when i was really small, but as i got older, i wasn't able to do those sports, so i moved on to wheelchair basketball and i discovered... i went shopping and there was an advertisement stall and they saw that i was a wheelchair user, so they asked me if i had ever seen it before and i told them i had seen it, but i had never had a go. but then i did have a go and ijust fell in love and i have been doing it ever since. it was quite difficult when i first came into it, because, obviously,

there are two others who are 13 and i am just a bit younger than that other girl, but we are really close. and then you have the other end of the spectrum, which is they are 24, some of them have got children, like, fully grown women. and it's weird how we are all one squad, because we are all classed asjuniors, but we are a family and we all get along amazing and they support us, because, obviously some of them have been to paralympics themselves. and they tell us what to do and how to go about it and we just have an amazing relationship between us. there's no fight in the team. we're all, like, pretty close. i just want to thank wheelpower for recognising this award because it really is an amazing achievement to be recognised for a disability sport and an all inclusive sport but mainly focused on people who do not have the same opportunities. in able—bodied sport. let's hear more now about those findings that suggest the amount

of time teenagers spend on social media has only a small effect on their happiness. the study comes from a research team at the university of oxford. joining me now is professor andrew przybylski, who co—authored the study. thank you very much forjoining us. are we worrying too much? it's not that we are worrying too much, but pa rents that we are worrying too much, but parents and young people have a lot of anxieties and concerns about technology. but we might be worrying about the wrong thing. often, when we talk about social media or different forms of technology, we oversimplify it and we think about it in the terms of time that young people spend and that is what we we re people spend and that is what we were trying to get out with this study. please explain what we should be worrying about! just to begin, we looked at the amount of time that young people spent across a year on social media. and how that affected their well—being or vice versa, how shifts in well—being might be affecting how they use social media.

it kind of goes both ways. it is a chicken and egg kind of challenge but one of the things that our research really pointed out was that we can only do so much with surveys. we can only do so much interviewing young people and their families. we can only do so much interviewing young people and theirfamilies. we really need to investigate the kinds of things we might really be anxious about, we need new forms of data. we need the social media companies to share that. i know what you are saying about time, but, as anybody knows, who can find several hours consumed just whiling away the time, looking at, you know, maybe stuff that really doesn't matter too much on social media, it takes away your time that could be spent doing something else constructive. it also keeps your brain occupied in a way that means you're not may be thinking creatively, you're not having independent thought. does that have a negative impact?” having independent thought. does that have a negative impact? i would push back pretty hard on the independent thought or creativity. i think young people and many adults

use social media in a very interactive and creative ways to learn new skills, new recipes, new exercise regimes. but thinking more broadly, the question is, is there really something special about social media time? we were worried about dungeons and dragons and violent video games and rap music and even dime novels. is there something special about social media besides the idea that young people get quite wrapped up in it? thank you very much indeed forjoining us. thank you. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon. the cool days will continue this week and we will see heavy rain as week and we will see heavy rain as we go through to night and into tomorrow. it is courtesy of this swirl of cloud out towards the atlantic, the area of low pressure spreading in but quite a bit of cloud across the uk and ringing some showery outbreaks across northern parts. also some sunshine as we see

from our weather watcher in the scottish borders. some blue skies. we will continue with blue skies across southern parts of england and south wales where temperatures will be higher than yesterday, 13 to 15 degrees. sunshine in the far north of scotla nd degrees. sunshine in the far north of scotland but still someone wintry showers over higher ground but you can see this zone of cloudy weather and showers that will continue across wales and eastern england. and the midlands. northern parts, this seven celsius. tonight, this band of cloud and rain move its way in from the south—west, further showers towards the north but all of that cloud and rain moving on from attempt is no lower than 7 to 10 degrees but a touch of frost in the far north—east of scotland and here temperatures could fall below freezing. wednesday, here is our area of low pressure, that swirl of cloud at the start, weather fronts moving north across many areas and a brisk east and south easterly wind developing towards northern parts

but the air is coming in from the south—west. it won't be as cold as it has been over recent days. it brings with it a lot of cloud and rain moving north and it will be heavy at times throughout the morning and quite an unpleasant day for these north—eastern areas with a brisk easterly wind and all that rain around, it will be disappointingly cool. further south, some showers developing in between some showers developing in between some sunny spells. some showers could be heavy and even fund a rebutted temperature 16 degrees, quite disappointing and cult. —— even heavy and temperatures. wednesday and thursday, this area of low pressure will move east but the weather front, this occluded weather front will stick around across the uk throughout thursday bringing further cloud and showery rain across scotland. into the east of northern ireland and northern parts of england. some showers developing toward southern parts, if few bright spells here and brightness in the west of scotland. temperatures

across the south, 13—15d and in the north, a bit disappointing at 7—10 celsius but things should warm up later this week and into next. goodbye.

hello, it is chesty, good morning. west midlands police are investigating whether a video made by a ukip candidate carl benjamin in which he says he "might rape" labour mp jess phillips, breaks the law. she says the comments made her cry and the straight and an exclusive interview she says she partly blames herself. sometimes i would rather someone were to punch me in the face than the constant degradation that you suffer as a woman in the public eye. it is constant. it constantly belittles you and makes you blame yourself. you blame yourself? i blame myself for some of this.