good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: a significant fall in numbers of family doctors — as new figures are revealed, gps tell us they've got too many patients to treat. a miracle on merseyside. liverpool are on their way to the champions league final after beating barcelona 4—0 on a night of fantasy football at anfield. we can't believe it, can we? it was the best night ever. it was a team effort, all the way, the six champions league now. i'm proud, i'm really proud. a navy veteran whose

medals were taken from him because he was bisexual prepares to sue the ministry of defence for their return. good morning. putting the brakes on growth. amid falling car sales, we'll find out later how honda and toyota are faring — and what next for the thousands of staff they employ in the uk. the medicine you won't find at a chemist. how doing something creative could make you healthier. good morning. today we have got some heavy rain coming in from the south—west of england, pushing north—eastward through the day accompanied by gusty winds. it will remain cool and it will be cold until it warms up once again on sunday. they will have more in 15 minutes. it's wednesday, 8th may. our top story: the nhs is seeing the first significant fall in gp numbers in nearly 50 years. research by the nuffield trust reveals surgeries are under pressure, with the amount of people entering the profession simply not keeping up with the number leaving. in 2014, across the uk, there were just under 65 gps for every 100,000 people.

by last year, the number of gps was down to 60 per 100,000 patients. the situation varies across the uk, but the biggest changes have been seen in england, as our health correspondent, dominic hughes reports. it's eight o'clock in the morning and this doctor has just arrived at her practice in plymouth. and this doctor has just arrived at her practice in plymouthlj and this doctor has just arrived at her practice in plymouth. i am looking to a busy day with complex consultations. no time to reflect. high demand. with more than 8000 patents on the books, time is precious. so most patients are consulted over the phone. how can we help today? i am feeling quite strange. feeling a bit sick. basically last tuesday got run over bya basically last tuesday got run over by a car. only the most pressing cases get seen face to face, people

like janet who struggles with high blood pressure. it has been off and on, probably for quite a while. growing number of people like janet with long—term conditions need to be seen. the gps can't keep up, retirements, burnout, and a lack of fresh recruits are hitting numbers. you can't get an appointment, you can't, not routinely, not unless it is weeks in advance, and who knows when you are going to be ill a few weeks in advance? i have got one appointment left, two weeks today. there is a crisis in general practice. the worst crisis since 1948. its future is injeopardy, there is no doubt about that. extra money has been promised for general practice and there are efforts to encourage more doctors to make a career as a gp. and at the austin medical centre in wigan, they're trying new ways of working to ease the pressure. nurse practitioner trudy law now sees patients that we re trudy law now sees patients that were once seen by a trudy law now sees patients that were once seen by a doctor. minor illness, minorailments, looking at

chronic illness as well. we work alongside the gps and it also absolutely looks at hospital avoidance. good afternoon, it is mark, the practice pharmacist. pharmacist, physios, paramedics, now routinely work in doctors' surgeries, growing patient demand means this could be the future of general practice. dominic hughes, bbc news, wigan. you can see more on this on panorama — tonight at 7:30 on bbc one. liverpool have reached the final of the champions league after a stunning victory over barcelona, in one of the greatest comebacks in european football history. i was thinking how you are going to describe it. three ridiculously late nights. line of duty sunday night, the manchester city playing lester, in liverpool last night. you and me both. it was worth it! it was

incredible, wasn't it? it is barcelona, sally! it was. barcelona won the league. they rested the entire team at the weekend. their entire team at the weekend. their entire team at the weekend. their entire team did not play in the last match in order to be ready to play at enfield last night. and they were beaten 4—0 by liverpool side that everybody, well, lots of people had written. it was an incredible game. i'll listen to it on the radio. it was so i'll listen to it on the radio. it was so atmospheric. you could hear the crowd at every moment last night. we had the reaction of some fans who could not believe what they had witnessed. was not looking forward to coming. european magic. absolutely amazing, really, really amazing. 0ne absolutely amazing, really, really amazing. one of the best matches at enfield they have ever seen. amazing. one of the best matches at enfield they have ever seenlj proud, i'm really proud. we can't believe it, it was the best night ever. it was just amazing, the scoreline against barcelona. lionel

messi did not even feature. it was the best game ever. best come back ever. did lena place today? it is a team effort —— leonel massey. ever. did lena place today? it is a team effort -- leonel massey. been coming 79 years. what was it like tonight? the best game. i love that. that is the best they may have seen. maybe he has seen quite a few. they are through to the chap isa quite a few. they are through to the chap is a final which is in madrid on the first ofjune. they could play ajax or spurs. that is yet to be decided. we have a couple of great social media moments from yesterday. this is from barcelona. this is what they tweeted just before kickoff. there was a question mark there. they are not saying we are going to school on, they are saying you think we're going to score them? it is the capital let us that are slightly aggressive. you are 3—0 up, you think you can cruise along. i don't think they were ready

for the intensity. steady on, walker. back off. don't get all protective. the kensington palace twitter feed. look at this. who do we think that is? that is him. that is william. prince william, was obvious they are watching with lots of other people. more on this throughout the morning. we will be talking to fans, getting a reaction from jurgen klopp, anyone who watched his interview after the match yesterday, they were lucky it was post watershed, that is all i am saying. he was giddy. he dropped the f bomb. it was very exciting. it was a very exciting evening. thank you. thus, let's recover. ministers are to resume their negotiations with labour on brexit today — with little signs of a breakthrough. it comes after it was announced yesterday that the uk will now take part in the forthcoming eu elections. let's speak to our political correspondent jonathan blake who is in westminster.

tell us about the scots, have they made any progress? a few hours of talk yesterday and how did they go? it depends. according to downing street the discussions were detailed and constructive. 0n the labour side words like robust, tense, even disingenuous were used to describe the government's offer of some sort of continuing customs arrangement with the eu, which is something labour wants. as far as they are concerned it is nothing new that ministers are putting on the table. these talks are going to continue. there is more pressure onjeremy corbyn and theresa may to do some kind of a deal to get themselves out of this mess, which was highlighted by the terrible results both sides suffered at those local elections last week. while we are talking about elections, the government confirmed what we already knew is that the uk will have to take part in the elections for the european parliament, but the races now want to get some kind of deal approved by

parliament by the beginning ofjuly, meaning that those meps would have to ta ke meaning that those meps would have to take their seats. all this happening as theresa may's position continues to be precarious, graham brady will update his colleagues yesterday about what a major was an awkward meeting with the prime minister talking about when she was going to budge yesterday afternoon. imagine it would have been. thank you. a falklands veteran, whose long service and good conduct medal was taken off him because he was bisexual, is planning to sue the ministry of defence for their return. joe 0usalice was forced out of the royal navy in 1993. at the time lgbt people were banned from serving in the armed forces. the mod says it's looking at how personnel discharged because of their sexuality can have their medals back. two people have died in a suspected gas explosion in suffolk. a series of explosions destroyed the back of a bungalow in lidgate. firefighters began tackling the blaze at midday, and specialist dogs were later brought in after two people were "unaccounted for". an investigation into the cause of the fire is taking place.

fewer 16—year—olds in england are taking computing qualifications, since the subject was made more rigorous. it's after the ict gcse course was replaced with a computer sciences exam, which some teachers say is too hard. researchers at roehampton university say there's also been a big cut in the amount of time spent teaching computing. but the government says it's acknowledged the importance of the subject, by making it a compulsory part of the curriculum. the world will catch its first glimpse of the newborn son of the duke and duchess of sussex later today when he's expected to attend his first photocall. prince charles is among those looking forward to seeing the two—day—old baby. on a visit to germany he said he was "impatient" to meet his new grandson on his return to the uk. i'd still feel it is going to be spencer suspects. i was reading the newspaper and spencer's right up

there with fans. they don't think there with fans. they don't think there is any guarantee you will get your way. it was on another channel, but there was the best ever winds of vox but there was the best ever winds of vox pop with a woman who said, she had never been in labour but had voted labour. it was the best way to end an interview ever. she was asked the best way to give birth. it was brilliant. i will show it to you later on. 11 minutes past six. call the vatican. there has been a miracle. last night there was a miracle. last night there was a miracle on merseyside. tonight totte n ha m miracle on merseyside. tonight tottenham are playing. will they be inspired by liverpool's roberts. they will play ajax in amsterdam. they will play ajax in amsterdam. they are 1—0 down from the first. recio pochettino said they would achieve their dream —— mauricio pochettino. england kick off their five match one—day series against pakistan at the oval this afternoon.

it's their last series before their home world cup which starts at the end of this month. it was a bad day for the british number one's at the madrid 0pen tennis. bothjohanna konta and kyle edmund are knocked out of a tournament that's seen as a good indicator of form ahead of the french open. and the former england internationaljames haskell is retiring from rugby at the end of the season. he was capped 77 times by england winning three six nations titles, but has been plagued by injuries sincejoining premiership side northampton last year. not sure why we are only seeing him in slow motion. but we are. the rippling muscles. i know you are happy because of grateful bombers le saux. but do know what the best thing is today? i completely agree with you. carol kirkwood is in the studio. it is lovely to be here and see you all in the flesh. what a treat. good morning, carol. good

morning. i'm not bringing brilliant weather. so why willjust push on full good morning america everyone. what we have today is another chilly day ahead —— good morning america everyone. heavy rain pushing up from the south—west, pushing north east was. you can see this as swirl of cloud. it is low pressure throwing a lot of cloud with it. not good weather but some of us desperately do need the rain. as we go through the day it will migrate north east with, gusty winds around it. south—westerly winds coming in from the south means it will not feel as cold as it has done. done this east coast where we have a straight easterly it will feel cold. it will feel quite bitter. to the west, the rain will not be as heavy as it is in eastern areas. like yesterday there will be wintry showers falling down on the hills in northern scotland. some brides built in

between. these because, once again, feeling quite cold. for northern ireland you have some patchy rain. here is the heaviest rain. behind the band arrange for the rest of england and also wales we are looking at some showers. some of those will also be heavy and potentially thundery. as we head through the evening and overnight the low pressure driving this continues to push north—eastward. we still have a weather front. that it will turn quite gusty across the channel islands. we have got clear skies in scotland first thing tomorrow morning, there will be a touch of frost around. tomorrow, quite a bit of cloud around, and also some showers. hard to pinpoint exactly where we think the showers will be, but this gives a rough idea and some of those will be heavy and thundery. temperatures eight inler work and about 16 in london. below parfor work and about 16 in london. below par for the work and about 16 in london. below parfor the time of work and about 16 in london. below par for the time of year. thursday into friday, areas of low pressure and high pressure. not much in the way of isobars on the chart. friday itself, again, bits and pieces of

cloud around. we will see charb was developing. some of those could be heavy. some could merge —— showers developing. dry conditions around. some sunshine here and there. temperatures are still not brilliant. 18 the north two highs of about 15 in the south. this will rattle quickly through the days because they want to get to the end of the weekend. it remains blue, indicating it will be cooler, then we start to see some yellow come into the chart, indicating it will start to get warmer as we head into the weekend. there will be some sunshine. high pressure will be in charge of the weather. that leads us into next week which looks at the moment as if temperatures will recover into the high teens and for some into the low 20s. so that is how the weather is looking just now. not too bad. come and join us. come and join us over here for the

paper review. this is a rare moment. you will need to find something in the newspapers to talk about.|j you will need to find something in the newspapers to talk about. i was just that! is that your control? yes. this is howl just that! is that your control? yes. this is how i control the weather. let's take a look at today's front pages. the times says mrs may is "poised to remain in office" until the autumn, after setting a new summer deadline to complete brexit talks. it has a picture of a very happy liverpool manager, jurgen klopp. the telegraph marks ten years since it broke the mp expenses scandal with a claim that parliament's spending watchdog has tried to prevent the public being told about more alleged rule—breaking by 377 mps. it marks the liverpool win with an image of the super substitute who scored two goals — georginio wijnaldum. the guardian leads with the police investigation into an alleged rape threat by a ukip candidate againsta labourmp. they've chosen a picture of lady gaga's show—stopping outfit at the met gala in new york.

0ne one of her four outfits. and the mirror reports on the start of the inquest into the london bridge terror attacks. and if you think the newspapers have devoted a lot of space to the liverpool result, you should have seen social media overnight. an hour or so after the final whistle blew, every trending topic on the uk twitter page was linked to the match. either with the name of the team, hashtags, individual players. that may have been helped a little bit by you. so, liverpool, we will see this later. the fourth goal was a quick thinking corner and as the ball goes out of play the ball boy immediately picks the ball up and flings a new one to trent alexander arnold. so while the bus alone players are not switched on he takes a quick corner and scores the goal that sends them

through. the ball boy should get some tickets to the champions league final! we would like to know who thatis final! we would like to know who that is because we need to mention him. let's start with carol now. frankly i do not care for the rest of you. thank you, dan. thanks! i found this story. you know how in winter we have potholes on the road and it damages your tires and such fourth. sometimes caused by the weather. this particular story shows a man who was driving along in his carand he a man who was driving along in his car and he felt his car slipped the side so we jumped out and had a car and he felt his car slipped the side so wejumped out and had a look and this is a four foot pothole in the road. he decided tojustjump in and that's what he did. look at how spectacular. the joy of this story

is that he is a priest and he said that he thought hill had opened up and that's why he went to have a look. but they said it is to do with the weather, right? often itjust soaks in. a strong start there. what have you got now? don't even make me try. if anything can approach the emotional resonance of lady carol, it is this picture here. this is the liverpool team last night celebrating at the final whistle. all of them there with the manager in the middle, in tears. if you were listening on bbc last night they did a brilliant thing where they all stayed quiet, stop talking and listened to the crowd singing. it was the most glorious moment. people

we re was the most glorious moment. people were in tears. mo salah didn't play but he was wearing a special t—shirt saying never give up. i suspect there may be some sore heads around and yet in the papers this morning it'sjust we are all drinking much less. that we are all drinking much less. that we are drinking 10% less than we did in the 1990s. but we are drinking better quality stuff. and from a business point of view this is interesting because all those retailers are struggling and, instead it just we retailers are struggling and, instead itjust we need to drink less often but better quality stuff. the business says that going out to get drunk these days is not what we do. do you think dry january and things dryjanuary and things like that?

top end and bottom and always do well but it is the squeezed middleware people are unwilling to spend. i mentioned this earlier. dan, you want the royal baby to be called spencer and it is therefore— one is the bookmakerfavourite. and it is there, quattro— one. we have still heard nothing more than what we have heard on monday and they are still full of royal baby news. spencer was a shot in the dark for me yesterday. now this is the boy soprano. his son will be in a film version of the soprano and he will play a younger version of his

father. michael is 19 and will play the young version of his father. so carol, you are with us through the morning? how lovely.|j carol, you are with us through the morning? how lovely. i am going to go morning? how lovely. i am going to 9° play morning? how lovely. i am going to go play in the british masters in hillside and southport. could you saw the weather out? i hear it is going to be terrible. you've got a window there, carol. don't make it worse with your weather control. please, get rid of carol. never on again. please, get rid of her. thanks, everybody. . carol, we will see you later. a campaign on school meals, led by pupils in darlington, is going uk—wide today.

its aim is to make sure that children entitled to free lunches are able to use their full allowance. they spoke out because many who don't use the full amount in a single day aren't allowed to carry the money over. 0ur media editor amol rajan reports from darlington. across the uk over three quarters of a million children are eligible for free school meals. a policy that was cou ntless twea ks a nd free school meals. a policy that was countless tweaks and updates has beenin countless tweaks and updates has been in place for over one century. the principle that every child in every class roo m the principle that every child in every classroom should have a nutritious meal inside them is the easy part. coming up with a policy that ensures all those pupils are able to, that is much harder. pizza please. thank you. but an unintended consequence of the policy is that pupils may miss out on their food allowa nce pupils may miss out on their food allowance compared to those who pay. this is because their daily allowa nce this is because their daily allowance does not carry over if it goes unused. another issue is that many pupils are restricted to using

the allowance at lunchtime. if an extracurricular activity is scheduled for them, they miss out. but here in darlington, a simple piece of £250 software has delivered thousands of pounds worth of food to eligible students. i always for rolling over was fair. that money had been given to you. it helps you to afford the meals for the people who can't. people may not want something at dinnertime or break time so now they have the choice of where and when they want to spend their money. it is about using the money to its fullest and making sure that the students get the best of the money they've been given in the first place. this woman runs an academy. when she found out this was happening she was horrified. any child that was involved in extracurricular activities, football, drama, swimming, art. all

of those enrichment activities they we re of those enrichment activities they were penalised because if they could not get to the canteen they could not get to the canteen they could not spend their money and as a consequence it was lost again. so we double penalise them. it is becoming apparent that there are several schools where students are missing out in the north—east. together with the charity citizens uk they are launching a national campaign to raise awareness. local community leaders have lent their support.|j don't think it would take much to change the system because it is a relatively small change person by person. what it will take as many people working together to sort out where the change goes and how best we can actually give it back to young people because in some places it goes to the school, in other places it goes to the provider, in some places it is part of local authority funding. they want to send

authority funding. they want to send a message to heads of governments who have the power to make a change. we wa nt who have the power to make a change. we want them to look at best exa m ples of we want them to look at best examples of delivery and see if they can do the same thing. ultimately it is in all of our interests to make sure that those children do not miss out on a healthy meal. still to come, we are discussing creativity. look at them. they are so creativity. look at them. they are so quiet. carol's work is really good! why poetry and doodling are good! why poetry and doodling are good for your health. let's have a look. this is how far i got. i tried to draw an optical illusion. is the dot on the back the front wall. ooh. hey, now it is on the side wall. and is it up or down? i'm sure our

drawings say all sorts of things about us. what did you draw? it's a cloud. it will look great by the end of the morning. mine will look like this. blank. you could probably win the turner prize for that. precisely, there is a lot of thought in that. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. families who lost loved ones in the grenfell tower fire have accused corporations of having "amnesia" during the first phase of the public inquiry. they've told a report by the charity inquest they've been left frustrated by how many times private companies and public authorities had answered "i don't recall" when questioned about events. the families say they want

an independent panel to be put in place before hearings resume next year. detectives have released the name of a teenager who was stabbed to death after being chased down a street in south—east london. 18—year—old mccaulayjunior urugbezi—edwards was attacked in southwark on sunday night, and died later in hospital. he's the 29th person to be fatally stabbed in london this year. thames water says it will help build thousands of new homes and factories in the capital — by creating bricks from human waste. every day, the waste of four million londoners enters europe's largest sewage works in beckton— where it's drained of water and incinerated. the ash used to be thrown away— but now it will be mixed with other materials and turned into construction blocks. what we are essentially doing is taking a waste that would have been sent to landfill and turning it into a useful product like construction blocks which can be used in the circular economy to build houses and

the electricity we generate from our process ca n the electricity we generate from our process can be used to power the houses as well. let's take a look at the travel situation now. now the tube is all running well so far— no reported problems on any of those lines there at the moment. and on the roads — it's busy already in eltham in south east london. heavy traffic on the a2 westbound before the kidbrooke interchange. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. a grey and damp start out there this morning with heavy rain overnight continues at first this morning, gradually clearing into some sunny spells and showers. the wind has been strengthening overnight as well so a breezy and blustery start to the day. the rain will gradually clear north and east behind it sunny spells developing and you will notice that these potentially heavy showers and you may hear a rumble or two of thunder.

today's temperature reaching around 15 celsius. 0vernight still a shower risk. largely cloudy and they could potentially be quite heavy. another reasonably mild night between seven and nine celsius. as we head into thursday we will see sunny spells, and showers, similar conditions, reasonably mild but as we head towards the end of the week we see cool air sneak towards the end of the week we see coolairsneak in and towards the end of the week we see cool air sneak in and develop a northerly breeze as we head into saturday. it will feel a little cooler as we head through the start of the weekend. it will not be until sunday when we begin to see a little bit of improvement. high pressure sta rts bit of improvement. high pressure starts to build see more sunshine and notice temperature gradually as we head into next week, the temperatures will feel a little warmerfull. i'll be back in around half an hour. there's plenty more of course on our website. now it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast

with dan walker and louise minchin. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment, but also on breakfast this morning. 60 years ago a piece of stonehenge was removed, we'll find out why it's now being returned to the ancient monument. we'rejoined by actor kenneth cranham who stars in a new drama exploring the hatton gardenjewellery robbery. with just a month to go until the women's football world cup in france, england manager phil neville will be here as he announces his line up for the tournament. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the nhs is seeing the first significant fall in gp numbers in nearly 50 years. in 2014, across the uk, there were just under 65 gps for every 100,000 people. by last year, the number of gps was down to 60 per 100,000 patients. it comes at a time of increased pressure on surgeries, with an ageing population and reports of waiting times of up to seven weeks for a routine appointment. the nhs says it's working to improve access to services

and train more gps. liverpool have reached the final of the champions league after a stunning victory over barcelona, in one of the greatest comebacks in european football history. jurgen klopp's side delighted fans as they managed to overturn a 3—0 deficit, to beat the spanish champions 4—0 in the second leg of their semi—final clash at anfield. sally has much more on this in a moment. ministers are to resume their negotiations with labour on brexit today — with little signs of a breakthrough. downing street described yesterday's talks as constructive and detailed, while a labour source said there hasn't been a significant new compromise on customs arrangements. it follows the announcement yesterday that the uk would now have to take part in the forthcoming eu elections later this month. a falklands veteran whose long service and good conduct medal was taken off him because he was bisexual, is planning to sue

the ministry of defence for their return. joe 0usalice was forced out of the royal navy in 1993. at the time, lgbt people were banned from serving in the armed forces. the mod says it's looking at how personnel discharged because of their sexuality can have their medals back. two people have died in a suspected gas explosion in suffolk. a series of explosions destroyed the back of a bungalow in lidgate. firefighters began tackling the blaze at midday, and specialist dogs were later brought in after two people were "unaccounted for". an investigation into the cause of the fire is taking place. voting has begun in government elections in south africa, 25 years after the first democratic election was held following the end of apartheid. the ruling anc is expected to hold on to power, but the opposition democratic alliance are hoping to cause an upset amid growing public disillusionment around corruption, crime and the economy.

fewer 16—year—olds in england are taking computing qualifications, since the subject was made more rigorous. it's after the ict gcse course was replaced with a computer sciences exam, which some teachers say is too hard. researchers at roehampton university say there's also been a big cut in the amount of time spent teaching computing. but the government says it's acknowledged the importance of the subject, by making it a compulsory part of the curriculum. you are right up—to—date with all the news. a little spot in there. we will continue talking about an incredible night, won't we, sally? did it really happen? did liverpool beat barcelona 4—0 ? did it really happen? did liverpool beat barcelona 4-0? barcelona, by the way. it was messi there? he was. did not see much of him. he looked so did not see much of him. he looked so frustrated and uncomfortable. liverpool made barcelona look uncomfortable last night. you have to say, in some part, thanks to the

incredible atmosphere at anfield. just magical, magical atmosphere. an incredible, unbelievable night at anfield as liverpool performed a miracle to book their place in the final for a second year in a row. adam wild was watching. they say there is something truly special about anfield. 0n they say there is something truly special about anfield. on occasions like this it is truly impossible not to believe it. but even this famous old ground has never seen anything quite like this. beneath the passion and the pride, liverpool had only the faintest of hope, 3—0 down from the faintest of hope, 3—0 down from the first leg what they needed was close to a footballing miracle. still, they got an early lead and that hope was growing. what followed was almost beyond anyone's dreams. john denney went up minutes after coming on as a substitute and brought anfield alive. the pressure turning to pandemonium minutes later. 0nce turning to pandemonium minutes later. once again, 3—3. barcelona so

stunned they appear to temporarily switch off. liverpool didn't. divock 0rigi turning up the anfield volume. now no—one could quite this party. 0ne now no—one could quite this party. one of the great comebacks or one of the great european notes. adam wild, bbc news. going out there and putting a performance like this on the picture is unbelievable. i am really proud to be the manager of this team. it is unbelievable. what they did tonight is so special. and, yeah, i will remember it forever, 100%, because they don't know if it happened before and i don't know if it can happen again. they really don't know. the boys did it and so it was brilliant. when you look at the team you have, a mix of talent and just hard work, and the fans, you know it is going to bea and the fans, you know it is going to be a special night tonight. so it wasn't going to be easy. we didn't

have any guarantees. we had to be very brave, take a lot of risks. and, in the end, winning 4—0, something you still have to die just. but what we do realise is that it was a special night and we are going to the final. tonight then it's the turn of tottenham. they travel to amsterdam to face ajax in their semi—final. spurs are 1—0 down from the first leg, but they've got forward son heung—min back after suspension. if they do it, they'll set up an all english final for the first time since 2008, and boss mauricio pochettino has hinted that he might have to leave the club if they go on to win the champions league. to win the champions league we need totte n ha m , to win the champions league we need tottenham, in this circumstance, this decision, may be a need to think a little, maybe to do something different in the future. for sure. ok. because to repeat this miracle... you know? what does he mean by that? england's final one day international series before the world cup begins

at the oval this afternoon. they face pakistan in the first of a five matches with the world cup starting on home soil on the 30th of may. head coach trevor bayliss says that the squad is not set in stone. it was a really bad day for the british number ones at the madrid 0pen tennis. first, johanna konta was knocked out in straight sets by the world number three simona halep. this tournament is played on clay, so is seen of a good indicator of form ahead of the french open and konta says she's "started playing at a really good level" despite the defeat. kyle edmund though is well out of form. he lost in straight sets to italy's fabio fonini, and has now lost four matches in a row in all competitions. israel folau has been found guilty of a "high level breach" of rugby australia's player code of conduct. he had his contract terminated last month after saying that "hell awaits" gay people in a social media post. he'll now have to wait to find out what punishment he'll be given. meanwhile, the england international

james haskell will retire at the end of the season. he was capped 77 times by england and won three six nations titles, but has been plagued by injuries since joining premiership side northampton last year. he says he cried when he told his team—mates. england will announce their squad for the women's world cup today, we'll have head coach phil neville live on the programme at 8:30. i think you might know a little bit more about this than me. yes. they have asked various people to tweet a member of the squad. you will not believe the level of secrets in this. i know! believe the level of secrets in this. i know i allowed to announce. but i can't release it until phil neville... eye literally can't even tell people. it is that secretive. neville... eye literally can't even tell people. it is that secretivelj think tell people. it is that secretive.” think we will be waiting a while. i don't think he is even on the sofa. is he down there? 0nce don't think he is even on the sofa. is he down there? once he appears i can then tweet it. can you tell me?

can you tell the person?” can then tweet it. can you tell me? can you tell the person? i can show it who it is. shall we do a line of duty moment? that is 2am announcing. 0k. does make 2am announcing. duty moment? that is 2am announcing. ok. does make 2am announcing. ok. i've managed to press it off. he shows me his phone screen. brilliant. that is happening at about 8:30am. as soon as we have... that person. thank you very much. your secret is safe with me. as cross—party talks continue in an attempt to forge a deal over brexit, yesterday the government announced britain will now take part in the forthcoming european elections. as part of our coverage ahead of the vote on 23rd may, we'll be speaking to representatives from each of the major parties. today, we'rejoined by richard tice, chairman of the newly formed brexit party who is in our london newsroom. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. we now know that the eu

elections are going to go ahead. what is your reaction to that? we have known for some time that is inevitable. it is an absolute disgrace that the government is wasting £150 million of taxpayers' gas. we are ready and we have a simple message that we are aiming to change the lyrics are good. the 2—party system in westminster is broken and am these are basically trying to deny the democratic will of the people. as we hold rallies up and down the country it is clear that there is a serious groundswell, a grassroots movement, an uprising are people who they actually democracy is vital and we need to send a very clear message back to westminster in these european elections on the 23rd of may. you call it waste but you're still taking part. because the democratic will of the people has been respected. this should not have happened. the prime minister promised over 100 times that we would be leaving on the 29th of march weather without a deal. so she basically has turned out not to be honourable, you cannot trust a word

—— with or without a deal. the mps voted price, when serving article 50, passing the withdrawal bill, they said we would leave on the 29th. we are hoping to win these elections be to send a clear message, do you know what, leave it means leave. you talk about a groundswell of opinion, but looking at the success of remain parties in the local elections, it is notjust one way traffic. we were not represented in the local elections because we have only been going for four weeks. other brexit parties were. the local issues, the local elections were forced mainly around local issues. remain voters don't know where to go, do they vote conservative, labour, lib dem, who knows? people have a simple choice on the 23rd of may. if you believe in brexit and if you believe in democracy then you should go to the brexit party. and then we announced yesterday that we would be expecting our elected meps, they should have a directly elected democratic mandate to form a significant part of the

future negotiating committee, because the truth is westminster mps in the civil servants have had the chance, they had blown it, they have had a shambolic negotiation, has led toa had a shambolic negotiation, has led to a complete humiliation of this country. that are still ongoing. in the four months of your existence... four weeks! four weeks is a new party. there has been controversy already. 0riginal leaders stepping down after anti—islamic leads. already. 0riginal leaders stepping down after anti-islamic leads. you lost your treasure to something similar. just make treasure. those are serious things. we have had some teething issues. it is nothing like the 800 complaints against the labour party for anti—semitism. voters wa nt labour party for anti—semitism. voters want change in politics. they wa nt voters want change in politics. they want something new. we represent that as we look forward. the two party systems are simply no longer representing distant ordinary people up representing distant ordinary people up and down the country who want politicians actually to represent

their views. that is what we are focused on. why are you different ukip? we are completely different. if you look at the breadth of the incredible gated as we have got for these european elections from the left, the centre, the right, we have huge diversity. the real outstanding thing, the consistent thing, is the achievements, the success, the businesslike entrepreneurial attitude of these people. they happen their head above the parapet. most have never been involved in politics before. they said enough is enough. it is time to get involved. it is time to improve the way politics is done and the way that this country is run for the people. most of your funding appears to come from small membership donations. we understand there is one large donor. can you say to that is? of course we will comply with electoral commission rules like all the other main parties and we will release all the donors at that time, like everybody else stop at the truth is, of 85% of our donations are small donations from our nearly 90,000 registered supporters, all of whom have paid £25. as the

fastest—growing little movement in the country. there is no other party that has anything like that sort of growth, that groundswell of hope, of optimism, of optimism for our country. richard tice, chairman of the britza party, thank you for your time on breakfast this morning. as pa rt time on breakfast this morning. as part of our coverage we will be talking to representatives from all of the main parties. to find out who is standing in the european elections and more about the issues to consider, go to bbc.co.uk/news. we have a special treat this morning, carol is here in the studio with a look at the weather. many of you are enjoying this already. nobody more than me. it is lovely to see you both in the flesh. this morning it is a wet start to the day if the rain hasn't reached you the chance is it is not that far away and it will be a chilly day.

temperatures at average for this stage in may. we have low pressure, a swell of cloud in the atlantic but you can see the amount of crowded throws across the uk and that is already producing rain. some of this rain will be heavy and some have been crying out full rain for a while and accompanying it will be gusty winds, cold with a south—westerly coming in from the south—westerly coming in from the south so here, not quite as cold. behind it there will be sundry showers and we are also looking at bright showers like yesterday. through the hills it will be windy but no great shakes for temperatures. northern ireland and northern england have showers as well but heavy rain for north—east england across the pennines and behind that band of rain we will see sunny spells develop. as temperatures rise that will spark some showers in itself and are likely to be heavy and sundry. as we

head through the evening and overnight the low pressure bringing us overnight the low pressure bringing us rain dips off to the north sea but we still have this front. a isobars across the channel islands indicates it will be gusty for you as we go through the night and under skies in scotland there will be frost. tomorrow we have the dregs of the weather front across us so we are looking at some cloud some patches of rain, some sunny skies. but temperatures still down where they would should be at the beginning of the may. 8— 16 degrees. as we had from thursday into friday we still have a week with a friend producing showers look at the lack of isobars. it will not be as windy. any showers we c will be slow—moving. some sunny skies to look forward to and on the whole it will be a drier day with temperatures between eight and 15. if you are getting tired of below

average temperatures as we head to the next few days into the weekend you can see we still have blue shades in the chart but by the time we reach sunday you will see some yellow appearing and indicating the temperatures recovering closer to where they should be or even a little higher. this weekend it will turn warmer and that looks true into the beginning of next week. some others have temperatures into the high teens or 20s and it will also be sunnier. the forecast for the next few days has something for everyone. ido i do love your optimism. thank you. where playing golf today. i am worried. a proper tournament. a pro—am. we need to dress appropriately. it's been found to help with mental health, boost the immune system and even reduce stress hormones but you won't find it at a chemist.

we're talking about ‘creativity‘ — anything from writing a song, appearing in a play or evenjust doodling. now the bbc as part of its get creative festival has commissioned some research in to why it's so good for us. 0ur arts correspondent, david sillito has more. i have two children, a seven—year—old and a two—year—old andi seven—year—old and a two—year—old and i live in north london and i work full—time and i am rather busy. having a few days of sitting and looking at a view, focusing, drawing, creating. it lowers everything and you feel a certain level of calm but also a lot of focus. cliffs and it is all very pole dark around here and a gift for amateur painters. while everyone here has their own style they agree on one thing. this is good for them.

my on one thing. this is good for them. my partner has parkinson's and that isa my partner has parkinson's and that is a full—time caring job. so this is a full—time caring job. so this is something for me that i can lose myself in. what happens to day today worries when you are here? they are not here. they go. i think the worries are all there and they will be there when i come back after my nice little session wherever i am but they can do without me for a while. it has been long known that there are therapeutic effects of creativity. but this new research tells us a little more about why all this is good for the rain and body. the data comes from 50,000 people taking up the creative activity. previous research shows it can help anxiety or even physical condition such as inflammation. but for this

doctor we now have a games as to why even a bit of serious doodling can be good for us. we have known for a while that engaging in creative and it is as beneficial for mental hills. but what this study has shown us hills. but what this study has shown us is there are three particular ways that creative activities help to regulate emotion, they distract us to regulate emotion, they distract us from life stress, to give us the space to us from life stress, to give us the s pa ce to reassess us from life stress, to give us the space to reassess our problems and make plans and they also help us to build our confidence and self—esteem. build our confidence and self-esteem. what it also suggests is that you don't have to be any good and even a small amount has a real effect. not just for good and even a small amount has a real effect. notjust for us but good and even a small amount has a real effect. not just for us but for those around us. do you feel the benefit afterwards? yes. i think my husband notices the benefits too. he purchased the charcoal for me. happy life happy wife? he is buying a happy wife. as pa rt of

as part of that research you can ta ke as part of that research you can take a feelgood test to see how creativity can help with your well—being. creativity can help with your well-being. what's wrong? she giggles. i have so many things to concentrate on. i know you are writing a poem. and you are still doing a drawing but i am just concentrating. well, one of us has to. they can be used. i am enjoying you getting annoyed about this. you are you getting annoyed about this. you a re really you getting annoyed about this. you are really stressed. obviously this feelgood creativity thing is working. is that negativity towards my poem? shall i draw you a picture to cheer you up? she giggles. i am really looking forward to your poem. 0k. tell us. there is a time and a

place for creativity. telus, ben. good morning. yes two major global car companies — honda and toyota, both employing thousands in the uk — are reporting today on how they've done financially in the last year. but it has been a tough time of late. toyota, we've had their results in the last hour. they say their profits felt by a quarter despite global car sales rising. it may just quarter despite global car sales rising. it mayjust be a blip this year and they expect profit over the year and they expect profit over the year ahead will continue to rise. they employ about 3000 people across two sites, their vehicle manufacturing plant is located at burnaston in derbyshire as well as an engine plant in deeside, north wales. so all those workers will be keeping

a close eye on these result this morning. now, honda, we're expecting these a little later, just after 08:20. they have been in the headlines for all sorts of reason, not least because of the 3000 people in swindon. earlier in the year they told us they would close that plant by 2022. you might be tempted to think that's because of brexit, but they insisted it wasn't. the company blamed the global drop in diesel sales and the need to switch to electric cars. as for sales of new cars, it's a downturn we're feeling here too. latest stats from the smmt show sales fell more than 4% in the uk last month, that's the second—lowest april since 2012. just over 160,000 new cars were sold in april. and that means difficult times for the uk car industry. that is partly because of b cell sales. diesel

sales. they used to account for half — 50% of all the cars we bought — in the year before the vw emissions scandal of 2015. but since then, diesels now account for just 29% of the market for new cars. that is a concern for them, how can they sell them if we are not buying they sell them if we are not buying the electric cars quick enough. that is the problem. we're not switching to electric car sales fast enough. electric car sales rose more than 50%, although atjust over 1,500 units they remain less than 1% of new cars sold this month. ——. we see the need that we are not doing it fast enough.” ——. we see the need that we are not doing it fast enough. i suppose carmakers look at that and think that they look at the area for growth here. it is about that idea of having to invest in the future. it might seem easy but for them it isa it might seem easy but for them it is a massive investment, a fundamental shift in how they work. there've been on a combustion engine

for so many years and now it is all about batteries and electric technology. although technology has come from the far east and the western companies are not that good at it yet. questions for all of the uk car industry. now that is the kind of creative thinking i like. you are a creative person. just not right now. no. time now for the news, travel and whether wherever you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. families who lost loved ones in the grenfell tower fire have accused corporations of having "amnesia" during the first phase of the public inquiry. they've told a report by the charity inquest they've been left frustrated by how many times private companies and public authorities had answered

"i don't recall" when questioned about events. the families say they want an independent panel to be put in place before hearings resume next year. detectives have released the name of a teenager— who was stabbed to death after being chased down a street in south—east london. 18—year—old mccaulayjunior urugbezi edwards was attacked in southwark on sunday night, and died later in hospital. he's the 29th person to be fatally stabbed in london this year. thames water says it will help build thousands of new homes and factories in the capital — by creating bricks from human waste. every day, the waste of four million londoners enters europe's largest sewage works in beckton— where it's drained of water and incinerated. the ash used to be thrown away— but now it will be mixed with other materials and turned into construction blocks. what we are essentially doing is taking a waste that would have been sent to landfill and turning it into a useful product like construction blocks which can be used in the circular economy to build houses and the electricity we generate

from our process can be used to power the houses as well. let's take a look at the travel situation now. now the tube is all running well so far— no reported problems on any of those lines there at the moment. let's take a look at the roads this is the a406 north circular— it's busy southbound from the barking flyovr to the a13 beckton roundabout. 0n the roads, it's slow around heathrow— traffic‘s queuing on the m25 spur road. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. a grey and damp start out there this morning with heavy rain overnight continues at first this morning, gradually clearing into some sunny spells and showers. the wind has been strengthening overnight as well so a breezy and blustery start to the day. the rain will gradually clear north and east behind it sunny spells developing and you will notice that these potentially heavy showers and you may hear a rumble or two of thunder. today's temperature reaching around 15 celsius.

0vernight still a shower risk. largely cloudy and they could potentially be quite heavy. another reasonably mild night between seven and nine celsius. as we head into thursday we will see sunny spells, and showers, similar conditions, reasonably mild but as we head towards the end of the week we see cool air sneak in and develop a northerly breeze as we head into saturday. it will feel a little cooler as we head through the start of the weekend. it will not be until sunday when we begin to see a little bit of improvement. high pressure starts to build, we see more sunshine and notice temperature gradually as we head into next week, the temperatures will feel a little warmer. i'll be back in around half an hour— there's plenty more of course on our website. now it's back to dan and louise. bye for now.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it is approaching seven o'clock. 0ur headlines today: a significant fall in numbers of family doctors — as new figures are revealed, gps tell us they've got too many patients to treat. a miracle on merseyside. liverpool are on their way to the champions league final after beating barcelona 4—0 on a night of fantasy football at anfield. we can't believe it, can we? it was the best night ever. it was a team effort, all the way, the sixth champions league now. i'm proud, i'm really proud. a navy veteran whose medals were taken from him because he was bisexual prepares to sue the ministry of defence for their return. good morning. uneconomical, unsustainable, and unintelligible. the damning verdict on business rates in england and wales from the boss of one of the uk's

largest business groups. i'll talk to him, just before 8:00. the medicine you won't find at a chemist. how doing something creative could make you healthier. good morning. we are in very wet day, heavy moving from the south—west towards the north—east. the heaviest rain will always be in the east. behind it we have sunshine and then some heavy thundery showers. i will have more in 15 minutes. good morning. it's wednesday, 8th may. our top story: the nhs is seeing the first significant fall in gp numbers in nearly 50 years. research by the nuffield trust reveals surgeries are under pressure, with the number of people entering the profession, simply not keeping up with the number leaving. in 2014, across the uk, there were just under 65 gps for every 100,000 people. by last year, the number of gps was down to 60 per 100,000 patients. the situation varies across the uk,

but the biggest changes have been seen in england, as our health correspondent, dominic hughes reports. it's eight o'clock in the morning and dr carmel boyhan—irvine hasjust arrived at her practice in plymouth. i'm looking to a busy day with complex consultations. no time to reflect. high demand. with more than 8,000 patents on the books, her time is precious. so most patients are consulted over the phone. how can we help today? i'm feeling quite faint, feeling quite sick. so basically last tuesday i got run over by a car. only the most pressing cases get seen face—to—face. people like janet, who struggles with high blood pressure. it's been off and on, probably for quite a while. a growing number of people like janet, with long—term conditions, need to be seen. the gps can't keep up — retirements, burnout, and a lack of fresh recruits

are hitting numbers. you can't get an appointment, you can't, not routinely, not unless it is weeks in advance, and who knows when you are going to be ill a few weeks in advance? i have got one appointment left, two weeks today. there is a crisis in general practice. it's very real. it's the worst crisis since 1948. its future is injeopardy, there's no doubt about that. extra money has been promised for general practice and there are efforts to encourage more doctors to make a career asa gp. still feeing 0k? and at the ashton medical centre in wigan, they're trying new ways of working to ease the pressure. nurse practitioner trudi lowe now sees patients that were once seen by a doctor. minor illness, minor ailments, and looking at management of chronic illness as well. we work alongside the gps and it also absolutely looks at hospital avoidance. good afternoon, it's mark, the practice pharmacist. pharmacists, physios, paramedics, now routinely work in doctors' surgeries.

growing patient demand means this could be the future of general practice. dominic hughes, bbc news, wigan. you can see more on this on panorama — tonight at 7:30 on bbc one. liverpool have reached the final of the champions league after a stunning victory over barcelona, in one of the greatest comebacks in european football history. sally is here with the details. is it one of the greatest comebacks in european history? yes. history was made. it is the most incredible european comeback at enfield. it does not quite top istanbul for you. from a liveable fan perspective, was covering it for the bbc, in terms of winning a champions league final in terms of being 3—0 down, it will ta ke terms of being 3—0 down, it will take some beating. at enfield... it is barcelona. 3—0 down against barcelona. they were pretty much

written off yesterday by many people. juergen klopp did a clever thing in his press conference. he pleaded low key and he said it is almost impossible but not totally impossible does make he did a pretty low key thing. they played brilliantly. 4—0 they be barcelona. afterwards the fans are simply could not believe what had happened —— beta barcelona. i am looking forward to coming. european magic. absolutely amazing. really, really amazing. 0ne absolutely amazing. really, really amazing. one of the best match of and feel they have ever seen full up lam proud. and feel they have ever seen full up i am proud. we cannot believe it. it is the best night ever. the scoreline against barcelona. lionel messi did not even feature. the best game ever. the greatest comeback ever. did lionel messi play today? it was a team effort all the way.” have 79 years. what was it like

tonight? the best they have ever seen. tonight? the best they have ever seen. he has been going for 79 years and that is the best he has ever seen. and that is the best he has ever seen. it was magical to listen to on the radio. the atmosphere you got was unbelievable. i am going to share this barcelona tweed again.” know you think eye and being a little bit unfair. it is worth it. ——iam little bit unfair. it is worth it. —— i am being. little bit unfair. it is worth it. -- i am being. this is what they said before the match. that all—important question mark. suarez really did celebrate scoring against them previously. a spectacular tweet from kensington palace. look at this. who do we think that is? it can only be prince william. eye on how that works. does somebody hand him the kensington palace ipad or something?

—— i wonder how. kensington palace ipad or something? -- i wonder how. i think you probably gets a quill and a pot of ink, write it on parchment, hansa to a who rides a horse was a room with a who rides a horse was a room with a computer. like those people who came out with the announcement for the royal baby. he just came out with the announcement for the royal baby. hejust tweeted! just having a chat. you will be back. we have a liveable fans occupy the final coming up and we are talking about spurs playing ajax. and we have the goals at halftime. and we have the goals at halftime. and we have the goals at halftime. and we have the actual goal. thank you. ministers are to resume their negotiations with labour on brexit today — with little signs of a breakthrough. downing street described yesterday's talks as constructive and detailed, while a labour source said there hasn't been a significant new compromise on customs arrangements. it follows the announcement yesterday that the uk would now have to take part in the forthcoming eu elections later this month. a falklands veteran is planning to sue the ministry of defence

for the return of his service medals, which were taken off him in 1993 because he was bisexual. the ban on lgbt people serving in the armed forces was lifted in 2000. the mod says it's looking at how personnel discharged because of their sexuality can have their medals back. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly reports. i loved life in the navy because of the comradeship. 150 people on board a vessel and you all knew each other. joe ousalice served in the royal navy for nearly 18 years. and his work was praised by his seniors. when hejoined his work was praised by his seniors. when he joined up his work was praised by his seniors. when hejoined up in the 1970s, there was a ban on lgbt people serving in the armed forces. and josef throughout career he hid the fa ct josef throughout career he hid the fact that he was bisexual. it was a double life i was living. i was watching every day what i was saying, what i was doing. joe served

in the falklands war. we also did too was of duty in northern ireland and conflict spots in the middle east ——he also did. but in 1993, an allegation involving another sailor, which has always denied, ended his career. and during the disciplinary process is as he was forced to disclose his sexuality. this is the medalfor northern disclose his sexuality. this is the medal for northern ireland, disclose his sexuality. this is the medalfor northern ireland, that one for the south atlantic. joe was allowed to hold onto two of his medals, but he was stripped of the metal he was awarded for long service and good conduct. that metal is proved to me that i was good enough for all those years, and yet somebody could just come and take it away from you. in a statement, the minstry of defence said... joe says because he was dismissed from the navy he has also missed out on his pension. but he has never thought the money. at the age of 68

he just wants is thought the money. at the age of 68 hejust wants is medal thought the money. at the age of 68 he just wants is medal back. thought the money. at the age of 68 hejust wants is medal back. june kelly, bbc news. state media in iran says the government is going to restart parts of its nuclear programme, despite being restricted under an international treaty. president hassan rouhani said that in two months' time teheran would begin increasing the level of its uranium enrichment programme. president trump pulled out of the agreement exactly a year ago and has since re—imposed economic sanctions against iran. voting has begun in government elections in south africa, 25 years after the first democratic election was held following the end of apartheid. the african national congress has governed the country since 1994 but its reputation has recently been damaged by multiple corruption allegations. 0ur correspondent shingai nyoka is at a polling station in johannesburg. thank you very much for coming on the programme. how significant is this? hopefully you can hear us. no,

i can't hear anything. she cannot hear anything at the moment. we will try to go back to the polling station later in the programme. apologies for that. she could hear us apologies for that. she could hear us and them plainly couldn't. the world will catch its first glimpse of the newborn son of the duke and duchess of sussex later today when he's expected to attend his first photocall. prince charles is among those looking forward to seeing the two—day—old baby. on a visit to germany he said he was "impatient" to meet his new grandson on his return to the uk. iam sure i am sure en breakfast tomorrow morning we will have set photograph of the new baby. as we've been hearing, on average there are nowjust 60 gps for every 100—thousand patients in the uk, according to new research by the nuffield trust. so how do you encourage more people into the profession, and stop others from leaving? 0ur health correspondent, dominic hughes is looking at the pressures facing doctors at a practice in ashton—in—makerfield this morning. a very good morning to you. yes, good morning from the ashton medical

centre just outside wigan. this is one of a confederation of gp surgeries. 35 locations across the north—west of england looking after around 140,000 patients. to discuss some of those issues facing gps and how you alleviate some of the pressures on gp services, i am joined by two people, the senior partner at the ashton medical centre and the chairman of the patient participation group. thank you for joining us. to start with, doctor, what you do that is different to try to alleviate some of the pressures that gps are facing? good morning. thank you, yes, the changes have started to happen gradually over many years now. what we have worked really ha rd many years now. what we have worked really hard to do is listen to our patients, speak to our doctors, try to understand what are the challenges that are facing them. one of the main things we believe is

patients are living longer, they have complex diseases, diabetes, heart disease, at have complex diseases, diabetes, heart disease, et cetera, and we have wonderful treatments, which is great, but because of that the workload increases. you have to see more patients with complex diseases that take longer than a ten minute appointment. paperwork consequently increases and doctors feel burdened. so we have to do things differently. so we have to do things differently. so we have to do things differently. so we introduced a variety of support mechanisms. so we have pharmacists, advanced nurse practitioners, nurses all working as a team to try and deliver the best and safest cabaret patients. lots of medical experts doing things that gps might have done —— for our patients. in terms of working with the patient there is a good network between the practices within the ssp. i'd share the braithwaite road surgery, ssp. i'd share the braithwaite road surgery, which is one of the practices within ssp. we found we have this very good working

relationship with the clinical staff and administrative staff. and also with the patients. we have a group of patients who tell us what they feel they need and we put clinics in place to discuss their suggestions as to how things could be made better. then we can therefore pass the views back to ssp and to the wider group. lots of communication between patients and the doctors. 0ne between patients and the doctors. one of the most important things is communication. not only within the networks for the practices, but also to provide up and down communication from ccg road to the patient. a lot of feedback. ok, thank you. we will bring you more from the ashton medical centre throughout the morning and coverage right throughout the day across bbc news on the pressures facing gps. back to you. let's talk now to drjonathan leach,

from the royal college of gps, who joins us from worcester. i'm sure he was listening intently to that as well. thank you for coming on bbc breakfast today. let us go through some of those findings, what dominic was finding. why do you think we're seeing this drop in gps for the first time in while? so the main thing that gps are saying is that they are seeing far too many patients. actually, what they need to do in my surgery a need to see if you up for longer. so while, yes, we would support the use of pharmacists, support the use of extra nurses and paramedics, actually what is happening is because of the black cities of the patients i actually need to see them for longer. but what doctors are saying is essentially the workload is such that it is too much. i saw 40 ora is such that it is too much. i saw 40 or a dealt with 47 patients yesterday afternoon. it is just not sustainable in terms of providing safe, satisfactory, and quality

service to our patients. going back to that number. the recommendation is that gps should see 30 per day and you saw 47. yes. a lot of those we re and you saw 47. yes. a lot of those were on the phone. 0bviously and you saw 47. yes. a lot of those were on the phone. obviously there has been a big ship in the way we deliver general practice. a lot of us now use the telephone for the more simple things. and for those we now see we spend longer because they are the ones we need to see. the issues are though that while yesterday it was welcome that the numbers are playing and getting into general practice training are going up general practice training are going up and that is good and positive news, what is also true is that those of us more senior, my generation, saying thank you very much, i've had enough. and they think we need to recognise that huge pressure there is on surgery. and within the figure of the ratio of the numbers of patients, what that masks is the large number of

consultations that particularly those with long—term conditions, they are frail, our surgery, for example, looks after six nursing and ca re example, looks after six nursing and care homes, the fact that we need extra time with people stop it is all getting compressed. part of that research for panorama, was looking through this morning, they said that over half of gps say the workload they are currently having isn't safe. would you go along with that? i don't want to city this morning and tell our viewers to panic. do you think, it is an important question, you are a gp and have been there for a long time, do you think patients should be worried? tired doctors make mistakes we're all human and if we look at other industries such as lorry or the airline industry there are limits on the numbers of patients we see, limits on the numbers of hours they would work and i think there is something about how that can come across. if somebody starts at eight

in the morning and work through to 8pm the problem is that as at the nighttime hours they will not be as sharp. we do not want doctors to make mistakes in order to patients but there is something about how we arrange ourselves. we are for the greatest use of pharmacist and extra nurses, a wider range of people for that. the difficulty is that in many cases they are in addition to doctors they are not a substitution. i wanted to ask you about that. the push bouncing pharmacist and speaking to nurses orjust do not go see a speaking to nurses orjust do not go seea gp speaking to nurses orjust do not go see a gp is the first port of call. have you seen that making a difference at all? yes. in our surgery difference at all? yes. in our surgery and difference at all? yes. in our surgery and across difference at all? yes. in our surgery and across worcester, worcestershire, there are a huge number of farmers who have made a great difference. i was referring a

patient problem to a pharmacist yesterday. they are really good and iam yesterday. they are really good and i am absolutely for the use of these highly qualified fellow healthcare professionals. pharmacists do a four year degree. they are good people. the volume of things we are seeing is that they are not instead of the doctor, they are in addition to doctors. so while we recognise and support the initiatives by nhs england, in many cases what we need to do is we need to go further and we need to accelerate in terms of stabilising the workforce in order to manage what we expect will be an increase in the population of the next ten or 20 years. quite interesting stuff. thank you for talking to us this morning. it is 20 minutes past seven and carol is here

with us today in the studio and that is lovely. but the weather does not look great. lovely to be here and the weather it does not look great although having said that, some of us are desperately crying out for rain and that is what we will have or do have at the moment depending on where you are. the other thing is that it on where you are. the other thing is thatitis on where you are. the other thing is that it is another chilly day. you can see this morning we have a lot of rain coming up from the south—west. behind it, a return to sunshine and showers that are heavy and sundry and ahead of it we still have some showers and bright spells and a chilly start. south—westerly wind in the south and an easterly coming in from the north sea. if you were adjacent to the north sea it will feel cold. temperatures are low a nyway feel cold. temperatures are low anyway and then you add the strength of the wind. showers continuing across scotland and northern ireland, the rain across eastern england and also the pennines and as you can see it is coming up from the

south, break conditions with sunshine and showers that will be heavy and sundry. as we go through the evening and overnight, our low pressure area drift off into the north sea but we have a trailing weather front that means that tomorrow we will still see some outbreaks of patchy rain. some merging to give heavy bursts and it will be windy at times. dusty and the channel islands. a fair bit of sunshine between the showers tomorrow but still feeling cool. temperatures eight degrees in the north, 16 towards the south. from thursday into friday you can see how the low pressure continues to drift away in this weather front is weak but will produce a few showers. hardly an ice bar on the chart so not as windy. as a result, any showers that form will be slow—moving. fair bit of cloud

meaning it will be bright rather than sunny at times however there will still be some sunshine around as well. the temperature still 8—15 which is below average for this stage in may. if you like the weather warmer it is coming. it zips through the next few days into the weekend and we start to lose the blue colours of the charts indicating cooler conditions and the yellows start to return as high pressure dominates our weather from sunday. 0n pressure dominates our weather from sunday. on sunday we will see a recovery of temperatures to the high teens, low 20s. that will continue to the early part of next week and as the weather settles down and the high pressure brings a bit more sunshine. for the next few days there is something in the forecast for everyone. including those golfers who are playing this afternoon. you say that with such glee. i'll be playing down the southport. i've been told that carol is right and the weather is awful.

it feels about four degrees as well. a campaign on school meals, led by pupils in darlington, is going uk—wide today. its aim is to make sure that children entitled to free lunches are able to use their full allowance. they spoke out because many who don't use the full amount in a single day aren't allowed to carry the money over. 0ur media editor amol rajan reports from darlington. across the uk over three quarters of a million children are eligible for free school meals. a policy that with countless tweaks and updates has been in place for over one century. the principle that every child in every classroom should have a nutritious meal inside them is the easy part. coming up with a policy that ensures the poorest aren't penalised if they miss out, that is much harder.

pizza please. thank you. but an unintended consequence of the policy is that pupils may miss out on their food allowance compared to those who pay. this is because their daily allowance does not carry over if it goes unused. another issue is that many pupils are restricted to using the allowance at lunchtime. if an extracurricular activity is scheduled for them, they miss out. but here in darlington, a simple piece of £250 software has delivered thousands of pounds worth of food to eligible students. i always for rolling over was fair. that money had been given to you. it helps you to afford the meals for the people who can't. people may not want something at dinnertime or break time so now they have the choice of where and when they want to spend their money. it is about using the money to its fullest and making sure that the students get the best of the money they've been given in the first place. maura regan runs the academy. when she found out this was happening she was horrified.

any child that was involved in extracurricular activities, football, drama, swimming, art. all of those enrichment activities they were penalised because if they could not get to the canteen they could not spend their money and as a consequence it was lost again. so we double penalise them. it is becoming apparent that there are several schools where students are missing out in the north—east. together with the charity citizens uk they are launching a national campaign to raise awareness. local community leaders have lent their support. i don't think it would take much to change the system because it is a relatively small change person by person. what it will take as many people working together to sort out where the change goes and how best we can actually give it back to young people because in some places it goes to the school, in other places it goes to the provider, in some places it is part of local authority funding. they want to send a message to heads of governments who have the power to make a change.

we want them to look at best examples of delivery and see if they can do the same thing. ultimately it is in all of our interests to make sure that those children do not miss out on a healthy meal. still to come this morning we are discussing creativity. this is why we have a lovely screen behind us. at. finding out why things that writing and poetry and doodling is so writing and poetry and doodling is so good for our well—being. writing and poetry and doodling is so good for our well-being. dan has written a poem. i will read it. i wrote this like this because louise you find being asked to be creative. ifind it hard you find being asked to be creative. i find it hard to do that while i concentrate on my work. he we go. creativity is good for your health. mind, body, even wealth. but do not tell louise, she has too much to

squeeze, put the pencils back on herself. but in her own special way she inspires those around to be more profound with her wit and her skills every day. i don't know what to say. i wasn't expecting that!” every day. i don't know what to say. i wasn't expecting that! i went deep. you are on the edge of emotions today. almost two years. i'm really touched. thank you, dan. i mean. i'm really touched. thank you, dan. imean. i i'm really touched. thank you, dan. i mean. i just i'm really touched. thank you, dan. i mean. ijust made it up, it's absolute rubbish. maybe i should be more creative. time now for the news and travel and whether where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. families who lost loved ones in the grenfell tower fire have accused corporations of having "amnesia" during the first phase of the public inquiry. they've told a report by the charity

inquest they've been left frustrated by how many times private companies and public authorities had answered "i don't recall" when questioned about events. the families say they want an independent panel to be put in place before hearings resume next year. detectives have released the name of a teenager who was stabbed to death after being chased down a street in south—east london. 18—year—old mccaulayjunior urugbezi edwards was attacked in southwark on sunday night, and died later in hospital. he's the 29th person to be fatally stabbed in london this year. thames water says it will help build thousands of new homes and factories in the capital — by creating bricks from human waste. every day, the waste of four million londoners enters europe's largest sewage works in beckton— where it's drained of water and incinerated. the ash used to be thrown away— but now it will be mixed with other materials and turned into construction blocks. what we are essentially doing is taking a waste that would have been sent to landfill and turning it into a useful product like construction

blocks which can be used in the circular economy to build houses and the electricity we generate from our process can be used to power the houses as well. let's take a look at the travel situation now. now the tube is all running well so far— no reported problems on any of those lines there at the moment. it‘s slow on the m25 in surrey— clockwise from junction 9 for leatherhead to junction 11 for chertsey. and traffic‘s heavier than usual on the a13 in dagenham— heading westbound from rainham and the m25. good morning. a grey and damp start out there this morning with heavy rain overnight continues at first this morning, gradually clearing into some sunny spells and showers. the wind has been strengthening overnight as well so a breezy and blustery start to the day. the rain will gradually clear north and east behind it sunny spells developing and you will notice that these

potentially heavy showers and you may hear a rumble or two of thunder. today's temperature reaching around 15 celsius. 0vernight still a shower risk. largely cloudy and they could potentially be quite heavy. another reasonably mild night between seven and nine celsius. as we head into thursday we will see sunny spells, and showers, similar conditions, reasonably mild but as we head towards the end of the week we see cool air sneak in and develop a northerly breeze as we head into saturday. it will feel a little cooler as we head through the start of the weekend. it will not be until sunday when we begin to see a little bit of improvement. high pressure starts to build, we see more sunshine and notice temperature gradually as we head into next week, the temperatures will feel a little warmer. i'll be back in around half an hour— plenty more on our website.

hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here's a summary of this morning's main stories from bbc news. the nhs is seeing the first significant fall in gp numbers in nearly 50 years. in 2014, across the uk, there were just under 65 gps for every 100,000 people. by last year, the number of gps was down to 60 per 100,000 patients. it comes at a time of increased pressure on surgeries, with an ageing population and reports of waiting times of up to seven weeks for a routine appointment. the nhs says it's working to improve access to services and train more gps. earlier, drjonathan leach, from the foyal college of gps told us there is no easy answer to the pressures. if somebody starts at eight o'clock in the morning and is working through until eight o'clock at night, the problem is that at eight

o'clock at night they will not be as sharp. now, we do not want doctors to make mistakes, nor do patients wa nt to to make mistakes, nor do patients want to make mistakes. but i think there is something about how we arrange ourselves. we are absolutely for the greater use of pharmacists and extra nurses, a wider range of people, absolutely for that. the difficulty is in many cases they are in addition to the doctors, they are not a substitution to the doctors. liverpool have reached the final of the champions league after a stunning victory over barcelona, in one of the greatest comebacks in european football history. jurgen klopp's side delighted fans as they managed to overturn a 3—0 deficit, to beat the spanish champions four—nil in the second leg of their semi—final clash at anfield. sally has much more on this in a moment. ministers are to resume their negotiations with labour on brexit today — with little signs of a breakthrough. downing street described yesterday's talks as constructive and detailed, while a labour source said there hasn't been a significant new compromise on customs arrangements. it follows the announcement yesterday that the uk would now have

to take part in the forthcoming eu elections later this month. a falklands veteran, whose long service and good conduct medal was taken off him because he was bisexual, is planning to sue the ministry of defence for their return. joe 0usalice was forced out of the royal navy in 1993. at the time lgbt people were banned from serving in the armed forces. the mod says it's looking at how personnel discharged because of their sexuality can have their medals back. two people have died in a suspected gas explosion in suffolk. a series of explosions destroyed the back of a bungalow in lidgate. firefighters began tackling the blaze at midday, and specialist dogs were later brought in after two people were "unaccounted for". an investigation into the cause of the fire is taking place. state media in iran says the government is going to restart parts of its nuclear programme, despite being restricted under an international treaty. president hassan rouhani said that

in two months' time teheran would begin increasing the level of its uranium enrichment programme. president trump pulled out of the agreement exactly a year ago and has since re—imposed economic sanctions against iran. voting has begun in government elections in south africa, 25 years after the first democratic election was held following the end of apartheid. the ruling anc is expected to hold on to power, but the opposition democratic alliance are hoping to cause an upset amid growing public disillusionment around corruption, crime and the economy. the world will catch its first glimpse of the newborn son of the duke and duchess of sussex later today when he's expected to attend his first photocall. prince charles is among those looking forward to seeing the two—day—old baby. on a visit to germany he said he was "impatient" to meet his new grandson on his return to the uk.

a loss of pressure to get that right, that first photocall, a royal perspective —— a lot of pressure. there is a very private affair as well. walking out of the lindo wing in front of hundreds of people. it is very different. do you remember the first baby that they had. he was struggling to get the car seat in. as every new parent does. even if you have practised. it is horrible. with the world watching. coming up on the programme, carol is here in the studio with the weather, but first it's time for the sport with sally. reflecting on an incredible night for liverpool. who will they play in the final? will it be an all english final? it could be. it could be ajax. i don't know who they would prefer ajax. i don't know who they would p refer to ajax. i don't know who they would prefer to play. he said he would rather play ajax because he did not wa nted rather play ajax because he did not wanted to a premier league team may have played twice this season. well, there's braver. laughter.

—— that's brave. an incredible, unbelievable night at anfield as liverpool performed a miracle to book their place in the final for a second year in a row. adam wild was watching. they say there is something truly special about anfield. on occasions like this it is truly impossible not to believe it. but even this famous old ground has never seen anything quite like this. beneath the passion and the pride, liverpool had only the faintest of hope, 3—0 down from the first leg what they needed was close to a footballing miracle. still, when divock 0rigi gave them an early lead that hope was growing. what followed was almost beyond anyone's dreams. georginio wijnaldum, minutes after coming on as a substitute, brought anfield alive. the pressure turning to pandemonium just moments later. georginio wijnaldum, again, 3—3. barcelona so stunned they appeared to temporarily switch off. liverpool didn't. 0rigi turning up the anfield volume. and now no—one could

quieten this party. one of the great comebacks for one of the great european nights. adam wild, bbc news. going out there and putting a performance like this on the picture is unbelievable. i am really proud to be the manager of this team. it is unbelievable. what they did tonight is so special. and, yeah, i will remember it forever, 100%, because i don't know if it happened before and i don't know if it can happen again. i really don't know. the boys did it and so it was brilliant. when you look at the team you have, a mix of talent and just hard work, and the fans, you know it is going to be a special night tonight. so it wasn't going to be easy. we didn't have any guarantees. we had to be very brave, take a lot of risks. and, in the end, winning 4—0, something you still have to digest. but what we do realise is that it was a special night and that we're going to the final.

ijust want i just want to share this with you. and this was the scene in the liverpool dressing room afterwards. trent alexander—arnold, who played such an important role, he isjust shocked. his head in his hands. at this point they had all had a bit of a cry. had they? they had sung you will never walk alone. and then they had mo saleh. and then on his top the words never give up. that is the scene inside the dressing room. let's say good morning to a very happy man — john gibbons, who hosts of the anfield wrap podcast. good morning. look at that smile. what a night. unbelievable. we have had some amazing nights at anfield. that would be right at the top. so fortunate to be there. incredible to witness the game of football. still

can't believe we did it. people asked jurgen klopp in the press conference, what happened? what went on? was there something in the atmosphere? was it the crowd? 0r on? was there something in the atmosphere? was it the crowd? or was it the plan that you can thigh pad for that much? a little bit of everything. the atmosphere was incredible. it was electric from the off. we knew that the team needed us and we were there. we had some luck along the way as well. which you need for a team like barcelona not to score. the players were incredible. mo saleh, the top players, they all rose to the occasion and played so well. and they did it. did you nearly give up or not? somebody saw me before the game and he said you seemed very relaxed and i said we're not going to do it, i'm just going to watch a game of football amazing players. as soon as game of football amazing players. as soon as it went to 1—0 you start to believe and then two becomes three new get caught up. and this team,

they are amazing, amazing spirit. and now we are going to the final. it was amazing coverage last night. there was also a beautiful piece written in the newspaper byjonathan lea. i have lost in now. talking about the fourth goal. "what on earth is to be said about the fourth goal, only to say that if you had set them down in the dressing room before the game and tell them they would lose 4—0 and that half of them would lose 4—0 and that half of them would be looking in the other direction in the last one was good that would give you a strange look". essentially trent alexander—arnold ta kes a essentially trent alexander—arnold takes a really quick corner when the barcelona players are thinking that the ball is across the box which is then out of play. takes it really quickly and they score the fourth goal. people talk about louise suarez‘s free kick in the last game, but that was as good a set piece.” don't know about half the barcelona defenders. next thing you knew it was in the goal and everybody was

celebrating. it is only 19. what an amazing footballer. talented to have the vision to think of it. but also to execute it as well. he is phenomenal, an amazing player. 0n these scales as well. we are so proud. can they win? whoever we play it will be a good team. there is a chance now. we got to the final last year, heartbreak. nothing they can one better this year. how do you now get tickets? have you booked flights already? i will be ok for tickets. i've been to all the home games and they have a ticket for barcelona away. i don't know how i am going to get there. did not want to rejects it so get there. did not want to rejects itsoi get there. did not want to rejects it so i did not book flights —— jinx it. iam it so i did not book flights —— jinx it. i am sure the text messages are flying over. someone said to me via alicante. who would you like to play? i have nothing against

totte n ha m. play? i have nothing against tottenham. but just for a european final it feels more special to me to beat a european team. ajax have done so beat a european team. ajax have done so well. what a run to the final they have had. i would love to play ajax. but either is fine because we are there. what a night. thank you for coming in. amaechi had quite a late night last night.” for coming in. amaechi had quite a late night last night. i did have a late night last night. i did have a late night last night. i did have a late night —— i would imagine. i did bbc north—west at 6:45. somebody messaged me and said will you come in if we win and i said all right, whatever. how long is this lovely smile going to last? all day. at least until sunday. who knows after that. that is the thing. it is still possible. we have even forgotten about the premier league. it all comes down to that final game where if city slip up you could somehow do the double. it is possible. anything is possible after watching last

night. use at it. thank you so much we re night. use at it. thank you so much were coming in. it is wonderful to be here. if it happens we will see you monday morning. overbet later on. thank you so much. we will see you later. — — on. thank you so much. we will see you later. —— a little later on. on. thank you so much. we will see you later. -- a little later on. let us bring you up—to—date with the headlines. gps tell the bbc they've got too many patients to treat as new figures reveal a significant fall in numbers of family doctors a falklands veteran is planning to sue the ministry of defence for the return of his service medals, which were taken off him in 1993 because he was bisexual. the smile on his face was incredible. it was infectious. the weather in liverpool, apparently is appalling but what does it look like for the rest of the uk? wet. the rain is coming your way. for some of us we already had rainfall this

morning, heavy and it will continue to be so full behind it a return to sunshine but also heavy showers. low pressure drives are weathering you can see the cloud associated with it producing the rain and still producing the rain and still producing rain. it has been coming from the south—west and drifting towards the north—east. the heaviest will be in the east and it won't be quite as heavy on the west but it will still get there. as it moves north behind it for the rest of england and wales it will dry up with these and sunshine then some heavy and thundery showers. a blustery day and a cold easterly down the east coast means we also have low temperatures and with the wind it will feel better full of this afternoon for scotland a mixture of bright spells and showers, wintry in the hills, showers, wintry in the hills, showers across northern ireland and england and you can see where we have the rain. showers in liverpool and towards the south we rejoin the regime of bright sunny spells some

showers but there is a south—westerly wind here so not quite as cold. through this evening and overnight low pressure drifts off towards the north sea but we still have a trailing weather front that means that tomorrow we will still have some rain. again fairly patchy when it falls. some will merge to provide a heavier burst than in between there is sunshine with a lot of dry weather tomorrow despite the fact looking at some of the showers turning quite fondly. breezy for a time across the channel islands and the temperature is disappointing for this time. 8—16. then as we had from thursday into friday low pressure still on the continent moving away from us and leaving us virtually isobar three. not a lot of wind at all that means showers that do for will be slow—moving and, again, the potential to be heavy. nonetheless, more dry than wet weather on this chart and there will be sunshine around as well with temperatures

still below par. looking at eight in the north to 15 in the south. if you prefer the weather to be warmer as we go through the next few days you can see this chart remains cool as indicated by the blue but by the time we reach sunday we start to see a change in the colour of the child asa high a change in the colour of the child as a high pressure takes charge. so things look like they will warm up on sunday and into the early part of next week with temperatures closer to 19 or 20 next week with temperatures closer to 19 or20 and next week with temperatures closer to 19 or 20 and it will be a little more sunshine around. it's been found to help with mental health, boost the immune system and even reduce stress hormones but you won't find it at a chemist. we're talking about ‘creativity‘ — anything from writing a song, appearing in a play or evenjust doodling. now the bbc as part of its get creative festival has commissioned some research in to why it's so good for us. 0ur arts correspondent, david sillito has more.

i have two children, a seven—year—old and a two—year—old and i live in north london and i work full—time and i am rather busy. having a few days of sitting and looking at a view, focusing, drawing, creating. it lowers everything and you feel a certain level of calm but also a lot of focus. cliffs here in cornwall, it is all very poldark around here and a gift for amateur painters. while everyone here has their own style they agree on one thing. this is good for them. my partner has parkinson's and that is a full—time caring job. so this is something for me that i can lose myself in. what happens to day—to—day worries when you are here? they are not here.

they go. i think the worries are all there and they will be there when i come back after my nice little session wherever i am but they can do without me for a while. it has been long known that there are therapeutic effects of creativity. but this new research tells us a little more about why all this is good for the brain and body. the data comes from 50,000 people taking up a creative activity. previous research shows it can help anxiety or even physical condition such as inflammation. but for this doctor we now have a idea as to why even a bit of serious doodling can be good for us. we have known for a while that engaging in creative and it is as beneficial for mental health. but what this study has shown us is there are three particular ways that creative activities help to regulate emotion — they distract us from life stress, to give us the space to reassess our problems and make

plans and they also help us to build our confidence and self—esteem. what it also suggests is that you don't have to be any good and even a small amount has a real effect. notjust for us but for those around us. do you feel the benefit afterwards? yes. i think my husband notices the benefits too. he purchased the coals for me. happy life happy wife? he is buying a happy wife. as part of the research you can take a feel good test to see how creativity could help with your wellbeing. for more details go to bbc.co.uk/arts

where are you out now, dan? this is my little picture. i love what ben has done as well. look at this! you have been off for half—an—hour.m is very good. hold it up again. it is very good. hold it up again. it isa is very good. hold it up again. it is a bit starbucks in the middle. some things began as other things and then they morphed because i ruined it. i really like that. where did you start? the coffee cup. but thatis did you start? the coffee cup. but that is now an office block. and then a cloud. then the cloud and then a cloud. then the cloud and then we went abstract. apart from that, have you done any work today, ben? nothing. to be fair, the

research you are looking at is true. i have been calm and relaxed this morning. that is because carol is here. good morning. we are talking about the business rates story. more criticism this morning that the system of business rates in england and wales — is not fit for purpose. yes — "uneconomical, unsustainable and unintelligible". that's the damning verdict from john allan, who, as well as being the president of the confederation of british industry. he says the system of business rates needs urgent reform. to explain — rates are what businesses pay, according to how much their property is worth. but it's only calculated every three years — so thousands of firms say they're paying too much. so let's speak tojohn allan, president of the cbi — that represents 190,000 businesses wants more changes. he's also chairman of tesco and barrett homes. good morning to you. we have spoken

about this a lot, the concern that business has that they are paying too much in rate and that means it is unsustainable for them to continue. you share that worry? very much so. let me clearly say that this is not a plea for lower tax. we recognise the business has an important role to play in funding public service. but we pay £27 billion in business rate and it is much higher than in our economic competitors elsewhere and other major economies. it is inflexible. it discourages investment and we think it needs to be looked at radically and reformed. both political parties have committed to do that in their last manifestoes but they are yet to do so so we want to put some pressure on them to do what they say they would undertake a thorough review of this particularly complex tax. how should this work?

as we know, changes to any sort of tax system are notoriously complicated and take a long time to implement. where do you start? we start by removing some of the disincentives. at the moment, if you invest in your shop, office or factory in something that reduces the carbon footprint or reduces emissions it automatically puts your value up and you have to pay more tax. surely that is not what we want to do as we become increasingly concerned about the effect of climate change. similarly, if you invest in greater productivity so you can produce more you will end up ata you can produce more you will end up at a higher tax bill. you already pay tax anyway, corporation tax on any profit you make. it needs to be simplified and we need to remove the disincentives and we need to make it more flexible for regional differences. at the moment if a region like the north—east, for instance, is in relative economic difficulties then it is a long time

before rate values come down and before rate values come down and before that time businesses there are bearing the burden that they probably can't afford. some would suggest that this is all too little too late. the real issue is not rates it is the unfair playing field 20 firms on the high street and firms that are exclusively online. they do not compete on the same playing field and therefore a tax for online firms is what would sort this out. there is a proposal for that sort around. my own firm tesco have put that forward. 0nly that sort around. my own firm tesco have put that forward. only a piece of it. business rates apply to offices and factories as well as shop. there is a real problem, i think, with the hollowing out in the erosion of the high street. it is not caused purely by the consumers switching to online purchasing they can see many advantages in doing that. trying to stop that is like king canoe trying to stop the waves. what we need to do is try to ensure

there is real investment in high street in order to make them places people want to visit, places where they can visit and shop. i think thatis they can visit and shop. i think that is an important role for government and business working together in the future because many of our high streets look very sad at present. he also spoke on one of your otherjobs as chairman of tesco. given everything you have said about competition we know that last week the merger between sainsbury and asda was blocked because they said that would affect competition. what do you make of that? you must have breathed a sigh of relief. it was not unexpected. they had indicated in the preliminary findings that that was likely to be the result but, you know, sainsbury and asda are fine competitors and we look forward to continuing to compete with them. the customer benefit, because in the uk we have a competitive supermarket market. thank you for your thoughts

on all of that. john allen, and chairman of tesco. more drawings from me after eight 0'clock. thank you everybody who has been sending me drawings as well. after eight we will also be talking about liverpool and that incredible win last night but we have phil neville on the programme who throughout the next few hours is releasing the names of his squad for the world cup that starts next month. the first games against scotland onjune nine. scotla nd games against scotland onjune nine. scotland and england play together in the world cup and england's team will be announced today. a series of rolling announcements. are you involved? i will be announcing one of the players. i cannot do it until he appears. that is the rules. and your secret is safe with me.

time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news, i'm sonja jessup. families who lost loved ones in the grenfell tower fire have accused corporations of having "amnesia" during the first phase of the public inquiry. they've told a report by the charity inquest they've been left frustrated by how many times private companies and public authorities had answered "i don't recall" when questioned about events. the families say they want an independent panel to be put in place before hearings resume next year. detectives have released the name of a teenager who was stabbed to death after being chased down a street in south—east london. 18—year—old mccaulayjunior urugbezi edwards was attacked in southwark on sunday night, and died later in hospital. thames water says it will help build thousands of new homes and factories in the capital — by creating bricks from human waste. every day, the waste of four million londoners enters europe's largest

sewage works in beckton— where it's drained of water and incinerated. the ash used to be thrown away— but now it will be mixed with other materials and turned into construction blocks. what we are essentially doing is taking a waste that would have been sent to landfill and turning it into a useful product like construction blocks which can be used in the circular economy to build houses and the electricity we generate from our process can be used to power the houses as well. let's take a look at the travel situation now. now the tube is all running well so far— no reported problems on any of those lines there at the moment. this is the m25 in surrey— you may be able to see

the queue on the sliproad— its slow clockwise from junction 9 for leatherhead to junction 11 for chertsey and traffic‘s heavier than usual on the a13 in dagenham— heading westbound from rainham and the m25. good morning. a grey and damp start out there this morning with heavy rain overnight continues at first this morning, gradually clearing into some sunny spells and showers. the wind has been strengthening overnight as well so a breezy and blustery start to the day. the rain will gradually clear north and east behind it sunny spells developing and you will notice that these potentially heavy showers and you may hear a rumble or two of thunder. today's temperature reaching around 15 celsius. 0vernight still a shower risk. largely cloudy and they could potentially be quite heavy. another reasonably mild night between seven and nine celsius. as we head into thursday we will see sunny spells, and showers, similar conditions, reasonably mild but as we head towards the end of the week we see cool air sneak in and develop a northerly breeze as we head into saturday. it will feel a little cooler as we head through the start of the weekend. it will not be until sunday when we begin to see a little bit of improvement. high pressure starts to build, we see more sunshine and notice temperature gradually as we head into next week, the temperatures will

feel a little warmer. i'll be back in around half an hour. there's plenty more of course on our website. now it's back to dan and louise. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. 0ur headlines today... a significant fall in numbers of family doctors — as new figures are revealed, gps tell us they've got too many patients to treat. a miracle on merseyside — liverpool are on their way to the champions league final after beating barcelona 4—0 on a night of fantasy football at anfield. we can't believe it, can we? it's the best night ever! it's a team effort, all the way! nothing's stopping us to bring

the sixth champions league, now. i'm proud, i'm really proud of that team, tonight. a navy veteran, whose medals were taken from him because he was bisexual, prepares to sue the ministry of defence for their return. putting the brakes on growth. amid falling car sales, we'll find out later how honda and toyota are faring, and what next for the thousands of staff they employ in the uk. the medicine you won't find at a chemist — how doing something creative could make you healthier. good morning. a pretty wet day, rain pushing north—east, heavy in places, followed on by heavy showers, but some sunshine, and wherever you are, it will feel cool. more in 15 minutes. it's wednesday, 8th may. our top story: the nhs is seeing the first significant fall in gp numbers in nearly 50 years. research by the nuffield trust reveals surgeries are under

pressure, with the number of people entering the profession simply not keeping up with the number leaving. in 2014, across the uk, there were just under 65 gps for every 100,000 people. by last year, the number of gps was down to 60 per 100,000 patients. the situation varies across the uk, but the biggest changes have been seen in england, as our health correspondent, dominic hughes reports. it's eight o'clock in the morning and dr carmel boyhan—irvine hasjust arrived at her practice in plymouth. i'm looking to a busy day with complex consultations. no time to reflect. high demand. with more than 8,000 patients on the books, her time is precious. so most patients are consulted over the phone. how can we help today? i'm feeling quite faint, feeling quite sick. so, basically, last tuesday, i got run over by a car.

only the most pressing cases get seen face—to—face. people like janet, who struggles with high blood pressure. it's been off and on, probably for quite a while. a growing number of people like janet, with long—term conditions, need to be seen. the gps can't keep up — retirements, burn—out, and a lack of fresh recruits are hitting numbers. you can't get an appointment, you can't, not routinely, not unless it is weeks in advance, and who knows when you are going to be ill a few weeks in advance? i have got one appointment left, two weeks today. there is a crisis in general practice. it's very real. it's the worst crisis since 1948. its future is injeopardy, there's no doubt about that. extra money has been promised for general practice and there are efforts to encourage more doctors to make a career as a gp. still feeding 0k? and at the ashton medical centre in wigan, they're trying new ways of working to ease the pressure. nurse practitioner trudi lowe now sees patients that were once seen by a doctor. minor illness, minor ailments,

and looking at management of chronic illness as well. we work alongside the gps and it also absolutely looks at hospital avoidance. good afternoon, it's mark, the practice pharmacist. pharmacists, physios and paramedics, now routinely work in doctors' surgeries. growing patient demand means this could be the future of general practice. dominic hughes, bbc news, wigan. you can see more on this on panorama, tonight at 7.30pm, on bbc one. liverpool have reached the final of the champions league after a stunning victory over barcelona in one of the greatest comebacks in european football history. sally is here with the details. greatest comeback at anfield ever. so much excitement. a fan could not believe a smile on his face. anyone,

no matter who you support, anyone who watched or listen to that match would have struggled to sleep after because it was adrenaline fuelled, so because it was adrenaline fuelled, so exciting. they were written off going into it, 3—0 down against barcelona, lionel messi, barcelona had rested their entire team at the weekend ready for the game because they had already won the league so they had already won the league so they were not bothered about the match in spain, the first team came and played at anfield last night but they had no reply for liverpool. they were shocked by the atmosphere and the high price. shocked by that first goal and ended up 4—0. —— high price. i tell you who else was shocked, trent alexander—arnold, this is the reaction from inside the liverpool dressing room after the match, trent alexander—arnold had his head in his hands, played such a pivotal role for them last night. after the final whistle, back in the

dressing room, his incredible corner, hugely significant moment in the game, look at him. he cannot believe what has happened. shaking his head. the significance of it, 20—year—old kid, ina the significance of it, 20—year—old kid, in a game of that magnitude, to think so quickly, you will show us the goals at 8:30am, to take the corner so the goals at 8:30am, to take the corner so quickly while the rest of the barcelona team were expecting something so different. looking the other way. have a look at the liverpool ball boy, when the ball goes out of play, he throws trent alexander—arnold the new bull really quickly and the balljust out of play roles across the box and the only reason trent alexander—arnold is able to take it quickly is because the ball has come straight on from the ball boy and it catches out the barcelona players, that young man, he needs tickets to the champions league final. all of the ball boys were brilliant last night,

it is almost like everybody including the crowd last night, they we re including the crowd last night, they were all playing a part in the game. the noise, atmosphere, it was absolutely incredible. people lucky enough to be that could not believe what they witnessed.” enough to be that could not believe what they witnessed. i was not looking forward to coming. magic. absolutely amazing. really amazing, one of the best matches at anfield i have ever seen. i one of the best matches at anfield i have ever seen. | am one of the best matches at anfield i have ever seen. i am proud, really proud of the team. cannot believe it, the best night ever. it wasjust amazing. the scoreline to barcelona, lionel messi did not even feature, best game ever. best comeback ever. did lionel messi play today? team effort all the way, nothing stopping us bringing the six champions league now. it has been coming 79 years. best game i have ever seen. that chap deserves the last word, 79 yea rs, best chap deserves the last word, 79 years, best game he has ever seen, i

will go with that. good assessment. it was not on terrestrial telly so we will show you all of the goals at 8:30am in the sports bulletin, stay tuned, we will show you the highlights. and we have the england boss phil neville. special announcement, i believe. today he is announcing his squad for the world cup, at various points through the morning, interesting to see what he thinks about that. played for manchester united and everton.” thinks about that. played for manchester united and everton. i am sure we will be asking him. celebrating through gritted teeth. goals coming up shortly. thank you. ministers are to resume their negotiations with labour on brexit today, with little signs of a breakthrough. downing street described yesterday's talks as constructive and detailed, while a labour source said there hasn't been a significant new compromise on customs arrangements. it follows the announcement yesterday that the uk would now have to take part in the forthcoming eu elections later this month. a falklands veteran is planning to sue the ministry of defence

for the return of his service medals, which were taken off him in 1993 because he was bisexual. the ban on lgbt people serving in the armed forces was lifted in 2000. the mod says it's looking at how personnel discharged because of their sexuality can have their medals back. our home affairs correspondent, june kelly, reports. i loved life in the navy because of the comradeship. 150 people on board a vessel and you all knew each other. joe 0usalice served in the royal navy for nearly 18 years. and his work was praised by his seniors. when hejoined up in the 1970s, there was a ban on lgbt people serving in the armed forces. and joe says, throughout his career, he hid the fact that he was bisexual. it was a double life i was living. i was watching, every day, what i was saying, what i was doing. joe served in the falklands war. he also did tours of duty

in northern ireland and conflict spots in the middle east. but in 1993, an allegation involving another sailor, which he's always denied, ended his career. and during the disciplinary process, he says he was forced to disclose his sexuality. this is a medalfor northern ireland, that one for the south atlantic. joe was allowed to hold onto two of his medals, but he was stripped of the medal he was awarded for long service and good conduct. that medal is proof to me that i was good enough for all those years and yet somebody could just come and take it away from you. in a statement, the ministry of defence said... joe says, because that he was dismissed from the navy, he has also lost out on his pension. but he has never fought for money.

at the age of 68, he just wants his medal back. june kelly, bbc news. officials in pakistan have confirmed that ashia bibi, the christian woman who spent eight years on death row after being convicted of blasphemy, has now left the country. the mother of four was jailed in 2010 after being accused of insulting the prophet muhammad in a row with neighbours. the supreme court's decision to quash her sentence last year led to violent protests by religious hardliners across the country. voting has begun in government elections in south africa, 25 years after the first democratic election was held following the end of apartheid. the ruling anc is expected to hold on to power, but the opposition democratic alliance are hoping to cause an upset, amid growing public disillusionment around corruption, crime and the economy. the world will catch its first glimpse of the newborn son of the duke and duchess of sussex later today when he's expected to attend his first photocall. prince charles is among those looking forward to seeing the two—day—old baby. on a visit to germany,

he said he was impatient to meet his new grandson on his return to the uk. arthur, alexander, spencer, they are allup arthur, alexander, spencer, they are all up the arthur, alexander, spencer, they are allup the in arthur, alexander, spencer, they are all up the in the potentials. still don't know, do not know if we will get their name today. they are doing things very differently. a woman dies from ovarian cancer every two hours in the uk and there isn't currently a screening test that reliably detects it. campaigners are calling on women to have a greater awareness of symptoms, including bloating, fatigue and weight loss, which is vital for early diagnosis. we're nowjoined by cary wakefield from the charity, ovarian cancer actional, and also by anna szalay, who was diagnosed when she was 19. good morning. it is not what you expect, that kind of diagnosis, at 19. tell me about how he realised what was going on. i had extreme fatigue for a few months before but you put it down to stress, i was at

university at the time. in early december, i had extreme stomach pain, back pain. i thought, something is not right. i had to course work to do, i thought, i will put it off for a week, two weeks, what is the harm? it led to a late diagnosis and early detection can save diagnosis and early detection can save lives and it's really important. is that part of the problem, like anna did, a lot of women think, i will get on with it, it cannot be that bad?” women think, i will get on with it, it cannot be that bad? i think there are several problems. women really are several problems. women really are not aware of the symptoms of ovarian cancer. they are very easily put aside byjust saying, it is nothing, bloating, stomach pain, i feel very tired. i think the challenge is for women to spot when actually, like anna describes, her symptoms were persistent and severe. at that point, women need to get to

the doctor and get checked out. while we do not want to worry women, it is important if they have these symptoms, go to the doctor. when eventually you were diagnosed, quite faron, eventually you were diagnosed, quite far on, what was your treatment like? my treatment was i had surgery because they were not sure which type of ovarian cancer it was, i had surgery, type of ovarian cancer it was, i had surgery, and when the tests came back from the biopsy of the tumour, they said, germ cell tumour, it spreads very quickly, i need chemotherapy urgently. i had that performance. quite a few meds. .. 0ften performance. quite a few meds. .. often when we —— talk about these cancers, is at the same mess with ovarian cancer? it is. one of them is the screening tool will detect ovarian cancer, the screening tool for cervical cancer. there is no screening tool for ovarian cancer. at 0varian screening tool for ovarian cancer. at ovarian cancer actional, we fund research because that will make the biggest difference to improving survival. in the intermediate term,

it is about women realising, if they have the symptoms, it could be a sign of something more serious. i need tojust rule it out. sign of something more serious. i need to just rule it out. what do you suggest? in your possession, in hindsight, anna, what would have helped you? -- in your position. now i think, why did i helped you? -- in your position. now ithink, why did i not helped you? -- in your position. now i think, why did i not take action sooner? why did i think persistent bloating and fatigue is normal? all it takes is a blood test and a scan. 0nce it takes is a blood test and a scan. once you had been, it was quite quick? no i had a lot of issues with doctors not believing i had something wrong, quite naturally skinny, athletic, doctors were saying, you are fine, stopping dramatic, enjoy christmas. i saw four gps before a gp said, trust your gut instinct, if you think something is wrong, get a blood test, a scan, that is all you need to confirm or say not, worst case scenario is cancer but it be

something deny grate benign. you we re something deny grate benign. you were really persistent —— something benign. the last doctor said, push for it, and luckily i did. how are you now? one year in remission, great. it shows, if you do detect it, you can get through it. presumably it has had a big impact on you, when you hear that kind of diagnosis, and on yourfamily on you, when you hear that kind of diagnosis, and on your family as well. definitely. it impacts eve ryo ne well. definitely. it impacts everyone around you. really powerful message. people watching this morning, cary, thinking, you do not wa nt to morning, cary, thinking, you do not want to worry people necessarily, but if you are feeling those symptoms, it is important to get checked out. yeah. older women... there are... it is something that affects more older women but one in six can be under 50 and anna proves you can be really young and we see women who are really young with ovarian cancer and it is about...

the sentence are stomach pain, bloating needing to go to the toilet more quickly and feeling full quickly and not being able to eat, if you have theirs and a persistent or is available, get to the doctor to rule it out —— if you have those. do not be too british about it and think, iam do not be too british about it and think, i am wasting the doctor because my time. better to go and check it out. it is called the silent killer. we do not like that in terms of a description because it makes you think you cannot spot it. avoiding late diagnosis is one of the key things which will improve survival and avoiding misdiagnosis as well. i do not think we would describe it as a silent killer, the symptoms we have described are not silent. thank you so much for coming on, really powerful story you tell, anna. probably was a big shock at 19 to be diagnosed. definitely. good luck with the rest of your recovery

as well. the weather in a minute but first the headlines. gps told the bbc they have too many patients to treat, a significant fall in the number of family doctors. the comeback kings strike again, liverpool beat barcelona and reach the champions league final. it can be part of the problem, talking about going to see their gp, getting checked out, gp numbers... it is difficult to get an appointment. many people find it a real frustration, you might appointment. many people find it a realfrustration, you might ring up and say, you have some of your symptoms, anna... one doctor refused to see me, he said, no, you are fine. it is getting to the gp that is the issue. be persistent. thank you. carol is in the studio with us, great pleasure. great pleasure for me. lovely to see everyone this

morning. it is pretty wet. if you have not ventured outside yet, heavy rain swept in a south—west england and now currently moving in a north—easterly direction. some of the rain will be heavy and it will be followed by heavy thundery showers. courtesy of this low pressure pushing cloud across us and thatis pressure pushing cloud across us and that is what has been producing the rain. you can see on the chart where we have the rain continuing to journey into the southeast, eastern england, central spine and mittens and it will be heavy. behind it, showers, sunshine —— and midlands. it will be blustery. particularly cold on the north sea coastline. northern ireland and scotland, also showers today. scotland, some will be wintry on the hills. rider, rain not heavy in western scotland and the wind coming from a different direction —— brighter. northern ireland, you will have showery outbreaks of rain, a fair bit of

cloud at times, heaviest rain by the afternoon in central and north—eastern parts of england, north west england seeing showers, southern england and wales, southwest, it is the regime of sunshine and showers, but the shower is having on thundery. this evening and overnight, low pressure continues to drift into the north sea, we will still see showery epics of rain tomorrow. cold start where we have clear size in scotland —— clear skies. for northern ireland, england and wales, this is where we are likely to see the showers, once again, heavy and thundery. temperatures, no great shakes. below average for this stage in may. 0n friday, you can see how there is hardly a nicer bar on the chart. any showers that do form will be slow moving —— hardly any isobars on the chart. this is not possible, they

could pop up almost anywhere. quite a bit of cloud so it will be bright, rather than sunny. but some sunshine and temperatures eight to 15. not quite as cold because we do not have the wind. still cool on the weekend until sunday. you can see the blues, then we have yellows as high pressure builds in, some warmer conditions. sunday entered the early pa rt conditions. sunday entered the early part of next week, turning warmer, high pressure in charge, more settled, more sunshine, temperatures around 19, 20, possibly a little bit more. that sounds lovely, thank you. bear with it in the meantime. absolutely. take your umbrella. not speaking from a selfish perspective, anyone going to watch the british masters today, is it umbrella needed because the showers will be persistent this afternoon on the north—west coast?

persistent this afternoon on the north-west coast? if you catch a shower, it could be thundery, so put your umbrella down then and just get wet. all about the right close. need one of those big cats —— the right clothes. need one of those big hats. as we've been hearing, on average there are nowjust 60 gps for every 100,000 patients in the uk, according to new research so how do you encourage more people into the profession, and stop others from leaving? our health correspondent, dominic hughes is looking at the pressures facing doctors at a practice in ashton—in—makerfield this morning. at this practice, they are trying to do some things differently ease the pressure on gps. to discuss it, i am joined by a couple of people, doctor joe lawes, a gp at the practice, and one of the patients here, thank you for joining one of the patients here, thank you forjoining us. to start with, you are relatively young, if you don't mind me saying so, starting out in

your career as a gp. we hear that as a problem, not many doctors want to make a career in general practice, what has brought you in? that is right. i came into general practice three years ago because i love working with people and working in general practice gives me the opportunity to get to know my patients. that is one of the most important things about myjob, i find it rewarding. we hear lots about the pressures and the danger of burn—out, how do you guard against that? i think it is really important to be aware of burn—out. it is about flexible working and making sure you are working a number of hours to suit you but also making sure you have a good team to support you in practice, so in terms of support with all of your work on a day—to—day basis, but also making sure you are doing things within your competence as well. turning to you, as a patient, lots watching might be screaming at the

television, i can never get an appointment, it is those kinds of things that frustrate people. what is your experience? i can only speak about my perspective, what i have found that the practice is the practice is excellent at identifying your particular needs and when it comes to treatment, particularly appointments, how necessary that appointments, how necessary that appointment is. i do get quick appointments when it is needed. they identify excellently urgency and not so identify excellently urgency and not so urgent and act appropriately and i find that really benefiting to me. what was the key to that? knowing you as an individual? yes, it is. the main thing i get from the practice, excellent practice, the main thing, i am treated as an individual and i feel like an individual. my personal needs and ca re individual. my personal needs and care and everything are taken into account and that gives me a lot of confidence. it is the little things that make the difference. the

practicalities. very much so. the practice as a whole, everyone works in tandem with each other. sympathy, understanding, they go out of their way to do as much as they can for you and that is so important for patient confidence, particularly when you are dealing with all the stuff like i have had to at times. back to you, dr lawes, if he were to say to other young doctors ending training, thinking about a career in general practice, this is a big push now for all the health services across the uk, what would you say to someone across the uk, what would you say to someone about what could draw them in? you need to know what you are getting yourself into you also need to be sensible and pragmatic about where you work. i am working on a practice where there is flexible working, i can take my holiday i wa nt working, i can take my holiday i want to, for me, that is really important. but also, i am safety netted by a good group who help and support me along the way. also, really important that we are working

in practices that are very innovative and working where i work, we are innovative, looking forward to the future, putting lots of things in place to help the patients, that is the most important thing and makes me want to be a gp. thank you both very much, we will be bringing you lots of coverage on the bbc news around pressure on gps. back to you in the studio. thank you. lots to come on the programme. more creativity, i think. sally has been drawing, carol has, you have written me a lovely poem. we will put that on social media later. in a moment, we will be unveiling phil neville portsmouth squad for the world cup —— phil neville's squad for the world cup. england was my first game is against scotland, on the 9th ofjune. phil neville on the

way. you have been heavily coordinated. 6000 e—mails from the football association. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning. it's been a rather wet start to the day for many of us. good news, of course, for the gardens and farmers. we haven't seen a lot of rainfall recently, but we've got this area of low pressure, that's driving weather fronts across the uk, bringing that rain. quite a dismal start for many of us. that rain will move its way northwards and eventually there will be some brighter skies developing in southern areas, but with that, some heavy and thundery showers. the rain persistent in northern and especially north—eastern areas of england and eastern scotland,

with a brisk easterly wind here. really not helping how it's going to feel today, temperatures maybe at best 7 or 8 celsius, 14, 15 degrees in the south. and through tonight, we will continue with those showers and outbreaks of rain across northern parts. the area of low pressure will move its way gradually eastwards, as we go through tonight. but this occluded front is just sticking around as we go through into thursday. this is thursday, quite cloudy, still some outbreaks of rain affecting mainly north—eastern areas of england. showers for northern ireland, showers in the afternoon across wales and southern areas. again, some sunny spells in the south, drier and brighter in the north of scotland, compared to today. temperatures, though, about 8 to 11 degrees in the north and, again, up to 14 to 16 in the south. we go through to friday and, again, we start off with a few showers across northern ireland, the isle of man and into northern areas of england. further south, again, dry and the north, it should be dry with, again, some sunshine. but quite an unsettled day, again.

temperatures generally about 10 to 15 degrees. the changes really come as we go through into the weekend. that area of low pressure moves away and then going into saturday and sunday, this big area of high pressure becomes anchored across the uk. that's going to dry things out. it's going to get brighter and it's going to turn warmer, as well. bye bye.

this is business live from bbc news with maryam moshiri and sally bundock. south africa's stagnating economy will be in many voters' minds, as they cast their ballots in the country's general election. live from london, that's our top story on wednesday 8th may. it's africa's most industrialised economy, but is struggling with low growth, chronically high unemployment and one of the most unequal societies on the planet. we'll cross live tojohannesburg. also in the programme: