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done in this 6pm. parliament. a british climber dies the race to become on mount everest. the new conservative leader robin haynes fisher and prime minister is under way — is the tenth person to die matt hancock is the latest on the mountain this season. to enter president trump is injapan the contest. for the start of a historic four—day state delivering brexit visit. universities in england is absolutely are told not to ‘scaremonger‘ over finances as a review is expected to call for them to reduce mission—critical and it must their tuition fees by nearly be done as soon as two thousand pounds per mission—critical and it must be done as soon as possible, and it has to be done in year. and in this parliament. sport, a british climber dies on mount everest. historic victory robin haynes fisher is the tenth person to die for celtic, who'vejust beaten heart on the mountain this season president trump is injapan of midlothian to win the domestic treble for a third season for the start of a historic four—day state in a row. visit. universities in england are told not to ‘scaremonger‘ over finances as a review is expected to call for them to reduce their tuition fees by nearly two thousand pounds per year. and in sport, victory over hearts lands celtic the treble for the third season in a row.

ood afternoon. good afternoon. the race is on to find the next prime minister after theresa may resigned yesterday. mrs may said she will stand down onjune seventh but continue while the leadership contest takes place. five conservatives have already announced they will stand but others may also put their names forward. party bosses expect a new leader to be chosen by the end ofjuly. but will a new prime minister be able to end the deadlock over brexit? our political correspondent tom barton takes a look. to serve the country i love. as she prepares to walk away from the top job, the focus now is on who might be the next person to step through the door of number 10 as prime minister. he wants the job. so does he. and her. and him. him too. we need a leaderfor the future, not just for now. of course we've got to deliver brexit, and i will, but we need

to win the argument for free enterprise and a free society and do all the other things we need to do to make this country a great place to live. anybody who pretends there's some magic solution to brexit is misleading the public. if there had been a magic solution, it would have been done already. the reason there isn't a magic solution is it's not about the detailed lines in this deal, it's about the way in which people communicate and negotiate. i've worked in iraq, i've worked in afghanistan, i was a professional diplomat, i negotiate. the field is expected to get bigger. good morning. are you running? although environment secretary michael gove hasn't yet said whether he'll be running. one person who has definitely ruled herself out is amber rudd. a senior cabinet minister and former remain campaigner, she says she is not the right person for the job, right now. i've just decided that it's not for me, i think the party, the members and probably the country

want somebody who is more enthusiastic about brexit than i am. theresa may isn't leaving number 10 just yet. she'll stand down as tory leader on june the 7th. three days later, the leadership contest will formally kick off. it's expected to take several weeks and she'll hand over the keys to downing street at the end ofjuly. the biggest question for the person who eventually moves in, how can they unite parliament and the country around a vision for brexit when the current occupant of number 10 has failed so dramatically? i've been sepaking to the former leader of the conservative party, iain duncan—smith — i asked him who he would like to see lead the conservative party. well i haven't generally made my decision, because i thought it was unseemly for me to even think about this until the prime minister decided whether she was going or not. now she has, i will talk

to all the various candidates, i have said that quite clearly. but the one thing i do say it to those who are standing for election, is that their purpose in life is whatever to bring the party together. and so if that's the case, then telling everybody that they won't serve under one person or the other is not exactly what they need to be doing. we need to come behind whoever winds this competition, as a party, we need to come behind whoever wins this competition, as a party, deliver on the brexit deal, and then take the fight to, what i consider to become a marxist labour party, but that seems the very basic principles, really. if borisjohnson got the job, you would back and then? you would back him then? you would be happy about that? well i stand by what ijust said, however, boris, orwhoever, whoever gets elected by the party in the country, i will certainly support them, and i would encourage everybody to support them, in whatever context on the back benches or in the cabinet or whatever. do you not think that borisjohnson should have stayed in the cabinet, and helped deliver brexit, something he campaigned for, rather than walk away from the cabinet,

and wait in the wings for this contest, this leadership contest? well i think the problem was that the time when he left was when they had the checkers deal, and they were bounced into that. in that deal turned out to be a bit of a disaster, and in fact, the european union rejected one key section of it, so he said that he hadn't been properly consulted, and he didn't think this would work, and as they couldn't get any of the changes, he obviously, not only did he estimate that they and also i understand it, dominic rob, and various others, boris johnson, they all decided they couldn't serve under theresa may with that deal that she was negotiating, was going to be the end product. i just want to try and clear up a spat between you and rory stewart, who is up for the leadership from the international developer and secretary, he said that he would not serve under a boris johnson leadership, you have responded saying, he's stupid, why is he stupid? i said that is stupid, and i also said the same against dominic greve, who is not standing for leadership, my point is very simple,

and i stand by this. if you were standing for the leadership of the party, then you have to accept two import features, the first is, then you have to accept two important features, the first is, that if you are successful, you will reach out to everybody in the party. if you are unsuccessful, that you will pledge yourself to serve whoever gets elected, and to serve them to get this brexit deal done, and i think when a candidate says, i'll tell you what, i don't like that one, i don't like that, and ijust want serve under somebody. i don't like that, and ijust won't serve under somebody. my answer is look, yourjob as candidate, is to pitch the reasons why you will be the leader, and if your pitch, as it appears, is that you can unify the party, it's hardly a recipe for unification if the first thing, and the answer to the first question is, i won't serve under that particular individual. my answer to that is i think, it would be a really good idea, if the candidates don't do that, and they simply say they will serve with whoever gets selected, as i have said. and as most of the party wants to see, and the country for that matter, that whoever becomes

the prime minister, we all serve, do our level best to give them our best support that we can. officials say a british man died on saturday on mount everest — bringing to ten the total death toll this season on the world's largest peak. robin haynes fisher reportedly fell ill while descending from the summit. an irish man, also died on everest yesterday. there have been reports of overcrowding and climbers have been queuing near the summit. jenny kumah has the story. taken just two days ago, this photo shows the queues of people ascending everest, in what's been one of its most deadly weeks. ten people have died in recent days, climbing the world's tallest peak. among them, 44—year—old british man, robin haynes fisher and 56—year—old kevin hynes from ireland. record numbers are making the ascent, trying to take

advantage of a window in the weather conditions. 381 permits have been issued, costing around £9,000 each. but there had been calls for the number of permits to be limited and criticism of the trek operators. the ice wall is a very treacherous part of the mountain, low down it is the first thing you get to coming from base camp. you know, what are they even doing there, who has taken them, who's said to them, it's ok? this week's death toll is higher than the whole for the whole of last year and calls for improved safety are rising. the mountaineer and mountain guide, alan hinkes — the only briton to have climbed all 14 of the world's mountains over 8000 metres — has been giving me his reaction. amazing picture. i have seen pictures like that before, a couple of years ago lots of people doing it. mountain guides and local sherpas are fixing the route

so it makes everest, i hesitate to say easier. we have had ten people die, you are still risking your life. if you are stuck in that queue, it is not good for you, hanging around for several hours and you could get frostbite... 0n the face of it, it looks like it is becoming a free for all. no suggestion any people in that queue do not know what they are doing. do we need a reminder of the dangers and hazards and perhaps a review of how many and how people climb mount everest? to a certain extent but that is down to nepal on the south side and china on the northside, the permit from nepal finishes on the 31st of may so everyone is trying to get it done before the 31st of may. i'd like to think if i was there i would say, i will walk later, not while there is 200 people in the queue. it is illegal to do it on the ist ofjune.

perhaps they could extend the permit is a bit, that might help. a bit, that might help. sadly, you know, the more people that do it, the more that are going to die. i do not wish to sound flippant. it was just that one good day with 200, i do not think there will be 200 in a queue. there could be a queue of several thousand on snowdon this weekend. good grief. do you think the number of deaths we have had this season is significant, is it normal? for that many people to lose their lives? tragic. my heart goes out to the brits and the irish killed. in particular. when i did it 20 years ago, luckily it was a little bit quieter. i think people do need to realise it is dangerous, is everest. if you go with one of these companies you pay money to make sure they are reputable. there are great ones. 0n breakfast telly we had a sheffield —based company,

they will charge more but you will have more duty of care. you've got to be prepared to look after yourself. get a lot of experience before you take that risk. when it comes down to being resilient and experience. around 300 people are taking part in a peace walk from belfast to londonderry in memory of the murdered journalist lyra mckee, was shot dead by dissident republicans during rioting in derry last month. the walkers began theirjourney outside st anne's cathedral, where ms mckee‘s funeral was held. the march is due to finish on monday. president trump and the first lady melania have arrived injapan this

morning for the start of a four—day state visit. mr trump will be the first foreign leader to meetjapan‘s new emperor and he's also presenting a trophy at a sumo wrestling tournament. 0ur correspondent in japan hywel griffith looks ahead to his visit. this is a trip really tailor—made for president trump. we will see him tomorrow playing golf, we know that's one of his favourite pastimes, later on a trip to sumo wrestling. we know that he was quite a fan of wrestling back in the states, a different type, but he'll be there with a front row seat in an important competition in tokyo. in all those pictures of him will be projecting a sort of close friendship with the prime minister shinzo abe. the two men have been close in meeting and speaking over the phone a0 times you are told since president trump came to power and their relationship is key for both men possible future success, both have elections

on the horizon and so they need to show us two world leaders they work together closely. also on the menu over the next few days will be nailing down the details of a bilateral trade deal betweenjapan and the us. the us wasn't keen to be part of the multilateral deal, the transpacific partnership that donald trump rubbished, he wanted something one—on—one and so over the last few months and years, we have seen them working closely with teams in the background, hammering out the details. there are concerns around the japanese economy as to whaat donald trump might want to do over the steel industry here. there are also concerned of the future of the automotive industry, companies like toyota have a big presence in the us, donald trump, however, wants to champion american car—makers. so in the back rooms, maybe the conversations and meal times, may be able to discuss is one other vital employee engagement, donald trump will become the first international leader to meet the new emperor. emperor naruhito. this is a new imperial reign,

the time of reiwa, therefore, i think that will play to his status and sense of importance is a global and sense of importance as a global leader with being the first person invited to come here to meet the new emperor. one of mr trump's first engagements injapan was to speak at a meeting of japanese business leaders in tokyo. the relationship with japan and the united states, i can say for a fact has never been stronger, it's never been more powerful, never been closer. this is a very exciting time for commerce between the two countries, which we both love. the united states and japan are two of the largest economies in the world. you're right there, you are doing fantastically well. i was looking very closely on the ride over at some of the numbers being produced injapan and you are doing great. today we are cooperating closely across many industries, including defence, technology, digital economy and energy. also, infrastructure,

science and so much more. as you know, the united states and japan are hard at work negotiating a bilateral trade agreement, which will benefit both of our countries. i would say that japan has had a substantial edge for many, many years. but that's ok, maybe that's why you like us so much. but we'll get it a little bit more fair i think, i think we'll do that. police are continuing to question a man and a woman on suspicion of murdering two boys aged 13 and 14 in an incident at a house in sheffield. well, we can speak now to our correspondent, phil bodmer, who's covering the story and joins us live now from sheffield. phil — what's the latest? in the last hour, south yorkshire police said four children were taken

to hospital yesterday morning following that serious incident in the north of the city and have not been released from hospital. emergency services recall it to a green area of the city, yesterday morning at half past seven. neighbours reported more than a dozen police cars, ambulances and various emergency services therein, including the landing of an air ambulance at a nearby school. six children, including a seven—month—old baby were taken to hospital as a result of that call to the emergency services, two teenage boys 13 and 1a died. people have been laying flowers close to the address where this tragic incident took place. it 37—year—old man and a ao—year—old woman remained in custody this afternoon, being held on suspicion of murder. they continued to be questioned by detectives. police are by looking for more involved, and they want to

reassure the local community. we are awaiting the information of postmortem on the deceased and will find more on the weekend. the headlines on bbc news. another two cabinet ministers — matt hancock and rory stewart — enter the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister. a british climber dies on mount everest. robin haynes fisher is the tenth person to die on the mountain this season president trump arrives injapan for the start of a historic four—day state visit. a boat carrying eight migrants on board has been intercepted off the dover coast by border force agents, bringing the total number of people who have arrived to the uk in small boats this month to 1110. this is the highest number of people brough ashore by the authorities since december last year when sajid javid declared a

‘major incident‘. 0ur correspondent simonjones gave us the latest. this morning, the border force were alerted at about 620 that there was another boat carrying migrants headed towards the coast of kent. they sent out one of their cutters, one of their specialist vessels and that picked up the small boat, eight people on board. we were told seven of those said they were from iran, one from afghanistan. they were brought back to shore along with their small boat and handed over to immigration officials for questioning after being given the 0k health—wise. yesterday, there was another boat with 18 people on board, certainly the weather is playing a factor in this and what is notable is that it brings a number of people who have been picked up and brought to kent so far this month to 1110. there is always an argument, isn't there. 0ver who is responsible, is it the french side or is it the uk site? what are authority saying? are they coping with it,

are they capturing everyone trying to get across? if you recall the events of last december when this was being seen by people as a crisis. sajid javid, the home secretary cut short a holiday, came back here and say i am taking personal charge of the situation and declared it a major incident, he brought back a couple of cutters from the mediterranean. some said the cutters in the channel, that could encourage people to make the perilous crossing because they think they'll simply be found and picked up and brought to the uk. in terms of who's responsible for this, really depends on international waters. halfway from france, if the french find them, they should be taken back to france, if they're in uk waters, they are brought back here. some people are saying, such as the mp in dover, that anyone found in the channel should be sent back to france, they should be safely escorted back to france because more of a deterrent. the reality is a lot of people on these boats are getting into uk waters, they know they're not far from the coast and are actually dialling 999 themselves because they want to be found, because they know if they're

picked up in uk waters, they are brought back into the uk and then they can potentially claim asylum in this country. a 48—year—old man, charged with the murdering his elderly parents at their west london flat, has appeared in court. sergey koudriav—tsev handed himself in to police in surrey before the bodies of a 69—year—old man and a 68—year—old woman were found inside a flat in kensington on monday. universities in england should not "scaremonger" over their finances ahead of a possible reduction in tuition fees — that's according to the education secretary, damian hinds. the minister also said the government is looking closely at the quality of degrees and graduate earnings. there have been warnings that lowering tuition fees to seven—and—a—half thousand pounds per year could put some institutions at risk of going bust. sarah walton reports. universities say they're worried about money. a report due out next week is expected to call

for a cut in tuition fees. but the education secretary, damian hinds, says claims universities across england are struggling financially is scaremongering. the augar review was commissioned by theresa may to find ways of making university education better value for money. it's expected to suggest ideas like lowering maximum tuition fees from more than £9,000 to £7,500 a year, limiting student numbers, and offering incentives for shorter, cheaper, two—year degree courses. damian hinds has spoken in the past, revealing that while most sectors have had to tighten their belts since the financial crash, universities have seen their income from fees go up. he also pointed to an increase in the number of international students who pay more for tuition. but there have been reports of universities being on the brink of bankruptcy. and one institution has been revealed as having needed a bailout from the office of students.

universities uk says any drop in fees should be replaced with funding from the government to avoid harm to students, the economy, and communities that benefit from universities. sarah walton, bbc news. speaking earlier from their annual conference in harrogate, paul cottrell, acting general secretary at the university and college union, said that reducing tuition fees for university students would have a serious impact on university finances. a reduction in university fees to £7,500 would immediately wipe £1.8 billion a year off university income. that could have a devastating effect on universities. it would lead to widespread closure of departments and even to the closure of whole institutions. the effect it would be to reduce access to higher education for future students, as well as reducing the quality of education they receive when they get there. it wouldn't resolve student debt, they would still be leaving

university with debts of £23—30000. this is the worst of all possible solutions. the answer is to abolish tuition fees and look at other ways of funding university. for example, getting a business and industry to contribute more. corporation tax has been cut, those cuts could be reversed and that could fund universities and make them fit for dealing with what is a very uncertain future facing the country at the moment. two campaign groups, have filed a lawsuit against the state of alabama over its new law which imposes an almost total ban on abortion. the law was approved by alabama's state legislature earlier this month, and is due to come into effect in november. gail maclellan reports. the lawsuit follows a week of protests across the country, vocal opposition to a slew of state abortion bands. if the alabama state legislature has its way,

doctors performing abortions would face a jail sentence with a maximum term of 99 years. the band, which offers no exception for rape or incest, with a maximum term of 99 years. the ban, which offers no exception for rape or incest, was signed last week, but has not yet taken effect. the wave of anti—abortion legislation in mississippi, georgia, kentucky, ohio, missouri, is being seen as an effort to prompt the us supreme court to overturn roe v wade, the landmark 1973 case that guarantees a woman's constitutional right to abortion. the american civil liberties union says banning abortion is blatantly unconstitutional, violating supreme court precedent. the sponsor of the bill, the author of the bill, and even the governor of alabama herself have all stated that they know that it is unconstitutional. they know that it is going to be blocked by the courts, and yet they still feel emboldened, emboldened by president trump's anti—abortion agenda, emboldened by the restrictions

they've been pushing over the years, to pass this extreme be on anyway. but they know that it's unconstitutional. so help me god, congratulations. the addition to the supreme court of justice's nominated by donald trump, brett kavanaugh has tilted the court towards the right, and given anti—abortion campaigners confidence. they are hoping to supreme court will rule against abortion, and against the precedent set over four decades ago. rules that allow homeowners in england to build larger extensions without planning permission are being made permanent. the decision means people can make additions to terraced and semidetached homes of up to six metres and up to eight metres on detached properties. ministers say families will now avoid time—consuming red—tape — but the local government association has warned that councils won't be able consider the impact of such extensions on neighbouring

residents. the troubled retail giant arcadia, is to close twice as many stores as it had said it would earlier this week. the group, which own brands such as topshop, burton and dorothy perkins, said it would close a further 23 sites as part of a rescue plan. our business correspondent katy austin gave us the latest from their headquarters. it once dominated the high streets, it has been struggling in the face of falling sales and rising costs, they announced that as part of a plan to secure the group's future, it was shut 23 stores and cut rent for nearly 200 more, that would be hundreds of jobs lost. for nearly 200 more, that would be hundreds ofjobs lost. today, sources have confirmed that whatever happens with that deal, which is yet to be approved by landlords, pension

trustees, with fm so that, 25 additional stores are when metal closure. along with some —— met with. that does not mean those brand names would disappear from the with. that does not mean those brand names would disappearfrom the high streets, but the focus will certainly be more on increasing their online sales. the number of stores which looks set to be closed under the survival plan is close to 50, that means many morejobs could be lost and have been announced earlier this week. crew had to evacuate a cargo ship after it began tilting in the river mersey. the container vessel began listing at gladstone dock in liverpool in the early hours of yesterday morning. the maritime and coastguard agency said the ship was back on an even keel, and all crew were safe. girl power is back, time to look out your unionjack dresses, tracksuits,

platforms and leopard print because last night the spice girls returned to the stage to kick off their arena tour with their hit single spice up your life. baby, scary, ginger and sporty took to the stage in dublin minus posh to perform in front of a 82—thousand strong audience for the first time since the 2012 opening ceremony of the london 0lympics. it's day 2 of radio 1's big weekend in middlesbrough. around 64 thousand fans are expected at stewart park over the weekend. last night miley cyrus unexpectedly joined mark ronson on stage to perform their hit "nothing breaks like a heart". stormzy and mumford and sons have already been entertaining the crowds today. butjess glynne has announced she won't be singing tonight as she has a sore throat. radio 1 newsbeat reporter nesta mcgregor is at stewart park for us.

what a day it has been, day two of the big weekend, the park is the venue the big weekend, the park is the venue and once again, what an amazing day of music we had. mumford and sons opened up, on the main stage, this guy has the number one album in the uk at the moment and this morning, he was serving at the ba kery this morning, he was serving at the bakery in middlesboro. quite a treat for everyone in town. latte and sausage and roll, please. another person, she hasjust pulled out, a p pa re ntly person, she hasjust pulled out, apparently due to a throat and the us sender tallied is going to be taking her place. after tonight's headline, miley cyrus, i was lucky enough to see her sound check and you are in for a real treat. the day of music does not end, the 1975 on

stage, the music is been outstanding, the crowd is been described as the willy wonka golden ticket of music. all roads lead to miley cyrus who will headline the festival tonight. let's introduce you now to a puppy named ‘shuck‘, who has become the newest recruit at a thatcher‘s firm in norfolk. hejoins his owner richard, on roofing jobs across east anglia, without showing any fear of heights. they've only been together for a few weeks, but have become inseparable. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. some of us have started the weekend with warm sunshine, for others, we have had more cloud, a bit of rain around as well. that's as an atlantic weather system heads our way. along through the night,

and into sunday morning, we will see further outbreaks of rain in scotland, the rain comes back into northern ireland, and reaching towards westernmost parts of england and wales, by the end of the night. some clear spells toward central and eastern england, it is going to be a mild night out there. as we look at the picture for tomorrow, some rain in scotland, pretty wet start for many of us here, but it clears from northern ireland, and outbreaks of showery rain head further south through england and wales during the day. not much rain at all though, the further south you are. we will keep some outbreaks of rain in northern scotland, where as elsewhere, it will turn drier, brighter, some sunny spells, it will feel cooler and fresher behind this area of cloud and showery rain, a very noticeable westerly breeze out there. bringing the temperatures down a few degrees, still a few spots towards the southeast, creeping into the low 20s.

hello this is bbc news with chris rogers. the headlines. another two cabinet ministers — matt hancock and rory stewart — enter the race to become the new conservative leader and prime minister. a british climber dies on mount everest. robin haynes fisher is the tenth person to die on the mountain this season president trump arrives injapan for the start of a historic four—day state visit. universities in england are told not to ‘scaremonger‘ over finances as a review is expected to call for them to reduce their tuition fees by nearly 2000 pounds per year. and in sport , a historic victory for celtic, who's win against heart of midlothian lands them the domestic treble for a third season in a row.

and coming up before the end of the hour. a special edition of the bbc‘s brexitcast — from the day theresa may set a date for her departure. now to sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzie greenwood—hughes. good evening. celtic have won this year's scottish cup final — completing their total domination of domestic football in scotland for 3 seasons. they've done the unprecented — treble—treble beating hearts 2—1 today. chris mclaughln is at hampden park for us. the 134th scottish cup final, that for celtic, three was the magic number. they were looking for their third successive trouble. it wasn't a great game, to be honest, in the first half, which pretty much with the glasgow weather, all the little bit dull. soaked up what

celtic could offer, despite this, the champions offered up very little. it wasn't great all around, actually, this chance sort of summed it up just before half—time. but shortly after the break, the goal of the game was crying out for, first blood to the underdogs. but their lead didn't last long, celtic pushed past, and a penalty was given, edward leveler, relief for those in green and white. all a little bit stodgy again until ten minutes before the end, with history, henderson, edward, once again made hampden goal. his fans came along here hoping to see something special, and once again, celtic delivered. it wasn't their best performance, these fans won't care about that, because there team has

made football history, the trouble trouble is theirs. england won their penultimate warm—up game ahead of next month's women's world cup. they beat denmark 2—nil in a friendly in walsall — but it was a far from perfect performance as manager phil neville tinkers with the squad. joe lynsky reports. ina in a fortnight stein, england's women swap the west midlands for the south of france, the world cup now is coming into view. and these are the final lessons before the summers main exam. denmark haven't qualified this time, but two years ago, they we re this time, but two years ago, they were second out the euros. although this was a friendly england were having to quickly adjust, after that block from jade moore, next denmark was stopped by a referee's decision. this finish was ruled out for handball, but next month, when dar checks up, it might be different. in times like this, england need their star quality, and in france, that may often come from paris. nikita

perez has just been voted the rightist player of the year, these are the moments she can muster to change an underwhelming first half. and soon from being up against it, england found control. lead with the cross, and a terrific second half or england, again, it's someone on second half or england, again, it's someone on the play, but it was beautifully created! that goal number two would see england through to the finish, but this was a day when denmark were unlucky, on the home side toiled. at the stage, this close to the finals, they know there is work to do. ijust want is work to do. i just want to is work to do. ijust want to do the basics well, pass the ball to each other, it's a bit sloppy at times, sloppy, slow, i was bored watching in the first half, and i don't want the supporters to feel that way. want to pay with a better temple, we have to play through the elements, my players were shattered, i've got to say, we have worked so hard, but there are still massive improvements to go. england have one more home farewell to come next weekend, but it's performances go, they hope the

world cup looks very different from warsaw, joe linsky, bbc news. tranmere rovers have won back to back promotions and will now play in league one next season after beating newport county in the last two minutes of extra time. both teams failed to take their opportunities in normal time. james norwood had perhaps tranmere's best chance after just 2a minutes, with this volley from 12 yards — stopped by newport‘s goalkeeperjoe day. then midway through the second half jamille matt's header was denied spectacularly by tranmere's scott davies. newport were then dealt a blow before stoppage time as they were reduced to 10 men after captain mark 0'brien received a second booking. in extra time, conorjennings scored the only goal of the game to get mickey melons promoted once again. the cricket world cup might not start until next week but there's a fierce contest going—on in southampton as england warm—up against

old rivals australia. australia's disgraced former captain steve smith shrugged—off the boos with a composed century as australia made 297 from their 50 overs. smith is only recently back from his ball tampering ban along with team mate david warner. liam plunkett was the pick of the england bolwers with four for 69 but there'll be concern about mark wood who went—off injured early in the innings. he is having a scan on his ankle. in reply england were looking shaky until joss buttler hit a quickfire half— century and james vince top scored on 64. england currently 230—5 off 3a overs — needing over a run a ball for victory. england's first world cup game is on thursday against south africa. let's deal with cricket in somerset. somerset are on course to win county cricket's one day cup for the first time in nearly twenty years... they restricted defending champions hampshire to 244—8 from their 50 overs. jamie 0verton with three of somerset‘s wickets. somerset have looked comfortable

in their chase. 0pener tom banton scoring 69. somerset are currently 203—1; and need less than 50 runs to win. they need 36 and 71 balls, so unlike england, there should be a fairly co mforta ble england, there should be a fairly comfortable victory, it's going to be very tight for england and southhampton though. now it's the eve of formula 0ne's most glamourous race of the season — the monaco grand prix — and qualifying kept the crowds on the edge of their seats as lewis hamilton said he had to take his car to the limit to steal pole from his mercedes team mate valterri bottas by 800ths of a second. but it was another very poor day for ferrari.jennie gow reports from monte carlo. well it's turned into a beautiful day here in the monaco, certainly from mercedes, they have managed another 1—2 and qualifying, but for ferrari, what could have been, turned into a pretty disastrous day. nick parrot reports. 0n the tight and twisty streets of monaco, ferrari were hoping to turn a corner. the young driver

went quickest and final practise, and held the backing of royalty in his hometown. but knowing the place like the back of his hand didn't stop him or his team from making mistakes. theirs was deciding not to send him out for a final lap in the first session of qualifying. as he tumbled on the leaderboard, team—mate sebastian was also struggling to make it through. the german took his last chance, but that knocked leclair out, condemning him to start from 16th. good today we really only got one driver, they need to understand how, how to make these decisions better. world champion, lewis hamilton, said driving it was like wrestling a ball. but he held on to break the track record, and claim pole for the first time since the opening race of the season. that's it i'm talking bout! yes! just the desire and the will to get this poll, it means so much to me, i had to dig deeper than ever, and i'm so glad i got to get that deep, and i'm just really

grateful, as i said, to my team, and it was beautiful. ifeel amazing. 0na circuit it was beautiful. ifeel amazing. on a circuit where it's difficult to overta ke, on a circuit where it's difficult to overtake, he will be favoured to beat his team—mate, valerie bought us, fora beat his team—mate, valerie bought us, for a second race in a row. so lewis hamilton beside himself withjoy at getting so lewis hamilton beside himself with joy at getting pole so lewis hamilton beside himself withjoy at getting pole position. so important around a track like monaco, but in short, it was shar leclair, the young for ari driver, who wanted answers from his team. how could they let him just sit there in the garage watching his time, as others went faster and faster. he will start the race in 16th position, and on almighty task for him to finish, even in the top ten, ona for him to finish, even in the top ten, on a circuit that's his home track, and where he is so desperately wanting to prove a point. european rugby union champions saracens are just one match away from successfully defending their premiership title. they're through to the final after beating gloucester — but they had to come from behind. ben morgan putting gloucester ahead early on. that was as good as it got for gloucester though. six saracens' tries followed, including a 1k minute

hat—trick for nick tompkins. gloucester did score two tries late on — but saracens held on for a comfortable 114—19 win. they will play either exeter or northampton in the final next week, they built a commanding 14—0 lead, hampton scored two quick tries, the saints were awarded a penalty try before they went over in, exeter are leading again 21—12 with the second half under way at sandy park. rugby league's magic weekend is underway at liverpool's anfield stadium and what a game we've had to start. wakefield trailed the catalan dragons 12 nil at half time but fought back to lead before benjamin garcia restored the catalan advantage. they were soon level though thanks to this try from ben jones bishop. there was just one point in it going into the final minute before garcia got his second try of the match to seal victory.

he scored! he's wanted! there was a british 1—2 in the irish 2000 guineas at the curragh this afternoon. phoenix of spain was the shock winner of the classic at 16—1 in his first race of the season. trained by charlie hills and ridden byjamie spencer, he comfortably saw—off the favourite too darn hot to win by 3 lengths. that's all the sport for now. you can find out more about all of that cricket information and all the days poured on the bbc sport website at that's bbc. c0. uk/sport. next on bbc news — brexit cast... brexit cast. brexit cast, from bbc five live, and bbc news. brexit means brexit. breaking up is hard. the people voted, and they have to get on with it. a process which i can only describe as, a dog's brexit. brexit means brexit. but what does brexit mean? well hello, it's chris in westminster.

laura in westminster. kat here in brussels. and adam in brussels. so laura, chuffin heck, what a day! yeah, huge day. big day, enormous day. we brexit casters have been talking for months and months about the crushing inevitability of theresa may having to go at some point, today it's happening. and for any country, the day when their political leader says they are stepping down is a huge moment, i mean forget about brexit, perish the thought, forget about brexit for a moment, we will now have, by the end ofjuly, someone else in charge of running the country, making the decisions that affect all of our lives, in all sorts of ways and when it came this morning at downing street, it was quite a moment. i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold. the second female prime minister, but certainly not the last. i do so with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring

gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love! at that point, she turns around and walks back through the door, for all of that character as the may bot, a hugley human moment. absolutely, and you know some people were saying oh, at last she shows she's real and has real feelings. i think, in funny way, it's a metaphore for what's happened in the past couple of weeks, despite all the hard work and everything, the wrangling, the wrangling, the fighting the persistence, in the end, theresa may was overwhelmed by the challenge. but she was overwhelmed emotionally today, of course, as a human being, you would be. and, but, that is really what has happened. she has been overwhelmed by people in parliament not wanting to really give up their own pet unicorn, she's been overwhelmed by the divisions in her party and the complexity of this project, and the problems and mistakes

that she made along the way that have built up. it's intriguing, i know we were saying the other day that she had made things worse and that speech that she gave, that felt like an eternity ago. yup. that was tuesday, today is friday. and that set in time the events that had led to today, and yes, for a while there's been an inevitability that this moment was going to come, but even so, if we rewound ten days, it wasn't certain that it was necessarily this imminent. people might have said, would it be after the european election results, would it be later than that in early june? after the visit with president trump? blah, blah, blah. but no, the moment has come. it did, and in a funny way, you know covering politics, in the end, it's actually, it's always really quick and brutal. it suddenly comes, and that is really what's happened in, you know, a period of 48—72 hours. is it the men in grey suits? or the one man in a grey suit with a sealed envelope, or? yeah, there were apparently lots of sealed envelopes,

but there are backbenchers who have had enough, they made it clear they were going to force her out if she tried to carry on. but the real thing that changed actually, since we are last chatting on tuesday night, was the cabinet's turned against her. and you can't go on then, however determined or resolute you are, and we have talked lots of times here, haven't we, about how, at what point does being resolute become stubborn? and then become being actually deluded and losing touch with reality. such a contrast though, i mean i was thinking when she, you know, when she was so overwhelmed that she turned around and sort of fled back into number ten, what a contrast to david cameron when he came out and then gave this, after this vote that devastated the country, devastated like from an impact, you know, some happy and some sad, but it was a massive, you know, moment for the country and then said he was off, and exactly this sort of sombe.. but sorry, sorry to be a penance. adam is going to make the pedants point here.

having been there for all those moments all those years ago, on the day after the referendum result, at eight o'clock in the morning, when cameron came out with sam by his side, his voice cracked on exactly the same point of his departure speech. it did. when he talks about the honour it was to serve the country. it did. right? it was actually several weeks later, when it had become clear that he was definitely going to be much earlier. i stand corrected. still sticks in your mind through. i will always room for that day, because that was the day he and i were dressed exactly the same. exactly the same! so deep and meaningful. that is why it sticks in my mind. i will always remember. i always remember finding that on the tape. because we didn't hear that. we found it, so we were in the edit suite, and this is, you know, niche, but may be interesting to people who like tearing down the fourth wall of her majesty's press. we found it on the tape, it was like what? he's like humming, and off i go, well done me. aha.

now i'm going to go on to the world to go surfing, or whatever, and i would we wear have to say, we were struck. that might be something worth putting on the tele— box. despite adam's chronological clarification, i think the point that you make of the different personalities and the lack of likelihood, to put it mildly, that theresa may would do that in any circumstance, either now or later kind of stands... go mac the contrast is intense. limit what you have said so often, both of you, is however much grimace neck criticism theresa may has come over at home, and here in the eu as well. you have always said she is somebody who passionately loves her party, and passionately loves her country. the whole of the union, and thatis country. the whole of the union, and that is something i think that you could not miss today. whether it was a mistake or not to cry, or

you know, people will analyse it i'm sure from all sorts of angles. and also they will unfortunately come of course, just recommend to anyone who starts to go on about a female politicians, suddenly showing their emotion, when you know, male politicians would never do such a thing, it's maybe not a great kind of thing to start off about, because it's really annoying, it's a total double standard. how did you feel about the suggestion that theresa may took her in hand, and told herto suggestion that theresa may took her in hand, and told her to resign. well what was interesting about the real controversy about the comment to be properly, was one of the papers, the metro splashed with that, saying something like telling philip, and actually i think it's very widely known that theresa may really sees her husband, actually, as her closest political adviser. as, you know, as an equal like that, soi as, you know, as an equal like that, so i think that what he was meeting was really that he is the only person that she will listen to, not like you know, get back indoors, love. we should be specific before we go any further about the timeline. because there are lots of

things flashing on on news channels talking about theresa may standing down, and the data in a couple of weeks, and the 7th ofjune. if that is her attending her resignation as the leader of the conservative party, and she carries on as prime minister for party, and she carries on as prime ministerfor another, best party, and she carries on as prime minister for another, best part of two months after that, whilst the contest two months after that, whilst the co ntest ru ns two months after that, whilst the contest runs its course, until about 20 something ofjuly, we yet formally known. two more eu summits to come true. next tuesday, and then june and of terms on it. we will see her here twice. what will that be like?” her here twice. what will that be like? i kinda think she wont even do a doorstep on the red carpet, because we all know she hated doing them anyway. i don't know what you mean. if she doesn't have to do them any more, because he fired yourself, then he wouldn't really do it. you wouldn't put yourself there would you? comedy people are actually running, genuinely, or will we have to wait a little while to really know? jeremy hunt was at guilford station this

morning, in which he was, excited about, a direct service to farnam opening up, find constituency, foreign secretary talking about all these domestic, and then rolled up at the hazel mere festival. you'll mikey did. i mickey told his nuchal loose paper, that he is in the running. so he is a definite candidate, there are a lot of people talking by how they are, you know sea rcy talking by how they are, you know searcy considering etc etc without definitively saying yes. he has declared, stewart has definitely declared, stewart has definitely declared, borisjohnson, declared, stewart has definitely declared, boris johnson, who declared, stewart has definitely declared, borisjohnson, who is in interla ken declared, borisjohnson, who is in interlaken in declared, borisjohnson, who is in interla ken in switzerland, declared, borisjohnson, who is in interlaken in switzerland, at a conference. interesting in his linkage, dorisjohnson today, talking about, and swiss german. was he? no,... no... it was a joke he? no,... no... it was ajoke on language. you never know, he does speak and lots of linkages, boris johnson. you never know, he does speak and lots of linkages, boris johnsonm a linkage of charge, is to? it is not bothering with english. sorry about that. anyway,

what i had to say was in english, thankfully, from my language limited brain. but, he put straight back on the table, didn't he idea of deal or no deal. you may guess. so addressing those who think it was a big mistake to ever talk about taking no deal off the table. and he got lots of people excited really quickly by saying well, we are basically going to leave at the bed to back end of october, whatever happens, and that will be one of the big fault lines in the tory leadership contest, is who will say openly, they are willing to leave without a deal, and who will say, absolutely not a chance, or i will do every thing in my possible power, but you know, i think also people getting a froth about everything borisjohnson says, he can change. shall ijust say borisjohnson says, he can change. shall i just say that? you've got a marathon having you? adam and chris, you have got to tell it, mind the times. that starts at ten o'clock, uk time at 55, 11 o'clock at radio four. midnight on

the road surface. i should say, teresa... to michael you really have learned your timelines. why not subscribe to a brexit informed podcast? i think she would really love that. you are not concentrating in the back room there, we can hear gail's of laughter. if you don't want to listen to the radio and instead watch the tele box, katie will be on it as well. we will have another telling marathon and bits of brexit cast. we will be wearing our bowties, laura. you may guess, maybe, that's a good idea. law it is a good idea. goodbye everyone. goodbye everyone. hello whether changes are under way this bank holiday weekend. some of us this bank holiday weekend. some of us have started it with warm sunshine, further those, you may well have seen more cloud out there, some of us have had a bit of rain as well, a sign of things to come, and an atlantic weather system is moving m, an atlantic weather system is moving in, this is where, of course,

we see noticeably sunshine earlier today, as well as cloud spinning in from the atlantic with a bit of rain around. so some of that rain as we go into the evening, and overnight period as well. particularly in scotland, some heavier bursts developing here, wettest towards the west and northwest. northern ireland sings ina west and northwest. northern ireland sings in a brakes of rain coming back overnight, starting to push in towards western parts of england and wales, later in the night, remains mainly dry through central and eastern england, with clear spells, maybe one or two mist and fog patches, temperatures are staying up, it is a mild night going into sunday morning. wet start in scotland, although the heavy rain will use for many, still some outbreaks of rain in northern scotland. shari rained spreading further south across england and wales, not much rain is tonight not much rain much rain at all. weakening is a move south. elsewhere, it will turn drier, brighter, some sunny spells, it will feel cooler, and fresher, still some spots fell, towards the southeast, into the low 20s, but to single figures in the rain and northern scotland. as it will be another cool

wet day on bank holiday monday. elsewhere, some sunshine around, some clouds going to build, showers start to break out, the chance of catching some happy ones, particularly across the western side of uk, notice the arrows indicating the breeze though, some of these showers will spread a bit further east during the day, but not many at all east during the day, but not many at a ll towards east during the day, but not many at all towards the east and southeast, but started the weekend here in the low 20s, just into the high teens on the very warmest spots. as we take a look at the picture into tuesday, it is going to feel much cooler and fresher, because notice the winds now switching around to a northerly. a lot of dry weather around, but building cloud will bring the chance of catching one or two showers out there, but for many of us, temperatures will actually be a bit below average for the time of year. so we are entering a spell of cooler, more unsettled weather to come for the rest of the weekend, temperatures gradually coming down, the breeze starts to pick up, some rain around, maybe not as much as you would like though in the gardens across southern most parts of the uk. this is how it looks all the way into next weekend, and by next weekend, it looks like high pressure is building in from the south, as it

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