you're watching bbc news at 9:00 with me, joanna gosling. the headlines: gps blame excessive workloads for the first sustained fall in their numbers in 50 years. it's very real. it's the worst crisis since 1948. its future is injeopardy, there is no doubt about that. commentator: they caught barcelona napping. painting the town red — liverpool fans celebrate their team pulling off one of the greatest comebacks in champions league history at anfield. i'm proud, i'm really proud of that team tonight, really! asia bibi, a christian woman who spent eight years on death row in pakistan accused of blasphemy, has left the country. a falklands veteran, forced out of the royal navy

over his sexuality, plans to sue the ministry of defence for the return of his military honours. and the world will catch its first glimpse of the newborn son of the duke and duchess of sussex, when the two—day—old is expected to make his first photocall. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9:00am. the nhs is seeing the first significant fall in gp numbers in nearly 50 years. research by the nuffield trust for the bbc, 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 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 since1948. 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 7.30 on bbc one. and in the next 15 minutes or so we'll be hearing from the royal college of general practioners, to see what they think of the findings. in what is being described as the greatest comebacks in champions league history, liverpool pulled off the unthinkable last night — beating barcelona 4—0 at anfield to overturn a three—goal deficit and book their place in the champions league final. the goals came from divock 0rigi and geroginio wijnaldum who both scored twice. unsurprisingly there were jubilant scences after the match. with the whole squad lining up in front of the kop for an emotional

rendition of you'll never walk alone. they'll play either tottenham or ajax in the final on 1st ofjune. here's what some of the fans had to say afterwards. i wasn't looking forward to coming. it was magic. absolutely amazing. 0ne it was magic. absolutely amazing. one of the best matches at anfield i have seen. really proud, really proud. 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. greatest comeback ever. that the are i'io greatest comeback ever. that the are no play today? greatest comeback ever. been coming 79 years. what was that like? the best. do you think liverpool will go on and win the champions league? yes, definitely 110w. and we'll plenty more

reaction from the bbc sports centre later this hour. asia bibi, a christian woman who spent eight years on death row in pakistan after being convicted of blasphemy, has left the country with her husband. she was originally convicted in 2010 after being accused of insulting the prophet muhammad in a row with her neighbours. her lawyer has told the bbc she's arrived in canada, where members of her family have already been granted asylum. we can now go live to our pakistan correspondent secunder kermani, who is in islamabad. give us the background around this and the situation. the asia bibi case has been one of the most divisive and polarising cases in this country's history. it began in 2009, when you say asia bibi had an argument with two muslim women in her village in the province of punjab because they didn't want to drink from the same cup as her. she was taken to court after having committed blasphemy and was

sentenced to death. she had that conviction overruled by pakistan's supreme court. since then, she has been living in a state of limbo. it has been believed she has been in the custody and the protective custody of the security forces, of the intelligence services, who have been worried about the possibility ofa been worried about the possibility of a violent reaction to news of her release. but we have had news from pakistani officials that she has left the country and her lawyer has told the bbc that she has arrived in canada. for her family told the bbc that she has arrived in canada. for herfamily and supporters, this is a day to rejoice. they said it wouldn't be possible or say for her to continue living in pakistan because of the strength of feeling amongst islamist groups who wanted to see her hung. there has been a lot of speculation over the months about where she would go, why canada and why has it taken so long? two of her daughters

had previously been granted asylum in canada. so we believe that's where she has gone. that is where her lawyers have told the bbc. as to why there has been this delay, it isn't clear where she has been. but last october when news of her acquittal was announced by the supreme court, there were thousands of protesters who came out in protest on the streets of pakistan and went on a rampage, bringing many parts of the country to a standstill. there has been and there still is, a fear that the news of this release, of her travelling out of the country could provoke violent unrest. although a number of the leaders of the protest movement of the violent protest movement last year are still currently in jail, so there will be hope the day can go off peacefully. thank you very much. staying in pakistan, and at least eight people have been killed in an explosion close to a prominent sufi shrine

in the city of lahore. according to reports, the blast occurred near the dataa darbar shrine. 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. voting hasjust 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. 0ur correspondent, shingai nyoka is injohannesburg for us now. thank you forjoining us. tell us about the issues that are forefront in this election? i think this area,

where i am at this polling station, typifies some of the issues, the major issues that face south africa and the electorate. this is an area called norwood, one of the affluent areas. 0n the one side we have a suburb where nelson mandela lived with its gated communities. 0n the other side of the track we have migrants and a lot of poverty. south africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world. what we are hearing, some astounding statistics is that among the youth there is a 54% of unemployment, one in every two young people don't have a job, evenif two young people don't have a job, even if they finish university. these are some of the issues voters are going to the polls and they are hoping to change. we have seen a lot of service delivery protests. citizens concerned about education,

access to schools, clinics and water. the political parties, the three main political parties have a lot to answer for. the ruling anc have been in powerfor 25 years, but what we have seen from the number of people registered to vote, there is a little bit of discontent. the nostalgia about the fact that nelson mandela once led this party is not in effect and they are looking to see which party is competent enough to lead south africa out of its current crisis. as you say, the anc, in powerfor 25 years, is it thought likely there could be an upset to that? the opinion polls happen to be clear. the anc for the last 25 years has had a great majority, over 60% of the vote. but what we have seen over the last 15 years or so, the last three elections, that number has declined from a peak of 70% to

about 60. the main opposition, the democratic alliance, which started off as democratic alliance, which started offasa democratic alliance, which started off as a white party, but has since become more representative, has increased quite a rake. at the last elections they had just under a of the votes, the economic freedom fighters, challenging the anc for the black vote have increased in the number of voters. especially the young, the disenchanted and the ones eagerfor a radical transformation. so really, as many people see this, this is the anc‘s election to lose and the number of votes he gets will determine the mandate he has to be able to implement those radical policies. he has faced division within the party, especially those that supported jacob zuma. he really is looking to increase the anc‘s

majority vote to at least over 60, so majority vote to at least over 60, so he can affect some of those changes and end the corruption, as he has promised to do. thank you very much. 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. extra police have been on duty in the ladywood area of birmingham after a man was shot dead. the victim — who was 23 — was attacked late yesterday afternoon. two other men, aged 19 and 20 — are being treated in hospital. no—one has been arrested. the us secretary of state, mike pompeo, will be in london today for talks with theresa may and the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt. it's thought mr pompeo will express concern over plans to use equipment

made by the chinese company, huawei, in the uk's 5g mobile network. an 18—year—old student has died and at least eight people have been injured in a school shooting in colorado. police have arrested two pupils from the school, which is just about five miles from columbine, scene of one of america's deadliest school shootings 20 years ago. 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. the headlines on bbc news: gps blame excessive workloads for the first sustained fall in their numbers in 50 years. a falklands veteran, forced out of the royal navy over his sexuality, plans to sue the ministry of defence for the return of his military honours. in sport, we will have more on the miracle of merseyside as liverpool beat barcelona 4—0 to book their place in the champions league final on what was a magical night at anfield. tonight is the turn of tottenham as

they try to secure their place in they try to secure their place in the final. they are 1—0 down to ajax from the first leg. and are announcing their squad for the summer's women's welcome. it is being revealed in stages on social media. so far, steph houghton and duggan are on the plane to france. i will have more on those stories later. let's take you live to central london now where the green party are launching their european election campaign. we can hearfrom co—leaders, jonathan bartley and sian berry. the brexit project led by nigel farage has the brexit project led by nigel fa rage has capitalised the brexit project led by nigel farage has capitalised on the neglect of our communities and unleash the darkest elements onto oui’ unleash the darkest elements onto our nation, bringing them dangerously close to the mainstream. the far right are now a sickness in oui’ the far right are now a sickness in our politics, but the greens, full of hope and with a vision of the future that has faith in people's

best instincts, we are the cure. not the tories who are all aboard the brexit bus, even as the wheels are flying off, they are not the cure. not labour, you cannot be clearfor what they stand for, who cannot stand up for freedom what they stand for, who cannot stand up forfreedom of movement what they stand for, who cannot stand up for freedom of movement and are putting political opportunity over the good of the people. they are not the cure. not the lib dems, the co—architects of austerity, his period in government is not forgotten and the direct cause of the mess we are in now. the greens are the strongest, most united, pro—eu party on the ballot. the greens have meps in three uk regions compared with one for the liberal democrats. 0ur huge growth in strength and support since 2014 point to the greens making gains across the country, breakthroughs in new regions. 0ur candidates are from the grassroots, as selected, democratically by a growing number of members. we have a vision that

excites people so much that 1500 people joined the green partyjust over the last weekend. applause. welcome to them all. the green vote on the 23rd of may will elect more meps to stand up for people and the climate inside the european union. if you want a strong, european voice you can trust, put your faith if you want a strong, european voice you can trust, put yourfaith in if you want a strong, european voice you can trust, put your faith in the green party. if you thought that la st green party. if you thought that last week's local election results for the greens were good, the green wave is growing in strength and there is so much more to come. this is our moment and we are ready for the best election we have ever had. as sian said, our politics in westminster is utterly paralysed. how can the establishment parties sort this mess out? our politics is

paralysed and people are ready for something new. and every green mep elected from our brilliant team of candidates will become a commanding voice, calling for what this country needs now, a peoples' vote. we need to go back to the people, to you to get politics moving again. we will ask you, is theresa may's forged deal what you want? if not, let's remain in the european union, let's make real change happen at the biggest level. but is not enough to say no to brexit. staying in the eu is crucial to tackling climate emergency. we need a new deal right across the european union. we need more green meps who take real and meaningful action. the problems and neglect that so many communities are going through right across britain,

must be addressed. we need to make sure those communities are heard for the first time in years. and invested in, so a crisis like this never happens again. as the local elections showed, greens deliver for local communities. we won so many seats because we are building up credibility and trust. because green councillors work hard and they change things for the better in their areas. locally, we are growing in strength and we are ready to deliver even more strong, principled, hard—working meps for the whole country in this european election. so if you want a party thatis election. so if you want a party that is tough and brexit and tough oi'i that is tough and brexit and tough on the causes of brexit, vote green. if you want a party that has a real vision for britain in europe, vote green. if you want a party with a real, and let's face it, a very long standing plan for the climate

emergency, vote green. we are the party that has called all the most important issues of recent times, absolutely right. we are the strongest voice in the european union and the most credible pro—europe party in this election. if you want to say yes to europe, yes to investing in our communities and no to climate chaos, right now and no to climate chaos, right now and for the future, then cast the most powerful that you have an vote more greens into europe on the 23rd of may. thank you. applause. studio: that is the green party launching their campaign for the european elections. we were hearing from sian berry and jonathan ba rtley. and you can find out all you need to know on the upcoming european elections on our website head to bbc.co.uk/euroelections for all the information including

who is running and how to vote. back now to our main story this morning and gp numbers across the uk have fallen for the first time in nearly 50 years. analysis by health group the nuffield trust shows there's now around four fewer gps per 100,000 people than five years ago. let's speak to drjonathan leach, spokesman for the royal college of gps. he joins us from worcester. thank you forjoining us. why do you think the number of gps is dropping like this? there is a range of things over many years. we haven't created enough, although there has been an increase recently which is very gratifying to see. then the other issue is, my generation of doctors, i am in other issue is, my generation of doctors, iam in my other issue is, my generation of doctors, i am in my late 50s, quite frankly, the volume and complexity of patients we now see, we just don't have time. when we talk to particularly senior gps, they are saying they are not able to do the job they would want to do. if i look

at where i was in the surgery in bromsgrove yesterday, i was picking up bromsgrove yesterday, i was picking up all sorts of things as patient rang in and came in. what i need to do over role to do myjob properly, i need to see fewer patients for longer and just to give you one very clear example, the lady i saw who had just come out of hospital, with a diagnosis of cancer, i spent 45 minutes with her and her daughter, talking through what that meant and what we, as a surgery could do and how we would look after her. the problem is i have so many patients like that, where we need more time and that is why doctors are getting frustrated. what is the answer to that? as you said, someone who is leaning on the gp for obvious reasons and needs that support from you, but there will be others who don't need that length of an appointment, so how do you manage it ina way appointment, so how do you manage it in a way that works for everybody?

the answer is, there isn't a single, simple answer. 0ne the answer is, there isn't a single, simple answer. one is to recruit more into general practice and i think that is right. we are increasingly using other health care professionals, such as pharmacist, physiotherapist and advanced nurse practitioners. in many cases pharmacist to a four—year degree and are pharmacists in the practice are just astonishing. in many cases, they take work of us but they should be an addition to the doctors. the final bit is about senior doctors such as ourselves, we need to make thejob doable. such as ourselves, we need to make the job doable. a such as ourselves, we need to make thejob doable. a lot such as ourselves, we need to make the job doable. a lot of the surgery yesterday as the duty doctor, was on the phone and i dealt with 47 patients. it puts pressure on the patients. it puts pressure on the patients because i don't have the time to spend with them but also pressure on the doctors. it is about the value but also the complexity of people we see in comparison to when

i first qualified, when people we see in comparison to when ifirst qualified, when people people we see in comparison to when i first qualified, when people that often go into hospital. there has been a big shift from hospital medicine into general practice. there are many things we now treat entirely in general practice, which would have been entirely treated in a hospital environment previously and wejust a hospital environment previously and we just haven't kept up with the numbers of staff there which obviously means funding. are you worried for patients as well because this is from the perspective on the pressure on gps. patient satisfaction with gps remains high but so many are reporting it is very difficult to see their gp and we hear about gps being the local, friendly face for patients? we are worried about that. what is happening is, whilst we are using the telephone and perhaps video and things like this, we are picking up perhaps simpler things we would do

on the phone. i am a great believer in using the telephone, it is great for straightforward things, but it is not very good if you need to see somebody who has complex problems. you cannot physically do it, you need to see them. the issue is getting the balance right and clearly patients who want to see their doctor, we want them to see their doctor, we want them to see their doctor. doctors are trying to do the best they can. and whilst we recognise and appreciate the extra funding that has come from the devolved nations and nhs england, actually we need to accelerate that, we need to move this further and we need to move it faster. because as the population grows and as we age, the population grows and as we age, the needs of the health service and particularly general practice, will grow. you mentioned there has been an increase recently in the number of new gps being recruited. 0bviously of new gps being recruited. obviously it takes time to train new gps, is this the start of perhaps a new direction in terms of the way

things are going? we hope so, because we need young doctors to choose general practice as a career. asa choose general practice as a career. as a job it is the most brilliant job to do. you get to see things and you can support patients. we go into medicine to help people. it is the most brilliantjob. medicine to help people. it is the most brilliant job. we medicine to help people. it is the most brilliantjob. we need to make it more attractive but part of that is making the workload more manageable, so that actually we can do ourjob properly. thank you very much forjoining us. thank you. in a moment the weather, but first let's here's victoria derbyshire with what she's got coming up in her programme at 10am. good morning. drug dealers at the school gates and taking cocaine on play dates. we speak to the mums struggling with cocaine addiction, as one of the uk's top providers of private addiction treatment tells us, exclusively, that the number of people they're seeing for cocaine use has shot up by 128% in four years. we'd meet after school and we'd do play dates with the kids and they'll be like,

"shall we get one in?" the dealers were always around, at school pick up. i would go around to friends' houses, who were single mums. i'd have my baby in the carrier on the floor and i'd be sneaking up to the toilet, to do lines. join us at 10am, on bbc two, the bbc news channel and online. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. good morning. it's a very wet start to the day. we have some heavy rain moving its way northwards across the uk. it's all linked into an area of low pressure, which you can see really nicely here on the satellite imagery — throwing these weather fronts and a lot of cloud across the uk. the rain will eventually clear from southern areas of england and south wales. there will be brighter skies, a bit of sunshine developing this afternoon. with that though, some heavier, thundery showers developing. the rain, really quite persistent, particularly in north—east england and the east of scotland with a rather strong easterly wind and that's going to make it feel particularly chilly

across north—eastern areas. temperatures may be at best, six or seven celsius. elsewhere and certainly towards the south, it won't be quite as cold as that, temperature is about 14 or 15 degrees. as we go through to thursday, there will still be some showers around, particularly in northern areas of the uk and any brightness limited to the south. goodbye.

hello, this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines: there's been a significant drop in the gp—to—patient ratio in england, over the past four years, according to figures compiled for the bbc. the research by the independent health think—tank, the nuffield trust, found on average, each gp now has 125 more patients than they did in 2014. asia bibi, a christian woman

who spent eight years on death row in pakistan accused of blasphemy, has left the country. her conviction was overruled last year by the supreme court, but protests forced her into hiding. a falklands veteran, forced out of the royal navy over his sexuality, plans to sue the ministry of defence for the return of his military honours. drivers for the taxi—hailing app, uber, are going on strike in london, birmingham, nottingham and glasgow, as well as in cities across the us. they are demanding better pay and conditions. and the world will catch its first glimpse of the newborn son of the duke and duchess of sussex, when the two—day—old is expected to make his first photocall. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. ovarian cancer kills one woman 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. cary wakefield from the charity ovarian cancer action and anna szalay, who was diagnosed when she was 19, spoke to bbc breakfast. anna said she had been suffering from extreme fatigue for a few months before she went to the doctor. you do put it down to stress, to school, i was at university at the time. in early december, i had extreme stomach pain, extreme back pain. i thought something's not right. i had coursework due in, ithought, "i'll put it off for a week, two weeks, what's the harm?" it led to a late diagnosis and an early detection can save lives and is really important. is that part of the problem, like anna did, a lot of women thinking, "i'll get on with it, it can't be that bad?" i think there are several problems.

women really aren't aware of the symptoms of ovarian cancer. they're very easily put aside byjust saying, "it's nothing, the bloating or stomach pain, or 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 themselves to the doctor and get themselves checked out. while we don't want to worry women, it is important if they have these symptoms, they go to the doctor. when eventually you were diagnosed, it was, as you say, quite far on, what was your treatment like? my treatment was i had surgery, because they weren't sure which type of ovarian cancer it was, i had surgery, and when the tests came back from the biopsy of the tumour, they said, it's germ cell tumour, which spreads very quickly, i need chemotherapy urgently. i had that for four months.

are there quite a few myths... 0ften often when we talk about these cancers, quite a few myths exist around cancer generally. is it the same 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 ovarian cancer actional, we fund research because that will make the biggest difference to improving survival. in the most immediate term, it is about women realising, if they have the symptoms, it could be a sign of something more serious. they do need tojust rule it out. what do you suggest? in your position, in hindsight, anna, what would have helped you? if you had taken notes? looking back now, why didn't i take action sooner? why did i think persistent bloating and fatigue is normal? i would have gone to the doctor

earlier. all it takes is a blood test and a scan. and that's it. once you had been, it was quite quick? no, i had a lot of issues with doctors not believing i had something wrong with me, becaise i'm quite naturally skinny, athletic, quite fit. doctors were saying, "you're fine, stop acting 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, get a scan, that's all you need to confirm or say not, and worst case scenario is cancer but it could be something benign. you just need that test to know. some people have tweeted pictures of white roses on social media that they have been handed by volunteers for 0varian action. this one at king's cross station in london. and our colleagues at bbc radio lancashire have also tweeted that the family and friends

of bbc weather presenter dianne 0xberry, who as many of you will know sadly died injanuary, are also working to raise awareness of the condition today. a missing piece of one of the giant stones that make up stonehenge has been returned, 60 years after it was taken from the ancient monument. a metre—long core from inside the prehistoric stone was removed during archaeological excavations in 1958. no—one knew where it was, until 89—year—old robert phillips, who was involved in those works, decided to return it. robert, who now lives in florida, asked his sons to take the piece back for him and one of them, lewis, spoke to bbc breakfast alongside susan greaney from english heritage. she explained more about the 1958 works. they were actually restoring some of the stones at stonehenge and they noticed, when they'd put one of them vertically, that it had a big crack through it. so they decided that they needed to take three cores out and insert metal bars, which basically pinned together the stone. yes. this is one of the three cores that was taken out, in order for that metal brace to be inserted and the company that undertook the work were a diamond drilling company from basingstoke called van moppes and robert phillips was one of the directors. he decided to keep this core and put

it in his office on display. where has it been all this time? just in the office? my father left the company in 1976 and he emigrated to america. when he left the firm, nobody else was really interested in it. he thought this is a very important artefact, so i'm going to keep it, for safekeeping, and so he did. and it's followed him on his travels across america. and now in his 90th... he's 90. you worry about things at that age. he decided he didn't want it getting lost and that it should come home. which is just lovely to hear. there are... we are running out of time, a bit, but there are two others out there or there might be still. there might be. we know that three cores were taken in 1958. this one was a bit of a surprise, when it turned out. and the family contacted us and said we would like to have it back but there may be two others out

there, in some's garage or on someone's wall. what can you learn from this? it feels weird to hold a bit of history. it really does. where it has been and where it's come from. really excitingly, there's been some geological research going on at stonehenge at the moment to try to work out where the stones have come from. we know the blue stones have come from wales, but we don't really know exactly where the large stones come from. so a team at the university of brighton are going to be doing some chemical testing and they're going to be able to take a tiny amount of this core and run it through lots of tests to work out where the stones have come from. and when it came out, it wouldn't have been broken like this, or..? i think it might have been. one of these cracks is probably from the original crack in the stone but the drilling process will have probably resulted in the bits cracking off like that, so that it's in these small sections. let's ta ke let's take a look at what you are watching and looking at. reading most on the bbc news website this morning. most read, british people having less sex, lots of stats on the numbers. apparently nearly one third of men and women have not had

sex in the past month, up from around one quarter in 2001 according to the survey, 34,000 people. recompense of study. in terms of why, the researchers from the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine say the de—decrease in sexual frequency say it is people who have been frequently sexually active rather than virginity. they wa nt to active rather than virginity. they want to know why it is and they suggest maybe it is the sheer pace of modern life perhaps why more people are having less sex. second most read, the stonehenge missing piece that we were just reporting on. and the 30 something else we have been reporting on, the falklands veteran suing to get his back after he was forced out of the royal navy over his sexuality. he says he has tried several times since the ban on lgbt ban since 2000. he has asked politicians for

the medals back and now he will take legal action. the most watch, royal baby legal action. the most watch, royal ba by called legal action. the most watch, royal baby called blaze, a group of kids asked what they thought the baby would be named. stanley, albert, blue, jackson and blaze. we might find out later. we will have a news conference with the baby and parents expected at about 12:40pm, at least we will see the baby boy if not know what he is called. that is later. sport now and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. good morning. even their manager said it would be impossible but if anyone could do it — this liverpool team could — and they did. coming back from 3—0 down to beat barcelona 4—0, and they're now in the champions league final for a second year in a row. adam wild reports on an incredible night at anfield. we will bring you that report in

just a few minutes' time. before that, let's take a look at the back pages, dominated by livable's victory. —— by liverpool's victory. the telegraph calls it a mersey miracle. the times goes with the miracle of anfield as does the mirror who say an under—strength liverpool showed brilliance and bottle to beat barcelona. can you speak? my voice isn't too bad. i did grasping and holding my head in my hands compared to shouting and screaming. my voice isn't too bad. you are a host of the anfield wrap podcast, presumably you we re anfield wrap podcast, presumably you were thinking, when you first went there that it wasn't going to happen? that it was too big a mountain for liverpool to climb. really slim chance but you never know in football, that is why you go every week. you don't know quite what to expect. we have done amazing things in the past. but this did seem a bridge too far, even for this liverpool side but they did it, winning 4—0 and i still can't quite

believe i'm saying those words. what was the atmosphere lie? incredible. 0n the first minute it was electric and all the crowd knew that they steamy did ask and a collective effort. the fans were there for the players. —— and everyone knew that they needed us. we got there to get up they needed us. we got there to get up and stop speaking of the players, you didn't have mo salah, you didn't have fabinho. what was the difference? how did they do it last night? —— you didn't have fabinho. the intensity was too much for barcelona. they are used to teams who sit back on them. this team is right in their faces straight from the off and they were so dangerous with the ball. barcelona didn't know how to react. so many little moments of cheekiness. if you think about andy robertson battling up against messi. and that trent corner which led to the fourth goal. talk me through that when you are watching that. i was looking away and suddenly trent took it. trick quick thinking by the ball boy who threw

the ball to trent. trent suddenly realised. it is one thing to have a vision to do something but another to execute it. it wasn't easy. amazing goal. anfield was loving that fall. is it the best match you've ever been to at anfield? at anfield it is must and nothing will ever top istanbul, that was amazing was that that wasn't at anfield! but in anfield, we had some brilliant games in terms of the run to that. istanbul final. but that tops it all. 4—0, barcelona, messi and all, what a team committed beat them, absolutely unreal. they are playing against ajax, tottenham, in the second leg tonight, who would you rather face in the final? ajax, we play tottenham twice a year. a bit of familiarity. ajax is a new, european great, huge name and that will add a big more romance to it. we other and that is all that matters at the moment. quickly, what

do you want more, the premier league title or the champions league trophy? champions league is more in our hands but we have been waiting for the premier league for 29 years. that is the want liverpool —— that is the one that liverpool fans want the most. thank you. we will have all the build—up to that match on the bbc news channel on 6:30pm. full commentary on the radio at 7pm. as we've been hearing, on average there are nowjust 60 gps for every 100,000 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? our health correspondent, dominic hughes is looking at the pressures facing doctors at a practice in ashton—in—makerfield this morning. 0ver over to you, dominic. 0verto you, dominic. good morning. good morning. we have been hearing about these two pressure points coming to bear on gp‘s services. a

growing demand from a growing and ageing population with many people with long—term conditions wanting to see gps, needing to be seen by gps. 0n the other hand, the number of gps who are retiring or leaving the profession because they are burnt out not being replaced by new, younger doctors coming in who want to make their career in general practice. all this is building up to pressures on primary care, on gp services. to discuss some of those issues, i'm joined by services. to discuss some of those issues, i'mjoined by graham, who services. to discuss some of those issues, i'm joined by graham, who is the chair of the patient participation group here at the ashton medical centre near wigan. thank you forjoining us. from a patient‘s point of view, what makes it work when you've got a practice thatis it work when you've got a practice that is working well like this one? practice is working well within ssp means that they communicate very efficiently and effectively. the group of practices. the federation of practices which braithwaite road is one of the practices. it is very

important to make sure that we feed information from the patient's back through to the... ssp itself. by doing that, we have been looking at other ways in which we can engage with the patients. it can be difficult to get feedback from patients, traditionally, by doing surveys and form filling. they don't particularly like to do that in the waiting room. we are trying to create a novel scheme where we call ita create a novel scheme where we call it a patient's voice clinic where the patients can see me, once a month to discuss any issues they have at the practice. good or bad. but it's usually positive, in terms of how we can help them to get the services that they require. they talk to myself or one of the colleagues within the ppg in the waiting rooms or in private with myself if it's a sensitive issue. they can come and sound off to you about any concerns? it can also be a pressure relief valve if they wish.

they are genuinely very keen to follow this procedure. i am hoping the rest of the ssp practices take it on—board. the rest of the ssp practices take it on-board. thank you very much joining us. there will be more coverage a cross joining us. there will be more coverage across bbc news all day today on the pressures facing gps and particularly reflecting that decline in the number of gps per head of population. in the meantime, back to you in the studio. 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. to shed some light on the situation, here's our assistant political editor norman smith. what is the state of these negotiations, norman? they are still

going on, they haven't collapsed yet. but, certainly in terms of the language coming from the two sides, they seem quite far apart. 0n the government side, they are saying the talks are productive and constructive. 0n the labour side, they're saying that they are tense and robust and you just get the sense that labour are much more downbeat about the whole process, where the government are trying to talk up the whole process. i suspect the reason for that is that they've both got to play to their own galleries. mrs may has to convince her side that there is a point and purpose to these talks, that she is not just walking into purpose to these talks, that she is notjust walking into a cul—de—sac. and from the labour side, jeremy corbyn has got to reassure his people that he's not rolling over and bailing out mrs may and that he is driving hard bargain. the truth is driving hard bargain. the truth is that everyone is still waiting for a political decision to be taken in the sense that it all hinges, really, on whether mr corbyn is going to bite on a deal. it is clear

mrs may wants a deal, she has run out of other options but it is less clear whether mr corbyn is prepared to ta ke clear whether mr corbyn is prepared to take the risk of doing a deal. 0bviously, to take the risk of doing a deal. obviously, if he does do a deal, they will be many in labour, particularly on the remain site on the argument who will be incandescent with fury —— remain side of the argument. if he does not doa side of the argument. if he does not do a deal, they will be leave people who think the party isn't serious about delivering brexit and that calculation is still being played out in labourand calculation is still being played out in labour and quite possibly in jeremy corbyn's mind. we've got the european elections coming up. there will have to be clarity from the parties on what exactly their position is. it will be fascinating to read their manifestos. i imagine that there will be a high degree of linguistic gymnastics involved in those. what is equally clear, though, is the threat to mrs may's position, if anything, though, is the threat to mrs may's position, ifanything, has though, is the threat to mrs may's position, if anything, has been significantly intensified by this further delay to brexit. we now move

towards these elections with, it seems to me, growing momentum amongst senior tories to try to rewrite the party rules, to allow another leadership contest, head of december, in the wake of what are expected to be catastrophic european election results. many tory mps were, frankly, amazed how badly they did in the local elections. they weren't expecting that. many are equally aghast at the talks with labour. then you have the delay. put it all together and they're really does seem to be a head of steam building up on the tory side to revisit those rules to trigger another challenge. tell us how that could work. i'm assuming it's not a simple process. as things stand, with her looking like she's not shifting, could she really toughed it out until december if they don't change those rules? —— tough it out. 0ne change those rules? —— tough it out. one thing we have learned about mrs may is that she is an incredible survivor. she's been involved in

numerous scrapes, tussles, with her backbenchers. at the end of which, when the dust clears, invariably, she is still standing. but the sequence, as sketched out by her opponents is that after what is expected to be disastrous european election results, the executive of the 22 would say, ok, if you haven't given us a firm date for your departure soon, we are going to redraw the rules, to allow another contest to be triggered. i think that rule change would probably be passed. if the european election results were spectacularly bad, then, yes, there is a possibility mrs may could be defeated in a confidence motion with some of her critics saying they want her out at the latest by the end ofjune, to providejuly for a the latest by the end ofjune, to provide july for a leadership contest to be held in parliament. and then over the summer, for party members to have a say. as i say, you know, one should not underestimate

mrs may's durability. thank you very much, norman. 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, and drawing and creating. it just lowers everything and you feel a certain level of calm but also a lot of focus. cliffs here in cardiff — it is all very poldar,

it is all very poldark, around here and a gift for amateur painters. while everyone here has their own style, they all agreed on one thing. that it's 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're here? they're not here. they go. where have the worries of the world gone? i think they're all there and they will be there when i come back after my nice little session on the cliffs or 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 who have taken up a creative activity. previous research shows it can help anxiety or even a physical condition such as inflammation. but for this doctor we now have an 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 activities is beneficial for mental health. but what this study has shown us is there are three particular ways that creative activities help to regulate our emotions — they distract us from the stress of life, 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 real effects. notjust for us but for those around us. do you feel the benefit afterwards? yes. i think my husband notices the benefit in me, afterwards.

he bought me the coals for me. happy life happy wife ? he is buying a happy wife. a massive dust storm in australia covered an entire town and plunged it into total darkness, yesterday. this timelapse video shows the storm quickly dimming the skies. eyewitnesses said it lingered for about an hour, before moving on and the skies became clear again. it was caused by winds of up to 54 miles per hour and affected several towns in victoria. now it's time for a look at the weather with simon king. thanks, joanna. these guys have been darkening across the uk but not because of dust, but because of rain, something we haven't seen quite widely for quite a time, now. but it's been giving our weather watch is an opportunity to capture that rainfall. this was in suffolk, no use for the deck chairs there this morning —— our weather

watchers. there is a swirl of cloud, throwing up these weather fronts which is basically giving us a lot of cloud throughout the morning and a lot of rainfall. it is moving north. across southern areas we will see something brighter developing but also heavy and perhaps even thundery showers developing into the afternoon. further north, that rain will be quite persistent and quite a big difference in temperatures across southern areas, 13 to 15 degrees but in the north, we have a strong easterly wind, it will feel d ista ntly strong easterly wind, it will feel distantly chilly. throughout the afternoon, the rain will continue, especially in the south—east of scotland, further north, some wintry showers over higher ground and patchy rain in western scotland and northern ireland. lots of rainfall in the north—east of england, north west of england and north wales. you can see by the green colour, heavy showers developing across southern parts of england towards eastern parts of england towards eastern parts of england throughout the afternoon. tonight, this area of low pressure will continue to move east, this occluded front willjust

pressure will continue to move east, this occluded front will just travel across northern parts, bringing more cloud and more rain. throughout their stay. especially in the north—east of england, that rain could be heavy at times and showers developing in northern ireland, through wales and southern areas of england. some writers skies developing in the south, where temperatures again, 14, 15 celsius. —— some brighter skies. further north, chilly despite a brighter and drier day across scotland. friday, still further showers across northern ireland. these northern areas of england and wales, further south, dry and a bit of dry weather for scotland, with some sunny spells. temperatures on friday fairly similar, 14, 15 celsius in the south, 9 to 11 degrees further north. the next few days will remain fairly unsettled with areas of low pressure, that will clear away and higher pressure moves in, across the uk. much more settled conditions going into the weekend and into next week. with that, there's going to be

some sunshine and you'll notice these temperatures will start to creep up. into the early part of next week, temperatures widely in the mid to high teens. if you like something warm and drier and brighter, it is on the horizon.

hello, it's wednesday, it's ten o'clock, i'm victoria derbyshire. this morning: drug dealers at the school gates and taking cocaine on playdates. in our exclusive film, we speak to mums struggling with cocaine addiction, as we reveal there's been a dramatic rise in cocaine addicts — up 128% over four years, according to private addiction clinics. we would meet after school and we would do play dates with the kids and then it would be like, shall we get one in? the dealers were always around at school pick—up. i would go over to friends' houses who were single mums. i'd have my baby in the carrier on the floor and i'd be