you're watching bbc newsroom live — it's11am and these are the main stories this morning. gps blame excessive workloads for the first sustained fall in their numbers in 50 years. it is very real. it is the worst crisis since 1948. that future is injeopardy, there is no doubt about that. iran's president rouhani is to suspend parts of a nuclear deal a year after it was abandoned by the us. painting the town red — liverpool fans celebrate their team pulling off one of the greatest comebacks in champions league history at anfield. iam proud. really proud!

iamat i am at windsor castle as we wait to see the newborn son of the duke and duchess of sussex for the first time. and duchess of sussex for the first time. 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 britons are having less sex now than we were in the past — we'll be asking why. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. 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 7.30pm on bbc one. and in the next 15 minutes or so we'll be hearing from the nuffield trust. iran says it's partially suspended the implementation of the international accord agreed in 2015 to curb its nuclear programme. speaking a year after the united states withdrew from the deal, iran's president, hassan rouhani, said his country would immediately stop its sales of enriched uranium, allowing it to build up its stockpiles instead — and threatened to resume production of higher enriched uranium in 60 days. injuly 2015 iran agreed a deal with a group of world powers limiting its nuclear programme for 15 years in return for lifting some sanctions.

it came after years of tension over iran's alleged efforts to develop a nuclear weapon. but last year donald trump withdrew the united states from the agreement. he claimed the deal was too narrow and did nothing to curb iran's missile programme. today, iran's president, hassan rouhani, announced that it would pull out of key commitments in the agreement. iran would now stockpile enriched uranium stocks in the country rather than sell them abroad. he also threatened to resume production of higher enriched uranium in 60 days if the remaining parties to the deal — france, germany, russia, china and the uk — did not meet theirfinancial and oil commitments to the deal. let's hear a little of what president rouhani had to say. under the terms of the agreement, we agreed that we would keep enrichment to the level of 3.67. we will stop adhering to this and there will no longer be a set level for the enrichment of uranium.

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. in what is being described as the greatest comeback 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 georginio wijnaldum who both scored twice. unsurprisingly, there were jubilant scenes 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! come on! magic! absolutely amazing. really, really amazing.

one of the best matches at anfield i have ever seen. i am proud, really proud. we can't believe it, can we? it is the best night ever! yeah, it was just amazing. the scoreline against barcelona. it was the best game ever. the greatest comeback ever. and did messi play today? a team effort, all the way. nothing stopping us to bring the sixth champions league now. i've been coming 79 years. wow, what was that like tonight? the best game i've seen. the best? yes. do you think liverpool are going to go on and win the champions league? oh, yes. definitely now. let's speak now to gareth roberts from the anfield wrap football magazine. you must be very happy. absolutely delighted. an amazing match at anfield. some of the people are saying that it has been the best they have been to. i would echo that. i've been going to the match

since 1990 and i have never witnessed something like that. we we re witnessed something like that. we were going to the ground last night with helping our hearts that we could do something but at the same time we thinking, 3—0 two barcelona. we thought maybe we could win but could we win 4—0. probably not in our wildest dreams, but liverpool have done it again and it is an absolutely amazing result. how did it feel when the final whistle went? it was unbelievable. so many people, strangers hugging each other, falling over seats. scenes of absolute joy. it is continued into today. everybody is walking around with a smile on their face. mice phone hasn't stopped ringing with messages. no one phone hasn't stopped ringing with messages. no one can phone hasn't stopped ringing with messages. no one can believe it. it looked dumb. i went out to barcelona and watched liverpool there are the new camp and i thought we played

well but we didn't get the look and well but we didn't get the look and we didn't get the breaks. but last night liverpool were perfect. from front to back, and that is why we got the result and that is why we are now going to get another european cup final. in the end it comes down to a sort of undefinable magic when something just comes together like that. but how do you explain such an incredible turnaround between those two matches? i put a lot of it down to the manager. the mentality that he gets in this group of players is absolutely amazing. they keep getting up, keep going, they have gone all season. we still have a chance to win the premier league. if man city slip up on sunday, liverpool will be waiting for them and if it is not this season it will be next season. we have to give their manager every critic. he has lifted this team to incredible heights, he has lifted their manager every credit. he has lifted this tea m every credit. he has lifted this team to incredible heights, he has lifted the fans to be a truly great

force again at anfield. we have been brilliant at anfield. it wasn't a lwa ys brilliant at anfield. it wasn't always this way. at the latter end of brendan roger's liverpool career people were arguing with each other. it wasn't good to come to the match, there wasn't a good feeling around there wasn't a good feeling around the club. that has been turned on its head at liverpool. this is one of the best site at liverpool as ever had. that is why they are breaking these records and will finish the season with 97 points in the premier league and the sixth european cup, everybody has to hold their hands up and say that this is one of the greatest liverpool teams of all time. you said that even the most loyal heart going into that match last night really didn't expect what happened. it is always the best way, isn't it? when the expectation... when the out come exceeds the expectations. now expectations are going to be sky aren't they? it is like a fairy tale because what both watched liverpool in the champions league final last season. it didn't go our way. we got beat by madrid and when we were

making that long journey home from ukraine, a lot of us were saying, do liverpool fall off a cliff here? there was a psychological effect. how do those players bounce back ain? how do those players bounce back again? they have bounced back and then some. there they are right at then some. there they are right at the top of the premier league, here they are in another final and it feels like this is destiny. this is why we are here. we are here to put right what went wrong last season and whoever. .. all the right what went wrong last season and whoever... all the best, because i don't know how you go about stopping this liverpool side. they are magnificent. i wouldn't want to be lining up against them. they never stop, they keep on going. two of their best players out of the tea m of their best players out of the team last night and yet they still do that to barcelona. liverpool deserved to beat barcelona 4—0, if you like. it is a magnificent time to bea you like. it is a magnificent time to be a liverpool fan. i can't wait to be a liverpool fan. i can't wait to go out to madrid and watch

liverpool against wolves. this is what being a football fan is all about. i was going to say, good luck. i shouldn't. about. i was going to say, good luck. ishouldn't. i have to about. i was going to say, good luck. i shouldn't. i have to be com pletely luck. i shouldn't. i have to be completely impartial here. i am not a massive football fan but stories like this just a massive football fan but stories like thisjust get a massive football fan but stories like this just get everybody totally wrapped up in it, don't they? we will be watching to see if it is our yaks or tottenham. thank you for joining us. the duke and duchess of sussex welcomed their baby boy to the world two days ago, but the world hasn't seen him yet — its expected that will change today, when baby sussex attends his first photocall. annita mcveigh is in windsorfor us. what are we expecting? thank you very much. welcome everybody to win so very much. welcome everybody to win so where in the next few hours we are expecting to see those first images of the new royal baby, baby sussex, along with his parents harry and meghan, the duke and duchess of sussex. we haven't actually got

confirmation of his name. clearly there is a great deal of expectation and anticipation as well that we will find out his name today. something else we have just found out is that at some point today we understand the queen will be meeting her eight great grandchild for the first time. with me here is our correspondent helen wilkinson. i think when this baby faces the cameras for the first time, it is going to be a very different experience for him and his parents compared to the duke and duchess of cambridge when they have their children. yes, on that occasion there were hundreds of photographers outside where catherine and william came out of the hospital and faced the media with their baby. this is going to be very different. a small group of media are going to be there for baby sussex's first protocol today. it is a very different affair. the couple who are based not

too far from here, that is where they have been staying. it is a second day. they have spent the second day. they have spent the second night there with their baby. we will continue this conversation a second. goodbye to our viewers on bbc two. and here at windsor with helena wilkinson as we discussed the fa ct helena wilkinson as we discussed the fact that in the next few hours we are expecting to see those first images of the royal baby, baby sussex. helena, even though clearly the duke and duchess of sussex are incredibly used to the media and being in front of the cameras, as the duchess of cambridge was reflecting yesterday, it is daunting being a parent for the first time. if they are appearing in front of just a small number of the media, that will be much more comfortable for them and standing in front of hundreds of members of the media as william and catherine had to do. yes, exactly. it has been very

controlled by the duke and duchess of sussex from the very beginning. about a month ago they said they wanted to keep their plans around the birth of their baby private and thatis the birth of their baby private and that is exactly what has happened. what we hadn't expected is that prince harry on monday, he came out and spoke to the media. he was absolutely beaming, bursting with pride at the birth of his baby son. also very complimentary about his wife having gone through that birth. but we didn't expect him to come out and say a few words. he was so excited he couldn't contain himself. this is going to be very different. there will be a small group of media taking photographs and some filming as well. we may be able to hear some words from meghan and harry and they may give us some indication of whether they have had any sleepless night are not. i expect there were

some sleeplessness somewhere! we'll have a lot more for you over the next few hours when we expect to get those images. the anticipation or expectation that we might find out their baby's name today, though that hasn't been officially confirmed. back to you, joanna. gps blame excessive workloads for the first sustained fall in their numbers in 50 years. iran's president rouhani is to suspend parts of a nuclear deal a year after it was abandoned by the us. and the world will soon 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. a miracle on merseyside as liverpool beat barcelona 4—0 to book their place in the champions league final, for the secodn year running, on what was a magical night at anfield.

can tottenham join them— they'll be hoping for some inspiration of as they try to secure a place in a first champions legue final. they'll also need to come from behind, they're1—0 down to ajax from the first leg. and england are announcing their squad for this summer's women's world cup. it's being revealed in stgaes on socal media, so far captain steph houghton and toni duggan are amongst the names on the plane to france. more to come on all of those stories at around half past. inquests are continuing for a second day into the deaths of the eight people killed in the london bridge and borough market attacks two years ago. they died when three men drove a van into pedestrians and then stabbed people before being shot dead by police. 0ur correspondent richard lister is at the old bailey. what have you been hearing today, richard? we have got the first witness today. she began yesterday but continued today. she is a detective superintendent from the met counterterrorism who is in charge of the investigation followed the attack on the london bridge and borough market. she gave details

about the attack which lasted about ten minutes or so. a brief and furious attack as it was labelled in court. she has also been talking in very undramatic terms about what is clearly some extraordinary acts of heroism. as the attackers were moving through the area, they came to two unarmed police officers who tackled the three attackers who were armed with knives strapped to their wrists. they were unarmed. a member of the public, a spaniard, a 39—year—old working in london, saw what was going on that these two police officers were being attacked and he was on a bike. he got off his bike and he ran over to assist the police officers. he had a skateboard in his backpack and a restaurant cctv ca m era in his backpack and a restaurant cctv camera pictures him running by, pulling this get bored out of his backpack which he then used to attack the three men armed with knives who were tackling the police

officers. he managed to hit one of them. they turned on him, he was stabbed in the back and fell to the floor. well, that may have been enough to divert the attack is because a ran on but unfortunately he was in a condition that he was not able to recover from and he died some time later. the story continues from the superintendent. she says the attackers ran through the street that they were run, attacking pedestrians at random, going into pubs and bars and actually breaking in because the doors had been locked against them. attacking people inside. at some stage two of the attackers took off their jackets to reveal that they were wearing what turned out to be hoax suicide vests. to all intents and purposes, they we re to all intents and purposes, they were carrying bombs around their waist which could have gone. so while the police officers they encountered were aware of that situation. as they went through

attacking pedestrians, three armed officers arrived in a car. their names have been kept out of the proceedings for now. these officers immediately got out of the car, so quickly that they didn't set the car plasma can break and it started rolling off down the street. so keen we re rolling off down the street. so keen were they to engage with the three attackers. the first one out immediately raised his rifle. there was evidence that he called out that he was an armed officer and one of the attackers immediately ran towards him to attacking. the officer fired, he fell to the floor, two other officers tackled the other two other officers tackled the other two attackers who also fell to the floor. at this point it was realised that they were wearing these what seem that they were wearing these what seem to be suicide vests so the officers moved back to safety behind the car. they could see that these three attackers were still moving and so concerned were they about the prospect that one of them might set off these apparently real suicide vest, they continued firing on the three assailants. but it was very

difficult to secure the scene because of the fact these potential devices were involved and it meant that it was some time before emergency services could properly ta ke emergency services could properly take care of those who were injured. 0ne take care of those who were injured. one was hit by a stray bullet from one of the officers and received a head wound. a man in a pub was injured but he later survived. there we re injured but he later survived. there were others who were hit by shrapnel from the shooting at the scene. even after the three attackers were down, it continued to be a fairly dangerous situation as far as the officers were concerned. joanna. thank you very much, richard. 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.

there are ongoing questions around the leadership of theresa may on whether she might be passed out around the december deadline when she could technically remain as party leader if she wants to. let's go to our assistant political editor norman smith who is at westminster. norman, lots going on. prime ministers questions coming up. a lot going on but i'll be getting anywhere? i think that is what many people are beginning to ponder because there does not seem to be any imminent sign of a breakthrough in the brexit talks. they resume again this afternoon. the language after yesterday's's meeting did not suggest an agreement was imminent. i'm joined by the former conservative brexit minister david jones. do you think these talks are going to go anywhere? it doesn't look as if they are at the moment. clearly, there is a breakdown in communication between them. it seems to me that labour are pressing for a second referendum which the government won't wear. i don't think the customs union issue is really a

problem because the government has actually already promised that a nyway actually already promised that anyway and i think that a permanent customs union is going to be off the agenda. what about the prime minister's position. did you think the 22 are likely to look at redrawing the rules to force a contest before december customer i think it depends very much on her response. as i understand it, the prime minister has been given until this afternoon to come back with her agenda for departure. if that doesn't come. i've no doubt that their22 doesn't come. i've no doubt that their 22 committee this evening will be having a fairly lively discussion about what should happen. do you think there is a possibility they could change the rules and that could change the rules and that could actually provoke another contest? i think the mood is hardening and although that was it rejected the last time, i think there is every possibility there will be changes this time. and if there was another contest, mrs may was victorious in the last one, has

the dynamics on the tory backbenches change? i think that is the case. i think the position has hardened as a consequence of the local election results and i think that if we were to extend beyond the european elections, then it would harden further. so i think that from the prime minister position, it is looking bleaker. she has suggested the new deadline could be august of us. do you think tory mps would be prepared to allow mrs may that length of time to get a deal?” really don't. i think that, frankly, we are in last chance saloon. i think people were appalled when they had david living centre yesterday might be the ist ofjuly. we were told by the prime minister on 108 separate occasions that we would be leaving on the 29th of march and now we are talking about august or maybe even later. and i think the mood within the party is getting harder. we had the european elections and local elections were catastrophic for the tory party. how do you

assess the outcome of the european elections? i think they will be even worse because a brexit party will be standing in the european elections and they went in the local elections. and i think that the science i came out of the local elections where the people were very concerned that brexit was not being delivered. the european elections will give them the real opportunity of making their policies very clearly heard. thanks very much for your time. we'll get the percent of that fairly widespread dismay amongst tory mps at prime ministers questions. that will be the first in the local elections in the first since gavin williamson was sacked. it will give us a chance to gauge the mood on the tory backbenches when we see the minister at prime ministers questions. thank you very much, norman. the green party has launched its european election campaign — urging people to say no to brexit and no to climate change. the party's fielding 64 candidates across england and wales. the party's co—leaders sian berry and jonathan bartley said the greens

were the only sensible choice for voters. 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. 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 thousand people than five years ago. joining me now is billy palmer, he was the lead researcher of the study at the nuffield trust. thank you very much for coming in. how significant is that for... it doesn't sound like a lot but what doesn't sound like a lot but what does that translate to when you multiply those numbers. to have the same multiply those numbers. to have the sa m e levels multiply those numbers. to have the same levels of gp cover per size of the population that we did in 2014, we had 3400 more gps. in other ways, it is the equivalent of adding 125

people to every gp's patiently. so the impact on gps is obviously to increase their workload and levels. what are you... what are the sort of factors that you have identified around by the numbers of gps are decreasing? there is a number of factors in play. you have the numbers in training. while he recently managed to increase the numbersjoining recently managed to increase the numbers joining medical school and then the numbers coming onto train a gp, that takes a very long time to actually result in a new gp. we have also got issues in terms of the ambitions to recruit from abroad, which hadn't been met. and also people are choosing to be for the service early. so where are the third of retirees would have early retirement, it is now two thirds. why is that? the pressure that the services are under. we are perhaps ina services are under. we are perhaps in a vicious cycle where having too

few staff means they are working ha rd few staff means they are working hard and that is causing people to leave earlier. also there are issues around the pension arrangements which might be making people choose to leave earlier. so what are those issues? it's not something that could be changed? it certainly could be changed, yes. presumably, it is more appealing to leave earlier than carry on working because the pension is good. is that it? that is one aspect of it? there is a cap on the amount of pension, and earnings threshold. if they... intention isn't to make gps leave earlier so they just need to isn't to make gps leave earlier so theyjust need to think about whether this is the right mechanism and if it is causing to lead people earlier. that is obviously one thing white gps would leave earlier? what about at the other end? few people choosing once they have qualified? why is a question mark on the face of it, a gp could give somebody a

more regular structure than being a hospital doctor. what is the number of gps, there are things we could be doing here. people tend to work in a specialty that they trained and, perhaps giving people more exposure to general practice while they train as a doctor could increase numbers coming through general practice. billy palmer, thank you very much. now it's time for a look at the weather. we saw it was raining outside windsor castle earlier on, simon king has the round—up. yes, indeed, it has been wet for many of us, and it's been a thoroughly miserable start to the day. welcome rain, though, for many gardeners, growers and farmers. this area of low pressure and swelling cloud in the atla ntic pressure and swelling cloud in the atlantic brings the cloud across the uk at the moment. some outbreaks of rain which will move northwards, but it will clear in southern areas,

sunny spells here. and a risk of heavy and thundery showers developing in southern areas. the rain is persistent further north, especially in the northeast where there will be a brisk easterly wind, making it feel quite chilly around the coasts of the north say, further south we see temperatures of 13 to 15 degrees. 0n south we see temperatures of 13 to 15 degrees. on thursday, still quite a messy picture. uncertain weather continues, further showers and spells of rain, especially in northern areas where it will be chilly again, further south, sunny spells and highs of 14 or 15 degrees. goodbye. hello, this is bbc newsroom live. i'mjoanna i'm joanna gosling, the i'mjoanna 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. iran is to suspend parts of a nuclear deal a year after the plan was abandoned by the us. president rouhani said he would keep enriched uranium stocks in the country rather than sell them abroad. painting the town red — liverpool fans celebrate their team pulling off one of the greatest comebacks in champions league history at anfield. the world will catch its first glimpse of the newborn son of the duke and duchess of sussex, when the baby makes his first appearance to the media in the next few hours. the queen is expected to meet her eighth great grandchild — the as yet unnamed baby sussex — later today. 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.

sport now, here'sjohn watson... that is where we will start. what a night for liverpool and their supporters. 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. 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. georginio wijnaldum, minutes

after coming on as a substitute, brought anfield alive. the pressure turning to pandemonium, just moments later. 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. amazing pictures from anfield last night. the back pages here in the uk are dominated by liverpool's win, the papers in spain this morning are utterly scathing over barcelona. the daily football paper marca says it was a ‘historic failure'. as described it as ‘thunder in anfield'. whilst the sport daily paper blacked out theirfront page, calling the result the ‘biggest farce in the history of spain'.

i'm sure barcelona players will appreciate returning home to those headline(!) welljohn gibbons hosts the anfield wrap podcast. he told jane dougall that he still cant quite believe what he witnessed last night. absolutely incredible, you know, from the first minute it was electric. the crowd knew that the tea m electric. the crowd knew that the team needed to have a collective effort and the fans were there for the players, the players responded and we got there together. speaking of the players, you did not have femenia or mo salah, what was the difference? how'd they do it? the intensity with how they played, it was too much for barcelona and not what they were used to. normally teams sit back on them and defend that this team is right in their faces. with the ball, they were so dangerous. barcelona did not know how to react. they didn't and there we re how to react. they didn't and there were many moments of cheekiness, i guess! andy robertson battling against messi and alexander —— trent

alexander—arnold's corner. against messi and alexander —— trent alexander-arnold's corner. and when trent took it, he was quicker than the ball boy. he threw the ball over to trent. and it's one thing to have division to do something like that but another to execute that. at 20 yea rs but another to execute that. at 20 years old, getting the ball across, and they finished, and it wasn't an easy one for 0rigi. is that the best match you have ever been to at anfield? at anfield, yes. it will never top istanbul, that was amazing, but in terms of at anfield, we had some brilliant games, that that tops it all. 4—0, barcelona, with messi and all, to beat them like that? it's absolutely unreal. john was talking about the intensity of liverpool last night. tonight it's the turn of tottenham — they travel to amsterdam to face

ajax in the second leg of the other semifinal. spurs are1—0 down from the first leg, but they have forward son heung—min back after suspension. manager mauricio pochettino has hinted that he might have to leave the club if they go on to win the champions league. and we'll have all the build up to that match on sportsday on the bbc news channel at 6:30. then there's full match commentary on bbc radio five live from seven o'clock. england are naming their squad for this summer's women's world cup, and they're doing things a little differently. the announcement has been staggered throughout the morning with the names being announced on social media. captain steph houghton was the first to be confirmed by prince william. and the names keep coming... this is the lionesses twitter feed where the squad is being announced with the help of some famous faces. james corden, david beckham and actress emma watson amongst those getting involved. greg james from radio one is also there. england kick off their campaign against scotland on the ninthjune.

all results are expected to be confirmed by midday today. and in the last half an hour, it's been announced that bolton wanderers are to be put into administration. 0wner ken anderson says he has been left with "little or no choice", with a winding—up petition still hanging over the club. the club have been relegated to league one this season, and administration would mean starting next season with a 12—point deduction. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. studio: john, thank you. some breaking news about joseph studio: john, thank you. some breaking news aboutjoseph mccann, arrested earlier this week after being named as a suspect, police wa nted being named as a suspect, police wanted to interview him about various alleged offences. he is appearing in court, he will appear in court charged with the kidnap and rape of a woman in watford and herefordshire, metropolitan police say that joseph mccann herefordshire, metropolitan police say thatjoseph mccann will appear at westminster magistrates' court this afternoon, charges are being brought in connection with an

incident alleged to have taken place in watford on sunday the 21st of april. the investigation continues, they say, officers from the met‘s, side and major crime command continue to investigate, a file remains with the crown prosecution service in relation to further alleged offences. as it stands he's been charged with one offence, the kidnap and rape of a woman in watford and he will appear before westminster magistrates' court later this afternoon. people in britain are having less sex now than in the past — that's according to a large national survey published in the british medicaljournal. it polled 34,000 people and found that almost a third have not had sex in the past month. and that less than half of people aged 16 to 44 have had sex at least once a week over the past month. it also says proportion of people having sex ten or more times a month has also fallen from 20% to 13% among women. and 14% among men.

let's speak to lead researcher professor kaye wellings. thank you, lots to talk about. why, less sex, what is going on? well, there are many reasons, and it is probably a combination of reasons. 0ne probably a combination of reasons. one thing that we can see is that the decline has been sharpest in the midlife group. here, and among the married and cohabiting. there is something going on in that period of life, it is called the sandwich generation, settling down later and having children later and they are juggfing having children later and they are juggling their work commitments and leisure and childcare, and possibly older parents too. they are caught in that period of life where everything is going on. their pace of life is quite challenging, and i think exhaustion comes into it. straightforward, exhaustion. something else that comes through in the survey is that they want to be having more sex. i think that is

quite interesting, yes, more than half say that they would prefer to have sex more often than they are. but often we say we would prefer to do something when we think that others are doing more of it. certainly, it is the case that there are polls that show generally people think that other people are having more sex than they do. we hope that the data will be quite reassuring to people. there may be —— they may be less dissatisfied. breathe a sigh of relief! what is normal? i hate the word! you know, we don't call 10% of the population abnormal. there is a great variability historically and socially in sexual behaviour. people in poorer countries have sex less frequently, probably people before the advent of reliable contraception had sex less frequently, and if it changes over time, it is difficult

to say whether this is normal or not normal. i know that you've not looked at sex in the over 60s, but it would be an interesting place for you to look? if you are talking about the fact that the midlife is where people are struggling to fit everything in, and perhaps when people get happier later in life, things change? what do you reckon? yes, i think a lot of the vertebrae surrounding older people and sex has lifted, —— a lot of the taboo. swedish studies have shown an increase in sexual activity over time. this trend has been seen in many countries. when we look at sweden, we see an increase among older people in sexual frequency. thank you very much for coming in and speaking to us. thank you. 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 near wigan this morning. yes, good morning from the ashton medical centre near wigan. we are hearing about two pressure is coming to bear on the health service. 0ne is growing ageing population, and growing numbers of people with long—term chronic conditions that need to be seen by gps. at the same time, those gps who are retiring or leaving the profession because of burn—out and not being replaced by younger gps coming in at the bottom to replace them. this is all building up to pressure building on gp, general practices and primary care. iam gp, general practices and primary care. i am joined gp, general practices and primary care. iamjoined by gp, general practices and primary care. i am joined by doctor tim dalton, a local gp, and also chair of the local wigan clinical commissioning group. thank you for joining us. in your experience, does that picture of pressure on gps tally with what you have seen in

recent years? yes, nice to meet you. very much so, in a local area, we are aware that pressure is building and several or eight years ago we we re and several or eight years ago we were seeing patients twice a year on average were seeing patients twice a year on ave rage now were seeing patients twice a year on average now it is seven or eight times a year. there aren't as many doctors around and not many nurses around. there is pressure around that. from that? from twice per year to seven or eight times a year? that's the typical experience. what can you do to help alleviate those pressures ? can you do to help alleviate those pressures? part of it is how we keep hold of doctors and nurses that we have, there's a lot of work surrounding that in terms of supporting practices, the nhs is good at putting pressure on existing hard—working surgeries. good at putting pressure on existing hard-working surgeries. support around helping doctors and nurses revalidate and making sure they can do the job properly. secondly, helping to recruit more of the same. working with younger doctors, young gp trainees when they have finished

training, a lot of work around them. and, best practice in working together to collaborate with doctors, a lot of surgeries have less than full—time roles with people working full—time jobs by combining that. we have seen it here at the ashton medical centre, many of the doctors and workers have flexible hours and the use of other medical experts like practice nurses, and other people like physios, trying to ease pressures. is that an important route? absolutely, and broadening the workforce. pharmacists do a fabulous job which is very different to gps. also, you saw things like link workers, allowing gps to offer solutions that we cannot normally expect. doctor tim dalton, thank you for joining expect. doctor tim dalton, thank you forjoining us. we have heard all day about the pressures on gps, there is more across bbc news today

but now back to you in the studio. studio: thank you very much. the number of gp's per head of population in northern ireland is rising — despite falling elsewhere in the uk. the royal college of gps says while there are more doctors in ni — fewer are choosing to work full time and challenges remain. our health correspondent marie—louise connolly reports. a few months ago, we spoke about cholesterol? recently qualified and working in a rural practice, this doctor heads to have the department of health is most significant targets was let me check your blood pressure. although challenging, he says it is more manageable with the rules changing. compared to 30 years ago, gps were working in isolation but now gps work more as a team. you can bounce your days off your colleagues, metrical colleagues. one of the biggest challenges facing the profession is encouraging more doctors to work in rural areas. in

places like here, in 0mer and mid—ulster, there are the lowest numbers of doctors per head of population, with the number of practices being forced to merge in order to stay open. but in order to survive, the roles had to evolve. who is next, please? from the 1950s when they worked single—handedly to the 21st—century and being part of a multidisciplinary team. while the royal of gps acknowledge that change is happening, they argue there are not enough of them. nuffield trust research says that there are six more gps per 100,000 in ireland than there were ten years ago. in england, they are down by six. they say they require more full—time staff. one of the benefits of gp training is it leaves us flexible to work ina training is it leaves us flexible to work in a number of areas in the nhs, including, for example, in emergency departments or in helping

to supplement the outpatient staffing. gps are choosing to work part—time in general practice, and pa rt part—time in general practice, and part time in other parts of the nhs. the changing and more varied health service has attracted these trainee gps who say that the future is looking brighter. i can plan my week around doing academia and the other half seeing patients. general practice is ever evolving, and it isn'tjust about practice is ever evolving, and it isn't just about sitting in practice is ever evolving, and it isn'tjust about sitting in practice every day. there are so many different opportunities for trainees out there. we have gps with enhanced skills, like myself, we can perform the sector means on a weekly basis. that breaks the week up. with an ageing population, the department of health say that they are committed to training even more gps. marie—louise connelly, bbc news. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news... gps blame excessive workloads for the first sustained fall

in their numbers in fifty years. iran's president rouhani is to suspend parts of a nuclear deal a year after it was abandoned by the us. and — the newborn son of the duke and duchess of sussex, will make his first public appearance in the next few hours. hello everyone, a very good morning to you. kpmg has been fined £5 million and "severely reprimanded" after admitting misconduct in its 2009 audit of co—operative bank. the financial reporting council said kpmg's bad auditing came in the wake of co—operative bank's merger with building society britannia. uber drivers in london, birmingham, nottingham and glasgow will protest outside uber offices on wednesday. they will be joined by drivers in the us cities of new york, san francisco, chicago, los angeles, san diego, philadelphia and washington dc in striking over pay and work conditions. global stock markets have tumbled after us president donald trump's unexpected threat to impose

new tariffs on chinese exports. the us president has vowed to double tariffs on $200 billion of chinese goods on friday, amid claims beijing is trying to row back on a trade deal. but a chinese delegation is still due in the us for trade talks this week. the warm weather and sunshine of last month gave britain's pubs and restaurants a boost. the figures from barclaycard, which sees nearly half of the nation's credit and debit card transactions, show that household spending role 2.5% on the year, though consumers remain cautious about spending on clothes, electronics and department stores. consumer confidence is up slightly in april from the previous month.

how does it benefit to some? this is something that we have seen for a long time now, the real difference between what is happening in the experience economy, and what is happening in the retail sector. categories where we see high spending, when the weather typically is better on the likes of pubs and restau ra nts, is better on the likes of pubs and restaurants, we get double—digit growth. like last month. and supermarkets did very well as people we re supermarkets did very well as people were entertaining indoors during that long, hot easter weekend. categories like clothing, department stores, electronics, we have seen some negative trends therefore some time, perhaps reflecting the continued struggle in the retail sector. and the travel industry is not doing so well either? that is right, we have seen a negative trend of -4.8%, right, we have seen a negative trend of —4.8%, the lowest figure we have on record for that category. it has been negative for the first time in quite some time. it is a little too early to say exactly what is driving

it but we have seen other reports from the likes of thomas cook, and the post office, about changing consumer attitudes to travel, potentially related to the brexit negotiations. weight and speaking of brexit, you say that is one of the factors in the increase in consumer confidence in the month of april? it's important to recognise that consumer confidence in household finances has been steady and strong. time but confidence in the uk economy has tended to be a little lower but in the last month we've seen a lower but in the last month we've seen a 7% increase. when you ask people how they are looking to spend over the coming months, the majority say there is little change but one in ten say they are looking to bring forward spending on big ticket items. it's good to speak to you this morning, thank you.

in other business news we're following — uk house prices picked up in april following a fall in values the previous month, according to the country's biggest mortgage lender. the halifax, part of lloyds banking group, said property values rose by 1.1% in april compared with march when prices fell 1.25%. the annual rate of growth almost doubled with house prices up 5% compared to a year earlier when house prices dropped. the data is out of step with many other surveys. itv has issued a trading statement ahead of its annual meeting later today. the bbc is working with itv, to create a rival to netflix through "britbox" in the uk in the second half of 2019. itv said that plan was on track as was its performance in its first quarter. total advertising is expected to be down 6% over the first half, itv said, after falling 7% in the first quarter. pub chain, jd wetherspoon, has reported a 7.6% increase in like—for—like sales for the three month to the end of april, that's the company's third quarter. chairman tim martin said the full year trade outcome will match previous expectations.

a brief look at the markets now. the london market inching lower today, some uncertainty over the us and china trade issue, causing investors to worry somewhat. the itv share prices down after the trading update, wetherspoon's trading down, nearly half a percent despite saying things were good. that's a round—up of the business from may but now back to you. studio: thank you. pmqs is about to get underway — lets cross over to westminster now to join our assistant political editor, norman smith. theresa may going into it with a full head? we are getting a mood sampler today! a bit of a goody two shoes pmqs last week because it was before the local election so eve ryo ne before the local election so everyone was on their best behaviour but now i think it will all change. since then, we have had catastrophic local election results for theresa may, pretty bad ones for labour. we had gavin williamson being sacked, and then, of course, yesterday we had the announcement of brexit being

delayed again! possibly until august the 1st. so i think we may well see some tory backbenchers giving vent to their dismay. it will be an interesting mood sampler, as i say, their opinion on the tory benches. as forjeremy corbyn, i mean, he is a lwa ys as forjeremy corbyn, i mean, he is always slightly inhibited from just going on back set of course he has his own difficulties when it comes to brexit, keeping everyone happy, keeping the brexiteers happy, and the remaining mclaren happy. he may have some government disarray, that is the thrust of his argument this week. but we will find out shortly. studio: thank you. now, simon king with the weather. it looks pretty wet out there? it is indeed. a rather unpleasant start to the day if you've been out or about. good news for gardeners and growers, not much rainfall recently. this will be welcome.

quite big puddles forming out and about at the moment, that is in carnoustie. you can see from this satellite imagery, the beautiful swell of pout here, the low pressure driving the weather front —— maxwell of cloud here. driving this weather front across the uk. it is moving northwards, and it will stay unpleasant in these northern areas during the afternoon. in southern parts, there is something drier and brighter developing this afternoon. a risk of heavy and thundery showers. a brisk easterly wind will make it feel pretty chilly, particularly around these northern and eastern areas. temperatures only 7 degrees in aberdeen. across western scotland, patches of rain, and in northern ireland, we continue with rain in northern england, especially the north—east. further south, about 13—15dc and here, we have heavy, slow—moving and thundery showers to content with. now,

throughout tonight, the bulk of the rain will clear away. low pressure is moving eastwards but we have this trailing weather front across northern areas. that brings further outbreaks of rain into north—east england, showers in northern ireland and into central and south—eastern areas. sunny weather, a dry day in scotland, throughout thursday, and sunny spells in southern areas. temperatures similar, 9—12d in the north, up to 14 degrees across the south. let's go into friday. again, fairly unsettled. sunny spells towards the top and tail of the uk. a scattering of showers throughout friday between. chilly in places, temperatures of 9—11d in northern parts. 16 degrees in the south. without sunshine. as we go through to the end of the week, low pressure moves away. high pressure

established across the uk. high pressure means that it will be drier with brighter weather as we go into the early part of next week. with that, temperatures begin to rise. 0n monday and tuesday, across the uk, temperatures getting into the mid to high teens. certainly, as we go through the week, some temperatures in southern areas in particular could be the low 20s. if you are not afan of could be the low 20s. if you are not a fan of this wet, windy and cool weather, there are signs of something drier, brighter and warmer on the horizon. goodbye.

you're watching bbc newsroom live, i'm annita mcveigh live at windsor castle where in the next few hours the world will see the newborn royal baby for the first time. the queen is expected to be introduced to her new great—grandson later today, we'll bring you all the pictures and details. i'm joanna gosling — the other main headlines at midday. gps blame excessive workloads for the first sustained fall in their numbers in fifty years. it is very real. it is the worst crisis since 1948. its future is injeopardy, there is no doubt about that. and in the next few minutes

theresa may will face the first prime minister's questions since the local election results. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm joanna gosling. pmqs is about to get under way — lets cross over to westminster now. pmqs is about to get underway — let's cross over to westminster now to join our assistant political editor, norman smith. what are you expecting? it is probably obvious. it must be very tempting forjeremy corbyn to have a go at theresa may at yet another brexit broken deadline. how many times have we heard her at a pmqs think that we won't fight the european elections, and we are? let's see what he will tackle her about. i am sure that the whole

house will wish tojoin about. i am sure that the whole house will wish to join me in offering our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of matthew tolbert who has sadly died during anti—poaching operations. members across the house will also want to join me in sending my very best wishes to the royal highnesses the duke and duchess of sussex on the birth of their son. monday marked the beginning of ramadan, a time of peace, devotion and charity. i know that members from across the house will want tojoin that members from across the house will want to join me and saying to muslims in the uk and across the world, ramadan. iwill muslims in the uk and across the world, ramadan. i will be hosting a reception... to celebrate the immense contribution the seek community make to this country. two decades on we remain committed to strengthening devolution within the

united kingdom. as we leave the european union, we will bring new powers and response abilities to holyrood and cardiff bay. i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties to this house, i will have further meetings later today.” to this house, i will have further meetings later today. i agree with all the tributes made by the prime minister. data from the tuc suggest that 780,000 people around zero—hour contracts with two thirds of those preferring guaranteed hours. a constituent of mine lives in a privately rented accommodation and works two jobs privately rented accommodation and works twojobs on privately rented accommodation and works two jobs on zero—hour contracts. after getting his third job on a zero—hour contract, his rent job on a zero—hour contract, his re nt we nt job on a zero—hour contract, his rent went up. he and his family survive, but only with the use of a local food bank. but survive, but only with the use of a localfood bank. but the prime minister into these burning injustices and ban zero—hour co ntra cts ? injustices and ban zero—hour contracts? can i say to the honourable lady, the party that

recognised an issue about zero—hours contracts was the conservative party in government. the labour party did nothing about it zero—hours contract. it was a conservative sacked band exclusive zero—hours contract. school funding on the doorstep in... historically schools in lewes have had significantly less funding in decades compared to neighbouring authorities. last years schools in sussex got a 6% increase infunding and schools in sussex got a 6% increase in funding and this year schools should be getting a 7.6 increase in their per—pupil funding for £64,000 has been kept behind by the council. at the prime minister do all she can to ensure that schools get the funding that they have been awarded? i think my honourable friend is raised a very important point because we have recognised that we have been asking schools to do more. we have responded that the highest

level of school funding on record. we introduced a new national funding formula to make the distribution pharaoh but of course it is still the case that local authorities are responsible for determining individual schools budgets from the overall sum that they have received and they have a responsibility and honourable members will look to the local authorities to make sure that where schools should be receiving extra money, the local authorities are passing it on. i will also ask the department for education who will have heard the question to write to her in more detail.” will have heard the question to write to her in more detail. ijoin the prime minister in sending condolences to the family and friends of the guardsman, who died whilst on anti—poaching activities. it isa whilst on anti—poaching activities. it is a reminder of the diverse work that the armed forces do and i think we thank them for it and the help they have given to the people. i join her in welcoming the birth of the baby to the duke and duchess of sussex and that she, along with all the buzz, are recognising and enjoying ramadan. it is important to

show the diversity of this country and celebrate all religious festivals. i hope the whole house will also join festivals. i hope the whole house will alsojoin me in congratulating a great football team. manchester city on winning the women's fa cup. in view of the amazing performance of liverpool last night, perhaps the prime minister could take some tips from jurgen klopp on how to get a good result in europe. mr speaker, our national health service is our country's greatest social achievement. it staff show amazing dedication. but this government's failures are taken their toll. and nhs staff survey found that 40% of staff have

reported suffering work—related stress in the last year alone. mr speaker, can the government explain why they are being so severely let down by this government? can i first of all say that i actually think when we look at the liverpool win over barcelona last night, what it shows is that when everyone says it is all over, that your european opposition have got you beat, the clock is ticking down, it is time to concede defeat, actually we can still secure success, as comes together. the right honourable gentleman asks about staffing in the nhs. what we see in relation to the nhs workforce is that for too long governments have failed to produce the proper workforce planning to give our staff

in the nhs that cared that they deserve. it is this government with its long—term plan that is ensuring that we are giving back to star. the nhs staff work hard caring for patients. this government will care for nhs staff. it is only because we are able to give the nhs its biggest cash boost in its history to give it its long—term plan that we will deliver for its long—term plan that we will deliverfor nhs its long—term plan that we will deliver for nhs staff. under the last labour government nhs investment rose by 6% a year. under this government it is barely reached 1.596. this government it is barely reached 1.5%. 5000 nurses and midwives from european union countries have left the nhs in the past two years. there are 100,000 staff vacancies across the nhs in england alone. the royal couege the nhs in england alone. the royal college of radiologists recently said that the shortage of concert doctors put care at risk. what is

the prime minister doing to remedy this dangerous situation? what have we seen this dangerous situation? what have we seen this year? what we have seen this year... what we have seen this year is the numbers of doctors and nurses in the nhs at their highest level in its 70 year history. as i say, our nhs staff work had 20 47 and their dedication is second to none. i am and their dedication is second to none. iam proud and their dedication is second to none. i am proud of our nhs. he talks down our nhs. let's just remember this, at the last general election the labour party promised to give the nhs less money than the conservative government is giving them. the labour party in government would crash the economy which would make less money available for the nhs. and who are the only party in

government that has cut funding to the nhs? the labour party! mr speaker, nobody on this side of the house ever talks down the nhs. it is labour's greatest achievement! the principal of health care as a human right was a labour achievement. and every tory mp voted against it. today, mr speaker, is world... today is world ovarian cancer day, fall prey to early diagnosis, like all cancers, is essential. in february, almost a quarter of patients waited more than two months to start cancer treatment following a gp referral. the worst performance on record. with the prime minister apologised

to those thousands of cancer patients, enduring weeks of unbelievable stress and worry whilst they are waiting to start the treatment they should be able to start quickly after they had been referred to in order to have a better chance of survival? we recognise the importance of early diagnosis and early treatment. in ovarian cancer and in other cancers and other conditions. that is why a key pa rt and other conditions. that is why a key part of the ten year plan, the long—term plan for the nhs, which is being put forward under this government, is about that early diagnosis. we recognise the importance of that. but the right honourable gentleman might just like to reflect on the fact that there is a part of the united kingdom where the urgent cancer treatment target hasn't been met sincejune 2000 2008. what is that in wales under labour. under the nhs in wales more people are surviving cancer than ever before and i think we should

welcome the work that they have done. mr speaker, the royal college of radiologists said our workforce projections are increasingly weak. almost half of all women with ovarian cancer reported having to visit the gp three times before they actually got referred for a test. today we learned that gp numbers are experiencing their first sustainable fall for 50 years. gps, experiencing their first sustainable fall for50 years. gps, mr speaker, are fall for50 years. gps, mr speaker, a re often fall for50 years. gps, mr speaker, are often the ones who played a vital role in early identification of cancers and other serious problems. this minister think it is a cce pta ble problems. this minister think it is acceptable that one third of people needing an urgent gp appointment on the day that they ask for one are being turned away because of the shortage of gps? we recognise that gps area shortage of gps? we recognise that gps are a vital part of the nhs and they're actually more gps in the nhs today than in 2015. but he also made

it easierfor people today than in 2015. but he also made it easier for people to access their gps by ensuring that surgeries are open four more days of the week so people can have that better access. we incentivise gps to work and making it easier for qualified doctors to return to the nhs. under our nhs long—term plan we will see for the first time in 870 year history the proportion of funding for primary medical and community ca re for primary medical and community care as a percentage of the nhs increasing, for the first time in 870 year history. that is because it is this government that recognises the importance of primary care in our national health service and it is this government with careful management means that there is money to put into our national health service. to my go to any a&e department, you will find they are

under enormous pressure because there is a shortage of gps to see people in the first place. in the conservative secretary of state, was promoting private gp services, at the same time is overseeing the biggest drop in nhs gps for 50 yea rs. biggest drop in nhs gps for 50 years. one in ten gps are now seeing twice as many patients as is it is safe for them to do so. that is a pressure they are under. the nhs has failed to meet its a&e waiting time target for nearly four years. in march this year more than one in five patients waited more than four hours to be seen. when the prime minister, on behalf of the government, apologised to the tens of thousands of people waiting for too long in deep distress just to get seen at an a&e department because of the pressure they are under? can i say to the right honourable gentleman, we recognise the importance of these targets in the importance of these targets in the nhs. that is why one of the

elements of the ten year long—term plan in the nhs, funded by the biggest cash boost in the nhs's history, given by this conservative government because of its good management of the economy, is to ensure that we are improving those targets. but perhaps he would also like to stand up and apologise for the fact that the a&e waiting time target hasn't been met, not for four yea rs, target hasn't been met, not for four years, but for over a decade under a labour government in wales. mr speaker, the reality is under a tory government spending on the nhs investment is less then under labour, and even with herfunding announcements, it remains the same case. the complacent attitude and platitudes hide the reality that under the tories our health service is going through the longest funding squeeze in history. 20,000 jobs in mental health units are unfilled. public satisfaction at public

services is a worst on record. consider the worst on record. a&e waiting times, the worst record. tragically, infant mortality is rising. when the prime minister admit the government has failed the health service, failed nhs staff and therefore failed the patients who rely on the nhs? there are more people alive today because of our cancer treatment has improved and would have been in 2010. and at the last general election somebody said the following. they said that an extra £7 billion for the nhs would give our nhs the resources it needs to deliver the best possible care for patients. i wonder who that was? it was none other than the leader of the opposition. is this government giving the nhs £7 billion? no. is it giving the nhs £7 billion? no. is it giving it twice that? 40 million?

no. it is giving the nhs £20 billion -- £20 no. it is giving the nhs £20 billion —— £20 billion. i am no. it is giving the nhs £20 billion —— £20 billion. iam proud no. it is giving the nhs £20 billion —— £20 billion. i am proud of the conservative party record in the nhs. we are giving it the biggest cash boost in its history. a sustainable long—term plan to ensure it is therefore people in the future. it is a conservative party that has seen more nurses, doctors in our national health service dedicated to caring for patients. and that is only possible because it isa and that is only possible because it is a conservative government that manages our economy, manages our public finances and a labour party in government would crash our economy, meaning less money for the nhs, less money for its staff and less ca re nhs, less money for its staff and less care for its patients. can i join the prime minister in congratulating the duke and duchess of sussex on the birth of their son. mr speaker, wasn't it wonderful to see prince harry bursting with

happiness as he shared the news with the nation. i do hope you will be taking some time off to spend with meghan and the baby. but statutory paternity leave is just two weeks and take up of shared parental leave is low. so will my right honourable friend consider introducing a longer period of paid parental leavejust four partners, which will be good for new dads, mums and their children? my honourable friend does important issue. i thank you for doing so. i recognise the importance of this for many parents. currently pa rents of this for many parents. currently pa re nts ca n of this for many parents. currently parents can use a shared parental leave and pay scheme to take up to six months work together, if they wish, or to stagger their leaves and pace are one of them will always be at home with their child in the first year. we are evaluating the scheme. we want to see how we can improve the system parents and at the business department hopes to publish findings on this issue later this year. kenny also congratulate

the duke and duchess of wessex... sussex. mr speaker, we had... members are rather overexcited. the right honourable gentleman's question must and will be heard. ian blackford. mr speaker, we had 113 days since the by minister's deal was rejected by parliament. a month of tory talks with labour and still no further forward. the clock is ticking down and get the prime minister is silent. when exactly will this house have an update from the prime minister? can i say to the right angle gentlemen, i had hoped that he would join me in congratulating the earl and countess of dumbarton on the birth of their

child. can i say to the right honourable gentleman, we are indeed talking with the labour party. i think there is a very clear message that was given to this house last week from the public. it is that they want us to get on and deliver brexit. i think it is absolutely right that we do so and we are working on an agreement that can... if the right honourable gentleman is so if the right honourable gentleman is so keen for us to get on with delivering brexit, why didn't he vote for the deal in the first place? scotland doesn't want a labour, tory labour brexit stitch up. once again, with no scottish representation, the talks, our nation is being ignored. as a prime minister think it is good enough for the suppose had union of equals. the prime minister must confirm to me that any deal will be put back to the people for a final say. can i

say that, as he knows, i have also discussed the matter with the first minister of scotland, it has been made clear that any discussions on these matters should be with the first ministerfor these matters should be with the first minister for scotland. in relation to the question of a second referendum, i remain absolutely of the view, as i have always been, and iam not the view, as i have always been, and i am not going to change my answer, that we should be delivering on the result of the first referendum which took place. the whole house and the deeper nation know that you are an arsenal superfan deeper nation know that you are an arsenal super fan but other teams are available and one such team has reached wembley twice this season. cani reached wembley twice this season. can i ask the prime minister tojoin bin can i ask the prime minister tojoin b in congratulating and wishing that tea m b in congratulating and wishing that team well, not just b in congratulating and wishing that team well, notjust for the performance on the pitch, but for the excellent work they do in schools and the presence in my

community and can i urge the government to support them in their endeavours. can i say he is absolutely right to congratulate them. i believe they are known as them. i believe they are known as the coasters, for their recent success. i wish him the best for their play—off final at wembley. it isa their play—off final at wembley. it is a very good example of how clubs can engage with their local communities. we want to see this partnership taking place. it leads to excellent work being done in the communities. we are currently investing more money than ever before in community football programmes and facilities and we fully intend the funding levels that go into this area to continue. we have regular meetings with the fa and premier league to encourage this activity at local level but my friend is absolutely right to congratulate them, not only for their success on the pitch, but for their success on the pitch, but for the changes they are making to other lives in their community by the work they are doing in their community. prime minister, i am the co—chair of the adult social care. i want to

know whether the long awaited green paper on social care will be published. we have been waiting yea rs. published. we have been waiting years. in january it was published. we have been waiting years. injanuary it was said that it would happen before april. it is now may. could you tell me when it will finally be available? can i commend herfor the will finally be available? can i commend her for the work she does on the committee. we are working on providing a green paper on social care. she complains it has been delayed for months. can i remind you that under the last labour government they had 13 years, 13 yea rs government they had 13 years, 13 years to deliver a sustainable social care system and they did absolutely nothing. the prime minister will be aware that many countries now require 10% of ethanol in petrol. in britain and the effect of that would be to reduce emissions by the equivalent of 700,000 cars

taken off the road and would also secure taken off the road and would also secure jobs taken off the road and would also securejobs in the taken off the road and would also secure jobs in the ethanol plants of the north—east of england. when the government move swiftly on this environmental measure so that we can haveit environmental measure so that we can have it here? can i say... can i thank my honourable friend for their work. as he will know, it would help with reduce emissions. any decision must balance the needs of consumers with the emissions reductions it could help to deliver. but we will be publishing our next steps with regard to e ten petrol. i'm sure they will study with interest the findings. people are fed up with the prime minister and the leader of the 0pposition blaming each other and only caring about the brexit that suits them. meanwhile, in enfield,

34,000 children live below the poverty line. they face a brexit future that offers them nothing. parliament is gridlocked. when will the prime minister do the right thing, go back to the country with a people's vote? can i say that i have a nswered people's vote? can i say that i have answered the question about a second referendum earlier and my view hasn't change in the few minutes since i answered that question. i believe that we should deliver on the first referendum. can i challenge her and what she said? it is not right that outside the european union those children have no future. this country has a bright future outside the european union and that is a message she should be given to her constituents. today the government introduces the parliamentary buildings restoration and renewal bill. it is my right honourable friend aware of the growing concern at the demolition of

the award—winning listed richmond house to make way for a permanent replica house of commons where mps can be packed for many years given it may be delayed until 2028, will the government ensure that her reasons of safety we get on with the work as quickly as possible and when it becomes necessary, it is for as short a time as possible into a temporary, cost—effective chamber? he has raised an important issue because obviously it is recognised asa because obviously it is recognised as a symbol of democracy and the decision that was taken by parliament to approve the restoration and renewal programme was a huge step towards its protection. he says we will be introducing the bill today, and i am pleased we are able to do that. the decision to move to richmond house was a matter for parliament. i understand that, although richmond house will be substantially reckoned

limb redeveloped... he will agree with me that it is imperative that parliament keeps the total bill as low as possible. my constituent struggles with any. her eight—year—old son has severe hypermobility problems and cannot feed or toilet himself. miss cotton also lost her carer‘s allowance and also lost her carer‘s allowance and a tax credit. her appeal is not said to be heard until the end of this month. in the meanwhile, her washing machine and of an asset to be taken away for nonpayment of debts. what will the prime minister do to prevent families waiting for appeals falling into abject poverty? the honourable gentleman has had a very specific case and i will make sure that the department looks at the

case. i will ensure that the department looks carefully at the case that he had set out. it is important. we have been doing work. the dwp has been doing work to ensure that appeals can be heard in a timely fashion to give people the confidence and reassurance. we are leaving prime minister's questions. if you want to carry on watching, you can see it on bbc parliament. the white roses are for world ovarian cancer day. let's bring in norman smith. what you think, norman? a bit of a pancake pmqs. a bit flat. it didn't really kick off, it seems to me fairly standard fare between mr corbyn and mrs may over the nhs as they both traded rival sets of figures. jeremy corbyn pointed to the 100,000 vacancies in the nhs, the fall in the number of

gps, 40% of nhs staff saying they have enjoyed work—related stress and on the other side theresa may talking about record funding increases for the nhs, more gp doctors and in 2015... it didn't fail to make like it really got anywhere. as we know, the big beast in the living room, brexit, didn't get much of a hearing today. theresa may batted away a few questions on another referendum. the most notable thing was ian blackford who sought to congratulate the royal couple on the royal baby but he was wrong! he praised the duke and duchess of wessex! upset daisy! well, we all make bungled light on air. quickly forgotten, hopefully. thank you, norman. we are about to get the first pictures of the new royal baby. the prince was born two days ago but the duke and duchess of sussex have entry released any pictures yet. we are expected to get

the first glimpse of their baby shortly. anita mcveigh is in winter for us. i need to. thank you very much. we arejust for us. i need to. thank you very much. we are just a few minutes away from getting those first images of baby sussex. this couple and parents have around 6 million followers on instagram, so you can imagine social media will be lighting up with these images once we get them. we haven't heard a name yet. we are anticipating that we will get a name hopefully within the next few days. the next few hours, i with me is katie nicholl, royal correspondence at vanity fair magazine. it's good to have you with us at windsor. the way that this babyis us at windsor. the way that this baby is going to be presented to the media is very different to what we saw with the duke and duchess of cambridge standing in front of literally hundreds of members of the

media at the lindo wing? this is completely different to the last three royal births i have covered. there was a mass of media, so many cameras from all over the world, there willjust be one television camera, a very there willjust be one television camera, a very small contingent in there. it's reflective of how the royal couple do it, they want it to bea royal couple do it, they want it to be a private affair, and this has not been the post—birth picture that everyone has been so used to. inaudible this is very reflective of how the couple want to do it. they want to do it their way. studio: we are having, as you can tell, some technical issues with the line to windsor castle. let me bring you up—to—date with what we expect. we hope to bring new pictures of the new royal baby shortly. there has been a planned event bringing journalists into windsor castle and they have had the opportunity to

ta ke they have had the opportunity to take photographs of the baby, along with meghan and harry and film them with meghan and harry and film them with the baby. we are hoping to bring you that shortly, we do not yet have a name to bring you that let's go to annita mcveigh, hopefully we have fixed that technical issue? i hope so too! no name yet, katie nicholl from vanity fair magazine, the royal correspondence with the magazine. i was asking you about the fact that the duke and duchess will be showing off their new arrival to his great—grandmother, the queen, and indeed great—grandfather, the duke of edinburgh. that might be happening right now? it may be behind the palace walls but as much as this couple acknowledging change and bringing a touch of modern to the monarchy, there is some tradition. they are being protective. the heavens are starting now! i'm hoping that someone is going to pass as some umbrellas in the next few seconds! wetting the

babies head! carry on regardless. excuse us while we grab our umbrellas. katie, step closer to me. we will try and stay dry to cope with the elements. the name, of course, we are still waiting on a name. we don't officially have a name. we don't officially have a name and don't know if it will be released today but the expectation and anticipation is that it will.” think so, as you pointed out there has been so much speculation in the la st has been so much speculation in the last couple of days, there is so little that we actually know i think they will want to present their baby, we may get a name and they will want to go to frogmore cottage and hide away from the world and bond as a family of three. it will be interesting to see the couple with their new baby, they will be tired and are bound to have a lot less sleep than they are used to! the duchess of cambridge reflecting that yesterday when she spoke about them, saying it is really daunting. for any couple, even a couple like this, used to the limelight.

absolutely, and my sources are telling me that over at the cottage it isa telling me that over at the cottage it is a scaled—down entourage. they don't have chefs and maternity nurses and butlers running around to help them. meghan's mother is there to help them, but they are keeping it low— key. any parent knows how crazy those first days are but once they have done this photocall and opportunity, hopefully they have the chance to go and enjoy the madness of the newborn days. of course, the duke will have two turn his mind to official duties again tomorrow but it isa official duties again tomorrow but it is a duty that he clearly loves, his heart and soul is in the invictus games, he is the founder of them, to help injured service men and women, and he's going to the netherlands tomorrow, i expect that there will be some sort of acknowledgement of the fact that he is now a father, the invictus games, his otherfamily, is now a father, the invictus games, his other family, they will be celebrating with him. of course, prince harry was due to be in amsterdam today, his trip was

cancelled but he was determined to get to the hague for this countdown to the games which will be in the haguein to the games which will be in the hague in 2020 and it means he can be backin hague in 2020 and it means he can be back in time for the evening, he is only going for a few hours. doria ragland, the matriarch, is here, it means a lot for harry to go to the hague for that fleeting visit tomorrow but it is the shortest paternity leave in royal history! speaking of leave, how soon do you think we would expect the duchess, meghan, to be back on duty? she has four solo patronage is and she is high profile in the royalfamily already. do you think she will be keen to get back to royal duties with a fairly quick amount of time? everything we have seen of the duchessis everything we have seen of the duchess is the most remarkable work ethic. she has been so hard—working. i'm told that there are dates in the diary as soon as october, that times with the average six months of leave that she may be back to work sooner than that, it depends on how she is feeling. it will not be too soon and

it went be too long either. she works incredibly hard, more patron edges may be announced later this year. yes, she will be on her laptop! i think it was around eight months old that we saw prince george off on his first big tour to new zealand. what do you think the expectation is around this baby travelling perhaps to america?” think it is likely that we will see them take the child wherever they go. their overseas plans are very much up in the air, there is talk of a trip to africa and i'm sure that meghan will want to take her baby back to america some point soon. wherever they go first, one thing is for sure — this is going to be a royal baby who seriously clocks up and miles! they will be very well travelled indeed. before i let you 90, travelled indeed. before i let you go, more thoughts on names. we have a tussle between the contemporary and classic, the royal heritage and modern couple. what names do think? we can expect three or four names

with a royal baby. that would give them some spoke to include some family names. i would love to see philip in there, that is possible. i think alexander is the top favourite with the bookies but there is speculation that there may be a more modern or even american name in there. gray is apparently one of the duchess's favourite names. we may get a different royal name but i hope it isn't too long before we find out! katie, thank you for coping with the rain! and full speaking to us today. katie nicholl from vanity fair magazine. the royal couple, as expected, are showing off their new baby inside, they will be glad, with the inclement weather! unlike the children of the duke and duchess of cambridge when they were brought outside onto the steps of the lindo wing in london, in central london. but yes, we do expect that to bea london. but yes, we do expect that to be a huge contrast. the presentation of the new baby to the

media compared to his cousins, prince george, princess charlotte, and prince louis, of course, seventh in line to the throne. there is more freedom for his parents, perhaps, to present the baby to the world in a slightly more intimate way. we understand that there will be one reporter, one stills photographer, and three cameras, we think, including a camera from an american network, which is a break with royal tradition. of course, you will realise that that is very much the case, because the duchess is american and there will be a huge audience, notjust worldwide but especially in the states for these images of the new royal baby. the royal couple have around 6 million followers on their instagram accounts. perhaps we could expect some images to pop up on that as well as these broadcast media images that we are hoping to get in the next few minutes. i will grab a

quick word now with our correspondent helena wilkinson, here with me in windsor as well. what are the thoughts on possible names? we're still waiting to find out more that. as katie was saying, alexander is one of the favourites at the moment. also, another couple coming up, albert, that is another one that appears to be a favourite. as we know, from the couple, they tend to like to do what they want. they may choose something unusual as their first name. and something traditional for the second. helena, i will be back with you. we've been having some fun at windsor this morning, looking at the name suggested for this royal baby, and checking out how many times they cropped up in royal history. and, having a little gas amongst ourselves and the team here, at what the name might be. hopefully we will get that today. maybe after the

couple have presented their new baby sussex to his great—grandparents, the queen and the duke of edinburgh. we can now show you on bbc news the first images of this new family of three. congratulations! can i get you both to look into the camera here? and a couple more looking here? big smile. thank you.

hello, congratulations, i know that you guys must be really busy, but can you tell us what it is like becoming a new mother, and tell us about ba by sussex, becoming a new mother, and tell us about baby sussex, as we are telling him? —— because we are calling him? it is magic, pretty amazing, and i have the two best guys in the world. i'm really happy. tell us a little bit about your son, is he sleeping well? yes, he has the sweetest temperament. he is really calm, and. i know who he gets that from! and he's just been the dream. it has been a special couple of days. everybody says that the baby has changed —— make everything has changed —— make everything has changed over two weeks, we will be monitoring how everything goes over the next month. but his looks are

changing every single day. so who knows? and parenting generally, is it still a special moment? it is great, it's only been two and a half days. we are just so thrilled to have our own little bundle ofjoy. and get to spend some precious times with him as he slowly starts to grow up. and i hear that you are off to see two special people in a minute, the queen and the duke. we just bumped into the duke as we were walking by, which was so nice. it will be a nice moment to introduce the baby to the royal family. will be a nice moment to introduce the baby to the royalfamily. it will be a nice moment to introduce the baby to the royal family. it has been. another great-grandchild! we can't quite see his face. wow. he already has a better facial hair as well! wonderful! thank you also

much. thank you. thank you everybody for all the and kindness. it means so for all the and kindness. it means so much. so, baby sussex presented to the world for the first time and behaving impeccably there. sleeping through all of that, his parents saying that he has the sweetest temperament, and really calm. they say he has been a dream in these first couple of days. and i think we can show you a still photograph of the baby's can show you a still photograph of the ba by‘s phase. can show you a still photograph of the baby's phase. a better chance you to see this little boy. as yet unnamed. —— baby's face. we are

still waiting to find out his name, prince harry saying that he is so thrilled that they have their own little bundle of joy. thrilled that they have their own little bundle ofjoy. our correspondence helena wilkinson is with me at windsor castle. i think they looked a little tired! overall, but obviously incredibly happy, as any new parent would be. and lucky the baby was sound asleep in prince harry's arms. that was much more low— key, harry's arms. that was much more low—key, compared to how catherine and william came out to hundreds of reporters outside of the linda wing when they gave birth, catherine gave birth, to their three children —— mike linda wing. this is in one of the rooms in windsor castle, st george's hall, a hall where they

hold great banquets. the couple had their wedding reception there nearly a year ago their wedding reception there nearly a yearago and their wedding reception there nearly a year ago and prince charles and camilla had their reception there. it was fairly understated. the room is incredibly grand, not intimate, really grand, but i can imagine how impressive this will look especially to audiences in the states? yes, the ba by‘s to audiences in the states? yes, the baby's picture will be beamed across the world, that will be on the front pages of most newspapers tomorrow morning. the couple, they were looking fairly tired but also happy. prince harry holding the baby, wrapped in a white blanket and a little hat on him. looking incredibly pleased. what was lovely was that meghan said that they were going to meet the queen and duke of edinburghfairly going to meet the queen and duke of edinburgh fairly shortly, in fact they may be meeting him now. meghan said that they bumped into him on their way said that they bumped into him on theirway in! said that they bumped into him on their way in! as you do! in a

castle. and, perhaps, speculation that perhaps once this new eighth great—grandchild for the queen and duke of edinburgh has been introduced to his great—grandparents that perhaps then his name may be revealed but we do not know that for sure? we don't know. you will remember on monday that prince harry came out and gave that unexpected comment after the baby was born, that he was absolutely delighted, but at that stage he said he was still trying to figure out a name. as any parent knows, choosing the name is difficult! trying to agree between yourselves on a name is very difficult as well. we may hear that name once they've had a meeting, once the queen and duke of edinburgh, once they meet baby sussex, as we call the baby at the moment but we do expect to hear the name later on. in terms of what they may choose for the name, a lot of different options of course. we've been having some fun with this,

looking at some of those names that have been suggested and what the royal history is each name. do you wa nt to royal history is each name. do you want to give the facts? we have alexander as a favourite. that appears to come out on top at the moment, of course, the baby's cousin has as a middle name alexander, that isa has as a middle name alexander, that is a favourite. we have albert, of course, that is prince harry's, one of his middle name is. henry charles albert david, arthur, of course, another favourite as well. will they go for a traditional first name? we have to wait and see. will they nod towards meghan's american, she is american of course, will they choose a name that reflects that? we will have to wait and see. possibly that thatis

have to wait and see. possibly that that is harder to guess at. and very possibly a nod towards the spencer side of the family, that is one name that has been mentioned. one that a royal historian mentioned to me a couple of days ago wasjohn, the name of diana's father, earl spencer. let's wait and see on that. it was really sweet to hear meghan, the duchess, say that she has the two best guys in the world here. clearly the salted. she was asked what it is like to be a new mum —— they are clearly besotted. she said she has the best guys in the world, really happy. and ask about the temperament of their baby, nearly two days old, she said that he has the sweetest temperament, calm, and a dream. not every parent has experienced that with a newborn! she has talked about it being a special couple of days. they do not live too

farfrom couple of days. they do not live too far from windsor castle, frogmore cottage is in the other direction from where we are, a couple of minutes away. they did not have to go farto minutes away. they did not have to go far to have that first official photocall today in the castle. also, prince harry was asked who the baby looks like. and he replied that he was well aware that babies change in terms of their looks, in the first couple of weeks. they will be looking and seeing how the baby changes over the next few weeks or so. changes over the next few weeks or so. but they are absolutely thrilled, of course, and delighted, as you could see. it did not last for very long, just under five minutes or so. they came out in that very grand room. now, we understand they are meeting the queen and the duke of edinburgh. going back to names, helena, does the queen have to give her approval of any names? we do not think so, we do not think she has to sign anything off. but

you would expect, out of courtesy, that the couple would go to the queen and ask what she thinks of it. we do not think she officially has to sign anything off. if they went to sign anything off. if they went to her with something very unusual, perhaps she may have a word but out of courtesy, we think they would go to her and tell her the name and hopefully she would approve. hopefully we will hear in the next couple of hours, or so. the duchess said she officiallyjoined the royal family, of course, —— since she joined, she has had four solo patronage is, and we can expect her to get back to royal duties in due course. she will spend some time in a bubble with her baby, as many new mums like to do, taking time to get used to motherhood. but we could expect this baby to be on tour with his parents within seven or eight months, if we go by the example of prince george, who was in new

zealand at eight months old. yes, we saw meghan, throughout her pregnancy, right until a month and a half or so ago, she worked up until then. it is clear she is someone who likes to get out, to carry on working. i think we can expect her to get back to work and back to engagements fairly quickly. she will wa nt to engagements fairly quickly. she will want to spend some time, as you say, here in windsor at frogmore cottage. it is very peaceful and quiet around here. a very nice place to bring up a baby! very nice and not far from their great—grandmother, in windsor castle. i think we can expect her to get out there fairly soon, and possibly a trip to america. i'm sure a lot of the american networks here would be glad to see that. yes, as i mentioned, one us camera from cbs news, i think, mentioned, one us camera from cbs news, ithink, in mentioned, one us camera from cbs news, i think, in windsor castle to ta ke news, i think, in windsor castle to take those images and record those images. that is a break with

tradition. yes, and that is probably something that has come from meghan herself. as we have seen and talked about before, this is a couple who wa nt to about before, this is a couple who want to do things their way. they have wa nted want to do things their way. they have wanted to do this very privately. as privately as they could do. in terms of the birth itself, and the plans around the birth, they wanted to keep those plans private, they said. so yes, we can expect the couple to remain here. we know prince harry is going to the netherlands tomorrow, and we know that meghan has her mother here to help with the new baby. helena, thank you. i'm sure his invictus family, prince harry's invictus family, prince harry's invictus family, will be helping to celebrate the fact that his family here at home has expanded with the arrival of ba by home has expanded with the arrival of baby sussex, when prince harry goes to the launch of the invictus 2020 in the netherlands tomorrow. that was our introduction to baby sussex. we do not yet have a name.

it was a grand and royal introduction, as the new parents brought him into st george's hall at windsor castle, behind me, to meet the media for the first time. let's have a look again now at that moment. here is what the new parents had to say. congratulations! thank you. can i get you both to look into the camera here for me? look this way please? a couple more looking here. big smiles.

hello, congratulations. thanks for taking the time out, i know you guys must be really, really busy. but meghan mccann you tell us what it is like becoming a new mum? and tell us a bit about baby sussex, as we have been calling him? it's magic, it has been calling him? it's magic, it has been pretty amazing. i have the two best guys in the world, so i'm really happy. tell us a little bit about your son, what's he like? is he sleeping well, good baby? yes! he has the sweetest temperament. really calm, and... i know where he gets that from! and he'sjust been the dream! it's been a special couple of days who does he take after, does he look like anyone? we are still 20 figure that out. people say that babies change so much over two weeks. we will monitor how the changing process happens over the next month, really. but his looks

are changing every single day. so who knows? and how are you finding parenting generally? is it still a special moment? it's great, parenting is amazing. it has only been two and a half, three days, but we are just so thrilled to have our own little bundle ofjoy and to spend some precious times with him as he slowly starts to grow up. and you are off to see two special people in a minute? yes. the queen and the dude? he was walking —— the queen and the duke? it has been a really good time. another great grandchild! can we have ap? we cannot quite see his face. he already has a bitter facial hairas face. he already has a bitter facial hair as well!

—— mackie already has a bit of facial hair as well. thank you, thank you for all of the well wishes and kindness. it means so much. thank you. hello. for many of us, the cool weather that we have seen so far this week continues today. it is cool and pretty wet with rain falling widely across the uk. it will feel miserable, especially around north sea coasts. this area of low pressure brings change to wetter weather across most areas of the uk. rain not reaching the far north of scotland, it will last even into the afternoon but the rain is pretty relentless, across northern

england. central, southern and eastern areas of scotland, brightening in the south but with heavy and potentially thunder later in the day. around north sea coasts we have areas with temperatures no higher than seven celsius, but it is feeling cold. this area of low pressure ringing rain in. it slowly sinks further southwards again. the rain will edge towards lincolnshire and yorkshire overnight as well. temperatures of 5—9d for most but cold enough with a touch of frost in the far north of scotland. we have the far north of scotland. we have the best start of the day on thursday, with sunshine but it is cloudy again with showers breaking out. some heavy and slow—moving. temperatures range from nine to 15 degrees. many areas are below normal for this time of year. on friday, a better chance of seeing more in the way of sunshine breaking through the crowd. —— mcleod. that there will be

cloud developing and heavy showers that are likely to develop with thunderstorms moving in. temperatures edging up a little, highs of 10—16d. towards the weekend, changes in thejet highs of 10—16d. towards the weekend, changes in the jet stream, it begins to get more wavy. within this rage, we get sinking air, and this rage, we get sinking air, and this trough over france means we get rising air —— within this ridge. we get close to southern england, and this big area of high pressure forms through the weekend, and it will be hanging around. some real changes in the weather on the way, it becomes dry and sunny and much warmer. temperatures of up to 19 midweek in cardiff. that's the latest weather, goodbye.

the world gets its first glimpse of the new royal baby. in a photocall at windsor castle, the duke and duchess of sussex said their baby is very calm and has the sweetest temperament and spoke of their excitement and joy. it's magic. it's pretty amazing. i have the two best guys in the world, so i'm really happy. we are just so thrilled to have our own little bundle ofjoy. and be able to spend some precious times with him as he slowly starts to grow up. the baby's name has still not been announced. the couple have now taken their son to meet the queen — her eighth grandchild — we'll be live at windsor. also this lunchtime. too few gps — the first sustained fall in the number of family