hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm rebecca jones. today at two... growth is up — new gdp figures show the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. the uk economy is performing robustly despite the evidence of slowing global growth and the continued brexit uncertainty at home, so it is good news. the united states steps up its trade war with china, more than doubling tariffs on two hundred billion dollars of goods. # too much wine and too much song... tributes to the comedian freddie star after he was reportedly found dead at his home in spain.

coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougall. yes, an incredible week for english football as four teams from the premier league get through to the champions league and europa league final. thanks, jane, look forward to that. and ben rich has all the weather — it's still pretty chilly. yes, it is, but those temperatures will climb through the weekend. the other thing that will happen is the showers will fade away. there have been plenty of them over the last few days. i will be talking more about showers when i come down to see you in 25 minutes.” about showers when i come down to see you in 25 minutes. i will be looking forward to that! also coming up... missing out on playtime. are your children getting a long enough break? new research says no.

hello to you, this is afternoon live, i'm rebecca jones the uk's economy has had a boost with growth of half a per cent in the first three months of the year. it's partly because with the original brexit deadline of march the 29th businesses were stockpiling goods and racing to deliver orders. manufacturers saw their fastest expansion since the 1980s, and business investment also increased. but some economists are warning the speed of growth might not last. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. this manufacturer in nuneaton makes components for nissan and honda. the moment the car—makers need them for their latest car, it supplies them immediately, just in time. in the first three months of this year that meant it had to take precautions in case a no—deal brexit cut off the

supply of steel and aluminium imported from belgium. like thousands of other businesses it bought in more raw materials than it normally would have done. that may sound sensible, but it carries big costs. we have had to tie cash up all the way around this and a significant amount of cash which we did not budget for in last year's budget. that has meant that other investments we were going to make have either slid backwards or they have either slid backwards or they have not happen at all. from january to march, economic activity grew faster than it did before christmas, but slower than it did last summer. because many of those extra supplies we re because many of those extra supplies were imported, it has also worsened oui’ were imported, it has also worsened our trade performance and it has not looked healthy for decades. the uk economy is performing robustly despite the evidence of slowing global growth and the continued brexit uncertainty at home, so it is good news. the economy did grow

faster than it did before christmas, but slower than it did last summer and because many of those extra supplies were imported, it has also worsened our trade performance which has not looked healthy for decades. on this chart the top line is what we importand on this chart the top line is what we import and the bottom is what we export. for years we have imported more than we export. the gap between the two is the trade deficit and look at what has happened to that over at 30 years, it has been going down and recently it has plunged. it gets worse when you strip out services where we sell more abroad than we buy in. if you look at goods, the trade deficit there has hit a new record. imports of cars rose sharply from january to march. had no—deal brexit led to a weaker pound and new tariffs, imported cars might have shot up in price. car dealers worried about that and bought them whilst still cheap. imports of gold also rose. studies

show people buy more of it when they are worried. the trade war between the united states and china has escalated. the us has more than doubled tariffs on 200 billion dollars‘ worth of chinese goods. it's raised duties from ten to 25% on a range of products from car parts to furniture. last minute negotiations between beijing and washington failed to produce an agreement on a way out of the dispute although talks are expected to resume later today. in the last hour president trump tweeted: tariffs will make our country much stronger, not weaker. just sit back and watch! in the meantime, china should not renegotiate deals with the us at the last minute. this is not the obama administration, or the administration of sleepy joe, who let china get away with "murder!" china says it will retaliate with what it calls "necessary countermeasures" as robin brant reports from shangai. some on both sides hoped this would be the final

round of face—to—face talks, capped with a deal. there was certainly no shortage of smiles, as they greeted each other, in washington, dc. and as he prepared to sit down, china's chief negotiator made it clear what he thought about the prospect of increased tariffs. translation: i came here with sincerity in these special circumstances to engage in rational and candid exchanges with the us side. of course, china believes raising tariffs in the current situation is not a solution to the problem. it will be harmful to china, the united states and to the whole world. instead, that's exactly what has happened. this is a trade war has escalated. $200 billion worth of trade from china to the us will now face the increased tax. i don't think anyone really wins from a trade war. i think most of us lose, because trade wars tend to have tariffs, which adds taxes to the things that we buy, as coi'isuitiei's. so they tend to be quite economically damaging. the tariff target list

includes wi—fi routers, some furniture, and car parts. i went to a factory in the south of china last month, where they make wi—fi routers, millions of them. the firm, tp—link, is looking to expand outside of china. that's partly to escape the new tariffs that will now make its products even more expensive in the us. new tariffs that are necessary, because china changed its mind, apparently. we were getting very close to a deal and then they started to renegotiate the deal. we can't have that. so, our country can take in $120 billion a year in tariffs, paid for mostly by china, by the way, not by us. a lot of people try and steer it in a different direction. it's really paid, ultimately, it's paid for by, largely, by china. in recent months, china has moved further to open up parts of its economy to foreign investors. it's also announced plans for better protection for intellectual property. but it's how you make sure that these changes actually happen and who is the final arbiter of that

on which both sides still seem to be struggling to agree. china will now retaliate. within minutes of the tariff hike, its ministry of commerce said it deeply regrets that it will have to take necessary countermeasures. we don't know what they will be, yet. but in the past, measures to put pressure on foreign firms operating here have been used as well as the tax increase. robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. live to washington and our correspondent chris buckler. asimple a simple question, how big a deal is this? it is a very big deal because it could have a big impact on both america and china's economies. the truth is when you take a look at the us, there is no greater danger to a sitting president than a poor economy and president trump keeps on talking about, and it is one of his key messages, that the economy in the us is doing very well. he wants

that to be the case in november next year when he runs for president again. truthfully, the impact of a trade war between the two countries, and we have already had a bit of a battle with both sides putting on ta riffs battle with both sides putting on tariffs on each other‘s products, the effect of a trade war taking it to another level would have an impact on global economies. there area impact on global economies. there are a lot of people watching this with a keen eye. that is why yesterday we had wobbles in the stock market because these tariffs we re stock market because these tariffs were going to be put into place during these negotiations as they we re during these negotiations as they were taking place in washington. that has happened and the stock markets have recovered a bit today, but people are watching this very keenly because they believe the deal is important to try and shore up the economies of both countries and all of those associated with them so they remain steady. talks are still ongoing. is there any sign either side might be prepared to compromise in the interest of trying to secure

a deal? it is very difficult to tell at this stage. in some ways we thought america was putting in place these tariffs to come into effect at midnight us time in the middle of these negotiations to put extra pressure on china. those tariffs are now on and there is talk of retaliation. it gives you a sense that if negotiation is a poker game that if negotiation is a poker game that the two players are playing very different the chinese president is writing what is described as a beautiful letter to president trump where he talks about the two sides try to come together, and president trump very publicly saying he is prepared to fight china. we have had a blizzard of tweets this morning in which he says that the tariffs could be good for the us economy. one of the latest has come in and he says, your all—time favourite president got tired of waiting for china to help out and start buying from

farmers, the greatest anywhere in the world. but you get the sense that president trump is aware that farmers, who have been affected by ta riffs farmers, who have been affected by tariffs being put on soybeans in china, that gives you an idea that american farmers are being affected and he is aware of that. it is probably in the interests of both sides to get a deal, but americans are concerned about intellectual property, how china really makes foreign companies operate in the country and it seems they feel they have rolled back on commitments and the us side seem determined to push that as hard as possible and to get a deal that works for them as well as china. for now, chris butler in washington, thank you. for now, chris butler in washington, thank you. let's cross to bern and speak to manfred el—sig who's a professor of international relations at the world trade institute. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. i'm interested in your thoughts as to whether you think president trump's move is a tactic or perhaps as chris was talking about a move in a game of poker. or

does he really think the world is a better place with tariffs to protect trade? i think we all know he likes tariffs, so that is why he has been called the tariff man and trump base likes tariffs. but in this case it isa likes tariffs. but in this case it is a clearly tactical move in the negotiations. tell me more, why do you say that? there is a bit of time issue as well. the trump administration next week has to decide how it will move with europeans and the threat to impose ta riffs europeans and the threat to impose tariffs on cars. clearly he wants to get one thing over the finish line before starting the other. we have seen the chinese are not sending strong signals they want to compromise, so he has made this move to put as much pressure as possible on the chinese side to compromise right now. ifi on the chinese side to compromise right now. if i was to push you to

be more explicit, what do you think the fundamental dispute is? the fundamental dispute at the end of the day is donald trump wants to change the trade flows. he wants to limit the trade deficit. that will ta ke yea rs, limit the trade deficit. that will take years, but he wants to start the process right now and he wants to have a deal that looks at issues such as how can you constrain the rule of state owned enterprise in china? how can you make business activities easier for the us? china? how can you make business activities easierfor the us? those things you cannot solve with one trade deal overnight, but he has to deliver something, so he needs a deal so he can tell the american audience and his own base that he has been protecting their interests in its relations with china stop won't these tariffs ultimately mean higher prices for consumers in america and in the longer term a loss of jobs? absolutely. america and in the longer term a loss ofjobs? absolutely. so far the ta riffs loss ofjobs? absolutely. so far the tariffs were 10% and now we are

talking 25%. the effect on prices will be significant and the consumer will be significant and the consumer will pay for that. there will be a huge impact on the global value chains of the companies. one of the effects we will see is the redirection of trade flows. more expos of china will go to europe and we will see how the europeans react and we have a domino effect that we are anticipating to kick in very soon if this continues. then the europeans will protect their markets etc. we could go from trade war between china and the us and this could expand significantly. professor, great to hear your thoughts. thank you. you are welcome. tributes have been paid to the comedian freddie starr who is reported to have died at the age of 76. according to today's sun newspaper, the merseyside—born comic, impressionist and singer was found dead at his home on the

costa del sol in spain. he made his name as a hugely popular entertainer in the 1970s and 80s, as keith doyle reports. known for his manic energy and edgy, outrageous stunts and close to the knuckle humour — freddie starr was a comedian, an impressionist, a singer and an actor. he was one of the biggest names in light entertainment in the 1970s and 80s. born in liverpool, he was an actor, singer, comedian and an impressionist. he was discovered on opportunity knocks, the biggest tv talent show of the time, and hit the big time when he appeared on the royal variety show in 1970. ladies and gentlemen, mickjagger and the rolling stones. laughter. applause. after that, his career took off. he's the king of all time!

he said his horse winning the grand national in 1994 was one of his proudest moments. at the height of his fame, the comedian inspired one of the most infamous headlines in newspaper history, when the sun newspaper splashed "freddie starr ate my hamster". he denied it, but it stayed with him. "freddie starr ate my hamster!" how would you like that for 20 years? 20 years! doesn't it give you a headache? does it? yes. well... i was absolutely shocked. i knew freddie very well. i was actually shocked. very sad, really. he was a great talent. very shocked. his genius was his physical comedy. he could fall over and you thought how did he manage to do that without hurting himself? he was like a clown. but the charisma that man had on stage and... his private life was complicated,

married four times, he had six children. he had health problems and in 2010 he had a major heart attack. soon after, his health forced him to pull out of the tv show i'm a celebrity, get me out of here. he was caught up in the police investigation into historical sexual abuse cases, but was never charged. he lost a subsequent libel claim, which left him with large legal bills. depressed and isolated, he moved to spain, where he spent the last few years of his life. a message on his facebook page, said to be from his manager said, rip to our greatest comedian of all time. that report is from keith doyle. you're watching afternoon live, these are our headlines, growth is up — new gdp figures show the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. the united states steps up its trade war with china, more than doubling tariffs on two

hundred billion dollars of goods. tributes for the comedian freddie star after he was reportedly found dead at his home in spain. and coming up — are your children getting a long enough break? new research says no. in sport, another great night in europe as both chelsea and arsenal get through to the europa league final. chelsea could not break the deadlock after extra time, eventually winning on penalties. arsenal cruised through, beating valencia 7—3 on aggregate. the teams know they are going to the europa league final, but will the fans get there? low allocations of tickets has chelsea and arsenal asking questions. and wales coach warren gatland is set to take charge of the british and irish lions on their tour of south africa in 2021. i will be back with more on those stories after half past.

would it be possible to refreeze the north pole as a way of repairing the damage done by climate change? it'sjust one idea being looked at by a new research centre at cambridge university. scientists there fear simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions won't be enough to stop irreversible damage to the environment. the project, the first of its kind, will examine new ideas, as well as those that have been dismissed in the past as too far—fetched. pallab ghosh reports. a scorched earth, where people are poorer and have less food because of severe droughts. there'll be more flooding and all the coral has gone. that's what we're headed for, unless we do more to cut emissions of carbon dioxide. scientists at cambridge university fear that reducing co2 emissions on its own won't be enough. the man who's led efforts at the heart of government to combat climate change for 20 years is helping to set up

a new research centre to develop ways of repairing the damage that's already been done. the urgency of the issue is such that we have very little time left. so we've got to pull out the stack of greenhouse gases that's already in the atmosphere and that means examining all the alternatives. we are looking for processes that are scalable, by which i mean processes that can take out billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases, each year. with trillions of tonnes of ice gone from both the earth's poles, the new centre will look at ways of refreezing them. one idea is to have boats spray sea water into the clouds above the ice, to reflect sunlight away from them. another is to develop forests of artificial trees to absorb carbon dioxide — just like real forests, only better. and some think releasing shiny discs

into space might act as a planetary parasol, reflecting sunlight and cooling the earth. in the past, these ideas have been described as too radical, too ambitious, even too risky. but now, scientists say we're running out of time and options to prevent damaging and irreversible climate change. the ipcc says that net co2 emissions will have to be zero by 2050, to avoid some of the worst scenarios. this at a time when chinese and indian industries need much more energy, as their nations grow. this is a global problem that we have to solve. we can't fail. it's our duty to future generations that we succeed in this task that has been put upon us. and that means that we need to very carefully analyse, create the evidence base, so that sensible informed decisions can be made today that will last generations into the future.

the scientists here believe that the earth's climate can be repaired, but they say new solutions need to be found and implemented within the next ten years, otherwise it may be too late. pallab ghosh, bbc news, cambridge. the broadcaster danny baker has said he wants to "formally apologise for the outrage he caused" with his tweet about the duke and duchess of sussex‘s newborn son, which featured a picture of a chimpanzee. the presenter — who was sacked by bbc radio five live — said it had been "one of the worst days" of his life, and that he felt panic and revulsion when he realised the baby was mixed race. a new study suggests children in england are getting shorter break times at school than they used to with potentially serious implications for their wellbeing and development. researchers at university college london say teachers are dropping breaks as they try to pack more

lessons into each day, leaving less time for children to play. the study says children are missing out on exercise and the chance to learn vital social skills. david lumb reports. it's the downtime in between lessons that's meant to keep youngsters fresh. but what do pupils at the herringthorpe school in rotherham think about their school breaks? break time is really special to most pupils because we can escape the stresses in the classroom and all the pressure that we have on us. i think that break time is a special time where you canjust escape the questions of the classroom and socialise with all your very good friends. it's a time when you do not have to worry about your school work and you can just relax. it's special to me because you can just talk to your friends. but that time is being squeezed. a new study shows that school breaks are shorter now than they were 20 years ago. researchers at university college london found that infants in england

had 45 minutes less break time a week than they did in 1995. they found that 82% of schools had less than 55 minutes for lunch break and the report said only 15% of pupils had an afternoon break. if we think about current concerns, which is to do with children's mental health and well—being in the school setting, but also childhood obesity, this is the one opportunity for many children to have safe opportunities to play and socialise and it's being really quite significantly eroded. i worry when i see schools... you see children leaving their school at quarter to three and you know they have only had a half hour break for lunch. we have a school—led system so we trust head teachers to these decisions. schools say timetables are bursting because they have a lot of learning to fit in. let's come to you, first of all, david fisher, because you are introducing shorter breaks for those kids around you and others at your school.

why is that? it allows them to go into more clubs and enrichments after school. we have a number of children who walk home at the end of the school day and in the cold winter months that are dark our enrichment numbers drop. by shortening down a friday, which the school already has, it allows them to do more enrichment during that time. the department for education says the government recognises the importance of physical activity in schools. it says pupils should be given an appropriate break and it expects school leaders to make sure that happens. david lumb, bbc news. i'm joined from bath now by the education psychologist, dr linda mallory. thank you forjoining us. this suggestion that school breaks are vanishing, how much does that bother or concern you? it concerns me greatly in the fact that what the children believe about themselves as a result of lesser playtime. i am

guessing a lot of them are feeling that the curriculum is more important than play and that social activity is not important. that worries me, given the fact that in terms of well—being and mental health issues the need to connect and the need to have friendships is just so important. they need to make friendships and they need to retain friendships and they need to retain friendships and they need to retain friendships and playtime is the most important opportunity to do that. you are clearly putting the emphasis on friendship and communication and social skills that children might be missing out on. it also occurred to me that sometimes if i am feeling a bit tired and i have a breath of fresh air it perks me up a bit and i wondered conversely if it might also have an impact on their concentration and their ability to learn. what do you think about that? absolutely, there is a lot of

research to suggest play increases concentration and retention span. it is counterintuitive but productivity increases when we have breaks. if we are cutting them out of the curriculum we are depriving children of those really interesting cognitive skills that develop when we play. the need to question the decision—making that we display when we play, all those really interesting kind of cognitive skills that i think are different from lesson time. i think we need to integrate the two. i would be interested to know your thoughts on this, how much break time do you think would be enough? what a lot of research suggests is 60 minute chunks and a 15 minute break is a good way for the brain to be able to

make sense of what has just happened. those break times are really good moment to let those connections and a deeper insight into what has just happened. it is a win — win when we have breaks and we have deeper learning opportunities. why do you think it is happening? is it because the government is putting too much emphasis on academic performance. i have seen the suggestion it might be because head teachers want to give their staff a shorter day. i think until we get rid of league tables then comparison is going to be the thief ofjoy. it ta kes is going to be the thief ofjoy. it takes away children's abilities to learn intuitively. what we are doing is we are controlling our children's learning by having a curriculum that is very rigid and not as flexible as

it could be and our children tell us how to learn through play. we are not listening to them and we are not watching how children play and how that can help their learning. until we get rid of a system that is comparison based, our children will be suffering in terms of a curriculum that is overloaded and does not give opportunities for ideas to flow, for creativity, for imagination, all those skills that we really need in life. doctor linda mallory, the educational psychologist, good to hear your thoughts. thank you. thank you. with the campaign for the european parliament elections under way we're going to be speaking to all the main uk parties here on the bbc news channel. and we want you to send us your questions. on tuesday at five thirty we'll have nigel farage of the brexit party, then the next day at the same time

chuka umunna on change uk. you can email us at askthis@bbc.co.uk, text 61124 or use social media with the hashtag #bbcaskthis. time for a look at the weather. i have spent the week getting wet, have i just been i have spent the week getting wet, have ijust been unlucky or has it been shari? it has been whether in which to dodge downpours, we talk about this a lot, sunshine and showers, but what do we really mean? we are not talking about where it clouds over an reins for a few hours, we are talking about the weather where it looks fine but then

a big cloud comes along and it drenches you, so i thought we would have a look at what we mean by showers and what causes them as well. the first thing you need to have showers really is no pressure and this is the pressure chart today. what does low pressure mean? we talk about it all the time. imagine pressure down on the ground, lower pressure means the air is more able to rise, and it is rising air which you need to give you shower clouds like this dramatic specimen. it isa clouds like this dramatic specimen. it is a humourless nimbus cloud. it is all about the rising air, which goes into the atmosphere, cool air cannot hold as much moisture so it is ringed out of the air into water droplets and even ice crystals, and you get a shower clouds like this, and the turbulent energy like this inside the cloud gives you big

raindrops and it brings you a big downpour and you have thunder and lightning and hail from these clouds. i do like it when simon ta kes a clouds. i do like it when simon takes a day off because i can come and learn all these things. you are not the only one who likes it when simon takes a day off! high pressure is on its way so we might see not as many showers? that is what is going to happen over the weekend. high pressure stops these big clouds developing, it squashes them down, and any clouds are very light showers and often no shout at all, one of the other things, you talk about, how everyone been unlucky? the kind of weather where the weather app will come up with a shower symbol with sunshine and rain and the problem is where you have the air rising, also out here, for example, the air can't go up everywhere, so you get these areas of sinking airand everywhere, so you get these areas of sinking air and between the showers you will get drier gaps

sneaking through. if i show you the radar picture, we have these big showers and thunderstorms which have developed, they are quite slow moving. some people getting drenched but other places falling between those showers into the sinking air and so some places keep a hold of the sunshine. barely a lot of areas need the rain, are these downpours the kind where the water settles? need the rain, are these downpours the kind where the water settle57m depends on how hard the ground is in the first place, when it has been very dry which it has been lately and the ground is solid, these downpours that give a lot of rain, much of the water floods off and it doesn't soak in, but what you need to have to moisten the ground is the steady rain which is when a big cloud comes along and it rains four hours. so this isn't necessarily the kind of rain that really tops up our water stocks. what is in store? less

rain and if you are showers, because high pressure is building over the weekend and that means we will see fewer showers, still some on saturday but by sunday they will be just about gone. let's get into the deep sigh, looking at what is going on for the rest of the afternoon. —— let's get into the detail. the showers out there are fairly widespread, some of those heavy, when using green and yellow colours in the centre of these clusters of rain, that implies heavy showers, but remember the drier gaps, so it won't be raining everywhere all the time and there will be sunny spells. temperatures, 15 in london, 11; in plymouth. look at this lump of rain, this is persistent rain which will come into west cornwall and maybe south devon and the channel islands as we go through the night. a soggy night across the channel islands. elsewhere, showers fade away. we

will have areas of cloud left behind and temperatures will dip away if these guys stay clear. tomorrow, showers and the forecast but mostly over eastern areas, eastern scotland, central and eastern england, where the west, not as many showers, more in the way of dry weather, the temperatures are starting to climb, 17 in cardiff, but as we have hinted, the showers dying away because we have high pressure and as we get into sunday at the high builds across the whole of the uk. this is the weather on sunday, this is the day if you are waiting for it to dry out, a few light showers in the south—east but otherwise it is fine with spells of sunshine. high pressure stays into the start of next week but the orientation of this hi means the winds going on an anticlockwise direction, but we will be bringing

in coolerair in direction, but we will be bringing in cooler air in southern and eastern areas but warmer air in northern and western areas of the uk. a contrast next week, temperatures in the middle teens for southern and eastern areas, just about right, but further north and west, glasgow reaching 19 and aviemore could reach 22 degrees by tuesday as the warmer air feeds its way into parts of scotland. quite a lot going on with the weather forecast but not as many showers.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. manufacturers' stockpiling ahead of brexit has helped to boost growth — with new gdp figures showing the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. china says it's hopeful a deal can be reached to end the trade war between it and the united states — after president trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion's worth of chinese goods. the comedian freddie starr has reportedly died at the age of 76. the bbc hasn't been able to independently verify this, but the sun newspaper says he was found dead at his home in spain. scientists in cambridge are to open a research centre to develop radical new ways

to repair the earth's climate — including refreezing the earth's poles and removing co2 from the atmosphere. sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. jane, four english teams in the european finals, does this mean the premier league is being seen as a new dominant force in football? they have made european history because this is the first time this has happened, and is the first time since 2008 that the champions league has had two teams from england and also the first time since 1972 that thejunior competition also the first time since 1972 that the junior competition has had also the first time since 1972 that thejunior competition has had two english teams.

but in 19 days time, chelsea will meet arsenal for the chance to win a trophy, which mightjust make this season a success for either club. but chelsea did it the hard way — going to extra time and then penalties. kepa the hero, saving two from eintracht frankfurt. eden hazard with the decisive spot kick in what could turn out to be his final score for chelsea at stamford bridge. chelsea won 11—3 on penalites to make the final in baku a london derby on 1stjune. arsenal won 7—3 on aggregate with goals from alexamdre lacazette and an amazing hatrick from pierre emerick aubameyang. they need this trophy to get a place in champions league next season. what about the fans who are hoping to see the games in madrid and baku? ticket allocation is a major issue. yes, looking at the stadia capacity and then the tickets allocated for fans — it seems pretty paltry and if — for example your team is tottenham —

this is the first time they've ever got to the champions league final — there will be a great deal of their fans wanting to go. if we take a look at the stadiums, then. the champions league final is taking place at the wanda metropolitana stadium in madrid which has a capacity of over 67,000 but each club has only been given an allocation of 16,000. as you can imagine — those tickets will be like gold dust. for the europa league final, it's being staged at the olympic stadium in baku which is 68,000 but the allocation for fans is only 6000 for each club. that is a lot of corporate tickets. plus, it's a hugejourney, 21100 miles when both clubs are only eight miles from each other. that's a ten hour flight for fans. even the liverpool manager jurgen klopp is sympathetic. maybe they could have the final in the cities but maybe they could make a price cut to agree with something, that it would not be more than a specific category. maybe not for more than £100, but i heard a ticket

for that is now 2700, that isjust crazy. what can i say? i sympathise about. staying with football, in the last hour, fulham has announced that scott parker has been made the club's full—time manager. parker stepped in as caretaker following the sacking of claudio ranieri in february. announcing the news on the club website, fulham chairman shahid khan says parker "was brave to accept a very difficult challenge". he added that under parker's management fulham has "undeniably become a better football club." after he took over fulham produced their only three—match winning streak of the season, but failed to avoid relegation to the championship next season. wales coach warren gatland has agreed a deal to take charge of the british and irish lions on their tour of south africa in 2021. he's already overseen a winning tour of australia in 2013 and a drawn series against the all blacks two years ago, as well as three grand slams, including this year's six nations title.

he's stepping down as wales coach after the rugby world cup in japan this autumn. that's all the sport for now. care homes across england are to work more closely with doctors and pharmacists in a new scheme to try to reduce hospital admissions among the elderly. under the plans, gps will visit homes more regularly, allowing them to keep a closer watch on each resident's health, and ensure they have the right medication. it's hoped the plans will improve wellbeing, as well as cutting costs for the health service. rob sissons reports. it's a simple idea. it's been tested at this care home in derbyshire house, in nottinghamshire, and has reduced hospital admissions and cut the drugs bill. a gp practice buddies up with a care home, so residence' health can be checked with a doctor more. rachel visits every two weeks. is there anything urgent that we

need to deal with, initially? yeah. and what began as an experiment here in nottinghamshire is now being rolled out across england's care homes. the major benefit is that the patients here get continuity of care, which we know is a problem, across the nhs. we get to know the patients more, we get to know their families more, we can get more involved in understanding what they would want to happen, should they become acutely unwell. across england, around 400,000 people live in 17,000 care homes. on average, residents take seven medicines a day. for many, it's more than ten a day. charities have voiced concerns for years that some residents may be on too much medication, criticising an over reliance on anti—psychotic medication for dementia patients as chemical cosh. the key thing, from our perspective, is to make sure that the right drugs are given, at the right time. that people don't have drugs, unnecessarily, because we know that that is not good for their health.

well, since they have the extra support from the gp here, they say it's made a dramatic difference. improving the confidence of the staff and they're calling ambulances out less often. most of the residents here want to avoid going into hospital. so, it has helped them stay here and be able to be treated here at their home. vic, who is 92, and his friends at the home, seem to like it. it enables treatment to be given, where necessary, much more quickly. and, generally, i think it gives the patient more confidence. i don't want to be on tablets. i prefer not to have any at all. now, nhs england's long—term plan involves recruiting thousands more clinical pharmacists. the aim — for every care home to have access to one. trying to make sure that where medicines are used, they're the right medicines at the right doses, for the right people. and we're making sure that everything's appropriate. it's all part of a shake—up in how medicines are managed. and it's hitting the right note

here, an example how health and social care are working closer together. rob sissons, bbc news, nottinghamshire. at least 50 migrants are reported to have drowned when their boat capsized off the coast of tunisia. the disaster unfolded in waters about a0 miles from the tunisian coastal city of sfax. fishing boats are reported to have rescued the survivors, according to local media. the un migration agency said the vessel had set off from libya. it's not yet clear which countries the passengers might have been from. tunisian state media said 16 of those on board were rescued. the home office has insisted a new communications system will transform the work of the emergency services — after criticism that it was running late, and going over budget. the spending watchdog, the national audit office, said the new network would cost £3 billion more than planned, and gave the taxpayer poor value for money. ramzan karmali reports.

siren the government wants to modernise the communication system used by our emergency services, but not only is it likely to be delayed, it's going to cost a lot more. the current system, airwave, was meant to be replaced this year by the emergency services network. that's been delayed until 2022. but even that target date looks unlikely to be met. it's also going to cost a lot more, £3.1 billion more, which means the total cost of implementing the new system will be £9.6 billion. the national audit office's report is highly critical of the home office. back in 2016, the home office expected to be able to deliver this programme by 2019, that's not proved possible. and it's a consequence of the home office failing to manage the risks that existed in the programme at that time.

are you diabetic? according to the report, key technology is yet to be properly tested, and work hasn't even started on upgrading control rooms, or providing coverage for police helicopters and air ambulances. the report also reveals that ministers are expected to approve a decision which will mean that the new system will not be as resilient to power cuts as the existing one. but the home office is confident the new system will transform the service offered by the emergency teams that will mean faster and better treatment for victims. ramzan karmali, bbc news. the united nations is examining the human rights record of the kingdom of brunei. the country has faced world wide criticism over its sharia penal code. there was international outrage last month when brunei said that gay sex and adultery would be punishable by stoning to death. after a boycott of businesses owned by the country's ruler, brunei backtracked and said such death sentences would not be carried out. our south—east asia correspondent, jonathan head has been to brunei and sent this report.

call to prayer it's wealthy, orderly and sleepy. a peaceful corner of south east asia. brunei is also deeply religious by custom and by order of its sultan, absolute ruler of this tiny country, for more than 50 years. this is the capital during friday prayers. the sultan now wants brunei to be even more islamic. he's imposed harsh sharia punishments provoking international outrage. it's our responsibility as a muslim country, he explained recently, in a rare public statement. but he also promised not to carry out any death sentences. islam is at the core of brunei's national identity. its role in everyday life is non—negotiable, yet very few people here believe the harsh sharia laws just enacted will

actually be implemented. brunei's laid back, they say, we're easy—going. "we are not like muslim societies in the arab world." yet tellingly no one will speak to us about these new laws. they've been told not to. laid back it may be, but bruneians know they have no freedom to talk openly about what the government imposes on them. we got in touch with a woman we've called sarah. too nervous even to meet us, she was willing to respond on a secure messaging app. like many gay bruneians, it's not sharia punishments she fears, but rising intolerance. if you're gay in brunei, do you feel you can be just as open about it there as if you lived in any neighbouring country? i was able to meet a gay man, dean, not his real name, outside brunei. he said he was less concerned about the sharia code. keep a low profile, he said, and you won't get into trouble.

we have not been denied basic human rights. the opportunities to work, to study, to walk around in public. unlike all the reports seem to say, life is as normal as normal gets. well, this is the point where we cross from brunei to malaysia. it's where bruneians have to come if they want to let their hair down and have a bit of fun. limbang, a small riverside town in malaysian borneo, does very well out of brunei. on weekend nights, it suddenly comes to life. so, you're an engineer? karaoke bars fill up with bruneians enjoying what they can't do back home.

and so long as they can do this, they're not complaining too much yet about the new islamic rules. jonathan head, bbc news, brunei. here's your business headlines on afternoon live. 1,800 jobs are at risk after the fashion retailer select went into administration. it's been struggling for some time and last year struck a deal with landlords to cut rents at its stores. select‘s 169 shops will continue to trade while options for its future are assessed. china says it's hopeful a deal can be reached to end the trade war between it and the united states. today, washington dramatically increased tariffs on goods imported from china into the us, which will lead to higher prices for american buyers. but economists the world over are concerned about the impact

of new trade barriers between the planet's two biggest economies. shares in uber have gone on sale in the last few minutes. priced at $45 — or around £34.60 — it values the company at £63 billion, lower than many had expected. shall we stick with uber? this puzzles me, i appreciate it is lower than what people expected but still a phenomenal amount of money for a company that has never made a profit. and it its prospectus it said it may never make a profit, but consider its dominance, the fact it has come out of nowhere to be a verb, people talk about ubering and you get a sense of how far and wide it has stuck, getting stuck into food delivery and looking at self

driving car technology. it has got scale but not the moneymaking sorted out but we are getting a sense of the markets interested in it. voting on the new york stock exchange today. but we don't know what price and the direction of travel we are seeing so far —— floating. i have been scanning this to see where shares have gone, trading started 25 minutes ago and the opening price is $45 and that was at the lower end of expectation because there is a degree of scepticism about it. we have had so many high profile tech company flotations which have flopped to a degree, certainly in the early days, and it wasn't helpful for uber that one of their rivals lift, which is a big play in the us, it lost a third of its value

after it floated. so all eyes on the new york stock exchange. our correspondence is not there at the moment, unfortunately. why do some of the tech companies seem to basically lose value after they float? because there are big brand names involved and a lot of hype and excitement about them, more than a more anonymous company you might never have heard of, they may have far better profitability fundamentals, but there is so much hype and interest in a company like uber, there can be an overtaking of expectations. —— over egging. but we saw the floating of a social media company a couple of weeks ago pi nte rest company a couple of weeks ago pinterest and the shares have really taken off. pinterest and the shares have really ta ken off. this pinterest and the shares have really taken off. this is what has happened in the markets today generally, the

ftse 100 shrugging in the markets today generally, the ftse100 shrugging off concerns over the trade war between the us and china. it has lost about 100 points over the course of the week. other movers, iag, the parent company of british airways, a drop in profits but investors like the news because unlike many airlines it is making a profit, despite pressure is on the industry from things like higher fuel costs. and interestingly, in the tailwind of iag, rolls—royce, it has been having problems with engines, and the chief executive of iag says rolls—royce has got its engine problem sorted out and that is why we have seen a boost in their share price. we will talk to you in a one hour, thanks forjoining us. well let's stay with sport and more on the news that english clubs have created european football history by taking all four final

spots in the continent's two major competitions. to talk more about how incredible the last week has been we have been joined byjuventus player eni aluko. it has been an amazing week for english football. whoever you support. it has been incredible, and if you are a neutral, you will have enjoyed it as much as liverpool, chelsea, arsenal, and tottenham, because the emotion, it has been like a movie, watching the games, the emotion and the plot twists and the emotion and the plot twists and the comebacks. it is amazing and a great representation for the premier league. there's always been an argument that it is the best league in the world and now we can confirm that with the dominance of europe. interesting. what accounts for the success ? interesting. what accounts for the success? is it down to managerial motivation? i think it is. you have the best managers in the world in

pep guardiola, jurgen klopp and pochettino, and sarri, these are very good at what they do and they motivate their teams and they are tactically astute, more so than the other managers in europe, they also have the players. the players and resources a re have the players. the players and resources are not everything, though. pochettino did not by any players last season in the last tra nsfer players last season in the last transfer window but has been able to motivate his team to get to the champions league final, so it is about the influence that the managers have had on those teams. jurgen klopp, i liked his quote when he said to the team, it is an impossible task but because it is you you can do it. what more do you wa nt you you can do it. what more do you want from a manager? i do think it is the influence of the coaches on these teams that is making the difference in comparison to the rest of europe. unfortunately we have got

to leave it there, but thanks for joining us. time for a look at the weather. get another one of those sunshine and showers days, some adventures coming through, this is the radar picture from earlier, the showers widely scattered —— some trenches coming through. this weather takes us through the rest of the afternoon. we have this area of more persistent rain in the far south—west of england and working across the channel islands, a wet night to come here, and elsewhere, showers fading through the night, clear spells and areas of cloud and fog, and if the sky is clear temperatures dropping to around about freezing. tomorrow a cold start with areas of cloud and mist dinners, which will tend to clear,

eastern areas, a scattering of cloud, 17 degrees in cardiff and things will warm up more than that especially in western and northern areas going through sunday into monday. it is looking mostly dry with sunny spells with the high pressure building.

hello, you're watching afternoon live, i'm rebecca jones. today at three... growth is up — new gdp figures show the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. the uk economy is performing robustly despite the evidence of slowing global growth and the continued brexit uncertainty at home, so it is good news. the united states steps up its trade war with china, more than doubling tariffs on two hundred billion dollars‘ worth of goods. # too much wine and too much song... tributes to the comedian freddie star after he was reportedly found dead at his home in spain. coming up on afternoon

live all the sport. hello, history is made as all four clu bs hello, history is made as all four clubs in the europa and champions league finals are english. they are indeed, more from you in a little bit. and ben is smiling notjust about the football, but about the weather? mostly about the weather. the showers we have had over the last few days will fade as we head into the weekend and things are looking mostly dry with spells of sunshine. with all this talk about showers we will be explaining about how they form later. trust me, you don't want to miss that. also coming up in the programme, time for an uber? the company floats on the stock market with a value of £63 billion lower than many had expected.

hello, everyone, this is afternoon live, i'm rebecca jones. the uk's economy has had a boost with growth of half a per cent in the first three months of the year. it's partly because with the original brexit deadline of march the 29th, businesses were stockpiling goods and racing to deliver orders. manufacturers saw their fastest expansion since the 1980s, and business investment also increased. but some economists are warning the speed of growth might not last. our economics correspondent andy verity reports.

this manufacturer in nuneaton makes metal pressings, components for nissan and honda. the moment the car—makers need them for their latest car, it supplies them immediately, just in time. like thousands of other businesses it bought in more raw materials than it normally would have done. that may sound sensible, but it carries big costs. we have had to tie cash up all the way around this and a significant amount of cash which we did not budget for in last year's budget. that has meant that other investments we were going to make have either slid backwards or they have not happened at all. from january to march, economic activity grew faster than it did before christmas, but slower than it did last summer. because many of those extra supplies were imported, it has also worsened our trade performance and it has not looked healthy for decades. the uk economy is performing robustly despite the evidence of slowing global growth and the continued brexit uncertainty at home, so it is good news.

the economy did grow faster than it did before christmas, but slower than it did last summer and because many of those extra supplies were imported, it has also worsened our trade performance which has not looked healthy for decades. on this chart the top line is what we import and the bottom is what we export. for years we have imported more than we export. the gap between the two is the trade deficit and look at what has happened to that over the last 20 or 30 years, it has been going down and recently it has plunged. it gets worse when you strip out services where we sell more abroad than we buy in. if you look at goods, the trade deficit there has hit a new record. imports of cars rose sharply from january to march. had a no—deal brexit led to a weaker pound and new tariffs, imported cars might have shot up in price. car dealers worried about that could buy them whilst still cheap. imports of gold also rose.

studies show people buy more of it when they are worried. the trade war between the united states and china has escalated. the us has more than doubled tariffs on 200 billion dollars‘ worth of chinese goods. it‘s raised duties from 10% to 25% on a range of products from car parts to furniture. last minute negotiations between beijing and washington failed to produce an agreement on a way out of the dispute although talks are expected to resume later. this afternoon president trump tweeted: tariffs will make our country much stronger, not weaker. just sit back and watch! in the meantime, china should not renegotiate deals with the us at the last minute. this is not the obama administration, or the administration of sleepy joe, who let china get away with murder! china says it will retaliate with what it calls "necessary countermeasures", as robin brant reports from shangai.

some on both sides hoped this would be the final round of face—to—face talks, capped with a deal. there was certainly no shortage of smiles, as they greeted each other, in washington, dc. and as he prepared to sit down, china‘s chief negotiator made it clear what he thought about the prospect of increased tariffs. translation: i came here with sincerity in these special circumstances to engage in rational and candid exchanges with the us side. of course, china believes raising tariffs in the current situation is not a solution to the problem. it will be harmful to china, the united states and to the whole world. instead, that‘s exactly what has happened. this is a trade war has escalated. $200 billion worth of trade from china to the us will now face the increased tax. i don't think anyone really wins from a trade war. i think most of us lose, because trade wars tend to have tariffs, which adds taxes to the things that we buy, as consumers.

so they tend to be quite economically damaging. the tariff target list includes wi—fi routers, some furniture and car parts. i went to a factory in the south of china last month where they make wi—fi routers, millions of them. the firm, tp—link, is looking to expand outside of china. that‘s partly to escape the new tariffs that will now make its products even more expensive in the us. new tariffs that are necessary, because china changed its mind, apparently. we were getting very close to a deal and then they started to renegotiate the deal. we can't have that. so, our country can take in $130 billion a year in tariffs, paid for mostly by china, by the way, not by us. a lot of people try and steer it in a different direction. it's really paid, ultimately, it's paid for by, largely, by china. in recent months, china has moved further to open up parts of its economy to foreign investors. it‘s also announced plans for better protection for intellectual property.

but it‘s how you make sure that these changes actually happen and who is the final arbiter of that on which both sides still seem to be struggling to agree. china will now retaliate. within minutes of the tariff hike, its ministry of commerce said it deeply regrets that it will have to take necessary countermeasures. we don‘t know what they will be, yet. but in the past, measures to put pressure on foreign firms operating here have been used as well as the tax increase. robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. our washington correspondent chris buckler told me a trade war with china will make an impact on the global economy. when you take a look for example in the us there is no greater danger to a sitting president than a poor economy and president trump keeps on talking about, and it is one of his key messages, that the economy in the us is doing very well. he wants that to be the case in november 2020 next year whenever he runs for president again. and truthfully the impact of a trade

war between the two countries, and we have already had a bit of a battle with both sides putting on tariffs on each other‘s products, the effect of a trade war taking it to another level would really have an impact on global economies. so there are a lot of people watching this with a keen eye. it is why yesterday we had wobbles in the stock market because these tariffs were going to be put into place during these negotiations as they were taking place in washington. that has now happened, we have seen some of the stock markets recover a bit today, but the truth is people are watching this very keenly because they believe a deal is important to try and ensure the economies of both countries and all of those associated with them remain steady. joining me now is mary lovely, senior fellow at the peterson institute. first of all, what do you make of

this move by the united states? the ta riffs this move by the united states? the tariffs are not apply to goods that are already on the scene or in transit, so we still have a little bit of time for there to be a deal between the americans and the chinese and i still have hope that will be the case. you have hope because you think a deal needs to be done? i think that the chinese would not be sending such a high—level delegation unless they felt there was a very delegation unless they felt there was a very high probability that a will be done. the president can still pick up the phone and discuss it with president trump, that is how president trump likes to do these deals. i think it is important to president trump that he signals to the american people strongly that this is his deal—making that gets us to the finish line. those are some of the key reasons. another reason is that on both sides a failure will come at a very high cost. what would that be? for the us economy we will

see even higher taxes on imports that american companies use to produce goods for the american market and for exports. it is easy for us to forget that the us is the second—largest exporter, a very large economy, and keeping our export engine going is very important to the health of the us economy. this would be a smack down for american exporters, particularly those who use electronic cards like computers, other types of electronic machinery, auto parts, etc. i don‘t think president trump once as to have that and also china will retaliate and extract more pain into our country. if a deal is not reached, you explain it very well the possible impact on america, what about other countries are notjust china? it would have an effect on the global economy as the imf and

the global economy as the imf and the world bank has continually warned us. one particular example would be germany. germany explores a lot of machinery to china to keep china‘s exportjuggernaut going. a slowdown in chinese exports would lead to a slowdown in german exports which would lead to a slowdown in europe more generally. you are an expert in many things, but particularly in china. it did seem to me at one point the aim of the west was to draw china in and yet now we seem to be seeing at least one of the world‘s great superpowers pushing it away. is that the right way to characterise the situation? yes, some trade economists have called it the move from a rules —based system to a power —based system. president trump is using the size of the us economy and our global power to extract concessions from trading partners and he thinks it is the way to go. many of us

believe it is short—sighted and argue that cooperation with other allies, global bodies like the european union, would have been much more effective and it would be more effective in the long run and this represents a step back for the global trading system. so good to hear your thoughts and insights. thank you. tributes have been paid to the comedian, freddie starr, who is reported to have died at the age of 76. according to today‘s sun newspaper, the merseyside—born comic, impressionist and singer was found dead at his home on the costa del sol in spain. he made his name as a hugely popular entertainer in the 1970s and 80s, as keith doyle reports. known for his manic energy and edgy, outrageous stunts and close to the knuckle humour, freddie starr was one of the biggest names in light entertainment in the 1970s and 80s. born in liverpool, he was an actor, a singer, a comedian and an impressionist.

he was discovered on opportunity knocks, the biggest tv talent show of the time, and hit the big time when he appeared on the royal variety show in 1970. ladies and gentlemen, mickjagger and the rolling stones. laughter. applause. after that, his career took off. he‘s the king of all time! he said his horse winning the grand national in 1994 was one of his proudest moments. at the height of his fame the comedian inspired one of the most infamous headlines in newspaper history when the sun newspaper splashed "freddie starr ate my hamster". he denied it, but it stayed with him. "freddie starr ate my hamster!" how would you like that for 20 years? 20 years! doesn‘t it give you a headache?

does it? yes. well... i was absolutely shocked. i knew freddie very well. i was actually shocked. very sad, really. he was a great talent. very shocked. his genius was his physical comedy. he could fall over and you thought how did he manage to do that without hurting himself? he was like a clown. but the charisma that man had on stage... his private life was complicated. married four times, he had six children. he had health problems and in 2010 he had a major heart attack. soon after, his health forced him to pull out of the tv show i‘m a celebrity get me out of here. he was caught up in the police investigation into historical sexual abuse cases, but was never charged. he lost a subsequent libel claim, which left him with large legal bills. depressed and isolated, he moved to spain, where he spent

the last few years of his life. a message on his facebook page said to be from his manager said, "rip to our greatest comedian of all time." that report from keith doyle. the broadcaster danny baker has said he wants to "formally apologise for the outrage he caused" with his tweet about the duke and duchess of sussex‘s newborn son, which featured a picture of a chimpanzee. the presenter — who was sacked by bbc radio five live — said it had been "one of the worst days" of his life, and that he felt panic and revulsion when he realised the baby was mixed race. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines. growth is up — new gdp figures show the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. the united states steps up its trade war with china, more than doubling tariffs on two hundred billion dollars‘ worth of goods.

tributes for the comedian freddie star after he was reportedly found dead at his home in spain. also coming up — missing out on playtime. are your children getting a long enough break? new research says no. and in sport, both chelsea and arsenal win their semifinal is to make itan arsenal win their semifinal is to make it an all english europa league final. chelsea could not break the deadlock, eventually winning on penalties. arsenal cruised through beating valencia 7—3 on aggregate. the teams are going to the final, but will the fans get there? no allocations for both fixtures have both clubs asking questions. wales coach warren gatland is set to take charge of the british and irish lines on their tour of south africa in 2021. i will be back with more on those stories after half past. i will be back with more on those

stories after half past. would it be possible to refreeze the north pole as a way of repairing the damage done by climate change? it‘sjust one idea being looked at by a new research centre at cambridge university. scientists there fear simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions won‘t be enough to stop irreversible damage to the environment. the project — the first of its kind — will examine new ideas, as well as those that have been dismissed in the past as too far—fetched. pallab ghosh reports. a scorched earth, where people are poorer and have less food because of severe droughts. there‘ll be more flooding and all the coral has gone. that‘s what we‘re headed for, unless we do more to cut emissions of carbon dioxide. scientists at cambridge university fear that reducing co2 emissions on its own won‘t be enough. the man who‘s led efforts at the heart of government to combat climate change for 20 years is helping to set up

a new research centre to develop ways of repairing the damage that‘s already been done. the urgency of the issue is such that we have very little time left. so we‘ve got to pull out the stack of greenhouse gases that‘s already in the atmosphere and that means examining all the alternatives. we are looking for processes that are scalable, by which i mean processes that can take out billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases, each year. with trillions of tonnes of ice gone from both the earth‘s poles, the new centre will look at ways of refreezing them. one idea is to have boats spray sea water into the clouds above the ice, to reflect sunlight away from them. another is to develop forests of artificial trees to absorb carbon dioxide — just like real forests, only better. and some think releasing shiny discs

into space might act as a planetary parasol, reflecting sunlight and cooling the earth. in the past, these ideas have been described as too radical, too ambitious, even too risky. but now, scientists say we‘re running out of time and options to prevent damaging and irreversible climate change. the ipcc says that net co2 emissions will have to be zero by 2050, to avoid some of the worst scenarios. this at a time when chinese and indian industries need much more energy, as their nations grow. this is a global problem that we have to solve. we can‘t fail. it‘s our duty to future generations that we succeed in this task that has been put upon us. and that means that we need to very carefully analyse, create the evidence base, so that sensible informed decisions can be made today that will last generations into the future.

the scientists here believe that the earth‘s climate can be repaired, but they say new solutions need to be found and implemented within the next ten years, otherwise it may be too late. pallab ghosh, bbc news, cambridge. a new study suggests children in england are getting shorter break times at school than they used to, with potentially serious implications for their wellbeing and development. researchers at university college london say teachers are dropping breaks as they try to pack more lessons into each day, leaving less time for children to play. the study says children are missing out on exercise, and the chance to learn vital social skills. david lumb reports. it‘s the downtime in between lessons that‘s meant to keep youngsters fresh. but what do pupils at the herringthorpe school in rotherham think about their school breaks? break time is really special to most pupils because we can escape the stresses in the classroom and all the pressure

that we have on us. i think that break time is a special time where you canjust escape the questionss of the classroom and socialise with all your very good friends. it‘s a time when you do not have to worry about your school work and you can just relax. it‘s special to me because you can just talk to your friends. but that time is being squeezed. a new study shows that school breaks are shorter now than they were 20 years ago. researchers at university college london found that infants in england had 45 minutes less break time a week than they did in 1995. they found that 82% of schools had less than 55 minutes for lunch break and the report said only 15% of pupils had an afternoon break. if we think about current concerns, which is to do with children‘s mental health and well—being in the school setting, but also childhood obesity, this is the one opportunity for many children to have safe opportunities to play and socialise

and it‘s being really quite significantly eroded. i worry when i see schools... you see children leaving their school at quarter to three and you know they haveonly had a half hour break for lunch. we have a school—led system so we trust head teachers to these decisions. schools say timetables are bursting because they have a lot of learning to fit in. let‘s come to you, first of all, david fisher, because you are introducing shorter breaks for those kids around you and others at your school. why is that? it allows them to go into more clubs and enrichments after school. we have a number of children who walk home at the end of the school day and in the cold winter months that are dark our enrichment numbers drop. by shortening down a friday, which the school already has, it allows them to do more enrichment during that time. the department for education says the government recognises the importance of physical activity in schools. it says pupils should be given an appropriate break and it expects school leaders to make sure that happens. david lumb, bbc news.

care homes across england are to work more closely with doctors and pharmacists in a new scheme to try to reduce hospital admissions among the elderly. under the plans, gps will visit homes more regularly, allowing them to keep a closer watch on each resident‘s health, and ensure they have the right medication. it‘s hoped the plans will improve wellbeing, as well as cutting costs for the health service. rob sissons reports. it‘s a simple idea. it‘s been tested at this care home in derbyshire house, in nottinghamshire, and has reduced hospital admissions and cut the drugs bill. a gp practice buddies up with a care home, so residents‘ health can be checked with a doctor more. rachel visits every two weeks. is there anything urgent that we need to deal with, initially? yeah. and what began as an experiment here in nottinghamshire is now being rolled out across england‘s care homes. the major benefit is

that the patients here get continuity of care, which we know is a problem, across the nhs. we get to know the patients more, we get to know their families more, we can get more involved in understanding what they would want to happen, should they become acutely unwell. across england, around 400,000 people live in 17,000 care homes. on average, residents take seven medicines a day. for many, it‘s more than ten a day. charities have voiced concerns for years that some residents may be on too much medication, criticising an over reliance on anti—psychotic medication for dementia patients as chemical cosh. the key thing, from our perspective, is to make sure that the right drugs are given, at the right time. that people don‘t have drugs, unnecessarily, because we know that that is not good for their health. well, since they have the extra support from the gp here, they say it‘s made a dramatic difference. improving the confidence of the staff and they‘re calling ambulances out less often.

most of the residents here want to avoid going into hospital. so, it has helped them stay here and be able to be treated here at their home. vic, who is 92, and his friends at the home, seem to like it. it enables treatment to be given, where necessary, much more quickly. and, generally, i think it gives the patient more confidence. i don‘t want to be on tablets. i prefer not to have any at all. now, nhs england‘s long—term plan involves recruiting thousands more clinical pharmacists. the aim — for every care home to have access to one. trying to make sure that where medicines are used, they're the right medicines at the right doses, for the right people. and we're making sure that everything's appropriate. it‘s all part of a shake—up in how medicines are managed. and it‘s hitting the right note here, an example how health and social care are working closer together. rob sissons, bbc news,

nottinghamshire. now, with the campaign for the european parliament elections under way we‘re going to be speaking to all the main uk parties here on the bbc news channel over the next few weeks. and we want you to send us your questions. on tuesday at five thirty we‘ll have nigel farage of the brexit party, then the next day at the same time chuka umunna on change uk. you can email us at askthis@bbc.co.uk, text 61124 or use social media with the hashtag #bbcaskthis. time for a look at the weather. ben hasjoined us in the studio. frankly, my umbrella has been up and down and up again. it has felt like heavy showers. it is not unusual at all. it is spring weather. there is all. it is spring weather. there is a reason it is cold april showers.

it is the same kind of weather. we fling this time around a lot. we talk about heavy showers and sunshine and showers, but what do we mean? what is the difference between that and when we say outbreaks of rain moving through? we are talking about the sort of weather where it is sunny one minute and a cloud like that appears the next. what we need for a lot of showers is low pressure. what low pressure means is what it says on the tin. it means the pressure is not pressing down so ha rd the pressure is not pressing down so hard on the earth, it is rising and as it rises quite spectacularly quickly, we can form clouds like this. this is a cumulonimbus cloud. big showers, heavy rain, thunder, all those kinds of things. we are talking about rising air and the air does not rise everywhere equally. in

some spots it will rise more than others. the ground here might heat up others. the ground here might heat upa bit others. the ground here might heat up a bit more than the that rising air cools as it gets higher up in the atmosphere. the moisture gets squeezed out into water droplets and even ice crystals where you see these whiskey bits at the top of the cloud and eventually that comes together and it gives you the heavy shower. there will always be places beside the showers where this rising airsinks beside the showers where this rising air sinks back down again and dries out. that is where we get the sunshine between the showers and thatis sunshine between the showers and that is what we mean by sunshine and showers. and that is what you prepared earlier. am i right that high pressure is on the way and there are no more showers? yes, the airwants to there are no more showers? yes, the air wants to push down was, so you will not get big, tall clouds, you

might get little, thin clouds, but they will never give you a shower. as far as the showers go at the moment, this is the perfect example of what we have been talking about. some of the showers have been heavy and thundery so far today with those areas of sinking air and there have been sunny spells in between. high pressure is on the way and that should squash the showers down. what is in store? high pressure is building its way in and if you have not been building the downpours, they will abate and it will get warmer over the next couple of days. we will look at the rest of the afternoon first of all. some showers across scotland. the thing about the weather today is the wins are relatively light and were there showers cropped up, it might sit there for quite some time. lots

of showers continuing in east wales, the midlands and in parts of north—west england. down to the south—west this is an area of more persistent rain. that will come into the west of cornwall, maybe south devon and the channel islands overnight. it has been a pretty wet day in the channel islands. away from these areas the showers will fade overnight and there will be patches of clyde, mist and fog and clear spells as well. if you see clear spells as well. if you see clear skies, you could be close to freezing. to start off tomorrow cloud and mist and fog and then we see some sunshine. central and eastern parts of the uk will see some rain, those temperatures beginning to nudge upwards as well. as we move into the second half of the week it is high pressure. but see the way this high—pressure pressure builds its way up and sits

right on the top of the british isles and it will be squashing the showers down and settling things down. a few light showers cannot be com pletely down. a few light showers cannot be completely ruled out in the south—east, but otherwise it is dry with patchy cloud and sunny spells and the temperatures are starting to climb. western areas will see the warmest weather as we head into next week. high pressure setting about here and the wind is moving in a clockwise direction and that will bring some rather cool conditions into the east and the south. the warmest weather towards the west and the north of the uk. you can see the way in which the temperatures on monday and tuesday are around 15 or 16 and it is dry further north and west as well, but look at these temperatures. 22 degrees in aviemore with that win to bring a warm air from the south—west. drying up as we head through the weekend and there showers getting squashed away and for some of us it will turn a bit warmer as well.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. manufacturers‘ stockpiling ahead of brexit has helped to boost growth — with new gdp figures showing the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. china says it‘s hopeful a deal can be reached to end the trade war

between it and the united states — after president trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. the comedian freddie starr has reportedly died at the age of 76. the bbc hasn‘t been able to independently verify this, but the sun newspaper says he was found dead at his home in spain. scientists in cambridge are to open a research centre to develop radical new ways to repair the earth‘s climate — including refreezing the earth‘s poles and removing co2 from the atmosphere. also coming up on the programme — we‘ll meet one of the remarkable young people being recognised for her achievements by the rotary young citizen awards. sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. four english teams in the european finals, — does this mean the premier league is being seen as a new dominant force in football?

there might be a few firms of four different clubs who might disagree with you but we can say that european history has been made. european history has certainly been made because it‘s the first time that all four finalists for both europa and champions league finals are from the same country. it‘s the first time since 2008 since champions league final had two english teams and it‘s the first time since 1972 that there was an all—england final in the europa league. so at the moment english clubs are dominating but not everyone would agree with that. in 19 days time, chelsea will meet arsenal in baku — for the chance to win a trophy. chelsea took the long route to get there — going to extra time and then penalties. kepa the hero, saving two from eintracht frankfurt. eden hazard with the decisive spot kick in what could turn out to be his final goal

for chelsea at stamford bridge. chelsea won 4—3 on penalites to make the final in baku a london derby on 1stjune. arsenal won 7—3 on aggregate with goals from alexandre lacazette and an amazing hat—trick from pierre emerick aubameyang. arsenal perhaps need this trophy more than chelsea because if you win the europa league you get a place in the champions league for next season — chelsea already have theirs because they‘ll finish in the top four of the premier league. great news for the clubs but what about their fan were hoping to be at the two finals? the key issue is the stadium capacity and the tickets allocated for fans because it seems pretty paltry. if, for example your

team is tottenham — this is the first time they‘ve ever got to the champions league final — there will be a great deal of their fans wanting to go. if we take a look at the stadiums, then. the champions league final is taking place at the wanda metropolitana stadium in madrid which has a capacity of over 67,000 but each club has only been given an allocation of 16,000. as you can imagine — those tickets will be like gold dust. for the europa league final, it‘s being staged at the olympic stadium in baku which is 68,000 but the allocation for fans is only 6000 for each club. that is a lot of corporate tickets. plus, it‘s a hugejourney, 2400 miles when both clubs are only eight miles from each other. that‘s a ten hour flight for fans. even the liverpool manager jurgen klopp is sympathetic. maybe they could have the final in the cities and maybe they could make a price cut to agree on something, that it would not be more than a specific category.

i heard a ticket for £100, a ticket for that is now 2700, that is just crazy. what can i say? i sympathise a lot. staying with football, in the last hour, fulham has announced that scott parker has been made the club‘s full—time manager. parker stepped in as caretaker following the sacking of claudio ranieri in february. announcing the news on the club website, fulham chairman shahid khan says parker "was brave to accept a very difficult challenge". he added that under parker‘s management fulham has "undeniably become a better football club." after he took over fulham produced their only three—match winning streak of the season, but failed to avoid relegation to the championship next season. i‘m fully aware i‘ve been associated with this club for some time now as a player, forfour with this club for some time now as a player, for four years with this club for some time now as a player, forfour years and now back here as a coach. i know how things work and i know the daily dynamics of the team and the daily dynamics of the team and the daily dynamics of the whole football club andi dynamics of the whole football club and i know where improvements need to be made and where we can improve

and move this club forward, so that will help me and put me on the front foot. wales coach warren gatland has agreed a deal to take charge of the british and irish lions on their tour of south africa in 2021. he‘s already overseen a winning tour of australia in 2013 and a drawn series against the all blacks two years ago, as well as three grand slams, including this year‘s six nations title. he‘s stepping down as wales coach after the rugby world cup in japan this autumn. olympic sailing champion giles scott says the decision to remove the finn class after next year‘s games will effectively end his olympic career. it‘s part of a major shake—up by world sailing, who are seeking to improve gender equality and boost the sport‘s youth appeal. scott says he understands things need to change but it‘s a blow that the event typically sailed by taller and heavier male athletes is disappearing. it isa it is a great shame for the class and this class is something i hold

quite close, obviously, and in terms of other boats that will be able to sail it is pretty limited. the most difficult thing is not for someone like myself, but for the younger quys like myself, but for the younger guys coming through. it is fair to say, i don‘t know, potentially the way in which it has unfolded has been a bit of a bitter pill to swallow for some. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. including the latest from practice at the spanish grand prix where mercedes domination of the f1 season continues. valtteri bottas has topped the timesheets in both first and second practice. for the first time in european football history, english teams have all four places in the finals of the continent‘s two major club competitions. liverpool are already facing spurs

in the champions league final in madrid, and now it‘s chelsea and arsenal in the europa league final in baku, in azerbaijan, which is on the coast of the caspian sea. that means supporters will have to travel over 2,000 miles to watch the game in a city further east than riyadh in saudi arabia or baghdad in iraq, and closer to mumbai in india than it is to the english capital. to talk more about the challenge facing fans is malcolm clarke — chairman of the football supporters association. thanks forjoining us. an incredible week for english clubs but supporters are facing astronomical costs. what are the main challenges? it isa costs. what are the main challenges? it is a great shame that the excitement that those supporters will have at their teams getting to the final will rapidly turn into concern about whether or not they can geta concern about whether or not they can get a ticket at all and if they can get a ticket at all and if they can how much it will cost and whether they can get to the venues

without paying an absolutely astronomical price. i‘m afraid that u efa astronomical price. i‘m afraid that uefa does not see match going fans, it just sees uefa does not see match going fans, itjust sees revenue streams, even though the match going fans are absolutely vital to the products they sell. the ticket prices are a disgrace and the allocations are a disgrace, especially for the europa league. 12,000 final tickets out of 68,000, if that was not quite so serious, it would be a joke, and yet again uefa is disregarding the interests of the match going fans. 12,000 for the europa league and 16,000 each for tottenham and liverpool, so the other tickets go to the uefa football family, have you spoken to uefa as to why this

ticket allocation is so low and whether they might put more tickets on sale? we have done many times in the past and our counterparts in europe, football supporters europe, the pan—european organisation have taken this up as well. it really is not good enough. it is for the so—called football family, sometimes a dysfunctional family, but so—called football family, sometimes a dysfunctionalfamily, but the bottom line about this, if it wasn‘t for the match going fan they would not have this product to sell, either to television or to sponsors. what we have to remember is that many of those fans have already spent a large amount of money following their teams around europe to get there, they have shown huge amount of loyalty but unfortunately that loyalty is not reciprocated by uefa. do you think many fans will just, may be travel to madrid, rather than baku, but maybe they

will just turn up rather than baku, but maybe they willjust turn up without rather than baku, but maybe they will just turn up without a rather than baku, but maybe they willjust turn up without a ticket and takea willjust turn up without a ticket and take a punt? no doubt that that will happen, especially in madrid, as you say, because of geographical reasons, and supporters will be looking on the internet to find some kind of obscure route to get there ata kind of obscure route to get there at a price they can afford. in many cases they may go thousands of miles on the wrong direction in order to get a flight they can get on and then afford. as i said before, it is a great shame, the understandable excitement of the supporters of those four clubs, for the forthcoming weeks is going to be tempered by worry about whether they can actually get to see the games. accommodation prices have gone through the roof and i heard jurgen klopp said 2700, that is absolutely absurd. a disgrace. will you be going? i'm not a fan of any of the

four clubs, going? i'm not a fan of any of the fourclubs, i‘m a going? i'm not a fan of any of the four clubs, i‘m a fan of stoke city and our european days have been temporarily left behind! temporarily! i won't be going but we will be giving every support to the supporters organisations at those four clubs in taking up these issues, not only for this year but to try and get changes for future yea rs to try and get changes for future years as well, for the fans of clubs whichever country they come from, because match going fans are absolutely essential for the life of football. malcolm clarke, chairman of the football supporters association, thanks for joining of the football supporters association, thanks forjoining us. remarkable young people from across britain and ireland are being recognised with rotary young citizen awards 2019. the awards honour the achievements and positive citizenship shown by young people through hard work, inspirational ideas and a determination to help others and make a difference. each year, rotary clubs across britain and ireland nominate youngsters for the awards. the winners will be presented with their awards

at rotary in britain and ireland‘s showcase conference in nottingham on sunday. throughout the week, we‘ve been hearing from the winners. let‘s speak now to the award winner charlotte keane, and herfriend emma lacey who nominated her. congratulations. why did you nominate charlotte? charlotte has a lwa ys nominate charlotte? charlotte has always had a strong desire for volunteering and helping others, and she always puts everybody else ahead of us are, ever since i met her. we have been friends now seven years and whether being at school or her local parish or the community, she is or was helping others and she enjoys it. it is not a chore and she never looks for recognition. she is

just really deserving of this award. charlotte, in this case, what was it that you did? emma has been quite ill in the last few years and the community came to help her and her family to raise money so we could help her build a washroom and a nice bedroom and a nice living area so she could live independently with her limited mobility, so in august a group of us came together to set up a trust in her name and everyone in galway and donegal came together and help support different events throughout the year and it was really successful and we are so happy we can help emma in her time of need. tell us more about what motivated you, why did you want to help so much? emma came into my life when i was in my final year at school and her illness had just begun. i remember thinking, school and her illness had just begun. i rememberthinking, and i

we re begun. i rememberthinking, and i were so begun. i rememberthinking, and i were so talented and so kind, and so thoughtful of others —— emma was so talented. if she had seen someone as ill as her so she would have gone out of her way to help so i thought the least we could do is be her friend and her personality has always been one that we have got on, we have been friends now, and any child could be in this situation growing up, it must be a hard watching your friend is moving on, having good lives and going to college, so i have always thought it was a duty as a christian and is a good person to be by her side and to help her out. it is pretty obvious what good friends you are, emma, exactly what happened to you? seven yea rs exactly what happened to you? seven years ago it started, when i was 17, i was just about to do my final exams in ireland, and i had to have emergency surgery on my spine. for the last seven years it got worse

and worse and i have two spinal diseases and a brain condition, and i‘m confined to bed and confined to the house and my life isjust in shutdown but i‘m so grateful to these great friends, charlotte being one of them, and she never has left my side and she is always visiting. it is hard because i can‘t go out and visit my friends so i have to rely on them to come to me and she has always come here with funny stories and lovely gifts and she really brightens up my life so i‘m very grateful. a final word, how much of a surprise was it when you heard that you had been nominated but you were actually victorious?” was shocked, because i did not think the outcome would happen at all. i just go about my week and daily timetable and don't really think

more of it, so it was lovely for emma to be so thoughtful and i'm looking forward to going to nottingham and meeting the other winners, their stories are fabulous andl winners, their stories are fabulous and i can't wait to be part of it. have a great day. charlotte and emma, thanks for joining have a great day. charlotte and emma, thanks forjoining us. thanks. here‘s your business headlines on afternoon live. shares in uber have gone on sale in one of the biggest stock market flotations of all time. priced at $45 — or around £34.60 — it values the company at £63 billion, lower than many had expected. china says it‘s hopeful a deal can be reached to end the trade war between it and the united states. today, washington dramatically increased tariffs on goods imported from china into the us, which will lead to higher prices for american buyers. but economists the world over are concerned about the impact

of new trade barriers between the planet‘s two biggest economies. 1,800 jobs are at risk after the fashion retailer select went into administration. it‘s been struggling for some time and last year struck a deal with landlords to cut rents at its stores. select‘s 169 shops will continue to trade while options for its future are assessed. the shares have been trading for an hour now with uber, how are they looking? we don't know exactly yet because whenever a flotation is so hyped and so oversubscribed it can ta ke hyped and so oversubscribed it can take some time to get a firm settle m e nt take some time to get a firm settlement price but the early indications are that it has gone slightly higher, in the region of 46- $48, it slightly higher, in the region of 46— $48, it floated at slightly higher, in the region of 46- $48, it floated at 45, slightly higher, in the region of

46— $48, it floated at 45, valued at £63 billion. it was at the low end of expectations, a decision made by its own management not to overprice its own management not to overprice it because of course there is scepticism when it comes to these big tech flotations especially for companies like uber that do not actually make a profit. and never has done. even in its prospectus it warned it might never make a profit, and many companies have to point that out, especially when they are not profitable already. michael hewson, chief market analyst at cmc markets, joins us. you are sceptical when it comes to this particular flotation, you are sceptical when it comes to this particularflotation, what do you make of what we are seeing so far? early indications suggest there is not a lot of big early demand and indicative pricing has come down a bit since i spoke to you, now around

45.5 to around 46.5 in terms of a potential opening price. this could go on for some time. it is a —— it's peer lift took three hours before it started open trading a few weeks ago, and we could be here for some time, but it suggests to me there is a lot of scepticism about the valuation of uber and it is shared pretty much across the investment spectrum. if you look at the earnings of lift earlier this week they pointed to a very difficult outlook for earnings especially for these ipos which i think are very overpriced. let's talk in dollars for the time being, it is valued at around $80 billion but when you consider some of the high building up consider some of the high building up to this, speculation it could be valued at anything from 100 to

around $120 billion, what do you think of the management decision to go for a price at the lower end of the range? it is eminently sensible, if they had gone at the higher range andl if they had gone at the higher range and i think even as recently as a month ago people were talking about $100 billion valuation, which when you look at the amount of revenues that it generates, $10 million a year, it haemorrhaged $1.8 billion la st year, it haemorrhaged $1.8 billion last year and is likely to lose double that this year. an $80 billion valuation is optimistic in the extreme, basically pricing in a lot of growth potential at a time when margins are wafer thin across all of its businesses. clearly investors do not necessarily agree with you, and they see a business which has come out of nowhere to ta ke which has come out of nowhere to take over the world to a certain degree. monopolising a big share of its own market, the ridesharing market. they see something which could be much bigger. one estimated

valuation at the long—term is that it could be over i doubt that very much. if it had first mover advantage i would agree with you, like amazon did 22 years ago. -- is that it could be over $1 trillion.|j doubt that very much. 22 years ago, amazon had a market capitalisation of 300 million dollars and there wasn't a lot of downside in investing in amazon, but there is a lot of downside in investing in companies like uber and lift when they are not generating a profit and not likely to do so. michael, thanks for joining not likely to do so. michael, thanks forjoining us. we often hear how vinyl is making a coming, and so much so that it has

a bootlegging problem. 87,000 counterfeit records — worth £1.7 million — have been seized over past three years. gennaro castaldo from the british phonographic industry joins me now. put into context, 87,000 items in the last three years, compared to how many in terms of sales? we have had 11 years of consecutive growth in finala had 11 years of consecutive growth in final a 200% rise in the last decade, so last year we sold 4.2 million albums purchased around the country so it is growing and people love it. we have seized 87,000 units in the last three years worth 1.7 million but that isjust in the last three years worth 1.7 million but that is just what we have seen and what we have got hold of. there are many millions of pounds worth of being traded out there which is illegal and it is important to address this because it is notjust the important to address this because it is not just the fans important to address this because it is notjust the fans but important to address this because it is not just the fans but the and retailers, that are struggling, and they will lose royalties as a

result, but the fans will miss out because they think they are buying something genuine and they often find them on reputational sites like amazon or ebay so they have no reason to suspect they might be illegal copies but they are fakes. they buy them in good faith but they are getting ripped off. our people listening to them orjust buying them as collectors pieces? if they are listening to them and they will notice the difference? yes, the sound quality is poor and they are not made from the original master tapes and the artwork definition is very poor and the vinyl tends to jump. so actually it is a poor experience and you only find out when you receive the package in the post thinking you have bought the real thing. very often they trade in limited—edition coloured vinyl that you think is collectible and then you think is collectible and then you find out that it never came out originally in the first place or they might have greatest hits of amy

winehouse which was never released so you are not buying the real thing. you think you might be getting a deal but you are really getting a deal but you are really getting ripped off. thanks for joining us. that‘s all the business news. time for a look at the weather. it has turned into a day of sunshine and showers again but things will turn a bit dry as we head through the weekend. the radar shows showers breaking up quite widely across the uk, some of them heavy and flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder and we go through the evening, many showers will fade and although there will be persistent rain rinsing into the far south—west effect affecting the far south—west effect affecting the channel islands through the night, they will be patches of cloud, but where the shower is clear we are likely to see temperatures down to freezing or a touch below. a touch of frost possibly again tomorrow. we might start off misty and folky but it will lift. —— misty

and folky but it will lift. —— misty and murky. further east they will be showers, some of these could be on the heavy side, butjust signs of temperature creeping upwards, the trend continuing into sunday and monday, especially in north—western parts of the uk, and forjust about eve ryo ne parts of the uk, and forjust about everyone it will be dry.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live, i‘m rebecca jones. today at four... growth is up — new gdp figures show the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. the uk economy is performing robustly despite the evidence of slowing global growth and the continued brexit uncertainty at home, so it is good news. the united states steps up its trade war with china, more than doubling tariffs on two hundred billion dollars of goods. tributes to the comedian freddie star after he was reportedly found dead at his home in spain.

coming up on afternoon live all the sport. hello, coming up, pep guardiola says he has a plan to win the final game of the season and with it the title as the clock counts down to the final day of the premier league season. and you will have a full forecast at half past four. and ben has the weather. the showers will tend to fade as we head into the weekend and for some of us a little bit warmer. full details on the way. also coming up in the programme... time for an uber? the company floats on the stock market with a value of £63 billion, lower than many had expected.

hello, everyone, this is afternoon live, i‘m rebecca jones. the uk‘s economy has had a boost with growth of half a per cent in the first three months of the year. it‘s partly because, with the original brexit deadline of march the 29th, businesses were stockpiling goods and racing to deliver orders. manufacturers saw their fastest expansion since the 1980s, and business investment also increased. but some economists are warning the speed of growth might not last. our economics correspondent andy verity reports. this manufacturer in nuneaton makes metal pressings, components for nissan and honda. the moment the car—makers need them for their latest car, it supplies them immediately, just in time.

in the first three months of this year that meant it had to take precautions in case a no—deal brexit cut off the supply of steel and aluminium imported from belgium. like thousands of other businesses it bought in more raw materials than it normally would have done. that may sound sensible, but it carries big costs. we have had to tie cash up all the way around this and a significant amount of cash which we did not budget for in last year‘s budget. that has meant that other investments we were going to make have either slid backwards or they have not happened at all. from january to march, economic activity grew faster than it did before christmas, but slower than it did last summer. because many of those extra supplies were imported, it has also worsened our trade performance and it has not looked healthy for decades. the uk economy is performing robustly despite the evidence of slowing global growth

and the continued brexit uncertainty at home, so it is good news. the economy did grow faster than it did before christmas, but slower than it did last summer and because many of those extra supplies were imported, it has also worsened our trade performance which has not looked healthy for decades. on this chart the top line is what we import and the bottom is what we export. for years we have imported more than we export. the gap between the two is the trade deficit and look at what has happened to that over the last 20 or 30 years, it has been going down and recently it has plunged. it gets worse when you strip out services where we sell more abroad than we buy in. if you look at goods, the trade deficit there has hit a new record. imports of cars rose sharply from january to march. had a no—deal brexit led to a weaker pound and new tariffs, imported cars might have shot up in price. car dealers worried about that could buy them whilst still cheap. imports of gold also rose.

studies show people buy more of it when they are worried. two former detectives have been jailed after they shut down child abuse inquiries to avoid doing the work. sharon patterson and lee pollard forged documents and misled supervisors at essex police about the progress of cases. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is outside the old bailey. danny, tell us a little bit more about this case and the background to it. this was an extraordinary case really of two officers who were working with the essex police child abuse investigation team in the north of the county who, over a period of some time, effectively sabotaged criminal investigations in cases of the most serious sexual abuse. some of the allegations brought by people who had plucked up

the courage to come forward to police after many years alleging sexual abuse. these two detectives who have both been dismissed from the force, lee pollard and sharon pattison, were both jailed. lee pollard was given a two—year term and sharon paterson 18 months. the judge said they shut down the cases to avoid doing the work. he said they had failed the victims of abuse and they had committed multiple acts of dishonesty. what they did was to falsify paperwork to suggest decisions had been made to end the cases or to take no further action against suspects. and in pollard‘s case he had destroyed all photographs which were potentially key evidence against a suspect. have we heard in court any reason as to why they might have done this? there was certainly no corrupt motive in terms of money, no financial benefit at all. there was nothing in terms

of doing it for the offenders or the suspects, that they had some kind of link for them. it was all it seems because they felt it was a waste of their time to progress these cases. the court heard the unit they were working in was under considerable pressure. there had been an increase in allegations following the jimmy savile affair and a reduction in staff because of financial cutbacks, but that was no excuse and the judge made it clear that was no excuse for their conduct. it is unusual for officers to be found guilty in this way. there was a very strong mitigation on behalf of patterson, but in the end the judge said the harm caused was so high that he had no alternative but to send them directly to prison. the trade war between the united states

and china has escalated. the us has more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. it‘s raised duties from 10—25% on a range of products from car parts to furniture. last minute negotiations between beijing and washington failed to produce an agreement on a way out of the dispute, although talks have resumed in the last few hours. this afternoon president trump tweeted. .. china says it will retaliate with what it calls "necessary countermeasures" as robin brant reports from shangai. some on both sides hoped this would be the final round of face—to—face talks, capped with a deal. there was certainly no shortage of smiles, as they greeted each other,

in washington, dc. and as he prepared to sit down, china‘s chief negotiator made it clear what he thought about the prospect of increased tariffs. translation: i came here with sincerity in these special circumstances to engage in rational and candid exchanges with the us side. of course, china believes raising tariffs in the current situation is not a solution to the problem. it will be harmful to china, the united states and to the whole world. instead, that‘s exactly what has happened. this is a trade war has escalated. $200 billion worth of trade from china to the us will now face the increased tax. i don't think anyone really wins from a trade war. i think most of us lose, because trade wars tend to have tariffs, which adds taxes to the things that we buy as consumers. so they tend to be quite economically damaging. the tariff target list includes wi—fi routers, some furniture and car parts. i went to a factory in the south of china last month where they make

wi—fi routers, millions of them. the firm, tp—link, is looking to expand outside of china. that‘s partly to escape the new tariffs that will now make its products even more expensive in the us. new tariffs that are necessary, because china changed its mind apparently. we were getting very close to a deal and then they started to renegotiate the deal. we can't have that. so, our country can take in $130 billion a year in tariffs, paid for mostly by china, by the way, not by us. a lot of people try and steer it in a different direction. it's really paid, ultimately, it's paid for by, largely, by china. in recent months, china has moved further to open up parts of its economy to foreign investors. it‘s also announced plans for better protection for intellectual property. but it‘s how you make sure that these changes actually happen and who is the final arbiter of that on which both sides still seem to be struggling to agree.

china will now retaliate. within minutes of the tariff hike, its ministry of commerce said it deeply regrets that it will have to take necessary countermeasures. we don‘t know what they will be, yet. but in the past, measures to put pressure on foreign firms operating here have been used as well as the tax increase. robin brant, bbc news, shanghai. our correspondent in washington, chris bucklerjoins me. how big a deal is this? it is a very big deal in simple terms because it affects the us and china economies, but it also affects the global economies. when you have these two big economic power is involved in what is essentially a trade battle and if they both dig their heels in in this, it could become a trade war. already we have seen the effect to some extent of tariffs being placed on each other‘s goods. us farmers are not happy about the way

it has affected them. already today we have seen the us agriculture secretary talking about trying to put in place some sort of programme to help them and donald trump suggesting he will funnel the money from tariffs to them. that has got political connotations because the farmers are very political connotations because the farmers are very often republican states and president trump has one eye on a presidential election coming up. but it is also the case this has ripple effects beyond these countries to other economies and already we have seen wobbles in the stock market in the past couple of days. a lot of people thought a deal was pretty close but now it seems it is not looking likely at this stage. the negotiating teams are sitting down at the moment and maybe they will come to an agreement, but it seems from president trump‘s tweets that it does not seem likely today. it does not look like he is prepared to compromise, but that could be a tactic. what do you think the chances are of reaching a deal? you

know as well as i do that president trump likes to think of himself as a great negotiator and this is the way he tries to hammer out a deal, sometimes bombastic. the chinese president has tried to reach out to president trump, the chinese leader recognising that sometimes relationships are very important to donald trump. he sent him what was described by donald trump as a beautiful letter where he encouraged both sides to come together. but it seems president trump wants to be ha rd seems president trump wants to be hard and there is a feeling from some in the white house that the chinese president has been difficult in all of this. they felt they were making progress on some of these key issues about intellectual property, how china allows foreign firms to operate inside the country, and really who would decide whether or not this deal was being upheld. they felt they were making progress on some of those key issues and then they feel they started to backtrack,

that china walked away from something they had already committed to. some inside the white house are blaming the chinese president for that. you cannot say a deal is not going to happen, we have seen faster u—turns from the president on a whole range of different things, but at this stage deal is looking unlikely and at the moment we believe the chinese negotiation team is going to leave this afternoon in a few hours of‘ time. it does not leave much time to sort those big issues out and the tariffs are already being paid, as president trump makes very clear in his tweets. absolutely. thank you so much for that, chris, tweets. absolutely. thank you so much forthat, chris, in tweets. absolutely. thank you so much for that, chris, in washington. tributes have been paid to the comedian, freddie starr, who is reported to have died at the age of 76. according to today‘s sun newspaper, the merseyside—born comic, impressionist, and singer was found dead at his home on the costa del sol in spain. he made his name as a hugely popular entertainer in the 1970s and 80s, as keith doyle reports.

known for his manic energy and edgy, outrageous stunts and close to the knuckle humour, freddie starr was one of the biggest names in light entertainment in the 1970s and 80s. born in liverpool, he was an actor, a singer, a comedian and an impressionist. he was discovered on opportunity knocks, the biggest tv talent show of the time, and hit the big time when he appeared on the royal variety show in 1970. ladies and gentlemen, mickjagger and the rolling stones. laughter. applause. after that, his career took off. he‘s the king of all time! he said his horse winning the grand national in 1994 was one

of his proudest moments. at the height of his fame the comedian inspired one of the most infamous headlines in newspaper history when the sun newspaper splashed "freddie starr ate my hamster". he denied it, but it stayed with him. "freddie starr ate my hamster!" how would you like that for 20 years? 20 years! doesn‘t it give you a headache? does it? yes. well... i was absolutely shocked. i knew freddie very well. i was actually shocked. very sad, really. he was a great talent. very shocked. his genius was his physical comedy. he could fall over and you thought how did he manage to do that without hurting himself? he was like a clown. but the charisma that man had on stage... his private life was complicated. married four times, he had six children. he had health problems and in 2010 he had a major heart attack.

soon after, his health forced him to pull out of the tv show i‘m a celebrity get me out of here. he was caught up in the police investigation into historical sexual abuse cases, but was never charged. he lost a subsequent libel claim, which left him with large legal bills. depressed and isolated, he moved to spain, where he spent the last few years of his life. a message on his facebook page said to be from his manager said, "rip to our greatest comedian of all time." that report from keith doyle. you‘re watching afternoon live, these are our headlines... growth is up — new gdp figures show the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. the united states steps up its trade war with china — more than doubling tariffs on $200 billion of goods. tributes for the comedian freddie star after he was reportedly found dead at his home in spain.

in sport... it‘s 48 hours until the title is decided — manchester city manager guardiola says he has a plan to win the final game of the season. problems for fans trying to get tickets for both the champions league and the europa league finals as the allocations are revealed. mercedes dominated in the second practice at the spanish grand prix, as valterri bottas led lewis hamilton. i will be back with more on those stories after half past. the broadcaster danny baker has said he wants to "formally apologise for the outrage he caused" with his tweet about the duke and duchess of sussex‘s newborn son, which featured a picture of a chimpanzee. the presenter — who was sacked by bbc radio five live — said it had been "one of the worst days" of his life, and that he felt panic and revulsion when he realised

the baby was mixed race. would it be possible to refreeze the north pole, as a way of repairing the damage done by climate change? it‘sjust one idea being looked at by a new research centre at cambridge university. scientists there — fear simply reducing greenhouse gas emissions won‘t be enough to stop irreversible damage to the environment. the project — the first of its kind — will examine new ideas, as well as those that have been dismissed in the past as too far—fetched. pallab ghosh reports. a scorched earth, where people are poorer and have less food because of severe droughts. there‘ll be more flooding and all the coral has gone. that‘s what we‘re headed for, unless we do more to cut emissions of carbon dioxide. scientists at cambridge university fear that reducing co2 emissions on its own won‘t be enough.

the man who‘s led efforts at the heart of government to combat climate change for 20 years is helping to set up a new research centre to develop ways of repairing the damage that‘s already been done. the urgency of the issue is such that we have very little time left. so we‘ve got to pull out the stack of greenhouse gases that‘s already in the atmosphere and that means examining all the alternatives. we are looking for processes that are scalable, by which i mean processes that can take out billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases, each year. with trillions of tonnes of ice gone from both the earth‘s poles, the new centre will look at ways of refreezing them. one idea is to have boats spray sea water into the clouds above the ice, to reflect sunlight away from them. another is to develop forests of artificial trees

to absorb carbon dioxide — just like real forests, only better. and some think releasing shiny discs into space might act as a planetary parasol, reflecting sunlight and cooling the earth. in the past, these ideas have been described as too radical, too ambitious, even too risky. but now, scientists say we‘re running out of time and options to prevent damaging and irreversible climate change. the ipcc says that net co2 emissions will have to be zero by 2050, to avoid some of the worst scenarios. this at a time when chinese and indian industries need much more energy, as their nations grow. this is a global problem that we have to solve. we can‘t fail. it‘s our duty to future generations that we succeed in this task that has been put upon us. and that means that we need to very carefully analyse, create the evidence base, so that sensible informed decisions

can be made today that will last generations into the future. the scientists here believe that the earth‘s climate can be repaired, but they say new solutions need to be found and implemented within the next ten years, otherwise it may be too late. pallab ghosh, bbc news, cambridge. a new study suggests children in england are getting shorter break times at school than they used to, with potentially serious implications for their wellbeing and development. researchers at university college london say teachers are dropping breaks as they try to pack more lessons into each day, leaving less time for children to play. the study says children are missing out on exercise, and the chance to learn vital social skills. david lumb reports. it‘s the downtime in between lessons that‘s meant to keep youngsters fresh. but what do pupils at the herringthorpe school in rotherham think

about their school breaks? break time is really special to most pupils because we can escape the stresses in the classroom and all the pressure that we have on us. i think that break time is a special time where you canjust escape the questionss of the classroom and socialise with all your very good friends. it‘s a time when you do not have to worry about your school work and you can just relax. it‘s special to me because you can just talk to your friends. but that time is being squeezed. a new study shows that school breaks are shorter now than they were 20 years ago. researchers at university college london found that infants in england had 45 minutes less break time a week than they did in 1995. they found that 82% of schools had less than 55 minutes for lunch break and the report said only 15% of pupils had an afternoon break. if we think about current concerns, which is to do with children‘s mental health and well—being in the school setting, but also childhood obesity,

this is the one opportunity for many children to have safe opportunities to play and socialise and it‘s being really quite significantly eroded. i worry when i see schools... you see children leaving their school at quarter to three and you know they haveonly had a half hour they have only had a half hour break for lunch. we have a school—led system so we trust head teachers to these decisions. schools say timetables are bursting because they have a lot of learning to fit in. let‘s come to you, first of all, david fisher, because you are introducing shorter breaks for those kids around you and others at your school. why is that? it allows them to go into more clubs and enrichments after school. we have a number of children who walk home at the end of the school day and in the cold winter months that are dark our enrichment numbers drop. by shortening down a friday, which the school already has, it allows them to do more enrichment during that time. the department for education says the government recognises the importance of physical activity in schools.

it says pupils should be given an appropriate break and it expects school leaders to make sure that happens. david lumb, bbc news. the educational psychologist brenda tubbs is with me. it was interesting, that headmaster thinks shortening these breaks is a good idea. what do you think? we have to see what is happening in school breaks in the context of their whole lives. children are doing more structured and academic activities and there is less time for them to play and to develop socially, to use their creativity, to interact with other children. out of school they are spending more time online and they are not doing as much face—to—face interaction as we used to and there may be consequences longer term. your main

concern is about their social development. i was wondering if there were any health implications, but i was also thinking perhaps academic ones. sometimes when i get academic ones. sometimes when i get a bit tired, i go outside and i have a bit tired, i go outside and i have a bit tired, i go outside and i have a bit of fresh air and you are geared up to go again. it might help concentration, i don‘t know. geared up to go again. it might help concentration, i don't know. that is true and it is recognised because thatis true and it is recognised because that is what happens for us. we recommend movement breaks for children because when you are concentrating on something and working hard, a bit of activity gives you a break and you can come back to it fresh. there are implications for health and obesity. about a third of children is recommended physical activity can occur in the playground. if that is squeezed, there is less time for them to do that sort of thing. the headmaster was saying there is more time for them to do clubs. there is

a strong importance attached to academic progress and also structured activities and clubs, but what we are seeing is a shift in the balance so play is losing out as opposed to those other activities. how much time is enough for break time? that is a difficult question to a nswer time? that is a difficult question to answer because i think it is partly what we do with break time. i think most schools have 15 minutes in the morning and maybe an hour at lunchtime and that would be good. but it is important those break times are structured in a way so children can learn and have positive play activities. why is it happening? is it because there is now so much more emphasis on academic performance? now so much more emphasis on academic performance ?|j now so much more emphasis on academic performance? i think there is and we have lost focus on the whole child. we are not trusting children enough to take a part in

their own development. i am fortu nate their own development. i am fortunate enough to be a governor of a primary school that takes play very seriously and they structure their playground so they are providing a lot of opportunities and materials for children to use creatively and to interact with each other. they are seeing really positive benefits from that. there has been a suggestion this is a way for head teachers to give their staff a shorter working day. do you agree with that? teachers can be very stressed so things need to happen to manage their workload. but if it is being used in this way i don‘t think that is helpful. if it is being used in this way i don't think that is helpful. good to talk to you. thank you for coming m, talk to you. thank you for coming in, appreciate it. let‘s catch up with the weather and ben has all the details. again it has been a day of sunshine

and showers, but things should turn quieter at the weekend. some of the showers have been heavy with flashes of lightning and thunder. overnight many showers will fade although more persistent rain will come into the south—west of england affecting the channel islands. patches of clyde, mist and fog and where the sky is clear we are likely to see temperatures down to freezing or below. a touch of frost again tomorrow morning and tomorrow should start of misty in places, and that should brighten. further east there will still be some showers and some could be on the heavy side. signs of temperature is beginning to creep upwards. that trend continues into sunday and monday. high temperatures in north—western parts of the uk and for all of us it will be dry.

this is bbc news — our latest headlines. manufacturers‘ stockpiling ahead of brexit has helped to boost growth — with new gdp figures showing the uk economy grew by 0.5% in the first quarter of this year. china says it‘s hopeful a deal can be reached to end the trade war between it and the united states — after president trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion worth of chinese goods. the comedian freddie starr has

reportedly died at the age of 76. the bbc hasn‘t been able to independently verify this, but the sun newspaper says he was found dead at his home in spain. two former police detectives whose laziness scuppered child abuse investigations have been jailed. the old bailey heard sharon patterson and lee pollard forged documents and misled supervisors at essex police. and coming up on news nationwide — the football team in kent which helps grieving fathers. sport now on afternoon live with jane dougall. jane, it‘s been a great week for english football — but the focus this weekend is on who will win arguably the greatest premier league title race of all time? it has been one of the best races of all time? that is debatable, and it

depends on which club you support, there was the year when city macro won it with the last goal of the game —— manchester city won it. it‘s been close between manchester city and liverpool for the last few months. at one point liverpool could have gone ten points clear of city when they met but city won and turned it around. since then they have been building on their points leading byjust one point going into the final day of the season on sunday. so liverpool have been hoping that city slip up but in their match against leicester on monday night, captain vincent company scored one of the contenders for goal of the season to keep hold of that lead. the squad seemed to celebrate as though they had already won the league.

despite that, guardiola says he didn‘t expect this. that is, to be in this position. it isa it is a dream to be here first of all, i did not expect a month ago when we were seven points against this liverpool, to be in this position we are in now, that is why it isa position we are in now, that is why it is a dream come true, and we have shown many many things. now it is not the time to say how could we have done, because we have the chance to be champion if we win our game, and that we have to do. about that, it would make it back to back and we want to be champion, and if it happens, we will be celebrating. the premier league has confirmed that two trophies will be on standby for sunday, one — the trophy that manchester city won last season from their trophy cabinet with be at brighton. and a second, identical one will be at anfield in case manchester city lose to brighton and liverpool are crowned champions. studio: that is interesting. it is

liverpool in the champions league final along with tottenham. the europa league final is in baku and the champions league final in madrid — but there‘s been some complaints about the ticket allocation. the distance is a factor for the europa league but also let‘s have a look at the ticket allocations. looking at the stadia capacity and then the tickets allocated for fans — it seems pretty paltry and if — for example your team is tottenham — this is the first time they‘ve ever got to the champions league final — there will be a great deal of their fans wanting to go. if we take a look at the stadiums then. the champions league final is taking place at the wanda metropolitana stadium in madrid which has a capacity of over 67,000 but each club has only been given an allocation of 16,000. as you can imagine — those tickets will be like gold dust. for the europa league final,

it‘s being staged at the olympic stadium in baku which is 68,000 but the allocation for fans is only 6000 for each club. that is very poor. that is a lot of corporate tickets. plus it‘s a hugejourney, 2400 miles, when both clubs are only eight miles from each other. that‘s a ten hour flight for fans. even the liverpool manager jurgen klopp is sympathetic. maybe in the cities that have the final maybe they could make a price cut to agree on something, that it would not be more than a specific category. i heard a room for £100, a room for that is now 2700, that is just crazy. what can i say? i sympathise a lot. wales coach warren gatland has agreed a deal to take charge of the british and irish lions on their tour of south africa in 2021. he‘s already overseen a winning tour of australia in 2013

and a drawn series against the all blacks two years ago, as well as three grand slams, including this year‘s six nations title. he‘s stepping down as wales coach after the rugby world cup in japan this autumn. mercedes dominated in the second practice at the spanish grand prix as valterri bottas led lewis hamilton. bottas currently leads the championship by one point after four races. lewis hamilton finished a position behind him, improving his tme on his second lap. and it was ferarri‘s charles leclerc in third, ahead of sebastian vettel. the third practice starts tomorrow morning. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. now on afternoon live — let‘s go nationwide — and see what‘s happening around

the country — in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. amanda goodman is in cambridge — she‘ll be telling us about homeless issues in harlow. and rob smith is in tunbridge wells and is joining us to tell us about a football team designed to help grieving fathers. but first let‘s talk to amanda who is able to give us an update on a story we first heard about last month. can you talk us through it? homelessness is a problem around the country but in harlow in essex it has been getting much worse. terminus house a notorious building, it was the tallest building in the town and a former office block but it was converted to house 250 vulnerable homeless people, many of them from london. complaints and crime soared with young families

placed next to drug addicts and ex offenders. there was someone standing there with a crack pipe, in their hand and another one had needles, and there is a blood spattered up the ball. if i'm homeless and they give me this, i don't want that. but i'm homeless, how can i turn something down? they should not have sold me this place as if it was a dream. i don't care if someone wants to sit in their room and overdose, but not next to me and my child, thank you. the company that runs terminus house says it‘s better than living on the streets. the relaxation of planning permission that allowed office blocks to be turned into accommodation are being tightened again and the charity is working with harlow council and the group that runs

terminus house to convert more empty council houses. we are supporting people with mental health issues and drug and alcohol abuse. it is notjust about someone's housing but about their well— being and getting someone's housing but about their well—being and getting them in a place because if you have somebody with all the problems they have already got, they are going to flounder again. one young man who‘s life is being turned around by the charity is declan dalgarno. he is 22 and has been living rough ina tent he is 22 and has been living rough in a tent after his life spiralled downwards when he lost his job and his home. but today he has a chance ofa his home. but today he has a chance of a fresh start thanks to the charity. instead of housing people in unsuitable tower blocks dubbed by some as human warehouses, they are providing real homes and real support. nine homeless people so far are now living in two empty council houses done up by this charity. are now living in two empty council houses done up by this charitym is huge, for me and everyone else,

going into the cottage, it is a new start for everyone. a fresh start where we can rebuild our lives. thank goodness things are changing in harlow. the relaxation of planning permission that allowed office blocks to be turned into accommodation are being tightened again and the charity is working with harlow council and the group that runs terminus house to convert more empty council houses. and for people like declan, they‘re giving the personal support they need to make a success of their lives again. amanda, good to hearfrom you. now, rob... and in kent, a new football team offically launching today where all the players share something tragic — the loss of a baby. rob, how did this team come about? this is down to mike pollard and his personal story is pretty tough. they

lost five babies in the late stages of pregnancy in recent years. he has brought this team together through a charity organisation, and it is the stillbirth and neonatal death society and essentially this is for men to get together and play football and they all have the shared experience of having been through this. this works because if you go to the website for the charity, they want to encourage people to talk through the issues that arise out of, the grief that comes out of a death like that, but far too often men are not very good at it and they do not want to open up at it and they do not want to open up and they don‘t want to go to those meetings and they find it difficult to express their emotions and they bottle it up. that can be corrosive for their relationships going forward. but if you play a tea m going forward. but if you play a team sport like football you bond with your mates in a different way,

it isa with your mates in a different way, it is a different environment and you can talk about things with friends in that way that you cannot in normal circumstances. they hope this football team is going to really provide a different way for people to be able to communicate, break down those barriers and talk about things which are difficult to talk about. we can see the report now. i want you to run through, first time and take a touch. there isa first time and take a touch. there is a common language and a common bond, all these men‘s are here to play football —— all these men are here to play football but they have also all been through the agony of losing a baby and for many of them they feel they can open up here. using the global language of football in a sport that we all love allows us to come out on a football pitch and if we are ready to talk to people and ask questions there are 20 other people out here we can talk to and there are scenarios from early loss right through to babies sadly passing away up to nine months

after birth. cradling his little boy here, mike and his partner have lost five babies at different stages of pregnancy, he and others set up a kent team after the first sands united started in northampton last year. sands is a charity providing support for bereaved parents. football has proved a popular network for fathers who sometimes feel overlooked. not many men like going to the meetings and they found it quite intimidating and it was intimidating for them to open up and talk but in this environment they can be open. rory was born sleeping at 36 weeks after his cord became knotted. from the mental health perspective it has been really good. it is nice i can do something as well. we still have people joining now who have onlyjust lost children so we are helping them and finding

their way of how they deal with it. everyone deals with it differently but we are here to guide each other and support each other. if you don't wa nt and support each other. if you don't want to talk you can just play foot ball want to talk you can just play football and once you are ready, if you are ready, we are here to chat, and at the end of the day we are out here to play in the memory of our babies. tonight they will face invicta gold stars at the stadium in maidstone to officially launch their tea m maidstone to officially launch their team and to officially break the silence, the chance also to remember little lives lost. such a simple idea but it really does seem to be making a genuine difference, despite the amazing advances in medicine in the amazing advances in medicine in the last 50 years, tragically still every 90 minutes a baby dies or is stillborn, so there is a lot of work to do. if you want to find out more about the charity sands, do a search

for that online. good luck for them. interesting initiative. to rob and amanda, thanks for joining interesting initiative. to rob and amanda, thanks forjoining us. if you would like to see more on any of those stories you can access them through the bbc iplayer. nationwide is every weekday afternoon at 430 here on afternoon live. care homes across england are to work more closely with doctors and pharmacists in a new scheme to try to reduce hospital admissions among the elderly. under the plans, gps will visit homes more regularly, allowing them to keep a closer watch on each resident‘s health and ensure they have the right medication. it‘s hoped the plans will improve wellbeing, as well as cutting costs for the health service. rob sissons reports.

it‘s a simple idea. it‘s been tested at this care home in derbyshire house in nottinghamshire and has reduced hospital admissions and cut the drugs bill. a gp practice buddies up with a care home, so residents‘ health can be checked with a doctor more. rachel visits every two weeks. is there anything urgent that we need to deal with initially? yeah. and what began as an experiment here in nottinghamshire is now being rolled out across england‘s care homes. the major benefit is that the patients here get continuity of care, which we know is a problem across the nhs. we get to know the patients more, we get to know their families more, we can get more involved in understanding what they would want to happen should they become acutely unwell. across england, around 400,000 people live in 17,000 care homes. on average, residents take seven medicines a day. for many it‘s more than ten a day. charities have voiced concern for years that some residents may be on too much medication,

criticising an over reliance on anti—psychotic medication for dementia patients as chemical cosh. the key thing, from our perspective, is to make sure that the right drugs are given at the right time. that people don‘t have drugs unnecessarily, because we know that that is not good for their health. well, since they had the extra support from the gp here, they say it‘s made a dramatic difference, improving the confidence of the staff and they‘re calling ambulances out less often. most of the residents here want to avoid going into hospital. so, it has helped them stay here and be able to be treated here at their home. vic, who is 92, and his friends at the home seem to like it. it enables treatment to be given where necessary, much more quickly. and, generally, i think it gives the patient more confidence. i don‘t want to be on tablets. i prefer not to have any at all.

now, nhs england‘s long—term plan involves recruiting thousands more clinical pharmacists. the aim — for every care home to have access to one. trying to make sure that where medicines are used they're the right medicines at the right doses for the right people. and we're making sure that everything's appropriate. it‘s all part of a shake—up in how medicines are managed. and it‘s hitting the right note here, an example of how health and social care are working closer together. rob sissons, bbc news, nottinghamshire. in a moment the business news. first a look at the headlines on afternoon live... uk growth is up — the economy‘s grown by 0.5% in the first quarter of the year.

tributes are being paid to the merseyside comedian freddie starr after reports that he‘s died aged 76. two former police detectives whose laziness scuppered child abuse investigations have been jailed. here are your business headlines on afternoon live. shares in uber have gone on sale in one of the biggest stock market flotations of all time. priced at 45 dollars — or around £34.60 — it values the company at £63 billion, lower than many had expected. china says it‘s hopeful a deal can be reached to end the trade war between it and the united states. today, washington dramatically increased tariffs on goods imported from china into the us, which will lead to higher prices for american buyers. but economists the world over are concerned about the impact of new trade barriers between the planet‘s two biggest economies. 1,800 jobs are at risk after the fashion retailer select went into administration. it‘s been struggling for some time

and last year struck a deal with landlords to cut rents at its stores. select‘s 169 shops will continue to trade while options for its future are assessed. what‘s been happening on the markets today? we have been reporting on economic growth in the last quarter, you mentioned the us china trade wars. do all these things have an impact on the markets? yes, absolutely. but many of these things are expected in advance and traders make their actual investment decisions days or weeks ahead of the actual event happening, so these chinese trade talks were not looking good for some time and equally with economic growth the figures are coming out which sounds pretty good and we had been expecting that, and traders are able to look into the finer detail. the figure looked pretty good, but when you drive into the details,

much of it has to do with the stockpiling we have been talking about in the early half of the year, the first quarter of the year, building up to march, when we thought brexit was going to happen but it didn‘t and it got kicked into the long grass. this is where the ftse100 ended them up by a touch, although down on the week as a whole. hundred points lowerfor the entire week as a whole. one of the few bright spots was the international consolidation airlines group better known as british airways or the parent group of british airways, iag, and it reported a steep drop in profits today, for the first quarter of the year, down by around 60%, which sounds bad, but many airlines are in trouble and investors are impressed that iag is still making a profit so their shares rising by 1.9%. shanti keleman is senior

portfolio manager at coutts. the ftse100 is always driven by the performance of the uk economy because it is internationally focused but what about the story of growth in the first quarter of the year? growth was better—than—expected but people were concerned that was because of stockpiling. the other thing driving growth is consumer spending, it has been quite strong in the uk, and the uk is also a very global economy and we export a lot of things and we export services to people all over the globe and the global economy is doing a bit better so far this year after we have the scare at the end of the leah —— end of the year last year. tariffs have been put in place on goods traded between china and

the united states, and to a degree investors seem to have shrugged that off, does that suggest they think that everything is going to work out in the end? some of the things from donald trump on twitter, they are likely to be negotiation tactics, and the thing that matters with china is what is going on with their domestic economy and domestic growth because that is about 80% of their gdp, exports are about 20%. china has put a massive amount of stimulus into their economy, their economic figures are looking better recently, and people in the long run should be more focused on that. any trade deal we have can be blown up by either party at any point in time so even if something is agreed i don't think it will be a huge cause for celebration. across the atlantic the razzmatazz moment of the day was the flotation of uber, what are the early indications? early indications

it will open slightly down around $43 per share, when i looked 30 minutes ago, and the us market was down the little bit today, and sometimes you see ipos that move around when they are initially priced, it can be a smaller round of investors that are offered first and wa nt investors that are offered first and want to get involved. what we have seenis want to get involved. what we have seen is the beginning of a long journey for them, they have a lot of losses but they are still aiming to grow their market place and be more ofa grow their market place and be more of a transportation provider than simplya of a transportation provider than simply a taxi service. we will see how it evolves. maybe one day they will make a profit! thanks for joining us. have a nice weekend. remarkable young people from across britain and ireland are being recognised with rotary young citizen awards 2019. the awards honour the achievements and positive citizenship shown by young people through hard work, inspirational ideas and a determination to help others and make a difference. each year, rotary clubs

across britain and ireland nominate youngsters for the awards. the winners will be presented with their awards at rotary in britain and ireland‘s showcase conference in nottingham on sunday. throughout the week, we‘ve been hearing from the winners and earlier i spoke to irish award winner charlotte keane, and her friend emma lacey who nominated her. charlotte has always had a strong desire for volunteering and helping others, and she always puts everybody else ahead of herself, ever since i met her. we have been friends now seven years and whether being at school or her local parish or the community, she is or was helping others and she enjoys it. it is not a chore and she never looks for recognition. she is just really deserving of this award. charlotte, in this case, what was it that you did? emma has been quite ill in the last

few years and the community came to help her and her family to raise money so we could help her build a washroom and a nice bedroom and a nice living area so she could live independently with her limited mobility, so in august a group of us came together to set up a trust in her name and everyone in galway and donegal came together and help support different events throughout the year and it was really successful and we are so happy we can help emma in her time of need. tell us more about what motivated you, why did you want to help so much? emma came into my life when i was in my final year at school and her illness had just begun. irememberthinking, emma was so talented and so kind, and so thoughtful of others.

if she had seen someone as ill as her she would have gone out of her way to help so i thought the least we could do was be her friend and her personality has always been one that we have got on, we have been friends now. that‘s it from your afternoon live team for today, the next the bbc news at five with ben brown. time for a look at the weather. here‘s ben rich. a day of sunshine and showers but we have some sunny spells in between the heavy showers and through the weekend the showers will slowly fade. it will turn drier and warmer, and over the last few hours the showers have been breaking out with a vengeance, some of showers have been breaking out with a vengeance, some of them heavy and some of them are sundry and they are quite widespread across the uk. —— sundry. where ever you are you could catch a scattering of heavy showers, with some sunny spells in between, temperatures as we get to six

o‘clock, 11 in glasgow, sunshine and showers to end the day across northern ireland and heavy showers continuing through the welsh borders into the midlands and parts of northern england and through east anglia down to the south—west and then very late in the day more persistent rain swinging through the isles of scilly into west cornwall and affecting the channel islands overnight, very wet night here. elsewhere showers will fade, mist and fog patches as well, but where the cloud breaks it will be another rather cold night with a touch of frost in places. tomorrow morning could be misty and murky in places, the patches tending to clear and thenit the patches tending to clear and then it is an east—west split, western areas should be dry with sunshine and further east sunny spells but once again a scattering of showers, the showers could be on the heavy side temperatures 11—17, but the dry conditions in the west, courtesy of a area of high pressure and as we move into the second half of the weekend of the high bills

more strongly across the british isles and forjust about everyone, sunday should be a dry day, although there is a small chance of a light shower in the south—east. otherwise find with patchy cloud and sunny spells and temperatures starting to climb especially across western parts of the uk and that is a trend that will continue into next week. high pressure in charge. the orientation means the warmest heir is likely to push towards the west and north—west of the uk, and further east there is always likely to be something a bit cool feeling from the north—east. so for eastern and southern parts of the uk, temperatures around the mid teens but largely dry, dry further north and west but for some especially in scotla nd and west but for some especially in scotland we will get up into the 20s.

today at 5:00: the uk economy picks up in the first three months of the year. gdp figures show a rise of 0.5% in the first quarter — boosted by stockpiling ahead of brexit. the uk economy is performing robustly despite the evidence of slowing global growth and the continued brexit uncertainty at home, so it is good news. we‘ll be analysing the figures with sarah hewin, senior economist at standard chartered. the other main stories on bbc news at 5.00: jail for two lazy detectives who were having an affair and couldn‘t be bothered to investigate allegations of child abuse. donald trump says he‘s in "no rush" to finalise a trade deal with china, as the united states