and we cannot deny, no one can deny my assessment is right. so nobody knows, football is unpredictable. city's great entertainers against the greatest side in the history of the european cup, could be another classic. liverpool will certainly be watching it. olly foster, bbc news. the football shirt diego maradona wore during his infamous "hand of god" goal in the 1986 world cup has already reached its auction reserve price of £4 million. it belongs to former england player steve hodge who swapped shirts with the argentinian legend after the match. for the last two decades it's been on display at the national football museum in manchester. sotheby�*s are selling the shirt in an online auction. if you're in the market for that, that is! time for a look at the weather. here's susan powell.

this is aberdeen pretty much right now with showers rolling in. many areas have had some cloud and rain this morning but things are going to get livelier this afternoon. we saw this when pushing east across scotland earlier and this line of showers really punching up in the last couple of hours. moving further south this line of showers will continue to move east to this afternoon and as the sun comes out injecting energy into the atmosphere things are going to get lively. across the eastern side of the uk this afternoon, this is four o'clock, and we're going to see some heavy and thundery showers pushing across the north—east of england, down into the midlands and approaching the south and the london area. it will be pretty warm with temperatures up to 17 degrees, a fine and to the date further west

with high pressure building but the showers rattle on into the evening across east anglia and the south—east, some pretty heavy rain and not clearing the far east until after midnight. then becomes quiet because england and wales into the small hours with early morning mist and fog. to the north—west some cloud in scotland and northern ireland and the high pressure to the south so not making great inroads but more cloud around in scotland on thursday and outbreaks of rain. then we pick up a south westerly airstream so for everyone a warmer day on thursday with some sunshine across england and wales and are largely dry day. temperatures up to 21 degrees. more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, some rain across scotland which could hold temperatures back to the mid teens. but still 16, 17 degrees quite widely for scotland and northern

ireland. a warm day to come across england and wales on friday with rain pushing in from the north later on. a bit fresher because northern ireland and scotland on friday afternoon but they should be some sunshine. the area of rain overnight friday across southern england, but at the weekend high—pressure comes in once again and it looks like a pretty subtle story to come for the weekend. and we will hang on to the warmer air as well. a reminder of our top story... the eu unveils plans for new sanctions against moscow, including a ban on russian oil imports by the end of this year. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news.

manchester city are looking for a second successive champions league final against an english club. they're in spain where they face real madrid tonight with a 11—3 advantage from the first leg — knowing liverpool will await them in the final. city have never won the champions league, it's the one piece of silverware that's evaded pep guardiola at city. they came close last season but, they lost out to another british side, chelsea in the final last year. i think they are two good teams, two good teams and we saw it a week ago when we played, they are the champions in spain, we are trying to be champions, so they're both teams. so like i said one week ago, we will be in the semi—final... to try to be another time, second time in a row is our target. it would change the

perspective on our side. i think, as a player, you want to win the trophies, and you want to win this one, i think the fact that we have been fighting for it numerous years and been to the latter stages means that we have been doing really well. obviously it is a cup competition and the quality is very high so it is very difficult to win it. seven years we did very well but obviously we didn't win it and i think to win it would change that little narrative. liverpool became the first club through to the final in paris after beating villarreal. it's their third time through to european club footballs biggest occasion in five years. that's despite a bit of a scare in the first half of their second leg, they eventually won 3—2 on the night, 5—2 on aggregate. having already won the league cup, the victory keeps alive their hopes of winning an unprecedented quadruple. outstanding, massive, feels like it is the first to be honest,

because it is always so special, it is the best competition in the world. love it. love the sound, everything. loved the night. respect to villareal, in the end we deserved it and that is really cool. it was massive from the boys. joining english football's elite next season will be bournemouth. after two years away, they are back in the big time, promoted to the premier league. kieffer moore, their striker, who recovered from a broken foot just in time to help their promotion push, with the goal that sealed it against nottingham forest. he gets to play in the premier league for the first time, a really special moment for the team and the fans. and means it won't go down to the last game of the season. now, how about this for turning back the clock. for the first time in five years, andy murray will face the world number one novak djokovic in the third round of the madrid open. that's after murray beat

denis shapovalov in three sets to go through. murray has known, djokovic, a 20—time grand slam champion since they were children and have faced each other 36 times in their professional careers. emma raducanu's recent good run is over, she's out of the compeition after losing her third round matchshe lost to anehilina kalinina of ukraine who took the first set. raducanu, having taken a medical timeout for a back injury, forced a decider but her opponent clinched it sending the british number one out. britain's cam norrie is also in action right now, he's currently into a deciding set against spains roberto bautista agut. you can follow that on the bbc sport website. i will have more throughout the

afternoon. complaints from students in england and wales about their university courses reached a record high last year. more than 2,500 complaints were made to the office of the independent adjudicator for higher education in 2021, a 6% increase on 2020. two thirds of them were related to the impact of the pandemic, with the adjudicator saying some students found that they weren't getting the learning experiences that they reasonably expected. some students complained about being unable to access in—person facilities like laboratories, while others were unable to pursue their studies abroad. john gill is the editor of the times high education and believes the record number of complaints is mainly due to the pandemic, he was speaking to my colleage lukwesa burak this morning. it's record numbers of complaints and record quantities of compensation that have been paid out as well, which i think is interesting, because in the normal run of things, when the complaints get escalated to the oia, which is the last port of call for students,

once they have exhausted all the complaints that they can go through internally with the university, they go to the oia. and normally when a complaint is found in favour of a student, they would look for a remedy that actually tries to fix whatever went wrong. so, for example, they might resit a course, or resit an exam. during the lockdowns that wasn't really possible, you know, the complaints were primarily about the lack of face—to—face, the distance learning, the lack of study abroad, or the lack of work placements. they couldn't actually fix that, because the universities were stuck, like the rest of us, in a working from home environment. so what they had to do instead was look for financial recompense, which is why we see these record numbers of compensation being paid out. but i do think it's unusual, i think it's a blip, i think it's two years of extraordinarily difficult circumstances that universities had to grapple with, as we all did. and i think over the next year or two we will start to see those numbers of complaints coming down again. it is worth saying that there is a time lag here, because, as i say, you've to go through your internal complaint procedures

before you get to the oia. so some of these complaints we see in 2021 will relate to issues that were happening the year before and we may see numbers in the next year of oia complaints that actually relate to the second year of covid that we have just gone through. and in terms of compensation, obviously universities also have a bottom line, can they afford the compensation that they are having to pay out? they can, look, it is not huge sums of money in the scheme of things, i think it's £1.3 million in compensation that's been paid out over the course of the year, which you know, i think 65 students received over 5,000. there was one very large compensation paid out, payment paid out of £65,000. not clear what that was for. but overall this is not a sum of money that will hit the universities�* bottom line significantly. ok, new hybrid learning, we have heard that you know in the workplace this is also being looked at, already adopted with some companies, is this going to be a feature also of universities now?

i think it will be, absolutely. i'm talking to you currently from my home in south london, we are all doing it. actually, it is what students want. there is an overall narrative of students, sorry, of universities perhaps dragging theirfeet and being laggards in not getting back face—to—face and giving students what they want. that's not actually true. all universities across the country are delivering home space learning as we speak. what they are doing is starting to rethink what a really good teaching and learning experience looks like. so we know that students actually want hybrid learning. they want to have, for example, what the old lecture, where several hundred students would sit in a lecture theatre, perhaps isn't an optimal way of learning. and those being done online, where students can access learning material at their convenience, you know, through online learning environments is what students want. the universities then flip the model and do their in person teaching in small classes, in seminars, and those sorts of things, which all the evidence shows a much better way of teaching. so overall, you know

there may be a silver lining that comes out of this. unfortunately, not for the students that were the cohort that were really hard hit by the two years of covid. but we may end up with teaching and learning that actually is much better fit for purpose than the model which we had perhaps ten years ago. john, just going back to the complaints process, you mentioned that there isn't the internal, the internal aspect of it as well. i'm just wondering if it's fit for purpose, particularly when you look at complaints, because some of those complaints included, ok, 40% were pandemic—related, but there are also complaints that were based on alleged sexual abuse. are those being dealt with correctly by universities these days? yeah, look, there are a relatively small number of these complaints. you know we have the the usual mix of other things in here over and above covid, so assessment grades and you're right, some sexual conduct complaints as well. i think it is something universities are getting to grips with more, or they're realising they have to take much more seriously than they have in the past perhaps. you know, there is a real concern, ithink, across

university campuses, frankly, right across the world, this is not uk—specific, about appropriate behaviour on campus, sexual misconduct, things like the nature of relationships between lecturers and students. so those things are being looked at very carefully. it always comes down to case by case, there will be examples and there are examples that we see in the news that are not handled correctly, but i would say that universities are taking those issues very, very seriously indeed. and finally, very quickly, just slightly away from the subject, foreign students, do they receive the correct service as well when they come to the uk to study? well, i think the uk has an incredible reputation for delivering some of the best higher education in the world, quite rightly. that said, it is worth saying that in these oai complaints that we are seeing, there were a number of complaints coming from international students specifically, who felt very hard done by, because of course international students, we think fees are high for domestic students in the uk, they're much higherfor students

coming in internationally. there is no cap, so they can be tens of thousands of pounds for international students. and of course they were also receiving that entirely remote experience that uk students were during that year or two. so i think they felt, you know, quite rightly, perhaps, that they were coming here to the uk, or perhaps that's what they had planned to do, but weren't able to do because of covid. they were paying a very high fee and then they were just receiving remote learning. it was hugely suboptimal, not universities�* fault, you know they had to do it, you can understand why they felt they were getting a rough deal. i think overall, what i would say is the uk is a phenomenally good place to study, right up there with the best in the world in terms of delivering that international student experience, and it's also hugely important to our uk domestic students to have that international classroom, that input from international peers as part of their student experience, it is part of what a uk university is these days. more now on the renewed row in the united states

over abortion laws. in oklahoma it is now illegal to terminate a pregancy from the point when a heart beat can be detected in a foetus. that could be as early as six weeks, when many women don't even know they�* re pregnant. the move came hours after a leaked document suggested that a historic law which legalised abortion could be overturned. women's rights attorney gloria allred, who defended norma mccorvey — otherwise known as jane roe — in the historic 1973 court case roe versus wade. she's been speaking to my colleage ben thompson. there are five of the nine justices on the united states supreme court, who clearly oppose roe v wade and even though some of the language of the draft opinion may be changed somewhat, i think in the end, they will strike down roe v wade, which has been the law of the land for almost 50 years and this is not only

a precedent, it is called a super precedent. roe v wade, and it isjust catastrophic for women and girls in the allotted states, that roe v wade may finally be reversed, because that means it is going to be turned back to the states to decide if they wish to make abortion a crime, to ban it or not. half of the states in the united states have already indicated that they will ban abortion in their estates if roe v wade is reversed. some of them have already done so, in violation of the constitution. others have triggered laws, meaning those laws banning abortion will go into effect on the 1st ofjuly or the 1st of august if and when roe v wade is struck down. so this is very dangerous. what is even more dangerous is that some of the states which were what we call haven states, states where

women who lived in states where abortion became a crime could go to the other states, like the women in texas who couldn't get an abortion after six weeks would go to the nearby state of oklahoma to get a legal abortion. oklahoma has now passed a law that is like texas's law which also bans abortion, so they won't have that status of haven. many women will not have the funds to travel to save states like california where i am now, or new york or other states where abortion is protected and will remain legal. they will not have the bus fare or train fare, they won't have gas for their cars. they won't be able to get childcare for their children or take time off work to travel hundreds of miles, maybe thousands of miles to get an abortion. this is a disasterfor poor women especially, rural women, young women, women of colour especially. they are the ones without

the voice, without the power, who will not be heard. we must, and we will continue to fight the good fight for them and fight with everything that we have to change the law, which is what we have to do. we have to go to congress and get the women's health protection act passed on to do that, we need to vote out the anti—choice united states senators which are holding it up and we need to go to the state legislators and root out and vote out those elected officials, including governors, by the way, who are anti—choice, because they say they want to protect life but what they are really doing is, they are racing to endanger the lives of women and girls to see who can control women the most and put their lives, health at risk. it is wrong, it is dangerous and this has to end.

you have particular interest in this given your participation in that own ruling and your personal experience? yes, i met those two ladies at a pro—choice demonstration after roe v wade became the law of the land. i helped her have her voice heard for many years and ultimately she became anti—choice but as a deathbed confession, she confessed she only did that for the money. she was always a pro—choice but asjimmy, i have clearly been pro—choice for many years because of my own life experience because when i was in my 20s, experience because when i was in my 205, i experience because when i was in my 20s, i went to mexico on vacation, i was raped at gunpoint by a doctor. i came back to california and this was in the 605. it was unlawful for a woman to have an abortion at that time in california. it wasn't a

crime for the woman but for a licensed health care professional to provide one so i had to go to a back alley person who did it for the money, who then left me in a bathtub, haemorrhaging and bleeding, blood all over me. ultimately, someone called an ambulance for me and i was taken to a hospital, packed in ice with a fever and almost died. that is where eight nurses said to me, i hope this teaches you a lesson because she was obviously anti—choice. i did learn a lesson about the lesson i learned was that abortion should be safe and legal, affordable and available. never illegal because of that is what endangers women's lives. so, thatis what endangers women's lives. so, that is why i have been fighting this fight for roe v wade so many years and i will continue to do so, i will speak next week at a big rally that is part of a national rally that is part of a national

rally all over the country on may 1a and i will be speaking in support of roe v wade because this has to end and it is all about endangering women and controlling women. the republican party, the base of the republican party, the base of the republican party is mainly men, i have to say that. now, many men are pro—choice but many men are anti—choice and i think they control the republican party and they also take into account a lot of the religious convictions of many of their supporters and we think it should be a strong line between church and state and no one else�*s religion should control a woman or a girl's choices. that was women's rights attorney, gloria allred. now let's take a look at some of the stories making the news across the uk.

the family of a nine—month—old baby boy who died after choking at nursery school have launched a petition against plans to change the adult—to—child ratio in early—years childcare. oliver steeper died in september, following the incident atjelly beans nursery in ashford in kent. his parents say proposals to reduce childcare costs by allowing one member of staff to care for more than three infants would put lives at risk. josie hannett reports. look at you sat in your chair, mr oliver. oliver steeper was nine months old when he choked at nursery and died five days later. he was just perfect and... cheeky. ..crazy haired. and yeah... his parents, zoe and lewis, have launched a petition in response to the prime minister's suggestion to his cabinet to relax staff—to—child ratios in early years settings like nurseries, making it cheaper for parents to tackle the cost of living crisis. after losing oliver in a childcare setting, you know, to then reduce the adult—to—child ratios

was just disgusting. you know, how can they put safety of children over helping the economy? i can't get my head around it. it's just terrible. it is notjust the safety aspect either, i was thinking of the fact that, you know, you pay this money for your kids to go to nursery or a childminder, and you want them to have a decent time while they are there and the quality of care while they are there, as well, you know, with learning different things and stuff like that, and just kind of thinking, how could that work if the kids that the adults were looking after, there were more of them? the government says they are clear that supporting families with access to childcare and early education is a priority, they are looking at ways to improve the cost, choice and availability childcare places. jelly beans nursery in kingsnorth where the accident happened had its licence immediately suspended by ofsted following what they said were serious safeguarding concerns.

within a few weeks, the nursery voluntarily closed itself down. meanwhile, the police investigation into oliver's death is ongoing. josie hannett, bbc south east today. the weddings sector is worth an estimated 1.5 billion to the economy of south west england and this summer it's seeing a boom. thousands of weddings are due to go ahead after many couples had to repeatedly delay their plans because of covid restrictions. despite the rise in the cost of living, there are plenty of brides and grooms not prepared to put off their big day any further. clare woodling has been speaking to suppliers getting ready for the rush. the wedding season's just begun and with it a boost. while curbs were were cut last year, the industry's working with a backlog of postponed events. summer weddings are always popular, but now there are deferred celebrations in the mix too. it means a bumper run for many suppliers who have had a lean couple of years. weddings have a ramp up time

to just telling us with a week's notice that weddings could go ahead is why they didn't all the wedding season's just begun and with it a boost. so there is probably another 10,000, 15,000 due on top of those. couples have come from as far afield as canada to marry here in this beautiful setting. we have got some days, where we have got two or the three weddings, but actually that's very unusual, we try not to— do that, because we want each wedding to be very special to that couple. so we will say to them, we have got these already, so choose another day and actually that works really well. so, it sounds like there is the demand? 0h, definitely, yes, yeah, there is. that demand means wedding suppliers have a lot on their plate and juggling clients isn't always a piece of cake. so, it sounds like there is the demand? i'm still catching. up with the backlog of all of postponements that have

happened over the last couple - of years. i have had a lot of- brides have to postpone. and they have been pushed back and pushed back. - and now we are coming into spring, which is peak wedding _ season, i'm dealing with all the, - all the postponements, as well as my normal spring. so i'm maybe up to two or three weddings a week, which - is quite a push. i don't expect much sleep before the end of may! i it's been unsettling for many and a relief for those when the wedding finally happens. it's probably something if we are both honest in the beginning we didn't want. we never would have planned to do this in the same year, we kind of wanted our separate moment. but i think definitely having two very different weddings has made it even nicer, because it is very different. and the south west is having its own moment as people want to get married in such a beautiful place. i think we don't always appreciate what's on our doorstep and people from out of county obviously see this a very destination place to get married.

i guess devon is the same, it's a very popular destination. we have got such beautiful venues — beaches, countryside — there's no better place to get married i don't think and people are realising that as well. clare woodling, bbc spotlight. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. we will see some heavy thunderstorms taking a while to clear the eastern side of the uk. through the remainder of today, there will be a rattling around, gradually pushing out towards the north sea. certainly for the evening rush—hour, quite wet weather and the south—east across east anglia to the north—east of england. you can see by the small hours of thursday, things are quieter across england and wales and high—pressure strategy to kill. to

the north—west, we see some weak weather fronts trying to push their way in. more cloud around for scotland and northern ireland. they could be some rain for a time as well. between the high pressure in the south and the low to the north, a south—westerly airstream picks up so warmer air than we have had earlier in the week. but it's our temperatures thursday. england and wales, some sunshine with highs of 20 or 21. for scotland and northern ireland, despite more cloud, were still looking at temperatures in the high teens for many.

this is bbc news. i'm ben thompson. the headlines at 2pm... the eu proposes a ban on russian oil imports. the plan — which has to be approved by member states — also includes sanctions against individuals, including the head of russia's orthodox church. as the war rages on, russian missiles strike key infrastructure in ukraine — including three electricty stations in the western city of lviv, causing power blackouts. and after some people were evacauted from the besieged city of mariupol, there'll be more attempts today to help desperate civilians leave. political parties take part in a final day of campaigning for local elections in england, scotland and wales and elections for the northern ireland assembly.