well of the cope with the heat? well of the national government _ cope with the heat? well of the national government and - cope with the heat? well of the national government and local. national government and local authorities have introduced a series of measures to manage the heat. they include, for example, putting health services on alert, also fire service in many areas of the country are on high alert because of the risk of wildfires in many areas, and also for example in madrid and down in the southern region of andalusia, schools have been told that they can bring classes forward so that children won't have to study in the full heat of the day. those are some of the measures being introduced but they are measures you would expect to see perhaps injune orjuly in the middle of the summer, not at this time of year, and this seems to reflect what scientists have been telling us here in spain for a while about the impact of climate change, that we can expect to see these very high summer —like temperatures earlier and earlier in the year. guy, thank you very much. darren, is

that he heading our way? that's a very good question. i'll answer that question later. iberia stands out like a source and temperatures and grenade are currently 35 degrees, 39 would be a record temperature for april. it's going to be the peak of the heat probably today, andalusia a popular holiday spot, people may be heading there over the next few days. it's not going to be quite as hot, not as hot as it is at the moment and still a drought there and it's going to stay dry. here at home we are seeing rain developing particularly coming in from the south where in scotland temperatures are still only 7—8 in the north of the country. could make 15 or 16 in england. this evening rain around in many areas, heavy for a while and eastern parts of england but the worst of the rain just moves

away out into the north sea. it becomes a bit drier in most places later and there will be a lot of cloud so a mild night, milder than it's been of late across a good part of scotland. into first thing tomorrow, still some rain around first thing, that will tend to move away into the north sea. things become drier england, wales and northern ireland. it will brighten up, we will see sunshine coming through, that could lead to one or two showers, they could be heavy in northern ireland in the afternoon. temperatures here reaching 15 degrees, it could reach 18—19 in england. it's getting warmer. we are not going to tap into the extreme heatin not going to tap into the extreme heat in spain. instead our warmth is coming in from the azores, more from the atlantic on a south—westerly breeze but it's turning warmer in time for the weekend. we are going to find some sunshine perhaps on saturday but more showers breaking out particularly across england and wales and also northern ireland. could be some thunderstorms as well. more cloud for scotland and the far

north of england will depress the temperature is a bit here but in the sunshine in the south—east we could reach 20 degrees. 0n sunshine in the south—east we could reach 20 degrees. on sunday, a little bit of sunshine coming through but i gain more showers and again the risk of some thunderstorms in their too. some wet weather sliding into the north west of scotland, temperatures beginning to drop a bit here, high is typically around 16—18, so a bit warmer than it is at the moment. in time for bank holiday monday there is an area of high pressure trying to build in, slowly but surely, may be a little bit handy in time for bank holiday monday there is an area of high pressure trying to build in, slowly but surely, maybe a little bit too late stop after the wet weather today, this is the summary. it's going to be drierfor tomorrow today, this is the summary. it's going to be drier for tomorrow and it warms upjust in time going to be drier for tomorrow and it warms up just in time for the bank holiday weekend but with that warmth there may be some heavy and potentially thundery showers. that's all from the bbc news at one. it's goodbye from me. 0n bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are.

welcome to the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris. our top sports stories today. billed as a title decider, a tight tussle between the top two, it was not as manchester city have the premier league within distance. chelsea want to win the women's champions league final but what chance of overcoming a deficit to barcelona? and back at the crucible after seven frames in a row, we check—in in luca brecel in the first of the semifinals. hello again. for so long manchester city have been the premier legaue stalking horses staying on leaders arsenal's tail. but in the long—awaited match of the top two the defending champions took the title race into their own hands with a li—1win, two points behind still maybe but with two games in hand. 0ur sports editor dan roan looks

back on a pivotal night in the premier league. it was the night for title race shifting decisively in the favour of the champions. manchester city with one hand in the premier league trophy after sweeping aside their nearest challengers in the biggest game of the season. the significance of the victory courtesy. £31 game of the season. the significance of the victory courtesy.— of the victory courtesy. of course it was an incredible _ of the victory courtesy. of course it was an incredible victory, - of the victory courtesy. of course it was an incredible victory, we i it was an incredible victory, we have two games in hand but you have to win. i would like to have two games in hand and six points in front but the reality is they are and we cannot lose our focus. irate and we cannot lose our focus. we didn't do any of the basics right, we didn't— didn't do any of the basics right, we didn't compete in the right way, we didn't compete in the right way, we didn't_ we didn't compete in the right way, we didn't win enough, we had the many— we didn't win enough, we had the many situations in trouble, they got out of— many situations in trouble, they got out of trouble, we weren't passing. so we _ out of trouble, we weren't passing. so we have — out of trouble, we weren't passing. so we have to look at ourselves in the mirron — so we have to look at ourselves in the mirror-— the mirror. after a recent dip in form, a the mirror. after a recent dip in form. a win _ the mirror. after a recent dip in form, a win had _ the mirror. after a recent dip in form, a win had felt _ the mirror. after a recent dip in form, a win had felt essential. the mirror. after a recent dip in l form, a win had felt essential for the long—time league frontrunners arsenal but within a few minutes they were behind, erling haaland with the exquisite touch and i have, kevin o'brien providing the pace,

power and position. kevin o'brien providing the pace, powerand position. —— kevin o'brien providing the pace, power and position. —— kevin de bruyne. haaland was repeatedly denied by the goalkeeper aaron ramsdale but the visitors could not stand so much. john stones headed home and it was ruled out but ben white played him onside and the goal stood. city in command. haaland set “p stood. city in command. haaland set up man of the match de bruyne for his second and manchester city's third after the restart, arsenal pulled one back through rob holding later on. what would have been billed as a title decider was a one—sided affair, haaland scoring his a9th one—sided affair, haaland scoring his 49th goal of the season in all competitions to seal victory. and that haaland goal also took him to 33. a record for a 38 game premier league season. jamie jackson writes for the guardian and was at the etihad for the game. good to see you, was this the night

that city won the league? i good to see you, was this the night that city won the league?— that city won the league? i think more or less. — that city won the league? i think more or less, as _ that city won the league? i think more or less, as much _ that city won the league? i think more or less, as much as - that city won the league? i think more or less, as much as we - that city won the league? i think. more or less, as much as we have games still to play, but i think the manner of the victory as well as the three point, kind of, is, as your report stated, it is in manchester city's count. just the way they play, you could have described them as being a working progress as they integrated erling haaland into the team and now that seems to be finished and how good with a last night? they steam—rolled arsenal. they have done this before at this time in a season, just hit the right amount of reform and had a long unbeaten streak. what might be in their way? they have got a couple of extra games in terms of the champions league semifinal. yes. champions league semifinal. yes, that is against _ champions league semifinal. yes, that is against real _ champions league semifinal. yes that is against real madrid. if champions league semifinal. il: that is against real madrid. if they beat them, they lost two at the same stage of the champions league last season, they are probably going to win the champions league. with regard to the premier league, the only chance i could give arsenal in

the sporting challenge. you never know the unpredictability of sport. i would be surprised if that does happen, they had got fulham away on sunday, then manchester city, west ham, leeds, pep guardiola said that these three games are crucial to defining whether they are going to become champions and i am very surprised now. there is that slight glimmer that you never know in sport. that is why we love the theatre of its. its sport. that is why we love the theatre of its.— sport. that is why we love the theatre of its. its because of last niuht theatre of its. its because of last ni . ht that theatre of its. its because of last night that i _ theatre of its. its because of last night that i am _ theatre of its. its because of last night that i am asking _ theatre of its. its because of last night that i am asking this - night that i am asking this question, but is there an inevitability perhaps that arsenal would eventually succumb because they are not used to being in a situation with this group of players and the manager, but also because of the manchester cityjuggernaut which the manchester city juggernaut which is the manchester cityjuggernaut which is taken over? yes the manchester city 'uggernaut which is taken eve.— is taken over? yes i think you characterise _ is taken over? yes i think you characterise it _ is taken over? yes i think you characterise it perfectly. - is taken over? yes i think you characterise it perfectly. butl is taken over? yes i think you i characterise it perfectly. but as this season has continued and arsenal had not succumbed, in january and february, the early part of march, you would start to think maybe they would hold them off, city

but they have not won in four, so it is a inevitable thing now because of the depth of city. riyad mahrez scored a hat—trick in the fa cup semifinal it at the weekend and could not start yesterday. that's the difference between the two teams. :, ., the difference between the two teams. :, ~' , ., , . the difference between the two teams. ., ,, , . ., teams. thank you very much for 'oinini teams. thank you very much for joining us. _ teams. thank you very much for joining us. jamie _ teams. thank you very much for joining us, jamie jackson - teams. thank you very much for joining us, jamie jackson from l teams. thank you very much for. joining us, jamie jackson from the joining us, jamiejackson from the guardian. we've already seen the kick—off times moved but now potentially more disruption for thousands of manchester city and manchester united fans ahead of the fa cup final with train drivers announcing a strike forjune 3rd, the day of the game. it means those travelling from manchester or further afield to wembley for the first—ever manchester derby fa cup final may have to seek alternative transport arrangements or risk delays. the strike is as a result of long—running pay dispute between operators and unions. both manchester clubs say they are liaising with the football association to try and find a solution. chelsea's chances of making the women's champions league final will be increased if they 'stay calm' at barcelona, hoping

to overturn a 1—0 first leg deficit. that's according to their manager. jo currie is alongside me to look ahead. very ha rd to very hard to say stay calm, or at least assume it will happen come in the face of what is a very good team. . , , ., , the face of what is a very good team. absolutely. it's a difficult task for chelsea, _ team. absolutely. it's a difficult task for chelsea, but _ team. absolutely. it's a difficult task for chelsea, but the - team. absolutely. it's a difficult task for chelsea, but the first i team. absolutely. it's a difficult i task for chelsea, but the first leg, chelsea more than held their own, they were probably the better side, this is not mission impossible. the worry is that they are not without their injuries, fran kirby is a long—term absent and still out but more worryingly is the absence of normal centre back pairing buchanan and bright. they will be playing at the nou camp, 65,000 sold, it will be a noisy one. chelsea have been in the position before, they mind —— made the final 2021, and they will about —— demolished by barcelona four heaven zero. —— 4—0. the

manager says they will suffer during the tie. , ., ., , the tie. there is no doubt in the history here _ the tie. there is no doubt in the history here that _ the tie. there is no doubt in the history here that we _ the tie. there is no doubt in the history here that we have - the tie. there is no doubt in the history here that we have to - the tie. there is no doubt in the history here that we have to do | the tie. there is no doubt in the i history here that we have to do be at our— history here that we have to do be at our very— history here that we have to do be at our very best. we have said it time _ at our very best. we have said it time and — at our very best. we have said it time and time again, we have got a dressing _ time and time again, we have got a dressing room of players that want to he _ dressing room of players that want to he in— dressing room of players that want to be in this position. and i know for sure — to be in this position. and i know for sure we — to be in this position. and i know for sure we will give it everything we have — for sure we will give it everything we have got. for sure we will give it everything we have got-— for sure we will give it everything we have got. for sure we will give it everything we have iot. ., ., ., we have got. you mentioned about the chelsea time — we have got. you mentioned about the chelsea time and _ we have got. you mentioned about the chelsea time and the _ we have got. you mentioned about the chelsea time and the injuries _ we have got. you mentioned about the chelsea time and the injuries that - chelsea time and the injuries that you have got there, one of the key players back for barcelona is back, alexia putellas, one of those players who have suffered a serious knee injury which is plaguing the women's game. knee injury which is plaguing the women's game-— knee injury which is plaguing the women's game. knee injury which is plaguing the women'siame. , . ,, ,, ., women's game. yes, a special kind of ila er, women's game. yes, a special kind of player. putellas, _ women's game. yes, a special kind of player, putellas, she _ women's game. yes, a special kind of player, putellas, she normally - player, putellas, she normally captained barcelona, she has captained barcelona, she has captained the spanish side as well. she did her acl on the eve of the aeros last summer which was a blow for spain and a for the tournament to see a player of that class ruled out for such a long time. she has won every individual and club award available to a european player, including the champions league,

ballon d'0r, fifa world player of the year, uefa player of the year. so she is widely regarded as one of the greats of the game. it will be interesting to see off the nine and a half months out what form she is in. but at a time when there are so many acl stories and season ending injuries of players, it's good to see a star player coming back but i suspect chelsea fans would have hoped it would be another week away. thank you very much, chelsea against barcelona. after the shock departure of defending champion and seven—time winner ronnie 0'sullivan yesterday at the world championships in sheffield today attention focuses to those who did make it though to the semi—finals. belgian luca brecel who beat 0'sullivan is taking on sijiahui in the first of those. these are live pictures from the crucible where they're in the early stages of this first semi—final. luca brussel has taken the first frame. si jiahui, who's just 20 is the first crucible debutant to get to the semis

since andy hicks in 1995. later this evening — from 7pm — we'll see the start of the other semi—final between mark allen v mark selby. live coverage throughout on bbc two, the bbc iplayer, sport website and app. to tennis and the madrid open. andy murray will step up his preparation ahead of the french open later when he takes to the court against italian qualifier andrea vavassori, but we've already seen one brit on court today. kyle edmund wasn't out there for too long though against former us open champion dominic thiem. the former british number one battled hard but lost the opening set 6—4. he had no answer to the austrian's power and precision in the second though with thiem easing through that 6—1. he'll now face fourth—seed stefanos tsitsipas in the second round. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.

hello, i'm samantha simmonds. we're going to bring you more now on those industrial action developments in the nursing, teaching and rail sectors. as we've been reporting, the government has won a legal battle against the royal college of nursing that will force their strike to end early. this comes as teachers in england are staging a fifth day of strikes in their long—running dispute over pay. those teachers strikes are causing significant disruption for children and parents in england. members of the national education union want above—inflation increases, plus extra money to ensure any pay rises do not come from schools' existing budgets. siobhan wallek, a teacher at saint albert the great catholic primary school in hertfordshire, explained why teachers like her are striking. a lot of the reason is, it's down to lack of funding. we don't have the resources to be able to provide the

best education for our children. a lot of schools are struggling to buy glue sticks. we have got lots of children with additional needs in our classroom and we are just not able to provide the support that they need to —— thrive in our classrooms. a lot of it is because of workload. i know teachers work 60 hours plus per week, and it'sjust, it is not maintainable. if things don't mean —— change, the impact on the children will be far greater than missing a day of school because schools cannot continue to run with the finding that they are receiving at the moment. wejust the finding that they are receiving at the moment. we just don't have the resources to be able to provide a better education for our children. teachers are leaving the profession at an alarming rate. this will lead to larger class sizes so children

will not get the support