more than two years after he was awarded the honour. sir andrew murray, for services to tennis and to charity. the three—time grand slam champion described it as a ‘proud day'. when the knighthood was announced in 2016 he said being known as a sir "sounded a bit strange" and he was more than happyjust being known as andy. now, before the weather, some dramatic pictures of two window cleaners at work in oklahoma city. they had a terrifying experience when their basket swung out of control while attached to the city's tallest building, the devon tower. it's not known how the lift came adrift but the workers managed to grab a rope and secure the basket which was swinging 50 floors above street level. windows were shattered, but

thankfully there were no injuries. time for a look at the weather. good afternoon. nothing as severe as that, thankfully. we still have high pressure. yesterday, the top temperature was 26 celsius in the highlands, making it the warmest day of the year so far for scotland. today, high pressure in control again, a lot of funds sign —— a lot of sunshine, but more clout. there isa of sunshine, but more clout. there is a lot of cloud in the near continent, associated with a weather front and an area of low pressure that will be heading our way tonight. high pressure drift its way northwards, allowing an easterly breeze to pick up. it will be windier across eastern areas through the afternoon, feeding on that cloud. the odd shower across the north—west of the uk through the afternoon, though most places should stay dry. not quite as warm as

yesterday, top temperature again in scotla nd yesterday, top temperature again in scotland around may be 20, 20 one celsius, cooler across the east coast because of the breeze. the showers move away to the north—west through scotland overnight, then we see this feature moving into england and wales, bringing thicker cloud and wales, bringing thicker cloud and outbreaks of rain. few chili spots again across the scottish glens. a lot more cloud around tomorrow, breezy, grey on eastern coastal areas. a few spots have raided the west at times. limited sunshine, and temperatures around the mid teens. the best of the sunshine further west, west of scotla nd sunshine further west, west of scotland seeing the highest temperatures once again. at the weekend, more cloud, some showers and a few sunny spells. low pressure is with us into the weekend. more of a breeze across northern areas.

longer spells of rain thanks to a weather front across scotland, into northern england and north wales. sunny spells through the midlands southwards, but also a few showers, some heavy and slow moving. they will be lighter in the south. in the sunshine, we could make the high teens celsius, but a whole lot cooler across scotland, especially in eastern coastal areas. showery bursts of rain in scotland on sunday. some heavy showers at times. temperatures may be 19 celsius in the south—east, cooler in the north and west. it will settle down next week. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime: dramatic evidence at the inquests into the london bridge attacks from a nurse who tried to save the life of this man and was stabbed herself. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s

the time is 1:34pm. manchester city have been referred to the adjudicatory chamber after an investigation into the club's finances and possible breaches of the fair play regulations. if found guilty, they could be banned from the champions league next season. we don't know on the timescale. ac milan are undera don't know on the timescale. ac milan are under a similar investigation, that's been going on for months. manchester city say they are disappointed but not surprised surprised. the statement is strongly worded, especially towards the

chairman of the investigation. they hit out at the media leaks but they seem confident of clearing their names and say they have provided irrefutable evidence and hope for a satisfactory outcome to this. chelsea midfielder ruben loftus—cheek is a major doubt for the europa league final later this month, injuring his ankle playing in a charity match for the club in the us. time defeated new england 3—0. maurizio sarri had expressed his concern last week ahead of the final in baku. the defence of the decision to stage the europa league final in sarri. chelsea and arsenal fans will have to travel around 2500 miles, and only 6000 tickets for the cops from uefa. no direct scheduled flights between london and baku in the week of the final. in some

cities of russia for the world championship, also to four from london, lisbon, madrid. i believe next time we host such an event, never such a question will appear because i believe everybody getting acquainted with our beautiful city, our hospitality will be happy to be back again. manchester city women have signed ellen white on a two year deal after a couple of seasons with birmingham city. capped 80 times and help the lionesses when the second back—up for the first time. there was a big win forjohanna konta in rome today. she beat the sloane stephens in three sets to reach the italian 0pen third round . the british number one lost the first set on a tie—break.

but konta fought back against the seventh seed and took the second set by six games to four. konta broke early on in the decider as the americans serve collapsed and konta took it 6—1. because this match was rained off yesterday konta will have to play her next match against venus williams later today. the two—time french open champion maria sharapova has withdrawn from this month's touranment because of an ongoing shoulder problem. she hasn't played since january. the us pga championship is under way. tiger woods has just the us pga championship is under way. tiger woods hasjust sealed off. chasing a second major title in a row, which could move them back to the top of the world rankings. danny willet and rory mcilroy tee off around 6:30pm. mcilroy aiming for a third us pga title. all the players helping the improvement in the

weather continues. trying out a little bit with the weather. 50 mph cross winds. definitely a challenging golf course, long, they have graded it well. it is fair. if you play well, long shots in but it isjust a real good you play well, long shots in but it is just a real good test of golf. keep right up to date with the us pga championship on the bbc sport website, the later on there live text coverage. coverage later this evening on five live sports extra. much more for you on afternoon live after 2pm. more now on the european elections — we're taking a closer look how they work and the issues the parties are campaigning on. of course political parties did not expect to take part in these

elections at all due to brexit — but then the uk's departure date was pushed back to october. now with voting day fast approaching, our reality check correspondent chris morris talks us through their campaign messages on the key issue of brexit. (vt next) for many voters, it is all about brexit. the hardest to pin down are probably the two main westminster parties. policy and tactical differences on brexit. the tories wa nt to differences on brexit. the tories want to leave with theresa may's deal. the withdrawal agreement and political declaration negotiated with the eu. the only party which can get brexit done, their campaign leaflet says, is the conservative party.

the only party that can bring the country together again. whether you voted leave or remain. its manifesto highlights labour's plan for a customs union with the eu after brexit and close links with the single market. if it cannot get that or a general election, then labour backs the option of a public vote. but it does not give any detail about how that might work. then there are two parties that want to leave the eu with no deal at all. the brexit party says it will push for brexit on world trade organisation terms. it wants any meps it gets elected to take part in future brexit talks. but at the same time it says, we won't pay the £39 billion in financial settlement that the government has already negotiated with the eu. the manifesto of the uk independence party says brexit should mean a unilateral and unconditional withdrawal from the eu. it argues that theresa may's withdrawal agreement means leaving the eu in name only. which takes us to the parties which are campaigning clearly to remain. all five of them.

we are going to go in alphabetical order. change uk, whose mps at westminster broke away from the two main parties, what's another referendum and promises to make a positive case for britain in europe. we are stronger, safer and better off in the eu, says the party's charter for remain. much of the green party's manifesto focuses on environmental issues. but it also promises to get the country out of the brexit mess by putting the question back to the people. the greens say they want to mobilise a positive, pro—european movement to when the people's vote for remain. the liberal democrats also want another referendum and argue the prime minister's deal shows how damaging brexit will be. every vote for the lib dems, their manifesto says, is a vote to stop brexit and stay in the eu.

in wales, plaid cymru says 200,000 welsh jobs rely on fiction this trade with the eu. it, too, wants what it calls a final say referendum, promises to make the case for wales to have its own voice in europe, with a member in its own right. finally, in scotland, the snp points out that the country voted overwhelmingly to remain in the eu. it had been promoting a compromise that involved staying in the single market, but it now wants another brexit referendum which should include the option of remain. there are also, of course, numerous party standing in northern ireland, and all the details can be found on the bbc news website. the labour mpjess phillips has said she feels "sick" after watching a bbc interview with carl benjamin, a ukip candidate who joked about raping her. mr benjamin, who is standing for ukip in the south west in the european elections, tweeted about phillips in 2016 and said "i wouldn't even rape you." let's hear some of carl benjamin's interview with my colleague victoria derbyshire now.

these are direct quotes from people who watched the video or read the comments. honestly, this makes my stomach churn. how does he find this acceptable? comments like this may not seem a lot to a bloke like him, that is from a 31—year—old male survivor, saying it was like a bullet. from a mid—20s female survivor, she thanked me. i respond saying you are misrepresenting what is happening. you are being lied to. this man has watched your video. the way you report the comments as farcical. i will read another one. the lack of empathy from someone seeking public office acidity. rape is not funny. as a survivor, i am angry.

there are two sides to every question and i am empathising with the other side. comments like this would have prevented me from telling what happened to me, a female survivor aged 28. she says, i probably wouldn't be here without that help. you only care about the survivors that bolster your narrative, not about the ones to talk to me, who are on my side. you pretend they don't exist. you said you have spoken to one person. in one town. i have spoken to other people in other towns. 0n on my south—west tour. all survivors? all sexual assault, yes. rape crisis say this, experiences of rape and sexual violence and abuse are much more common than most people realise, material that normalises, trivialises or attempts to get laughs out of sexual violence can be humiliating and upsetting for survivors.

so—called rape jokes are notjust insensitive, hurtful and disrespectful, they are damaging. i am aware of the politically correct narrative, but there is another narrative that we can call the non—politically correct one that i support. i think it is more empowering not to be controlled byjokes. why do you think you have had kippers and milkshakes you are radicalising people by lying about me. there is a link between telling lies about someone in the press, you do not seem to have a duty of care, and the things they are trying to do. the relationship between rhetoric and acts of violence? you are not telling jokes. are you? i was telling a joke. it was contextually clearly a joke. this is what you have to de—contextualise it.

in order to make sense. you sound like a hypocrite. i do not care, it is a joke. when you are the target, you blame newspapers or the media. when you target someone by attaching their name to your rapejoke, that is ok? i am not inciting people. you are inciting people. you are normalising... everyone i have spoken to don't understand any of the things you have said about me. people alleging things about me, i can sit there and explain the context. they say, that is not very important. i am normalising comedy, which is under attack in this country. in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first, the headlines on bbc news. dramatic evidence from a nurse at the inquests into the london bridge attacks. helen kennett tried to save the life of this man —

and was stabbed herself. president trump declares a national emergency — banning american companies using telecoms from what he calls "foreign adversaries". theresa may faces senior conservative mps, as pressure mounts for the prime minister to agree a timetable for her departure from downing street. in the business news: travel firm thomas cook has warned of "further headwinds" for the rest of the year after reporting a £1.5 billion loss for the first half of the year. it said there was "now little doubt" that brexit had caused customers to delay their summer holiday plans. some of the loss was caused by the decision to write—down the value of my travel, the business it merged with in 2007. five banks have been fined just overi billion euros by the european commission after traders clubbed together to rig the foreign exchange market. the commission's investigation,

which began in september 2013, revealed that some individual foreign exchange traders, using online chatrooms, exchanged trading plans and occasionally co—ordinated their trading strategies. hs2 will short change the north. hs2 will shortly change the north. that's the verdict from a group of peers today — as they publish a report into the handling over the controversial rail project. out of control costs, poor planning and flawed design were just some of the criticisms outlined — all of which the government says it fundamentally disagrees with. i'm maryam moshiri. asda owner walmart has blamed an early easter and a "challenging" retail environment for a fall in first quarter like—for—like sales at asda. sales fell 1.1% in its fiscal first quarter. compared with a rise of i% in the previous quarter. the figures come after news yesterday that asda could be listed on the stock market after its merger with supermarket rival sainsbury‘s was blocked by the competition authorities.

judith mckenna, chief executive of asda's owner walmart, has told staff such a listing is being considered. joining us now is christian stadler from warwick business school. firstly your reaction to the latest figures. as the owner walmart has says that easter coming early affected figures, also the tough retail environment has also meant that sales have been a bit disappointing. i think it is not too dramatic. you are right the sales haven't been great but for walmart group, they have been decent. for the mothership. we do see some positive news when you look at web sales. that has been growing. judith mckenna, boss of walmart, says they might be considering a flotation. why do you think a flotation is in the offing now? why does walmart wa nt to the offing now? why does walmart want to get rid of asda so badly?

their overall strategy, it has to do with, more concentrating on the competition with amazon and as there isa competition with amazon and as there is a distraction. it is not that asda is terrible but they do not help the massively when they grow that side of the business. instead, they have made investments elsewhere, buying smaller companies in the us. that is where they're focuses, a strategic consideration. the uk market, as you say, probably isn't where walmart want to be. a flotation, correct me if i am wrong, ta kes flotation, correct me if i am wrong, takes quite a while and preparation. what does asda have to do so to get to the position where it will make a good flotation idea? you are right, this will take quite a lot of management time. this is a distraction in a highly competitive market where you see aldi and lidl making inroads. that is challenging.

in order to prepare for an ipo, they have to make sure they get the numbers right and there is growth opportunities in the future. we talk about the tough trading environment, about the tough trading environment, about discount is doing well. asda has always had a reputation of being a low—cost supermarket. why are things not quite going the way they want? before they came into the market, that was right, but there is more low—cost. the main ipo story, they have to get the online sales right. that could be an inspiring story if they do well in that space, to lure investors. we saw the potential merger between asda's rival sainsbury‘s and asda blocked by the competition commission. from your own personal viewpoint, did you agree with that position, did it make sense? it did make sense. they we re make sense? it did make sense. they were just to make sense? it did make sense. they werejust to big make sense? it did make sense. they were just to big when they came

together. not entirely unexpected. we have seen indications earlier in the year already. it is not as if the year already. it is not as if the two companies had been entirely surprised in the later stage that this is happening. thank you. let's take a lok at some other stories. tesla has said it is updating the battery software in some of its models, following two recent incidents where cars caught fire. the electric car—maker said it would soon begin rolling out the software update on model s and model x vehicles. it follows reports that a parked car caught fire in hong kong, following a similar incident in shanghai. thousands of drivers will be automatically hit by £100 fines and penalty points for ignoring warning signs on a new generation of smart motorways — this is according to the times. new powers will allow police to use traffic cameras to penalise motorists who fail to abide by lane closures on almost 300 miles of the network in england. uefa, european football's governing body, has escalated its investigation

into manchester city over alleged breaches of football's so—called financial fair play rules, leaving open the prospect of the english premier league side being banned from the champions league. the club denies all allegations. global stocks were muted on thursday as investors stayed cautious, with the us' move to place chinese telecoms equipment maker huawei on a national security export blacklist, adding to the sense of unease over the trade dispute. that's all the business news. big names like google and amazon have invested milions of dollars in self—driving vehicle technology. now — a company in sweden says it's pioneered a global first — an autonomous lorry that drives on a public road. 0ur reporter tim allman has more.

they call it the teapot. it's not very big, it's not very fast, but it is, potentially, revolutionary. this is, we are told, the first driverless lorry, let out on a public road. not a very long road, mind you, but we have to start somewhere. history is created with small steps, the first flight of the wright brothers was 300 metres and this stretch of road is 300 metres, so we are taking a leap pushing history forward and it happens in small steps, but it's a giant step for autonomous electric transport. it weighs 26 tonnes when full and there is no cab for the driver. that is estimated to reduce operating costs by 60% compared to a normal diesel lorry in the hope is there is an environmental benefit as well.

with the growth of transport c02 emissions cannot increase in the same way and we have to find alternative ways of transporting. we are clearly of the opinion that the future of logistics is smart, c02 friendly and this is connected. of course, driverless lorries are not necessarily good news for drivers but for now it will trundle up and down the road, but other routes are planned. this may well be the future of transport and there might not be room for someone behind the wheel. a 1986 rabbit sculpture by american pop artistjeff koons has sold for over $91 million — a record price for work by a living artist. the 104 cm high sculpture is regarded as one of the most celebrated works of 20th—century and its sale price

eclipses the $90.3 record set last november by british painter david hockney now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. go voraciously with widespread sunshine up and down the uk, near unbroken from any and warm across southern and eastern areas where the wind was light. scotland had the highest temperature. the hottest day of the year so far for scotland. high pressure still dominating the scene through today, drifting northwards, allowing a cooler and stronger easterly breeze to develop across the uk, feeding some crowding to central and eastern areas as the afternoon wears on. meanwhile, we have a weather front close to the west of the uk generating some cloud and a few showers here. cadiz and west of the country, central areas seeing the best of the sunshine with higher temperatures across scotland into the low 20s celsius. laura

across england and wales. this evening overnight losing the showers across the west, thick recovers, outbreaks of showery rain pushing for the east across england and wales. with the cloud cover, more breeze, should be mild with some chilis lots across the scottish cla ns. chilis lots across the scottish clans. breezy on friday. showery bursts of rain for england and wales continue. some local, pretty grey weather across the east coast of scotla nd weather across the east coast of scotland and england. crowding further into the afternoon, sunshine limited, lower temperatures, probably the best of the sunshine for western scotland and parts of northern ireland with the highest temperatures. this week and, more u nsettled, low— pressure temperatures. this week and, more unsettled, low—pressure nearby, more clout, outbreaks of rain, heavy showers across england and wales. breezy across the northern half of the country. 0utbrea ks breezy across the northern half of the country. outbreaks of rain pretty much scattered across the uk thanks to the area of low pressure destabilising the atmosphere. saturday could be quite wet across

parts of scotland and northern england, into north wales as well may be. into the afternoon, sunny spells for england and wales, heavy, slow moving showers, some could be thundery. best of the high teens. cool in the north and, across the north sea coast. sunday is similar, also called, outbreaks of rain across the north, some sunshine across the north, some sunshine across england and wales, heavy, slow—moving showers once again. best of the temperatures in the south east, colour further north and east.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2pm: dramatic evidence from a nurse at the inquests into the london bridge attacks. helen kennett tried to save the life of this man — and was stabbed herself. targetting huawei — president trump bans the use of the chinese company in america over security concerns, as britain re—considers its approach. under pressure to leave number 10 for good — theresa may faces senior conservative mps. coming up on afternoon live all the sport, with azi farni. fresh from winning the premier league, manchester city are facing a potential ban from the champions league. uefa's financial control body are looking into potential breaches of financial fair play rules. city are also facing a transfer ban, relating to investigations