greetings. and security measures we re greetings. and security measures were put in place to thwart the threat of vandals. it was bought for a six—figure sum. and today the piece is finally being moved and rehoused. a process that has caused quite a headache. the nerves are going to be this afternoon when we unwrap it because anything could have happened and we do not know because it is covered up. i do not think anything has happened but now it will be moved by a lorry at a snails pace into town. it has been a slow process as a crane slowly moved the garage corner onto a flatbed before being transported through the centre of town with a police escort at four miles an hour. the hope is season's greetings has remained in pristine condition under its protective casing so that the public can view it in all its glory at its new home here in the centre of port

talbot. before being put on display though the piece will need to be inspected by insurers and then later today the big reveal. time for a look at the weather. here's chris fawkes. we lost the north—westerly wind we had in recent days and the weather is changing and forecast to get quite a bit warmer over the next few days. but first we have to enjoy these weather fronts and that process is under way at the moment. the cloud is bringing in some wet weather is the one front continues to extend across northern ireland, england and wales. i lovely start to the date, most of us did get some sunshine but cloud has been increasing and at west the skies looked more like this in devon. through the rest of the afternoon some damp weather across south—east

england for a time and quite wet for north—west england and wales for the easing off in northern ireland for a time but then turning heavier in the afternoon. across the north of scotla nd afternoon. across the north of scotland we have the best of the diminishing amount of sunshine that we have left in the uk. overnight tonight wet weather continuing to push east. staying cloudy and damp. the wind picking up. it will be a mild night, round 15 degrees across london towards dawn. i'll start to the day and then quite a lot of clout on thursday and more rain to come in the north—west especially to the afternoon. turning heavy and persistent. but where we see any brea ks persistent. but where we see any breaks in the cloud across england and wales it starts to feel quite a bit warmer. and a bit more humid as well. towards the end of the week,

another weather system pushing into the north—west bringing some heavy rain into western hills of scotland. wet again for northern ireland but further south and east more sunshine perhaps in the afternoon. the temperature is quite widely lifting into the 20s and then for the weekend still the threat of some cloud and rain across western parts of the uk but away from that with sunshine getting quite a lot warmer if not hot. temperatures could reach 27 towards london and the south—east of england. and if we take a look at how that compares with our european neighbours, not doing too badly heading into the first part of the weekend although turning colder through sunday. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the tory leadership contender, borisjohnson, has been summonsed by a court to face accusations of misconduct in a public office, over claims he made,

during the brexit referendum. that's all from us —have a good afternoon. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. we are less than eight hours away now from the start of the europa league final. arsenal take on chelsea but not too many fans have braved the long, expensive journey to the azerbaijan capital baku. on the field, both unai emery and maurizio sarri are under pressure to deliver some silverware in their first season in charge. former chelsea striker eidur gudjohnsen believes tonight's result will impact both clubs off the pitch, as well as on it. a lot of speculation about individual players‘ futures, manages futures at the club, so when you add all that together, it sets asset for all that together, it sets asset for a bigger game than just football, so a bigger game than just football, so a lot of things can go on around the

clu bs a lot of things can go on around the clubs and can answer questions about the speculation going into next season. i think it will be quite tight. i think chelsea will try to play on the counter attack, we will see arsenal in possession. i am hoping mess it is all can slot in one of the strikers to wind it that way. it will probably go to extra time and we will finish at two o'clock in the morning watching a penalty shoot out. i sincerely hope that doesn't happen because arsenal have been really unlucky in europe in recent history. just a reminder that you can catch all the build—up to that europa league final in sportsday this evening at 6.30pm with full commentary on the match on radio five live at 8pm. away from baku, final preparations are being made in london for the opening of the cricket world cup. england face south africa at the oval and if training is anything to go by today, pace bowler mark wood may not feature. liam plunkett and sam curren in the frame to play instead. captain eoin morgan should recover from a fractured finger to feature.

he believes his side can cope with the pressure of being favourites. we have spoken about it as a group and the level of expectation is therefore a reason. over the last two years, our form at home has been outstanding and that's the reason it's there. a lot of it is a well cabi it's there. a lot of it is a well cab i have played in, we have gone in with very little expectation and not done that well. i would pick this position over any other. england is a tremendous cricket team, they have shown that over the past team, they have shown that over the pa st 24 team, they have shown that over the past 24 months, playing really good cricket. the first game of the campaign, for me it isjust excitement. england has been the favourites, so we are going to have to play really good cricket, but for us to play really good cricket, but for us it is notjust the good first game, it is a six week period, and

tomorrow isjust the game, it is a six week period, and tomorrow is just the first step. british number one johanna konta will bid to reach the third round at the french open for the first time this afternoon, taking on unseeded american lauren davis. rafa nadal is bidding for a record extending 12th singles title at roland garros. german qualifier yannick maden is unlucky enough to be in his way. the 17 time grand slam champion has won the first two sets of the second round match 6—1, 6—2. it is now 4—3 in a dial in the third. thousands of mourners have gathered in vienna today to pay their respects to three—time formula one world champon niki lauda, who died last week at the age of 70. family members and former drivers have attended a mass at st stephen‘s catherdral. he‘ll be laid to rest shortly at a private funeral. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website.

11 english councils have been warned they could run out of cash reserves if current spending continues. that‘s from bbc analysis of data from the chartered institute of public finance and accountancy. tonight‘s panorama looks at the issue of how funding cuts are affecting social care services. one of the carers in the programme is rachel blackford. she looks after her mother barbara, who has dementia. barbara was using a specialised day centre in somerset, until it was closed by the county council. she now goes to a local nursing home, but as rachel told my colleague annita mcveigh, she worries about the future. it‘s very exhausting looking after my mother. she‘s at home with me 20 47, except for about seven hours out of my day when she attends daycare. she gets me up at night so when she‘s at day care, that allows me to get home to have some sleep and her incontinence care

is much needed and showering. just the simple things in life, it‘s just very, very demanding. and to get support that you need, because my mum suffers with very severe alzheimer‘s dementia. to get that professional, fully trained specialist care that she needs, it‘s not easy to find. she has this very challenging behaviour episodes, can be anything up to five hours of swearing and shouting and waving her arms around. so you need that professional care to defuse that situation. it‘s very hard to find, but stratfield house was providing that facility. they were fully trained in the mental health side and the physical side. unfortunately, it‘s been closed. said that was a facility close to you. how much time was your mum spending

there when it was open? she was spending two days a week at that facility. it was a lifeline for us. knowing we had that stability of care was and must for me and my family. and just listening to you and the amount of time you devote to looking after your mum, it must mean the time you spend with other members of your family is greatly reduced 7 so there is a huge ripple effect there for yourfamily? i haven‘t got a life. i haven‘t got any quality time with my husband. he is a good man, he stands by me and looks after me. but when you‘ve got limited time together, that quality time, it‘s very hard. it‘s had pressure points on our relationship. at times, we‘ve been a breaking point because of it. i‘ve got other family as well that

i need to look after. i know obviously the physical and emotional demands of caring for your mother are huge and you‘ve also said you are exhausted trying to fight the system on top of caring for your mum? yes, it‘s not only the battle of being exhausted from the care to look after my mum, but it‘s been the battle of seven years. i‘ve tried to fight the council to get any funding, to get the care and support they are duty—bound to provide by law. and to get that specialist care was taken away from us from the one place that work. you are at the coal face of this rachel, what do you think needs to happen to turn things around for you and other carers like you and indeed the people who need these care facilities? first and utmost, we need more funding from the government.

they need to take note that this is crisis point, this cannot continue for the nation. where are we all going to go if they keep closing these facilities down and care homes down. we need to find a solution of more funding. why can‘t we introduce a tourist tax, a visitor‘s tax into this country, where we could charge visitors may be £5, £10 per visit at airports and ports? that would generate billions of pounds over the years. that money could come through the treasury, down into the social care funding and the nhs and other things that are critically needed. the government need to take note and get this green paperfinalised. and you can find out more tonight in the first of a two part panorama series, crisis in care, at 9pm on bbc1.

eight years after the meltdown at the fukushima nuclear plant injapan, people are finally being allowed to return to their homes. they left when a huge tsunami struck the area. just under half the land in the small town of okuma has now been cleaned up. rupert wingfield hayes sent us this report. after eight years as a nuclear refugee, this 70—year—old man is back in his fields. this is very interesting, this man has come back here, planted his crops. this is basically for his own consumption and to experiment, to see what grows here, whether it‘s safe after it‘s grown. he says they have taken the top five centimetres of soil, it‘s been removed from his fields and from his garden here, and he said consequently it is not nearly as good as it used to be. on a nearby field, in giant letters, the japanese words "we came back". they were planted by this 80—year—old man.

translation: i have been back many times, so i am not worried about radiation at all. only a tiny part of okuma has been reopened, the rest remaining completely off—limits. as we have driven down into okuma town proper, the old town, the atmosphere completely changed. you can see the gates, abandoned buildings, nothing has been touched here for eight years. the centre of the town is four kilometres from the nuclear reactors of fu kushima. before the disaster, 11,000 people lived here. you can see by the door post here, the name of the man who took us on patrol this morning. this is his house. he couldn‘t come with us because he is busy, but he can‘t come back here, and this is how it has been for the last eight years or more, because this is considered a high

radiation zone still. this is a hotspot, and you can see it is because water has gathered here, and the water tends to, when it washes down from the hills, it tends to bring a lot of radiation with it. you can see just this local area has a particularly high reading. this is the first time i have been back here in the exclusion zone around the power plant in about 3.5 years, but it doesn‘t get any less strange. radiation levels, we have taken measurements, they are much higher than outside the exclusion zone, around ten to 15 times higher. whether the levels here are a danger to human health is open to debate. some scientists say you could quite safely live here without much damage to your health. others say that can‘t be determined. whatever the truth about that, this place is now pretty much abandoned for the foreseeable future.

there are no plans to clean it up, no plans for people to move back here. game of thrones star kit harington has checked into a "wellness retreat" in the us, reportedly for stress. the actor, who played jon snow in the popular series, was working on "some personal issues", his publicist told the bbc. in a recent interview, the 32—year—old actor said he experienced "a huge heave of emotion" after filming the final scenes of game of thrones, which he worked on for eight series. in a moment we‘ll have all the business news, but first the headlines on bbc news. conservative leadership candidate boris johnson has been ordered to attend a private court summons for allegations he lied to the public over brexit. labour‘s deputy leader tom watson says he thinks it was "spiteful" to expel alastair campbell from the party after he voted for the liberal democrats. migration advisors tell

the government they should recruit vets, web designers and psychologists from outside europe. now the business news. chinese telecoms giant huawei has asked a us court to speed up its legal battle with the us government. two weeks ago, the trump administration added huawei to a trade blacklist, banning american companies from working with it without specifict government approval. huawei today said it set a dangerous precedent and warned it will harm billions of consumers real madrid has overtaken manchester united as the most valuable european football club. a study of club‘s enterprise value by kpmg estimates its worth at £2.91 billion. the valuation is based profitability as well as popularity along with broadcasting rights, sporting potential and stadium value.

wh smith has been ranked the uk‘s worst high street retailer for the second year in a row, according to a which survey. the poll, which covered 100 retailers, rated the chain "very poor" for value for money and in—store experience. in contrast richer sounds and john lewis were at the top of the table. let‘s start with the latest snapshot of the grocery sector and what we‘re spending in different supermarkets. the discount chains are continuing to draw in more customers and the traditional big four supermarkets have lost market share. overall, the grocery market grew by 1.3% over the past quarter compared with the same time last year. because of their growing market share, analysts at kantar say that aldi and lidl have added £344 million to their value compard with last year. together, they have 13.8% of the market.

aldi alone has attracted nearly one million more shoppers. tesco‘s share of the market has slipped slightly but it still remains the biggest player at 27.7%. earlier we heard from chris hayward, consumer specialist for ka ntar, who explained why the german discounters are doing so well. the market is seeing growth and i think we‘ve seen the troubles on the high street and the grocery sector is nothing if not resilient. of course, the big figures are there for aldi and lidl, so a million more shoppers than aldi and over 600,000 more lidl. but it‘s not all about the growth of the discounter. we have to remember shops like co—op have seen good growth and indeed, although being squeezed, we know tesco have performed particularly well as well. so there‘s a few things to think about at the moment. so firstly with the uncertainty in the country, at least

what i call wallet fragility, so people are less willing to take risks and more willing to search out value and the way i can do that is by cheaper products or go to cheaper supermarkets as well. growth is down on last year and that‘s mainly due because we had a fantastic may last year with event television, royal weddings and football. whereas this year, we‘ve not had the weather and we‘ve not had those events. but if i were a grocer, i would be thinking i‘m well—placed because we‘ve got the cricket world cup coming up, we‘ve got two football finals with british interest. we‘ve got the netball world cup injuly as well as wimbledon. so there‘s plenty of things for retailers to hang their hats on to try and get that discretionary spend back into store and into occasions. staying on the theme of shopping, and the prices we pay at the shops have been climbing at close to their highest rate in six years. so—called shop price inflation rose at 0.8% in may compared with 0.4% in april. dr liliana danila is an economist with the british retail consortium. these figures, still well below the general, headline rate of inflation that we all follow. why is that?

well, to begin with, their prices are only looking at prices of goods on the shelves. however, over the last year, we have seen that shop prices have increased steadily and thatis prices have increased steadily and that is because cost pressures have pushed up that inflation rate. rising labour costs, the depreciation of the pound and, more importantly, the persistent rises in business rates have all put a huge burden on the retail industry. the retail industry, while it accounts for 5% of the uk economy overall, it actually pays 25% of business rates, so those kinds of unfair and unsustainable cost pressures are going to filter through into consumer prices. when it comes to

the type of inflation we see in this report, to what extent is it driven by the cost that retailers have what extent is it driven by how much consumers are willing to spend? of course it is a mix of the two. the fa ct course it is a mix of the two. the fact that we are in an environment where consumers are very reluctant to spend, especially on discretionary items, it is very evident, but at the same time cost pressures a re evident, but at the same time cost pressures are filtering through. if we look at the non—food sector especially, we are seeing the highest inflation rate we have seen ina long highest inflation rate we have seen in a long time, but that follows two yea rs of in a long time, but that follows two years of deep discounting. if you look at furniture, prices of this month have increased 6.5% on last year, which appears to be a big number, but that is only 0.5% on may 2015. what we are seeing is that retailers are not able to absorb all

these cost increases and they are finally starting to filter some of them to consumers. and interesting, looking at those non—food figures that you single out, i see that clothing and electrical shops are the kind of exception to that rule, exception to the increase we are seeing. in clothing and electrical is, we have seen prices going down, declining year on year for the past year, for the past several years now, and that has to do with the fa ct now, and that has to do with the fact that the technological disruption has impacted the sector is much more greatly than any other sectors. and combined with competition, retailers can only take some of the price hit. thank you very much. also making business headlines today...

airlines fear it could be another three months before the boeing 737 max takes to the skies again, after it was grounded during investigations into two fatal crashes. it means that airlines will have to make costly alternative arrangements during the peak summer season. the international air transport association, which represents airlines around the world, expects to hold a meeting with boeing and regulators before the latest model of the popular short haul aircraft is allowed to fly again. the train booking website, trainline, is planning to list shares on the london stock exchange and raise £75 million. it would value trainline at £1.5 billion. only 39% of train tickets are sold online in the five countries in which trainline opearates so its boss thinks there‘s much more scope for growth. staying with trains, the mayors of greater manchester and liverpool are calling for arriva, which operates northern rail services, to be stripped of the franchise. andy burnham and steve rotheram say too many trains are late

or cancelled and that northern "consistently failed" to deliver its legally binding requirements. it‘s the china—us trade dispute to blame. editorial in chinese newspaper people‘s daily warning that it not a good day for oil either. that is it from me. the eiffel tower is already one of the world‘s most popular tourist attractions, but now there‘s a new way for people to experience the parisian landmark. to mark it‘s 130th birthday, visitors are being offered the chance to take a free trip on a zip line from the top of the tower. participants will be picked by an online lottery. those who choose to take the trip will set off from the second floor balcony for a ride lasting just 60 seconds, ending in the courtyard of the 18th—century military complex

nearby, the ecole militaire. the zipline will be operating until the 11th ofjune. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. we are going to see some pretty big changes in the weather over the next few days. we have lost the cool northerly winds that brought a number of heavy showers over recent days and instead the weather is going to be getting warmer. but to get into this one air we have to push these weather fronts across the uk, and those will be with us for quite a time across the west of the country, where we are looking at wet weather over the next few days. there is thickening cloud as those of france continued to work in, and they have been bringing wet weather as well. murky conditions in devon over recent hours. through the rest of the afternoon, the chance of a bit of rain across south—east

england but the heaviest rain will be further north, for northern ireland, later in the day north west england and wales. the best of any sunshine across the north—east of scotla nd sunshine across the north—east of scotland but generally, where we have seen morning sunshine, it is going to turn progressively cloudier. the rain will tend to ease off for many of us but staying quite cloudy, dull and damp across western coasts and hills. the wind picking up coasts and hills. the wind picking up as well. it is going to be a mild night for most of us. mild, cloudy, but a fairly breezy start to the day on thursday. that wind may well poke a few holes in the cloud to the east of wales, the east of the pennines, but further north and west we are going to see outbreaks of rain and it could be quite heavy at times. northern ireland, western parts of scotla nd northern ireland, western parts of scotland as well. further south, 23 degrees, it is getting warmer and a bit more humid as well. on friday, a heavy belt of rain in northern

ireland and western scotland. they could be localised flooding issues. but in the south, temperatures are on the rise and that trend continues into the weekend. an improvement in the weather even across the north and west, but still a few showers. should be dry for england and wales and getting significantly warmer. temperatures in the warmest spot should get up to 27 degrees. and after a cool spell of weather in europe, it is also going to be warming up here as we head into the first part of the week. i would temperatures comparing fairly favourably.

hello, you‘re watching afternoon live — i‘m ben brown. today at 2: the conservative leadership contender, borisjohnson, has been summonsed by a court to face accusations of misconduct in a public office. it follows claims he made during the brexit referendum, that the uk sent £350 million to the eu every week. a crisis in social care, as england spends far less per head than wales and scotland. i‘m desperate. and i‘m not the only one. a lifeline‘s been cut. you just think, if they don‘t listen to our pleas,