you're watching bbc newsroom live. i'm shaun ley. it's ham and these are the main stories this morning. tory leadership candidate jeremy hunt warns that pushing for a no—deal brexit would be ‘political suicide‘ for his party. i want to solve the brexit crisis we are in and i am worried that if we don't solve it, we will face a political crisis that is far bigger, actually, than our legal relationship with the european union. it could lead to the destruction of our party system and the end of my own party. pressure grows on labour leader jeremy corbyn to change his party's policy on another brexit referendum. two people — including a 12—year—old girl — have died in a knife attack on a group of schoolchildren at a bus stop injapan. another climber dies on everest —

the 11th to perish on the mountain this season, after reports of overcrowding the hit series gavin and stacey will return to our screens for a christmas special later this year, almost a decade after it last aired. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm shaun ley. one of the conservative leadership contenders has warned that a no—deal brexit would cause what he called "political suicide" for his party. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said any such move would trigger a general election, risking the "extinction" of the tories. one of his rivals, the environment secretary michael gove, has pledged to allow eu nationals

who were in the uk at the time of the referendum to apply for citizenship free of charge. the housing minister, kit malthouse, has become the tenth mp to join the race to succeed theresa may. he says the leadership campaign cannot be about the "same old faces". let's get more on this from norman smith, our assistant political editor. hello. this one is shaping up nicely for a real battle of wills, notjust over the future of the conservative party but the future of brexit. over the future of the conservative party but the future of brexitm is becoming the defining issue in the tory leadership contest and more than that coming down to one component of brexit, namely this issue about no deal and whether we should leave on october the 31st without an agreement or whether we have to get a deal. what is interesting about the intervention ofjeremy hunt is he has deliberately pitched himself as the man who will stand up to the likes of borisjohnson man who will stand up to the likes of boris johnson and man who will stand up to the likes of borisjohnson and other brexiteers who are just saying we should get out and not bother with a deal. he says clearly that would be disastrous. his argument is if any

conservative prime minister tried to push ahead with no deal the house of commons would not wear it and there would be a vote of no confidence which he says would trigger a general election and in that he argues the tories would be annihilated, jeremy corbyn elected and he speculates mr corbyn would be supported by the snp which would lead to the break—up of the union. so we have a clear divide emerging on the issue of no deal which is becoming a litmus test for tory mps over who they will back. the other interesting thing aboutjeremy hunt, he floated the idea of broadening the team that goes into negotiations to include key brexiteers in erg, the european research group, and members of the dup. have a listen. how do i think we could do things differently? first of all, one of the reasons that they weren't flexible in changing the withdrawal agreement is they weren't confident that the british government would be able to deliver parliament for any

deal that they agreed to. and indeed they were right. well, that's why i think what we need to do is have a new negotiating team. in that team needs to be not just the government, but the dup, the erg. i think you should have someone from scotland and wales, so that the union side of these issues is properly thought through. and then... the labour party? i think the labour party front bench has shown that they aren't prepared to do this good faith. now also out and about today we have the home secretary sajid javid who is putting himself forward as a contender. his pitch seems to be he is the man who can unite the country and appeal to people perhaps who other contenders cannot reach. he also was asked the crucial no deal question and you have to say for now at least, he dodged it. i think what the public want to see is much more trust with their politicians, a much stronger, more confident relationship.

i am concerned about the future and how we do that and that's why i think we need the right type of leadership. someone that can promote unity, that can bring people together. sadly, i think there are too many divides in our country today, whether someone was leave or remain, or whether the north or the south, whether they are young or old. i think we should not be exploiting any of these divisions. what we need to do is to bring people together and i do think that i am in a unique position to dojust that. will you be pushing for no deal? well, brexit is clearly going to be one of the big issues that has addressed properly and every confident candidate has to come candidate has to come forward with a credible plan, so i will have much more to say on that in the coming days. thank you very much. there would usually be the case in this situation the main opposition party would be gleefully stirring the pot on the government's discomfort over it, but if anything,

the discomfort is felt equally on the discomfort is felt equally on the labour side. it is, because let's be honest, brexit has shaken the two main parties to the core and the two main parties to the core and the scope for compromise, some sort of centre ground proposal, which to an of centre ground proposal, which to a n exte nt of centre ground proposal, which to an extent both the main parties were pursuing, has crumbled and they are both being pushed apart, the tories to embracing no deal and, on the labour side, jeremy corbyn under massive pressure now to come out and unequivocally back another referendum. it is notjust the usual suspects who are demanding that. some of mr corbyn‘s key allies. we saw yesterdayjohn mcdonnell, who has been withjeremy corbyn through thick and thin saying we are not going to get a general election, we will have to go for another referendum and this morning, diane abbott, exactly the same closeness tojeremy corbyn, long—standing

figure on the left, similarly saying to mr corbyn, we are going to have to mr corbyn, we are going to have to back a people's vote. ideally, we would want a general election. that's always been our position, it remains our position. but, as the clock ticks down, if we are not going to have a general election, we would support a people's vote. and let me just say this. there is no inherent contradiction between respecting the result of the referendum and having a people's vote. not least, because it's still not sure how a people's vote would pan out. i've always argued that it's perfectly possible that leave would win again. but we are supporting a people's vote strongly, now, because it's the right thing to do and it's the democratic thing to do. we have not had much clarity from jeremy corbyn where he stands on another referendum. he put out a letter to mps last night in which he

suggested if they could not get a general election there should be a confirmatory referendum on any deal but many labour folk believe it has gone beyond that and there is no prospect of an election and they need to campaign openly for a referendum and remain. mr corbyn and some allies such as the unite leader len mccluskey are very wary of doing that because of the impact it will have in northern leave supporting labour constituencies, and they warn that if there were another referendum, it is possible the electorate will say we have told you once, we will tell you again, we wa nt to once, we will tell you again, we want to leave and this time we want no deal. and in that climate it seems mr corbyn is sort of hunkering down and trying to say as little as possible and really we have no absolute clarity from him yet on where he stands on another referendum, but it is only a matter of time, because i have no doubt he will be pressed on this by many in

his party. indeed. interesting. thank you. with me now is clare moody, a labour mep who lost her seat to a brexit party candidate. thank you for coming to talk about this. i imagine it was a difficult 24—hour is for you and many colleagues. to what you would tribute the loss, 11% of your share of the vote nationally? it is obviously down to the lack of clarity and the message coming from the party centrally. there is no running away from that and there was no running away from it on the doorsteps. is the message going back to labour hq from people like you as you are canvassing and what did you tell them about what were saying? people who had been voting for the party, for decades, and we also had labour party members telling us that we are not going to vote for you

because this election, we deem it to because this election, we deem it to be about brexit and we don't know what your position is and you are certainly not clear. and there were two parties that were clear and voters i spoke to were going live demo green. in the south-west and far south—west, there is a strong pro—brexit feeling and i know that someone who grew up in devon and i know how strongly people feel about europe. presumably some of it was going the other way. it is a ratio of 4—1, the labour vote, that goes. some of it went to the brexit party, but the vote went to remain parties. it isa but the vote went to remain parties. it is a dilemma for your party. you heard lisa nandy this morning saying it will be regarded as probably the last straw for labour voters in her pa rt last straw for labour voters in her part of the country, they have not voted for brexit as labour supporters, the party will turn

around and say forget what we said in the manifesto, we don't respect the result of 2016, we will have another referendum and campaign to remain. the world has moved on so much since 2016. it is not like we are saying this injuly 2016. we now have a shape of a deal that is a cce pta ble have a shape of a deal that is acceptable to the eu 27 but not a cce pta ble acceptable to the eu 27 but not acceptable on this side of the channel. certainly not in westminster. we have reached an impasse in our politics and the only way of breaking that is to go back to the people and say right, you need to make the final decision. do you understand why jeremy need to make the final decision. do you understand whyjeremy corbyn is a p pa re ntly you understand whyjeremy corbyn is a ppa re ntly relu cta nt. you understand whyjeremy corbyn is apparently reluctant. he can talk about a public vote, he cannot quite bear to call it a referendum. do you understand that? the terminology around this is how it is perceived by people. this cannot be seen as a

rerun of 2016, because itjust will not be. 2016, leave was on the ballot paper but no definition. this has got to be different. then in what way would it be different? what would you as a former mep who has paid the political price for this ambiguity, what would you want to see in any public vote, a fresh referendum say, on the deal as it exists, or a new deal if labour were to get one if they came into government? would it be a yes and no, options to this, renegotiate, to remain? my version would be, as it is we only have one macro deal on the table so it would be that deal versus the table so it would be that deal versus remain and that would be what would be put to the british people. effectively no option for people to say i do not like the deal we should walk away without one. we have seen

already, the commons has rejected no deal. but that is the commons, this isa deal. but that is the commons, this is a referendum and you have already ina is a referendum and you have already in a sense conceded that principle and you can ask the public their view regardless. the point is going back, no deal would be catastrophic, but it would be going back to that idea that we live with the consequences from 2016 which as you put something ill—defined on the ballot paper that people can go, oh, it will be fine. you hear all sorts of nonsense talked about no deal. it will be fine. you hear all sorts of nonsense talked about no dealm the problem forjeremy corbyn that he will say he campaigned on the ma nifesto he will say he campaigned on the manifesto and we did well in the 2017 election. the manifesto said we would respect the vote and we accept leaving the eu. for him to go back

and campaign differently, and he talks about himself as a man of principle, that he could not do that? firstly, as he is clear about respecting the internal democracy of our party, 80% of our membership, more than that, is in favour of a referendum. in fact in favour of remaining in the eu, as well. it would be respecting our internal democracy and i go back to the point that the world has moved on. mps tried to deliver on the referendum outcome and they have evidently failed. it is not undemocratic to say to people... briefly, if you can, do you accept the timetable thatjeremy corbyn suggested that this can wait until the labour party conference at the end of september? i think we will need and i think we will see a much clearer position and support for a referendum before

them. claire moody, thank you. let's return to our top story — the race to succeed theresa may as prime minister — and i'm joined now by jacob rees—mogg, the conservative mp. you must be thrilled your sister is now going to the european parliament for the brexit party. i am delighted my sister was elected and i think our late father would be enormously proud of what she has achieved. it isa proud of what she has achieved. it is a great thing to have the confidence of your fellow citizens and be sent to represent the nation abroad. her achievement is terrific. ijust wish she abroad. her achievement is terrific. i just wish she were in the tory party but that is our fault rather than hers. you have heard doubtless jeremy hunt, a leadership contender, saying this morning that this is in a sense almost the gordian knot we cannot undo because if he says to

parliament we will leave on october the 31st, despite the fact that withdrawal agreement has not been passed, and no other deal on the table, there would effectively be a general election and the tories would be out. the issue with the gordian knot was alexander took out his sword and cut through it and i think that will have to happen. there was no possibility of untying it and that probably means leaving without a deal, and then saying to conservative mps, which do you love more, the european union orjeremy corbyn? because if they vote no confidence in a conservative government, they will be excommunicating themselves from the conservatives are not able to stand as conservative candidates, they will putjeremy corbyn into office. how many conservative mps want jeremy corbyn to be prime minister? we heard the chancellor saying he could not possibly vote to support a conservative prime minister. coming to the commons and calling for a

no—deal brexit. so clearly there are mps who would say we are putting our country in front of our party. the chancellor should remember he voted in favour of article 50 and the withdrawal act, both of which are provided in uk and eu law that we would leave with or without a deal. he must‘ve forgotten what he did before, an act absentmindedness. let me ask aboutjeremy hunt's offer, that he wants a big team of people and talents to negotiate with the european union. would you be willing to be part of such a i do not know i would count as any talent but as a conservative i would naturally support, i am conservative i would naturally support, iam backing borisjohnson for the leadership, any conservative leader who won, and i would help in any way i could. i could. leader who won, and i would help in any way i could. icould. ithought it surprising my old friend roy stuart said he would not serve in a boris cabinet. that is not the right

spirit to enter these elections. the members of the party will decide who is to lead and then it is the duty of members of parliament in the conservatives to give that new leader a fair run. do you think jeremy hunt has an idea that it is one borisjohnson jeremy hunt has an idea that it is one boris johnson might jeremy hunt has an idea that it is one borisjohnson might want to take up one borisjohnson might want to take up if he were to become prime minister, to have a team of people reflecting the range of views as a way of dealing with some of this real corrosion in trust. i am sure it worries you as a democrat and serving politician, a corrosion of trust between people who wanted to remain and those who want to leave the eu. it gets to a point where people can barely say a word to one another. would this be a way of saying we are in it together, we are ina saying we are in it together, we are in a country and everybody‘s interests have to be met and therefore the negotiations ought to reflect that. we have had a process going on for three years and nothing has happened and therefore people on

both sides of the argument are feeling very disillusioned with their respective parties of the parties they used to support and the breakdown in trust is very strong. the history of ministries of all the talents has not been hugely successful, because you find they do not always agree and have a unified programme. the real pressure is to ensure we leave on the 31st of october and deliver on the referendum. i think it is a well—intentioned offer and i think it right that leadership candidates should seek to unite the country and conservative party, but i think there may not be time to put together this sort of group by the sist together this sort of group by the 31st of october. have you got reassurance, giving you are supporting boris johnson, reassurance, giving you are supporting borisjohnson, that if mr johnson became leader that he would ta ke johnson became leader that he would take that view that we have to leave on the 31st of october. or would he be prepared to allow time for a further attempt at negotiating?

borisjohnson has further attempt at negotiating? boris johnson has made further attempt at negotiating? borisjohnson has made it clear we must leave on the 31st of october. and yes of course he would be willing to do a deal with the eu, but if it sticks by its message that there is no possible change to the withdrawal agreement, we would leave on wto terms, which is nothing to be frightened of. a lot of countries trade on a wto basis. we can prosper and we would set our own tariffs and we could have cheaper food, clothing and footwear straightaway by getting rid of the protectionist trade ta riffs rid of the protectionist trade tariffs the eu imposes, and it would be good for british people and it would provide certainty and when thatis would provide certainty and when that is certainty i think the country would begin to reunite. thank you. two people have died after a man with a knife attacked a group of schoolchildren waiting for a bus injapan. at least 18 people were injured in the attack, which happened on a residential street in kawasaki, south of tokyo. a 12—year—old girl and a 39—year—old man were killed. police say the attacker, who was in his fifties, died after stabbing himself. mark lobel reports.

the shocking attack took place during the morning rush hour in kawasaki, just south of tokyo, as schoolgirls as young as six, reportedly from a private catholic college, lined up for their bus. on this street corner, a man started stabbing people queueing and then, holding a knife in each hand according to one eyewitness, boarded the vehicle, lashing out at those inside as well. ambulances rushed to the scene as people lay bleeding. some were taken to hospital but for some it was too late. the attacker, in his 50s, killed a 12—year—old schoolgirl and a 39—year—old man, and wounded at least 13 others. police say the suspect, believed to be a resident of kawasaki, died in custody, having stabbed himself in the neck. the attack took place as japanese

prime minister shinzo abe was hosting the us president donald trump, on a trade visit. on behalf of the first lady and myself, i want to take a moment to send our prayers and sympathy to the victims of the stabbing attack this morning in tokyo. all americans stand with the people ofjapan, in grief for the victims and for their families. japan's normally safe society has been shaken by several mass knife attacks in the past, but they remain rare. so far, there is no apparent motive for this one. mark lobel, bbc news. and in tokyo, as the us president's state visit came to a close, japan's emperor and empress met with president trump and first lady melania to say a formal farewell. a man in his 30s has been stabbed to death in a fight in london. officers were called to warwick road between stratford and forest gate in east london in the early hours of the morning, after

reports of a fight. the victim was found with stab wounds and died in hospital. an american climber has died on mount everest — the eleventh person to lose their life there in little more than two weeks. mountaineers in nepal have described the year's climbing season on the world's highest mountain, as a "death race". gail maclellan reports. everest, where mankind battles mother nature to reach the top of the world. it's a deadly endeavour. the mountain stands over 8,800 metres tall, a lack of oxygen means humans slowly die on the peaks upper slopes. the number of deaths this year already higher than the whole of 2018. it's been carnage and i should say, it has become a death race there, because there was a massive

trafficjam and people are pushing themselves who are not even capable of doing it, they do it, they try to summit and instead of summiting, they kill themselves. mountaineers say overcrowding is partly to blame as record numbers of climbers try to conquer one of the world's toughest tests. conditions have been also worse than normal, with high winds blasting the mountain, leaving a narrow window of time to reach the summit. it really comes down to, this year, a deadly confluence of three factors. you had a limited number of suitable weather days. the second is that you had a record number of permits issued by nepal, along with a requirement each person has to hire a guide. and the third is, due to the market forces, there are now companies offering everest at the lowest—priced ever which is bringing in a bunch of people that really don't have the experience, and also you have some guides that simply aren't qualified. despite the danger, despite having to climb past the bodies of dead mountaineers

and despite the monumental effort required to reach the top, the pull of everest means people will continue to push for the summit and continue to die doing so. the highest mountain, the highest risk. gail maclellan, bbc news. it might only be may, but gavin and stacey fans have already got something to look forward to at christmas, as the hit bbc comedy is coming back for a one—off special. the award—winning series — which was written by co—stars ruthjones and james corden — last aired on 1st january 2010. this morning corden tweeted a picture of the cover of the script, telling fans "see you on christmas day". no spoilers at this point. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more. was this a surprise, or had there been something in the ether they might have been movement on this?

there are always rumours about something like this and i'm sure every month that goes by james gordon and the co—creator, rhys jones of the series would have been ours, any chance of a reunion? ruth jones was on bbc radio at the weekend and fended off the question. obviously, she knew this was coming. it's great news for gavin and stacey fans. just the right period of time, just under a decade, so it does not feel like, they are back already, it was only off television a few weeks ago. also at the time where people remember the characters incredibly fondly. it went from bbc three, to bbc two, bbc one, millions watch the finale, and since then they have gonein finale, and since then they have gone in different directions with ruth jones having gone in different directions with ruthjones having a comedy drama, stella. and james corden. joanna

page has been appearing in movies. james gordon, i think he's done ok in the states, apparently! apparently, doing fine. one of the biggest names over there with his show. and carpool karaoke, he has become a huge star. and also in the theatre. tony award—winning. in a sense he is the most surprising person to get on board. you can imagine the others would be keen to do itand imagine the others would be keen to do it and would have more time. he has so much going on in his career that this is a demonstration of how grateful he is for what that programme did for his career and how fond he is of the situation and characters that he is interrupting that career briefly in the us to come back and make this.” that career briefly in the us to come back and make this. i suppose it isa come back and make this. i suppose it is a risk in that there is always a sense of nostalgia for programmes that sometimes is not delivered with the remake. and these days,

programmes are endlessly repeated. it is on digital channels all the time. is that a risk for writers? because it is still out there, people make a direct comparison. because it is still out there, people make a direct comparisonm is always a risk but i think the setup is interesting in that it will be interesting to see where those characters have gone. have they got kids are they still together? the baby from the previous series will be nine, ten years old. there will be nine, ten years old. there will be new things to say and see that will feel genuine in the story. whether it will be any good, we will not find out till christmas day, but ruth jones and james corden not find out till christmas day, but ruthjones and james corden are very good writers as well as performers, so people plus my expectations will be high. good news for bbc one. over the last years we have seen christmas day viewing figures dropping off, partly because of

things like amazon, netflix, streaming services, and tv not being the number one thing to do on christmas day. also they have lacked real big, event television. there was a long period when they were doing doctor who christmas specials and they quietly shunted that to another day, sensing perhaps these programmes did not deliver as much as they had been. and very few programmes of recent years that have the nostalgia factor of gavin and stacey. things like wallace and gromit. this programme, unexpectedly, it is nice they have something people remember nostalgically and fondly and it feels like it could be a special one—off people think they have to see. one to ring in the radio times on christmas day. a four—day effort to move a banksy artwork — painted across two external walls of a garage — has begun. banksy‘s seasons greetings mural in port talbot is worth more than £100,000, and contractors have spent weeks

preparing to move it to a new home. the owner said he would close his eyes until the work is done. a rare albino panda has been spotted in the wild in china. experts have issued what they say is the first photo of the bear in wolong nature reserve in sichuan province. panda experts have known that albinism existed in pandas, but a completely white animal had never before been caught on camera. definitely none of the white stuff in the weather forecast. molly, sean, definitely low white stuff —— no white stuff in the weather today, except for clouds. plenty of sunshine here in the western isles as we go through the course of the day. the thickest of the cloud and darkest of the cloud will be across eastern areas, through central park and eastern scotland. quite heavy, thundery showers expected here throughout the

afternoon. further west, showers expected here throughout the afternoon. furtherwest, largely dry with sunshine, south—west england and across western scotland. cold in the north and east, temperatures 10-13. the north and east, temperatures 10—13. further west, not the north and east, temperatures 10—13. furtherwest, not too the north and east, temperatures 10—13. further west, not too bad where the sunshine is up to the high teens. through the night, it will turn cold in the north—east, temperatures down to three or four here. further west, we will see more cloud pushing in and patchy rain. that rain will gradually spread north and east across many parts of england and wales, northern ireland and scotland. temperatures will be a little bit higher, despite the cloud and rain moving through. hello this is bbc newsroom live with shaun ley. the headlines: tory leadership candidate jeremy hunt warns that pushing for a no—deal brexit would be political suicide for his party — and could lead tojeremy corbyn in number 10 by christmas. i want to solve the brexit crisis

we are in and i am worried that if we don't solve it, we will face a political crisis that is far bigger, actually, than our legal relationship with the european union. it could lead to the destruction of our party system and the end of my own party. meanwhile pressure's growing on the labour leader to change his party's policy on another brexit referendum. two people — including a 12—year—old girl — have died in a knife attack on a group of schoolchildren at a bus stop injapan. another climber dies on everest — the 11th to perish on the mountain this season, after reports of overcrowding. the hit series gavin and stacey will return to our screens for a christmas special later this year, almost a decade after it last aired. time for the sport now on bbc newsroom live.

women given faulty breast implants fear thousands of them may have iam i am sorry, it should be sport first, sorry, holly. i didn't to do that deliberately! you never would, don't worry. he was only appointed in october, but life—long aston villa fan dean smith has led his side back to the premier league, after three years away. they beat derby county 2—1 in the championship playoff final at wembley. what proved to be the winning goal was this howler from derby keeper kelle roos, under pressure from john mcginn, putting villa 2—0 up. though a late derby goal made it nervy for even the most famous of fans, they held on to win what's dubbed the richest game in football. i know what it means to these aston villa fans, and after the heartbreak they've had, arsenal in the fa cup final and last year against fulham, it's just rewards for them, and i'm glad they're going home happy.

well, villa's win got the royal seal of approval — the duke of cambridge celebrating his side's promotions. the club tweeted this mock up picture of prince william giving their manager a knighthood — arise, sir dean smith! harry kane has been included in the england squad for the nations league finals — he hasn't played for seven weeks now because of an ankle injury. but there's no place in the 23—man party for tottenham defender kieran trippier — manager gareth southgate said it was as hard a decision as he'd had to make, especially after trippier had such a brilliant world cup. trent alexander—arnold and kyle walker are preferred at right back. england face the netherlands in the semi—finals a week on thursday. scotland's women are playing at hampden park this evening, for the first time in seven years. they take onjamaica in their final match ahead of the world cup — and manager shelley kerr is hoping to smash their attendance record. take away the performance side of it, we've always set

ourselves a target — inspiring the nation. and i think it would be fantastic for the players if we were to get that, you know, 10,000 or more. england go into the cricket world cup as world number ones and favourites — and they're on a high after thrasing afghanistan in their last warm—up match, winning with more than 30 overs to spare at the oval. jofra archer set england on their way with two early wickets, before afghanistan were all out for just 160. openerjason roy then helped england to win by 9 wickets, smashing 89 not out on his home ground, where the hosts will play the opening match of the world cup against south africa on thursday. anthony joshua says he'll have only "made it" once he becomes the undisputed world heavyweight champion. and that means taking the wbc belt of deontay wilder. joshua's preparing for his first fight in the us on saturday. it's against andy ruinunior. and the british boxer‘s name is up on billboards across new york

as he looks to take another step towards taking all of his division's titles. it's been a good journey, tough journey, and there's things on the side of thatjourney, the billboards, one billboard turns into two, it's all about winning and i've been winning since i started. since i went into amateur boxing it's been championship after championship from the pros, it's been the same. i haven't put a foot wrong yet and i'm not looking to put a foot wrong on saturday night either. cameron norrie is two sets and a break down in his first—round he has been knocked out at the french open. he resumed his first—round match this morning, it was suspended last night at 5—5 in the final set... was suspended last night at 5—5 in the finalset... oh, apologies... kyle edmund had resumed his final set. cameron norrie has been knocked

out by the frenchman. kyle edmund is getting his game under way and you can getting his game under way and you ca n follow getting his game under way and you can follow the latest on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. for now though, sean, back to you! the vatican is co—hosting a conference on atheism in rome today. the "cultures of unbelief" event will publish the results of a major survey, carried out by kent university, which aims to map the different forms of non—religion across the world. our religion editor, martin bashir, is here. you cover everything, martin, but it may be surprising that this is of interest to the public. it is obviously a surprise to you. the purpose of this conference and research is to try and inform debate around policy where it concerns people who don't have a religious belief. it is also, i think, helpful for the church itself to understand

what kind of objections there are two religious belief. this survey was conducted of six nations, the uk, usa, brazil, china,japan was conducted of six nations, the uk, usa, brazil, china, japan and denmark. there were three quite surprising findings. one, for example, is that believers and nonbelievers are not very far apart. for example, in brazil, 29% of atheists also believe in life after death. 34% said they believed in underlying forces of good and evil. in china, 31% of agnostics believe in life after death. a whopping 51% believe in some kind of underlying, unseen conflict between good and evil. the language is important here, you have said atheists and agnostics. but the church have said they are more interested in the agnostics, because they have potential to persuade that the church has got it right. who knows?

in terms of this research, atheists are described as people who firmly do not believe in god and us not —— agnostics are people who are unsure, but they don't think it is possible to resolve that question. two more findings that are interesting, first, people who were brought up in the face, in four of the countries, thatis the face, in four of the countries, that is the uk, usa, denmark and brazil, have actually altered away from theirfaith, brazil, have actually altered away from their faith, these were people who were brought up in the faith and walked away from it, that is a challenge to the church. the third interesting point from this research is it is often tempting for people who are religious to believe that people with no religious faith don't have any ultimate meaning to life and the purpose of the universe. that is not true, those who do believe in god do have an active

moral values, human dignity and values that find meaning in the world and their own lives. so i would suggest to you that what this research is exploring is the idea that people who self identify as having no faith actually retain elements of religious belief, even in that atheist and agnostic worldview. how does the church, how do they benefit from this knowledge? how can it inform the work that the catholic church is trying to do? well, the christian church, protesta nt a nd well, the christian church, protestant and catholic, believes in evangelism, they believe that when christ was speaking in matthew's gospel christ was speaking in matthew's gospel, he said that christians were to go out into the whole world and make disciples. how do you make disciples? you persuade people. what are their objections and what are the things they find most difficult to believe in christianity? this will, to some extent, inform that. in terms of other nations, where there are muslim majority, pakistan

and bangladesh, or buddhist majority, it is not nonbelievers who need to be better understood, but it is people who are in minority faiths like christianity. fascinating stuff, thank you. we have some breaking news now and this has come from the equality and human rights commission, you may remember that labour had posed its own internal investigations into allegations of anti—semitism. —— paused its investigations. it wanted to find out what the equality and human rights commission was going to do. the hrc has announced it has today launched a formal investigation into whether the labour party unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are jewish. that is a formal investigation by the equality and human rights commission, a nonpartisan government set up a body which will investigate whether or not there was harassment,

victimisation or discrimination, unlawful discrimination, against people because they are jewish. unlawful discrimination, against people because they arejewish. we will bring you more on that as we get it. thousands of women given faulty breast implants fear they may have to pay back compensation, after visits by bailiffs warning them of legal proceedings. in 2017, german safety body tuv rheinland was found liable for the global pip implant scandal and was ordered to make pay—outs to victims by a french court. about 13,000 victims who were awarded compensation have been issued legal papers after the firm began an appeal. joining us now is stephanie wendy lee. she had the implants in 2008 and has been served papers from the french courts. thank you forjoining us. can you tell us how you found out that there was an appeal going on? well, most

of the women who are involved in this are on pip support, which is on facebook. without that knowledge, we wouldn't know anything of what was going on, because there is no support anywhere else, and that comes through our own solicitors and through the support group, but apart from that, there is no other contact, nothing going on via the government whatsoever. have you heard from other women that they have had bailiffs knocking on the door? absolutely, yes. many. in this country, abroad, over in ireland, so i was pre—warned about the papers, but when they actually turn up, even though you are prewarmed, you don't expect them. i still signed a wad of papers at the door thinking it was a parcel i was accepting. but they

have been given these papers to three times and having bailiffs themselves are knocking on the door and knocking the papers... handing the papers over my hand insisting they be taken off them. so when you open the envelope and look through the papers, does it say that as part of the appeal, they are seeking to effectively cancel the damages claims and get the money back? absolutely, but it is all scare tactics, because we have been pretty warned by the court or by the solicitors who are dealing with the court. it is scare tactics, they have no right to give these papers whatsoever, there cannot be legally stopped serving them. you know, we still don't know where we are going to go. at this stage, we have had a small amount of compensation, which isa small amount of compensation, which is a very, very small amount, and now we are being warned we might

have to pay that back or even more. the french law firm dealing with this on behalf of tuv rheinland have issued a statement today saying that under french law, we are required to serve these papers, you have to tell the other party to a case what is happening, otherwise they wouldn't know it. do you accept that it is a way to keep you informed instead of discovering weeks later, this has already happened and it is over? no, i think it is more about scare tactics, they are trying to frighten people into handing the money back at this stage. and we have been through enough without all this carry on. i can imagine it has been very distressing, but thank you very much for talking to us about this, and keep us in touch with any further developments. stephanie, who had those pip implants in a 2008, a worrying time for stephanie and the other woman affected.

in a moment we'll have all the business news, but first, the headlines on bbc news: tory leadership candidate jeremy hunt warns a no—deal brexit will be political suicide for his party. pressure grows on labour leader jeremy corbyn to change his party's policy on another brexit referendum. two people — including a 12 year old girl — have died in a knife attack on a group of schoolchildren at a bus stop injapan. and now, the business news. new protections have come info effect to help people who've been duped into transferring money to fraudsters. more than 80,000 bank customers lost money last year — in some cases running into tens of thousands of pounds — after they transferred cash to scammers. a new banking code means that more customers will get the money refunded although not all banks have signed up to the scheme. insurance pay—outs for stolen cars have hit their highest level in seven years. the association of british insurers says that a rise in so—called keyless car crime is to blame

with thieves finding ways to exploit new technology which allows owners open their cars without a key. the construction firm galliford try has rejected a bid by rival bovis to buy its home building business. bovis offered £950 million in shares but it was rejected by galliford as too cheap. the companies are no longer in discussions but galliford's shares have been gaining today. but let's start with the economy and a warning that sluggish growth will continue because of uncertainty over brexit and that banks are reporting a fall in applications for credit. analysts at the ey item club say that demand for consumer credit will climb just 1.6% this year, the lowest since 2013. and they forecast that mortgage lending will grow by less than 1%, the lowest since 2011. gill lofts is a financial services partner at ey. thank you forjoining us.

often we're told that we borrow too much as consumers — is this a bad thing for economy? well, i guess borrowing money is in many respects said to boost the economy and clearly, consumers need to cover their pea ks economy and clearly, consumers need to cover their peaks and troughs in lending and borrowing and expenses. but i think that one of the things we are predicting is relatively low economic growth over the next few yea rs, economic growth over the next few years, and consumers need to determine how they will pay back the credit that they borrow. on top of that, as we see in the uk and many developed countries, with the state pushing pension savings down to individual and consumer levels, clearly, the need for households to save for their retirement is increasing, too. are banks more willing to lend than customers are to borrow?

yes, absolutely. the outlook suggests that, as you said at the top of the article here, mortgage books are expected to be less than 196 books are expected to be less than 1% growth this year and consumer credit about 1.6%. so, we are very much seeing that the banks are willing to lend to businesses and consumers, but consumer mortgage and credit lending, we are expecting this to be sluggish. some of that is down to brexit, but it is also down to other factors such as relatively low household savings at 4.8% at the moment, which is low over the long term, and also relatively high house prices. there are other figures out today which paint a different picture. we are hearing from uk finance that mortgage approvals are at their highest since february of 2017. how does that tally with the

forecast that you are making today? that suggests things are picking up a bit. i guess those results are published today were slightly surprising. it may be could be explained by the fact that we avoided a no—deal brexit in march, perhaps there was some pent—up demand there, there could be a slightly increased sentiment that occurred in april, around mortgage applications. however, we do still believe that the long—term outlook for this year will be relatively low, so possibly a monthly blip. thank you forjoining us. the administrators for the fashion chain select have called its creditors to a meeting. they want landlords to reduce rents on its 169 stores to help it keep trading and save the jobs of 1,800 staff. even if creditors agree, some jobs could still be lost. administrators have also warned that select will cease trading if a buyer cannot be found. better news from the budget hotel chain

travelodge which expects to hire 350 new staff to work in 17 new hotels this year. its chief executive says that "despite the uncertainty facing the uk, the long—term prospects for low—cost hotels remain strong. and travelodge cited more people working away from home as part of the reasons for its success. and facebook has been keeping ireland's data protection watchdog very busy since the eu's new data regulations came into effect a year ago. bbc data analysis shows that the social network — along with its subsidiaries instagram and whatsapp — have been the subject of 11 out of its 19 recent investigations. that's because facebook and a host of other tech giants including google, twitter, apple and linkedin are registered for processing personal data in ireland. you can read more about that on our website. the ftse 100 is performing pretty well today on first day back after long weekend. mining stocks driving it upwards

because iron ore prices in china have been going up. as you can see, it is down a fraction at this stage. demand for iron ore in china has gone up, that has been helping the miners on the ftse100. things not going to well on the continent where there's renewed concerns about the budget deficit in italy. thomas cook is one of the big gainers today. it's not been easy for the tour operator, sales have been falling, trying to sell its airline but investors like what they're reading in daily telegraph today, transforming into an online travel aggregator. and that is where the pound is sitting against the dollar, at the lower end. but is it from me, back to you, sean. i'll tell you what they want, what they really, really want. sound!

some spice girls fans have complained of sound issues for the second time on the band's reunion tour. the pop group performed at cardiff's principality stadium last night and some have claimed they could not hear the singing properly. it follows complaints about sound from the band's opening gig at dublin's croke park on friday. in a moment we'll speak to rob lennon, who was at that concert in cardiff, but first let's take a listen to a clip that he recorded. inaudible singing. let's speak to rob lennon now, a fan who was at the concert last night. is who was at the concert last night. that a fair reflec‘ sounded is that a fair reflection of how it sounded to you ? is that a fair reflection of how it sounded to you? basically, all i could really hear was the base from the speakers, and the band that were playing instruments and the vocals we re very playing instruments and the vocals were very quiet. i was front and centre of the stage, i was right in

front of the spice girls and i couldn't hear them singing very well. that must've been really frustrating, how much did you pay for your ticket? i had the general standing ticket, it was £75. so, £75 to hear one of the first performances by the spice girls in seven performances by the spice girls in seve n yea rs performances by the spice girls in seven yea rs or performances by the spice girls in seven years or so? and you couldn't hear the music... you couldn't hear the vocals? no, i still had a great time... that is because you are a fan, you would have had a great time anyway. but a lot of people are making a lot of money out of you go into these concerts, presumably the performers themselves. to be fair, after this problem on friday, they said the sound would be much better in cardiff. you have seen a lot of this stuff on the social media and people describing the sound as pa nts, refu nd people describing the sound as pants, refund my money, please, sound was atrocious, couldn't hear what they said. did you get a sense from people that they understood what the problem is sunshine well, i

spoke to quite a few people around the crowd and... some people could hear everything and some people had a little bit, like me, i could barely hear anything. because of the crowd singing, i could tell what song was playing. laughing so you could still sing along? yes. idid so you could still sing along? yes. i did overhear security... i'm so sorry. that happens to me all the time! i did hear the security saying that sound technicians turned up quite late for the sound check. and they apparently did the half—time show with beyonce, and they were really good, so i don't know what was going on. that is hearsay, but yes, we don't know what has been going on. presumably, spice girls fa ns going on. presumably, spice girls fans are hoping they will get this

right by the time they get to the etihad stadium on the 29th of may.|j am going to the last show at wembley, so i hope that will be sorted by then. so that is in the middle ofjune, so hopefully they have their act together by then. rob, i hope you have a better evening in wembley, thank you for coming to talk to us. now it's time for a look at the weather. plenty of rainbows out there to spice up your life this afternoon! look at this rainbow here, the reflection on the leg, that is in lincolnshire at the moment, a beautiful rainbow, but further west, we have dry weather and some sunshine, that is the scene at the moment in greater manchester. for the rest of this afternoon, you can see first of all the satellite imagery where the showers are across the eastern areas. further west, the cloud is broken up more, so there are more spells of sunshine. through

the afternoon, we will keep that east split, really. forwestern areas, it will be dry, sunny spells. in the east, some showers, perhaps thundery. it will feel cold, particularly in northern scotland, eastern temperature is about 10—13. elsewhere, temperatures up to 14—18. through the night, we will see the cloud increasing, all the head of these weather system, which will push its way in from the atlantic throughout wednesday. through the west of tonight —— through the rest of tonight, we will see the cloud moving into wales and south—west england, patchy rain moving in as well. showers would have cleared away through the night elsewhere. with clear spells in the north, temperatures down to 3—4. elsewhere, temperatures down to 3—4. elsewhere, temperatures will be up at about 6-9. temperatures will be up at about 6—9. throughout wednesday, this cloud will move its way and spread to all parts on wednesday, with the

patchy rain moving through much of england and wales. it will move into scotla nd england and wales. it will move into scotland and northern ireland, heavy showers across the far north of scotland. maximum temperature is a little bit higher than it today, especially in the north and east, up to around 14—15, 16—17 elsewhere. for the rest of the week, we still have a westerly airstream, that will continue to bring in weather systems, only the northern half of the uk that will remain wet through the uk that will remain wet through the rest of the week. it is also bringing this south—westerly wind, so you notice how the orange takes over, bumping away the cold air. turning more warm up for the rest of us during the week. it will stay u nsettled us during the week. it will stay unsettled over us during the week. it will stay u nsettled over scotla nd us during the week. it will stay unsettled over scotland and northern ireland, outbreaks of rain here, temperature 16—17. further south, temperatures will creep up, so by the weekend, they will be in the mid 20s, the weekend, they will be in the mid 205, 26-7 the weekend, they will be in the mid 20s, 26—7 is possible in the south—east.

you're watching bbc newsroom live — these are today's main stories. the equality and human rights commission launches a formal investigation into whether the labour party "unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are jewish". conservative leadership candidate jeremy hunt warns that pushing for a no—deal brexit would be ‘political suicide' for his party. i want to solve the brexit crisis we are in and i am worried that if we don't solve it, we will face a political crisis that is far bigger, actually, than our legal relationship with the european union. it could lead to the destruction of our party system and the end of my own party. two people — including a 12—year—old girl — have died in a knife attack on a group of schoolchildren at a bus stop injapan. another climber dies on everest — the 11th to perish on the mountain this season,

after reports of overcrowding the hit series gavin and stacey will return to our screens for a christmas special later this year — almost a decade after it last aired. good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. i'm shaun ley. in the last few minutes the equality and human rights commission has launched a formal investigation into whether the labour party "unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are jewish". let's get more on this from norman smith, our assistant political editor. this is something that had been bubbling under the surface and the

hrc indicated it was looking into whether to launch an investigation but presumably it not good use news for labour who probably hoped these allegations had gone into the background. at the very least an embarrassment, at worst, a major setback for the party leadership that has been trying to put to bed all these persistent allegations of anti—semitism and to convince people it had in place proper procedures to meet the concerns of the jewish community. now, the commission says having carried out an initial investigation to decide whether there were grounds for concern and whether they should launch a formal investigation, they have decided yes, they do want to look at whether labour is responding properly to complaints of anti—semitism, whether they are meeting current legal obligations in terms of discrimination, and whether they have the appropriate procedures in place, or are even abiding by

procedures introduced after the report by shami chakrabarti. although it will be done i imagine ina although it will be done i imagine in a cooperative spirit, the symbolic fact that the equalities watchdog has decided they have to step in and have got to investigate, which will mean asking to see e—mails and documents and talking to witnesses and staff, that is a fairly embarrassing moment for the labour party. i would imagine it is going to compound the unease and despite this persistent trouble of allegations, which have been going on for three years, still the issue has not been resolved. i was speaking to the equalities and human rights commission in the last few minutes and they said they have never launched a formal investigation into a political party before. the only comparable situation is when they forced the british national party to change some of its rules, but they have

never said, we have concerns, we need to investigate. in terms of what might happen. as i say, i think it will be a cooperative investigation in the sense i am sure labour will cooperate, but it may well result in the watchdog not handing out some sort of punishment, but more coming up with guidelines and procedures for the labour party to follow. and it keeps the story in the headlines. the other thing that was in the headlines this morning was in the headlines this morning wasjeremy was in the headlines this morning was jeremy hunt's was in the headlines this morning wasjeremy hunt's rather apocalyptic warning to his party it might not be possible to deliver a no—deal brexit or the price of it might bejeremy corbyn in downing street. very clear warning from jeremy hunt that those leadership contenders in his party. borisjohnson, dominic leadership contenders in his party. boris johnson, dominic raab, leadership contenders in his party. borisjohnson, dominic raab, esther mcvey, andrea leadsom, probably more, who are cancelling the party

should just get out in october could be tipping the country into a general election he says be tipping the country into a general election he sasteremy corbyn would win, and therefore he says it is not a runner to leave without a deal. that i would imagine is going against the grain of opinion in the parliamentary conservative party and perhaps to get around that, he has come up with the idea of inviting in the erg and dup and scottish and welsh representatives to take part in negotiations in order to get a deal. this is how he set out the idea. how do i think we could do things differently? first of all, one of the reasons that they weren't flexible in changing the withdrawal agreement is they weren't confident that the british government would be able to deliver parliament for any deal that they agreed to. and indeed they were right. well, that's why i think what we need to do is have a new negotiating team. in that team needs to be not just the government,

but the dup, the erg. i think you should have someone from scotland and wales, so that the union side of these issues is properly thought through. and then... the labour party? i think the labour party front bench has shown that they aren't prepared to do this good faith. it seems the idea has already been shut down with the dup saying leave that to conservative contenders. she did not seem thrilled. the head of erg putting a damper on the idea. the problem is, we have had a process going on for three years and nothing has happened and therefore people on both sides of the argument are feeling very disillusioned with their respective parties or the parties they used to support and the breakdown in trust is very strong. the history of ministries of all the talents has not been hugely successful,

because you find they do not always agree and do not have a unified programme. the real pressure is to ensure we leave on the 315t of october and deliver on the referendum. i think it is a well—intentioned offer and i think it right that leadership candidates should seek to unite the country and the conservative party, but i think there may not be time to put together this sort of group by the 315t of october. meanwhile more trouble for mr corbyn in brexit land with mounting pressure, some of his long—standing political allies, saying to embrace the idea of another referendum. we heard from the shadow chancellor saying of course we would like a general election but since that is not likely, we will have to back another referendum. this morning, diane abbott saying similar things. ideally, we would want a general election. that's always been our position, it remains our position. but, as the clock ticks down,

if we are not going to have a general election, we would support a people's vote. and let me just say this. there is no inherent contradiction between respecting the result of the referendum and having a people's vote. not least because it's still not sure how a people's vote would pan out. i've always argued that it's perfectly possible that leave would win again. but we are supporting a people's vote strongly, now, because it's the right thing to do and it's the democratic thing to do. how sustainable do you think the positionjeremy how sustainable do you think the position jeremy corbyn how sustainable do you think the positionjeremy corbyn has adopted will be, that this can wait until the labour party conference which i think begins on the 21st of september? i think he will find it incredibly difficult to hold the line until then and if look at the history of brexit, after the referendum, mr corbyn was pretty much saying let's go for article 50 straightaway. since then he has been dragged incrementally along much

more towards a remain position. where he is at the moment, still a little bit vague. he suggests that yes he could back a confirmatory referendum on a deal if they could not have a general election. that is nowhere near good enough for many in his party. certainly party membership. i think he will come under intense pressure to move, particularly if you think the trajectory on the tory side is towards no deal, i think the countervailing trajectory on the labour side will be another referendum. i think mr corbyn we will see gradually, perhaps unwillingly, being pulled into backing another referendum. norman smith. thank you. this is about a court case an allegation of rape and sexual assault. the formerjls

singer, oritse willilams, has been cleared by a jury at wolverhampton crown court. he was accused of raping a woman at a hotel. the jury found his tour manager not guilty of charges of sexual assault and assault by penetration. that is the verdict of thejury assault by penetration. that is the verdict of the jury at wolverhampton in the last few minutes. two people have died after a man with a knife attacked a group of school children waiting for a bus injapan. at least 18 people were injured in the attack, which happened on a residential street in kawasaki, south of tokyo. a 12—year—old girl and a 39—year—old man were killed. police say the attacker, who was in his fifties, died after stabbing himself. mark lobel reports. the shocking attack took place during the morning rush hour in kawasaki, just south of tokyo, as schoolgirls as young as six, reportedly from a private catholic college, lined up for their bus. on this street corner,

a man started stabbing people queueing and then, holding a knife in each hand according to one eyewitness, boarded the vehicle, lashing out at those inside, as well. ambulances rushed to the scene as people lay bleeding. the injured were taken to hospital, but, for some, it was too late. the attacker, in his 50s, killed a 12—year—old schoolgirl and a 39—year—old man, and wounded at least 13 others. police found two knives near the site and say the suspected attacker, believed to be a resident of kawasaki, died in custody, having stabbed himself in the neck. the attack took place as japanese prime minister shinzo abe was hosting the us president donald trump, who'd come to drum up trade. on behalf of the first lady and myself, i want to take a moment to send our prayers and sympathy to the victims of the stabbing attack this morning in tokyo.

all americans stand with the people ofjapan, in grief for the victims and for their families. japan's normally safe society has been shaken by several mass knife all americans stand with the people ofjapan, and grieve for the victims and for their families. japan's normally safe society has been shaken by several mass knife attacks in the past, but they remain rare. so far, there is no apparent motive for this one. mark lobel, bbc news. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes is in kawasaki — he gave us the latest from the scene. this is the street corner in kawasaki where this awful attack took place this morning. behind me, you can see this makeshift memorial where local people are coming and laying flowers and little gifts on the spot where the attack took place. and there is still the outline of the blood from the victims. they have tried to scrub the road here, but they have not been entirely successful. this is a profoundly shocking attack for people in this neighbourhood and in japan, because crime here — violent crime — is very rare. gun crime is almost unheard of injapan.

owning guns is virtually impossible. but violent crime in general is very, very rare. if you go to the neighbourhood where i live, it is very common to see five, six, seven—year—old kids walking to school by themselves in the morning. and the reason for that is it is such a safe society. there have been rare occurrences of knife attacks in the street here. we have seen, back in 2008, several people were killed seven people were killed on the street in tokyo by a random attack. in 2016, the worst mass murder in modern japanese history happened when 19 people were stabbed to death in a care home outside tokyo. but this sort of thing, it is almost unheard of, and that's why this sort of thing is so profoundly shocking for the people here. and in tokyo, as the us president's state visit came to a close, japan's emperor and empress met with president trump

they have just acceded to the throne at the beginning of this month. mr trump was accompanied by the first lady as they bid farewell after the official visit. a man in his 30s has been stabbed to death in a fight in london. officers were called to warwick road between stratford and forest gate in east london in the early hours of the morning, after reports of a fight. the victim was found with stab wounds and died in hospital. hundreds more prisoners in england and wales will be allowed to leave jail for a day or overnight to work, undertake training or look after their children. it's part of a government strategy to rehabilitate offenders and boost theirjob prospects. the changes will apply mainly to female prisoners and those in open prisons. here's our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw. he is the convicted killer who murdered a man on day release from prison. in 2013, ian mcloughlin stabbed to death 66—year—old graham buck, from hertfordshire. the case prompted the government to tighten rules on the temporary

release of inmates. the number let out fell by almost a third in five years. but the restrictions are now being eased after research showed prisoners were less likely to reoffend if they had experience working outsidejail. the new release on temporary licence measures were introduced this month. they allow prisoners to do paid work in the community immediately after a risk assessment, and let them stay overnight away from prison earlier in their sentence. the changes apply mainly to those in women's prisons and open jails, which hold men assessed as posing less of a threat. we know having a job and somewhere to live and having money and family ties are crucial parts of resettling people as they come out of prison, and ultimately reducing reoffending and ultimately reducing reoffending and day release is an important part of that. we should not underestimate how difficult it is for people in

the transition from prison into the community. it is thought the new rules will lead to several hundred more prisoners being freed temporarily every year, but the prison authorities are aware the scheme needs close monitoring to ensure the public are kept safe. danny shaw, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news... the equality and human rights commission launches a formal investigation into whether the labour party "unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are jewish". conservative leadership candidate jeremy hunt warns a no—deal brexit will be "political suicide" for his party. two people — including a 12—year—old girl — have died in a knife attack on a group of schoolchildren at a bus stop injapan. sport now. hello. british men's number one kyle edmund is through to the second round of the french open, wrapping

up round of the french open, wrapping up the match againstjeremy chardy in less than ten minutes after bad light meant it had to be suspended last night deep into the final set. kyle edmund did not waste time, winning the game is needed to seal his place in the next round. bad news for cameron norrie who is out, beaten by a french player. it was hugely disappointing as cameron norrie has climbed into the top 50 this year. he only won five games in the entire match against the world number 273. dan evans is due to begin his opening match against verdasco in the next hour and they will be commentary on the bbc sport website. anthony joshua says he'll have only ‘made it‘ once he becomes the undisputed world heavyweight champion and that means taking the wbc belt of deontay wilder. joshua's preparing for his first fight in the us on saturday.

it's against andy ruinunior. the british boxer‘s name is up on billboards across new york... as he looks to take another step towards taking all of his division's titles... it's been a good journey, tough journey, and there's things on the side of thatjourney, the billboards, one billboard turns into two, it's all about winning and i've been winning since i started. since i went into amateur boxing it's been championship after championship from the pros, it's been the same. i haven't put a foot wrong yet and i'm not looking to put a foot wrong on saturday night either. police in spain have made a number of arrests as part of an investigation into match—fixing in football. current and former players, as well as club executives — reportedly from the country's top two divisions — have been detained. authorities say it follows complaints about a game in may last year. la liga has also reported to police a further eight possible match—fixing cases from the season that's just finished, which include international friendlies played in the country. scotland's women are playing at hampden park this evening, for the first time in seven years. they take onjamaica in their final

match ahead of the world cup — and manager shelley kerr is hoping to smash their attendance record. take away the performance side of it, we've always set ourselves a target — inspiring the nation. and i think it would be fantastic for the players if we were to get that, you know, 10,000 or more. and that match is live on bbc alba, as well as the red button and bbc sport website — kick off is at 7.35. that's all the sport for now. more after half past one. thank you, holly, who is back with us just after thank you, holly, who is back with usjust after 1:30pm. an american climber has died on mount everest, the 11th person to lose their life there in little more than two weeks. mountaineers in nepal have described the year's climbing season on the world's highest mountain, as a "death race". most of the deaths have been linked to exhaustion and tiredness, exacerbated by crowds and delays.

joining me now is mountaineer and frequent everest climber kenton cool. we have talked with you about some of the issues raised by what is happening on everest before. you have been there recently, in the last couple of weeks? yes, i reach the summit on may the 16th, about a week before the picture came out of the cues going up towards what was the cues going up towards what was the hillary step. what is your explanation, if you can see one, of this high rate of fatalities? there area number of this high rate of fatalities? there are a number of things. if we look at the queueing, the crowds first. that is a combination of a lack of whether windows this year. you can only climb everest when the jet strea m only climb everest when the jet stream heads north and this year it was not particularly generous with the numbers of days that climbers

could summit and that was partly down to it. a record number of people attempting the mountain, 380 permits were issued by the ministry of tourism in the pool this year and added to that, a lowering of experience by the general climate attempting everest. put those into the mix and you end up with the crowding we saw last week. you mention 380 permits. that is a record and perhaps with the benefit of hindsight to many? well, that is the easy thing to say, that too many people are attempting it, but in reality, if we look at the numbers of days available to summit, i was on the summit may 16 and we had 50 people there and it did not feel crowded. the day before, there were 17 summits. it would be easy to say too many people are attempting the

mountain. i think what we need to look at is how those people look towards trying to summit mount everest. it is not simply limiting numbers but raising the general level of experience those people have and the way they are commercially looked after and guided towards the summit, those are critical things, rather than simply numbers. what is it that makes everest potentially dangerous and why it is not to be tackled lightly or without careful thought?|j why it is not to be tackled lightly or without careful thought? i think you hit the nail on the head in terms of use should not tackle this mountain. it is the highest in the world. it's peak is over 1000 metres into what we know as the death zone, the atmosphere where human beings cannot exist. by the time you get to the death zone, leave for the summit, you have a limited amount of time you can be up there, even with supplementary oxygen. add to that

the crowds we saw last week, which delayed people getting to the top and down again, fuss eating into the precious oxygen supply and precious amount of time we are allowed up there, that is a dangerous thing. it is not a difficult mountain to climb in terms of technicality, but it is a dangerous mountain in terms of its height and the fact climbers are spending considerable amount of time in what they call the death zone. sound advice. thank you. a four—day effort to move a banksy artwork — painted across two external walls of a garage — has begun. banksy‘s seasons greetings mural in port talbot is worth more than £100,000 and contractors have spent weeks preparing to move it to a new art gallery in the town centre. tomos morgan is there for us now.

i saw isawa i saw a report saying the man who bought the art work said he will be keeping his eyes closed while they remove it, because it could be an expensive business. there have been a number of sleepless nights not only for the owner, who bought the piece, but for ian lewis, who owns the garage where the banksy was originally painted. when it was painted here, there was a threat it could have been vandalised, just like another banksy painting had beenin like another banksy painting had been in cheltenham a number of years ago, so it was essential this piece was kept intact. it was not —— my if it was not for the intervention of actor michael sheen who paid for security here, maybe that would have happened. underneath the structure isa happened. underneath the structure is a resin to keep the peace in pristine condition and then the wood and then as you mention the pieces now being taken down and engineers have been working here this morning

cutting out this section, so it can be moved over the next few days to its new location. and the owner is standing next to me. john, described to us why in your opinion this is one of banksy‘s most important works? without doubt it is one of the most important works, in fact the most important works, in fact the most important work. on one side isa the most important work. on one side is a boy standing in what he thinks is a boy standing in what he thinks is snow. it was painted just before christmas. it is a young boy standing, waiting for enough snow to fall for him to take his sledge next to him and go tobogganing down any of these hills all over wales. when you come around the corner, out of sight of him, there is a brazier burning waste material and that is pumping pollution into the sky, which is coming round the corner of the garage and falling on the boy. the boy think it is snow, in fact it is poisonous pollution. like many of

ba nksy‘s is poisonous pollution. like many of banksy‘s pieces, a political message. but you yourself, not from the area, why did you buy it? first it belongs in port talbot. when you move back from the piece, well, when it is not covered, when you move back from the piece you can see the pollution from the chimneys above it from the port talbot steelworks. it is site—specific. the second thing, it isa is site—specific. the second thing, it is a fantastic piece talking about pollution and explaining how pollution is global not just local and if you pump something into the air in port talbot, china, south america, nevada, whereveryou air in port talbot, china, south america, nevada, wherever you put it into the air, the air is a finite commodity and you are polluting the planet. to me, this is about, we are the first generation who understand what we are doing to the planet and if we are very lucky, we might still be the last generation who can do

something to put it right. we may have already missed the tipping point. you have been here as engineers have worked, how are the nerves with the process?” engineers have worked, how are the nerves with the process? i am very relaxed, because i have seen how sophisticated the work and preparation has been. they built a dummy corner wall in their workshops and moved that with this cradle effect, so they know exactly what they are doing. and everything is going to plan, and it will be perfect. tomorrow afternoon it will be on display with the word off it in the middle of port talbot. brilliant. thank you. asjohn has mentioned, the plan tomorrow, as the engineers get back to work, a crane will lift this 4.5 engineers get back to work, a crane will lift this 11.5 tonnes structure to its new location and we hope tomorrow to be able to see season's

greetings in port talbot in its new home. thank you. i suppose it is the reverse of watching paint dry stop we can return to news that there is to be a formal investigation into whether or not there was unlawful discrimination, harassment ofjewish people because of theirfaith. let's talk to jonathan goldstein from thejewish leadership council. what is your reaction to this news? whichever way you look at this it is a day of great shame for the labour party. think about it, a major organ of our... of government has decided to investigate one of our main political parties because they may have unlawfully discriminated

against harassed, victimised people because they are jewish. let those words sink in and understand how the jewish community has felt, has been pleading with the labour party to ta ke pleading with the labour party to take action, and now it is left to the commission to step in and say the commission to step in and say the words we have said for over a year that enough is enough. i think it isa year that enough is enough. i think it is a day of great shame for jeremy corbyn, the leader of the party, and all those around him. the equality and human rights commission said it is the first time it has launched an investigation of this kind into a political party but launching an investigation is not the same as finding they have... that they have done something unlawful. of course. the commission has to come to its own conclusion but the point i'm trying to make, imagine howfarwe but the point i'm trying to make, imagine how far we have come that the only other political party the commission has ever instituted this level of investigation against is

the british national party. this is where the labour party is today and what it has become under the current leadership. therefore, we welcome the investigation, because we have said for some time, the labour party has not done anywhere near enough to counter the anti—jewish racism in the party. do you accept it has tried to do something about this problem, whether it has been too slow or reluctant to admit it had a problem? but there has been some action? i think the labour party, from the beginning, sincejeremy corbyn became leader, has refused to engage and accept the issue within the ranks, has refused to accept and engage the influx of anti—semitism within the labour party. therefore, the small actions they might have taken over the the small actions they might have ta ken over the recent the small actions they might have taken over the recent times have never been enough, they have never been prepared to accept and

acknowledge that the leadership and way in which they have engaged over decades has been part of the problem, and the fact that they will not analyse their own actions has meant that they have enabled the anti—semitism to continue within the party. can ijust interact, we are tight for time, just to clarify briefly, you said that over decades, the way the labour party has engaged over decades, so you accept this isn't just a over decades, so you accept this isn'tjust ajeremy over decades, so you accept this isn't just a jeremy corbyn leadership problem? what i said was that the way in whichjeremy corbyn and others around him have adopted certain causes over decades has led them into areas of anti—holocaust denial, has led them into areas of anti—semitism, linked to their overt anti—semitism. they have been unwilling to look at their own past and own actions, and as a result, they have failed to acknowledge the problem within their own party. it's no thank you, jonathan.

now it's time for a look at the weather. one weather on the way by the end of this week across england and wales. today, a chill in the air, these we re today, a chill in the air, these were the showers over the past few hours. there is the potentialfor some thunder, particularly across central and eastern parts of england, this is where the showers will be through the rest of the afternoon. not many for scotland, and in western areas, it will turn more dry, should get some sunshine, up more dry, should get some sunshine, up to 18 celsius, but chilly for easter in scotland and england in the breeze and with the showers. though showers will continue into this evening and overnight, then we will see some cloud and rain in the south—west overnight. clear skies in scotla nd south—west overnight. clear skies in scotland could bring some frost in rural areas. a bright and sunny start here as it will be across eastern england. but cloud is coming in from the atlantic and that will bring some rain. most of it will be light and patchy. northern scotland

still in the chilly air, some sunshine and showers. clouding over elsewhere, temperatures typically 15-17. hello this is bbc newsroom live with shaun ley. the headlines: the equality and human rights commission launches a formal investigation into whether the labour party "unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised people because they are jewish". tory leadership candidate jeremy hunt warns that pushing for a no—deal brexit would be "political suicide" for his party. two people — including a 12—year—old girl — have died in a knife attack on a group of schoolchildren at a bus stop injapan. the formerjls singer oritse williams has been cleared by a jury at wolverhampton crown court of raping a woman at a hotel. another climber dies on everest — the 11th to perish on the mountain this season, after reports of overcrowding. the hit series gavin and stacey will return to our screens

for a christmas special later this year, almost a decade after it last aired. let's return to our top story — the race to succeed theresa may as prime minister. one of the leadership candidates — jeremy hunt — has warned that pushing for a no—deal brexit would be what he called "political suicide" for his party. the foreign secretary is one of 10 people seeking to replace theresa may. he's been speaking to john humphrys on the bbc radio 4 "today" programme. i'm making this argument because i want to solve the brexit crisis that we are in and i'm worried that if we don't solve it we will face a political crisis that is far bigger actually than our relationship with the european union, it could lead to the destruction of our party system and the end

of my own party and let me be clear on no deal, i've always believed we should keep no deal on the table, i've always thought that's the best way of getting a good deal and i thought ultimately, our economy will find a way to flourish even with the shock of no deal. but, the biggest risk to brexit now is not the issue around getting a majority, challenging though that is in the house of commons, getting a right deal, the biggest risk is a general election because as you've been hearing on the news this morning, the labour party is now changing its position to a second referendum party, ultimately, i don't think they would deliver brexit. and my argument is that if we guarantee a date by when we will leave the european union, we are running the risk that when parliament then tries to block a no deal exit as i think it would, you are then committed to a general election, the only way you can get over parliament blocking a no deal exit

is to change parliament and that will be a general election, that would be catastrophic because as we've seen from the local elections, the european elections, we must not go back to the electorate asking for their mandate until we've delivered what we promised we would do last time which to deliver brexit. it would be absolutely catastrophic for us as a party. and i think that's why it's very important that we are honest with ourselves about the situation we face and we find a different way to get a deal. you say if we guarantee a date by the time we leave the european union. we have a date come october the 315t. we have a date but if you say you are going to leave on that date, deal or no deal... you have said that. we, as the uk, say that whatever happens on that date we will leave, deal or no deal, then what happens is you are inviting parliament to do what it did in march

which is to try and stop that, and there is a very strong feeling in parliament against no deal and as i say, not one i've shared, i always thought we should keep it on the table and your only way over that, if you've made that hard commitment, is to call a general election and that would be a catastrophe and i think that we should not draw false comfort from the fact that labour party did very badly in the european elections because in the end, the party in government is the one that takes the lion's share of the responsibility for not delivering on the manifesto commitments and we would be very severely punished and i think we would risk having the most left—wing leader in our history in downing street. so you, as prime minister, would go back to brussels and you would say to them we really, really want a deal and they would say to you, but, prime minister, you already have a deal that was struck by your predecessor and that is the deal we are obliged to stick with. we intend to stick with.

well, the only solution to the extremely difficult situation we are in and i don't want to pretend there is an easy way through this, is to change the withdrawal agreement. they have said we will not change. they have been so determined on every single aspect of this, how many times do you need to hear them say it? and that is why the argument i am making this morning is that we have to have a go at this because this is the only way through, how do i think we can do things differently? first of all, one of the reasons that they weren't flexible in changing the withdrawal agreement is that they weren't confident that the british government would be able to deliver a parliament for any deal that they agreed to and so... and they were right. i think we need to have a new negotiating team, in that team there needs to be not just the government but the dup, erg, i think you should have someone from scotland and wales

so that the union side of these issues is properly thought thought through and then... the labour party? i think the labour party front bench has shown that they aren't prepared to do this in good faith so i don't think that would work. that was jeremy hunt talking to that wasjeremy hunt talking tojohn humphrys. we have some breaking news coming from alistair campbell, who was close to the then labour leader jeremy corbyn. you may recall that he revealed after polls closed on sunday night, after the former close of polls from the european elections, that he had for the first time in his life voted liberal democrats, because he wanted to support remain and the pressure for there to be a further referendum. alistair has, on his official twitter account, revealed that he is a sad and disappointed... he has been expelled from the party. he said he hadn't planned to publicise

it, but he was warned it would leak, so he has gone public with it. he accepts that he made this commitment, but he says he has baffled that other people have supported candidates who. .. baffled that other people have supported candidates who... voted for candidates of other parties without being expelled, and some of them are now senior party staff. he also draws the contrast between pressure when tony blair was leader, which he resisted to be the whip from jeremy corbyn, for persistently voting against the labour government asa voting against the labour government as a backbench mp. jeremy corbyn never did endorse or vote for another candidate. i can remember one previous occasion, lord haskins, a labourmp, who'd one previous occasion, lord haskins, a labour mp, who'd gave money to danny alexander, the liberal democrat mp, and lord haskins said, he isa democrat mp, and lord haskins said, he is a friend of mine and i'm giving him money to support him. but he had the labour whip withdrawn. i don't know if he was formally

expeued don't know if he was formally expelled as an individual party member. it will be interesting to see what comes out of that in terms of what alastair campbell now says, is that he has been advised by friends that he has grounds for an appeal against his expulsion. so, alastair campbell, close political adviser to tony blair, has announced that he has received an e—mail from the labour party telling him he has been expelled for voting lib dems during the european parliament elections. he said he won't be doing any media on this because he doesn't wa nt to any media on this because he doesn't want to prejudice his appeal, but he will be appealing against the decision to expel him. let's return to the conservative party leadership. housing minister kit malthouse has become the latest tory mp to join the race to become party leader. mr malthouse is... mr malthouse said the campaign "cannot be about the same old faces" and described himself

as "the new face, with fresh new ideas". he's been speaking to bbc breakfast. we need three steps, really, to get us out of this jam. first of all, the conservative party has to unify, secondly, we have to produce a brexit plan that will get us out on the 31st of october, and thirdly, we need to move onto a compelling domestic agenda that will attract the support we need to win a general election. the first two, the unity and brexit plan, i have already proved that i can do, we get it back at the end of january with the malthouse compromise, and i believe i can do that again this time. that will be my primary appeal, beyond this compelling domestic agenda, focused around children and schools and investing in the future. it is a good pitch, the malthouse compromise, if it was that good, it would have worked. i mean, i think at the time, people's view was that the prime minister's deal was going to go through. hence, it didn't get the purchase and should have done, in my view, and we might have been in a different situation now. times have changed, because the prime minister's deal

is clearly not going to pass, so we need a new approach. my view is that we need to unify around a brexit plan that will get us out on the 31st of october. people are looking at the election result over the weekend and are interpreting it in all different ways to suit their view. what it shows us is the country remains hopelessly divided on this issue. critically, that we still have a mathematical problem in the parliament. unless the conservative party can find a way to come together as a whole, deliver a majority for a plan and take us over the line on the 31st of october, we will remain in this jam. i am the only candidate who has proven i am able to do that, i proved it back injanuary, and i believe we should have another go. are you popular? well, i certainly think i have a large amount of trust amongst my colleagues. the ability to bring nicky morgan, steve baker, jacob rees—mogg into a room together was greeted with some astonishment by my colleagues. i like to think i am a straight shooter, i deal with people honestly

and fairly and as i say, try and build trust and friendship. in the end, a parliamentary party is exactly that, it is a group of friends who have come together on a collective political mission. that is what we need to regain, the trust and unity, if we want to get this done. the fresh new face for the conservative party leadership, kit malthouse are talking to bbc brea kfast malthouse are talking to bbc breakfast earlier. a man and a woman, brendon machin and sarah barrass, have appeared in sheffield crown court charged with murdering sarah barrass‘s two teenage sons on friday. the pair were remanded in custody after a trial date was set for november. sarah barrass has also been charged with the attempted murder of two other children. let me bring you some response we have had from the labour party, this is following up from the tweets from alastair campbell, saying he has been expelled from the party. a labour party spokesperson has said that support for another blow to a

party or candidate is incompatible with party membership. the lib dems cannot and will not and austerity, they cannot be trusted on their promises. they propped up the tories for five years and opposed austerity that has devastated our communities. labour will do things differently and ensure society is run for the benefit of the many and notjust and ensure society is run for the benefit of the many and not just a privileged few. people inside the labour party are saying that the labour party are saying that the labour rule book is unambiguous on this point. anyone who supports a political organisation other than the labour party, or support any candidate who is standing against an official labour candidate, is automatically ineligible to be or remaina automatically ineligible to be or remain a party member, and is automatically excluded from membership. there you go, that is labour's explanation for why alastair campbell has been kicked out of the labour party. at least a0 prisoners have been found strangled to death in four separate jails in in the brazilian city of manaus, days after 15 were killed during riots in one of the four. protests by grieving family members

have broken out outisde the prison after the initial deaths, with brazilian officals blaiming violence between gangs. new protection for individuals tricked into transferring money to fraudsters has now taken effect — but not all banks are signed up to the scheme. the industry has committed to provide initial funding for "no blame" situations until the end of 2019. these are situations where people were conned into authorising a payment to fraudsters. some 84,000 bank customers lost money last year after being caught out in this way. the 15 pence charge for the police non—emergency number — 101 — one of the world's longestjob selection processes starts today, as european leaders meet in brussels to discuss filling the eu's top posts. thejobs in question include the replacement forjean claude juncker at the european commission and donald tusk at the european council. their decisions will be influenced by the results of the weekend's elections to the european parliament. gareth barlow reports.

as the dust settles on one election, europe is preparing for another. over an informal dinner on tuesday night, the formal process of appointing the top jobs in the european union. fresh in the minds of the leaders of the 28 member states will be the weekend's elections, which left the european parliament's traditional parties of the centre—right and centre—left weakened and searching for answers. as voters across europe steadily reject the status quo, the question for politicians in brussels will be whether they too fancy radical change or a safe and secure leadership. speaking in berlin, the german chancellor, angela merkel, called for a decision to be made quickly. translation: we want to find a solution as soon as possible as the european parliament will meet at the beginning ofjuly and it would be good if we have a proposal from the european council

so the positions can be filled quickly after that. jean—claude juncker and donald tusk have been at the forefront of the eu's efforts to deal with brexit. a sharp irony perhaps that the british prime minister, theresa may, who is leaving office herself, will be part of the process to appoint their successors. the announcements are expected injune and while the physical geography of the european union remains the same, for now, the political landscape will change once more. gareth barlow, bbc news. it might only be may, but gavin and stacey fans have already got something to look forward to at christmas, as the hit bbc comedy is coming back for a one—off special. the award—winning series — which was co—written by co—stars ruthjones and james corden — last aired on 1st january 2010. this morning corden tweeted a picture of the cover of the script, telling fans "see you on christmas day". our entertainment correspondent

lizo mzimba has been giving me more details. it is great news for gavin and stacey it is great news for gavin and sta cey fa ns, it is great news for gavin and stacey fans, it is that right period of time, just under a decade since it has last been on, so it doesn't feel like a... they are back already? it was only off tv a few weeks ago, but also at the time of year when people still do remember it incredibly fondly, a successful series that ran from bbc three, to bbc two, to bbc one. more than 10 million people watched the final, and since they have gone in different directions, ruthjones has had her sky one comedy drama, we have seen other actors in bad education alongsidejack have seen other actors in bad education alongside jack whitehall. and some having a theatre career. yes, and james corden, he has done quite well in the usa, he seems to be doing quite well. he is doing very well over there and has become

a huge star, with the late late show and carpal karaoke. and tony award—winning, so he is the most surprising person to get on board. you would imagine all the others would be very keen to do it and would be very keen to do it and would have much more time to do it. he has so much going on in his career that i think this is a demonstration of how grateful he is for that programme and what it did for that programme and what it did for his career. and also how fond he is of the situation and the characters, to interrupt his career in the usa. there is always the risk that nostalgia for programmes isn't delivered when the remake comes. the other talk these days is that it wasn't a problem 20 years ago, is that programmes are endlessly repeated and gavin and stacey has been on over the last ten years, but it is on digital channels all the time. is that a risk for them as writers? as you say, because it is still out there, people will make a

direct comparison. it is always a risk, but the set up interesting in that it will be interesting to see where those characters have gone. snow have they got children? are they still together? of course, the babies from the previous series will be nine or ten years old. there will be nine or ten years old. there will be new things to say that will feel genuine with any story they are trying to tell. whether it will be any good or not, we won't find out until christmas day. but ruthjones and james corden are very good writers.

jeremy hunt, a warning to his party that a no—deal brexit will impossible to deliver without an apocalypse for his political party. there will be more on that in the one o'clock news. some spice girls fans have complained of sound issues for the second time on the band's reunion tour. the pop group performed at cardiff's principality stadium last night and some have claimed they could not hear the singing properly. it follows complaints about sound from the band's opening gig at dublin's croke park on friday. let's take a listen to a clip of that cardiff concert, recorded by spice girls fan rob lennon. inaudible singing. earlier, i spoke to rob about what he thought of the group's performance.

basically, all i could really hear was the base from the speakers, and the band that were playing instruments and the vocals were very quiet. i was front and centre of the stage, i was right in front of the spice girls and i couldn't hear them singing very well. that must've been really frustrating, how much did you pay for your ticket? i had the general standing ticket, it was £75. so, £75 to hear one of the first performances by the spice girls in seven years or so? and you couldn't hear the music... you couldn't hear the vocals? no, i still had a great time... that is because you are a fan, you would have had a great time anyway. but a lot of people are making a lot of money out of you go to these concerts, presumably the performers themselves. to be fair, after this problem on friday, they said the sound

would be much better in cardiff. you have seen a lot of this stuff on the social media and people describing the sound as pants, refund my money, please, sound was atrocious, couldn't hear what they said. did you get a sense from people that they understood what the problem is? well, i spoke to quite a few people around the crowd and... some people could hear everything and some people had a little bit, like me, i could barely hear anything. because of the crowd singing, i could tell what song was playing. laughing so you could still sing along? yes. i did overhear security... i'm so sorry. that happens to me all the time! i did hear the security saying that sound technicians turned up quite late for the sound check. and they apparently did the half—time show with beyonce,

and they were really good, so i don't know what was going on. that is hearsay, but yes, we don't know what has been going on. presumably, spice girls fans are hoping they will get this right by the time they get to the etihad stadium on the 29th of may. i am going to the last show at wembley, so i hope that will be sorted by then. a frustrated spice girls fan there. a canadian amateur photographer says he's "overwhelmed" by the response to his picture of a bird of prey. this is "bruce the bald eagle" whose intense stare and piercing eyes have captured the attention of wildlife lovers around the world. steve biro took hundreds of photos of bruce and posted the best one online. the image has since gone viral. in a moment it's time for the one o'clock news with sophie raworth,

but first it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. hello, this weekend, the temperature it may be 27 degrees in the south—east of england. today, it is struggling to make 17. we have the cool and fresh air on the north and northwesterly breeze. this is the warm air which is going to be drawn up warm air which is going to be drawn up from the atlantic and tropics and had our way later this week. for a while, it will come with a lot of cloud, all the cloud coming in from the atlantic and will bring a different look to the weather tomorrow. today has been a good day for chasing rainbows, a few of those in lincolnshire. we will keep some showers going as well over the next three hours, particularly across central and eastern parts of england, some in scotland as well. further west, these showers are fading away, we should end up with more sunshine later this afternoon. where we have some shelter in wales and south—west england, we will see the highest temperatures here. a chilly feel with the showers in

eastern england and scotland. the showers will still be around through this evening, they will eventually fade overnight. the cloud and patchy rain on the doorstep of the south—west by the end of the night, south—west by the end of the night, soa south—west by the end of the night, so a milder south—west by the end of the night, soa milderair south—west by the end of the night, so a milder air here, compared with scotland, where we will have clear skies and may be a pinch of frost in rural areas. we start with some sunshine here, likewise a pinch of frost in rural areas. we start with some sunshine here, likewise across eastern parts of england. but the cloud is coming from the atlantic, pushing eastwards of it will be quite light as well. northern scotla nd quite light as well. northern scotland are still in the chilly air, with some sunshine and showers. where we have the cloud and rain elsewhere, temperatures typically 15-17. we still elsewhere, temperatures typically 15—17. we still have the weather fronts on the scene towards the end of the week. the weather fronts are stalling across northern and western areas of the uk. at the same time, we are bringing warm air with high pressure. as we start to see the cloud for england and wales, the temperatures will rise. still some

spots of rain here and there, wet weather for the far north—west, further north into scotland and northern ireland. the contrast in temperatures, northern scotland in the chilly air, some sunshine and warmth in the south—east of england, temperatures 21—22. this is how we end the week, scotland and northern ireland will have cloud and some rain at times. for england and wales, the sunshine comes out and temperatures will continue to climb, easily getting into the mid 20s.

turmoil over brexit for the tories and labour — as both parties grapple with how to break the deadlock. jeremy hunt — one of the 10 tory leadership candidates — says leaving without a deal is not the way forward. the only way you can get over parliament blocking a no deal exit is to change parliament and that would be a general election, that would be catastrophic. meanwhile there's continued pressure on the labour leader to give stronger backing to another referendum. also this lunchtime.... the equality and human rights commission launches a formal investigation into the labour party over allegations of anti—semitism a group of school children injapan have been attacked by a man carrying knives — a child and an adult have been killed. the london bridge attack inquests hears more details on how one of the attackers became radicalised. and why technology is being blamed for a rise in the number of car thefts.