tonight at ten, for the first time in 50 years, the nhs suffers a sustained fall in number of gps across the uk. the shortage of gps is getting worse at a time when demands on family doctors are rising sharply. patient groups say the shortage is causing real difficulties in making appointments as practices fail to fill vacancies. we tried to recruit a new gp, and there were zero applicants. we'll have details of the steps being taken to address the problem. also tonight: the duke and duchess of sussex have named their newborn son. he's archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. it's magic. it's pretty amazing, and i have the two best guys

in the world, so i'm really happy. a teenager with a life—threatening infection has been successfully treated with a new type of therapy which avoids antibiotic resistance. polls have closed in the south african election, with the ruling anc party likely to win, despite anger over corruption. lucas moura, oh, they have done it! and in tonight's champions league action, tottenham have just beaten ajax to reach the final against liverpool. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, england announce their squad for the women's world cup with the help of a few famous faces.

good evening. for the first time in half a century, the national health service has seen a sustained fall in the number of gps across the uk. the figures come from analysis by the nuffield trust for the bbc at a time when the population is ageing and demands on family doctors are rising sharply. in 2009, for every 100,000 patients in the uk, there were 66 gps. by 2014, that number had fallen to 65. and by last year, there was an even biggerfall tojust 60 gps for every 100,000 patients. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, reports on the scale of the problem and how some gp practices are trying to meet the challenge. rural north wales, the nefyn area — vacancies for gps are hard to fill. each has more than double the number of patients on the books as a decade ago. come in! dr arfon williams had to take time

off because of illness. a colleague died and two others retired, but he couldn't find any replacements. i was left in a situation where i was kind of last man standing. we tried to recruit a new gp — there were zero applicants, so it was either a matter of handing back the keys to the health board, which has happened extensively across north wales, or we had to come up with a new plan. it's notjust in rural areas like this where there are problems recruiting gps. it's an issue in many parts of the uk, and at a time when there's a drive to treat more patients closer to home, to take the pressure off hospitals. workload and pension concerns are causing more gps to retire early. that means patients in some areas are struggling to get appointments. hi, can i help you? hello, i rang up this morning... gillian from plymouth has anxiety and depression and really wants to see a doctor. is there any chance that i could get an appointment? i don't think we've got any available slots to see dr boyle at the moment.

no? no. it doesn't help the anxiety, um... when you can't get an appointment. hiya! the fall in gp numbers relative to the population is steeper in england than other parts of the uk. nhs england says more health staff, including experienced nurses, are being recruited to help gps. ultimately, we are always going to be here for you, but remember, it might not be your gp that sees you. what we want to do is make sure that the best person sees you and keeps you as healthy as they can for as long as they can. back in north wales, dr williams told me how they've had to adapt. i think we need, as professionals, to delegate work where we can safely but always be available for consultation or help. if you could put your hand out flat for me... all his reception staff, for example, have been trained to carry out some basic tests, including this one, for inflammation.

julie, an advanced nurse practitioner, makes home visits to take the pressure off gps. it's quite difficult to be responsive on the day, so i'm helping them with pressures of responding for urgent things on the day. wales‘ and scotland's gp numbers are higher than england's. northern ireland's have increased. but all face the same issues — finding the best way to provide care for growing populations. hugh pym, bbc news, north wales. hughjoins me now in the studio. the figures speak for themselves, but is there a sense of urgency and government to tackle this? well, yes, huw, it is an urgent short—term issue, but by definition the solutions are long term. gp training places are being created, nurses and physios are being brought into practice is to help, but that will ta ke practice is to help, but that will take time as well. so that is long term. in the short term, the reality is that more gps are leaving than

joining, some say it is but an outcome some say it is the pension rules. —— some say it is burn—out, some say it is the new pension rules. there is no short—term solution as patients are getting frustrated about not getting appointments. a pledge made in 2015 in england for 5000 more gps by 2020 has been quietly downgraded, there is no timeframe on that right now, and nowhere near meeting that for england as things stand right now. thank you very much, hugh pym, our health editor. the duke and duchess of sussex have been showing their newborn baby boy to the world for the first time. and they've announced their choice of name. the seventh in line to the throne is called archie harrison mountbatten—windsor. he's the queen's eighth great—grandchild. harry and meghan say he's very calm with the "sweetest temperament". 0ur royal correspondent sarah campbell has the story. the first of many royal photocalls. and having had two days to get to know baby archie in private, this was the time for his proud

parents to show him off. it's magic. it's pretty amazing. and, you know, i have the two best guys in the world, so i'm really happy. yeah, it's great. i mean, parenting is amazing. it's only been, what, two and a half, three days. yeah. but we are just so thrilled to have our own little bundle ofjoy. nestled in his father's arms, getting a close—up view of the baby's face was tricky, so who does the seventh in line to the throne take after? we are still trying to figure that out. well, everyone says that babies change so much over two weeks, and we are basically monitoring how the changing process happens over the next month, really. and what do the public make of his name? archie harrison. what do you think? archie harrison? 0k. was not expecting that, i'm not going to lie. i was thinking of something a little bit more traditional. i think it is a good choice. i think they've gone with something a little bit left field, a little bit different. and i think good for them

for going for something that's clearly their choice and not a traditional royal name. no title, archie harrison. that's kind of it. that surprises me, actually. it's kind of of the time. unaware of his royal status and unique place as an anglo—american, mixed—race child at the heart of monarchy, he slept through this entire photocall. he has the sweetest temperament, he is really calm. i don't know where he gets that from?! he hasjust been a dream, it has been a special couple of days. thank you all so much. thank you. thank you, everybody, for all the well wishes and kindness, it's meant so much. and then it was off to meet the family. meghan's mother doria was present for the first meeting of baby archie and his great—grandparents, the queen and duke of edinburgh, both said to be delighted to welcome

an eighth great—grandchild. sarah campbell, bbc news, windsor. a teenager who contracted a life—threatening infection has been successfully treated with a new type of therapy which could prove vital in the battle against growing antibiotic resistance. instead of antibiotics, this treatment used a carefully controlled mix of viruses to target the specific bacterial infection that would otherwise have killed the patient. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has this report. isabelle was given only a 1% chance of survival after a bacterial infection ravaged her body. antibiotics couldn't save the 17—year—old, who was recovering from a lung transplant. but now she is back at school doing her a—levels after being treated with viruses. it's an incredible thing. it's still working — slowly. it's just great being able to do all these things on my own, without having any problems.

isabelle still takes the personalised treatment at home twice a day. these syringes being prepared by her mum contain viruses known as phages. phages are naturally occurring viruses which infect and kill bacteria. they latch on to them this and then inject their dna. now, this hijacks the machinery of the bacterial cell to make multiple copies of the virus, and then they destroy that cell when they burst out to hunt for more bacteria to kill. now, doctors used a cocktail of three different phages, which were genetically engineered in the united states, to target the specific bacteria attacking isabelle's body. phage therapy was developed in the 1920s, but research was largely abandoned when antibiotics were discovered.

it's still widely used in russia. the rise of antibiotic resistance has prompted renewed interest in phage therapy. doctors at great 0rmond street can't be certain it saved isabelle, but her family have no doubts. it was absolutely incredible, the effect that the phage had on her life. she has just been such a fighter all her life, and this phage has just come along and been a miracle for her, it really has been. isabelle is due to have a new phage treatment in a bid to clear her bacterial infection completely. this is just one case in thejournal nature, but it gives hope that other patients may benefit from the same approach. fergus walsh, bbc news. the inquest into the deaths of the eight people who were killed in the london bridge and borough market attack in 2017 has been shown video footage showing the events as they happened. the images show three men

driving a van into pedestrians before attacking people with knives on the street and in pubs. the inquest was told that they fatally injured eight people within just three minutes. cctv also caught the moment, six minutes later, when armed police officers arrived and shot the attackers dead, as they feared they were wearing suicide vests. theresa may has rejected calls to set out a precise timetable for her departure from downing street, despite growing pressure from her own party. downing street said she had already promised to leave after delivering the first stage of brexit and was sticking to that "generous and bold offer". this evening, the chairman of the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers, sir graham brady, said they would meet the prime minister next week, as our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. it's now when, not if theresa may will leave what's now her office for her last prime minister's questions. will you give a clear departure

date, prime minister? more and more on her own side believe that must come sooner rather than later. questions to the prime minister. in normal times, this would be a bombshell. sadly, the public no longer trust her to run the brexit negotiations. isn't it time to step aside and let somebody new lead our party, our country and the negotiations? you can hear that nicety is long gone. actually, this is... under attack, but defending herself. no, wait for it, wait for it. actually, this is not an issue about me and it's not an issue about her. if it were an issue about me, and how i vote, we would already have left the european union. the problem for the prime minister, plenty of tory mps think she is the problem. so today, again, they huddled away in the commons to talk about whether to force her out. remember, the prime minister has already said she will go

as and when she gets her brexit deal through this place. but she is refusing to tell them exactly when, at least, not yet. we will be meeting with the prime minister next week and we will have a further discussion after that. there are numerous different opinions amongst colleagues. it is the job of the elected 1922 executive and me as the chairman to represent those views and to try and bring things to a conclusion. ministers want to line up another shot at getting the brexit deal through the commons in a couple of weeks, but it is a tall order, whoever is in charge. no change of leadership in any political party is going to make the slightest difference to the numbers in the house of commons, or to the very serious and difficult choices that the country faces. however much tory mps plot, theresa may is determined to have another shot at getting her brexit deal through parliament. but there is a sizeable chunk

of her own party who are equally determined not to let that happen and the mood is changing. 0ne former cabinet minister, who has backed her up until now, tells me she has to go, because using up the oxygen her because she's using up the oxygen her successor will need to breathe. tonight, downing street says talks with labour to find a way through our serious and still going. a lonely number ten, heads down, trying to ignore the deluge outside. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. britain has warned iran that it will face serious consequences if it breaks the terms of the international deal to limit its nuclear programme. the iranian president said today that his country would start enriching more uranium unless european powers did more to help iran's economy. the us, which pulled out of the international deal a year ago, said the iranian threat amounted to nuclear blackmail. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. when america's top diplomat comes

to town, he gets the full tour — meetings with foreign secretary, prime minister, high office and high church. but for all the warm welcome, there are divisions here that run deep, especially on iran and how best to restrict its nuclear programme. today, iran's president threatened to re—start his country's nuclear activities. he told his cabinet that, in 60 days, iran would start enriching more uranium unless european powers did more to relieve the pressure of us sanctions. for, in 2015, iran agreed a deal with key world powers — it agreed to restrict its nuclear programme in return for getting economic sanctions lifted. but a year ago, donald trump pulled the us out of the deal. and that places these two men at odds, becausejeremy hunt believes the deal is working, and so iran's threat is unwelcome.

foreign secretary, what are you prepared to do to keep the iran nuclear deal alive, and whose side are you on here, tehran or washington? if they break that deal, then there will be consequences in terms of how european powers react, so we urge the iranians to think very long and hard before they break the deal. some us officials are threatening further sanctions, but for now the secretary of state just accused iran of being intentionally ambiguous. we'll have to see what iran's actions actually are, and they've made a number of statements about actions they've threatened to do in order to get the world to jump. we'll see what they actually do, the united states will wait to observe that. britain and its european allies now face a tough choice — do they back iran and encourage it to stick with the deal, or do they back the us and consider new sanctions? and all thatjust as the us sends an aircraft carrier to the gulf to deter what it says

is an increased threat from iran. none of this is getting any easier. james landale, bbc news. the food standards agency has recommended changes to the way pre—packaged food is labelled. it's proposed that food packaged in—store should list all ingredients, with the allergens, such as eggs, shellfish and nuts, in bold. it follows the death of 15—year—old natasha ednan—laperouse, who had an allergic reaction to a sandwich containing sesame. polls have closed in the south african election, with the ruling anc party likely to win, despite anger over corruption scandals and a struggling economy. the election is the first test of whether president cyril ramaphosa can reinvigorate support for his party, which is losing ground as glaring inequalities in the country, remain unresolved. 0ur africa editor fergal keane sent this report. it was the sheer normality of the day that stood out.

a free election and a fair one. no drama, no violence. here in the rural free state, only the hope things might get better. i'm waiting for the changes. after this election, we are going to have the changes, especially the jobs. i think that it's very important that there should be fairness between everyone here, and just equality in rights. this is the country's sixth democratic election in the 25 years since the end of apartheid. issa, aged 90, walked from his soweto home to cast his vote at this school. voting is a privilege he will never take for granted. what does voting mean to you as a person? it means that we africans are ruling now. before, it was the white people. now we, the black people, are ruling now. that's nice. one, two, three! the incumbent president ramaphosa wants a strong mandate to help him

defeat factions in his own party who are mired in corruption. he was talking up his prospects. the confidence that isjust being emitted by our people is just amazing. this is a vote that reminds us of 1994. the anc is expected to win, but this party offers a growing challenge to its dominance. the economic freedom fighters want radical redistribution of wealth. if the people want to continue unemployed, if the people want to continue landless, if the people want to perpetuate the instituted corruption, they must continue to vote for the same party that they have been voting for. the past shadows this election. back in 1994, the long queues told a story of liberation from centuries of oppression. now, among a younger generation, there is apathy and alienation. around half of those between 18 and 30 didn't

sign on the voters' roll. the fact that so many young people didn't register to vote will surely worry all of the parties, because if this country's history offers any lesson, it is the necessity of an inclusive, democratic process that holds leaders to account, a process so many were imprisoned and died to bring into being. this is still a young democracy, and its peaceful vote a real achievement. but there will be turbulence ahead if the longing for change is not answered. fergal keane, bbc news, johannesburg. the green party has launched its campaign for the european parliamentary elections which take place later this month, urging people to say "yes to europe, and no to climate change". after gaining 185 council seats in last week's english local elections, the party is hopeful of improving on the three meps it secured in 2014. 0ur political correspondent chris mason has more details. terrible, terrible blu tacking skills. low—key and do—it—yourself.

there's none of the glitz or choreography the big parties love here. five years ago, the green party won three of the uk's 73 seats in the european parliament. but now believe they can grow taller. we are standing on a commitment to stop brexit through a people's vote. with so much focus on brexit, what about the environment? climate is clearly bigger than brexit, and remaining in the eu is a means to an end. climate change doesn't stop at the border. what do you say to critics who point to your campaigning to stay in the eu and simply say it's anti—democratic? the referendum was held and you guys lost. politics in westminster is completely paralysed. the way to sort this out, the way to remain in the eu and do that democratically is to go back to the people. green party activists are upbeat after a strong performance in last week's local elections and growing concerns from many about the environment,

but the challenge for a small party in a contest like this is translating that into votes with a crowded field of rivals. and remember, these are elections that weren't even meant to happen. they're only going ahead because brexit has been delayed. the major parties are really making such a mess of the country. the country voted to come out. regardless of what anybody voted, myself included, we have to do what the majority said. are you frustrated that brexit hasn't been delivered ? of course. everybody is. they're annoyed. the greens and others have a fortnight left to make their case. what do you make of the green party? they'll probably get my vote. i must go. dog! thanks very much! chris mason, bbc news. it was another night of incredible drama in the champions league semifinal, as tottenham made their way through to the final in the last few seconds of injury time. spurs beat dutch team ajax 3—3,

going through on away goals. spurs beat dutch team ajax 3—2, going through on away goals. it's it means they'll face liverpool in the final in madrid onjune1st. natalie pirks is live in amsterdam. well, sometimes words just can't do justice to what you have seen. but i will try. if liverpool's comeback against barcelona was unbelievable, then a second english club coming back from 3—0 down inside 24—hour is in the champions league was simply unfathomable. yet for all of the spurs fans, the thousands that made their way here, this was never in doubt, although they really did it the hard way. # champions league. ..#. with hope and a smile, they came in their thousands — liverpool's stunning comeback had given them belief spurs would be facing them in the final. well, look at liverpool last night — done it, didn't they? can we do it, boys? easy, easy! if we was to get to the final, it would be the icing on the cake,

and it is only one game, you know? we'll get through, we'll be there. madrid here we come! that was more than a tad optimistic. a frenzy of ajax flags quickly turned into a flurry of attacks. a frenzy of ajax flags quickly turned into a flurry of attacksm is in towards him. ajax's 19—year—old captain matthijs de ligt losing kieran trippier and leaping into club immortality. and u nfortu nately for into club immortality. and unfortunately for them, the ajax express unfortunately for them, the ajax ex press ke pt unfortunately for them, the ajax express kept coming, their second goal quite something. hakim ziyech! what a great goal. poetry in motion, jubilation in the stands. spurs needed three goals in 45 minutes to save their season. caution to the wind came courtesy of lucas moura. there is the goal back. they couldn't, could they? penalty box pinball was about to provide a serious test of ajax's result. they've got another one! now they believed. now they were worried. with the game flipped on its head,

just one goal would send spurs through. step forward a hat—trick hero. lucas moura, oh, they've done it! a maelstrom of madness, ajax simply distraught on the floor. the final whistles finally came. with it, raw emotions. football the winner. football, hey? well, it is clear from pochettino's tea winner. football, hey? well, it is clearfrom pochettino's tea is exactly what that meant to him and a group of players and even after the match, he still couldn't really talk. he called this group of players heroes and said this kind of emotion without football is impossible. this ajax team where the giant killers, knocking out holders real madrid and juventus, many people'sfavourites to reach the final. and they did it with such style, playing their own brand of total football after johan style, playing their own brand of total football afterjohan cruyff, the man who the arena is named after, he is everywhere, and they have been doing it in style and thrilling the neutral. spurs,

meanwhile, no one has started games worse than them in the champions league. they keep on conceding inside the first 15 minutes and no one has conceded more goals, and yet, that sense of belief, heart and spirit has got them where they are and of course, it is an all premier league final now, madrid, get ready, the english are coming! indeed, natalie, thank you very much, with the latest on the remarkable evening in amsterdam. newsnight is getting under way on bbc two. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are.

hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. it's another incredible comeback in the champions league — tottenham seal their place in the final, after a stoppage winner against ajax. phil neville names his team for the women's world cup next month in a unique way... and rain haults the start of the english cricket summer. hello and welcome to sportsday. 0ne place to start.

tottenham are into the champions league final for the first time in their history... 0n yet another incredible night in the semi—finals, they came from two down in amsterdam against ajax. needing three to win the tie, in the second half. but it happened, lucas moura with a hat—trick — the last coming in the dying moments — topped off one of the competition's most sensational week's of all time. 0ur sports correspodent natalie pirks is there for us. another unbelievable night of champions league football! well, i think it was sir who famously said, football, bloody hail? but apologies for almost swearing, but what we have seen in the last 24—hour is. spurs were absolutely dead and buried. they we re absolutely dead and buried. they were never coming back from that in the second half, the noise here, the frenzied atmosphere and the fans we re

frenzied atmosphere and the fans were amazing but boy, spurs had to do it the hard way. it was the 19—year—old captain for ajax who had been absolutely sensational all season, rising high and basically heading himself into the club's immortality. unfortunately, for spurs, the ajax express kept coming. quite something, poetry in motion. jubilation from the ajax fans but spurs? in the second half they got into it. there was the goal that gave fans hope, they could not do it, though, surely? there was a pinball scramble in the goal, around the goal, but look, moura coming up with the second. but tino with belief, and in the commentary, the sheer disbelief. the fans could not believe it, moura could not believe it, and at the final whistle, when

ajax had thrown everything at them and