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good morning, welcome to breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. our headlines today: as six weeks of cross party talks end in failure, the prime minister tries to find another way forward to break the brexit deadlock. the duke of cambridge urges more of us to open up about grief. when you are bereaved at a young age, any age, but particularly a young age, i can resonate with that, you feel pain like no other pain, and you know australians are at the polls voting in one of the most tightly—fought elections in years. and good morning from wembley on fa cup final day as as manchester city try to become the first english men's team to the domestic treble, while watford hope there will be a sting in the tail from the underdog

like there was in 2013. drinking downpours are part of the weekend weather story but not the whole story, they will be some warm sunshine as well, all the details coming up right here on breakfast. —— drenching downpours. it's saturday 18 may. our top story: theresa may and jeremy corbyn are blaming divisions in each other‘s party, for the breakdown of talks aimed at ending the deadlock over brexit. mr corbyn said they collapsed because of "weakness and instability" within the government, whilst the prime minister blamed splits in the labour party, over another referendum. we can speak now to our political correspondent jonathan blake. good morning, where does this leave the prime minister now? this was lauded as the right thing to do, crossing the divide, talks would lead to some agreement, nope! that was the big hope in downing street, i think both sides approached these

talks seriously and constructively but it did feel at times that they we re but it did feel at times that they were going through the motions and there was not really any sense that there was not really any sense that there would be a big rate through, and the two sides were going to do a deal. as you say that process has ended, leaving us all asking the question, what now? there will be no big deal with labour, but that won't stop the government now trying to bring enough labour mps on board, and enough of their own conservative mps on board to get the next big bit of legislation, which would put theresa may's brexit deal with the eu in place, into uk law, through parliament. that is scheduled for the first full week in june, parliament. that is scheduled for the first full week injune, so around a fortnight for the government to try and maybe tinker around the edges with that, other things to mps, to encourage them to vote for it and for mps themselves to have an opportunity to shape the future of brexit. jonathan, thank you very much. and later on breakfast we'll be speaking to the conservative mp nigel evans, that's at around 8:10.

we will talk about brexit and everything going on in his party because of brexit. the duke of cambridge has described feeling "pain like no other pain" following the death of his mother, princess diana, when he was 15. prince william made the comments in a bbc tv documentary about mental health. ramzan karmali has more. you got to relax a bit and talk about our emotions because we are not robots. prince william in a frank discussion with football players, former football players, and the current english manager gareth southgate. william is the president of the football association, glenn's governing body for the sport. he was taking part in a documentary, a royal team talk, tackling mental health. one topic he spoke about openly was the hurt he felt when his mother, diana princess of wales died. william wasjust 15 of wales died. william wasjust 15 of the time of her death in 1997. i

think when you are breathing a young age, any time really, but particularly at a young age, i can resonate closely to that, feel pain like no other pain, and you know that in your life it is going to be very difficult to come across something that will be worse pain than that. but it also brings you so close to all that other people out there who have been bereaved. close to all that other people out there who have been bereavedm july 2017 the prince left that is anglian air ambulance service. his two—year experience as an air ambulance pilot had a profound variance on his outlook. raw emotional day—to—day stuff where you are dealing with families who are having the worst news they can possibly have, it leaves you with a very depressing, very negative feeling, where you think, death is just around the door everywhere i 90, just around the door everywhere i go, that is quite a burden to carry and feel. vince williams has made mental health the cornerstone of his public work. by speaking so honestly, he hopes he will encourage others to take this issue more seriously —— prince william. the united states and canada have agreed to drop aluminium and steel

tariffs that were imposed a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations and a telephone call on friday between president trump and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. it could pave the way for a new north american trade agreement. the governor of the us state of missouri, mike parson, says he will sign a bill which limits women's access to abortion. it would prevent almost all terminations after eight weeks of pregnancy. it comes just days after alabama introduced a near—total ban on abortion, prompting country wide protests from pro—choice supporters. an extremely rare roman coin has been found during work to upgrade the a14 between cambridge and huntingdon. it is always great hearing these stories, when there is work being done. it dates from around 269 ad and it was minted for an ill—fated emperor, ulpius cornelius laelianus, who was killed after reigning forjust two months. it was a turbulent time then, we

think brexit is tough, but this was brutal. it's believed to be only the second of its kind to be found in england. the taxi app, uber, is giving its customers the option to avoid small—talk during theirjourney by selecting a "quiet preferred" option when they book. it's currently only available to users of the uberblack service, which costs extra, but has already prompted lots of discussion on social media about the pros and cons of chatty taxi rides. discuss, or don't if you prefer. i was just about to talk and thought you had pressed the app. i like a chat, absolute first thing in the morning, when i am rereading briefs and things, good morning, how are you, that is enough. you take the q and... it is like the quiet courage and... it is like the quiet courage and the train, you know what you are going to get. —— quiet courage in

the train. the final preparations are under way for tonight's eurovision song contest. the show is taking place tel aviv in israel this year — at a time of renewed political tension on the border with gaza. acts from 26 countries, including the uk, will take to the stage in front of a global tv audience of around 200 million. our arts correspondent david sillito reports. welcome to the eurovision song contest 2019. israel, and the week—long eurovision party is now in full swing. live from tel aviv, israel. but remember, all this is happening against a background of considerable political tension on the border with gaza, which raises issues of security. will there be protests and also, will people turn up? as you can see, the crowds are here, but even among some of the entrants, there are questions. # svallid var homlulaust... this is iceland's hatari, and they have qualms about israel,

but have been told "no politics", on or off stage. we've been warned. we've been told we reached the limit of the ebu's tolerance regarding politics. but at the same time, we're told they can't change our views. indeed, eurovision bosses were today making their position more than clear. if a competitor staged a protest, what would you do? well, we would intervene immediately. we have very strict rules and policies. you'd shut the performance down? yeah, for sure we'd be shutting it down, and they would be punished afterwards. meanwhile, the first brief glimpse of madonna. after a week of doubts, one eurovision insider is now confident that she will perform. i have heard madonna's voice in that arena, and it wasn't a cd. you're confident, saturday night? i'm quietly confident. i'd put a shekel or two on it.

(laughs). party tonight? i (laughs). party tonight? ithink (laughs). party tonight? i think we will watch it at home. what should i —— what time should i come over? if you are organising a party, send us your pictures are your ideas of what your pictures are your ideas of what you are going to be deceiving. eurovision parties can be so much fun. it is 7:10 a.m.. ben will have the weather, mike is at wembley and ahead of the fa cup finals, but we will turn to australia. there people are voting in one of the closest general elections in recent years. they are in eurovision as well! final opinion polls put the opposition labor party slightly ahead of the liberal— national coalition who have held power since 2013. voting is compulsory in australia and a record 16 —— 16.5

million voters will be taking part. what happens if you defy the law and don't vote? if you want to take that risk you could be looking at a $20 fine, that is £14, £15, but most australians do see it as their democratic duty, and there is plenty to entertain them, when they do come to entertain them, when they do come to the polls like this, i can smell democracy sausages being fizzled over on the barbecue, there is a ca ke stall over on the barbecue, there is a cake stall and a huge plethora of party workers trying to persuade voters, any wavering voters to make their last—minute decisions. this is a tight race and in a key —— a few key marginal seats it could come down to a handful of votes. and while the opposition labor party has held consistently over the government it has been tight indeed. the pump —— current prime minister scott morrison came into the job

less tha n scott morrison came into the job less than nine months ago, he is seen to have had a good, presidential campaign, putting it all on him, he has been at meeting the people wearing baseball caps and being a daggy dad, showing his engine with australians, talking about the country's prosperity. if he does manage to hold onto power, he does manage to hold onto power, he will be seen as a liberal party legend. speaking of whitaker legends, the death of bob hawke may also have an influence here, he was labor's longest serving prime minister, he died the other day at the age of 89, but that has caused some people to reflect on the calibre of their politicians, he was by far the most popular prime minister of australia has ever had. that is a that none of the current crop have endeared themselves quite so crop have endeared themselves quite so much. what will brokers make of it -- so much. what will brokers make of it —— voters make of it? they will close here in a couple of hours in sydney, a couple of hours later in western australia. possibly before eurovision we will know whether australia has its fourth prime minister within four years. a lot of coverage here is calling this a

generational contest between different generations in australian society. what are the issues that divide those generations? there is one key issue which has really come to the fore in this campaign, and thatis to the fore in this campaign, and that is climate change. maybe it is not surprised when you consider australia has been through its hottest on record, we have seen bushfires in places that haven't experienced them before, we have seen experienced them before, we have seen extreme floods in parts of queensland that have not seen such terrible conditions before. and i think that has made this a real live issue, the thought that climate change is not something in the future, it is now in australia, this is the frontline. polls suggest that while in the selection only 9% of voters. the environment was the most important thing, now is 29%, above the economy and younger voters, and they have to vote once they are 18, they have to vote once they are 18, they are making it an issue in this campaign. so again, we don't know, considering how tight those polls

have been, whether it is enough to make a difference, enough to change government, but the results will come in before saturday here is finished. we will talk to you later, go and have a democracy sausages in the meantime. what do you think that tastes of. democracy! grumpy cat, the feline famous on the internet for her permanent scowl, has died aged seven. grumpy cat went viral in 2012 after photos of her sour expression, caused by feline dwarfism, emerged online. she has even been here on the bbc. she has even been here on the bbc. she has even been here on the bbc. she has made a lot of money out of it, grumpy cat travelled the world, made tv appearances, hang out with carol doing the weather and is

a p pa re ntly carol doing the weather and is apparently worth millions, or was worth millions. they will likely be some sort of legal battle about what happens to that money. held in trust forgrumpy happens to that money. held in trust for grumpy cat. so young, seven is young. it is 14 minutes past seven. in less than a week voters will go to the polls to elect new meps in the european elections — ahead of the vote on thursday we will be speaking to each of the political parties. today it's the turn of ukip, we can cross now to richard braine, the parties eu parliamentary candidate for london, who is in our london newsroom. good morning to you. what is ukip standing for the moment? good morning to you. what is ukip standing for the moment7m good morning to you. what is ukip standing for the moment? it stands first and foremost for complete withdrawal from the european first and foremost for complete withdrawalfrom the european union, campaigning for that or 27 years so we are the real party of exit and with any luck, that is going to be

delivered sometime very soon. it's a disgrace these elections are being held because they should not be. it's more than three years since we voted to leave the european union and unfortunately, our parliament is simply wasted the last three years doing everything to stop us leaving. you are not the only party trying to push the brexit. there is the brexit party led by nigel farage. nigel could have led ukip again but it's a very democratic party and he didn't like some of the decisions that elected board took so my view is primarily why he left.|j elected board took so my view is primarily why he left. i wasn't actually asking what he thought about nigel farage, i was saying that you are not the only brexit party. you said ukip is the brexit party. you said ukip is the brexit party. and the brexit party appears

more popular than you, ukip. ukip is the only party that can deliver brexit because it's published a plan, a published manifesto, an active democratic system and we have counsellors in the determination to do it which is the most important thing. who is going to be ukip's next leader? my guess would be gerard batten. we will have a leadership election soon and i think the party is very much behind him and he's been a very successful leader of the party. it's growing fast. i see that in my own branch. i think you should continue, long may he continue. mr batten has selected a number of right—wing youtube users as candidates and they encourage, according to the guardian, tojoin as candidates and they encourage, according to the guardian, to join a hate—filled social media platform used by the perpetrator of an

anti—semitic massacre which left 11 jewish worshippers dead in the united states last year. have you read and are aware of the article and comment on it? i haven't read it and comment on it? i haven't read it and it seems you're trying to find a tenuous link. everything is linked on the internet. the youtubers have joined ukip are not right—wing at all. mark heaton is broadly left—wing and carl benjamin is not right—wing, he is more of a liberal. if people go on to youtube and watches of hours of very interesting discourse, they will see what i'm talking about. these people are not right—wing in the use of far right is very lazy media language for working—class concerns and it's an effort to smear ukip by pretending we are somehow connected with extremists. and we are not. ok, let

me quote the person you think is going to be party leader, who said ukip should become a radical populist party. radical is not the same as extremist. it means you want to get to the root of the matter and thatis to get to the root of the matter and that is very important. margaret thatcher was a radical. i think you might be misinterpreting the word radical. do you think ukip can clean up radical. do you think ukip can clean up its image? well, i think that's down to the press. do you think ukip can? we continue to put forward an excellent manifesto of policies and compete and in the end, i think people will recognise that we are a democratic party that's not going to disappear, we are going to keep fighting at all levels, local, westminster, eu parliament if necessary u nfortu nately westminster, eu parliament if necessary unfortunately and we're going to keep fighting so people

will increasingly return to the party, particularly when they find the brexit party fails to deliver real brexit and we end up with fake tory brexit part two. you can blame the media and you are entitled but the media and you are entitled but the party has suffered a funding crisis. you've been saved from insolvency with public donations. where is the money coming from? now we've got 30,000 members who contribute their annual subscriptions and we also get donations from other people. we had a very generous donation from the leave candidate for london for the brexit party and donations will come back to the party. we are not funded by big business or the unions like the tories or labour and we have to rely on grassroots support. small business people are keen on ukip because we have excellent policies for small business. funding is coming in more and more. the trough that we had at the beginning of last

year was primarily because nigel farage had run the party into the ground and run some bad leadership candidates. he's left the party and the situation is going to improve arise, especially as people realise the brexit party doesn't allow members voting or have a manifesto. the funding peaked at £7 million in 2014. i can't say that we are doing fine and we are in the black so there is no problem there. the membership is growing and donations will continue to come in more and more as more and more people see you are not going to get real brexit delivered any other way. thank you very, very much forjoining us. thank you very much for having me on. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. john, thank you. good morning to

you. a pretty mixed weekend in prospect, the sort of weekend when it will feel warm. pretty wet when the showers come along. this weather watcher in clacton, essex, we will see spells of sunshine but also heavy showers with the odd rumble of thunder. flinging areas of cloud in oui’ thunder. flinging areas of cloud in our direction. fairly wet weather. patchy rain elsewhere, also a lot of cloud and some mist and fog in places particularly across eastern and southern parts of england. the cloud across england and wales will breakup giving cloud across england and wales will break up giving sunny spells. northern ireland and scotland, staying claudia through the day. the rain will tend to ease off a little bit. it will stay damp across scotland. 12 degrees in aberdeen. a key noticeable easterly breeze. a

fairamount of key noticeable easterly breeze. a fair amount of cloud. equally some patchy rain. sunshine, but hit and miss downpours. if one of those showers turns up where you are, it could be with you for quite some time. could well see a shower close to wembley for the fa cup final this afternoon. lifting temperatures to around 18 degrees. through this evening and overnight, many of the showers will fade away. we will also see fog patches developing particularly across parts of yorkshire. not a cold night by any means. temperatures between six and 11 degrees. low pressure tomorrow, the centre of the low across continental europe. not many isobars. it means the winds will be light. isobars. it means the winds will be light. once any early mist and fog clears, we will see spells of sunshine. northern ireland perhaps holding on. notice the way these

showers pop—up. some of these showers pop—up. some of these showers could be slow—moving. 20 degrees in the south—east. similar sorts of days. plentiful across eastern and northern parts of the uk. that's all for me for now. something for everybody. thousands of women with down‘s syndrome who are going through the menopause might not be getting the help they need, because health professionals often overlook their symptoms. the down‘s syndrome association warns that emotional symptoms are sometimes written off as challenging behaviour caused by a learning disability. jayne mccubbin has been to find out more.

right, ladies. what do you all know about menoanse? it's the change. it's what women have to go through. there's a reason it's been women expect given to women, because we can cope. sorry, man in the room. this is the award—winning cafe that is run for this is the award—winning cafe that is runforand this is the award—winning cafe that is run for and by people with learning disabilities. but this session is to help women prepare and go through the change. feeling sad and tearful, depressed, forgetting things. you can get angry. i get quite fearful. you can get quite fearful. you've got lots of support here. should we do a group hug? everyone who sat in this table. my name is susan and i am 54 years old andl name is susan and i am 54 years old and i am going through the

menopause. susan is the chair and has a tough time coping with some of the worst of the symptoms. but this is where she comes for advice and support. a woman needs her cake. i was told you're a bit scared at first. i was a bit scared. i wasn't sure what i was going through. first. i was a bit scared. i wasn't sure what i was going through.|j wasn't sure what was happening. i could get really low but i try to pick up myself. that's all you can do, really. the down's syndrome society tells too many women like susan get late diagnoses and delayed support because symptoms are too often missed by gps. women with down's syndrome, they tend to go through the menopause earlier than the majority so the majority tend to say, 50 plus don't know but with

down's syndrome, it can be in the 40s. and there is another reason symptoms can be missed as well. it's called diagnostic overshadowing. often that is when someone is classed as having challenging behaviour. such as having an emotional outburst. so gps or medical professionals will miss an underlying medical problem because they just haven't taken underlying medical problem because theyjust haven't taken the time to see beyond the learning disability. yeah. some reason it never seems to get picked up as menopause. we have helped. we help. keep going, keep going. get it all out. get it out of your system, you will feel great yourself. one third of women will fly through the menopause. one third will manage the symptoms but another third will find it hard and women with learning difficulties might

need that you have extra help making sense of what is happening. we'll be continuing the conversation on the menopause after eight o'clock when gp dr rosemary leonard will be here to answer some of your most asked questions. so many of you have been in touch with this this is —— this week. thousands of comments. we will see what we can do this morning. we will have the headlines injust what we can do this morning. we will have the headlines in just a what we can do this morning. we will have the headlines injust a moment.

hello, this is breakfast with jon kay and naga munchetty. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. theresa may and jeremy corbyn are blaming divisions in each other‘s party, for the breakdown of talks aimed at ending the deadlock over brexit. the conservatives and labour have been in negotiations for six weeks, but have ended without a deal. mr corbyn said the talks collapsed because of "weakness and instability" within the government. however mrs may blamed splits in the labour party, over whether or not there should be another referendum. the prime minister is now

considering holding a series of votes for mps, to try to agree a way forward. the duke of cambridge has described feeling "pain like no other pain" following the death of his mother, princess diana when he was 15. prince william made the comments in a bbc documentary in which he discussed mental health issues and pressures with former and present footballers. i have thought about this a lot and tried to understand how i feel like i do, but i think when you are bereaved at a young age, any time, but particularly a young age, i can resonate with that, you feel pain like no other pain. and you know that in your life it will be hard to come across worse pain than that, but also brings you closer to other people out there who have been bereaved. australians have begun voting in one of the most closely fought general elections in recent years. final opinion polls put the opposition labor party slightly

ahead of the liberal—national coalition, who have held power since 2013. voting is compulsory in australia — and a record 16.5 million voters will take part. the united states and canada have agreed to drop aluminium and steel tariffs that were imposed a year ago. it follows lengthy negotiations and a telephone call on friday between president trump and the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau. it could pave the way for a new north american trade agreement. the governor of the us state of missouri, mike parson, says he will sign a bill which limits women's access to abortion. it would prevent almost all terminations after eight weeks of pregnancy. it comes just days after alabama introduced a near—total ban on abortion, prompting country wide protests from pro—choice supporters. an ‘extremely rare' roman coin has been found during work to upgrade the a14 between cambridge and huntingdon. it dates from around 269 ad and it was minted for an ill—fated emperor, ulpius cornelius laelianus, who was killed after reigning forjust two months.

i was going to ask if he wanted back, but it sounds too late for that. it's believed to be only the second of its kind to be found in england. i wonder what it is worth. i studied roman history at a level, and it was so roman history at a level, and it was so interesting, or the emperors and backstabbing in all of that, and i think brexit isjust backstabbing in all of that, and i think brexit is just as interesting stop we will talk about that as well throughout the morning. the taxi app, uber, is giving its customers the option to avoid small—talk during theirjourney by selecting a "quiet preferred" option when they book. it's currently only available to users of the uber black service, which costs extra, but has already prompted lots of discussion on social media about the pros and cons of chatty taxi rides. let us know what you think, are you

a chatty person or do you just want to put your head down. sometimes i love it, you find a bit about them, andi love it, you find a bit about them, and i am asking questions, but sometimes at the end of the day, you arejust sometimes at the end of the day, you are just like, sometimes at the end of the day, you arejust like, shut up! you wouldn't say that but you are sitting there quietly wishing you would be quiet. i tell you who i bet is a chatter, after today, if you were to get into after today, if you were to get into a taxi, i can't imagine you wouldn't tell everyone what a fantastic day you have had. absolutely, i don't think i have ever had a quiet taxi journey, i tell them think i have ever had a quiet taxi journey, itell them my life think i have ever had a quiet taxi journey, i tell them my life story and they tell me their life story. we are in the tunnel down by the dressing rooms on fa cup final day. what the was my dressing room, manchester city's change room, the players will be gathering here ready

to go up the tunnel around five o'clock, 5:15pm today. out into the famous stadium with the crowd roaring, the eyes of the world on them, led by manchester city's captain, sir elton john's them, led by manchester city's captain, sir eltonjohn's two boys are the mascot today for manchester city, the managers will take their place in the dugout, there is nigel, our pep guardiola lookalike, and there are super fans. pep guardiola and the other manager will be taking their place, and all the eyes of the world, the fans, all the shouting, how can they even hear themselves think as they try to get their instructions to the players. pep guardiola here and the watford co—chair. what are they could be for watford, trying to upset the form

book just as we watford, trying to upset the form bookjust as we can did in 2013, but manchester city, no room for complacency as they try to make history to become the first englishmen's side ever in english football to do the triple. let's have a look ahead. serial winners, record breakers. another slice of history could be city's today. with the premier league and leg up in the can, common sense suggests more is to come. the win is so addictive. when you prove it and you tasted, you say you want more. something like, you know, you win, you want to take a shower, so i want to win the next one. but football rarely follows logic, as this competition so often proves. on the brink of a semifinal exit, from 2—0 down, watford bounced back to force extra time and knockout wolves. and 35 years after their last cup final appearance, some faces may have changed, but they will hope the result does too. they suffered defeat

to everton back in 1984. didn't collect! and the goal is given! they will play the part of underdog in 2019. 35 years since the last time watord has ever been in a final, we have never won a cup, so it is a massive achievement to get there, but we are on the cusp of doing something unbelievable. city have won the game's oldest cup competition five times, this season they have been at their unstoppable best. but as the last few weeks have proved, in football, anything is possible. this is the trophy they are going for this evening. we will come back to wembley in the cup final shortly, but first let's run through the rest of the sport. it was another great day for england's cricketers. ngland have wrapped up the one—day series against pakistan with a game to spare.

they were set 341 to win at trent bridge, and looked to be heading to that total pretty easily as jason roy hit a quickfire century. they then had a slight wobble, losing 4 wickerts forjust 15 runs. but ben stokes steadied the ship with an unbeaten 71 to see england over the line and re—iterate just why they're favourites to win this summer's world cup. to another dominant performance in golf, and the american brooks koepka at the us pga championships in new york. he got the lowest score after two rounds in major history at bethpage black, and is now seven shots ahead of the field. he's the defending champion too. tiger woods though is out, he missed the cut. back home, charlton athletic are through to the final of the league 1 play offs. they beat doncaster rovers on penalties — tommy rowe the unfortunate man to miss. charlton will play sunderland for a place in the championship at wembley a week tomorrow. it was a great night for britain at the world taekwondo championships in manchester.

bradley sinden has become the first british man to win the world title, whilst bianca walkden won a third world taekwondo title ion controversial circumstances. ——in controversial circumstances. she beat the olympic champion shuyin zheng from china in the final, but was booed after forcing her opponent into a series of penalties when well down on the scorecards. zheng refused to shake walkden's hand after the bout. back here to wembley and we have two special super fans a casters to represent the two teams, in the watford corner in the golden black is mike parkin, and nigel rothband from manchester city. let's talk about the underdogs, mike, you are on crutches, and you tore your ligament playing yesterday. the

biggest day of the sport career and iam biggest day of the sport career and i am hopping on one leg. i ruptured my achilles at vicarage road yesterday, but is all part of the story. against all the odds in the face of adversity. what gives you hope that you can do what wiggin did backin hope that you can do what wiggin did back in 2013 against manchester city in the cup final? we are here, we are in the cup final, what did an excellent side, it is 90 minutes, we are in with a chance. watford are a good side, they will be ready to rock and i have every hope and faith. nigel, as a city fan, are you scared at all or are you thinking that this team will be the sharks and lions and go for trouble — make the triple. as pep guardiola said yesterday, we have gone this season 14 games unbeaten to clinch that premier league title down in brighton. i think watford are a good side, they are a strong side, i don't think we should be complacent but i think city will be up for it,

i think pep guardiola will prepare the team well and the triple is on in my view. it is the seventh time manchester city have been to wembley for whatever reason, whatever cup final in the past few years, doesn't get at all boring? most fans would dream about do you tend to get relaxed, complacent, not as a visit —— nervous as you used to? absolutely not, it is amazing to be at wembley, i was here 50 years ago for that 1969, i was very sore —— small boy, we won that cup against small boy, we won that cup against leicester city. that was one of the la st leicester city. that was one of the last gate manchester city sides, we have got kompany now, it never loses its charm, it is so exciting to be here at every city fan loves it we know what it means to winning it, the watford has been a long time, you are very long one watford last made the final, this must be so emotional for you. walking through town this week has been emotional,

it is the right word, there is bunting and shops decorated in red and black, and as nigel says, they don't get bored of coming to wembley, but this is different, 1984 was the last time we were here at an fa cup final, this means a lot to the people of watford and the club, people like me who have been looking forward to it for weeks and emotion is the right word, i think there might bea is the right word, i think there might be a few tearstained watford faces. best of luck, enjoy the day, the spirit of the game, so elton john is not here, his two sons will be leaving out the watford team but so be leaving out the watford team but so eltonjohn be leaving out the watford team but so elton john is be leaving out the watford team but so eltonjohn is in copenhagen honouring his concert. i am just thinking of songs that could be related to what happens today, if watford were to lose and manchester city were to win, would he change the words slightly and make it "i guess that's why they call them the sky blues"? i refuse to accept that watford fans will be crying today, i refused to accept it. you are a watford fan on crutches, he could be still singing

"ivm crutches, he could be still singing "i'm still standing". he knew that was coming, that is an old one, apparently. thank you very much. let's talk brexit because the debate around the future of the irish border has been a significant stumbling block in the brexit process , stumbling block in the brexit process, with the forthcoming eu election is expected to be particular hardfought in northern ireland. ahead of the vote next week, our ireland correspondent chris page has been to hear people's views. politics is full of ups and downs. standing for election can be a white knuckle ride, especially during the stop start unpredictable exit process. “— stop start unpredictable exit process. —— brexit. the impact on northern ireland is probably greater than most of places, because of the land border and has with the irish republic. so it is clear what issue is the main ones are voters this

week. i think we should have been out years ago, but i think we need somebody, strong leadership from the government, and we haven't got that. we need a second referendum or do something, because i don't know if brexit is going to be a good idea. something, because i don't know if brexit is going to be a good idealj do brexit is going to be a good ideal do want one. so do i, but i feel it is not a straightforward leave anymore, ijust is not a straightforward leave anymore, i just feel, i'm is not a straightforward leave anymore, ijust feel, i'm not sure if we can actually trust anyone now. this is one of the biggest events in northern ireland, more than 100,000 people visit the mall moral deputy speaker —— bal moral show every year. agriculture and the food industry are important to the economy here. we have an industry and find battle and good form but potentially it will be massively attracted by brexit if we have a withdrawal without a proper agreement behind it, they can affect us agreement behind it, they can affect us in so many different terms, particularly around the movement of people and the access to markets and the tariff that are associated with those. farm animals and farm produce a trade across the border all year round. the invisibility of the

frontier helps to explain why 56% of people in this part of the uk voted to remain in the eu. no matter what three politicians were elected as meps on thursday, businesspeople say they need clarity around brexit. what —— we are frustrated because we are well established here within northern ireland but we would like to get a foot load —— foothold in southern ireland, and at the moment it seems to be far away from us. and people based near the border deeply feel the effect of political decisions or divisions. hopefully it will be a good outcome, because otherwise it is going to be very tricky, even forgetting over and back from the border every day, because we are farmers in the north but the road is in the south. so logistically it would be a nightmare, let alone the business. asa nightmare, let alone the business. as a business point of view, we are only 10—15 miles from the irish border, and to be in a situation where there is going to be a hard

border, it isjust crazy. so we are really dependent on our politicians to get things sorted out, and if it is not sorted out that i don't think we can go out the front door again. brexit has generated strong words and passionate opinions, the last few days have been all about competitions between farmers, but in thursday's contest voters will decide which political arguments are most clear—cut. you can find plenty more details and analysis on the eu elections over on the bbc news website. here's ben with a look at this morning's weather. lots of people out and about. what are we going to face? well, it is that classic with a cliche, a real mixed bag out there. a pretty great

start for some of us. a lot of the cloud will break up. also, pretty heavy showers. you know if it turns up heavy showers. you know if it turns up where you are. throwing areas of cloud in our direction. the cloud across scotland. fairly wet night, particularly in the east. a little bit of patchy rain further south. some eastern areas, the mist in the fog will tend to lift. the cloud will start to break up. it's going to turn into a day of sunny spells. you can see the way in which these hit and miss showers develop. further north across scotland, holding off more in the way of cloud. the wind turning light and patchy through the day. for northern ireland, we keep some cloud. fairly

slow—moving. wembley, for the big fa cup final, equally, some spells of sunshine overhead. those temperatures in the sunshine, up to 1718 degrees. as we go through this evening and tonight, many showers will fade. northern and western scotland, parts of northern ireland. perhaps some really quite dense fog and low cloud. on what will be a relatively mild night. into tomorrow, low pressure just about in charge. not many white lines, not many isobars. charge. not many white lines, not many isoba rs. tomorrow charge. not many white lines, not many isobars. tomorrow morning, some grey and murky conditions. then we will see some sunshine. some of these hit and miss downpours, some heavy and thundery. it could be with

you for quite some time. in the sunshine, there is some warmth to be had with highs of16— sunshine, there is some warmth to be had with highs of 16— 20 degrees. we look ahead to monday. spells of sunshine, the showers most widespread across eastern and northern parts of the uk. not as many down towards the south—west. warm in the sunshine of a shower comes along, it will be wet. it looks like it's rather bad over the other side of the channel. we'll be back with the headlines at 8. now it's time for newswatch. hello and welcome to newswatch with me, samira ahmend. was andrew marr out to get nigel farage last sunday? and do his brexit party and the other parties competing next week in elections for the european parliament receive a fair and proportionate

airtime on the bbc? one of andrew marr‘s guests on his programme last sunday was nigel farage, the leader of the brexit party in polls for the elections to the european parliament. he was not happy with the line of questioning. here we are with one of the biggest changes in politics at ever occurred and you are not even interested what is wrong with the bbc? do you still want to roll back on controls and add guns to this country? i've been going around the country speaking at rallies every night, and you know who is not there? the bbc and from this line of questioning i can see why. you are just not interested. we were just not interested. let's talk about democracy and trust and competence in politics. this is ludicrous. do you still feel that people with hiv should not be allowed in this country? do i think the national health service is there for british people, yes i do. this is absolutely ludicrous, i've never in my life seen

a more ridiculous interview. some viewers enjoyed that robust encounter with john wigmore writing: but the vast majority of those who contacted the bbc were as unimpressed as mr farage. andrew had obviously been put up to go into the old bbc news archives to try to discredit nigel farage and the brexit party. he was not interested in what was happening today and he did not discuss one relevant point about the discontent in the british people and their concerns with democracy. i am absolutely disgusted with the bbc. we put those points to bbc news any spokesperson told us...

the treatment of politicians on air, and the frequency of their appearances has been under more than usual scrutiny new build up to the local elections two weeks ago and next thursday's vote for the european parliament. last week's edition of have i got news for you was pulled at the last minute exit features of the acting leader of change uk heidi allen with the bbc saying it was inappropriate to feature political party leaders in an election period as it did not allow for equal representation of viewers. that issue of equal representation

is a complex one and some viewers have been questioning how it's being applied. here's mandy roberts. let's find out more about those

rules from the bbc‘s chief political adviser rick bailey. are you in breach of your own rules given the brexit party has never fielded any candidates before? when you approach an election, you look at, when you are thinking about coverage of different parties you look at something which starts off with ofcom and talks about the past and current electorate support. starting point, that's how people have voted in previous elections, but this is a unique election and there are some extraordinary circumstances as you suggested. and that cannot possibly cover where there are new parties and so the context of the election is also part of the things you have to take into consideration when you are thinking about how much coverage to give to parties. so for instance, a judgement about current electoral support might look at opinion polls. of course people are sceptical about those and we are very careful to make sure that we only give weight to opinion polls where there is a robust and consistent trend in them.

that's clearly becoming established. is that what you have done here with brexit? that's part of the story. don't forget, the brexit party, although they don't have mps, they do have meps. a number of those are erect elected originally for ukip sit in the european parliament as the brexit party. the same way that change uk have a number of mps at westminster who sit under a new party banner. this is not as if you're going with the party share of the vote number of seats in the previous elections, you are saying they can change party but we can consider all of that now as part of ours. that has always been the case. the liberal democrats and the greens have done very well in local elections and a lot of viewers are asking why they are not getting more airtime in the elections. i would say they are but they do get some due weight and that's reflected in the coverage. it's been unusual because been an overlap between two different sort of election periods. again, weight can be applied to the fact that some parties did better in the local elections,

but that's only part of the story. don't forget those elections are only in some parts of the uk, some of the parties standing in the european elections weren't standing in the locals. it's true that sometimes people notice some bits of coverage and some interviews and that gets a lot more attention. it does not mean they are not getting coverage. nigel farage is standing only as an mep but getting a lot more airtime than other mep candidates, how is thatjustified? he's the leader of a party the same way theresa may and jeremy corbyn and vince cable are leaders of the party. he's notjust sitting there as a candidate and that's true of all parties. people are wondering if the old bbc rules work any more given the strangeness of this election and the brexit party has only one policy but no manifesto, the conservatives don't even want the eu elections to happen and you have brand—new political parties with no track

record vying for airtime. that's the point. this is absolutely a unique election. do the rules need to change how you calculate... the point of the rules is we look at each election in its own context and if you look at the rules as they are put on publicly and therefore our editors, they do set out this context as making those judgements so all of those different elements of lateral support are taken into account, but what people see often, of course there are no perfect answers and no mathematical formula that says this is what impartiality is. why was heidi allen's have i got news for you dropped but nigel farage can be on two shows the same week? it was a single appearance by one party and that's what it was pulled. question time had a whole range of guests during the election period and so does andrew marr. that's how it should be judged. you were on newswatch recently talking about principles but you it's all very well you are talking about impartiality but they don't feel the bbc is being open about how you calculate this, and you cannot expect people to just trust you because you are

the bbc any more. that may well be true but as i said there's no mathematical formula, there's a whole range of things you have to take into account. is it uk—wide? is it a short bulletin or long bulletin? is it a weekly or daily programme, every programme has to think about it in their own context and make a judgement across the election period. you cannotjudge each programme by one single edition but you have a judge across the election and is it being fair? i would say when you're looking at all of those programmes individually, of course, some parties will say we are not getting a fair shout, and it's important we look at that and take it into account. but it has to be said sometimes also that parties will put pressure on to get more coverage and also put pressure on to give less coverage to their opponents. we have to look at that fairly but also sometimes have to resist that pressure. thank you. it is now clear that the long—awaited and much discussed contest to succeed theresa may is not far away. on thursday and seen in headlines

in the news channel senior backbencher graham brady confirmed that the prime minister would set out a timetable for her departure in the first week ofjune. that's the position agreed by the prime minister and the executive. in the meantime the former secretary boris johnson tells a business conference in manchester that of course he will run for the conservative leadership. the eye of bill mccudden was drawn towards the captions of the bottom of the screen there. and finally, these are strange political times and perhaps that's why chris mason's appearance on thursday's breakfast had an unusual visual accompaniment. even cats look on enviously at the number of lives theresa may

seems to have had politically. a little illustration for you here, don't get this kind of stuff on newsnight. if you think back the things that the prime minister has survived politically, it is quite striking. just when we thought we reached peak chris mason, you have done it again. i'm imagining people tuning in ten seconds into that thinking we had been hacked or something. thank you very much indeed to you, and the cats. so was that a harmless and entertaining device? or childish and insulting? paul harrington thought the latter, writing: but owain street had the opposite view:

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