this is bbc news, the headlines... millions of people across the uk are taking part in community events to mark the final day of king charles�* coronation. but there's been controversy too. london's metropolitan police faces growing criticism over its detention of dozens of anti—monarchy protesters. sudan's warring military factions are holding talks that many hope will bring about a ceasefire to allow aid in. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's ben croucher. hello from the bbc sport centre. a big day of football in england. playoff spots up for grabs on the final day of the championship season, northampton have been promoted to league one

but in the the premier league — it's the bottom of the table that's the biggest focus. after willian�*s opener, vinicius exploited a chasm in the leicester defence to make it two before tom cairney jinked his way past a couple of defenders on the stroke of half time to make it 3—0. leicester were booed off at the interval. the early evening kick off sees everton, who've picked up just four points from their last seven games, take on a brighton side chasing european football. their boss roberto di zerbi is staying focused, despite having three games in hand on the teams above them... we want to achieve our target and i think it is clear

for everybody, we are fighting against a big team, tottenham, aston villa, liverpool, for the europe. and at the moment, i think we are deserving to reach the best position. they have got some very good players. — they have got some very good players, they have crew —— recruited very welt _ players, they have crew —— recruited very well. they have a nice dynamic and shape _ very well. they have a nice dynamic and shape about them. but that is part of— and shape about them. but that is part of the — and shape about them. but that is part of the premier league. we always— part of the premier league. we always allow the players to understand the opposition, tactically and all the things that we noticed but at the end of the day, _ we noticed but at the end of the day, it_ we noticed but at the end of the day, it is— we noticed but at the end of the day, it is clear mindedness from me about_ day, it is clear mindedness from me about our— day, it is clear mindedness from me about our players because when we do that, we _ about our players because when we do that, we can _ about our players because when we do that, we can compete with everyone in the _ that, we can compete with everyone in the division. it's third bottom versus bottom in the last game on monday with nottingham forest facing southampton. the saints are six points from safety with four games to play. both teams have lost five

of their last six in the league and going by the table — this could both sides best chance of three points. we are going to be focused on what we can do and it is not four games for left —— for a slab, it is one and it is our focus be on the game against nottingham forest. we can control our mindset and how we're going to go and play the against nottingham forest. and that is what we have been doing. and we are going to go and try to win the game. football, maybe even sport. and sunday's meeting between river plate and boca juniors lived up to its reputation — maybe not in the best way though river won it with a 93rd minute penalty and shortly after a huge brawl errupted — needing stewards and even riot police to split the teams up. seven red cards were dished out in total, injury time last nearly 20 minutes as a result.

fast but not quite so furious in the last half hour on the giro d'italia as michael matthews has won stage three in melfi. afterfive hours covering more than 200 kilometres, the australian held off denmark's mads pedersen to claim his first stage win since last year's tour de france. belgium's remco evenepoel increased his overall lead by 32 seconds. cricket next and pubjab kings can climb to third in the ipl if they beat kolkata knight riders in monday's ipl game. kings skipper shikhar darwan is leading the charge for his side after choosing to bat first, but he's just got out for 57, punjab currently 131 for five. kkr have lost their last three at home too. more in the next hour, butjust time to tell you that it's the last day of the english championship season going on right now. coventry and sunderland claiming the last two playoff spots as it stands.

follow it all on the bbc sport website and app. the prince and princess of wales are among thousands of people across the uk taking part in volunteering events to mark the final day of coronation celebrations. william and kate visited volunteers and lent a hand in slough as part of today's big help 0ut. people are being encouraged to take part, to build what is being called a "lasting volunteering legacy of the king's crowning". the british prime minister rishi sunak has also taken part. he visited a youth group in hertfordshire alongside his wife akshata murty and he's been helping out with food preparations. meanwhile, the duke and duchess of edinburgh have taken part in a puppy class at the guide dogs for the blind association training centre in reading. 0ur north of england correspondent fiona trott, who's in durham, has more. hello. in the north—east of england,

age uk is holding an open day at the superstore in durham. encouraging volunteers to come in and find out a little bit more and also a place where you can buy things like this, a glass from the queen's coronation, and salt—and—pepper shakers from barcelona in spain. just £1 for those. of course, places like this, as you know, shops on the high street, don't run themselves, they need more people to come and volunteer. let's speak to an existing volunteer. when people have been coming in today, you have been telling them what that is like. what have you been saying to them? basically the benefits of being a volunteer. the fact that you give your time away, it gives you that nice warm fuzzy feeling that you are helping people and especially the kind of help that we give in this store. ., ,., ., , . ., ,

store. how important is the charity in this part — store. how important is the charity in this part of _ store. how important is the charity in this part of the _ store. how important is the charity in this part of the world? _ store. how important is the charity in this part of the world? in - store. how important is the charity in this part of the world? in this i in this part of the world? in this art of in this part of the world? in this part of the _ in this part of the world? in this part of the world, _ in this part of the world? in this part of the world, it _ in this part of the world? in this part of the world, it is - in this part of the world? in this part of the world, it is very - part of the world, it is very helpful. as in most of the world, charities are. but county durham in particular has suffered for quite a long time with the economic climate which the rest of the country is now experiencing. it is very useful. thank you very much for speaking to us. the whole point of the big help 0ut us. the whole point of the big help out is that people use this extra day, this bank holiday, do start volunteering for the first time. when people have been coming here for this open day, there has been a lot of information about the sorts of roles that are available. for example, if you have an hour to spare, they are looking for someone that can do diy, gardening, shopping, between nine till five, monday to saturday, age uk is looking for a warehouse assistant. linda, you are the manager of the superstore. what has uptake been like today? it superstore. what has uptake been like toda ? ., , , superstore. what has uptake been like toda ? . , , ., , superstore. what has uptake been liketoda ? , ., , like today? it has been really good. we have had _

like today? it has been really good. we have had a _ like today? it has been really good. we have had a lot _ like today? it has been really good. we have had a lot of _ like today? it has been really good. we have had a lot of inquiries. - like today? it has been really good. we have had a lot of inquiries. we i we have had a lot of inquiries. we have spoken to around 20 people and given them information on the differentjobs we have available and differentjobs we have available and different opportunities, so hopefully some of those will become permanent volunteers. the hopefully some of those will become permanent volunteers.— permanent volunteers. the point is that we are — permanent volunteers. the point is that we are hearing _ permanent volunteers. the point is that we are hearing from _ permanent volunteers. the point is that we are hearing from age - permanent volunteers. the point is that we are hearing from age uk i that we are hearing from age uk today that since the pandemic, the number of volunteers has decreased but demand for your service has increased. give us an idea of how many people you helped last year for example. page many people you helped last year for examle. �* ., , , ., many people you helped last year for examle. �* ., , , . ,, example. age uk county durham helps around 7000 — example. age uk county durham helps around 7000 local _ example. age uk county durham helps around 7000 local people _ example. age uk county durham helps around 7000 local people last - example. age uk county durham helps around 7000 local people last year. - around 7000 local people last year. and how much does it cost to support one person typically? i and how much does it cost to support one person typically?— one person typically? i think on averaue one person typically? i think on average we _ one person typically? i think on average we are _ one person typically? i think on average we are looking - one person typically? i think on average we are looking at - one person typically? i think on average we are looking at £125 | one person typically? i think on i average we are looking at £125 per person in funding, so it mounts up. that is why you need more volunteers to support you. thank you very much for speaking to us today. age uk in county durham had more people coming in during its opening hours today, for this open day, giving up their spare time. it is notjust about giving up theirtime

spare time. it is notjust about giving up their time today, they hope that people will continue for the rest of the year and beyond that. and of course today, they have also been continuing with the coronation celebrations. the prime minister of the caribbean nation of st kitts and nevis has told the bbc his country will not be "totally free" as long as king charles iii remains head of state. dr terrance drew said he would welcome an apology from the monarchy for its historic role in the slave trade. there are 1a commonwealth realms, or countries where the king remains head of state. eight are in the caribbean, where questions linger over the crown's role in the slave trade, and whether or not to become republics. 0ur correspondent, celestina 0lulode, reports. the shifting tides of constitutional change. this tiny island is reconsidering its relationship with the crown. the prime minister of st kitts and nevis says he wants to give people a say on who their head of state should be.

the head of state still resides in the monarchy in england. and so that aspect of it is telling us that we are not totally free yet. that consultation or discussion will start sometime during my leadership. the prime minister is also calling for an apology for the monarchy�*s historic role in the slave trade. i think that acknowledging that somthing would have gone wrong, something wrong was done, acknowledging it, and apologising for it, is a step in the right direction. buckingham palace says slavery is an issue the king takes profoundly seriously. last month, the palace said it was supporting independent research into the royal family's historic links to the slave trade and on the matter of countries becoming republics, king charles has said it is a matter for each nation to decide. britain's influence remains strong here even after almost a0 years of independence but as this nation

reaches that milestone, there is ongoing debate around its identity. we still have the same colonialistic thinking and that is one thing we have to move away from. that is why i think becoming a republic would just benefit our people more. for us to be so small to go such a big step would be impressionable onto the world, i would say. but a recent poll suggests the country is still split on whether becoming a republic is a good idea. if there is one place that illustrates st kitts and nevis colonial past it is brimstone hill fortress, the site of several royal visits, including the then prince charles in 2019. the entire structure was built by enslaved africans. they are the ones who harvested the stone, they cut them into shape. historian leonard stapleton showed

the king around the island. we recognise that the people that fill the office of the monarchy, they are in person kind and genuine human beings, but the office do represent the same force that was behind the enslavement of the africans. as the country strides forward, questions linger and reaching an agreement regarding any next steps appears to be a long way off. gp surgeries in england will receive £240 million to improve the technology they use to communicate with patients. it's part of a wider plan from the government, which is expected later this week, to address the problems many people face when trying to make an on—the—day appointment. labour and some gps have said much more help is needed to ease pressure on primary care.

getting more phone lines is fine. that's ok. giving us £250 million is ok, we need that investment. but actually, we need that investment a long time ago. in 2019, we were promised 6000 extra gps. now, 825 gps less at full—time who are not working. and in some patches, we have 250,000 patients for one gp. that means the demand is so acute. well, the announcement comes after the conservatives lost more than 1,000 councillors in local elections across the country last week. 0ur political correspondent, peter saull, says issues with healthcare are likely to have played a part in those losses. no doubt one of the many complaints they will have heard from voters during the campaign was just how difficult it is to get a gp appointment. the chances are, if you try to see your doctor recently, you will have been involved in the eight o'clock in the morning scramble on the phone.

so ministers are really trying to address that fundamental problem this morning by putting this extra money out there which will go towards more digital systems that they hope will mean that you won't get an engaged tone when you are on the phone. instead, you will either be put in a queue get a call back at some point later in the day. the hope is, too, that better digital online booking systems will relieve the pressure on the phones. but many gp surgeries already have these kinds of systems in place. labour says this doesn't address the main problem, which is of course a lack of gps. we may see more on that in the plan that you mentioned expected later this week. but a clear attempt from the government this morning to try to put the attention on delivery, after that chastening set of local election results last week. and we are expecting to hear from the prime minister later today for the first time since the extent of those losses became clear. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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you're live with bbc news. britain's investment minister has arrived in hong kong to try to boost business with the territory. dominicjohnson's visit is the first by a british ministerforfive years. lord johnson said the uk would continue to highlight violations of freedom in hong kong by china. but he said the government had an obligation to engage constructively. nick marsh reports. before his trip, lord johnson denied that britain was ducking its historical responsibilities to the people of hong kong. he said britain would continue to call china out and be robust when it came to violations of freedoms in the city. but ultimately that is not why he is there. he is there to do business. he wants to attract investment in the uk, particularly in the areas of financial services, financial technologies, and the same goes for vice versa, by the way.

hong kong finance officials were in london last month trying to do the same thing. but really itjust shows how much has changed in the past three orfour years. during the 2019 protests in hong kong, britain was very vocal in its support of the demonstrators. it was critical of the crackdown, of the national security law. there was even talk of sanctions being put in place. but in the end it really was just talk, and since then that tension has kind of fizzled out. the uk government position has softened considerably. it was only a couple of weeks ago that the foreign secretary james cleverly was talking about the need to engage with china rather than isolate it. and you just have to look at the case in point on the weekend, the king's coronation. china's representative was the vice president, and he was a man who led the crackdown and helped force through the national security law in hong kong in 2019 and 2020.

so definitely compromises being made there, and perhaps a reflection of the economic and political reality that britain finds itself in. the canadian province of alberta has declared a state of emergency after wildfires spread across the region, driving nearly 25,000 people from their homes. the worst—hit areas include drayton valley, about 140—kilometres west of the provincial capital, edmonton. edmonton expo centre is accommodating more than 1,000 evacuees and in the town of high level, a curling rink is being turned into a temporary shelter. earlier today i spoke to nancy carlson — cbc news at 6 host, from edmonton, alberta. we are waiting to hear from the premier today, she is expected to talk to the prime minister to ask for more federal funding. it is a provincial state of emergency that has been called. fire officials say this is unprecedented and the reason

they are saying that is because when you look at where the fires are, they are so spread out. if you look at the area that has burned, it is about 375,000 hectares, so if we look at the size of london, for example, it would be 2.5 times the times of london. they are so spread out. we need fire crews going to all different parts of the province. in terms of evacuations, nearly 30,000 people are out of their homes and they are not sure when they are going to be able to return. just give us an idea about how unusual scenes like these are. it was a number of years ago, a northern community, fort mcmurray, the fire there was absolutely devastating, usually fire season starts a little bit later in march, they moved it up to march 1st because of the changing climate and weather we have been seeing in alberta.

that was unprecedented at that time but because we are seeing these changes, we are still in the early days of this. fire officials are saying we have seen hot, dry, windy conditions was up we don't usually see temperatures in the 30s this time of year and that is what we are seeing. we experience a little bit of rain yesterday. we experienced a little bit of rain yesterday. not enough to make a difference. we need a huge downpour and environment and climate change canada says that is just not coming right now. nasa has launched two satellites from new zealand, designed to monitor tropical storms and improve its ability to predict weather disasters. the new storm trackers are able to fly over hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones every hour, allowing researchers to see how they evolve. the satellites currently in use transmit such data every six hours. more timely information on rainfall, temperature and humidity could help scientists determine where a tropical storm will make landfall and how intense it will be.

it's one of the last places you'd expect to see it, but there's been snow falling in parts of australia. these are pictures from the town of 0beron, about 120 kilometres west of sydney. it's located high up in the blue mountains, and usually receives a dusting once or twice a year. these falls have been caused by a cold front moving over parts of the east coast. the front has also led to massive surf conditions at the beach — this was the view from bondi beach on monday. you're watching bbc news. we're just one day away from the first semifinal of the eurovision song contest. liverpool is hosting the event on behalf of last year's winners, ukraine. on sunday, this year's eurovision song contest hopefuls assembled at st george's hall in liverpool,

showing off their style and moves on a turquoise — rather than red carpet. under the slogan "united by music", this edition of the competition aims to unite the cultures of ukraine and liverpool. 0ur eurovision reporter, daniel rosney, is in liverpool. the glorious weather of yesterday's opening ceremony has changed. as you can see, it is wet weather greeting the 37 acts from the 37 countries that are now in liverpool and they will all be represented on the biggest stage in the world. it is one of the biggest entertainment productions, 160 million watch this every single year. right now, a full run—through of tomorrow night's semifinalist taking place. we will be able to see it in this room but i cannot show you it because it is top secret. but i can tell you it is looking slick. 15 acts will be performing tomorrow night, with ten making it through to the grand final on saturday. the theme this year is united by music and across the city, you can see that there are so many events outside of this arena that

are taking place to showcase liverpudlian culture and ukrainian culture. last night, there was a simultaneous rave that happened in liverpool and in kyiv. there are so many art installations across the city. and you can really feel the energy of eurovision, despite the weather. it is like a fever that has descended on the city. it all takes place this week. you have the first semifinal tomorrow, the second one on thursday and the big grand final extravaganza on saturday evening. it is definitely one to watch this week. daniel, just tell us again how many viewers are expected. i think i missed the number and i was pretty impressed by the number. it is a big number, it is 160 million. outside of sport, there is no bigger audience was a bit has been running for more than 60 years. this is the 67th song contest and it is still relevant and still able to launch global superstars. the winners from italy

in 2021 have become huge stars all over the world. they are playing the glastonbury festival injune and were nominated for a grammy this year for best new artist. it has launched the careers of celine dion, abba, 0livia newtonjohn in the past, but it is still able all these years later to break artists around the world. now, there have been numerous fashion moments over the coronation weekend — let's take a quick look at some of the most impactful ones. it is of course king charles iii queen camilla's long weekend but there were some other standout moments, most of them i think taking place at westminster abbey. the princess of wales in alexander mcqueen. she has an ivory silk gown. there are floral emblems of the uk

included. they are woven into the ground. she also had that on her wedding gown. her daughter, princess charlotte, wearing a matching dress. she has the royal blue cape coat. there was lots of conversation about whether we would see the princess of wales and atr. , she went for something in between. and her daughter was wearing a matching headpiece. and penny mordaunt any ceremonial role as the lord president of the council, the first woman to take on such a role. she has a matching hat.

she broke with tradition and went for this commissioned piece. and jill biden, the first lady of the united states, in cornflower blue with her granddaughter in yellow. buttercup yellow. they weather to represent the united states but clearly they were carrying the colours of the ukraine. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. umbrellas at the ready for the next few days. we will all see spells of sunshine, and now we're into may, that sunshine can feel pleasantly warm, but what we are also going to see in the next few days is showers developing, and they will be heavy, and some will be accompanied by hail and thunder at times too. we have one area of rainfall pulling away eastwards from the uk at the moment.

this pretty solid band of cloud you see here. another area of rainfall set to come sweeping up from the south—west, to run across southern, and eventually eastern counties, through this evening and overnight. following on behind that band of rain, showers, clusters of them, big heavy showers pushing out of northern ireland into northern england, by the end of the night and running across scotland. a mild night with temperatures in double figures, plenty of cloud around, and we're sitting in inherently pretty warm air. some rain across england first thing on tuesday in the east will pull away to allow a lot of sunshine through the morning. but look in there closely and you can see the showers starting to dot about as we get to the middle part of the day. through into the afternoon, where the sun shine in injects more warmth into the atmosphere, we get more energy and those showers will turn pretty punchy. temperatures, 17, 18 degrees. that is in the best of the sunshine. cooler, as we see showers developing. driving them all there is an area of low pressure that will produce bands of showers in the coming days. some areas could see the showers telling more relentless for a time.

other areas will have longer periods of dry and sunny weather. on wednesday, there will be a definite focus early on, of the showers towards the north and west of the uk, but it is again when the sunshine comes out that things start to liven up. looks like we will see some heavy showers just about anywhere, by the time we get into wednesday afternoon. a shade cooler too, through the middle parts the week. thursday's fare is very much the same. low pressure sitting across the uk. we will start the day on a pretty quiet, bright and sunny note, but come the afternoon, we will see some quite heavy showers around on thursday. further on into friday though, it does look like a little ridge of high pressure could just start to extend itself across the uk, to give us a quieter end to the week. but if anything, going into next weekend, i think it should be quieter, if a little cooler.

live from london. this is bbc news. millions of people across the uk are taking part in community events — to mark the final day of king charles' coronation. but there's been controversy too —— london's metropolitan police faces growing criticism over its detention of dozens of anti—monarchy protesters. sudan's warring military factions are holding talks that many hope will bring about a ceasefire to allow aid in. this to allow aid in. has been a long and dangerous journey. this has been a long and dangerous journey. but for some, the challenges are onlyjust beginning.

hello and welcome to the programme. as celebrations to mark the coronation of king charles