he left his family and friends on mossy bottom farm to pursue a lofty new career. taking him to the moon, and beyond. now shaun the sheep is back on earth. for a hero's welcome at aardman studios in bristol. shaun is our first european space agency astronaut to the moon. congratulations, shaun. he's been presented with an official astronaut certificate from the european space agency and nasa. it was a big surprise when shaun was selected to go to the moon. at first you couldn't believe it, it seemed incredible. it is every child's dream, isn't it, famously, to be an astronaut and go to the moon. and so the fact that shaun was doing it for us seemed very, very important. i mean the far side of the moon, how extraordinary is that? our baby, our creation.

it took a lot of work to get shaun into shape for the mission. making him a great fit for thejob. it's perfect for shaun, really. he is such a cute, cheeky little character. i can only imagine he would love to have such a big adventure. it's always what he is trying to do in all of his little episodes! and this was the rocket shaun was riding on. blasting off last november for the start of the artemis mission. giving him a close—up view of the moon that others are hoping they will also see one day. it's an absolute thrill to be thinking about following in shaun's footsteps. going around the moon, getting involved with all the artemis missions. it would be an absolute pleasure to do that and we will see what the future holds, definitely. shaun the sheep has joined an exclusive club, travelling on a 1.5 million mile journey that most humans, and sheep, could only dream about. but there are more moon missions to come so this could be just the start!

so will it be the moon again, or further into the universe, to make a giant leap for lambkind? rebecca morelle, bbc news, bristol. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. it is looking warm! things are turning warmer at the moment across much of western europe. here in parts of spain we could see close to record—breaking values in the next few days. but there is plenty of cloud around and low pressure out towards the west. the breeze picking up. heavy rain moving away from northern ireland in the afternoon, but for all temperatures above where we should be for the time of year. mid—teens

for the majority. this evening some intense brainstorms pushing north and east across mites of the midlands and parts of yorkshire. they will clear away during the morning and another mild night for everyone. fortomorrow morning and another mild night for everyone. for tomorrow only ranges clearing away from the eastern side of england and also from shetland. some sunshine around, some of us will hold onto that all day long but some showers widely developing, some of those heavy. fairly frequent and does thundery showers across the midlands in particular and the east. but in any sunshine may be 17 degrees possible tomorrow afternoon, feeling that strengthening sunshine overhead. but across england and wales it is wet through the night and into friday. the area of low pressure passing away but even on friday we could see disruptive gusts

of wind through the english channel and channel islands and outbreaks of rain across england and northern ireland. something a bit brighter on friday to the west of scotland and still staying mild. and that's bbc news at one. it's time for some sports. i'm hugh ferris. amid the rain and euphoria, a lot of caution from scotland's coach and captain, the stunning win over spain, has them top of the qualifying group, thejob of reaching euro 2022 has started better than anyone expected. for

scotland fans a party after one of their greatest wins in recent times. they have not beaten spain for nearly a0 years, how this for a start? cranking up the decibel level, getting scotland a precious early lead. spain are one of the worlds top teams but not for nothing, scotland also had their chances, so close but scotland led at the break. then i got even better, a clinical counterattack, and guess what. it was 2—0. the tartan army were bouncing, a famous win was within their sites. euphoria at the final whistle. that win was within their sites. euphoria at the final whistle.— at the final whistle. that is the kind of legacy _ at the final whistle. that is the kind of legacy you can - at the final whistle. that is the kind of legacy you can leave, l at the final whistle. that is the i kind of legacy you can leave, you can leave a mark on scottish

football, personally, i hope it's not another 30 years before we have a result, with a performance like that, i hope we can do it again soon. ., , , ., that, i hope we can do it again soon. ., , ,., ., ,., that, i hope we can do it again soon. ., ., ,, soon. for players and fans a special victo on soon. for players and fans a special victory on a — soon. for players and fans a special victory on a special _ soon. for players and fans a special victory on a special night. _ soon. for players and fans a special victory on a special night. the - soon. for players and fans a special victory on a special night. the bbc. victory on a special night. the bbc team was at hampden last night, i was told that it was a notable achievement for the manager. sir you talk about team spirit, within the national team, everyone talks about that you can tell when it's definitely there. and it's definitely there. and it's definitely there. and it's definitely there within that group of players is got the country very excited. six points out of six having played the spanish. it's an incredible start. considering all the other teams will take points off each other, if scotland can play the

way they did against the spanish, there is every chance. but you have to try and do the best in every single day. if you can do that, the manager will make sure that they have the right attitude. the next two will be tough, georgia and norway, were looking forward to both of those games. but they are in june, june is a tough time, players will be getting tired, and you are asking a lot of players to give up a lot of the summer for those games. the dream scenario is to get to the euros. we've never been in a position, we've been close once a time, we've never got out of the groups once we got there. there are steps that we need to do from where we have been in the last 20 years when we weren't even qualifying. that step has been taken and we need to keep taking that step and then

there is going further than that and getting to the group stage when you getting to the group stage when you get there. 0nce getting to the group stage when you get there. once you get there is the important point of that phrasing. scotland top of their group... and so are wales after their i—nil win over latvia in cardiff... with boss robert page saying they've exceeded expectations in their opening two games of qualifying. their victory was provided by kieffer moore on a night when the crowd bade an official goodbye to the retired gareth bale... it leaves wales with four points after their impressive draw in croatia. it's a great start for us, and at the first two games have gone really well for us. building on that now, there is a good energy in the changing rooms, with a training that we have done, has been very good, has been more intense than what we have been able to do in the past. the man tasked with finding a replacement for antonio conte as tottenham manager will have to step aside after he had a ban

initially handed out in italy, extended worldwide by fifa. fabio paratici is the club's managing director of football, having joined spurs from juventus, who were found guilty of false accounting during his time there. meanwhile one of the tottenham players has admitted he feels �*partially responsible' for conte's sacking. i'm really sorry, he is a world—class coach and we had a great journey together. i'm gratefulfor what he has done, i feel very sorry to the coach. i should have played better, ifeel to the coach. i should have played better, i feel responsible for his departure because i haven't helped the club all that much. the coach has a lot of experience, i am sure he will achieve good results in other pursuits and i will be rooting for him. i want to finish the rest of the season well for my team members and my club when i return. sir alex ferguson and arsene wenger are the first managers to be inducted into hte premier league's hall of fame. the former manchetser united

and arsenal bosses won 16 titles between them. and with 13 of them, ferguson is the most successful manager in the competition's history, and says it's an honour to receive the recognition. now 81, he retired after winning his final prmeier league trophy in 2013. his long time rival wenger led arsenal to three titles, including going unbeaten for one of them, and on sharing the moment with sir alex said, "it's like two boxers, you fight like mad and at end of the day, you have respect." elena rybakina is still on track to claim what's called the sunshine double in tennis. victory in the back to back tournaments in indian wells and miami. after winning the former, she's through to the semi—finals of the latter after a straight sets win over italy's martina trevisan in florida. it extends her unbeaten run to 12. carlos alcaraz could do the same in the men's game. he beat american tommy paul in straight sets to book his place in the quarterfinals in miami. if he defends his title this week he'll stay at the top of the world rankings. up next for the spaniard, another american taylor fritz.

in the women's six nations there are several injury concerns for england. centre amber reed has a knee injury, as does second row poppy cleall, with both expected to miss a number of rounds in the tournament. no—one's being called up as cover with the next match against italy this weekend. and that's all the sport for now. let's return now to our main news this hour — the death of paul 0'grady. you may first have come across his work as the drag queen lily savage, or when he then changed tack and became a tv presenter, bringing his wit to peak—time shows. let's hear now from someone who was inspired by paul — the winner of the most recent series of ru paul's drag race uk — danny beard — who shared his favourite memories with us a little earlier... i think anyone that does this job, and doesn't class paul as an icon, as an inspiration, i don't think

they are worth their bread, do you know what i mean? he was an icon, through and through. notjust for many queens, for many people from liverpool, for many working class people. it's a sad day. he was a trailblazer, he took drag to the mainstream, really set the way for people like me to be able to do ourjobs. and take ourjobs to the next level. i remember watching paul 0'grady as a kid. one of the most iconic performances was with cilla and babs on you've got to get a gimmick on the royal variety. it was hilarious. as a young, gay boy, to sit there and see something of yourself on television. it meant things were 0k, it meant that i could dream to do that as well. so, it's a really sad day. officials in the dutch capital, amsterdam, have launched a digital campaign to try to reduce the number

of british tourists coming in search of drugs, sex and alcohol. discouraging adverts like this one will target 18—35—year—old men in the uk. the messages are automatically triggered when search terms such as stag party, cheap hotel or pub crawl in amsterdam are typed in. 0ur correspondent anna holligan gave us this update. around 1 million british tourists travel here and on to amsterdam every year and the council now has a message for young british men and that is — stay away. if you are in the uk — and this is a digital discouragement campaign — so if you are in the uk and you search for terms like stag weekend, amsterdam, cheap hotel amsterdam, pub crawl amsterdam, these warning adverts will pop up and they show things like a young man staggering in the street being handcuffed by police, detained, having fingerprints and mug shots taken and the message is if you are coming to amsterdam,

which is notoriously europe's most liberal party capital, then stay away because he mightjust create the kind of lifelong memories that won't serve you well in the future. they are trying to deter the drunk and disorderly, and discourage behaviour that residents have been complaining about for a long time. they have told me in the past about british tourists urinating in the streets and canals, being sick everywhere, getting naked and that is the kind of behaviour they want to get rid of. but i have been speaking to young brits arriving here and many say it is outrageous, we are being stereotyped, this is discrimination. in fact, that kind of sentiment is echoed among some coffee shop cannabis cafe owners i have spoken to. 0ne told me they come for the weed but then they stay for the van gogh.

some of the families that live along the beautiful canal network have told me in the past that it is not necessarily the young british men who were causing the problem is, it is over—tourism in general. it is the sheer number. so this is part of amsterdam city council's effort to try to rebrand the capital's rather raunchy reputation, partly created by the cannabis cafes and the red light district, and they hope that if it is successful in the uk it will be rolled out across other eu capitals and here in the netherlands, too. the message is typically blunt and uncompromising — if you are a young british man hoping to come to amsterdam for a wild time, then stay away. children across the uk are being affected by

the cost of living crisis — as families are forced to make tough choices about how they spend their money. four young children aged eight to 11 have been sharing their experiences of living through the winter months, with newsround reporter, hayley hassall. high, i'm noah. and i'm aliya. she's my sister. he's my brother. and we live in blackpool. this has been the hardest few months of our lives. that means we can't afford lots of things. if we didn't have a... ..life would be so much more difficult. because mum and dad would have to spend all their money on heating and food and electricity. 0k, guys? it's nice, isn't it? during the pandemic our mum was really ill and she couldn't work. we couldn't earn a lot of money because our dad had to give up hisjob so our parents had to start making furniture at our house.

all of a sudden the bills have gone up so we are paying double for our house and are shot. come on then, guys. many children are helping their parents cope with the extra costs this year. but when someone in the family has a disability or an illness, then things can cost even more. zoe is 11 and lives in glasgow. mum, grandad, do you wanta cup of tea? aye, i'll have a cup of tea. i'm zoe from glasgow, scotland and this is my first video diary and i'll be talking about how the cost of living crisis is affecting my family. sometimes we can't afford to put the heating on. especially around winter, we really need it. it's getting very cold in my house because it's so cold during the morning, we only put it on two heat us up for like ten minutes. then we just turn it off and we get blankets. don't fall asleep there. my mum's got a disability. which means half her body, it's like an nerve thing, it goes with your nerves and it goes

through your entire body. she has to get more help, like my grandad, my dad and me will help her. zoe's mum has multiple sclerosis so zoe helps out around the house, and since the cost of living crisis some of their disability payments were delayed. that means they've had to live unless money at a time when things cost much more. it's nice. what have you noticed, what's actually changed? all the food has gone up, prices of food, petrol gone up and everything isjust getting too dear. is it worrying you? sometimes it worries me. does it worry you? yeah. meanwhile, in colchester in the south—east of england, the cold has meant things are much harder for 11—year—old joe. you look really sleepy, did you not sleep well? i didn't sleep well, it was very cold last night.

it was really cold, it dropped below freezing last night. how many layers did you have on in bed? about three. did you? goodness me. it has got two times where we've had to last on only £2 a week. that was very hard for me, as my parents got quite upset and emotional and that made me quite upset and emotional. joe and his mum make regular trips to the local food bank, where they can get supplies forfree. 0k, we need to look for stuff for lunch and i need to see if there's any bread, if they've got any today. good morning. standard parcel? yes please. do you need toiletries or anything else? - yes, and can i get something from a school lunch please? you certainly can.

the last four years have been difficult, my mum had to have time off from work for surgery to remove cancer. mum went back to work and dad has had to stop working due to health issues. it has been important to me over the last three months, because i know if we struggle with food then we can go to the food bank and they will help us out. if this didn't exist, my family probably wouldn't be able to get food sometimes and it means that we would struggle a lot more. there are now more than 2000 food banks in the uk. they help anyone who can't afford to buy food and they have been especially busy this winter. over the last five months, joe, noah, aliya and zoe have had to go without things. now it's spring, it is looking brighter. we can go out to the beach

and places and we don't have to spend our money on electricity and heating. we can also go to the foodbank and the hub to warm up if we need help. if you are a fan of fantasy board games, you might be a familiar with dungeons and dragons. a game where the player can decide their own adventure — filled with elves, magic and more. the game was created in the 70s, and has now been adapted for the big screen with the new hollywood film dungeons and dragons: honour among thieves, starring chris pine, michelle rodriguez and rege—jean page. 0ur gaming + culture correspondent steffan powell has more. she missed. this is dungeons and

dragons, hollywood style. this is it 19805 style. and this is d&d today, youtube style. the channel 0xventure is an example of dungeons and dragons lasting legacy with thousands of followers, this crew travelled the world playing the game in front of their fans. am i far left orfar right? oh, that's a critical one. wow! laughter if you've never tried it, basically, d&d is a game where players use their imagination to role play, a scenario, usually full of unexpected twists and turns designed by a dungeon master. you'll often play as wizards, thief�*s or barbarians. dressing up or using models is optional. throwing lots of dice is not. there's thousands of table top games out there. but most people have heard of d&d because they think it's dwarves and elves and rangers and all sorts of stuff, things

that they're familiar with. and so it is a good entry point. stranger things showed people what dungeons and dragons was. never tell me the odds. i think that changed a lot of people's perceptions of it. it was like, oh, that's not what i thought dungeons and dragons was. that actually looks like really good fun. it's a social game. it's all about working i together, collaborating. and so i think it's really important to kind of as an adult, like try- and flex your imagination a little bit. _ playing pretend is something that you kind of have to leave behind as a kid. and then you discover dungeons and dragons and realise, actually, i can keep doing this. i can play and make believe and tell stories with friends. shows like this one are one of the reasons the game is still thriving and shaking off negative connotations it's had in the past, seen by some as a non—inclusive boys club with complicated rules. it's estimated that 50 million people around the world have experienced the game.

this popularity is one of the reasons hollywood wanted in on the action. another example of the movie industry leaning on established brands to get people into cinemas. this intellectual property is vast, but for the billions of people that have played, they all feel a sense of ownership over it because they all have their own stories that they've done, their own campaigns, that they've played with one another. so it's ever more impossible to please everybody, at least from my take the film captures the spirit of what it's like to play a game. you're given permission to walk into a room and sink into your imagination and do that communally with other people and have a good time and remind yourself what that light is inside that you fight through the rest of the world for, you know? and that sounds cheesy, but that's the kind of cheese that we're peddling here. yeah. yeah, absolutely, man! i got cheese all over! 50 years since it was first invented by a man called gary gygax. in its essence, the game hasn't changed, despite all the developments

of gaming technology. well, this is a. from 1985, the original white box still in its shrink wrap. came to the uk, partly because of this man. you have any inkling then that it would be the beast that it has become? had absolutely no idea whatsoever. i mean, we only ordered six copies and got a three year exclusive distribution agreement for the whole of europe. so, expectation levels were pretty low at that time. but look at us now. we all enjoy stories. we all enjoy worlds of wonder. so why can't we as adults enjoy those worlds of wonder. previous movie adaptations haven't necessarily been a hit with fans or critics. the hope is this time hollywood will help, not hinder the popularity of the game.

is about to arrive at the brandenburg gate. there is a great deal of interest in king charles's arrival. this is his first state visit abroad since becoming monarchy. he will become the first british monarch to address the german parliament during his visit. he arrived with the queen consort in berlin just a few hours ago. his official welcome will be held at the brandenburg gate, it will be hosted by the german president, frank—walter steinmeier, it is a big moment for the king. his first state visit abroad but it is also a big moment in germany because no

post—war head of state has ever had a full ceremonial welcome of the nature that king charles is about to receive. 0ur correspondence there, watched a little earlier the red carpet being rolled out for king charles's first state visit. this has been a visit that had to be changed at the last minute, he was due to go to paris but because of unrest on the streets over the government's pension reforms, president micron suggested the trip be postponed and so now he is in berlin. people waiting silently, it looks as if there king' arrival is

likely to happen soon. let's just give it a moment. there will be much more on the king's trip on the bbc news channel. let's take a look at the weather. there will be sunnier skies between the downpours, but tonight the conditions will continue right into the evening, the best of brightness in the west but outbreaks of rain to see the day out and some heavy bursts in devon and cornwall as the evening shower comes in. very mild to end the day after a mile day,

temperatures in the mid—teens, well above where they should be at this stage. 0vernight, some heavy rains into the midlands and parts of yorkshire, easing as we going to tomorrow morning. some clearer skies the north and the west but a few showers around, certainly not a cold start, temperatures around 5 degrees. tomorrow, early rain gradually brightening up and we'll see some shine at some point, but showers develop widely through the day, some of those through the midlands and east of england can be thundery. but it will be warm, up to 17 degrees in the sunny places.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines... king charles begins his first state visit since becoming monarch after touching down in germany. these are live pictures of the official welcome at berlin's brandenburg gate, a symbol of the reunited city after the desolation of the second world war. it's the first time the location has been used to welcome any visiting head of state. asylum seekers in the uk will be housed on former military bases instead of hotels in new plans due to be announced later. footage shows three people in what appears to be official uniform walking past a fire at a locked cell

at a migrant centre in