hello, good afternoon. ratherwet underfoot to start off the day to well, it made history. it has to be the highlight, it has to be. adams day, that early rain clearing its way northwards. it's windy and it's is used to drama in the ring but now mild for the rest of the afternoon. there is a bit more wet weather to says she plans to swap the canvas come. these outbreaks of rain will for the big screen. i started first spread in from the south, and there isa spread in from the south, and there is a met office weather warning out getting into acting when i was for the southern western and central younger. i quite enjoyed doing it. i areas of the capital, that signed up with emmerdale and coronation street and played myself in waterloo road. i had fun and i'm hoping in the future i will be able to do hoping in the future i will be able todoa hoping in the future i will be able to do a little bit more. i was, i he's known for his athleticism had to turn down a few opportunities and ability to score goals with his head as well as his feet, while i was boxing, so i'm looking but this is something special from cristiano ronaldo. forward to now taking up all the he scored injuventus' 2—1 win over opportunities that i had to miss sampdoria last night, but what a leap to make the header. site if i see you as an actor or he hangs in the air, almost like a basketball player, actress, i see you as an action producing a jump of 71cm woman. is that what you would like as he headed in alex sandro's to go into, stunt work, orjust acting? just the acting side, i cross at the back post. think! i've had enough of getting that's ronaldo's i2th bashed about! jo currie, bbc news. goal this season. scotland captain greig laidlaw has announced his retirement i'm not surprised. from international rugby after nine years and 76 caps. time for a look at the weather. he led the national team 39 times, more than anyone else. here's nick miller. the 34—year—old scrum half made his last appearance for scotland in the rugby world cup defeat to japan in october.

he ends his international career more rain for us, look how it's been second only to chris patterson on the all—time points list turning better across south—west for scotland, with 714, mostly from kicking. england and wales, some heavy rain here, i've seen pictures of flash flooding in cornwall so some very laidlaw will continue to play club rugby with difficult travelling conditions. as clermont auvergne in france. this pushing north and west evening rush hour in northern england. even england's world cup winning captain, where the weather clears there will eoin morgan, has landed an ipl contract of more than half a million be heavy thundery showers and strong pounds, he'll be joining gusty winds in the south coast of the kolkata knight riders. england. the rain thatjust was meanwhile english batsman alex hales northern ireland, southernmost parts of scotla nd helped his sydney thunder side beat northern ireland, southernmost parts of scotland later this afternoon, it's a mild day, most of us are in melbourne renegades by six wickets in australia's big bash. double figures. so a wet evening in hales scored 68 runs from 38 northern england. wherever we are deliveries as thunder beat seeing the rain and england and wales there could be some problems asa wales there could be some problems as a result. there is a met office the reigning champions with two balls to spare. eventually he was caught in the deep yellow warning for rain. there may by kane richardson off the bowling of harry gurney in the 17th over. bea yellow warning for rain. there may be a bit more flooding, with several spells of rain to come across southern parts as we'll see in the russia's anti—doping agency rusada moment. the rain reaches into has said it will appeal the four—year ban from major northern ireland, pushes across scotland, there's a lull to the sporting events, which south of that then another spell of was recently handed out rain perfeeding into parts of by the world anti—doping agency. england and wales. there is no frost our sports correspondent alex capstick has been following this

overnight. the next area of rain looks to be confined mostly to story and joins us now. alex, news that russia will appeal england and wales tomorrow. it may perhaps isn't a surprise, start to push towards south—east but what happens next? scotland, may be eastern parts of aberdeenshire during the day. a few showers in western scotland. a lot 0!’ or all the indications were that of dry weather in scotland, foggy russia would contest this decision, and northern ireland to start the day, some of that may linger in some leading figures from both sport... spots and the rain lingering through central and eastern parts of saying it was unfair, but it was england, only slowly clearing later in the day. it may brighten up pa rt saying it was unfair, but it was part of a western conspiracy to towards parts of wales and south—west england. not as windy damage the reputation of russia. tomorrow. it feels a bit colder. putin said it was justified and that over the weekend the pattern has the he was against collective areas of low pressure affecting punishment. just a reminder of that southernmost parts of the uk. elsewhere it looking drier. this is punishment, the western flag, —— the a saturday. sunshine, a few showers but the next area of low pressure russian flag can be a part of any of bringing more rain into southern england, may be south wales, some uncertainty about the northern the major sporting events. athletes will be able to compete as long as extent of that and then by part two they show they are not part of the of the weekend on sunday, that pulls doping conspiracy. they fully away from south—eastern parts of england and again its sunshine, a expected russia to launch an appeal, few showers. there could be some fog and it was part of that thinking to to start the day the further north make russian campaign in the case. you are, a few showers mainly in the

west and temperature sinking down before was that it could take and into single figures. that's how it's that means it there could have the looking here. back to that australia hate, we've talked about how hot it's been during the day. spare a build—up to yet another olympics thought for the people of adelaide, now into thursday night with an dominated by the russian doping overnight temperature of 33 celsius. scandal. that is a hot summer's day for us the leeds rhinos and england scrum half rob burrow has been diagnosed but there is a big change on the with motor neurone disease. the 37 —year—old won eight grand finals, three way. it's turning much cooler world club challenges and two challenge cups in 17 years compared with the heat now, by more than 20 degrees over the next couple with the super league side. burrow, who retired in 2017, is now of days but it's still early in the summer of days but it's still early in the summerand of days but it's still early in the summer and they will be more heat to the club's reserve team head coach. come. there is no doubt about that. come. there is no doubt about that. you line incredible temperatures, thank you. our main story. the queen that's all the sport for now. sets out the government's plans for next year at the state opening of parliament with brexit taking centre welcome back to westminster. the queen has laid out stage as well as more money for the the conservative government's nhs and social care. agenda for the year, following last week's election win. that's all from the bbc news at one. 00:03:47,280 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 so, it's goodbye from me. there are around 30 bills. front and centre of those is delivering brexit by bringing the withdrawal agreement back to parliament to ratify the brexit deal agreed by the government in october. might make let's hear what her

majesty had to say. my government's priority is to deliver the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of january. my ministers will bring forward legislation to ensure the united kingdom's exit on that date, and to make the most of the opportunities that this brings all the people of the united kingdom. thereafter, my ministers will seek a future relationship with the european union, based on a free trade agreement that benefits the whole of the united kingdom. they will also begin trade negotiations with other leading global economies. the integrity and prosperity of the united kingdom is of the utmost importance to my government. my ministers will work urgently to facilitate talks to restore devolved government in northern ireland. the environment also featured in the queen's address. she noted the goverment‘s ambitions

to meet emissions targets, as well as protecting the environment for future generations. my government will continue to take steps to meet the world—leading target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. it will continue to lead the way in tackling global climate change, hosting the cop26 summit in 2020. to protect and improve the environment for future generations, a bill will enshrine, in law, environmental principles and legally binding targets, including for air quality. it will also ban the export of polluting plastic waste to countries outside the organisation for economic cooperation and development, and establish a new world—leading independent regulator in statute. the queen detailed some of the proposed bills that will affect working families.

my government will bring forward measures to support working families, raising the national insurance threshold, and increasing the national living wage. to ensure every child has access to a high—quality education, my ministers will increase levels of funding per pupil in every school. measures will be brought forward to encourage flexible working, to introduce the entitlement to leave for unpaid carers, and to help people save for later life. new measures will be brought forward to protect tenants, and to improve building safety. my government will take steps to support home ownership, including by making homes available at discount for local first—time buyers. my ministers will develop legislation to improve internet safety for all.

the government agenda also includes plans to provide extra funding for social care, as well as seeking cross party consensus for long term reform so that nobody needing care should be forced to sell their home. my government will continue to invest in our gallant armed forces. my government will honour armed forces covenant, which will be further incorporated into law, and the nato commitment to spend at least 2% of national income on defence. it will bring forward proposals to tackle vexatious claims that undermine our armed forces, and will continue to seek better ways of dealing with legacy issues that provide better outcomes for victims and survivors. my government will work to promote and expand the united kingdom's influence in the world. an integrated security,

defence and foreign policy review will be undertaken to reassess the nation's place in the world, covering all aspects of international policy, from defence to diplomacy and development. my ministers will promote the united kingdom's interests, including freedom of speech, human rights, and the rule of law. my government will work closely with international partners to help solve their most complex international security issues, and to promote peace and security globally. joining me now is the former clerk of the house of commons, lord lisvane. thank you for coming along. a lot of people will be a bit disappointed to see the queen speech without the regalia and carriage. what is the reason for paring it down. isjust

quite soon after the last one, so there is an element of repetition perhaps. there was no shortage of ceremony in the chamber. ito ebbing when you're talking about the queen? the queen is always elegant and stylish. but mcintyre must of the legislative that has been set out over the years, we have a government and a leader that can lead after three years of relative torpor. one of the flash points that will be in the coming months? a lot of those 30 bills will be big and complex bills. there is quite a scrutineer challenge ahead. it doesn't matter that the government has got its big majority. it will get its way in the end, but it will also have to try and persuade, and it really depends on the business managers‘s approach

to how bills are programmed. it depends on the house of lords as a scrutiny to an extent. i see the session as being a long one, because of course we are starting it very unusually, and not for a hundred yea rs unusually, and not for a hundred years in december. i expect this to go on until 2021, so there is enough a lot of time and a lot to pack into it. the state of the union is something that will have to be addressed at some point here. did something that concerns me a great deal. the last session i tabled the act of union bill which is based on the work of the group. it chose to rebalance the constitutional settle m e nt rebalance the constitutional settlement so that we have as it we re settlement so that we have as it were a better map devolution and not top—down. were a better map devolution and not top-down. which is how nicola sturgeon would say it is being run

and that is the problem. the forces which are increasing intensity as that are going to have to be addressed by this parliament, such as the difference between referendum results in england and in scotland. the feeling that in parts of england they are disenfranchised, and what might be the solution to that. might it be the development of city mayors or the development of regional assemblies. there are a whole lot of things and some of them canvassing the bill. white maximum pass that we have at the moment is that the prime minister is saying he does not want a second scottish referendum. nicola sturgeon says that her argument is an unarguable right to hold one. this could become quite messy. yes, i think it will become real politics. it may be that nicola

sturgeon waits for an additional buttressing of her position, with the result of the scottish parliament elections in 2021. right backin parliament elections in 2021. right back in times of the feel of this place, where nothing seems to get done, at least from the outside, is this going to be a hive of activity? i think it will be. as you know, parliaments over the years have been called different names depending on their character. i think i would call the last parliament the gridlocked parliament. gridlocked, i think, expressed theirfrustration that people had that nothing was happening. the fixed—term parliaments act was part of the spanner in the works there. i certainly welcomed the proposal to scrap it. back to back it is not as simple as that, though is it? yes,

you can repeal it, but you are replacing the seven t of the government... you need to reinstall that in a new real appeal. drafting what that prerogative consists of, sounds a bit nerdish, but it is quite important and will be extremely interesting. will look forward to talking about that with you. let's pick up on that show of disenfranchisement. steve rotheram is the labour mayor for the liverpool region. hejoins me now. but i got a sense for what you have heard today that that issue are just franchises something that will be addressed? i wish i had got that from the queen speech. it was back to the future queen speech for me. it was an admittance of the failure of tory austerity and a wasted

decade, whereby they have noted that they didn't put enough money into they didn't put enough money into the nhs and infrastructure. there wasn't an awful lot for us in the liverpool city region to be grateful for her to look forward to, that is because we still —— still living the last government generally grasp the opportunities that devolution presents to it to work with us, because we know generally what is going to work in our area, then we are going to lose out again. we'll have five more years where areas like ours will feel disenfranchised. given that the prime minister himself has said that he knows that many of those traditionally labour —— labour voters have switched to conservatives, that they are on loan, he wants to keep some obviously. do you get a chance that —— do you get a sense that that will change things? you have to be

hopeful that a government of any persuasion de wet august government should do and rebalance the economy. i believe that people felt left behind. i believe the seeds of brexit were equally so vital to westminster as they were in strasbourg and brussels, because people feel left behind. if you choke concentric circles for the centre of london outwards you will see how people feel. unfortunately, that resentment towards the political class resulted in many people voting tory for the first time. we have to do what we can do to win them back, and we have to rebuild trust in politics per se. i'm hoping that liverpool city region will prove that devolution is an experiment that is worth pursuing. if the prime minister picked up the phone and rang you and said what do you think i should do to start that ball rolling? what are

the priorities? two very simple ones. the first ones he needs to do something in transport. people in the north facing chaos. we have two franchises the transport amongst bus and unveiled that are running at just about half of the scheduled services, so passengers are facing travel chaos on a daily basis, and that has to stop. if it was happening in london, borisjohnson and the government would be doing something about it. there will be questions in the house. the second bit is about skills. we now face a skills crisis. we have skills shortages in certain skills gaps. the government can't decide from a command and control perspective what is best in an area like ours. i will be questions in the house. the second bit is about skills. we now face a skills crisis. we have skills shortages in certain skills gaps. the government can't decide from a command and control perspective what

is best in an area like ours. only we the evidence base. unfortunately, the department for education won't even respond to us about how we can deliver as liverpool city region on behalf i have... we are asking for what is already there and distribution of equity and fairness. i think both, power and resource, can't exist in isolation. when not both. your site boris johnson can't exist in isolation. when not both. your site borisjohnson as being the mayor, he was the mayor of london, and when i have spoken with him, told me that he understands the impediments that stop areas like us achieving theirfull impediments that stop areas like us achieving their full potential. he understands that devolution is part of the solution. if that is the case, we stand ready and willing to be held accountable for being provided with that power and resources , provided with that power and resources, and we will deliver on behalf of uk plc better than uk

central government would do for us. you are not going to condemn the prime minister but the jury is out and you want to see some action. the reality is that it breaks my heart that my party today put forward our queen speech. i am labour through through but the reality is we have a tory government and we have five yea rs or tory government and we have five years or potentially more of a tory government. we have to work with the government. we have to work with the government have the day, and i am prepared to work as far as i can to get as much as we possibly can, and afairshare of get as much as we possibly can, and a fair share of funding for our area, because as a liverpool city region, we are really starting to pull ourselves together. have a look at... were the fastest growing combined that back add to those figures are going through the roof. people are visiting the area and seeing what we have to offer. we

have advanced manufacture and... were just the have advanced manufacture and... werejust the government have advanced manufacture and... were just the government to give us the tools to do the work and the resource to follow it. and believe me, we can take up again. really good to talk to you, steve rotherham. british airways has been rated as one of the uk 5 worst airlines, in a survey conducted by the consumer group which? ba came third from bottom in the short—haul category. ryanair came last for the fourth consecutive year. british airways was among the worst—rated for food, seat comfort and value for money on both short and long—haul services in the annual which? poll. the best airlines were guernsey s aurigny air, withjet 2 in second place.

the european premiere of the new star wars film, the rise of skywalker, has been held in london. the movie, starring daisy ridley and john boyega, concludes the star wars saga started by george lucas more than a0 years ago. our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was there. the fans were out in force for the evening's premiere. for so many, star wars is more than simply a movie. this film and the other two in the latest trilogy have all won praise for the way they've seamlessly evolved from the original films, while also moving significantly forward when it comes to things like gender balance and diversity. 0h, they fly now! they fly now? people have been fighting long and hard for characters like this, for women and anyone sort of not in the traditional film sense, to play. so i'm also thankful to all of the people who have been fighting for years and years and years for roles like this to be available. what has being part of this meant to you? it's meant being part of telling a 42—year piece of history.

it's notjust been a movie — it's a cultural phenomenon. and again, to have contributed something to that is an incredible experience. there's a lot of responsibility. i thought at the same time it is also shared responsibility, you know? i'm there, we have a whole crew, we have thousands of people that work in this movie. so it doesn't all fall on my shoulders and i'm glad about that! as well as one or two newcomers, the rise of skywalker again has disney bought lucasfilm and the rights to star wars for around $4 billion, but the success of this new series now makes that look like a bit of a bargain. and it's all because of the passion star wars still enjoys from fans 42 years after the saga first began. lizo mzimba, bbc news, leicester square. will buy back with simon for afternoon live in just live injust a live in just a few minutes. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. more rain on the way,

to particularly those parts today so a lot of cloud around unsigned silent had already today. this book a cloud will be pushing heavy rain across england and wales over the next few hours, with another batch of thick cloud just passing the north—west of spain. rain at times best sums up the weather. the ground is saturated so weather. the ground is saturated so we could start to be some surface whether making an impact. try and quieterfor whether making an impact. try and quieter for a whether making an impact. try and quieterfor a time but whether making an impact. try and quieter for a time but the whether making an impact. try and quieterfor a time but the next batch of rain returning later in the night across england and wales. given the cloud on the run around it's not going to be too cold. temperatures five to nine celsius, but it is the rain that is cause for concern with the risk of some localised flooding and disruption to the vote on the railways. when

increasingly falling on saturated ground. joe friday, bouts of rain will tend to push northwards working its way to eastwood eastern scotland on friday afternoon. interesting have her wet westwards into scotland it will get, but don't make the relu cta nt it will get, but don't make the reluctant user. perhaps some dry weather in northern ireland for a time. this weekend, we see low pressure system is working towards the english channel. otherwise, it's going to be a weekend of bates bells and scattered showers. on saturday, will start off with a lot of cloud and some showers pushing northwards towards northern england scotland and northern ireland. later in the afternoon we will see the next weather system bring more rain and across southern england and getting into the far south of wales as well. temperatures seven to 10 celsius for most of us. the second half of the weekend, that area of low pressure will continue to pull rain away from

east anglia. this guy is generally a little bit brighter, but there will be further showers around as well. temperatures seven to 10 celsius.

hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy at westminster. today at 2: the state opening of parliament — the queen sets out the government's plans for the future with brexit centre stage — there's also extra money for the nhs. my my government's priority is to deliver the united kingdom's departure from the european union on the 31st of january.

promises of safer streets with the recuitment of more police officers and tougher action on the most dangerous criminals. scotland's first minister, nicola sturgeon, sets out her plans for another independence referendum — and warns borisjohnson not to oppose it. more dismalfigures for the nhs — this time in wales — where hospitals recorded the worst ever performance at accident and emergency units last month.